Cubs Clinch NL East Hopes With Wild Wrigley Parade
The Cubs beat the Pirates 4-2 at Wrigley Field to cut the magic number to three for the NL East title as 38,000 fans cheered wildly. Dwight Smith and Mark Grace sparked the celebration after the final out, with players and crowd sharing a shoes-off, banner-filled ovation.
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Bears stretch Lions defense as Detroit falls 47 27
In Pontiac Michigan the Detroit Lions, adopting a run and shoot offense dubbed Silver Stretch, allowed 542 yards and lost to the Chicago Bears 47 to 27. Lions rookie Barry Sanders left with a hip pointer and is doubtful for next game while Bears coach Ditka praised Sanders. Bears improved to 3-0 while Lions dropped to 0-3 amid 30,000+ Bears fans in attendance.
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Fittipaldi Clinches CART PPG Title With Bosch Race Win
Emerson Fittipaldi won the 200-mile Bosch Spark Plug race in Nazareth, finishing in 1 hour 29 minutes 2.5 seconds at 134.767 mph to clinch the CART PPG championship. Rick Mears, who ran into pit trouble, finished second as Fittipaldi secured his first CART PPG title and $1.7 million in championship payout.
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Griffin 170 yards leads Aurora rout of Manchester
Ron Griffin, a Dixon High School standout now at Aurora University, rushed 170 yards and two touchdowns as the Spartans beat Manchester 44 17. The junior back, who returned from knee surgery, has 300 yards and four TDs in three games and saw 18 carries as Aurora eyeing a heavy workload. Brian Fetteroff added a 21 yard interception return as the defense sealed the win. Aurora travels to MacMurray next, then hosts Dubuque in a late October game.
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Spangler helps Dixon boys take second at Rock River Run
Spangler finished seventh for Dixon as the 10 team Rock River Run in Sterling saw the Dukes place second in Class 2A behind LaSalle Peru with 84 points. Dixon's Mark Swim 13th and Chris McBride 14th also scored, while Rochelle's Jeff Mitchell ran 2nd overall in 16 03.
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Oregon and Sterling star in cross country meet results
In a multi race meet, Oeste placed 125 and Oregon seven over 150 in varsity, with Newman’s Brent Pinkston 13th at 17 33 and Oregon’s Kevin Tinsley 9th 17 22 plus Jeremy Heller 10th 17 25. Sterling won girls with 87, Kewanee 99, Waubonsee Valley 103. Princeton 4th led by Jenny Faber in 12 44 for 2.1 miles. Oregon made seventh, Sterling Newman 16th, Rochelle 20th. Oregon’s Stephanie Harden 7th 13 45, Amy Manis 15th 13 57, Nicki Janssen 29th 14 39. Dixon girls won JV with Elizabeth Willard 2nd 15 05. Terra Helfrich 4th 15 48, Angie McGrail 5th 15 56, Polly Guthrie 9th 16 30, Mary Rodriguez 12th 17 40, Molly O’Hara 15th 18 03. In boys fresh/soph, John Craft 9th 12 34, Ryan Tessen 12th 12 49, Ian Spangler 24th 13 56. Matt O Hara led freshmen with 5th 13 33.
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Dixon Falls To Rockford East In Soccer Clash 2-0
Dixon High School suffered its second straight defeat as Rockford East blanked them 2-0 at the old Grand Detour School field. The Dukes drop to 6-2-2 overall and 0-2-2 in their past four, while JV winners Chad Pate and Josh Stallings gave Dixon a 2-1 victory.
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