Sports Stories from October 13, 2012 (Change date)
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Ball has career day as Wisconsin beat Purdue 38-14Oct 13, 2012 2:37 pm - WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Montee Ball ran for a career-high 247 yards and scored three touchdowns to help Wisconsin beat Purdue 38-14 on Saturday afternoon. James White add...
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Lance Armstrong’s image strong despite scandalOct 13, 2012 2:27 pm - It’s not so much that the Lance Armstrong story was too good to be true. Now it might just be too good to let go. Even after investigators unveiled a scathing report por...
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Venric Mark, Northwestern hold on to beat Minnesota 21-13Oct 13, 2012 2:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS — Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald has been juggling quarterbacks over the last few weeks, looking for the right combination to get his offense into a rhyth...
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Immaculate Conception ends three-game skidOct 13, 2012 1:55 pm - On a damp and dreary Saturday afternoon in Melrose Park, the clouds actually parted for Immaculate Conception’s football team. Breaking a three-game losing streak, the K...
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NIU honors Rozner as Distinguished AlumniOct 13, 2012 1:32 pm - After leaving Northern Illinois University in 1984 with a degree in journalism, award-winning sports writer and columnist Barry Rozner never strayed too far from his alm...
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Well-rested Stevenson gets two champions in sectional victoryOct 13, 2012 12:04 pm - Danielle Vasiliev caught a break by getting some extra sleep on Saturday morning. The added energy boost came in handy for her in netting the Stevenson girls tennis sec...
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St. Charles N., Neuqua Valley race to UEC titlesOct 13, 2012 10:13 am - Batavia and St. Charles North have found themselves running in the same meet four times this fall, and each occasion the teams have been separated by less than 10 points...
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Geneva knocks out BataviaOct 13, 2012 10:13 am - Geneva got off to a great start and used it to put away Batavia, 2-1, in Saturday’s Class 3A Naperville Central boys soccer quarterfinal. It was the second time the Viki...
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Bartlett wins 2nd straight sectionalOct 13, 2012 10:13 am - On a rain-soaked day that forced most of Saturday’s action indoors, Bartlett’s girls tennis team persevered. Spurred on by a pair of second-place individual finishes, th...
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West Aurora’s Stefancic wins sectional titleOct 13, 2012 10:13 am - Oswego East’s Sajela Harlow defeated West Aurora’s Emily Emily Stefancic in last year’s sectional championship match, leaving the Blackhawks junior with a long time hopi...