The stadium ‘Monumental’ is full of public Sunday for the match between River Plate and Boca Juniors, although both currently not the best in a tournament Opening 2009 since both are far from the top. The history between River and Boca: for local tournaments, played on 184 occasions, with 67 wins and 254 goals for the “Xeneizes”, 61 compliments with 243 entries for the “Millionaires” [...]

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Four Gateway Conference are ranked for the second-straight week, including Southern Illinois, UNI, Western Kentucky and Western Illinois. The Salukis, who achieved their first No. 1 ranking as a Gateway member last week, fell one spot to No. 2 after falling 23-22 to I-A Northern Illinois last week. All eight Gateway teams are either ranked or receiving votes, as Illinois State and SMS are among [...]

For the first time in league history, a Gateway Newcomer of the Year is from the University of Northern Iowa; while the league’s Freshman of the Year hails from Western Kentucky University. RB Terrance Freeney becomes the first Panther to win the league’s Newcomer of the Year honor, while QB Justin Haddix is the first Hilltopper to earn the league’s five-year-old Freshman of the Year [...]

The Gateway Football Conference went 3-1 in the opening round of the I-AA playoffs, but all three teams will be on the road on Dec. 6, as quarterfinal action takes place next Saturday. This past weekend, Western Illinois won at Montana, 43-40 (2ot); Western Kentucky rolled past Jacksonville State, 45-7; UNI outdistanced visiting Montana State, 35-14; and Southern Illinois fell at Delaware, 48-7.   Saturday, [...]

Randy Ball, head football coach at Southwest Missouri State for the past five years, has been given a two-year contract extension in action approved Friday by the SMS Board of Governors. The extension will extend through the 2005 season. The athletics and university administration recommended that Ball’s coaching contract be extended and the Board of Governors unanimously approved that recommendation. Ball’s salary and other contract [...]

Led by Southern Illinois at No. 5, the Gateway’s playoff hopefuls occupy four of the top 11 spots in this week’s Sports Network poll. UNI, which claimed the league’s automatic berth and co-championship with the win over SIU last week, is at No. 8. Western Kentucky (8-3) is at No. 10, while Western Illinois (8-3) is No. 11. All of the Gateway schools are idle [...]

Ten Gateway Conference players have been named to their respective district Academic All-America teams this week. QB Russ Michna and OL Perry Cox of Western Illinois both hold perfect 4.0 cumulative grade point averages and represent the league on the District V team. Joining Michna and Cox on the All-District V University Division Football Team are TE Chris Kupec of Southern Illinois; RB Jake Shields [...]

Southwest Missouri State wide receiver Steven Rush, Cal Poly linebacker Jordan Beck, and Maine return man Arel Gordon have been honored as national I-AA players of the week by The Sports Network. Rush was also selected as one of this week’s “All-Stars” by I-AA.org. Rush had a magnificent receiving day against Illinois State, Beck was all over the field in the Mustangs’ win over UC [...]

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After earning a share of its first Gateway Conference title with a 24-17 victory over Youngstown State this past Saturday, the Salukis climbed one more notch in the national polls to No. 2 — their highest ranking since winning the national title (No. 1 ranking) in 1983. SIU tops a list of four Gateway schools in the polls this week, as Western Illinois, Western Kentucky, [...]

This week’s Players of the Week in the Gateway Football Conference are WR/RS Steven Rush of SMS; LB Karl Maslowski of Western Kentucky; P Pat Jordan of Indiana State; and Brad Durham of SMS. Offensive WR/KR Steven Rush, SMS Jr., 5-11, 196, Omaha (Neb.) North High Rush caught 6 passes for 249 yards and four touchdowns and returned three kickoffs for 161 yards and a [...]