Centralia Orphans Reach 1500th Victory in Narrow Win
Centralia High School's Orphans topped West Frankfort 58-52 for its 1,500th basketball victory, the first high school team nationwide to reach the milestone. Coach Jim Roberts and star Mark Riechman led a tense, celebratory night as fans packed Trout Gym.
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Alan Fredman
Southern Illinoisan
Centralia High School
West Frankfort
Centralia
Jack Sligar
Trout Gym
Jim Roberts
Mark Riechman
West Frank
Terrier wrestlers win Murdale title at last
Carbondale Community High School ends nine-year run as runners up by topping Cape Central and East St. Louis at the 22nd Murdale Wrestling Tournament. Scot Grammer’s 105-pound overtime win sparks a Terrier rally. Cape Central and East St. Louis finish strong with several champs.
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Southern Illinoisan
Jerry Lower
Scot Grammer
Cape Central
Lance McKinney
David E. Featherston
Carbondale Community High School
Cchs Grapplers
Terrier
Dennis Ragan
East St. Louis
Larry Clemens
Carbondale
Edwardsville
Centralia
Mount Vernon
Murphysboro
Grammer
Ragan
Scot
Matt Leming
Brad Johnson
Leming
Tim Brown
Cape
Frank Shaffer
Brown
Bryan
Randy Hitt
The
Terriers
Lary Long
SIUC
Linn Long
Gary Hunter
Long
Colorado
Larry Walker
Terry Bradford
Road trip woes hit SIU as Drake trips Salukis 63-55
Drake Bulldogs beat Southern Illinois University at Des Moines 63-55 as Drake iced the win with 12 straight free throws in the final 1 53. SIUC drops to 1-2 in the Valley and 5-7 overall while Drake improves to 1-1 in league play.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Drake Bulldogs
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Salukis
Salukis
Creighton
SIUC
Bradley
Wichita State
New Mexico State
Tulsa
Indiana State
Allen van Winkle
van Winkle
Terre Haute
Ind
Las Cruces
N.M
Drake
Darnall Jones
Saluki
Johnny Fayne
Salukis Stranded In Des Moines By Brutal Weather
Southern Illinois University basketball team was stranded in Des Moines after a loss to Drake as a DC-3 could not depart due to blowing snow and 40 mph winds. Temperatures 18 below with a 75 below wind chill. A flight out is planned for the afternoon but grounding remains possible. Monday’s home game with Bradley is in doubt if arrival cannot be assured.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
Drake
Salukis
Terry Wendling
Bradley
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