Belmont field led by Genuine Risk rivals Codex and Rambo
Genuine Risk the only filly in the Belmont field faces Classic rivals Codex and Rambo in the 112th Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park. Codex is the early 2-1 favorite with Rambo 5-2 and Genuine Risk 4-1 as seven other three-year-olds join the lineup. The renewal reopens the Preakness controversy as jockeys Vasquez and Cordero again clash over interference claims from the Derby weekend.
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New York
Genuine Risk
Rambo
Codex
Hunt
Rockhill
Pikotazo
Bing
Jacinto Vasquez
Angel Cordero Jr
Maryland Racing Commission
Bert Firestone
Firestones
Rambo to rejoin Triple Crown bid with Shoemaker
The No 2 post story notes quoted remarks from Cordero at a postposit breakfast and reveals Rambo will resume Triple Crown pursuit with jockey Bill Shoemaker aboard. Lat-
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Codex
Cordero
Rambo
Bill Shoemaker
Rumbo’s bid falters as Shoemaker wins Gold State Breeders
Pincay Jr. rode Rumbo to four straight placings including a Derby run against Genuine Risk, but Shoemaker took the reins on May 24 and won the Gold State Breeders at Hollywood Park. Pikatazo, ridden by Ruben Hernandez for Gustavo Zeveda Carranza, and Bing, with Jean Cruguet, also figure in the field. CBS will televise the race from 4 to 5 p.m.
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Fit Pincay Jr
Rumbo
Genuine Risk
Shoemaker
Hollywood Park
Ruben Hernandez
Gustavo Zepeda Carranza
Bing
Bill Neff
Jean Cruguet
CBS
Mets edge Cardinals on Jorgensen's ninth inning hit
The New York Mets beat the St. Louis Cardinals 2 1 as pinch hitter Mike Jorgensen delivered a bases loaded single in the bottom of the ninth off George Frazier. Craig Swan earned the win in a tight pitching duel, while John Stearns and Steve Henderson contributed early for New York.
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New York Mets
Craig Swan
Mets
Joe Torre
St. Louis Cardinals
Mike Jorgensen
George Frazier
Cardinals
Frazier
Jorgensen
George Hendrick
Hendrick
Swan
Cards
Bob Sykes
Sykes
St. Louis
John Stearns
Steve Henderson
RBI
Stearns
Dane Iorg
Henderson
Youngblood
Trevino
Doug Flynn
Marion prep gymnast Joe Tate advances to finals in Naperville
Marion prep gymnast Joe Tate, the sole official high school athlete from Southern Illinois, qualified Thursday for the horizontal bar finals at the boys state gymnastics meet in Naperville. He tied for 10th among 53 contenders with 8.25, while top qualifiers posted 8.8. Tate also placed 15th of 55 in floor with 8.10 and 19th of 64 in vault with 8.60 while competing in three events.
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Marion
Joe Tate
Southern Illinois
Naperville
Tate
Herrin Tigers survive first round in state softball
Sunny Clark pitched Herrin High School to a 9-4 win over Washington in the prep state tournament at Mineral Springs Park. Clark also delivered a two run single as Herrin overcame an early 4-0 deficit and improved to 21-0 this season. The Tigers face Lockport next as coach Bruce Jilek weathered a slow start and stomach troubles.
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Alan Fredman
Pekin
Sunny Clark
Clark
Herrin High School
Washington
Mineral Springs Park
Tigers
Tiger
Cindy Terneus
Cathy Cheatum
Susan Jones
Bruce Jilek
Herrin
Lockport
Jilek
Panthers
Panther
Tracy Jarvis
Coach Jilek builds Herrin girls to state, a shift from fast sprinting days
Bruce Jilek, 42, Herrin High School softball coach and former Benton High School sprinter, guides the Tigers to the state tournament after two years coaching girls basketball. He credits talent and assistant Byron Kuehner, values hands on teaching over speeches, and notes being one of only two male coaches in the tournament.
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Pekin
Bruce Jilek
Doug Collins
Jilek
Benton High School
Herrin High School
Tiger
Ann Miller
Tigers
Byron Kuehner
Kuehner
SIU Hurler Lee Cruises In NCAA Trials At Austin
SIUC hurdler David Lee won heat two in 50.49 seconds in the 400 meter intermediate hurdles at the NCAA Championships in Austin. Teammate Karsten Schulz narrowly missed finals in the 1500 meters, finishing fifth in his heat with 3:47.47 as Eastern Michigan’s Maurice Weaver took the last qualifying spot. UCLA’s Andre Phillips led the day with 51.25 in heat one.
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Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
David Lee
Austin
Texas
Memorial Stadium
University of Texas
Lee
Siuc
Schulz
Son of A Gun
SIU
Saluki
Lew Hartzog
Weaver
Hartzog
Eastern Michigan
Maurice Weaver
Ucla
Andre Phillips
Phillips
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Wayne Lucas
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Nina Calcaterra
Leslie Miller
Ken Boyer
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S/IU
Karsten Schulz
Chris Person
Maryland
Paul Lankford
Penn State
Wilfred Makuyu Mulli
Texas-El Paso
Timothy Hanlon
St. John’s
Indiana
Nate Lundy
Lundy
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