Morris Holiday Tournament Opens With Eight Teams
Ottawa Pirates top No 1 seed with Farragut Newark Joliet West Joliet Central Coal City Morris and Braidwood in the 21st Morris Holiday Tourney at Morris High School. First round games include Ottawa vs Farragut and Newark vs Joliet West with semifinals set for Thursday night and a Friday final lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet Central
Coal City
Morris
Braidwood
MCHS
Nerup
Dean Rilsy
Ottawa Pirates
Bucs
Chicago Ferrasut
Newark
Joliet West
Reed Coster
Brailwood
Ottawa
Pirates
Marquette
LaSalle
Pontiac
Rock Falls
Rockets
Tom Haeberle
Rugged Night In College Play
Top Ten college basketball saw Upsets and tight finishes led by Detroit over St. Bonaventure 71-68 as Lanier matched Haywood 19-15. North Carolina crushed Clemson 90-69 while Colorado beat New Mexico 79-72 and Cincinnati lost to Southern California 83-68. Notre Dame edged Minnesota 69-65, Louisville nipped Florida 79-78, Houston beat Kansas State 87-84 in OT. Detroit rises after Haywood’s reduced scoring. UNC, USC and Colorado among others win big.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herschel Nissenson
St. Bonaventure
Detroit
Bonnies
Bob Lanier
Spencer Haywood
Haywood
Yeoman
Lanier
North Carolina
Clemson
New Mexico
Colorado
Cincinnati
Washington State
Western Kentucky
Austin Peay
Louisville
Florida
Houston
Kansas State
Tal
Butch Zatezalo
Dick Grubar
Tar Heels
Virginia
Ron Smith
Lobos
Cliff Meely
Southern Cal
Trojans
Bearcats
Notre Dame
Minnesota
Gophers
Austin Carr
Bob Whitmore
Carr
Larry Mikan
George
Thompson Leads Wesleyan With 94 Points and 58 Rebounds
Illinois Wesleyan’s Sheldon Thompson tops the Titans in scoring and rebounding after five games, posting 94 points and 58 boards. Coach Dennis Bridges notes Thompson’s added inside play and work ethic as key factors amid lineup injuries and a tough early schedule.
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Thompson
IWU
Bloomington, TN
Dennis Bridges
Sheldon Thompson
Newark
Illinois Wesleyan University
Sheldon
Dennis Kagel
Tom Gramkow
Dave Reeves
Bridges
Titans
Kagel
Elmhurst
Terry Passoni
Reeves
Brown
Saratoga Sweeps Mazon In Grade School Basketball
Saratoga Hawks defeated Mazon Tigers in two games Monday night 31-22 in lightweight and 47-32 in heavyweight. Mazon earlier forfeited the midget game. Key scorers included Tom Stevens and Scott Santa Cruz for Saratoga while Steve Paulsen led Mazon with 7 points in the lighter, and Dean Pfeifer paced the Tigers in the heavyweight. Mazon shot poorly from the field and grabbed 22 rebounds.
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Mazon
Mazon Tigers
Saratoga
Tiger Lights
Steve Paulsen
Mike Nelson
Doug Brown
Joel Franklin
Tom Stevens
Scott Santa Cruz
Ron Lock
Bruce Yard
Tigers
Brown
Paulsen
Dean Pfeifer
Chuck Enerson
Ted Hobson
Mark Lieffring
Jay Fillman
Hawks
Doug Holman
Dave Holman
Dave Anderson
Tom Haas
Dave Thompson
Enerson
Minooka
Gardner Panthers Triumph in Mazon Dual Wrestling Meet
Gardner wins 39-8 at Mazon led by four pins including Pfeifer 2 11 and Jirot 5 01. Roth 95 Ballenger and Butterfield 165 plus Miller 154 secure victories. Decker and Roe draw 2-2. Fitzwater wins forfeit at heavyweight.
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Randy Roe
Don Pfeifer
Pete Brockman
Dan Campbell
Mike Sultzberger
Steve Decker
Tom Roe Drew
Steve White
Jim Mercer
Mike Jirot
Jim McGuan
Rich Decker
Jim Williams
John Woodard
Greg Provance
Lee Miller
Jim Schultz
John Butterfield
Don Torz
Steve Phillips
Gordon Gantzert
Hwt
John Fitzwater
High School SCHEDULE Pushes East for Navy Players
The teen team plans a busy road swing starting Friday in Chicago against DePaul. They then travel to St. Bona venture New York to meet St Bonaventure’s renowned crew led by Bob Lanier. After a Christmas layoff they head to Youngstown December 28 and 30, with January 2 at Gannon and a game at Akron.
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Wesleyan
DePaul
Chicago
St. Bonaventure
N. Y
Bob Lanier
Titans
Youngstown
Jine
Gannon
Akron
Champaign Central Tops AP High School Poll in Illinois
Champaign Central is ranked No. 1 in the AP first weekly Illinois high school basketball poll, unbeaten at 8-0. Rockford West follows at 4-0, with Galesburg and Proviso East at Nos. 3 and 4, while Granite City sits fifth and Carbondale sixth in the top 16.
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Springfield
Ill
Champaign Central
Associated Press
T Illinois
Rockford West
Galesburg
Proviso East
Granite City
Pekin
Collinsville
Carbondale
Illinois
Mount Ver
Fairfield
Lockport Central
Quincy
Peoria Manual
Harvey Thornton
LaGrange
Highland Park
East Moline
Decatur
Eisenhower
Downers Grove North
Clifton Central
Aurora East
North Chicago
Toluca
Ottawa
Lanphier
Lincoln
North Carolina Joins UCLA In Collegiate Poll Shift
UCLA remains No 1 with 29 of 30 first place votes totaling 598 points. North Carolina grabs No 2 with 542 points as Baylor moves, Santa Clara enters top 10, and Houston drops from 12th to 20th after losses.
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North Carolina
Uclans
Associated Press
UCLA
Davidson
Kentucky
New Mexico
Cincinnati
Notre Dame
Villanova
St. Bonaventure
Santa Clara
Houston
San Francisco
Broncos
Cougars
Duke
Iowa
Defensive Honor to Nitschke Defends Packers in Final Hour
Ray Nitschke intercepted Jack Concannon in the final minutes to seal a 28 27 comeback by the Chicago Bears over Green Bay. The Associated Press named Nitschke defensive player of the week. Gene Howard earned praise for nine tackles in New Orleans 24 14 over Pittsburgh. Willie Williams and Spider Lockhart added key plays in league games. Larry Wilson and the Cardinals upset the Browns 27 16.
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Jack Hand
Associated Press
NEW York
Ray Nitschke
Green Bay Packers
Jack Concannon
Chicago Bears
Nitschke
Green Bay
Bears
Minnesota
Philadelphia
Eagles
Packer
Concannon
Pittsburgh
Langston U
Oklahoma
Willie Williams
New York Giants
Dallas
Giants
Cowboys
Willie
Spider Lockhart
Craig Morton
Lance Rentzel
St. Louis
Cleveland Browns
Bill Nelson
Larry Wilson
Cards
Browns
Kinsman Extends Win Streak Over Ransom Pirates
Kinsman Comets defeated Ransom Pirates 50 to 44 in grade school action at Kinsman. Tim Phelan led with 23 points for Kinsman heavies, Manuel Valdez 16, Rick Neu 8, Chuck Raifsnider 3. Pirates top scorer Tom Thompson had 10. The lightweights lost 26 to 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinsman
Bill Hanley
Larry Aldrich
Jim Baudino
Dan Carey
Hill
The
Pirates
Kinsmans Thursd
Netie Gea Ae
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Brian Anderson
Harold Bennett
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Reddick
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Gramkow
Stan Broers
Roanoke
Hal Bock
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