2021 Sports Guide

There are currently 160 athletic competitions scheduled for the 2021 season. The first was played on January 14th. Photo Credit: benueagles.com Tim Folliard - Sports Editor As chaotic as the 2020 athletic season was...2021 will start off on a similar foot. All of the competitions will be held without fans for at least the foreseeable …

NACC Uncertain About 2021 Season

Photo Credit: naccsports.org Tim Folliard - Sports Editor Across the country, very few Division III schools have been playing basketball. Adrian College in Michigan and Trine University in Indiana are the only nearby Division III schools that have played more than one game this season. Benedictine’s conference, the NACC, has not announced anything about the …

Disappointing Bears Continue Downward Spiral

Preston Smith throws up deuces in the endzone after scoring to put the Packers up 27-3. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune) Tim Folliard - Sports Editor After starting the season with a record of 5-1, the Bears have gone 2020 mode and have lost the last five games. The most recent 16-point loss to the Packers especially …

BenU Athletics on Pause Until 2021

Tim Folliard - Sports Editor As campus closes this week, Benedictine athletics are locking up as well until the next calender year. Sports will not be able to train and have a two month break before they are able to return to campus. In years past, winter and spring sports would continue their training period. …

Rivera Hired as Men’s Track & Field Coach

Gabe Rivera will now coach the men's track & field team. He started his coaching career at College of Dupage and UIC. Photo Credit: benueagles.com Tim Folliard - Sports Editor Gabe Rivera has been hired as the new men’s track & field head coach. Rivera returns to Illinois from sunny southern California, where he was …

COVID-19 Getting the Best of College Football

Alabama had their game last Saturday against LSU cancelled due to COVID-19. It was one of the many games to be cancelled so far this season. Photo Credit: AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis Kevin Gallagher - Sports Writer College football programs are struggling to keep the virus from affecting their season.  Many teams have had games …

Eagles Hire Two New Coaches

Jordan Atkins (left) and Zontavius Johnson (right) are the new head coaches for Benedictine XC and Track and Field. Photo Credit: benueagles.com Tim Folliard - Sports Editor Jordan Atkins and Zontavius Johnson have both recently been named head coaches here at Benedictine. Atkins will be coaching men’s and women’s cross country and Johnson will be …

Bears Hope to Bounce Back Against Vikings

Foles and the offense have struggled in the past few games. Photo Credit: Ben Margot/AP Logan Shepard - Sports Writer The Bears are starting to sound like a broken record. The offense was struggling, and the defense was paying for it. The Bears are looking ahead in their schedule to take on the Minnesota Vikings …