Friday Bracket Play At Multiple Holiday Tournaments
Friday bracket play continues across Breese Mater Dei Carbondale Centralia Eldorado Freeburg Columbia and Lesser Walier tournaments with Benton's girls event at four other sites including Nashville Lebanon Hornettes vs New Athens.
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Breese Mater Dei
Carbondale
Centralia
Eldorado
Freeburg
Columbia
Benton
Nashville-Lebanon
Hornettes
New Athens
Freeburg-Columbia
Mascoutah
Notable Libby Bauman and Sarah Shurtz Sign NLIs
Libby Bauman signed with Rend Lake College after a standout season with 216 points, 51 kills, and 88 digs for Lesser-Walier Waltonville. Sarah Shurtz committed to John A. Logan College. she holds Lesser-Walier records for kills 725 and blocks 473, plus 427 kills this season and two Black Diamond MVP awards.
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Libby Bauman
Rend Lake College
Sarah Shurtz
John A. Logan College
Shurtz
It's Tourney Time Cairo miscues plague Panthers
Cairo used pressure to force Pinckneyville turnover woes in a 71-61 Carbondale Holiday Tournament opening round win. Cairo built a 10-2 run in the second as Pinckneyville, hampered by 24 miscues, failed to capitalize and finish strong, despite a late glass edge.
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Carbondale
Cairo
Pinckneyville
Southern Illinois
Panthers
Larry Baldwin
Gallatin County Hawks topple Harrisburg in Eldorado opener
Gallatin County Hawks overcame a late surge by fifth-seeded Harrisburg to win 55-45 in the Eldorado Holiday Tournament first round. Gallatin connected on 14 straight free throws in the fourth quarter to seal the upset, as reported by Les Winkeler from Eldorado.
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Eldorado
Gallatin County Hawks
Harrisburg
Herrin returns to SIU Arena in victorious fashion
Rich Herrin, Marion's head coach, paced the Carbondale court in his first-round Holiday Tournament game at SIU Arena since 1998. His team, Millington Central, challenged early but SIU’s former coach helped lead a 70-64 win as Herrin kept focus on coaching in any gym and any game.
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Michael Dann
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Southern the Pilots
Deovaunta Williams
Pinckneyville
Michael McConachie
Cairo
Carbondale
Siu Arena
Rich Herrin
SIU
Herrin
Marion
Southern Illinois University
Wildcats
Millington
Tenn
Salukis
Hawks Hold On In Fourth Quarter To Beat Gallatin County
Eldorado Hawks built a 35-29 lead entering the fourth and made 12 straight free throws in the final 1:33 to seal a 55-41 victory over Gallatin County. Gallatin County coach Robert Patton praised late free throws as crucial while Harrisburg's Randy Smithpeters noted his team could not sustain offense.
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Hawks
Gallatin County
Alec Holler
Kolby Smithpeters
Bulldogs
Robert Patton
Vienna
Harrisburg
Randy Smithpeters
Patton
Smithpeters
John Bean
Woodlawn tops Zeigler-Royalton 62 43 in tourney opener
Woodlawn pulled away late to beat Zeigler-Royalton 62 to 43 in the Lesser Walter Holiday Tournament opening round. An 11-0 run spanning the end of the third and start of the fourth gave Woodlawn control as Doug Jenkins hit a 3 and Thomas Knox Derek Burns and Jeremy Clinton helped extend the lead. Zeigler-Royalton cut it to 10 late but Woodlawn sealed it with strong free-throw shooting.
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Woodlawn
Zeigler-Royalton
Doug Jenkins
Cardinals
Shane Witzel
Thomas Knox
Derek Burns
Jeremy Clinton
Zeigler
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