Five Local Cage Teams See Action In Area Tonight
Five area high school basketball teams meet tonight in conference and non conference games. Coal City travels to Wilmington seeking a third win while Seneca invades Mazon as both seek first wins. Newark Norsemen host Serena as Minooka welcomes St Paul and Dwight visits Central Clifton.
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Coal City Coalers
Wilmington
C.V.C
Coalers
Morris Redskins
Seneca Fighting Irish
Mazon Red Devils
Red Devils
Fighting Irish
Earlville
Marseilles
Dwight
Odell
Norsemen
Newark
Harold Bennett
Minooka Indians
St. Paul Saints
Indians
Minooka Mat Team Beats Lemont 45 15 in Pin Filled Meet
Minooka grapplers improved to 3 1 as they defeated Lemont 45 15 Monday night. Most matches ended by pins with seven of ten weights won by Minooka including 95 and 138 and 145 pound classes while Lemont earned the 133 and heavyweight titles. Minooka next faces Morris Redskins on Thursday.
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Minooka Grapplers
Lemont
Minooka
Jesse Overton
Elincsak
Salo
Mighty Minooka
John Szepelek
Wesley Sargent
Barnett
Terry Overton
Dave DeCoste
Ed Clarrison
Larry Flatness
Anderson
Jim Monday
Mokelke
Monte Gerber
Dorris
Morris Redskins
Wrestling meet results show wins by Overton and others
The meet lists multiple bouts with results including Overton winning by forfeit at 5-0, Elincsak pinning Salo at 3 47, Szepelek pinning Campbell at 1 04, Overton pinning K Campbell at 2 30, Sargent pinning Barnett at 5 13, Calakis pinning Donaldson at 3 02, De Coste pinning Schuleter at 5 50, Harrison pinning Rolowicz at 4 50, Flatness pinning Anderson at 1 54, Monday pinning Mokelke at 51, and Gerber winning by forfeit with Dorris pinning Breen at 1 40.
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Elincsak
Salo
Szepelek
Campbell
K. Campbell
Sargent
Barnett
Calakis
Donaldson
de Coste
Schuleter
Harrison
Rolowicz
Flatness
Anderson
Mokelke
Gerber
Knights Win Ninth Straight With 42 23 Victory
The Immaculate Conception Knights defeated St. Jude 42 to 23 to extend their winning streak to nine. Tom Karlin led all scorers with 21 points while Ed Harseim and Mike Peterson added six each as Ed Connors rotated players in a dominant showing.
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Immaculate Conception Knights
St. Jude
Knights
Ed Connors
Tom Karlin
Ed Harseim
Mike Peterson
Eckert Faces Rough Start as Baseball Commissioner
Gen William D Eckert, new baseball commissioner, drew skepticism from reporters at the Fort Lauderdale minor league convention due to heavy use of cue cards. Critics urge waiting 12 months to fairly judge his abilities while praising his sincerity and approachable manner.
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Associated Press
NEW York
William D. Eckert
Fort Lauderdale
Miami Beach
Ford Frick
Air Force
Gen. Eckert
Baseball Writers Association of America
College Basketball Roundup From Early Season Smashes
South Carolina upset Duke 73-71 as Frank McGuire celebrates a 3-0 start and nets are cut in celebration. Michigan routed Ball State 107-70 while Bradley beat New Mexico State 89-78 in top ten action. Oklahoma City, North Carolina, Iowa, Colorado, and other teams posted wins as Cazzie Russell led Michigan with 22 points and Texas A M topped Southwest Texas 76-66. Georgia Tech downed Rice 96-87 despite Doug Mc Kendrick’s 47 points for the losers.
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Little Ball State
Bradley
New Mexico State
Associated Press
Randy Matson
John Beasley
Texas A&m
Southwest Texas
Georgia Tech
Rice
Doug McKendrick
Nicklaus and Palmer Tee Off In Rich Four-ball Championship
Nicklaus and Palmer lead 216 pros in Florida for the PGA Four-ball Championship at PGA National. The 72-hole event offers 20 000 first prize with 108 two man teams across West and East courses, final on Saturday televised nationally.
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Fla
Jack Nicklaus
Arnold Palmer
Florida
Nicklaus
Palmer
Miami Beach
PGA National Golf Club
Booster Club Awards Night scheduled at Morris High
The Morris Athletic Boosters Club will hold a meeting Wednesday evening in the Morris Community High School cafe to honor fall sport letter winners. The program starts at 8 p.m. and is open to all interested, not just members, with football and cross country boys and head coaches Joe Hall and Frank Kuntz to be presented.
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Morris Athletic Boosters Club
Morris Community High School
Lee McCullum
McCullum
Joe Hall
Frank Kuntz
Change in Schedule for Braidwood Comets Basketball
Coach Ken Magee announced a schedule change after the team moved from the regional to the district tourney. Two games were rescheduled: Gardner in Coal Valley Conference will be played this Saturday evening instead of Feb 25, and Wilmington on Dec 14 instead of Feb 22.
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Ken Magee
Comets
Magee
Gardner
Wilmington
Fight Results From The Associated Press
New Orleans Zora Folley from Chandler Arizona out pointed Bob Foster from Washington DC 10 rounds. Philadelphia Stanley Hayward from Philadelphia outpointed Benny Briscoe also of Philadelphia 10 rounds. Los Angeles Jose Medel from Mexico outpointed Jesus Pimentel 10 rounds. Las Vegas Ernie Lopez from Los Angeles knocked out Armand Lourenco from Las Vegas in 4 rounds.
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Chandler
Ariz
Bob Foster
Washington, D.C
Philadelphia
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Kitten) Hayward
Benny Briscoe
Los Angeles
Jose Medel
Mexico
Jesus Pimentel
Las Vegas
Nev
Ernie Lopez
Armand Lourenco
Area Sports Schedule Basketball and Wrestling Events
Area teams post slate of games this week with basketball Tuesday and Friday matches including Seneca at Mazon and Morris Fr. and Jr. at Ottawa. Wrestling features Morris at Ottawa and Minooka at Morris in Illinois Valley and Coal Valley conference action.
Papooses at Home Tonight
The Morris Papooses host St Columba of Ottawa this evening with the opening game at 6 30 p m.
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Morris Papooses
St. Columba
Ottawa
Redskins Freshmen Cagers Drop Opener to Streator
Morris freshmen opened the 1965-66 season with weak shooting, making only three first half field goals. Streator led 17-16 at halftime and pulled away in the final period to win 41-30. Tkach led Streator with 14 points while Matteson topped Morris with 15. The next game is December 9 at Ottawa.
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Ottawa
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D. Olson
Connor
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Semi Finals In Tourney Tonight
Minooka and Wilmington reach the Illinois Valley Grade School Lightweight tourney semi finals at Mazon after victories over Mazon and Seneca. Minooka 48 29 over Mazon. Wilmington 28 24 over Seneca. Tonight Braidwood meets Minooka and Saratoga faces Wilmington. earlier results included Braidwood 64 40 Coal City and Saratoga 53 14 over Seneca St Pats.
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Minooka
Wilmington
Illinois Valley
Mazon
Seneca Public
Seneca
Sezeplek
Poyner
Mellen
Olson
Braidwood
Saratoga
Coal City
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