Suburban teams dominate Illinois high school baseball finals
In the IHSA quarter finals Glenbard East Joliet Catholic and Proviso East combined for 35 strikeouts and eight hits. Stephen Decatur beat Nokomis 8-4 as Decatur hosted Deliberate hits and strong pitching led to a semifinals showdown with Proviso East. Joliet Catholic defeated Canton 3-1 and charged to a semifinal against Glenbard East after they topped Belleville East 4-1.
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Peoria
Glenbard East
Joliet Catholic
Proviso East
Stephen Decatur
Nokomis
Ayese Decatur
Maywood
Chicago Lake View
Canton
St. Louis
Belleville East
Decatur
Steve Lake
Kyle Bean
Top area softball pair hit the road this weekend
Two leading Southern Illinois fast-pitch teams the Bank of Zeigler Raiders and the Pinckneyville Keene Road Builders venture north for weekend action. Zeigler 25 2 features Linton Buckles Colyer with Sunday matchups against Terre Haute Casey in Casey after a Mt. Vernon DeKalb twin bill in Carbondale. Road Builders 31 5 meet Teutopolis then Arcoka for a 2 p.m. Sunday doubleheader led by Bob Keith Kreid Walker Schacklee with live runs from Hepp Calvert Crow Hicks. Pinckneyville to host 14 teams next week in a double elimination tourney.
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Southern Illinois
Bank of Zeigler Raiders
Pinckneyville Keene
Marion Poggas
Zeigler
Casey
Raiders
Mt. Vernon DeKalb
Terry Linton
Gary Buckles
Kevin Colyer
Linton
Buckles
Southern Illinois Jakes
Terre Haute
Ind
Mattoon
Indianapolis
Bank of Zeigler Crew
du Bois
Stan Serati
Tommy Wheeler
Pete Young
Teutopolis
Arcoka
Bob Keith
Ron Kreid
Gerald Walker
Larry Schacklee
Pinckneyville
Bob Hepp
Dale Calvert
Jess Crow
Kevin Hicks
Alton Godfrey
Leary and
Meade
Willisville
Flat River
Coffeen
Gary Endres
Bill Pierson
Gary Rosendahl
Clem Quillman
Aston - Godfrey
Maron
Scoreboard side notes from multiple games and leagues
Summary of Saturday and Sunday pro and minor league games across cities including Baltimore Kansas City Milwaukee Texas Cleveland Seattle Toronto Oakland and Boston with line scores, schedules, and notable homers. Also reports minor league results from St Gen Herrin and Marion with home runs and standings notes.
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Grimsley
Kansas City
Bird
Milwaukee
Augustine
Texas
Marshall
Cleveland
Eckersley
Seattle
Tanae
Wes Toronto
Jefferson
Oakland
Langford
Ames
Boston
Minnesota
Toronto
New York
Chicago
Detroit
California
G.B
Toronto West
Chi
Torrez
Kravec
Lee
Goltz
NCAA track schedule for Champaign today and Saturday
Today in Champaign events include Hammer Trials and Finals at 1 30 PM Long Jump Trials and Finals 2 PM Shot Put Trials and Finals 4 PM 400 meter Relay Semifinals 5 15 PM 110 meter Hurdles Semifinals 5 30 PM 400 meter Semifinals and more culminating with 1600 meter Relay Semifinals at 7 15 PM Saturday features Javelin Trials and Finals Pole Vault Finals Discus Trials and Finals High Jump Finals Triple Jump Trials and Finals 3 25 PM 3000 meter Steeplechase Final 5 15 PM 1600 meter Relay Finals
Furman Freshman Jonathan Moore Earns nickname Stitches
Jonathan Moore, a standout freshman for Furman in 1976-77, earned the nickname Stitches after frequent injuries. He sustained an elbow wound requiring stitches, then scored 30 points a week later against Citadel after his stitches came out, with Stitch on his uniform.
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Greenville
F.C
Jonathan Moore
Furman
Citadel
Moore
Porsche eyes 1970s Indy entry after 500 visit
Porsche racing officials and observers at the Indianapolis 500 signaled a German team may enter the next year’s race. Joe Hoppen of Porsche VW Audi in Stuttgart says a Porsche Indy car would be costly but possible with engines from 2 to 5.5 litres and up to 1,200 horsepower. Jochen Maas could be a driver. testing of turbo Can-Am cars previously impressed.
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Dick Mittman
Indianapolis News
Indianapolis
Porsche
Joe Hoppen
Volkswagen
Audi
Luttgart
Germany
Hoppen
U.S. Auto Club
Mark Donohue
Roger Penske
Donohue
Jochen Maas
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Manfred Jantke
Porsche Racing
Weaver's costly mistake sinks Orioles in 7-4 loss to White Sox
Orioles manager Earl Weaver apologized after a misread, pitching change error in the third inning helped Chicago to a 7-4 win. The game came amid other AL results with Yankees routing Twins 10-3 and Tigers topping Indians 4-2 as Rangers edged Red Sox 3-1.
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Associated Press
Baltimore Orioles
Earl Weaver
Weaver
Baltimore
Minnesota
Orioles
Chicago White Sox
Tony Chavez
Jim Essian
White Sox
Scott McGregor
McGregor
Essian
Ralph Garr
New York Yankees
Minnesota Twins
Detroit Tigers
Cleveland Indians
Texas Rangers
Boston Red Sox
Oakland A’s
Seattle Mariners
Yankees
Twins
Lon Piniella
Ed Figueroa
New York
Tigers
Indians
Dave Rozema
Steve Foucault
Detroit
Cleveland
Rozema
Foucault
Rangers
Red Sox
Willie Horton
Rick Burleson
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