Sports
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It took nine years to accomplish but East St. Louis coach Darren Sunkett finally made good on his promise Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Champaign.
Veteran high school football coach Lloyd Dunne, the former head coach at Collinsville and a longtime assistant at Assumption, East St. Louis Lincoln and Edwardsville, died Friday of emphysema. He was 81.
It took nine years to accomplish but East St. Louis coach Darren Sunkett finally made good on his promise Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Champaign.
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The following is a list of sports events, youth league registrations and other news for metro-east residents wanting to participate in organized activities. Organizations or individuals with information for this list should mail the item to: News-Democrat, P.O. Box 427, 120 S. Illinois St., Belleville, Il., 62222. Items also can be e-mailed to Norm Sanders at nsanders@bnd.com, or fax it to 236-9773.
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Tickets to the St. Louis Cardinals' 13th annual Winter Warm-Up will go on sale Friday.
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Funeral services will be Wednesday in Katy, Texas, for longtime St. Louis Cardinals scouting director Fred McAlister.
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Was he gassed or wasn't he? That was the question being disputed in the St. Louis Rams' locker room regarding Steven Jackson's disappearance in the fourth quarter of Sunday's 16-12 loss to the Miami Dolphins at the Edward Jones Dome.
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St. Louis Rams defensive end Chris Long gave Miami Dolphins left tackle Jake Long the edge in the head-to-head battle of the top two picks in the 2008 NFL Draft because of the final score of the game.
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The St. Louis Blues celebrated Keith Tkachuk's milestone goal, then went on to win a rare road game.
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Shifting gears abruptly late in the second period Saturday, the St. Louis Blues went from a hungry, aggressive squad to one intent on letting the Edmonton Oilers dictate play at both ends of the ice.
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The New Hampshire Wildcats scored 21 points on special teams en route to beating Southern Illinois University Carbondale 29-20 on Saturday in a NCAA Division I Football Championship first-round playoff game.
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It was a night sophomore Mike Tisdale always will remember, but not for all the reasons one might think.
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Southwestern Illinois deer hunters mirrored their brethren around the state during the first weekend of shotgun season.
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With the wood fire crackling in the stove, it is hard to believe it can be 70 degrees in the yurt and the temperature outside can be somewhere in the 20s.
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