It’s a luxurious most groups don’t get pleasure from — having a Big Ten recruit and with the ability to choose and select when to make use of him. So it's with Lincoln-Way East, which stored Michigan-bound receiver AJ Henning, the state’s top-ranked senior, principally in reserve till late within the third quarter of Saturday’s Class 8A semifinal at Marist. Then Henning scored two touchdowns in three possessions and the Griffins had been on their approach again to the state finals in DeKalb with a 24-7 win. Junior operating again Jamal Johnson carried the load a lot of the day for Lincoln-Way East (13-0), grinding out 175 yards on 28 carries and scoring on a 14-yard
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Spain clinch World Cup place, Serbia made to wait
Spain seal World Cup berth as Italy draw with FYR Macedonia Serbia miss chance to join them with 3-2 loss in Austria Iceland go top of Group I with eye-catching victory in Turkey Watch highlights of tonight's games from 24:00CET on Saturday Permutations: who needs what to qualify Qualified: Belgium, England, Germany, Spain, Russia (hosts) Group D
Dustin Pedroia Confident Red Sox Will Overcome Pressure, Clinch AL East
The Boston Red Sox have squandered many opportunities to clinch the American League East, and now their lead has shrunk to two games with two games to play in the regular season. Boston can clinch the division with a win or a loss by the New York Yankees in the next two days, so they still control their own destiny. But their recent play has many people concerned, but not Dustin Pedroia. Following Boston’s 3-2 loss to the Houston Astros on Friday, Pedroia noted how hard it is to win the best division in baseball. But the veteran second baseman stated the team has overcome a lot of adversity this season and they
Benfica clinch League Cup win, Porto held again
THURSDAY Porto 1-1 Feirense (Marcano 49; Flávio 73)The Dragons are in danger of missing out on the Portuguese League Cup semi-finals after being held for a second time in Group B. Iván Marcano put the hosts in front just after half-time but they could not defend their advantage and trail Moreirense by two points ahead of their final group game away to the leaders on 3 January – with only the top side in each section progressing to the last four.Benfica 1-0 Paços de Ferreira (Cervi 39)Winners
Twitter Explodes After Cubs Clinch First World Series Berth In 71 Years
The Chicago Cubs are going to the World Series. No, that’s not a joke. The Cubs are National League champions for the first time since 1945 after defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-0 in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series at Wrigley Field on Saturday night. As you might expect, the reaction to the Cubs’ triumph on Twitter was pretty insane. A lot of people weren’t alive the last time the Cubs won the pennant. Here’s the best reaction from Chicago’s historic win. Thumbnail photo via Jerry Lai/USA TODAY Sports Images