Morris Holiday Tourney Opens With Top Teams Tonight
The Morris Holiday Tournament kicks off with Joliet Central vs Coal City and Marquette vs Newark in first round action. Ottawa meets Joliet West as Morris face Reed-Custer, with losers dropping to the consolation bracket and a full schedule through Friday's final.
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Joliet Central
Ottawa
Steelmen
Coal City Coalers
Marquette
Newark
Joliet West
Morris
Reed-Custer
Braidwood
Dale Glenn
Glenn
Coal City
Coalers
Harold
Gardner Matmen Defeat Lemont in 46-7 Victory
Gardner South Wilmington grapplers extended their win streak to 11 with a 46-7 win over Lemont. John Woodard earned his 11th pin at 145 pounds, Randy Sorensen added his 11th by pinning at 185, and Steve White improved to 8-0 at 130 with a 14-0 win. Don Torz pinned at 40 seconds to pace a strong team performance.
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Mark Sniegowski
Gardner
Herscher
Pontiac
Mazon
John Woodard
Scott Barnett
Jim Schultz
Duane Slayton
Bill Chase
Don Torz
Randy Sorensen
Jim Mattas
Harold Zarreé
Bill Burton
East Moline Tops First Prep Poll in Illinois High School Basketball
Unbeaten East Moline leads the AP first weekly Illinois prep poll with 239 points after 7-0 start and 8 of 16 first place votes. Waukegan Lincoln LaGrange follow as undefeated packs, while Collinsville drops from top spot after losing to East Moline.
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Ill
East Moline
Associated Press
Illinois
Waukegan
Lincoln
LaGrange
Collinsville
Kahoks
Fast Moline
DeKalb
Lawrenceville
LaSalle-Peru
Galesburg
Belleville East
Meridian
Aurora East
Chicago Heights Bloom
Quincy Christian Bros
Mazon Tigers Split With Seneca Hoops Doubleheader
In a split at Seneca on Monday night the Mazon heavyweights won 27-26 in overtime while the lightweights fell 56-17. Mike Nelson led the Tigers with 10 points while Seneca countered with Dave Steep scoring 14.
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MAZON
Mazon Tigers
Seneca
Mike Nelson
Tigers
Medardo Cortez
Doug Brown
Steve Paulsen
Tom Thetard
Dave Steep
Jack Kaufmann
Dave Muffler
Bruce Baker
Mike Blackman
Pete Paulson
Ricky Enerson
Minooka Dominates St Joseph in Eight-Team Tourney
Minooka crushed St Joseph of Aurora 73 to 35 in Yorkville eight-team grade school heavyweight cage tourney. Four Indians hit double figures led by Randy Frye with 16 points and Steve Boyer 15. Minooka advances to face Plainfield, winner over Channahon, at 6 30 p.m. Thursday.
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Minooka
St. Joseph
Aurora
Yorkville
Plainfield
Channahon
Randy Frye
Steve Boyer
Jerry Nelson
Jerry Banks
Mike Williams
Saratoga Edges Nettle Creek In Undefeated Showdown
Saratoga defeated Nettle Creek 49 to 47 in a tight battle between unbeatens at Nettle Creek School. Nettle Creek’s Darrell Brown led with 24 points while Mark Goodlet added 9 and Scott Santa Cruz 15. the Hawks also noted Bob Hunt with 1. In the junior game, Nettle Creek won the fifth and sixth grade matchup 35 to 20 led by Craig Halverson with 14 and Tim Stangland 10 while Gary Ollerman scored 6 for Saratoga.
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Saratoga
Nettle Creek
Foxes
Darrell Brown
Mark Goodlet
Scott Santa Cruz
Bob Hunt
Hawks
Craig Halverson
Tim Stangland
Gary Ollerman
Joliet Central Rivalry Scorers Hit Double Digits
Joliet Central posted several game results with notable scores, including a 60 33 loss to Marian Catholic and 59 71 at Rockford West. The sequence shows Joliet Central defeating Joliet East and losing to Racine Horlick and Lockport West in the listed matches.
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Joliet Central
Marian Catholic
Rockford West
Joliet East
Racine
Wis
Horlick
Lockport West
Waugekan
Coal City Scores Sweep Nearby Contests
Coal City posted wins over Peotone 83 73 and Wilmington 64 51 while beating Morris 72 54 Mazon 61 49 and Minooka 89 70. Ottawa Marquette improved to 4-1 with victories over Serena 74 57 and Marquette 83 62. Newark went 4-1 with Yorkville 70 54 and Earlville 50 losses, while Seneca trailed 41 92 Marquette and Waterman 62 59.
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Coal City
Peotone
Wilmington
Morris
Mazon
Minooka
Ottawa
Marquette
Serena
Waterman
Seneca
Wenona
Newark
Yorkville
Aurora Central
Leland
Somonauk
Earlville
Ottawa Basketball Scores From Local Games
Ottawa 31 Ottawa 44, Pontiac 37 Rock Falls 68, Ottawa 67 Ottawa 80, Argo 43. Standings and game results summarized from recent district matchups.
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Ottawa
Marquette
Pontiac
Rock Falls
Argo
Joliet West Scores In Mixed High School Games
Joliet West had varied results with wins and losses across junior high level matchups. Notable scores include Joliet West 64 over Elgin 32 and Joliet West 71 defeating Joliet East 52 with other scores listing Joliet West 56 Joliet West 73 and Argo 24 Rich Central 67.
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Joliet West
Elgin
Argo
Rich Central
Joliet East
Wheaton North
Morris Scores Across Rivals In Regional Play
A string of basketball scores shows Morris defeating Marseilles 76 to 61 and Morris edging Hall 63 to 48 while Morris 93 Kankakee McNamara 62 indicates another league result.
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Morris
Marseilles
Coal City
Hall
Kankakee
McNamara
Braidwood Reed-Custer Parts In Point Showcase
Braidwood Reed-Custer faced multiple opponents with results including 42 56 47 56 51 48 70 60 and 43 76 48 42 against Kankakee McNamarA Gardner Reddick Odell Minooka Seneca.
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Braidwood Reed-Custer
Kankakee McNamara
Braidwood
Gardner
Reddick
Odell
Minooka
Seneca
Center School Splits With Pontiac Central
Center School split a boys basketball doubleheader with Pontiac Central here Thursday. The A team lost 29 to 22 while the B team won 31 to 26. Joe Jones led Center with 9 points, Jay Tibbett 6, and Joe Parnell 4 as Pontiac's Dodson topped 13. The B squad led 11-6 at the first break and 23-21 after three frames, Jim McNulty scoring 10. Next game is Friday at 4 p.m. against Ottawa Central.
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Pontiac Central
Joe Jones
Jay Tibbett
Joe Parnell
Don Shannon
Dodson
Pontiac
Don Warner
Steve Shannon
Don Knapp
Jim McNulty
Papooses
Jay Richardson
John Vacca
Pat Laughary
John Purdue
Tony Savant
Scott White
Steve Black
McNulty
Ottawa Central
Hall
Morris
Frank Bostic
Redskins
Red Devils
Chiado
Jim Miller
Phil Duket
Jim Leonard
Mark Turk
Dave
Bears Fine Carter 1000 After Bench Move
Virgil Carter receives a $1000 fine from the Chicago Bears after criticizing coach Jim Dooley and asking for a trade following his halftime benching in a 21 to 3 loss to Green Bay. Owner George Halas defends the penalty as conduct detrimental to the club. A “Dollars for Virgil” drive soon starts in Chicago.
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Charles Chamberlain
Associated Press
Chicago
Chicago Bears
Virgil Carter
Carter
Brigham Young
Green Bay Packers
Bobby Douglass
Bears
Packers
Jim Dooley
Dooley
Virgil
George Halas
Bailiwick
Crusade of Mercy Fund
Frank Diamond
Minooka Splits with Coal City Cagers
Minooka Grade School split two basketball games with Coal City here Friday night. The Indian heavyweights won 56 to 22 while the lightweights lost 44 to 28. Jerry Banks led the heavyweights with 18 points, while Jerry Nelson and Randy Frye added 14 each. For Coal City, Zingre topped with 14 points.
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Minooka
Coal City
Jerry Banks
Jerry Nelson
Randy Frye
Unger
Bruno
Keith Robinson
Dale Talkington
Zingre
Hall Frosh Beat Morris Redskin In Close Spring Valley Showdown
Hall freshman basketball broke a tight game late in the fourth quarter to win 46-36 over Morris Redskin at Spring Valley. Morris forfeit the B game due to players absent. Hall improves to 2-1. Morris A is 0-3, B is 2-1.
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Hall
Morris Redskin’ Frosh
Spring Valley
College Scores From AP Provided Basketball Results
Across the nation colleges posted wins with East St Bonaventure topping Detroit 97 to 68 and Duke defeating East Carolina 80 to 65. The report notes limited scoring by the Morris unit and an idle return date for Ottawa in the A and B teams.
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Associated Press
St. Bonaventure
Detroit
Duquesne
W. Kentucky
St. John’s
N.Y
Georgetown
D.C
South So
Caro
Maryland
Duke
East Carolina
Auburn
Miss. St
Pro Basketball Standings And Tuesday Schedule
Atlanta leads with 19 wins 11 losses, Chicago at 16 16, San Francisco 14 15, Los Angeles 14 17, Phoenix 14 18, San Diego 10 20, Seattle 10 21. Tuesday games feature Atlanta at New York, San Diego at Chicago, Philadelphia at Phoenix, Seattle at San Francisco, and Detroit versus Boston at Cleveland.
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Jeanne Walsh
Patti McArdle
Jo Ellen Fancher
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Donna Enger
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