Baseball and golf schedule overview from a packed sports week
The schedule lists doubleheaders at Busch Stadium and Minute Maid Park with the Cardinals Pirates Cubs Astros and White Sox Red Sox in various venues through the week. It notes Olympiad events in Athens and golf opening with the Burger King Open at Anna Jonesboro plus Cubs at Wrigley and Sox at U S Cellular Field.
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Chicago Cubs
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Minute Maid Park
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Houston Astros
Chicago White Sox
Boston Red Sox
U.S Cellular Field
Anna-Jonesboro
Notable Coach Walt Moore's Wife Harryett Dies in Macomb
Harryett Moore, wife of famed basketball coach Walt Moore of Carbondale Attucks and Carbondale Community High, died Tuesday in Macomb. Walt Moore passed away in May. Funeral services for Harryett will be held Saturday at Owens Funeral Home in Champaign with visitation at noon.
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Harryett Moore
Macomb
Walt Moore
Carbondale Attucks
Carbondale Community High School
Owens Funeral Home
Champaign
Hoods to lead Marissa now in girls golf pursuit
The Marissa Meteors, with cousins Braidy and Megan Hood returning as key leaders and joined by Katy Wine and Lacy Rettinger, aim for a top 10 after dropping Coulterville from a five year co-op. Megan won the Shawnee Invitational and the team led by 17 shots at Stone Creek looks to improve as state competition begins at Sparta.
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Marissa-Coulterville Lady Eagles
Braidy
Megan Hood
Katy Wine
Lacy Rettinger
Marissa Meteors
Coulterville
Megan
Stone Creek Golf Club
Marissa
Sara Hill
Sparta
Stone Creek
Patterson triumphs to US first all around since Retton
Carly Patterson, 16, wins the Olympic all around on floor in Athens, defeating Svetlana Khorkina by .176 points for the United States first women’s all around title since 1984. Paul Hamm won men’s all around the same night, making the US one of two nations to hold both titles. Zhang Nan of China takes bronze.
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Greece
America
Mary Lou
Carly Patterson
Dynamo
Svetlana Khorkina
United States
Patterson
U.S
Mary Lou Retton
Retton
States
Paul Hamm
Soviet Union
Khorkina
Zhang Nan
China
Salukis schedule nears finalization for 2004-05 season
SIU coach Chris Lowery says home games are hardest to lock in as the 2004-05 non conference slate comes together. The team eyes two Nov 21 and 23 home openers, Las Vegas Invitational games on Nov 26-27 likely against Vanderbilt UTEP or Arizona State, with Arkansas-Little Rock discussed to fill a thirteenth slot.
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Carbondale
Chris Lowery
Pinckneyville
Southern Illinois University
Lowery
SIU
Las Vegas
NASA
Hawaii
Weber eyes big season as Murphysboro tops Marion
Murphysboro junior quarterback Weber powered a 16 strikeout shutout to beat Marion in the Class AA regional, lifting Murphysboro to a 24-7 season and positioning the Red Devils as contenders. Weber, 17, talked about embracing pressure and leading a team set to face Carbondale Anna Jonesboro and West Frankfort in early schedule play.
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Tharlie Weber
Marion
Murphysboro
Weber
Red Devils
Carbondale
Anna Jonesboro
Ohio
West Frankfort
Lirr Ohio
Harrisburg
Herrin
Neal Schemonia
Schemonia
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