Rams top Centralia 63 48 as Mt Vernon powers inside
Mt Vernon rams beat Centralia 63 to 48 in South Seven Conference action. Steve Strickland scored 28 points, with Nat Hawthorne and Jim Smith adding 12 each, while Bob Arnold’s big men controlled the paint. Centralia fought back in the second half but could not overcome Mount Vernon’s early 12 point lead.
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Mt. Vernon
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Centralia
Bob Arnold
Steve Strickland
Jim Smith
Nat Hawthorne
Tom Williams
Mike Payne
Arnold
Aston
Bob Jones
Stephen Decatur
Tom Holloway
Strickland
Nat Moore
Hawthorne
Jones
Vernois Gymnasium
Scott Engle
Holloway
Malone
Meeks
Moore
Eagle
Smith
Payne
Williams
Pinckneyville Defense Keys Southwest Egyptian opener win
Pinckneyville defeats Murphysboro 70-46 in the SWE conference opener as the Panthers force 11 turnovers with a 2-2-1 press. Tolliver 16 and Knapp 15 lead Pinckneyville while Lipe 16 and Ray 15 pace Murphysboro.
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Southern Illinoisan
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Murphysboro
Panthers
Red Devils
Ed Bigham
Tolliver
Knapp
Selle
Goldman
Skorczewski
Hawkins
Plumlee
Lipe
Ray
McCormack
Douglas
Glode
Wills
Sesser coach builds strong teams through discipline
Sammy Ulrich, 23, new athletic director and basketball mentor at Sesser High School, enforces strict rules to raise a top team. Players must abstain from drinking and dating, keep late nights, and balance basketball with track and cross country. The Red Devils aim for the Black Diamond Conference title and 20 victories, led by Dave Reed and a deep guard roster.
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Southern Illinoisan
Sammy
Sesser
Sammy _ Ulrich
St. Louis University
Sammy Jo
Pinckneyville
Don Stanton
Sam
Ulrich
Duster
McLeansboro
Johnston City
Trico
Roxana
Red Devils
Dave Reed
Benny Louis
University of Illinois
Louis
Rick Basso
Panthers
Nick Laur
Bobby Doerr
Lonnie Garner
Lesser
Jerry Willmore
Willmore
Appleknockers End 28-Game Slide With Goreville Victory
Cobden Appleknockers break a 29-game drought by defeating Goreville 97-76 at Goreville. Coach Gener Dammerman, in his first year, notes the win lifts confidence after a long losing streak and a previous 1966 district title. C. Stewart leads Cobden with 21 points as Cobden also wins the preceding game 44-38.
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Bailey
Turner
Odom
Poole
Falmier
Glenn
Walker
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Langford
Appleknockers
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Gorham
Meridian
Gener Dammerman
Dammerman
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C. Stewart
McClelland
Meadows
J. Stewart
Reeves
Clutts
Smith
Dunn
Glasco
Harris
Francis
Black
Kirby
Bird
Webb
Underwood
Badgers Rout SMU in 120-82 Victory
Madison Wisconsin AP Joe Franklin scored 29 points and Jim Johnson 26 as Wisconsin's fast breaking basketball Badgers routed winless Southern Methodist 120-82 Saturday for their second win in three starts.
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Joe Franklin
Jim Johson
Wisconsin
Badgers
Southern Methodist
Prep cage committee is chosen for AP ratings
A 16-member AP board of sports writers will rate Illinois high school boys basketball this season. The weekly poll will rank the top 16 teams including Chicago schools. First ratings announced Tuesday. members include Chuck Brady and 14 others from various Illinois papers plus two AP staffers.
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Quincy Herald - Whig
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Metro-East Journal
East St. Louis
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Danville Commercial - News
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Illinois State Journal-Register
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Rick Talley
Rockford Register-Republic
Morning Star
Bill Nieppetter
Centralia Sentinel
Forrest R. Kyle
Decatur Review
Dick Martin
Peoria Journal-Star
Murray Hurt
Rock Island Argus
Herb Jannusch
Kankakee Journal
Jim Levandusky
Waukegan News-Sun
Robert Drazkowski
Joliet Herald - News
Roy O's Neal
Carmi Times
Harold Olson
Streator Daily Times- Press
Shawnee Invitational Opens With Defending Meridian
The eighth annual Shawnee invitational tournament starts Tuesday at Shawnee and runs to Friday. Meridian defends its title in an eight team field with fixtures including Meridian vs Cobden, Shawnee vs Dolgola, Gorham vs Vienna, and Egyptian vs Century plus two semifinals and Friday finals.
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Meridian
Cobden
Dongola
Gorham
Vienna
Egyptian
Century
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