Sept. 21, 2007

5 years ago (2002): James Wade ran for 203 yards on 11 carries with three touchdowns and also caught a long scoring pass as Bloomington's unbeaten football team flexed its big-play muscle in a 53-13 victory over Normal West. Evan McNamara scored five touchdowns as Lexington beat Woodland, 48-0.

15 years ago (1992): Illinois State won the third annual Illinois State Classic on an overall point system after its 3-3 overtime tie with Vermont's soccer team. The Redbirds gained the tie on Jan Ruehlicke's penalty kick with 1:01 remaining in overtime. Wisconsin upset 13th ranked Creighton, 2-0, and took second place.

25 years ago (1982): John Kasch and Scot Regner rallied from a three-hole deficit and birdied five of the remaining nine holes to defeat Dave Hundman and Scott Henderson, 1 up, in the first round of the B-N Two-Man Best Position Match Play Golf Tournament at Crestwicke Country Club. Kasch and Regnr shot seven-under-par 65.

50 years ago (1957): A faked-out official mistakenly nullified a 73-yard touchdown run by Trinity's Tony Jaskowiak and Pontiac High School escaped with a 6-0 football victory. Jaskowiak was in the clear, but the official thought another player had the ball and whistled the play dead at the line of scrimmage.

From Pages Past compiled by Roger Cushman From Pantagraph files