Morris and area teams schedule competing events this week
Tuesday events include Morris wrestling hosting Geneva and Seneca basketball hosting Odell. Other matches span Coal City at Gard ner, Minooka hosting Plano, MWE at Beecher, Dwight at Bishop McNamara, Reed-Custer at Wilmington, Gardner S Wilmington wrestling at Marseilles, and Newark at Yorkville. Thursday adds Coal City vs Plano and Dwight at Wilmington, with Minooka hosting Lemont. Friday features Morris at Sycamore in basketball and wrestling, Morris bowling at Kaneland, Seneca hosting Lemont, Minooka at Yorkville, MVE at Forrest, Dwight at Plano, GSW at Cornell, Newark at Waterman. Saturday has Morris at Waubonsie Valley, girls basketball vs Ottawa at 1 pm, freshmen R&B at Ottawa at 9:30 am, Morris wrestling at Wheaton at 1 pm, Morris soph wrestling at Plano Journey at 11 am, Minooka at Bishop McNamara, MWE at Flanagan Invitational, Reed-Custer at Manteno.
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Marseilles
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Yorkville
Lemont
Sycamore
Kaneland
GSW Wrestlers Fall To Gardner-South Wilmington In Forfeits
Gardner-South Wilmington Panthers beat GSW 39 24 as five forfeits hurt the Panthers. Coach Dan Wallenberg hopes sickness and injuries ease so a full squad can be available next week after a 0 4 start. The meet included several bouts decided by forfeits and a few pins and decisions.
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Knox Clark candidates for Lions coaching job
In Pontiac Michigan UPI reports Los Angeles Coach Chuck Knox and former San Francisco Coach Monte Clark as prime candidates to become Detroit Lions head coach after owner William Clay Ford fired Head Coach Tommy Hudspeth and the eight-man staff. Ford aims to clear the hire by the Super Bowl, with Knox reportedly open to Rams return and Clark also tied to Buffalo Bills talks.
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Stokke Insulation Leads City Cage Tie For First In Division 1
Stokke Insulation and Yorkville finish tied for first in Division 1 at 6 6 after Stokke’s 71 60 win over Stockdale while Syl’s dominates Division 2 at 11 1. Final standings show Division 1 led by Stokke and Yorkville with First National Bank of Morris 5 7 and Stockdale 4 8. Division 2 tops Syl’s 11 1, McElwain Construction 9 2, Prombo Realty 5 6, Stag 3 8. Upcoming city league tournament opens Wednesday with Syl’s vs Yorkville and Stockdale vs Stag followed by Greencord Realty vs Prombo and First National Bank vs McElvain.
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Syl’s
First National Bank of Morris
Stockdale
McElwain Construction
Prombo Realty
Stag
McElvain Construction
Joliet Livestock Market
McElvain
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John Mackinson
McElvain’s
Jim Moore
Jack Farber
Stokke Insulation
Steve Eisenaugle
Larry Lynch
First National
Don Carlson
Gary Behrens
Greencord Realty
Prombo
First National Bank
Blue Jays Pick First In Draft As Worst Team Eyes Hitters
New York UPI reports Toronto Blue Jays will select first in today’s winter amateur draft after posting baseball’s worst record last season. The two phase draft starts at 12 30 p.m. EST with junior college players. a secondary phase follows for players previously drafted but unsigned.
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Steve Kemp
Bump Wills
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Wills
Bowie Kuhn
Minnesota Twins
Minooka grapplers suffer two loses in Saturday meet
Minooka wrestling fell to Providence 47 11 and Joliet East 34 24 amid timing woes and tough scheduling says coach Dave Decker Freshmen squads also played hard with Joliet East 40 34 and Batavia 62 53 as Jeff Hanson and Frank Varner led scoring Varner added nine rebounds with strong defensive effort in the late games Varsity drops to 4 5 and eyes next challenges against Plano and Lemont while freshmen stand 5 5 in conference play
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Providence
Joliet East
Dave Decker
Decker
Minooka
Fresh-Soph
MCHS
Batavia
Jeff Hanson
Frank Varner
Varner
Syd Groselaude
Morris
Ottawa
Illinois high school baseball clinic to be held February 4
The Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association hosts its 17th Annual Clinic February 4 at Morton East High School from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. A smoker with Ken Holtzman of the Yankees precedes it at the Hillside Holiday Inn, starting 8:30 p.m. Lamar Johnson of the White Sox is among speakers. Preregistration is $12, $14 at door. registration begins 7:45 a.m. Feb. 4. For more details, call Len Zabroski at Morton East High School, (312) 656-2300.
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Morton East High School
South Cicero
Ken Holtzman
New York Yankees
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Hillside
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Lamar Johnson
Chicago White Sox
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Kentucky Nets 11th Straight Victory Over Auburn
Kentucky, ranked No. 1, extended its winning streak to 11 with a 101-77 victory over Auburn. Jack Givens led with 25 points as Kentucky built an early 12-0 run and led 54-38 at halftime. Coach Joe Hall praised smart play amid a taxing two-game road trip.
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United Press International
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Auburn
Jack Givens
Joe Hall
Tigers
Mike Mitchell
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Arkansas
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Marquette
Missouri
Providence
Brown
Marvin Delph
Comets Outgrapple Devils In Flanagan Invite Preview
Mazon-Verona-Kinsman aims for revenge after a 30-21 loss to Reed-Custer with key wrestlers Tom Johnston and Mario Cortez shining. Coach Angeloff praises freshmen Faulkner and Cortez while noting Hugh Martin’s 8-3 record. MVE sits at 3-5 as Flanagan Invitational starts 10:30 a.m. Saturday.
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Mario Cortez
Mike Faulkner
Hugh Martin
MVE
Cowboys start trip to Super Bowl on wrong foot
New Orleans reports say the Cowboys faced travel glitches on the way to New Orleans for the Super Bowl as a breakdown delayed their flight by 45 minutes. The orange Bronco plane contrasted with Dallas’s cautious team mood while Broncos players stayed loose ahead of the big game. Red Grange will toss the opening coin before kickoff.
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UPI
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Broncos
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Alzado
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Morris High School Intramurals Lead Week Two Action
Morris High School intramurals concluded week two with top scorers including Paul Chamberlain 18 points in Chamberlain Olson 44 42 win and John Wilkenson 10. Ferri nudged Wigtil 32 31, Molnar 44 41 over McNulty, Starks 61 27 over Carr. Next games set for Monday at 7 p.m.
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Paul Chamberlain
Shaded Olson
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Steve Paulson
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Terry Pfaff
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Wigtil
Wade Ferri
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Joe Pack
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McNulty
Mike Ward
Jerry McNulty
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Carr
Steve Fraine
Greg Hutchings
M.C.H.S
Bowling Classic Opens In Chicago With 10000 First Prize
Entries close January 14 at noon for the 38th annual Hochstadter Six-Game Scratch Classic at Marina City Bowl. Open to men and women league bowlers under 186 average, the event runs 24 weekends from January 14 to June 25, with a top prize of 10000. Secretary Stephen Johnson handles advance reservations and entry forms via mail or phone at (312) 527-0747.
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Barney Hochstandter
William Spencer
Marina City Bowl
N. State St
Stephen Johnsons
Stephen Johnson
C-O Hochstadter
Morris girls fall in Joliet East Tourney openers
The Morris High School girls basketball team opened the Joliet East Tournament with three losses 78-36 to Joliet East 57-37 to Stag of Palos Hills and 49-35 to Bradley Bourbonnais. Coach Dick Raber praised improvement and noted the team never quit. Leading scorer in the opener was Chris Niewinski with 26 points. in the second game she added 13 while Holly Butterfield and Mary Krochak contributed for Morris. Butterfield led Morris in the Bradley-Bourbonnais game with 16 points. Morris travels next to host Plano for a 1 p.m. tip-off.
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Morris High School
Joliet
Chris Niewinski
Morris
Joliet East
Chris Gant
Holly Butterfield
Mary Krochak
Lee Ann Lundy
Stag
Joe’’ Wiedeman
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