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Shannon Babb's Heartbreak At Farmer City Raceway
Basically anyone and everyone on the grounds Friday at Farmer City Raceway felt Shannon Babb’s heartbreak. Even Jonathan Davenport and Ricky Thornton Jr. grew empathic for the Moweaqua, Ill., veteran who couldn’t finish the Farmer City 74 feature on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. The 50-year-old...
Thornton Comes from Eighth for Third Straight Lucas Oil Triumph
FARMER CITY, IL – It wasn’t an easy win for Ricky Thornton Jr. who from the eighth starting spot to take the lead on the 71st circuit after race leader Shannon Babb slowed on the track. From there, Thornton led the remaining four laps of the Farmer City 74 on Friday night to take the victory.
IWU softball punches ticket to DIII national tourney with comeback win in CCIW title game
BLOOMINGTON, Illinois (WMBD) – Illinois Wesleyan softball guaranteed themselves a spot in the NCAA DIII National Softball tournament with a come-from-behind 4-2 win over archrival Millikin in the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin championship game. The Titans broke a scoreless tie in the third when Normal West grad...
Monticello beats STM in penalty kicks to advance to regional final
MONTICELLO — One hundred minutes wasn’t enough to decide which girls’ soccer team would move on to the Class 1A Monticello Regional championship. For 80 minutes of regulation and another 20 of overtime on Saturday, the host Sages and St. Thomas More traded blows, fighting for possession, exciting the crowd with numerous scoring chances and seeing their goalies make save after save to keep the score at 1-1.
Softball Game Preview: Teutopolis Plays at Home
The Teutopolis Wooden Shoes will be playing at home against the Cerro Gordo/Bement Broncos at 4:15 a.m. on Monday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches. Having struggled with three defeats in a row, Teutopolis finally turned things around against Cumberland on Saturday. Teutopolis...
5-10 Friday Frenzy
(WAND) - The Original Friday Frenzy is back, in postseason form. It was a do or die for teams in college softball, baseball and girls soccer. Check out the frenzy scores below. CCIW Softball Tournament. Millikin 8, North Central 0. Millikin 4, Augustana 3. Millikin will face Illinois Wesleyan in...
Millikin softball drops CCIW championship game to Illinois Wesleyan
Bloomington, Ill. (WAND) -- It was Championship Saturday as Millikin softball was back in the CCIW championship game going up against Illinois Wesleyan. The Big Blue needed to beat their rivals from up north twice to claim the title. Illinois Wesleyan 4, Millikin 2.
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