High School football: Aurora Christian vs. Wheaton Academy
Aurora Christian High School’s Drew Kegebein (3) carries against Wheaton Academy Friday.
High School football: Oswego vs. Yorkville
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.
High School Football: Waubonsie Valley vs. Neuqua Valley
Waubonsie Valley High School defenders swarm Neuqua Valley quarterback Ryan Mohler, 1, Friday.
Big One at YellaWood 500 NASCAR failed to happen
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.
Select high school football schedules Oct. 12-14; results Oct. 5-7
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,
Shocker for NIU; survival for NU; Illini look lost
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
National Football League standings through October 9
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
College Football standings through October 9
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
Big Ten Conference Football standings and schedule/results through October 9
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
NASCAR Cup Series standings through October 9
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
Undefeated high school football teams dwindle
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,
High School Football: Batavia vs. Geneva
Batavia High School’s Ryan Boe, 21, is tackled by Geneva’s Charlie Winterhalter, 15, Friday, Sept. 29 in Geneva.
Select high school football schedules Oct. 5-7; results Sept. 29-30
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
St. Francis, comeback kids, prevail again
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
Illinois, Nebraska, seek to heal football wounds
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.
Major League Baseball Final regular season
American League Central W L PCT GB Minnesota 87 75 .537 – Detroit 78 84 .481 9.0 Cleveland 76 86 .469 11.0 Chi White Sox 61 101 .377 26.0 Kansas City 56 106 .346 31.0 American League East W L PCT GB Baltimore 101 61 .623 – Tampa Bay 99
Men’s Major League Soccer Eastern Conference
Club PTS W L T Cincinnati 65 19 4 8 Orlando 54 15 7 9 New England 52 14 6 10 Philadelphia 51 14 8 9 Columbus 50 14 9 8 Atlanta 49 13 8 10 Nashville 45 12 9 9 NYCFC 38 8 10 14 Montréal 37 11 16
NASCAR Cup Series standings
1. William Byron 3136 2. Denny Hamlin 3108 3. Christopher Bell 3080 4. Ryan Blaney 3078 5. Chris Buescher 3077 6. Martin Truex Jr. 3075 7. Kyle Larson 3073 8. Brad Keselowski 3060 9. Tyler Reddick 3058 10. Bubba Wallace 3051 11. Ross Chastain 3050 12. Kyle Busch 3034 ***
Chicago Blackhawks Schedule/results
PreseasonThu, Sept. 28vs. St. Louis, W 2-1, otSat, Sept. 30at Minnesota, L 3-2, otSun, Oct. 1at Detroit, W 6-1Tue, Oct. 3, 7:30 p.m., NBCSCHvs. DetroitRegular seasonThu, Oct. 5, 7:30 p.m., NBCSCHvs. MinnesotaSat, Oct. 7, 7 p.m., NBCSCHat St. LouisTue, Oct. 10, 7 p.m., ESPNat PittsburghWed, Oct. 11, 6:30 p.m., TNTat