Herrin Girls Edge Casey 1 0 To Reach State Tournament
Herrin High School softball advances to the state tournament by defeating Casey 1 0 in the McLeansboro Sectional final. Sunny Clark pitched a five hitter with no walks, improving to 17 0 as Herrin rose to 20 0. Tracey Jarvis hit a leadoff homer in the second, while Casey’s Sandy Montgomery allowed only two other Herrin hits in a tight pitchers duel.
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Doug Dorris
Southern Illinoisan
Herrin High
Casey
McLeansboro
Herrin
Sunny Clark
Sandy Montgomery
Clark
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Kerrin
Montgomery
Tiger
Tracey Jarvis
Jarvis
Denny Throneburg
Throneburg
Cindy Terneus
Debbie Rage
Julie Worm
Rage
Worm
Clark Leads Shutout as Underdogs Top Casey
Southern Illinois sports report notes Clark’s dominating pitching to blank Casey, with Ridings snagging a popup to end the inning. Casey threatened in the fifth on two singles with two outs before Terneus tagged a runner at second. Throneburg praised Clark, calling her the best pitcher they’ve faced, while Clark credited her team’s loose underdog mindset.
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Casey
Rage
Herrin
Terneus
Throneburg
Herrin Softball Advances to State Quarterfinals in Pekin
Page Nine reports Herrin, already state tournament veteran in 1976 and 1977, meeting Washington at 10 a.m. Thursday at Mineral Springs Park Pekin in the first game of the state quarterfinals. Clark enters finals after 17 starts 13 walks and averages over nine strikeouts per seven innings. No Class A AA distinction in girls softball keeps Herrin among eight statewide teams remaining.
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Clark
Herrin
Mineral Springs Park
Pekin
Washington
Du Quoin dream comes true for Marion's Burks
Bill Burks Jr of Marion earned a spot at the Du Quoin dirt-car race, finishing ninth after 7 of 8 cylinders hampered a day of setbacks. Owner Jack Harris and Burks won 1621 dollars and plan a July 5 race in Willow Grove, Pa., boosted by the strong showing.
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Burks
Harris
Marion Ice Company
Willow Grove
Bettenhausen wins at Du Quoin after late engine trouble
Gary Bettenhausen survives a late race challenge from Pancho Carter to win the USAC 100 mile dirt-car championship at Du Quoin. Bettenhausen, from Monrovia Indiana, led most of the race but his engine began breaking down with about 30 laps remaining. Carter closed in in the final laps but finished half a car length behind as Bettenhausen claimed 7535 dollars and a victory that capped a week highlighted by a third at Indianapolis.
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Mike Estes
Gary Bettenhausen
du Quoin State Fairgrands
du Quoin
Bettenhausen
Monrovia
Ind
Pancho Carter
Brownsburg
Carter
USAC
Pancho
Larry Dickson
Dickson
Larry Rice
Bill Vukovich
Coarsegold
Calif
Marion
Bill Burks
Southern Illinois
Burks
Gary Hieber
Langhorne
Bobby Olivero
Lakewood
Tom Bigelow
Whitewater
Wis
Greg Leffler
Winchester Ind
Billy Englehart
Madison
George Snider
Indy
Terre Haute
Wavelyn
du Quoin Fair
Curt Greene
Abc-Tv
Wide World of Sports
Jackson's Blast Wins for Yankees in 11th
Reggie Jackson hit a two run homer in the bottom of the 11th to lift the New York Yankees to an 8 6 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Rudy May earned the win in relief, while Joey McLaughlin took the loss. Early, Bobby Brown connected for his fourth homer and Jim Spencer doubled ahead of a two run shot by Lefebvre.
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New York
Reggie Jackson
New York Yankees
Toronto Blue Jays
Jackson
Lou Piniella
Yankee
Rudy May
Joey McLaughlin
Toronto
Yankees
Bobby Brown
Jesse Jefferson
Jim Spencer
Tommy John
Rick Cerone
RBI
Joe Lefebvre
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Debbie Orrell
Orrell
Southern
Liza Ridings
Joe Jines
du Quoin State Fairgrounds
Gary Sosniecki
Bill Burks Jr
Lake of Egypt
Dick Poe
Williamson County Fairgrounds
Cape Girardeau
International Motor Contest Association
United States Auto Club
Indianapolis
Syracuse
United States
Jack Harris
Vergennes
Yanks
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