Clennon stars with two state track finishes at Charleston
Minooka senior Tom Clennon placed third in the 880 yard run in 1 52 62 and fourth in the mile in 4 11 4 at the Class AA Boys State Track Championships in Charleston. Coach Joe Reische praised his dual effort and late surge after a tough double, noting Clennon clipped 10 seconds from last year’s mile time.
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Coal City hopes end as Mehochko falls short at State Meet
Morris area track was limited to Coal City junior Jim Mehochko, who qualified for the Class A finals in Charleston but failed to place. He cleared 12 ft 6 in in prelims to set a Coaler record, then missed that mark in the finals. Also competing were Bill Crawford in high jump and the mile relay squad, with Crawford setting a school record 62 in the prelims, though he failed the 65 in finals, and the relay clocked 3:32.68. The mile quartet included Jim Ashing, Jim Macier, Everett Leasure, and Tim Hampel. Gardner-South Wilmington's Bill Clover ran 24.1 in the 220 yd dash but did not hit the time needed. Coaches note the heat hurt distance runners. Coal City ends 7-3-1. GSW 12-2.
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Bill Crawford
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Grimsley Wins as Expos Top Cubs 4 2 in Montreal
Ross Grimsley became the NL's first eight-win pitcher this season, guiding the Montreal Expos to a 4 2 victory over the Chicago Cubs. The lefty survived a 2-0 Cubs lead, helped by a bunt and key sixth inning runs from Perez, Valentine, and Dawson as Expos bullpen shut down Chicago.
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Largest NBA crowd possible as Sonics host Bullets at Kingdome
Seattle seeks a 3-1 lead in the NBA finals as the Sonics, riding a 21 home win streak, move game four to the Kingdome hoping to draw over 40,000 fans of a potential record crowd. Seattle beat Washington 93 92 in Game 3 to gain a 2-1 edge, with Lenny Wilkens saying the move won t hurt home court.
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Seneca Hall of Fame style MVPs named at annual dinner
Hallett Seneca MVP Jeff Hallett led Seneca Fighting Irish baseball to recognition at the school potluck. Other MVPs included Julie Patton in softball John Mann in basketball Julie Osmand in girls basketball Mark Mavity in football Tracy Tesdal in volleyball and Julie Peterson in soccer. Osmand also won the Free Throw Award. Additional basketball honors went to Jeff Wignes for Defensive Award and Gary Higgins for Free Throw Award. The Morris Minor League All Stars improved to 3-0 with a 7-1 victory over Opdyke as Chad Matteson went 3-3 at bat and Paul Niewinski and Dennis Maskel added 2-4 each. Morris meets Channahon at McKinley Park Wednesday at 6 15 p.m. Nancy Timmons earned Most Improved Player. Other football honors include Dave Read Most Valuable Defensive Player Dave Johnson Steve Nelson Award and Joe Vickers Greg Rosencrans Award. After the ceremony George Dennis presented C Donald Johnson a gold watch for his service as public address announcer at Seneca High games.
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John Mann
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Tracy Tesdal
Julie Peterson
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Jeff Wignes
Gary Higgins
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Dave Read
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TYAAM Registration Event Set for Minooka Grade School
The Tri County Youth Athletic Association of Minooka will hold its second baseball registration at 2 p.m. Saturday for boys and girls at Minooka Grade School. Uniforms will be handed out.
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East St. Louis captures fourth straight class AA title
East St. Louis claimed its fourth consecutive class AA boys track crown with 37 points, beating Deerfield and Chicago Brother Rice by 13. Evanston placed fourth with 23. Robinson won the class A title with 35 points, Madison second with 32, and St. Anne third with 31. Gale Olson of Sycamore cleared 7 feet 2 inches to win high jump, while Tom Graves of Sandburg won the 2 mile and the mile, making him a double winner in class AA.
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Bosley, Sox blank Angels as Torrealba fires first shutout
Thad Bosley, in his first season with the White Sox after a trade from the Angels, homered and drove in four as Chicago won 7-0 behind Francisco Barrios’s shutout. Bosley collected three hits, including a two run single, and scored twice while Greg Pryor, Chet Lemon, and Jorge Orta contributed key hits. Other AL games saw Boston, Baltimore, Kansas City, Oakland, and Cincinnati win. In NL action, teams like Chicago, Montreal, Philadelphia, and New York posted wins.
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Different feature winners at Grundy Speedway
After two weeks of racing at Grundy County Speedway, different feature winners emerged in late models and street stocks, with Ray Young and Ed Hoffman each taking feature wins. Young leads Hoffman by 115 points, while George Hill trails Hoffman by 20. Jack Spinazola leads street stocks with 150 points, with five drivers within 50. Racing resumes Friday at 7 p.m. time trials and 8 p.m. first race. Late Model standings show Young 645, Hoffman 530, Hill 510, Izzo 455, Gawlinski 385, Dotter 320, Acuff 290, Darnell 280, Perzely 250, Hyrn 195. Street Stocks leader Spinazola 150, Gordon 135, Taylor 125, Palko 105, Crafton 105, Boswell 100, Krug 90, Dimmick 80, West 70, Tondini 70.
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Gretencord Realty Wins First Gretencord Fast Pitch Tourney
Gretencord Realty defeated Morris Stag's 4-2 at Lighted Ballpark to claim the inaugural Gretencord Realty Fast-pitch Softball Tournament title. Denny Thorsen delivered the game winning RBI in the eighth after Dick Parker and Mickey Severson sparked Gretenoord with key hits.
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Far mer's Insurance dominates Echo's Lanes in league clash
Johnna Ely went 3-3 with a triple and four RBI to power Far mer's Insurance past Echo's Lanes 13-3 in Carbon Hill. Diane Sterba earned the win, backed by Diane Punke and others, while Echo's Deb Walker and Donna Sisk produced hits in the loss.
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