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    Bears are who they are—a mediocre team
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    Two-and-a-half seasons removed from their Super Bowl appearance, the Bears are who they never imagined they would be—just another mediocre football team.
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    BY <a href=mailto:bbiggs@suntimes.com>BRAD BIGGS</a> Staff Reporter
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    Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01 CST
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    Foxes surprise with 2nd in 2A
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    The Yorkville girls' cross country meet headed to the IHSA state Class 2A meet at Detweiller Park Saturday hoping for a top-5 finish.

The Foxes got it, and then some.

Led by All-State performances from Ali Hester and Esther Bell, Yorkville scored 124 points to pick up a team trophy with a second-place performance. The Foxes, who placed 12th a year ago, finished just six points behind team champion Springfield.<br>
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    Three run to All-State honors
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    The state cross country meet is all about survival of the fittest.

The first mile is typically run at a breakneck pace. For example, in Saturday's Class 3A meet, eventual winner Lukas Verzbicas of Sandburg, who was attempting to break Craig Virgin's 37-year-old course record of 13:50, took the field out in a blistering 4:28 before tiring and finishing in 14:07.<br>
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    By MIKE KNAPP For Sun-Times Media
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    Lanark Eastland flexs muscles, ends Newark's year
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    Who'll stop the reign?

That's the toughest question to answer after watching defending Class 1A state volleyball champ Lanark Eastland live up to its billing by dispatching Newark Saturday night 25-9, 25-11. Winning the South Beloit Super-Sectional sends the Cougars back to the Final Four at Illinois State University next weekend.<br>
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    By <a href="mailto:rarmstrong@scn1.com?Subject=Story.Response"id="up">RICK ARMSTRONG</a> rarmstrong@scn1.com
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    Spartans see winning streak snapped
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    Concordia-Chicago rode the legs of Khyree Copeland and a 28-point first quarter to a 44-27 victory over the Spartans on Saturday at Vago Field, dropping Aurora University back below .500 and keeping the Cougars locked in a three-way tie for first-place in the Northern Athletics Conference.

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    By BRIAN MILLER For Sun-Times Media
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    Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01 CST
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    Brunt work: O-line blamed
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    The Bears' offensive line has been under siege of late, but it's only one part of a unit that has been dysfunctional as a whole. The offense is running the ball like it did last season -- not well enough -- and quarterback Jay Cutler has been smacked around some behind a line that has gone from using three new starters this season to two after the Josh Beekman switcheroo last week. 
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    BY <a href=mailto:bbiggs@suntimes.com>BRAD BIGGS</a>  bbiggs@suntimes.com 
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    Defense-led Wildcats hand Hawkeyes first loss
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    Corn-shucking cynics have insisted all season that the passwords at Kinnick Stadium have been ''lucky'' and ''charmed.'' But no one knew those words would pass from No. 8 Iowa to Northwestern in the blink of a Hawkeye on Saturday. 
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    BY <a href=mailto:jodonnell@suntimes.com>JIM O'DONNELL</a>  jodonnell@suntimes.com 
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    Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01 CST
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    Bulls don rally caps again 
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    They're not the Cardiac Kids just yet, but the Bulls are making a habit of comeback victories at home. Four days after overcoming an 18-point deficit in the second half en route to defeating the Milwaukee Bucks, the Bulls erased a nine-point deficit and survived some shaky free-throw shooting down the stretch to earn a 93-90 victory Saturday against the Charlotte Bobcats at the United Center. 
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    BY <a href=mailto:jjackson@suntimes.com>JOHN JACKSON</a>  jjackson@suntimes.com 
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    Bowman, Hawks should be united in seeking center 
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    <P>Stan Bowman will attend his first NHL general managers meeting this week in Toronto as the Blackhawks' GM. The groundwork for trades often is created at the meeting, but after the Hawks went 8-4-1 in October, it didn't seem Bowman would be very interested in tweaking his roster.<!--dropend--></P>
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    BY <a href="mailto:lziehm@suntimes.com">LEN ZIEHM</a>  lziehm@suntimes.com 
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    Golden against Gophers
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    <P>MINNEAPOLIS -- As defensive end Clay Nurse rumbled off the field, he shouted it out loud. Almost snarled it.</P>
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    BY <a href=mailto:hgould@suntimes.com>HERB GOULD</a>  hgould@suntimes.com 
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    Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01 CST
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