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Tim Folliard Sports Writer Raheem Mostert and the 49ers will face off with Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs in the Super Bowl. Photo credit: AP After dominating performances, the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers will meet for Super Bowl LIV. The teams were able to win with two different styles of offenses in their conference championship games. The most notable statistics from Sunday’s matchups were the Chiefs accounting for 292 yards through the air and the 49ers with 285 yards on the ground. In the AFC Championship game, Kansas City faced off against the Tennessee Titans. The Titans got off to a strong start and took a 17-7 lead in the 2nd quarter. It looked as if the Chiefs were going to be the next team that season were to end at the hands of the Titans. The Titans reached the championship game after pulling off upsets of the New England Patriots and the Baltimore Ravens. Those wins ignited their fan base as the Patriots were the defending Super Bowl champions and th...

Tim Folliard Sports Writer Photo courtesy of benueagles.com As the temperatures are starting to fall outside, the Benedictine basketball teams are starting to heat up. At the halfway mark of their seasons, the men’s team currently has a record of 10-3 and the women’s team has a record of 11-2. The men’s basketball team has been ranked as high as 19th in the nation so far this season. One of their biggest wins of the season took place on the road against North Central College, who was ranked 9th at the time. Their largest margin of victory took place when they throttled Marian University 102-35. The Eagles currently sit second in conference after a 1-point loss against conference leader Wisconsin Lutheran this past weekend. According to ncaa.org the eagles top point scorer is Eric Grygo who is averaging 18.5 points per game. Grygo is second in conference scoring with a 66.7% field goal percentage. Kyle Graebner is second on the team with 11.3 points per game. The women’s basket...

Tim Folliard Sports Writer Trubisky threw three touchdowns in the Bears’ victory against the Lions. Photo credit: NBC Sports DETROIT, MI – The Bears defeated the Lions 24-20 on Thanksgiving to improve to 6-6 on the year. The Bears overcame a slow start to end the game with a 17-3 run. Mitchell Trubisky led the way with 338 passing yards and 3 touchdowns. Cordarrelle Patterson opened the feast with a 50-yard kickoff return that gave the Bears great field position. After a 14-yard run by David Montgomery he brought the ball up to the 10-yard line, with Trubisky connecting with Allen Robinson for the opening score. The Lions responded by scoring on their next two drives to take a 14-7 lead in the first quarter. Lions quarterback David Blough was impressive on those two drives. His first NFL completion was a 75-yard touchdown pass to Kenny Golladay. Blough followed that up with another touchdown to Marvin Jones, Jr. Blough, who went undrafted in the 2019 draft, was making his firs...

Tim Folliard Sports Writer Myles Garrett hit Mason Rudolph in the head with his own helmet at the end of the Steelers vs. Browns game. Photo credit: Associated Press CLEVELAND, OH – At the end of the Browns and Steelers game, a fight broke out that caused the NFL to hand out the longest suspension for a single on-field incident. The game was well in hand for the Browns, who were up by 14 points with 13 seconds remaining. Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph dropped back and threw a swing pass to Fitzgerald Toussaint. After the pass was thrown, he was taken to the ground by Myles Garrett where chaos ensued. Rudolph, who threw four interceptions earlier in the game, took offense to the hit. He attempted to remove Garrett’s helmet while lying on the ground. Garrett then took off Rudolph’s helmet and proceeded to use it as a weapon against him. He hit Rudolph on top of the head with the helmet. Steelers lineman Maurkice Pouncey started throwing punches and kicking Garrett after that...

Tim Folliard Sports Writer Sophomore Claire Gibler (above) went 4-5 from three against Augustana. Photo credit: Steve Woltmann ROCK ISLAND, IL – Women’s basketball started off the season at the Augustana College Hyatt Place Tournament. They ended up placing second in the four-team tournament after beating Augustana on Friday and losing to Hope College on Saturday. Hope College is currently ranked #6 in the nation. Augustana College Game The women’s basketball team started off the season with a 74-69 win against Augustana. It was an exciting game that featured thirteen lead changes and seven ties. Benedictine trailed by seven after the first quarter, but with a twelve-point run the scoring in the second quarter came alive. Seven of those points were scored by Allison Michalski after she hit two jump shots and converted a three-point play. Benedictine led the entire third quarter helped by three pointers by Claire Gibler and Brittney Pitzer. Points were also scored in the paint ...

Tim Folliard Sports Writer Senior Lukasz Sulka (above) scored the game-winning goal. Photo credit: Dani Gariglio The NACC started their postseason tournament this past weekend. Both the men’s and women’s teams were able to qualify after strong regular season performances. The men advanced with a 3-2 victory and the women lost 1-0 in overtime. Men’s Soccer After trailing for nearly 70 minutes, Benedictine was able to score two late goals to beat Concordia University Chicago. The Eagles started off the scoring in the 3rd minute after a cross by senior Lukasz Sulka found junior Michael Alemu, who kicked it into the back of the net. The Cougars responded with two goals of their own in the 6th and 11th minute of the game to take a 2-1 lead. They held that lead until the 80th minute. Benedictine tied it up after a goal by Andrew Leon in the 80th minute. Shortly after, a hard foul on Alemu set up the Eagles with a free kick a yard outside of the box. Sulka perfectly hit the free kick...

Tim Folliard Sports Writer Benedictine ran for 227 yards as a team. Photo Credit: Eli Smith Kicking a field goal in wet and windy conditions is not an easy task. To add to the challenge, the game is on the line. But despite these challenges, freshman kicker, Tanner Mateus made the 18-yard field goal and Benedictine beat Eureka College in a slugfest 17-14. Most of the game was played in heavy rain and windy conditions. The weather played a role in the Eagles game plan as they ran the ball 37 times on 45 offensive plays. Senior running back Josh Williams got most of the carries as he ran 23 times for 190 yards on the ground. He scored both of the Eagles touchdowns. “The weather affected our game plan a lot, but we made the right adjustments and let our ground game win it for us,” junior wide receiver Dylan Leschewski said, “Josh Williams had a great day, along with the linemen up front. They really carried us to victory in the downpour of rain.” The Eagles also were aided by a...