Echo Lanes clubs Roth's Insurance in five inning rout
Echo Lanes rebounded from a loss to Shenefiel State Farms Insurance by routing Roth's Insurance 25 to 3 in five innings at Lighted Ballpark. Echo Lanes built a 3-0 lead, doubled to 10-0 by second inning, added 11 more in third, then held Roth's to two runs overall. Sue Clausel homered twice with four RBI for Echo Lanes. G Erickson led Echo Lanes with 4-4 and two RBI. other key echoes included Pfaff and Payton with multi RBI games. Roth's top batters included Henneberry and Steele with solid hits. -Shenefiel State Farms Insurance beat Robbin Upholstery 19-2 in 4 1/2 innings, highlighted by Kay Mullaney's pitching and Butterfield's six RBI. State Farm improved to 10-1.
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Echo Lanes
Shenefiel State Farms Insurance
Roth's Insurance
Morris
Roth's
Sue Clausel
G. Erickson
RBI
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P. Pfaff
K. Payton
Roth
Kathy Henneberry
Tracy Tesdal
N Steele
G. Steele
Butterfield
Lisa Lund
State Farm
Pam Sklut
Bev Garcia
Schock
First National Bank
Janice Wills
Chris Hinkel
Jean Schock
Wills
Bailey
Shock’s
First National
Hingle
Shock
Marietta
Carol Halterman
Moeller to speak at MCC dinner
Gary Moeller head football coach at Illinois will be the featured speaker July 17 at the U of I Grant-In-Aids Golf outing at Morris Country Club. Activities include 18 holes starting at noon, social hour at 6, Peterhouse steak dinner at 7, and Moeller will discuss this year’s Fighting Illini football. Public invited. reservations to Joe Schmitz at 942-0121.
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University of Illinois
Morris Country Club
Lima
Ohio
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Illinois
University of Michigan
Wolverine
Bo Schembeccher
Michigan
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Fighting Illini
Joe Schmitz
Grundy County Speedway hosts double race weekend at fair
Racing returns to Grundy County Speedway during the five day Grundy County Fair with Friday night and Sunday racing. Time trials start at 1 p.m. Sunday with the first race at 2 p.m. The week also features U A R A midget racing, a national tractor pull, demolition racing, and a fireworks show. Standings list leading Late Models drivers Ray Young Ed Hoffman Tony Izzo Bobby Dotter and others along with Street Stocks leaders Spinazola Gordon Taylor Krug and Walling.
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Grundy County Fair
Grundy County Speedway
Ray Young
Ed Hoffman
Tony Izzo
Bobby Dotter
Lee Schuler
George Hill
Jon MacPartlin
Larry Schuler
Billy Kuhn
Frank Gawlinski
Jack Spinazola
John Gordon
Jim Taylor
Kirby Krug
Rich Walling
George Boswell
John Palko
Ed Hennessey
Tim Mason
Forrest West
Dave Thompson
Forms for baseball and softball available at Morris Daily Herald
The Morris Daily Herald office offers forms for baseball and softball to help meet morning deadlines. Local coaches of baseball and softball except Men's Slow Pitch are urged to pick up forms at the office between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Men's Slow Pitch Softball is excluded as the information is supplied in the scorebook the night of games.
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Morris Daily Herald
Opdyke Clinches Narrow Minor League Victory Over Channahon
Opdyke edged Channahon 10 to 9 in a Minor League game Thursday as Doug Sharp earned the win. The contest featured a five run sixth inning rally for Opdyke highlighted by Jeff Bjelland’s three run homer.
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Opdyke
Channahon
Doug Sharp
Odyke
Jeff Bjelland
Winners at basketball camp announced
The winners of the free throw and one on one contests at Dan Darlington's summer basketball camp were announced this morning. First and second place winners and grades include sixth grade Mike Connors 27 50 and Jill Jorstad 27 50, seventh graders Eric Enger 34 50 and Liz Harseim 29 50, eighth graders Ray Synoracki 41 50 and Tina Varner 20 50, ninth graders Mike Scuteri 40 50 and Sharon O Neil 25 50, plus multiple ties and participants across all grades. The one on one winners list names Doug Ciota Laura Wohlwend and others for each grade.
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Dan Darlington
Colin Carter
Connie Bennington
Sharon O'Neill
Tina Warner
Brian Gordon
Terry Carter
Lynette Shaw
Ruth Antonides
Sheri Wiegand
Melissa Henderson
Maria Arellano
Kim Enger
Colleen Carter
Tracy Stump
Dave Erickson
Rodney Thorson
Sam Black
Lance Brakeman
Andy Frain
Scott Darlington
Bob White
Steve Ahrens
Chris Washburn
Vic Hargis
Phil Cheshareck
Sean O'Neill
Tim Ortiz
Mark Ciota
Ray Synoracki
Greg Calley
John Martin
Mike Schweickert
Greg Sutter
Dave Noble
Rick Johnson
Jay Roth
Chuck Ader
Bob Bryant
Mike Scuteri
Jeff Fritchmitch
John Peacock
Steve Boone
Kathy Provancal
Herald
Darlington
Mike Connors
Todd Tesdal
Doug Ciota
Jill Jorstad
Lee Ann Matteson
Eric Enger
Bruce Ryder
Laura Wohlwend
Mark Cryder
Liz Harseim
Jeff Fritchtnitch
National League East schedules and weekend games
United Press International lists NL East matchups with Philadelphia at Chicago and Cincinnati hosting Los Angeles. Also on the slate are San Francisco at Atlanta, St. Louis at Montreal, and New York at Pittsburgh. Saturday night games include San Diego at Houston and several late starts across the league.
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Philadelphia
Carlton
Christenson
Chicago
Burris
Krukow
Los Angeles
John
Welch
Cincinnati
Moskau
Sarmiento
San Francisco
Montefusco
Halicki
Atlanta
Devine
Mahler
St. Louis
Forsch
Montreal
Grimsley
New York
Espinosa
Pittsburgh
D.robinson
San Diego
Shirley
Houston
Richard
Twinite New York
San Fran
Los Ang
Opdyke Sweeps Ransom In Split Doubleheader
Opdyke split a Thursday night doubleheader with Ransom, dropping the opener 87 and winning the second 8-1. Wills took the loss in game one. Harrington and Hunt each went 3-3 and 2-2 for Opdyke, while Oates and White added triples. Hagi topped Ransom with a 2-3 and Scott Hagin added 2-3. In game two Oates struck out 12 to earn the win, with Ferguson, Oates, White, Wills, and Harrington among the hitters. Thon added a triple for the winners.
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Opdyke
Ransom
Matt Wills
Mark Harrington
Dave Hunt
Dave White
Neil Oates
Scott Hagi
Scott Hagin
Oates
Brad Ferguson
Randy Thon
South Wilmington Tops Custer Park In Little League
South Wilmington dominated Custer Park 40 to 1 in a combined no hit effort by Tim Grieff and Craig Rury. Grieff struck out four, walked six. Rury struck out nine, walked three. Allan Patterson hit for the cycle for South Wilmington. Bury hit two doubles and a homer. Mike Ashley homered and tripled. Steve Wilson homered among two hits. South Wilmington improved to 12-0. Custer Park fell to 4-7-1. Next, South Wilmington will beat Gardner to meet the Giants. Custer Park hosts Essex.
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South Wilmington
Custer Park
Tim Grieff
Craig Rury
Grieff
Rury
Allan Patterson
Bury
Mike Ashley
Steve Wilson
Kevin Stellano
Rich Wollman
Dave Cullick
Gardner
Giants
Essex
Okker Stuns Vilas In Wimbledon Upset Sweep
Unseeded Tom Okker of the Netherlands defeated Guillermo Vilas in straight sets 6-3 6-4 6-2 on center court. Okker dominated from the start, chasing every ball, delivering precise serves and backhands while Vilas erred with double faults and misfires, marking the biggest upset of the $510,000 tournament so far.
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Wimbledon
England
UPI
Holland
Tom Okker
Guillermo Vilas
Bjorn Borg
Vilas
Okker
Sanudo leads Western Open after 67 in first round
Cesar Sanudo, with new sponsors and a fresh putting stance, carded a 5-under 67 at Butler National Golf Club to take a one stroke lead in the Western Open. The 7,083-yard course hosted the $225,000 event as Sanudo seeks renewed form after limited earnings and schedule changes.
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Oak Brook
Ill
Cesar Sanudo
Butler
Butler National Golf Club
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