Murphysboro Red Devils Eye Carbondale Holiday Showdown
Murphysboro, a 60 basketball team seeded fourth in the Carbondale Holiday Tournament, aims to keep its unbeaten run. Coach Tom Ashman credits senior leadership Lewis Kerrens and Danny Edwards and sophomore David Kellum for strong 51.6 percent shooting and solid inside play. The Devils face Champaign Centennial next, with a potential rematch against Carbondale if both win.
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Mike Chamness
Murphysboro
Red Devils
Carbondale
Tom Ashman
Ashman
Lewis Kerrens
Danny Edwards
Devils
Kerrens
Edwards
Danny
Lewis
Kellum
Darryl Waldron
Larry Miles
Champaign Centennial
Centennial
Champaign
Lawrenceville
Terriers
Woolard sees Terriers grow stronger than now
Carbondale coach Doug Woolard envisions a much better Terriers squad after a 77 55 win over Benton, riding a 5 1 record and a run of victories including Mt. Vernon and Marion. He credits Welch and a deep, coachable bench with the potential for a strong season.
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Larry Odell
Southern Illinoisan
Doug Woolard
Carbondale
Woolard
Benton
South
Mt. Vernon
Marion
Terriers
Welch
Murphy
Johnny Fayne
David Schreimann
Herschel Gibbs
Lex Turner
Bryan Tackett
Kalvin Dowson
Brent Smith
Jon Hertz
Schreimann
Hertz
CCHS
Fayne
Ed Greer
Maravich nets 50 in 109 100 win over Bullets
Pete Maravich exploded for 50 points guiding New Orleans Jazz to a 109 100 victory in New Orleans over the Washington Bullets. He scored 4 in the first quarter, 16 in the second, and 15 in each of the final two periods.
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Associated Press
Pete Maravich
Dick Mota
Washington Bullets
Maravich
New Orleans
New Orleans Jazz
National Basketball Association
Bullets
NBA
New York Knicks
Atlanta Hawks
Houston Rockets
Indiana Pacers
Buffalo Braves
Cleveland Cavaliers
San Antonio Spurs
Kansas City Kings
Boston Celtics
Denver Nuggets
Los Angeles Lakers
Milwaukee Bucks
Michigan quick, USC bigger for Rose Bowl clash
Michigan and USC enter the 63rd Rose Bowl with 10-1 records and strong All-America talent. Bo Schembechler seeks a third Rose Bowl win as Michigan coach after past heartbreaks, while USC aims to capitalize on its outright Pac-8 title and a feared backfield duo Ricky Bell and Rob Lytle.
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Calif
Michigan
Wolverines
University of Southern California Trojans
Ohio State
Southern California
Bo Schembechler
Stanford
USC
Pittsburgh
Georgia
Ricky Bell
Rob Lytle
Bell
Lytle
Jim Smith
Pennis Thurman
White breaks winless drought as Black Hawks beat Rockies
Bill White earned his first win as Chicago Black Hawks coach after replacing Billy Reay last week. The Hawks snapped a 12 game winless skid with a 5-3 NHL victory over the Colorado Rockies, with J P Bordeauxleur scoring twice in the second period. Bruins 6 Barons 3 Bucyk reaches 545th goal to rise to fourth all time.
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Associated Press
Bill White
White
Billy Reay
Chicago Black Hawks
Black Hawks
National Hockey League
Colorado Rockies
J. P. Bordeleau
Hawks
Eve
Ryone
John Bucvk
Boston
Cleveland
New York Islanders
Rangers
Pittsburgh
Toronto
Buffalo
Washington
Bruins
Barons
Bucyk
Maurice Richard
Nadia Comaneci and Juantorena Top Olympic Athletes
Tass polls 20 agencies across the world name gymnastics star Nadia Comaneci top female and Cuban sprinter Alberto Juantorena top male athletes of the 1976 Olympic year. Ender Kazankina Kittermaier Zewinska Averina among runners up. Viren Adrianov Naber Klammer Alereyev among men. Comaneci won three golds with perfect scores at 14. Juantorena claimed the 400 and 86 meter double.
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Alberto Juantorena
Tass
United States
Britain
France
Kornelia Ender
Tatyana Kazankina
Rosi Kittermaier
Irena Zewinska
Tatyana Averina
Lasse Viren
Nikolai Andrianov
U.S
John Naber
Franz Klammer
Vasily Alereyev
Comaneci
Juantorena
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Dick Jones
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Collinsville
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New York
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Houston
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Weatherspoon
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Hancere
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Skein
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Moscow
Wolohan
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H.P
First National Bank Eng Just Company
South Holiday Inn
Hank Americard
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