Minooka High senior Keith Robinson earns Rex A. Siron Award
Keith Robinson son of Gerald and Mrs. Robinson of Minooka receives the Rex A. Siron Athlete of the Year Award for outstanding athletic academic and leadership qualities. A four year cross country and basketball letterman he also starred in track earning MVP honors and conference championships. He plans to attend Joliet Junior College in the fall.
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Minooka
Keith Robinson
Minooka High School
Gerald Robinson
Rex A. Siron
Keith
Charleston
FFA
Joliet Junior College
Dairy Queen tops Braidwood 26 to 10 in softball
In a Wednesday women's softball game Dairy Queen defeated Braidwood 26 10. Terri Cain went 4 for 4 with a home run and a double. Sherri Garling was 4 for 6 with three doubles. Maddy Fitzmaurice earned the win with two hits including a triple. Lavoy Webster took the loss for Braidwood.
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BRAIDWOOD — _ Boggs Dairy Queen
Braidwood
Terri Cain
Sheri Garling
Cathy Holbrook
Peg Garling
Cathy Wawczak
Ruth Cromwell
Nancy Steele
Sherri Poole
Patti Olson
Maddy Fitzmaurice
Terry Sargeant
Gerry Caise
Lavoy Webster
Bethlehem Lutheran Beats First United Methodist 5-2 in Church League
Bethlehem Lutheran defeated First United Methodist 5-2 on Tuesday in church league softball. The game was tied 2-2 after five and a half innings before Bethlehem Lutheran scored three runs. Steve Stangland hit a homer and Bill Stangland earned the win while Aubrey Shenefiel took the loss.
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Bethlehem Lutheran
First United Methodist
Steve Stangland
Bill Stangland
Aubrey Shenefiel
Tigers, Yanks romp easily in little league action
MINOOKA The Tigers routed the Braves 23 to 13 and the Yankees defeated the Athletics 22 to 3 in a pair of twilight shortened games decided Wednesday. Winning pitcher David Bushby added a two run triple for the Tigers as Duane Rigg and John McCleland homered.
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Minooka
Tigers
Braves
Yankees
Athletics
Larry Decker
David Bushby
Duane Rigg
John McCleland
Kurt Miller
Pat McGinnis
Miller
Rick Seeman
Ed Eddy
Yanks
Cougars and Reds win in Morris league action
Frank Warner doubled twice and Dave Maskel allowed four hits as the Cougars beat the Panthers 6-4 to reach 3-3. In Atom League, the Reds defeated the Pirates 19-16. Minor league Mets topped Astros 12-7 after 15 walks. Red Sox edged White Sox 10-9 with late scoring.
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Frank Warner
Dave Maskel
Cougars
Panthers
Morris
Mark Holbrook
Bill Button
Jeff Hanson
Reds
Pirates
Mets
Astros
Dan Lyons
Red Sox
White Sox
Scott Kjellesvik
Steve Kjellesvik
Paul Peterson
Victors
Yankees Rally Sweep Orioles as Beasts of East
The Yankees beat Baltimore 2-1 to complete a three game sweep at Baltimore and move 11 games ahead of Boston and nine in front of Baltimore in the American League East. Walt Williams tripled to start the ninth and scored the winning run on Thurman Munson's sacrifice fly.
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New York Yankees
Yankees
New York
Boston Red Sox
Baltimore Orioles
Orioles
Jim Palmer
Baltimore
Boston
Walt Williams
Thurman Munson
Williams
Watson Aims To Defend Western Open Title
Tom Watson expects lower scores at Butler National as soft greens and longer play shape the Western Open start. He is among several favorites including Weiskopf Trevino Irwin and Mahaffey while Nicklaus Miller miss the field in 156 players. Heavy rains delayed pro-am and forecasts call for more storms and 80s temps.
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Oak Brook, Ill
UPI
Tom Watson
Watson
Butler National Golf Club
Tom Weiskopf
Lee Trevino
Hale Irwin
John Mahaffey
Jack Nicklaus
Johnny Miller
Butler
Medinah
Grundy hosts busy weekend of late models and midgets
Grundy County Fairgrounds host two stock car and two midget programs over eight days. Ed Hoffman seeks his third straight late model feature win while a record 41 cars entered last week. The CDC race scene shows Ray Young leading in points as Grundy, Illiana and Waukegan schedule five features in total.
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Grundy County Fairgrounds
Ed Hoffman
Hoffman
Grundy
Illiana Speedway
Tom Musgrave
Tom Jones
Ray Young
Larry Schuler
United Auto Racing Association
Illiana
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Pedro Garcia
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Twins
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Mike Sipula
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Morris, Ill
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Otpoint
Raven
Hotpoint
Spiezio & Nelson's, Inc
Julius Boros
Waukegan
CDC
Bob Dotter
George Dukas
Harold Locke Jr
Grundy Hobby
Tony Hertko
Tim Mason
George Bosell
Juan Vela
Scotty
Harley-Davidsons
FBI
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Harley Davio
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