Bird leads Indiana State past Bradley in tight win
Indiana State with Larry Bird scoring 35 points and grabbing 13 rebounds edged Bradley 73 67 at home. Bradley missing top scorer Roger Phegley battled into the second half before ISU pulled away. Kentucky crushed Mississippi 76 56 and Virginia defeated Penn State 83 56 behind strong inside play.
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Bird
Larry Bird
Indiana State
Bradley
Roger Phegley
Sycamore
Bob King
The
Sycamores
Leroy Staley
Alex Mazeika
Jimmy Smith
Joe Stowell
Phe Gley
Kentucky
Mississippi
Virginia
Penn State
James Lee
Mike Phillips
Shabbona Matched Tough at Joliet Tournament
Shabbona wrestlers Ken Connors placed fourth at 85 pounds and Mike Broderick fourth at 145 at the Joliet Boys Club Tournament in Joliet East. Plainfield won, Joliet YMCA second, Panther Burbank third, with Mattoon and Bourbonnais among the contenders. Coach Mike Golimowski called the event tough for Shabbona.
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Joliet
Joliet East
Ken Connors
Mike Broderick
Plainfield
Joliet Y.M.C.A
Panther Burbank
Mike Golimowski
Mattoon
Bourbonnais
Kuhn clears Matlack and Mets in settlement
Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn said he will not discipline Jon Matlack or the New York Mets after approving their illegal agreement settlement. The decision ends a potential lawsuit that could have made Matlack a free agent and overturned a four team eleven player trade with the Texas Rangers. Kuhn noted the memoed agreement promised $75 000 a year in bonuses based on earned run average and Mets’ season standing.
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UPI
Bowie Kuhn
Jon Matlack
New York Mets
Kuhn
Texas Rangers
Mets
IHSA State Final Pairings Drawn for Champaign Assembly Hall
IHSA offices released pairings for the three state final basketball tournaments to be played at the Assembly Hall in Champaign for the first time. The timetable lists Class A Boys March 9-10, Class AA Boys March 17-18, and a single class Girls event March 31-April 1, with sectional pairings also announced.
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Bloomington
Illinois High School Association
IHSA
Assembly Hall
Champaign
Geographic change reshapes IHSA girls state hoops route
Morris High School joins Crystal Lake sectional after IHSA realigns 1978 girls basketball playoffs. Sectionals occur March 20 to 22 with super sectional on March 28. Morris faces Sycamore after Woodstock Marian and Rockford Boylan, with winners meeting for a berth to Elmhurst York super-sectional.
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Morris High School
Illinois High School Association
THSA
Morris
Crystal Lake
Sycamore
Woodstock
Marian
Rockford
Boylan
Elmhurst
York
Reds seek approval for Blue acquisition by Kuhn
A Reds front office led by President Bob Howsam will meet with Commissioner Bowie Kuhn to seek approval for the Vida Blue deal from Oakland. Kuhn will hear the matter 11 a.m. Tuesday as Finley and league officials attend, with Reds hoping the Revering inclusion helps reclassify the trade to a true deal rather than cash.
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UPI
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Bob Howsam
Bowie Kuhn
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Vida Blue
Kuhn
Reds
Blue
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Dave Revering
Howsam
Revering
Finley
Lee MacPhail
Chub Feeney
Marvin Miller
Players Association
George Steinbrenner
New York Yankees
Kentucky Holds Top Spot In UPI Coaches Poll
Kentucky remains No. 1 at 12-0 with 40 first place votes as losses shake the rest of the Top 10. North Carolina drops to No. 4 after a Duke upset, Arkansas to No. 6 following a 75-69 setback to Texas, and Notre Dame slides to No. 10 after losing to San Francisco. Marquette rises to No. 2, UCLA to No. 3, with Indiana State No. 5, Louisville No. 7, and Kansas and Michigan State each up to Nos. 8 and 9 respectively.
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UPI
Kentucky
United Press International Board of Coaches
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Arkansas
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Syracuse
Marquette
UCLA
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Louisville
Kansas
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Wildcats
Duke
Texas
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Pittsburgh
Missouri
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Nevada-Las Vegas
Oregon
Oregon State
Tulsa
Drake
Barber wins Phoenix Open in rain delayed finish
Miller Barber captured the $40,000 first prize at the Phoenix Open with a 6 under par 65 final round totaling 12 under. Jerry Pate tied Barber late but missed a 10 foot par-saving putt on the 18th, allowing Barber to win by one stroke as Lee Trevino and Arnold Palmer closed strong.
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UPI
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Jerry Pate
Barber
Pate
Lee Trevino
Arnold Palmer
Miller
Trevino
Rod Funseth
Palmer
Arnie
Reassignment in regionals reshuffles two Illinois high schools
Bloominton Newark and Somonauk High Schools swap spots and will replace each other in the Plano and Sandwich Boys Class A Regional Basketball Tournaments. Plano Regional features Chicago Harvard St George Lockport St Charles Borromeo Marseilles Plano New Lenox Providence Somonauk Yorkville. Sandwich Regional includes Hinckley Big Rock Lemont St Vincent de Paul Newark Sandwich Serena Waterman Westmont.
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Sandwich
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Harvard-St. George
Lockport
St. Charles Borromeo
Marseilles
New Lenox
Providence
Yorkville
Hinckley
H.big Rock
Lemont
St. Vincent de Paul
Serena
Waterman
Westmont
Morris High intramurals see three-way second place tie
In Junior-Senior play Ferry nudged Wigtl and Chamberlain 33-31 to tie for second as Steffes led Ferry with 13 points. Wigtl beat Olson 45-31 with Pack scoring 15 for the winners. Olson’s Waksdal had 15. Callahan erupted for 42 as Borgstrom beat Chamberlain 61-52. Kingman added 15 for Chamberlain. Fresh-Soph: Molnar 81-36 over Carr with Ward 25. McNill beat Stark 51-32 as Wilson had 17. Standings show Borgstrom 3-0, Ferry/Wigtil/Chamberlain 2-1. Molnar 3-0, McNulty 2-1. Tramaurals resume next Monday.
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Chamberlain
Morris High School
Phil Steffes
Ferry
Bill Williams
Terry Pfaff
Joe Pack
Olson
Mark Waksdal
Kevin Callahan
Borgstrom
Butch Kingman
Mike Ward
Molnar
Carr
Tim Farmer
McNill
Stark
Scott Wilson
Brad Smith
Wigtil
Farmer and
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McNulty
Stark’s
Gibron robbed in New Orleans jewelry theft
Abe Gibron, assistant with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and former Chicago Bears head coach, reported a nearly $12,000 jewelry theft from a French Quarter hotel room. He and his wife, who attended the Super Bowl, left the Maison Dupuy Hotel room unlocked on Monday and found bracelets rings and pearls missing.
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Chicago Bears
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Maison Dupuy
Morris and area teams eye tight week of high school matches
On Tuesday Morris hosts Yorkville in girls basketball while bowling and wrestling teams compete across area venues including Oswego and Pontiac. MVK, GSW and neighboring schools also schedule events at Coal City, Reed Custer, Odell, Plainfield, Beecher, and Wil mington with several Little Ten tournament games framing the stretch. Friday adds more hoops and bowling across Plainfield and Sycamore as Newark and Seneca pursue conference play. Weekend action features Lisle Invitational wrestling and additional OSSAA style showdowns across multiple sites including Grant Park and Providence.
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Pontiac
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Plano
Forrest
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Saunemin
Manteno
Providence
Kankakee Eastridge
Braidwood Reed- Custer
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Immaculate Conception Knights coast to 51 29 win
The Immaculate Conception Knights defeated St Paul of Joliet 51 29 at Providence High School New Lenox Sunday. Mike Lutz scored 19 points leading I C S with Durkin 12 Carter 10 and Borgstrom 8 as the Knights improve to 17 3 and travel to Mazon Thursday at 6 30 p m. The Shabbona sixth graders won both games against Saratoga 24 23 and 23 5 with Ryder scoring 10 and Dite Johnson and Royce four each. The sixth grade girls beat St Mary Nativity 14 2 as Mary Martin led I C S with six points and I C S meets Saratoga at 4 30 p m Thursday at Kenrick Hall.
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Knights
Bob Durkin
Steve Carter
Mark Borgstrom
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Brent Dite
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Mike Royce
Perry
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Rockdale
Mary Martin
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1.C.S
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