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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 2002
Page
15
The Lineup Evansville's Purple Aces travel to face LSU in a single game at 3 p.m. The Chicago Cubs host the Cincinnati Reds at Wrigley Field for a weekend series while the Southside White Sox welcome the Detroit Tigers.
NASCAR qualifying kicks off for the Talladega 500 in Alabama while NFL Draft weekend starts with the Texans naming David Carr their No 1 pick. College softball and baseball host noon doubleheaders on Saturday as SIU teams welcome Creighton and Evansville. Area prep baseball tournaments loom in multiple towns. Notable Carmi pitcher Kara Shook signs with Southeastern Illinois College, posting a 12 5 record and .403 batting average to help a regional title run.
Chicago defender Alexander Karpovtsev scored with 3:10 left to lift the Blackhawks past the St. Louis Blues 2-1 in Game 1 of the Western Conference series. Kyle Calder also scored as NY cross-ice setup by Nylander produced the other tally. Game 2 set for Saturday in St. Louis.
Race director Keith McQuarrie expresses confidence in the 15th River to River Relay as 2,000 runners traverse an 88 mile course from the Mississippi to the Ohio. Starting at 6:15 a.m. at McGee Hill and finishing near dark in Golconda, the event has grown from 60 to 250 teams and maintains a firm 8 p.m. race close.
Bruce Arrow and family traveled far to enter the River to River Relay linking Mississippi to Ohio. Arrow, from Longwood Florida, worries race demand will fill slots before mailed applications reach the committee. The Arrows filed two team entries the Skeeziks and the Pipsawahs plus Rocky Top Roadrunners.
Richie Sexson homered twice and drove in seven as Milwaukee beat St. Louis 7-5 in Jerry Royster's first game as interim manager. Nelson Figueroa and three relievers backed him, Jose Cabrera earned the win, and Mike DeJean notched the save. The Cardinals led 4-0 before Milwaukee rallied with early 2-run and 3-run shots.
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