Campbell Wins AP Offensive Player of the Year in Oilers season
Earl Campbell dominates the AP Offensive Player of the Year voting with 43 of 84 ballots. The Oilers star rushed for 1,934 yards, nearly broke O J Simpson's record, and set a season mark with 373 rushes despite injuries while his agent defends a pay dispute. Cleveland’s Brian Sipe trailed with 26 votes.
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Earl Campbell
Witt Stewart
Houston Oilers
Campbell
Cleveland
Brian Sipe
San Diego
Dan
O.J. Simpson
Ed Biles
Oiler
Hayes Wins AP Defensive Player of the Year for 1980
Oakland cornerback Lester Hayes, with 13 regular season interceptions and key plays in playoff wins over Houston and Cleveland, earns AP Defensive Player of the Year honors. Teammate Ted Hendricks finishes second in voting as Hayes reflects on his fifth round draft status from Texas A&M.
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al Richardson
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Logan cagers seek to avenge defeat at home
Logan Volunteers host Mississippi County and vie to extend a five game homestand at Carterville after adding 6 3 Marion native Paul Carter to the roster. Dan Jones Kellum Taborn Spence Lukens anchor a deep lineup as coach Tom Ashman seeks consistency and depth to fuel a run.
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Jefferson
Fifth-ranked Vol women return to hardcourt tonight
The John A. Logan College Logan women host Mississippi County tonight at 6 p.m. before the men play at 8. Fifth-ranked Volunteers, 11-2, ride a balanced attack led by Carmen Woods and Connie Baxter as coach Gary Barton previews a five game home stand and a new zone trap defense to face tougher out of state opposition. Ginger Henley misses with flu, potential replacement Joni Sisky stepping in.
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Carter
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Mississippi County
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Arkansas State
Law
John A. Logan
St. Louis Forest Park Community College
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du Quoin
Connie Baxter
Carmen Woods
Dana Brewer
Eldorado
Joyce Lee
Murphysboro
Ginger Henley
Joni Sisky
Harrisburg
Ginger
Barton
Letters Weak non conference schedule hurts SIU attendance
Southern Illinois University Carbondale faces poor home attendance as the 1980 81 schedule lists only Northern Illinois and Evansville among non conference opponents. Dennis Presley Hurst notes the strongest foes are Missouri Valley Conference teams, with the weakest at home driving fans away.
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Babcock Invited to Albuquerque Invitational Gym Meet
Southern Illinois University gymnast Brian Babcock has earned an invitation to compete in the Albuquerque Journal Invitational in Albuquerque New Mexico this weekend. The event will draw 10 of the world’s top male and female gymnasts. Babcock, a Hutchinson Kansas junior, qualified on the basis of a 96.8 all around score posted at the Husky Classic in December in Houston Texas.
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Oral Roberts
Hambo to be on TV with one heat limit change in 1981
The Hambletonian at Meadowlands New Jersey will carry an $800000 purse and be televised by ABC on Saturday August 8. A single change for 1981 cuts the heats to a maximum of three after the 1974 heat exhaustion incident. Other notes cover Hambletonian history and related Indiana college basketball updates.
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Hambletonian
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