Nashville Falls to Assumption in Breese Finals
Nashville Hornets, top seed, struggled to execute their deliberate offense against fast paced Assumption. Wayne Harre scored 26 for Nashville, but Assumption surged to a 58-49 win led by Tony Berry with 20 points and Daryn Foster 10. Harre made the All Tournament team.
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Nashville Falls
Assumption
Larry D. Bush
Breese
Nashville Hornets
East St. Louis Assumption
Hornets
Nashville
Wayne Harre
Bob Bogle
Bogle
Harre
Pat Heseman
Pioneers
Tony Berry
Daryn Foster
Granite City North
O’fallon
Springfield Griffin
Joliet East
Mater Dei
Okanville
Joe Hurst
Greg Bennegarde
Paul Jansen
Panthers Ice To Second Eldorado Crown In OT Thriller
Pinckneyville defeats Du Quoin 59-57 in overtime to claim the Eldorado Holiday Tournament title before a full house. Brian Rushing, nicknamed The Iceman, hits the decisive jumper as Graskewicz fouls out, with Rushing scoring 21 for Pinckneyville and Graskewicz adding 22.
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Mike Estes
Duff-Kingston Memorial
Iceman
Gervin
San Antonio Spurs
Panthers
Graskewicz
Pinckneyville
Corn
van Craig
Rushing
du Quoin
Bryan Ingram
Scott Bishop
Roger Craft
Craig
Indians
Ingram
Anders
Rushing nets MVP at Eldorado Holiday Tournament
Pinckneyville center Brian Rushing, a 145 pound, 6 6 player, scored the winning basket in overtime and earned Most Valuable Player honors at the Eldorado Holiday Tournament. He credited teammates for passing him the ball and noted strong momentum for the Panthers as first team selections Graskewicz, Igram, Anders and players from Eldorado and McLeansboro highlighted the all tournament teams.
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Pinckneyville Center
Pinckneyville
Eldorado
Rushing
Kerry Graskewicz
Panthers
Graskewicz
Bryan Igram
Darrell Anders
D Quoin
Steve Griffin
Don Hines
Boehne Earns All Tournament Note In Vandalia Event
Carlyle's Jim Boehne returned to action this week and helped his team reach the Vandalia Holiday Tournament after a Dec 11 layoff. The 6-5 senior forward totaled 39 points across two games, 27 of them in a 76-68 loss to the Vandals, earning a spot on the All-Tournament squad. Vandalia's Jeff Kline claimed tournament MVP with 17 points in a 255 prize game win over Newton.
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Carlyle
Jim Boehne
Indians
Boehne
Vandals
Jeff Kline
Vandalia
Newton
Lancers bomb Devils after losing to Kahoks in Carbondale
Belleville East’s Lancers defeated Murphysboro 78-56 to claim third place at the Carbondale Holiday Tournament after losing a 44-43 semifinal to Collinsville. Jim McConkey led Collinsville with 17 points, while Belleville East’s Scott Otness and Murphysboro’s Ernie Bryant each reached double figures. St Patrick’s edged Maine East 61-33 to win the consolation title.
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Meridian
Ridgway
Wayman Butler
Jim Byassee
Bobcats
Eagles
Jerry Strickland
Kevin Bratcher
Nick Sortal
Southern Illinoisan
Belleville East
Don Otness
Collinsville
Carbondale
Otness
Lancers
Murphysboro
Maine East
Union County
Lancer
Kahoks
Justice and Fair Play
Jim McConkey
Scott Otness
Devils
Travis Kellum
Red Devils
Darren Rushing
DeWayne Kelly
Rushing
Ernie Bryant
St. Pat's
Chicago St. Patrick Shamrocks
Jim Gutt
Len Bertolini
Brian Bunkenburg
Belleville West Wins Centralia Holiday Tournament Title
Belleville West roars to a 59 58 victory over Arlington to capture the 39th Centralia Holiday Tournament as Dave Mordhorst scores 24 points and earns all tournament honors. Arlington’s Larry Tellschow tops scoring with 76 across four games while Belleville’s Tom Schmidt adds 12 points.
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Southern Illinoisan
Dave Mordhurst
Belleville West
Arlington
Maroons
Centralia
Mordhorst
Belleville
Larry Tellschow
Salem
Jim Gaule
Roger Mueller
West
Mueller
Marist
Homewood-Flossmoor
Redskins
Edwardsville
Tom Schmidt
Tenshow
Jed Arlington
Ted Wolfe
Chris Berg
Don
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Ice
McLeansboro
Joe Hosman
Foxes
Steve Aldridge
Doug Hines
Keith Griffin
Dan Anserment
Karl Kellerman
Hosman
Corey Partridge
Scott
Craft
Darin Lee
Scott Wilkerson
McLeanshoro
de Malone
David Lee
Tracy Sturm
Curt Reed
Jerry Lowes
Brian ‘Iceman
Brian Rushing
Drin Lee
Jerry Strictland Meridian
Rigway
Lancers Bomb Devils
Frankel
Schmidt
Wol
Tellschow
Gaule
Paul Schafer
Fred Jenkil
Columbia Central
Tenn
John Willis
Lewis Calaway
Jim Reed
Mark Bradford
Wil
Callaway
Schaefer
Wolfe
de Lakota
Viking
Steve Tierney
Craig Bowen
Las
Saler
Bradford
Tigers
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