Local golfer Jerry Tucker turns pro at Crab Orchard
Jerry Tucker, a top area golfer, resigns as amateur to join Crab Orchard Golf Club as assistant to pro Steve Heckel. The 27 year old, a 1967 Carbondale High School graduate, won the Jackson County Invitational with 65 74 139 and paired with Larry Emery to win the Chester Four Ball. He served four years in the Air Force winning the Commanding General's Tournament at Ft Campbell and placing fourth at Ft Meade. He already claimed two Southern Illinois Golf Association titles in 1974 and 1975.
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Tucker
Steve Heckel
Crab Orchard
Carbondale Community High School
Larry Emery
Carterville
Chester
Air Force
Ft. Campbell
Ft. Meade
Southern Illinois Golf Association
Tucker Turns Pro in Area Tourneys and Exhibitions
Jerry Tucker, captain of the SIU Carbondale golf team, turns pro for a busy tour schedule with exhibitions in Johnston City and the Lake of Egypt. He offers lessons in the afternoon at SIUC and promotes a Benton pro-am exhibition Tuesday featuring Larry Ziegler, Bob Payne, and Larry Wood with proceeds and clinics starting at 1 30 p.m. Admission is five dollars.
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Johnston City
Lake of Egypt
Tucker
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
SIUC
Benton
Clyde Webb
Benton Country Club
Larry Ziegler
Ziegler
Webb
Atlanta
Amana
Iowa
Bob Payne
Mt. Vernon
Larry Wood
Salem
Fore Score Invitational Promises Strong Women Golf Lineup
Crab Orchard Golf Club hosts a 36 hole Fore Score Invitational for female amateurs July 14-15 with four classes and trophies. Entry is 22.50 including practice round donuts coffee lunch and a cocktail party. Notables entered include Lynn Hastie Sarah McCree and Ruth Ann Mann.
Young Sullivan coach named basketball leader at Anna-Jonesboro
Don Siemens, 28, assistant coach from Sullivan Missouri, named head basketball coach at Anna-Jonesboro Tuesday night. He inherits a program with a ten year record of 69 wins and 175 losses and may also assist with track. Siemens attends Southeast Missouri State University working on a master's degree and teaches math at Anna. He was honored as Outstanding Young Educator of the Year by the Sullivan Jaycees and Teacher of the Year by the Rotary Club. The board expects him to bring renewed effort to both basketball and track programs.
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The
Southern Winds
Don Siemens
Sullivan, Mo
Anna-Jonesboro
Siemens
Anna-Jonesboro Board of Education
Church Behrle
Cindy
Sullivan
Southeast Missouri State
Cape Girardeau
Don
Anna
Jonesboro
Southern Illinois
John Brown University
Siloan Springs
Ark
Windom
Kans
Anna Jonesboro
Honey Tweedy
Sullivan Jaycees
Rotary Club
CCHS Seeks New Athletic Director as Reid Martin Resigns
Carbondale Community High School joins Southern Illinois University Carbondale in seeking a new athletics director after Reid Martin becomes superintendent. Martin has served 13 years as CHS athletic director and will relinquish duties including PE teaching and department chairmanship. The 1976 16 team Carbondale holiday tournaments will transfer to the new AD.
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Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
Carbondale Community High School
Reid Martin
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Carbondale
Martin
Mt Vernon athletic director Noble Thomas to retire Monday
Noble Thomas, a 29 year Mt Vernon High School veteran coach and athletic director, will resign Monday night as the Mt. Vernon board weighs accepting the second AD exit in five days. Thomas began in 1947 and led Mt Vernon football to multiple South Seven titles with a 59-32-3 record, resigning June or July 196?
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Mt. Vernon High School Board of Education
Noble Thomas
Mt. Vernon High School
Thomas
The
Vernon
Mt. Vernon
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Centralia
Stan Changnon
Friday Reid Martin
Carbondale Community High School
Martin
CCHS
Perry resigns as East St. Louis head football coach
East St. Louis High School board plans to accept Cornelius Perry's resignation as head football coach. He will stay on as a teacher and assistant track coach while pursuing a master's degree at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Perry posted a 37-13-1 record over five seasons, including a 1974 state playoff runner-up, but the team went 1-7-1 this year. Robert Shannon, Perry's longtime assistant, is seen as likely successor.
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East St. Louis
Flyers
Robert Shannon
Perry
East
Fred Cameron
Olympic cagers hailed by Brown after big win
Denver Nuggets coach Larry Brown calls the U S Olympic basketball team great after they beat Denver 108 100 in Greensboro with Dean Smith praising their poise and depth The Olympians face Israel in College Park Md as Smith aims to trim the squad to 12 by game time The Tar Heels LaGarde and NC State’s Carr contributed solid 18 and 16 point performances respectively
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N.C
Larry Brown
Denver Nuggets
U.S
Brown
North Carolina
Nuggets
Greensboro
Dean Smith
Denver
Gerensboro
College Park
Smith
Ernie Grunfeld
Tennessee
North
Gardlita
Tommy LaGarde
North Carolina State
Kenny Carr
LaGarde
Salukis Hunsaker Newman Picked in MLB Draft
Salukis catcher Frank Hunsaker and second baseman Bert Newman were chosen in last week’s MLB draft. Hunsaker went 30th overall to the St Louis Cardinals, 643rd player chosen, while Newman was 30th and last to the Chicago Cubs, 649th overall. Hunsaker hit .406 with five homers and 37 RBIs for SIU C this year and posted a .983 fielding percentage with only five errors in 301 chances. Newman batted .332 for a 39 14 1 SIU C squad in 1976 and owns SIU C career stolen bases with 132. Other eligible Salukis included John Hoscheidt, Jim Reeves, Wayne Rueger, and Jim Locascio.
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Salukis
Frank Hunsaker
Bert Newman
Hunsaker
St. Louis Cardinals
Newman
Chicago Cubs
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