1. Kyle Larson 4084 2. William Byron 4077 3. Martin Truex Jr. 4070 3. Denny Hamlin 4070 5. Christopher Bell 4068 6. Tyler Reddick 4054 7. Ryan Blaney 4053 8. Chris Buescher 4047 *** Cup Series Playoffs Cut-Off *** 9. Brad Keselowski 2238 10. Ross Chastain 2213 11. Kyle Busch
Postseason always will provide a magic sound to the word and meaning. Teams which prevail during the regular season receive postseason berths and movement closer to championships. Days of two teams playing one postseason game for a championship, likely are gone for ever. Postseason means a progression, and advancement to
Friday, Oct. 20Chicago Catholic GreenChicago Marist at Niles Notre Dame, 7:30Chicago St. Ignatius at Joliet Catholic Academy, 7:30Chicago Catholic OrangeFenwick at IC Catholic, 7:30St. Francis at Nazareth Academy, 7:30Chicago Catholic PurpleSt. Viator at Marmion Academy, 7:30Chicago St. Patrick at Carmel, 7:30Chicago Catholic WhiteBenet Acad. at Providence Cath., 7:30Montini at St.
Aurora Christian High School’s Drew Kegebein (3) carries against Wheaton Academy Friday.
Oswego High School’s Lucas Andersen, 2, seeks to pull away from visiting Yorkville linebacker, Lincoln Reuterskiold, in the teams’ football game in the Southwest Suburban Prairie Conference game Friday, Oct. 6.
Waubonsie Valley High School defenders swarm Neuqua Valley quarterback Ryan Mohler, 1, Friday.
By John Schutt NASCAR Cup Series, YellaWood 500, Taladega Superspeedway, Taladega, Ala., Sunday, Oct. 1. The Big One didn’t happen this year, but three medium melees did occur. However, Ryan Blaney avoided all of that catastrophic action and won the race by less than one foot ahead of Kevin Harvick.
Thursday, Oct. 12West Suburban GoldAddison Trail at Leyden, 6 Friday, Oct. 13Chicagoland ChristianSt. Edward at Marian Central, 7McNamara at Chicago Hope Academy, 7Chicago Christ. at Chicago Christ the King, 7Wheaton Academy at Aurora Christian, 7DuKaneBatavia at Wheaton Warrenville S., 7St. Charles East at Geneva, 7St. Charles North at Lake Park,
By Woodrow Carroll At one point last season, the University of Illinois football program was clearly on the upswing. After beating host Nebraska, 26-9, in late October last year, the Fighting Illini were 7-1 and ranked No. 16 in a national poll. Then things started to go sour. After that
NFC North Conf. Overall W L T W L T Detroit 4 1 0 3 1 0 Green Bay 2 3 0 2 2 0 Chicago 1 4 0 1 2 0 Minnesota 1 4 0 1 2 0 NFC East Philadelphia 5 0 0 4 0 0 Dallas 3
NACC Conf. Overall Aurora 3-0 5-0 St. Norbert 3-1 4-2 Benedictine 4-0 5-0 Concordia Wisconsin 4-0 5-1 Eureka 2-1 4-1 Wisconsin Lutheran 2-2 2-4 Concordia Chicago 0-3 0-5 Rockford 0-4 1-5 Lakeland 1-0 5-2 Individual Teams Conf. Overall Notre Dame 0-0 5-2 St. Francis (Joliet) 0-2 4-2 Judson 0-2 0-5
East Division Conf. Overall W L W L Michigan 3-0 6-0 Penn State 3-0 5-0 Ohio State 2-0 5-0 Maryland 2-1 5-1 Rutgers 1-2 4-2 Indiana 0-2 2-3 Michigan State 0-2 2-3 West Division Wisconsin 2-0 4-1 Iowa 2-1 5-1 Minnesota 1-2 3-3 Nebraska 1-2 3-3 Northwestern 1-2 3-3 Purdue
1. William Byron 4041 2. Martin Truex Jr. 4036 3. Denny Hamlin 4032 4. Kyle Larson 4024 5. Chris Buescher 4021 6. Christopher Bell 4016 7. Tyler Reddick 4016 8. Ryan Blaney 4014 *** Cup Series Playoffs Cut-Off *** 9. Brad Keselowski 2192 10. Ross Chastain 2172 11. Bubba Wallace
Yes, the Chicago Bears won, a reasonably rugged 40-20 victory at Washington, Thursday, Oct. 5, for their first victory to improve to 1-4, and will play the Minnesota Vikings, an uncommon 1-4 in Chicago Sunday, Oct. 15. It likely will be in front of a capacity crowd. Even though Northwestern,
Batavia High School’s Ryan Boe, 21, is tackled by Geneva’s Charlie Winterhalter, 15, Friday, Sept. 29 in Geneva.
Thursday, Oct. 5Chicagoland ChristianChicago Christ the King at Wheaton Academy, 7:30Upstate EightGlenbard East at Fenton, 7:30 Friday, Oct. 6Chicagoland ChristianChicago Hope Academy at St. Edward, 7Chicago Christian at McNamara, 7Marian Central at Aurora Christian, 7DuKaneGlenbard North at St. Charles North, 7Geneva at Wheaton North, 7St. Charles East at Batavia, 7Wheaton
By Bobby Narang By now, St. Francis head football coach Bob McMillen is getting used to weekly comebacks by his team. For the second straight Friday, the Spartans mounted an impressive comeback to pull off an improbable high school victory at home. September 22, the Spartans trailed, 21-7, to Joliet
By Woodrow Carroll Two badly-wounded college football teams will face each other Friday, Oct. 6 at 7 p.m. in Champaign when Nebraska and Illinois do battle. The two Big Ten West Division clubs seek to recover from disastrous showings Saturday, Sept. 30. Nebraska was host to Michigan and lost, 45-7.
