New heroes rise at Carbondale Holiday Tourney
In the opening day at SIU Arena three locals Marion Murphysboro and Carbondale advanced to the quarterfinals of the 17th Carbondale Holiday Tournament Murphysboro built a 75-64 win over Oak Forest Marion edged Peoria Bergan 57-51 while Carbondale defeated Aston 70-45 Ernie Bryant led Murphysboro with 28 points and Jim Alexander paced Marion with 12 points Carbondale faces Warren Township while Marion plays St Patrick and Murphysboro meets Union County Ky with Bartonville Limestone and Maine East set for the quarterfinals.
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Mike Chamness
Southern Illinois
Marion
Murphysboro
Carbondale
SIU
Terriers
Aston
Red Devils
Oak Forest
Peoria Bergan
Chicago St. Patrick
Herrin
Union County
Collinsville
Warren Township
Champaign Centennial
Bartonville Limestone
Belleville East
Maine East
West Frankfort
Wildcats
Marty Martin
Greg Culbreth
Cats
Shane Neicamp
Culbreth
Mike Manfredo
Neicamp
Manfredo
Jim Alexander
Steve Cunningham
Brian Rubens
Thornridge
Bruce Griggs
Scott Melvin
Redbirds
Keight Griffith
Joe Moore
Jeff Moore
Centralia
Belleville
West
Bradley-Bourbonnais
Pitt Still Hopes for No. 1 After Gator Bowl Win
Pittsburgh, ranked third, beat South Carolina 37 9 in the Gator Bowl to run to 11 1 and ruin George Rogers final college game. Coach Carlen praised Pitt as one of the best, while Rogers admitted a rough day amid Pitt’s strong defense led by Hugh Green.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Pittsburgh
Rick Trocano
Panthers
George Rogers
Gamecocks
Florida State
Pitt
Georgia
Notre Dame
Oklahoma
Florida
Trocano
Dan Marino
Randy McMillan
Dan Trout
Rogers
Hugh Green
Green
Duluth
Holiday tournament schedule across Carbondale Eldorado Centralia Breese area
Holiday tournaments rundown lists morning and afternoon games across Carbondale Eldorado Centralia and Breese events. It details losers and winners brackets with pairings including West Frankfort Belleville East Marion Murphysboro and Carbondale among others.
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Eldorado
Norris City
Centralia
Belleville West
Bradley-Bourbonnais
Mascoulah
Chicago
Manley
Madison
Arlington
St. Louis
Peoria
Woodruff
Homewood-Flossmoor
Mount Vernon
Edwardsville
West Frankfort and Herrin advance in Carbondale tourney
West Frankfort defeated Belleville East 59-45 and Herrin overcame Peoria Bergan 63-61 to reach the consolation semifinals. Herrin’s Ron Reed poured in 27 points and Daryel Halcomb 20, with Everett Clark sealing the win with late free throws.
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Herrin
West Frankfort
Carbondale
Belleville East
Peoria Bergan
Ron Reed
Tigers
Daryel Halcomb
Everett Clark
Scott McCabe
McCabe
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Tom Lake
Mike Peterson
Jim Klockowski
Bergan
Trojans
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Gene Watson
Watson
Martin
Woolard
Robert Johnson
Alton
Derman Spearman
Terry Silas
Mark Gottfried
Gordon Green
Mike Shelby
Shamrocks
Max Kurland
St. Patrick
Kurland
Mike Broderick
Mark Pytel
Mike Campanero
Gene Kelly
Len Bertolini
Brent Johns
Paul McClelland
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Jeff Majewski
Bruce Gold
Jeff Klein
Keith Griffith
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Leskera
Hero
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Kahoks
Tris Kington
Kentucky
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Jim McConkey
Ray Taylor
Limestone
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Eddie Biggs
Gary Becker
Warren
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South Carolina
Jim Carlen
Holiday
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Cohinavme
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Brack
Bartonville
Lingestone
Chicago St
Mpatrick
Marion Pane Onions
Ky. Vs
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Breese Central
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O’fallon
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Waterloo
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Breese
Mater Dei
Freeburg
Columbia
Lebanon
Anna- Jonesboro
Steeleville
Red Bud
Gibault
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