Carbondale holiday tournament opens with close wins
Lawrenceville star Rick Leighty scored 38 and blocked a late shot to lift Lawrenceville past Herrin 69-68. Tom Cooper and Virgil Fletcher praised their teams as East Moline, Normal, and Collinsville also posted victories in the opening session.
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Larry Odell
Southern
East Moline
Fletcher
Kahoks
Decatur Lisenhower
Rick Leighty
Mark Joiner
Lawrenceville
Herrin
Carbondale
Billy Green
Leighty
Jack Griggs
Miller Calls Tour Crazies Prima Donnas After Rainy Round
Johnny Miller, the U S Open champion, complains the pro golf tour made prima donnas. He shot 70 in wet conditions at the Confidence Pro-Am Invitational in Monterey while Bob Stanton led after day one.
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Monterey
Calif
Bob Stanton
Australia
Miller
Belleville East, Alton Metro-East clubs show their stuff
Belleville East upset Thornridge 57-55 on a late inbounds pass by Craig Agne as Jeff Botts and Ken Light contributed 13 and 11 points. Alton beat Peoria Manual 85-62 with Doug Nalley scoring 21 and Willie Huff 14 as Manual turned over the ball 38 times. Thornridge, 8-3, entered the day in a morning consolation game against Manual.
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Merle Jones
Belleville East
Alton
Carbondale
Craig Agne
Belleville
Thornridge
Peoria Manual
Manual
The
Lancers
Agne
Don Orness
Falcons
Quinn Buckner
Ken Light
Jeff Botts
Light
Tim Williams
Redbirds
Metro- East
Doug Nalley
Justin Scheiter
Willie Huff
Bob Humbles
Sparta slips past Flora as Breese Mater Dei edges Wa terloo
On opening day at Breese Mater Dei, Sparta beat Flora 75-63 to set up a meeting with top seed Breese Mater Dei, who cruised past Waterloo 70-46. Trico lost to O Fallon 74-55 and Nashville were defeated 75-36 by Belleville Althoff. Okawville improved to 7-1 with a 68-64 win over Charleston.
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Sparta
Breese Mater Dei
Bulldogs
Flora
North Egypt
Mater Dei
Waterloo
Trico
O’fallon
Nashville
Belleville Althoff
East St. Louis Assumption
Greenville
Springfield Griffin
Highland St. Paul
Taylorville
Mascoutah
Okawville
Charleston
Con
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St. Louis
Assumption-O’fallon
Springfield
Griffin
Belleville
Althoff
Taylorville- Okanville
Idaho State Tops Illinois State 107 80 in NCA A Action
Dan Spindler scored 29 points and five teammates reached double figures as Idaho State defeated Illinois State 107 to 80. Spindler poured in 25 before halftime while Steve Hayes added 13 in the second half after replacing him. The Bengals stretch their win streak to four.
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Pocatello AP
Dan Spindler
Idaho State
Illinois State Redbirds
Spindler
Bengals
Steve Hayes
Redbirds
High School Tournament Scores From Kankakee And Across Illinois
A roundup of boys basketball results from numerous high school games. Teams such as West Leyden Plainfield Normal U Mundelein Wheaton Central Eastridge Westview Bremen Naperville Hillcrest Forest View and many others posted varied margins. Notable scores include Chicago St Ignatius 80 Watseka 60 Paris 102 Beason 40 Mount Carmel 73 Tolono Unity 44 and Proviso West 73 Riverside Brookfield 43.
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Leyden
Plainfield
Normal U
Mundelein
OT Wheaton Central
Eastridge
Westview
Bremen
Naperville
Hillcrest
Forest View
Bradley
St. Bede
Dwight
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Pana
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Tolono
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Mason City
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Roxana
E. St. Louis
Jerseyville
Highland
Peoria
Woodruff
Elk Grove
St. Jaboc Triad
Wood River
Hillsboro
Litchfield
Granite City N
Robinson
Christopher tops Pacific in Consolation at Columbia tourney
Christopher Bearcats beat Pacific Mo 86 to 70 in consolation bracket of the Columbia holiday tournament to set a 4:30 PM matchup with New Athens. Coach Tom Wheeler praised free throws and rebound effort by Mondoni and Boner as Steeleville fell to Lebanon 75 to 52 in the championship bracket.
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Shaw
Columbia
Pacific Mo
Steeleville
Lebanon
Bearcats
New Athens
Mondoni
Boner
Tom Wheeler
Lovejoy
Mulberry Grove
Red Bud
Sandoval
Waterloo Gibault
Venice
Staunton
Aviston
Central
Freeburg
Walmeyer
Eldorado Holiday Tourney opens with high seeds ruling
Eight top seeds win in Eldorado Holiday Tournament openers as Eldorado, Vienna, Metropolis, and Johnston City headline a day of decisive scores. Peebles leads Johnston City past Anna Jonesboro, while Eldorado's D Smith scores 33 in a 95 54 win over Chester.
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Southern Illinoisan
Eldorado
Metropolis
Elgin St. Edward
Prophetstown
Fairfield
Ridgway
McLeansboro
Carmi
Carrier Mills
Keil Peebles
Johnston City
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Harrisburg
Peebles
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Jon Pyle
Indians
Kent Richey
Tommy Thomas
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Vienna Eagles
Bob Trover
Jay Merchant
Bobby Brown
Eldorado Eagles
Chester
Dennis Smith
Kevin Kingston
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Vienne
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Norris’ City
St John’s Shocks Illini to Reach Holiday Festival Semis
St. John’s Redmen toppled Illinois 76 60 as Frank Alagia sparked an 11 point second half run. Mel Utley led Scoring with 26 points, Rich Schmidt poured 30 for Illinois, and a brief scuffle led to ejections.
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Redmen
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Armand Hill
Duquesne
Alagia
Mel Utley
Rich Schmidt
Illini
Dennis Graff
Kevin Raftery
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Philadelphia
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Sparky Anderson Declines A's Offer After World Series
Cincinnati Reds manager Sparky Anderson said he turned down Charles Finley after a World Series ended, stating he owed the Reds. Finley contacted him two days after the series and Williams indicated he would leave Oakland. Finley later blocked Williams' signing with the Yankees while still under contract with the A's.
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Oakland A’s
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Reds
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Finley
A’s
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Oakland
Williams
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