Posts Tagged Illinois

Monmouth QB gets shot at all-star game

MONMOUTH, Ill. (AP) — Monmouth College quarterback Alex Tanney spent his college career playing in Division III but this weekend he’ll take the field on a team likely to include future pros.

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Shurna’s 28 help Northwestern beat Nebraska 84-74

Northwestern forward Davide Curletti (30) talks to forward John Shurna (24) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Nebraska in Evanston, Ill., Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. (AP photo/Nam Y. Huh)

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — John Shurna scored 28 points and Drew Crawford added 21 to lead Northwestern to an 84-74 win over Nebraska on Thursday night.

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Ill. court allows torture case to proceed

This undated file photo provided by the Illinois Department of Corrections shows inmate Stanley Wrice.  Wrice, an inmate who says Chicago police officers tortured him into confessing to a brutal rape can present evidence of coercion that was denied at trial, the Illinois Supreme Court decided on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012  in a ruling that could have implications for as many as 20 other inmates seeking similar appeals.  Wrice, has spent nearly 30 years behind bars for a crime he says police brutalized him into wrongfully confessing to committing. (AP Photo/Illinois Department of Corrections, File)

CHICAGO (AP) — An inmate who says Chicago police officers tortured him into confessing to a brutal rape can present evidence of coercion that was denied at trial, the Illinois Supreme Court decided Thursday in a ruling that could have implications for more than a dozen other inmates seeking similar appeals.

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Holmes, Sawvell lift Evansville over Bradley 92-62

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — Denver Holmes and Ryan Sawvell had the first double-doubles of their careers as Evansville routed Bradley 92-62 on Wednesday night.

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Signing Day-Iowa-List

C.J. Beathard, qb, 6-2, 180 Battle Ground Academy, Franklin, Tenn. Kevin Buford, cb, 5-10, 165, Canton (Mich.) High Sean Draper, cb, 6-0, 165, Glenville High, Cleveland Faith Ekakitie, dl, 6-3, 285, Lake Forest (Ill.) Academy Maurice Fleming, cb, 6-1, 185, Curie High (Chicago) Anthony Gair, db, 6-2, 195, Prestonwood Christian, Plano, Tex. Greg Garmon, rb, 6-2, 200, McDowell High, Erie, Pa. Barkley Hill, rb, 6-0, 190, Cedar Falls (Iowa) High Jaleel Johnson, dt, 6-4, 290, Montini High, Westchester, Ill. Mitch Keppy, ol, 6-5, 287, Riverdale High, Port Byron, Ill. George Krieger-Kittle, ath, 6-4, 210, Norman (Okla.) High Connor Kornbrath, k/p, 6-7, 210, Bridgeport (W.V.) High Ruben Lile, s, 6-3, 200, Cass Tech (Detroit, Mich.) Greg Mabin, wr, 6-2, 190, Calvary Christian Academy, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Nate Meier, rb, 6-2, 235 Fremont-Mills (Iowa) High Drew Ott, de, 6-4, 235, Giltner (Neb.) High Reid Sealby, ol, 6-5, 250, Byron (Ill.) High. Eric Simmons, ol, 6-3, 300, Iowa Western Community College Tevaun Smith, wr, 6-2, 186, Chaminade College High, Toronto Cody Sokol, qb, 6-2, 210, Scottsdale (Ariz.) Community College Laron Taylor, lb, 6-0, 205, Cass Tech (Detroit, Mich.) Ryan Ward, ol, 6-6, 270, Providence Catholic High, New Lenox, Ill. Cameron Wilson, wr, 6-2, 193, Jerome High, Dublin, Ohio Daumantas Venckus-Cucchiara, de, 6-4, 220 Cypress Bay, Weston, Fla. Sean Draper, CB, 6-0, 165 Cleveland (Ohio) Glenville High

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