Reid Hanley

Western Illinois tailback Herb Donaldson was named Gateway Conference Offensive Player of the Week after setting conference and school rushing records against Indiana State. The sophomore ran for 328 yards...

Junior linebacker Donald Thomas and junior quarterback Cole Stinson earned Ohio Valley honors for their efforts in the Panthers' 29-3 victory over Tennessee State. Thomas had 12 tackles, two solos...

Arkee Whitlock ran for a career-high 218 yards against Youngstown State, the third 200-plus yard game of his career. He scored three touchdowns and averaged 6.2 yards on 35 carries....

In almost any direction you turn from Chicago, you're bound to find a directional school (Northern, Eastern, Western and Southern) playing Division I basketball and some--SIU in particular--making noise come...

Illinois State (7-2, 4-1) jumped from 10th to seventh in the Sports Network NCAA Division I-AA national rankings after its 38-14 victory over Missouri State on Saturday. . . ....

Northwestern's 21-7 victory Saturday gave the Wildcats back-to-back wins over Iowa for the first time since 1995-97. NU has won six of its last 10 games against the Hawkeyes. ....

NIU will not play a Saturday game this month. The Huskies play host to Toledo on Tuesday night, and their next game is a week from Friday with Central Michigan....

Leathernecks linebacker Jerome Bennett was named the Gateway Conference defensive player of the week for his play in WIU's 24-13 victory over No. 7 Northern Iowa. The junior had nine...

Eastern Illinois (5-4, 4-1) dropped to 20th in the Sports Network NCAA Division I-AA poll. The Panthers moved down from 14th after their 15-9 loss Saturday to No. 10 Tennessee-Martin....

The highlight of Southern Illinois' victory over Missouri State didn't happen on the field. Salukis coach Jerry Kill returned to watch his team win and was presented with the game...