The story about this Saturday — when Illinois quarterback Nathan Scheelhaase strolls onto the Edward Jones Dome carpet, faces a hell-bent Missouri defense and takes his first snap as a Big Ten starter — begins with the young protagonist fighting back tears.

Missouri • NORFORK: 84 degrees, murky, 3 1/2 feet low. Outlook: Bink’s Guide service reports: stripers, hybrids excellent on shad or Bink’s Spoons 40 feet down in 80 feet of water; black bass good on red plastic worms in 30 feet of water on the main lake; walleyes good on Bink’s Spoons in 40 feet of water.

Holly Tarvin enjoyed the summer of a lifetime, leading Kansas City Invasion Black 15- and-under Invasion volleyball team to a national championship.