Tigers Post Fourth Win 72-46 at Harrisburg
Herrin defeated Harrisburg 72 to 46 as the Tigers push toward a repeat South Seven title. Richard Box led Herrin with 16 points, while Harrisburg’s Ray Hassett and Kinch Jones top-scored for the Bulldogs with 15 and 14 points respectively.
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Herrin
Harrisburg
Tiger
Bulldog
Richard Box
Willie Williams
Ray Hassett
Kinch Jones
Bob Pavelonis
Eldorado
South
Centralia
Benton
Pavelonis
Box
Ken Doughty
Williams
Marion Defeats Centralia for Sixth Straight Victory
Marion Wildcats rally from 42-35 down after three quarters to beat Centralia 57 to 49. Coach Wendell Starrick credits steady play and good shot selection as Marion improves to 6-0 in South Seven with Du Quoin next. Marion shot 43.1 percent to Centralia 27.2 percent.
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Marion
Centralia
Wildcats
Mr. Vernon
Herrin
West Frankfort
Orpahns
Wendell Starrick
du Quoin
Swope
Dave
Johnson
Shotton
Pluck
Bonner
Linder
Crain
Scheriger
Niedbalski
Steptoe
Carterville Graders Hold Off Hurst 41 38
Carterville Grade School beat Hurst 41 38 as Hurst closed the gap with 17 points in the final period. Carterville led 16 13 at halftime and saw three starters foul out. Carterville will travel to Johnston City Monday night.
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Carterville
Edge Hurst
Hurst
Johnston City
George
Tom Hall
Hunter
Boren
McQuire
Norton
Newton
Hicks
Robinson
Horn
SIU Jayvees Edge Mt Vernon 82 77 inoted win
The Southern Illinois University Jayvees beat Mt Vernon Junior College 82 to 77 for their second straight victory. Garrison Newsom led with 20 points while McGee 13 Hepler 12 Roberts 11 Niemann 11 McClary 7 and Greghorn 5 contributed. A Murray State matchup is scheduled for Saturday at 6 15 p m in the same venue.
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Southern Illinois University Jayvee
Mt. Vernon Junior College
Garrison Newsom
SIU
McGee
Hepler
Roberts
Niemann
McClary
Greghorn
Jayvees
Murray State
Siu-Rolla
Frankfort Tops Pinckneyville in 66 49 Victory
West Frankfort won its fifth straight by beating Pinckneyville 66 to 49. Bruce Link led the Redbirds with 23 points including 13 free throws. Vlado Zavich added five third quarter baskets as West Frankfort pulled away after a tight first half.
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West Frankfort
Pinckneyville Panthers
Pinckneyville
Bruce Link
Redbird
Hawkins
Harris
Vlado Zavich
Redbirds
Pricks
Open Forum Preview and Sectional Round Details
West Frankfort will host the first round state basketball game as the third straight year West Frankfort is chosen for a sectional. Harrisburg and Pinckneyville sections will feed regional winners from Eldorado Metropolis Mt Carmel West Frankfort and Marion Anna Belleville Trico. Officials miscalled a play ending a game prompting protests from Lincoln. A miscue saw John Tidwell No 51 worn by Herrin after last season.
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West Frankfort
Harrisburg
Eldorado
Metropolis
Mt. Carmel
Pinckneyville
Marion
Anna
Belleville
Trico
Arlington Heights
East Aurora
Canton
Champaign
Decatur
Geneseo
Harvey
LaSalle
Olney
Quincy
Rockford
Springfield
Wood River
Herrin
John Tidwell
Richard “Itchy” Jones
Principal Wins Bet After Bad Coaching Advice
An area principal sought game predictions from a coach for a prep basketball contest. The coach doubted Mt. Vernon, Elkville, Carlyle, and Cahokia but the actual results favored Mt. Vernon 55-40, Elkville 88-68, and Carlyle 67-29. The principal stops seeking input.
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Mt. Vernon
Centralia
Elkville-Royalton
Elkville
Marion
Royalton
Carlyle-Cahokia
Earl Lee
Carlyle
Prep Grid Game Oct 5 Awaits IHSA Decision
A prep football game from Oct. 5 awaits IHSA ruling. East St. Louis Lincoln reportedly lost 13 to 6 to Hamilton of Memphis after a final play TD pass, with Hamilton offside on the play. the game finished 6-6 before the decisive score.
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IHSA
East St. Louis
Lincoln
Hamilton
Memphis
Three California Universities Leave the PCC
UCLA, Southern California, and the University of California sever their ties with the Pacific Coast Conference after two years of escalating penalties for athletic aid violations. The move shocks PCC plans for the Rose Bowl and leaves the conference future in doubt.
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Los Angeles
Pacific Coast
UCLA
Southern California
University of California
California
PCC
Hayes Named Coach of Year for 1957
Wayne Woodrow Woody Hayes of Ohio State named 1957 football coach of the year in the 23rd annual Scripps-Howard poll by 597 coaches. He led Ohio State to the Western Conference title and a Rose Bowl as Auburn coach Shug Jordan finished second with 111 votes.
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New York
Wayne Woodrow
Woody Hayes
Ohio State
Scripps- Howard
American Football Coaches Association
Hayes
Ralph (Shug) Jordan
Auburn
Associated Press
Jess Neely
Rice
Terry Brennan
Notre Dame
Forrest Evashevsky
Iowa
Milton Bruhn
Wisconsin
Lee Cabutti Leads Narrow Overtime Win for Champaign
Lee Cabutti shines in a hair raising game as Champaign defeats Peoria Manual 54 to 53 in overtime. He now has four wins in five decisions with no margin exceeding four points.
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Lee Cabutti
Champaign
Peoria
High school hoops highlight from Cahokia and Ottawa losses
Earl Lee narrowed the margin to lose 46 42 at Cahokia. Ottawa prep stock dropped 64 61 to Spring Valley. Three former Egypt players joined Rolla for SIU Saturday night action: Gene Brenning Sparta Merle Walters Steeleville Lynn Rockwell Belleville junior.
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Earl Lee
Cahokia
Highland
Ottawa
Spring Valley
Egypt
Rolla
SIU
Gene Brenning
Sparta
Merle Walters
Steeleville
Lynn Rockwell
Belleville
SIU teams travel for Florida training and exhibition stop
SIU swimmers plan a Florida holiday training trip. Time Magazine notes a tough foe this weekend. Wrestlers visit Champaign for an exhibition with Illinois. Herrin fans head to Wood River for a game where junior Jerry Merrick, 6-6, scored 38 last week and is brother of John Messick, former Oilers center now at Saint Louis University.
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Time Magazine
SIU
Champaign
University of Illinois
Herrin
Wood River
Bob Horton
Jerry Merrick
John Messick
St. Louis University
Steeleville Wins Chartres Tourney Title Over Marissa
Steeleville defeated Marissa 59 to 51 Friday at Marissa to claim the Chartres Conference tournament. Coulterville beat Red Bud 74 to 50 for third place. Semifinals saw Marissa defeat Coulterville 43 to 33 and Steeleville topple Valmeyer 68 to 37.
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Steeleville
Marissa
Waterloo St. Peter and St. Paul
Coulterville
Red Bud
Waterloo Sp&sp
Valmeyer
Karnak Tourney results show Cobden and Mound City winners
In the Karnak tournament Mound City beat Cobden 72 to 65 with top scorers Mound City George 22 Le fevre 10 Brennecke 6 and Cobden Burnett 19 Bernhard 16. Mounds beat Dongola 58 to 56 led by Grandstaff 24 and Melton 10. Dongola edged by Adan 36 in a separate listing.
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Mound City
Cobden
George
Lefevre
Brennecke
Dalton
Hannan
Osborne
Smith
Burnett
Consert
Vanover
Bernhard
Casey
Meddleton
Mounds
Dongola
Mounds — Lasley
Grandstaff
Malley
Melton
Palmer
Sullivan
Early
Davis
Adan
Beggs
Seixas Delivers Stunning Davis Cup Win Over Belgium
Vic Seixas leads the United States to a Davis Cup interzone clash win defeating Belgium's Jackie Brichant in a fifth rubber. The match showcased Seixas' fighting spirit as the U S advances in the challenge round.
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Vic Seixas
United States
Belgium
Jackie Brichant
Carbondale Terriers top Murphysboro 69 to 51 in opener
Carbondale led Murphysboro 11 4 after one quarter and built a 26 16 halftime cushion before extending the advantage. John Greer led the Terriers with 14 points and 12 rebounds, while Ken Lavender scored 20 for Carbondale.
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John Greer
Murphysboro
Terriers
Jay Lovelace
Gerry Howe
Denny Taylor
Ken Lavender
Lavender
John Wood
Lovelace
Carbondale
Murphy
Red Devils
Attucks Cruises to 8th Win with 73 54 Victory at Hurst Bush
Attucks improved to 8 1 on the season by defeating Hurst Bush 73 54. The Blue Birds shot 29 of 58 and 15 of 22 from the line as they built a 26 point lead in the third quarter behind scoring from Jones 21 Thomas 17 Blythe 14 Fletcher 9 and others. Attucks used a zone and half court press to force turnovers. Carmi visits Attucks next.
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Herrin
Tigers
Harrisburg
Tiger
Bulldogs
Jones
Centralia
Tiger Frosh-Sophs
McSpadden
Hea
Kane
Lamb
Henshaw
Wood River
Belleville
Johnston City
Attucks
Hurst Bush
Percy Oliver
Bluebirds
Carmi
Thomas
Blythe
Fletcher
Smith
Grigsby
Morris
Slaughter
Hurst
Capps
Newton
Winters
Ellis
Brophy
Hindman
Crain
iBrown
Madden
Pierce
Prep Basketball scores from Carlyle Nashville and Joppa
Carlyle beat Nashville 42 to 41 with Nave scoring 5 and Thouvenin 11 for Carlyle. Nashville’s Diedrich 16 and Bil lingsley 11 led the visitors. Goreville Morrison and Nickleson led their teams with double figures in a separate section of the score rundown.
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Carlyle
Nashville
Nave
Thouvenin
Johnson
Meyer
Jarvis
Braly
Finke
Wiese
Zielinski
Diedrich
Roundtree
Reidelberger
Sports scoring recap with player totals
The fragment lists players Anna Chester and Anna Cruse with team totals and individual scores for a game or meet. It includes names Tweedy Lewis Wiggs Pitts Jenkins Chester-McClintock Cast liow Seymour Young Dravis Fleming with various single game totals. No other context is provided.
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Anna — Cruse
Tweedy
Lewis
Wiggs
Pitts
Jenkins
Chester — McClintock
Castliow
Seymour
Young
Dravis
Fleming
Thebes 38 Gorham 63 in Varsity Basketball
Thebes and Gorham clash with Gorham winning 63 to 38. Thebes players Thebes Baugher Jordan Tucker Kirby Clubb Mc Crite Chandler contributed multiple points while Gorham’s Shields Rohlfing Taylor Davis Rathfin led scoring and balance paced the victory.
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Thebes
Gorham
Hellmer
Taylor
Davis
Rathfin
Shields
Rohlfing
Baugher
Jordan
Tucker
Kirby
Clubb
McCrite
Chandler
Royalton Triumphs Over Thompsonville In Scoring Bout
Royalton defeated Thompsonville 84 to 65 led by M Statko with 20 points and Thompsonville’s Smother scoring 31. Royalton J Young added 25 points while Po tocki and Guill contributed. Spiller and Baumgarte also reached double digits for Royalton.
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Royalton
Thompsonville
J. Young
M. Statko
Guill
Spiller
Potocki
Baumgarte
B. Young
C. Statko
Smother
Porter
Davis
Brannan
McClerren
Logsdon
Lampley
Williams
Elkville Gridiron Scoring Summary
In Elkville game action Christopher led with 13 points and 12 rebounds. Teammate Gossett added 11 points as Elkville beat Christopher-Gossett 45 to 43 with key contributions from Le men 16 Williams 5 Swisher 2 and West 11. Elkville-Wilson matched Wisely 4 Crews 8 Cottel 15 Batteau 4 Hickman 1 in a low scoring clash.
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Christopher
Elkville
Christopher — Gossett
Lemen
Williams
Swisher
West
Wilson
Wisely
Crews
Cottel
Batteau
Hickman
Sesser Zeigler boys grid leads with strong fourth
Sesser 22 14 19 15 for a 70 point total while Zeigler trails 10 7 10 17 to finish at 44. Sesser-Cavaletto led with Flatt 12 Maddox 18 Bradley 10 Taylor 5. Zeigler-Hiller 15 Knight 7 Pasquino 1 Forester 4 Sanders 10 Vaughn 3 Farmer 1 Hall 1 Connor 2 contributed.
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Sesser
Zeigler
Cavaletto
Flatt
Maddox
Bradley
Taylor
McNeal
Basketball score shows Tamms victory over Mounds Douglass
Tamms defeated Mounds Douglass 66 to 67 in a game led by Vaughn 28 and Wells 25. Tamms Roger 15 and Poole 11 contributed key points. Mounds Douglass-Morris got 15 from Candler 13 and Floyd 2, Johnson 2, McKinies 10.
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Mounds Doug
Tamms
Mounds Douglass
Morris
Candler
Wells
Floyd
Johnson
McKinies
Tamms — Rogers
Jenkins
Vaughn
Poole
Bethel
Valier Crimson Tide Defeats Crab Orchard in District Tilt
Valier led 15 11 12 17 55 as crab Orchard scored 8 11 14 15 48. Vercellino 27 Joiner 4 Henson 6 for Valier while Crab Orchard players Hawkins 9 Boles 4 Smith 4 Parton 4 Peebles 2 Hastings 19 contributed scoring.
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Valier
Crab Orchard
Farmer
Vercellino
Joiner
Henson
Hawkins
Boles
Smith
Parton
Peebles
Hastings
Shawnee Grade School Athletics Rosters and Scores
Shawnee grade school reports show team lineups and results including Murphysboro Shan players and Rendle man Wilson Matlock Walker scores. Other entries list Murphysboro-Wiggs Hein inger Manard Tripp Oehl Boird Reid and related game tallies.
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Shawnee
Murphysboro
Glode
Rendleman
Wilson
Matlock
Walker
Wiggs
Heininger
Manard
Tripp
Oehl Next
Boird
Reid
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Eufaula
Ala
Herrinose
John Hendricks
Bill
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Merle Jones
Southern Illinoisan
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Frankfort
P’ Ville
Link
Zavich
Britton
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Barty
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Harriss
Nelson
Road
Carson
Bigham
al Willis
THSA
Duster
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Chartres
Lloyd Samford
Bob Wright
Dan
Busch
Greer
Community High
Colborn
Bob Colborn
Lavender Nets
Raines
Crombar
Wood
Gillmore
Faughn
Jamison
Wright
Dale
P Lovelace
See
Samford
Lockerby
Howe
Bridges
D. Taylor
Mitchell
R. Taylor
Lyons
Goreville
Oeile
Joppa — Miller
Walden
Stevenson
Rankin
Hester
Morrison
Billingsley
Eastman
Maze
Parrish
Nickleson
Chester
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