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It brighter lights, more seats, artificial turf - but it's still the Vikings against the Panthers.  A mere few miles apart southeast of the Twin Cities, the mostly friendly rivalry moves to the center of town for the game each year.  It's a great game, lots of fun and a good experience for everyone to play in a larger different environment. Tri Valley took the points this year.  Hope to see you all again at Tucci next season! Be sure to check out the Normalite Newspapers and Best Look Magazine for more coverage.  Images by Bloomington Normal's Best Look in Sports Action Photography - Alan Look Photography . 20141010 Le Roy Panthers v Tri Valley Vikings football photos @ IWU - Images by Alan Look  - Chimper -

04 October 2014 - A couple early turn overs by the Jacks, a tough Redbird defense and an explosive Redbirds offense behind Tre Roberson, Marshaun Coprich, and Lechein Neblett led the Redbirds to a victory over The JackRabbits with a score of 45-10.  Coprich had a career day of 174 yards, Roberson added151 rushing yards while passing for 168.  Lechein Neblett scored 4 times while Tevin Allen returned a kick 95 yards for a touchdown. 20141003 South Dakota State JackRabbits at Illinois State Redbirds Football photos - Images by Alan Look  - Chimper -

02 September 2014 - In an intercity rivalry game, the Normal Community Ironmen football team visited the strips of the Bloomington High Raiders.  The Raiders just couldn't get it going leaving the Ironmen outscoring them 41-20 at the final horn. Check the Normalite Newspaper and Best Look Magazine for extended coverage and Alan Look Photography for more Bloomington - Normal sports photos . 20141003 Normal Community Ironmen at Bloomington Raiders Football photos - Images by Alan Look  - Chimper -

Was it just  good offense on both sides of the line or a weak defense?  Who knows and it really doesn't matter as the West Wildcat offense put enough points on the board to take the game in the second half. Look for editorial and photographic coverage in the Normalite and Best Look Magazine .  Photos captured and supplied by the best look in Bloomington Normal Sports Photography - Alan Look Photography . 20140926 Homecoming - Danville at West - Images by Alan Look  - Chimper -

Something a little different from us.  We were pleased and privileged to be able to cover the Benefit Concert held by the Chris Brown Foundation.  Chris was a Hudson and Bloomington Firefighter that was killed in the line of duty on response to a traffic accident on I39 in 2013.  The foundation was formed to help families of fallen firefighters. The concert was held at the CornCrib Stadium the evening of September 20th.  Despite the rainy weather, the concert was able to go on.  Marc Boon and the Unknown Legends took the stage to mostly cloudy skies and played through some light rain.  Brushville later took the stage but were forced off after a few songs by a drencher.  They picked it all back up under the awing with acoustical instruments.  Maybe a bit of a change in plans, but no one seemed too disappointed. The art in this gallery was produced by performing different electronic adjustments to single photos.  That too is something diffe...

Last night it was Ridgeview-Blue Ridge Mustangs at Tri Valley Vikings. My ears are still ringing from that canon. Thought the EMT's were going to have to defib me when that thing scared the breath out of me the first time they fired it! It also intimidated the Mustangs.  As I was leaving the field in the 3rd quarter I think I heard the score announced at 68-14.   At the very least it was  a great fall evening with a distinct lake of precipitation - something new for this season! Photo gallery below from Alan Look Photography, the Best Look in Sports Action photos in Bloomington - Normal and McLean County .  Look for coverage in the Normalite Newspapers and Best Look Magazine . 20140919 Ridgeview-Blue Ridge Mustangs @ Tri Valley Vikings Football Photos - Images by Alan Look  - Chimper -

If you look at the pregame stats from the Chilli Bowl and the Mi-America Classic, you would probably draw a conclusion favoring Normal West Wildcats and Eastern Illinois Panthers.  Normal Community and Normal West had met the same two opponent the first two weeks of the season. Normal Community lost to both leaving them at 0-2.  West had beaten both of those teams for a 2-0 record.  Well, all bets are off when any intercity teams are playing each other.  Add in a pinch of weather for good measure and home field advantage and it took on a completely different look and result with the Ironmen topping and even dominating West. #24 ranked Eastern Illinois came to Hancock Stadium to topple unranked Illinois State.  Home field advantage on this older than old rivalry and Family Day activities and that 15 mph breeze probably didn't hurt or help and it was an upset.  ISU left 2-0 for the season, Eastern went south without the trophy and probably a lower ranking f...