10/17/09 Augustana women's basketball team has been picked to finish in third place in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference preseason coaches poll. The Vikings, entering their second season in the NSIC, received 145 points and got two-first-place votes. Defending national champion Minnesota State, with nine first-place votes and 176 points, was selected as the league favorite for the second ... 10/17/09 Pendleton Heights 49, Anderson Highland 23 Dezmon Nunn scored four long touchdowns and ran for a career-high 237 yards to help the Arabians (3-6) shock the host Scots (5-4). Nunn scored on runs of 72, 66 and 45 yards and caught a 66-yard TD pass from Mitch Patishall as Heights piled up 497 yards of offense, including 342 on the ground. 10/17/09 It will be 10 years next week since that private plane lost its course from Florida to Texas and crashed in a South Dakota pasture. Most of the golfing nation remembers that tragedy because it claimed the life of celebrated PGA Tour player Payne Stewart. Those of us in central Illinois know there was another great loss on the plane that day, the life of Bartonville native Bruce Borland. 10/17/09 Three years ago, Allen Held guided his South Broward football team to an 8-2 record, and because the Bulldogs lost twice in the district, they had to sit home and watch other programs they had beaten advance to the playoffs. 10/17/09 The names of five deceased firefighters from San Diego will be added today to a memorial wall on the Capitol grounds in Sacramento. 10/17/09 The names of five deceased firefighters from San Diego will be added today to a memorial wall on the Capitol grounds in Sacramento. 10/17/09 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Mid-American Conference East Conference All Games W L PF PA W L PF PA Temple 3 0 85 44 3 2 115 102 Ohio 2 0 63 44 4 2 161 141 BGSU 1 1 73 79 2 4 148 186 Kent St. 1 1 64 55 2 4 118 154 Buffalo 0 2 26 57 2 4 133 154 Akron 0 2 28 67 1 4 97 136 Miami 0 2 45 77 0 6 64 220 West Conference All Games W L PF PA W L PF PA C. Mich. 3 0 124 42 5 1 207 88 N. Illinois 1 0 38 3 3 2 158 93 W ... 10/17/09 BOZEMAN, Mont. - Another week, another chance to guage progress for the University of South Dakota football team. The Coyotes (3-3) are coming off a kick-in-the-gut 24-23 overtime loss to UC Davis as they prepare to play Montana State today at Bobcat Stadium. It's not the first place an FCS transitional football program would go to get well after a disheartening defeat, but there's no choice ... 10/17/09 The West Valley High School football team got the better of rival Anderson 20-10 in the annual South County Collision game on Friday. The Eagles (1-1 Northern Athletic League, 3-4) actually trailed 10-3 at halftime. But Levi Cox ran for a 5-yard touchdown run in the third quarter and added a 12-yard TD pass to Jake Gibbins to give West Valley the lead. Tyler Stevenson intercepted two passes ... 10/17/09 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Mid-American Conference East Conference All Games W L PF PA W L PF PA Temple 3 0 85 44 3 2 115 102 Ohio 2 0 63 44 4 2 161 141 BGSU 1 1 73 79 2 4 148 186 Kent St. 1 1 64 55 2 4 118 154 Buffalo 0 2 26 57 2 4 133 154 Akron 0 2 28 67 1 4 97 136 Miami 0 2 45 77 0 6 64 220 West Conference All Games W L PF PA W L PF PA C. Mich. 3 0 124 42 5 1 207 88 N. Illinois 1 0 38 3 3 2 158 93 W ... 10/17/09 Yankton turned the ball over four times, and Aberdeen Central took advantage.... 10/17/09 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Mid-American Conference East Conference All Games W L PF PA W L PF PA Temple 3 0 85 44 3 2 115 102 Ohio 2 0 63 44 4 2 161 141 BGSU 1 1 73 79 2 4 148 186 Kent St. 1 1 64 55 2 4 118 154 Buffalo 0 2 26 57 2 4 133 154 Akron 0 2 28 67 1 4 97 136 Miami 0 2 45 77 0 6 64 220 West Conference All Games W L PF PA W L PF PA C. Mich. 3 0 124 42 5 1 207 88 N. Illinois 1 0 38 3 3 2 158 93 W ... |