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THE PANTAGRAPH www.pantagraph.com irfi it From 1 A Vi 995: Illinois Wesleyan center Chris Simich was named a first-team preseason NCAA Division III All-American by College Basketball Yearbook. Illinois State was selected to host the 1996 State Farm NACWAA Volleyball Classic, a national tipoff tournament which will feature the national champion, national runner-up and another Top 10 team from this season. 1990: Christine Garrett shot a 4-over-par 42 to help Normal Community High School take the first-round lead in the Intercity Girls Golf Tournament at Bloomington's Highland Park Golf Course. Garrett, the 1988 state champion and last season's runner-up, is trying to become the Intercity medalist for four straight years. 1975: Jerry and Jim Pankey, Bloomington's answer to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, spearheaded a Purple Raider forward wall that limited Central Catholic to 44 yards rushing as BHS turned back the Saints, 16-0.

Matt Aubertine intercepted a Clinton pass and returned it 58 yards to set up the clinching touchdown for University High's 19-6 win. 1950: Ray Swayne, University High's football quarterback and baseball pitcher the last two years, has earned the first string signal calling berth at Indiana Central and led a 24-7 opening win over Huntington. Another former High gridder, Milt Kadlec, lugged the ball 32 times for State Normal against Indiana State and gained 164 yards while playing a full game on defense, too. Compiled by Roger Cushman Past September 27 Wednesday, September 27, 2000 ISU volleyball falls to UW-Milwaukee STARS of Myers helps West turn back Ponfiac Milwaukee would do some nice things, but of our four losses this year, this is the least competitive we've been as a team. It was disappointing." Freshman Staci Boyce had seven kills for ISU and drew praise from Dingman.

"Staci Boyce was the only one who did her job," Dingman said. "I asked them (the players) after the game, and they all agreed with that. As a freshman, she showed the most leadership and we need more of that from more of the players. "We'll be working on some things the next couple of days. I've told the players that we don't decide the lineup; they do with their competitiveness.

We just turn the lineup in before the game." ISU will face Missouri Valley Conference foe Indiana State at 7 p.m. Saturday at Terre Haute, Ind. By Pantagraph staff MILWAUKEE Larissa Cattanach and Tari Boutin had 10 kills each Tuesday night to lead a balanced attack that powered Wisconsin-Milwaukee to a 15-8, 15-4, 15-9 nonconference volleyball win over Illinois State at the Klotsche Center. Wisconsin-Milwaukee (9-2) out-hit Illinois State for the match and had an 8-1 advantage in team blocks. Boutin, a middle blocker, shredded the Redbird defense for 10 kills in 13 attempts without an error and finished with a .769 hitting percentage.

Senior middle blocker Kendra Haselhorst had seven of her team-high 12 kills in the third game for ISU (6-4). "I thought it was a concerted effort of non-competitive people on our side," said first-year ISU coach Sharon Dingman. "We knew By Pantagraph staff DesaRae Myers had a team-high 15 assists and 10 service points to lead the Normal Community West High School volleyball team to a 15-11, 15-2 nonconference win over Pontiac Tuesday night at Pontiac. Shannon Scates had eight kills and three blocks for West, which improved its record to 15-8. Abby Mackinson paced Pontiac (12-8) with seven assists and four kills.

"Basically we were pretty well-matched in the first game," said Pontiac coach Jeanne Rutter. "Then they put up a tough service attack in the second game, and we couldn't break the serves." Moorberg leads Ironmen: Normal Community, led by Mandy Moorberg's nine kills, remained unbeaten in the Big 12 Conference with a 15-11, 15-8 victory over Decatur Eisenhower Tat Normal. The Ironmen improved to 14-4 overall and 6-0 in the Big 12. Normal Comunity never trailed, jumping out to leads of 5-0 in the first game and 7-1 in the second game. Jessica Flynn, Allison Buss and Alexis Kant all recorded a team-high six kills for the Ironmen.

Krystal Majernik had a match-high 13 assists. Decatur Eisenhower (13-6, 2-3) was paced by Tai Taylor's seven assists, five service points and three blocks. Calvary Baptist triumphs: Erin Black collected 11 service points and three kills in Calvary Baptist's 15-3, 15-3 win over Decatur Christian at Decatur. Jennifer Massie also had three kills for Calvary Baptist, and Ashley Merritt contributed eight assists. The Crusaders improved to 9-6 overall and 4-2 in the Illinois Association of Christian Schools Central Conference.

"We were missing a starter (Bethany Theobald) because of sickness," said Calvary Baptist coach Mike Chitty "The girls continue to work hard and find ways to win matches. I was real proud of their effort." BOYS GOLF Daniel Loughrey shot a 1-over par 37 in leading Tremont to a 165-177 win over Fieldcrest at Parkview Golf Course in Pekin. Curt Hocker fired a 1 -over-par 37 to lead El Paso to a 170-185 win over Lowpoint-Washburn at Snag Creek Golf Course in Washburn. Nick Klump shot a 4-over par 40 to lead LeRoy to a 166-186 victory over Urbana at the Urbana Country Club. BOYS CROSS COUNTRY Colby Geiser ran 3.0 miles in a school-record 15 minutes, 14 seconds to lead Tri-Valley (22) to a triangular victory over Clinton (36) and Mount Zion (69) at Dawson Lake.

Geiser broke the record previously held by Denny Gaddis in 1974. GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY Courtney Roberts covered the 2.5-mile course in a school-record time of 15 minutes, 29 seconds to lead Tri-Valley to a 15-50 win over Clinton at Dawson Lake. VOLLEYBALL Jessica Keehnen had 20 assists, and Jessica Poorbaugh collected 12 kills in Deer Creek-Mackinaw's 15-10, 15-10 Midstate Conference win over visiting Chenoa. Mary Peverly had 1 1 service points, Erica Gerth had 12 kills and Katie McBride added 27 assists as El Paso remained undefeated in the Midstate Conference with a 15-4, 15-6 victory at Heyworth. Lindsey Lustfeldt of Iroquois West collected 1 1 kills and 14 blocks, while Kim Everts added 14 service points in Iroquois West's 10-15, 15-7, 15-6 win over CPCI at Gilman.

Meg Fairchild recorded 21 service points, including four aces, to lead Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley to a 13-15, 17-15, 15-1 Sangamon Valley Conference victory over Blue Ridge at Gibson City. Amanda Funk had nine service points, and Jodie Wilson had 14 assists to lead Gridley to a 15-3, 15-13 win over Ridgeview at Gridley. GIRLS TENNIS Jessica Jetton, Jennifer Burge, Diane Arnold and Jenny Walz claimed singles and doubles victories in Bloomington's 9-0 victory Decatur Eisenhower at BHS. Normal Community posted a 7-2 home win over Champaign Centennial as Jill Anderson, Georgena Wulfers, Jenny Cloyd and Marissa Marti recorded singles and doubles triumphs. Aimee Kerber, Katrina Trainor, Charlotte O'Donnell and Amy Hampton were victorious in singles and doubles as Central Catholic captured a 7-2 win over Decatur St.

Teresa at Decaiur. 0 2J rz 'i J- Mount Pulaski gives Dulle 600th career coaching win MOUNT PULASKI Mary Olson had 11 service points, including five aces, and Tiffany Conaway contributed 17 assists Tuesday night as the Mount Pulaski High School volleyball team gave Coach Donna Dulle her 600th career victory with a 15-1, 16-14 win over A.C. Central. Dulle, who began coaching in 1981, is 600-119 for an .834 winning percentage. She is believed to be the 10th coach in state history to reach the 600-win milestone.

Olson, Sarah Stratton and Lindsay Clements had four kills each, while Bethany Dulle, the coach's daughter, added two blocks for the Toppers (14-4). Donna Dulle Storti, Lock help NCHS net Big 12 victory over Mattoon FOOTBALL Bowling Green coach to resign after season Bowling Green football coach Gary Blackney, the third-win-ningest coach in school history, will resign at the end of this season. He built the Falcons into one of the strongest programs in the Mid-American Conference after joining Bowling Green in 1991. But Blackney has had only one winning season in the MAC since 1994, also the last time one of his teams had a winning overall record. Lane's widow faces bank larceny charges Deidra Lane, accused of killing her husband, former NFL running back Fred Lane, will remain accused of conspiring to steal money from a Charlotte bank, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

The decision by U.S. Magistrate Judge Brent McKnight came after testimony at a probable cause hearing for Deidra Lane and co-defendant Natosha Watson. Both were arrested on the bank larceny charges earlier this month. BASKETBALL Lakers pay for police car destroyed by fans As promised, the Los Angeles Lakers presented a $42,893 check to the Los Angeles Police Commission on Tuesday to replace the second of two squad cars destroyed by rampaging fans after the team won the NBA championship. From Pantagraph wire services 24-hour news infermation on CITYLINE Call 829-9000, enter 6000 Fire wins semifinal opener CHICAGO (AP) Dema Kovalenko had a goal By Pantagraph staff The Normal Community High School soccer team built a huge 17-1 edge in shots on goal Tuesday and cruised to a 2-0 Big 12 Conference win over visiting Mattoon.

BASEBALL Tigers' Gonzalez out for rest of season Right fielder Juan Gonzalez will miss the Detroit Tigers' final series of the season with a herniated disk in his back. Gonzalez, who did not make the trip to Kansas City, hit .289 with 22 homers and 67 RBIs in his first season with Detroit, which acquired him from Texas after the 1999 season. MOTOR SPORTS Michael Andretti joining Team Green Michael Andretti, still in the running for a second CART championship with Newman-Haas Racing, will leave at the end of the season to become the third driver for team owner Barry Green. The announcement was made Tuesday in Indianapolis, where Team Green works out of a foot race shop and currently fields cars for Paul Tracy and Dario Franchitti, who will be Andretti's teammates beginning in 2001. Andretti, who said he turned down a one-year contract extension with Newman-Haas, signed a five-year deal with Team Green to drive the No.

39 Reynard-Honda sponsored by Motorola, which also signed on for five years. and an assist Tuesday night as the Chicago Fire beat the New York-New Jersey MetroStars 3-0 in the opener of their MLS semifinal series. Tony Storti scored off a Matt Moses assist at the 24-minute METROSTARS FIRE 3 MATTOON NCHS mark of the first half to give the Ironmen (5- The best-of-3 series continues Saturday night at the Meadowlands. Game 3, if needed, would be back in Chicago on Oct. 6.

Chicago, which has never lost a home playoff game in three years, dominated the first half. Standing just left of the net, Hristo Stoitchkov took a long pass from Kovalenko in the 21st minute and easily beat goalie Paul Grafer, who was out of assist from Alldridge. Eisenhower scored in the first half on Clayton Casteel's goal. West outshot Eisenhower, 18-11, with Wildcat goalkeepers Doug Barbie and Kyle Lovin registering three and two saves, respectively. "I'm pleased with some individual efforts we're getting," West coach Mike Fletcher said.

"We're still missing some easy opportunities to score. Fortunately, we're finding ways to win." Calvary 4, Decatur Christian 1: Evan Fleming scored three goals and Paul Campbell added the other as Calvary Baptist Academy defeated Decatur Christian in an Illinois Association of Christian Schools game at Calvary Acres. Decatur Christian (5-8, 2-3) scored first but Fleming scored the tying and go-ahead goals to stake the Crusaders (7-6, 4-2) to a 2-1 lead at halftime. Will McCorkle, Campbell and Greg Fahrenkrug had assists for the Crusaders, who took 32 shots on goal to 15 for Decatur Christian. Campbell's goal was unassisted.

Calvary goaltender Kurt Anderson made six saves. 2-2 overall, 2-1-2 Big 12) a 1-0 halftime. Brian Lock scored 6 minutes into the second half for NCHS. Darrin Parker assisted on Lock's goal. "Mattoon played us tough," said NCHS coach Aaron Fleming.

"Their goalkeeper and defenders made a lot of great saves. We passed the ball around pretty well." West 2, Eisenhower 1: Dan Alldridge's goal at the 26:54 mark of the second half snapped a 1-alltie as Normal Community West defeated Decatur Eisenhower in Big 12 action at Decatur. West improved to 7-4-3 overall and 4-1-1 in the Big 12, while Eisenhower dipped to 4-10 overall. Jeff Corrington had the assist on Alldridge's goal. The Wildcats got their first-half goal from Matt Dabbs off an Pacers' Smits set to retire INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Indiana Pacers center Rik Smits is expected to announce his retirement at a news conference today at Conseco Fieldhouse, according to reports.

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