Nashville Hornets Blitz Pinckneyville For SWE Lead
Nashville Hornets opened with a 20-1 run and rolled to an 80-61 victory over Pinckneyville to seize first in the Southwest Egyptian Conference. Wayne Harre led Nashville with 22 points as the team shot 72 percent. Pinckneyville’s Graskewicz had 24 points, while Corn noted his squad’s early struggles against the Hornets’ zone. Nashville improves to 6-0 in conference. Pinckneyville falls to 5-2.
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Mike Chamness
Southern Illinois
Nashville Hornets
Pinckneyville
Hornets
Panthers
Thomas Gym
Nashville
Bob Bogle
Bogle
Dick Corn
Corn
Kerry Graskewicz
Brian Rushing
Jackrabbit
Illinois
Wayne Harre
Walt Pelker
Brent Rueter
Pelker
Pinckeyville
Graskewicz
Darren Hopp
Harre
Swe
du Quoin
Sparta
Murphysboro
Old Pinckneyville
Benton
Okawville
McEnroe named AP Male Athlete of the Year for 1981
John McEnroe, ranked No 1 in singles and doubles, was chosen as AP Male Athlete of the Year for 1981. He highlighted Wimbledon and the U S Open as top moments, and credited the Davis Cup win with his teammates. Fernando Valenzuela and Sugar Ray Leonard trailed in votes.
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New York
John McEnroe
McEnroe
Associated Press
Wimbledon
Bjorn (Borg
Sweden
Don Budge
Los Angeles Dodgers
Fernando Valenzuela
Sugar Ray Leonard
Wayne Gretzky
Edmonton Eskimos
Madison Square Garden
United States
Mexico
Czechoslovakia
Australia
Argentina
Jose Luis Clerc
Guillermo Vilas
Peter Fleming
Austin Is Named AP Female Athlete Of The Year 1981
Tracy Austin, 19 from Rolling Hills California, won her second U S Open women s singles title after a back injury comeback and topped AP voting 99 to 95 for the year s Female Athlete honor joining John McEnroe as a Male Athlete of the Year winner in 1981.
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New York
Tracy Austin
Associated Press
John McEnroe
Austin
Rolling Hills
Calif
Chris Evert Lloyd
Jan Stephenson
Allison Roe
Martina Navratilova
Tracy Caulkins
Donna Caponi
Mary Meagher
Flushing Meadow
Navratilova
Atlanta
Saluki Women Fall as Illinois State Tops SIUC 73 56
Illinois State overwhelmed SIUC 73 to 56 in a Missouri Valley Conference game. Saluki star Connie Price led with 25 points on perfect shooting, while D.D. Plath struggled with scoreless play. The Salukis, mired in 33 turnovers, head to Lexington for the Lady Kat Tournament after the loss.
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Larry D. Bush
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Salukis
Missouri Valley Conference
Redbirds
Saluki
Cindy Scott
Scott
St. Louis
Price
Char Warring
Benak
Cathy Boswell
Norton
Kay Robbins
Lexington
Western Kentucky
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Nashville Blitz
Pat Heseman
Joe Dalman
Jerry Lower
Kent Lazenby
Illinois State
D.D. Plath
D.D
Connie
Siuc
Redbird Denise Norton
Southern
Plath
ISU
Debbie Benak
Connie Price
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