Thornton and Benton Lead Opening Round in Centralia Tourney
In the 23rd Centralia holiday cage tournament start Benton tops Lincolnway 78 57 as Jim Adkins scores 25 and Rick Yankus 24. Thornton downs Salem 79 47 gaining early momentum. Belleville edges Champaign 47 32 while New Trier and Quincy battle in a tossup matchup.
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Merle Jones
Benton
Thornton
Harvey
Centralia
Edwardsville
New Trier
Deep South
Lincolnway
Rich Herrin
Rangers
Jim Adkins
Rick Yankus
Metropolis
Trojans
Quincy
Belleville
Decatur
Mt. Vernon
McLeansboro
Champaign
Salem
Fairfield
Joliet Central
Jim Ard
Paul Gilliam
Nick Meador
Carbondale Eyes Title in Holiday Tourney Showdown
In the Carbondale holiday prep tournament in SIU Arena four teams Collinsville Cahokia Olney and Carbondale advance to semifinals after quarterfinal wins. Tonight the 8:30 p.m. final follows a 7 p.m. third place game with semifinals set for action creating a likely dramatic finish.
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Southern
Herrin
Wood River
Cahokia
Pinckneyville
Olney
Carbondale
Aston
Terriers
Harrisburg
John Cherry
Carbonale
Billy Perkins
Ron Sterchi
Dave Weber
Ron Herrin
Tigers
Commanches
Mark Catlett
Panthers
Reggie Petty
Collinsville
Tom Parker
Oilers
Mount Vernon coach Haile optimistic about Foxes season start
Mt. Vernon coach Gene Haile defends his Foxes after a slow start at 1 7 and 6. He cites differences between large Mt. Vernon and smaller McLeansboro programs and predicts improvement as junior classes develop and tougher schedules arrive. He notes key players like Sloan Reed Lee Burns and Farlow while acknowledging lineup changes from a missing sophomore. The piece also covers regional tournament action and local game detours.
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Larry Rosenzweig
Trojan
Tom Anderson
Darryl Bentson
Jack Glass
Gary Sundmacker
Guy Beggs
Metropolis
McLeansboro Foxes
Blue Devils
Mt. Vernon
Edwardsville
Danny Hester
Rams
Thornton
Salem
Bob Anderson
Bob Purden
University of Wyoming
Lee Cabutti
Belleville
Jerry Turner
Joe Wiley
Champaign
Mike Dixon
Centralia
Joliet Central
Orphans
Bret Frazier
Bob Jones
Shelvy Haywood
Roger Westbrook
Decatur
Fairfield
Mules
Flash
Rich Smith
Pace Decatur
Steve Cox
King City Rams
Gene Haile
McLeansboro
City Boys
Haile
Foxes
Jerry Sloan
Curt Reed
Dave Lee
Jim Burns
Ron Farlow
Millenbine
MacLeansboro
Sloan
Terry Gamber
Scotty Gill
Benny Purcell
Elmer Bornman
Truman Tucker
St. Marys and St. Andrew's Basketball Scores Text
St Marys 2411 7 27 69 St Andrews 10 11 15 12 48 Herrin St Marys Mitchell 15 Rothchild 18 Carnaghi 13 ONeal 4 Garnati 2 Randolph 8 Salmo 1 Starnes 2 Chiaven tone 6 Murphysboro St Andrews P Borgsmiller 6 Eovaldi 15 T Borgsmiller 4 Williams 7 Jenus 16
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St. Mary’s
St. Andrew’s
Herrin St. Mary’s
Mitchell
Rothchild
Carnaghi
O’neal
Garnati
Randolph
Salmo
Starnes
Chiaventone
Murphysboro
P. Borgsmiller
Eovaldi
T. Borgsmiller
Williams
Jenus
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Barly Laster
Perkins
Phil
Gilbert
Laster
Parker
Evanston
Decatur Eisenhower
West Frankfort
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Marion
Sparta
Canton
Ernsting
Gleghorn
Brueggeman
Robinson
Roberts
Bendrick
Barnes
Ball
Peterson
Miller
Eisenhower
Herring
Turner
Houston
Johnson
Allen
Scott
Talbert
Redmann
Winkler
Walker
Wharton
Malatestia
Doughty
Alegnant
Burton
Evans
Birger
Zeisel
Belobraydie
Arnold
Jackstadt
Brown
Bailey
Harrison
Grimsley
Farrell
Lakin
Compagno
Kasten
Colclasure
Schlemer
Alton
Weber
Smith
Richardson
Sterchi
Doherty
Brabon
Zerkle
Spooner
Schwartz
Campbell
Gruver
King
Catlett
Tomilson
Hillward
Tieman
Marshall
Gobble
Tapley
Marion 1716
Coleman
Manker
Ginder
Coble
Hess
Simonds
Pritchett
Palmer
Travelstead
Starrick
Childers
Wallace
Lewis
Humphrey
Hargrave
Cannon
Wilson
Jarrell
Hy-Way Lumber CO
Ken Josten
South Park
Herrin F.H.A
G.W. Smith
Goodrich
Bowman
Tire Mart, Inc
West
Illinois
Tire Experts
U.S. Royal Tires
Jake’s
Tire and Recap, Inc
Jacksonville Crimsons
Little Brown Jug
The
Champs
Brunie Marando
Steakhouse
North Washington
Chrysler
Ed Karr
Ron Cripps
Jay Lynn
Yandell
N. Park, Herrin
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