Starks Trucking tops Illinois Valley Open after weekend play
Starks Trucking of Verona leads the 15th annual Illinois Valley Open Team Tournament at Echo Lanes with 3051 including handicap after the first weekend. Joe's Sandwich Shop Morris stands second at 3031, New Generation Morris third at 3026, and Boresi Unger Coal City fourth at 3023. 65 teams entered as action continues for five weekends through Apr 16 with entry forms via Bill Stangland Morris.
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Ken Remejes
Starks Trucking of
Verona
Echo Lanes
Morris Lions Club
Joe’s Sandwich Shop
Morris
Boresi and Unger
Coal City
Klinker’s Keglers
Sunoco of
Bill Stangland
Division Street
John van Lint
Bender Named New Football Coach at Wisconsin Superior
Ed Bender, 41, appointed head football coach at University of Wisconsin Superior after a 41-14-3 record at La Salle-Peru Township High School Illinois and a 40-6-2 mark at Rochelle Township High School. He succeeds Monte Charles who resigned to enter private business. Charles led a 6-2 season last fall finishing third in the State University Conference.
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Superior
Wis
Ed Bender
la Salle- Peru
Ill
Township High School
University of Wisconsin-Superior
Bender
Northeast Missouri State University
Monte Charles
Charles
State University Conference
Rochelle
Class A Illinois State Tourney opens with 16 survivors
Chicago Christian and Mounds Meridian lead the Class A field as 16 of 475 begin the first round in the Illinois state high school tournament. Upper bracket features Meridian and Shabbona. Christian faces Streator Woodland. Lower bracket includes Lincolnwood, Chrisman, and Gibson City among pairings.
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Chicago
Chicago Christian
Mounds Meridian
Champaign
Christian
Associated Press
Streator Woodland
Pontiac
Meridian
Noon
Lawrenceville
Chrisman Thomson
Quincy Catholic Boys
Normal University High
Shabbona
St. Edward of Elgin
Kalb
Lovejoy
Charleston
Chrisman
Lincolnwood
Decatur
Thomson
Farmington
East Moline
Piasa Southwestern
Macomb
Normal Univeristy High
Gibson City
DuQuoin
Shabbana
Elgin St. Edward
Raymond Lincolnwood
Thornridge Tops Illinois Class AA Sectional Favorites
Thornridge and four other teams were named unanimous sectional favorites in the Illinois Class AA high school basketball race. Thornridge, 27-0 and top ranked, drew all 16 votes for the Chicago Heights Sectional and would face Bloom in round one if it advances. Sectional results list the leading votes for each site and set up seven supersectionals before Champaign finals March 17-18.
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Chicago
Thornridge
Associated Press
Chicago Heights
Falcons
Bloom
Taylorville
Aurora East
Maine South
Rock Island Alleman
North Chicago
Aurora
Elk Grove
Alleman
Moline
Waukegan
LaSalle-Peru
Peoria Manual
Kankakee Eastridge
Peoria
Washington
Hinsdale Central
Hinsdale
Proviso East
Elgin
Lockport
Joliet Central
West Frankfort
Mascoulah
Benton
Olney
Champaign
Gophers Chase Big Ten Title At Purdue Tonight
Minnesota aims for its first outright Big Ten championship since 1919 with a 10 3 record and a win at Purdue 6 6. Ohio State Michigan and Michigan State also seek shares or playoff spots as Wisconsin Northwestern Indiana Illinois Iowa and Purdue play on.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Ohio State
Michigan
Gophers
Minneapolis
Purdue
Bob Nix
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan State
Ron Behagen
Corky Taylor
Buckeye
Fred Taylor
Luke Witte
Iowa
Northwestern
Wisconsin
Duke names Carl James new athletic director
Carl James will become athletic director at Duke University effective September 1 succeeding Eddie Cameron. James, 43, has served as acting athletic director since February 1 when Cameron went on leave.
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Durham N.C
Carl James
Duke University
Eddie Cameron
James
Cameron
YMCA Basketball Evening Schedule
At 8 o clock Marbens faces Seneca Anhueser while Coal City meets Seneca Busch in a YMCA basketball doubleheader.
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Marbens
Seneca Anhueser
Coal City
Seneca Busch
Csenn Wn
Pet Mazon
Morris
First National
Sponge Cushion
Joliet
Seneca Anhueser Mazon
Marthens
Tom Jones Drives New Chevelle for Grundy Title Chase
Tom Jones of Northbrook enters Grundy County Speedway’s 1972 season with a new 1972 Chevelle and a two car stable aimed at dethroning 1971 champ Ed Hoffman. He plans a late start with a Kentucky open event in late April and targets the Grundy title, citing a lighter car and quick change rear end as key advantages. Jones has 31 feature wins in seven years and emphasizes conditioning and mental prep from jogging at Sky Harbor Airport.
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Grundy County Speedway
Chicago
Ed Hoffman
Tom Jones
Northbrook
Jones
Grundy
Waukegan Speedway
Troy Robinson
Kentucky
O’hare
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Judy Heifner
Dorothy Terry
Don Walker
Mic Severson
Gay Hamilton
Paul Finland
Ed Malek
Don Riley
Pat Bolen
Chuck Butterfield
Bill Kindelspire
Bruce Southcombe II
Wayne Peacock
Floyd Lindner
Bill Mitchell
Gary Householder
Pete Story
Bill Delrose
Don Malone
Vern Anderson
Rich Verda
Chuck Rivett
Mel Johnson
Dick Steep
Dave Buck
Chuck Snyder
Lloyd Davis
Monty Shannon
al Lewis
Dave Shannon
O. Beeler
Walt McLuckie
Elvin Matteson
Chuck Perry
Ed Severson
Ken Seaman
Rich Jefferis
Elwood Ferguson
Don Mellendorf
Bruce Southcombe
Nan Householder
Ken Shannon
George Heath
Mary Baker
Ed McNabb
Russ Fosen
Joe Bickel
Walt Pobidinski
Bernie Limbach
Roger Himstedt
Tiny Limbach
Rich Mickelson
Bill Smith
Dick Bryant
Ted Butterfield
Jack Ragan
Viv Rohrbach
Evelyn Duwick
Iona Bartels
Larry Anderson
Gerry Heiden
Bonnie Sassenger
Virgil Funk
Mary Mead
Joyce Hall
Gutter Ball Club
Victory League
Merritt Enewold
Harry Coleman
Guy
Andy Stewart
Gutter
Ladies Thurs
Victory Kh
DeGrush Trucking
Klinker’s Sunoco
Diamond National
Joe's Sandwich Shop
Doug’s Barber Shop
Stockdale Fert
Stuckey’s Pecan Shop
Marden'‘s
Wagon Wheel Inn
Trenter’s Standard
Morris Grain Co
ADM Real Estate
Higame
Johnson's Car Wash
Monson’s Sport Center
Narvicks
Hiblers
Bob Foster
Lois Borchelt
Team Ev
Magic Mirror
Ind
Barb McNabb
Fraternal We
Moose
Eagles
Lions
Shel Mar Legion of the Moose
Joan Curts
Gary Bedson
Paul W. Cable
Optometrist
Jefferson
al Lettsome
Donain
Willis Johnson
George Lambros
Ken Brisbin
Chuck Moore
Leon Gant
Harold Coop
Paul Fruland
Butch Severson
Ted Crumb
Ben Ventress
Bill Kinderspire
Mel Bunton
Walt Pack
Norma Thompson
Ruth Jackman
Laura Severson
Gwen Sharpe
Irene Rushing
Marge Southcombe
Lil Mettitie
Lillian Jonnson
Deep South
Carbondale
Arlington Heights
Hersey
Evanston
Deerfield
Niles West
Wheaton Central
St. Charles
Glenbard West
Barrington
Conant
St. Ignatius
Thornton
Harvey
Edwardsville
East St. Louis
Lincoln
Collinsville
Alton
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Elk Grove Village
St. Patrick
Lyons of LaGrange
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Morton East
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Oak Lawn
Homewood-Flossmoor
Rock Island
Rockford
Auburn
Sterling Township
Rock
Harlem
Peoria Richwoods
East Peoria
Springfield
Quincy
Springfield Southeast
Mattoon
Decatur Eisenhower
Streator
Kankakee
Eastridge
Champaign Centennial
Bloomington
Mundelein
Mundelein Carmel
McHenry
Mascoutah
UCLA
Penn
North Carolina
Louisville
Long Beach St
South Carolina
Marquette
Brigham Young
Louisiana
Marshall
Memphis St
Hawaii
Maryland
Florida St
Virginia
Oral Roberts
Missouri
Houston
Cincinnati
Detroit
Duquesne
Jacksonville
Kansas St
Ohio University
Providence
Syracuse
Nessee
Texas-El Paso
Villanova
Ivacher Inc
Medical and Surgical Supply Center
Liberty St
Harley-Davidson
Scotty
Plainfield
YMCA
USAC
Holman and Moody
Sky Harbor Airport
Stean
Benbow Inn
LF Eee
Derond
Southern Airways
Morris Dry Cleaners
Court House
Joe Panish
the Town House
W. Washington St
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