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From Pages Past
Oct. 24
5 years ago (2002): Charlie Thomas of Normal, a professional long-drive golfer, finished 15th in the senior division of the RE/MAX Long Drive World Championship at Mesquite, Nev. He reached the semifinals with drives of 322, 327 and 329 yards. Thomas was the 1997 Illinois PGA Open Long Drive champion.
15 years ago (1992): Central Catholic’s 5-foot-6 Joe Mintus stood considerably taller when he hit a 27-yard field goal attempt in overtime to help the Saints beat Prairie Central, 13-7, for a share of the Corn Belt Conference title and a third straight trip to the state playoffs.
25 years ago (1982): A 30-yard touchdown pass from John Rooney to Ed Brady with 27 seconds left to play followed by a two-point conversion pass from Rooney to J.C. Anderson allowed Illinois Wesleyan to edge Carroll, 22-21, in CCIW football action.
50 years ago (1957): Pontiac flooded Normal Community right out of the Corn Belt Conference football race with a 14-0 victory on rain-swept Truman Keys Pond. It was a sad and belated homecoming for the small gathering of NCHS fans and the two ducks who sat through the steady rain which reached cloudburst stage at times.
From Pages Past compiled by Roger Cushman From Pantagraph files.
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