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York High School seeks more progress in 8A football playoffs

By Bobby Narang York High School football head coach Mike Fitzgerald had a clear understanding of the importance of a breakout season for his program. In Fitzgerald’s fourth season, the Dukes won their first six games to earn the program’s first playoff berth since 2011. The Dukes, who will play

Excitement: Illini, Northern Illinois, big victories

By Woodrow Carroll Illinois head football coach Bret Bielema enjoyed victory No. 100 of his collegiate coaching career. Rest assured, it was a contested game that long will be remembered, and, not just by Bielema! On the road at Penn State and a 23- or 24-point underdog, Bielema’s Fighting Illini’s

College football schedules Oct. 30 and Nov. 3-6; results Oct. 23

Saturday, Oct. 30FBSRutgers at Illinois, 11 a.m., BTNMinnesota at Northwestern, 2:30 p.m., BTNNorthern Illinois, Bye weekNorth Carolina at Notre Dame, 6:30 p.m., NBC Subdivision IIllinois State at Western Illinois, 3 p.m., ESPN 3 Division IIOlivet Nazarene University at St. Francis, 1 p.m., youtu.be/eIFQa4HF1R4 Division IIIBenedictine University at Aurora University, 1

Surprising Northern Illinois helped by Rudolph, Ducker

By Woodrow Carroll Toledo University and Bowling Green University in Ohio are approximately 20 miles apart. The past two weeks, the Toledo Rockets and the Bowling Green Falcons provided Northern Illinois with two important Mid-American Conference (MAC) victories. Each game ended under similar circumstances. Northern Illinois beat Toledo, 22-20, on