Murphysboro Regional teams ready for dogfight
Murphysboro hosts a competitive Class AA regional with No.2 seed DeWayne Kelly’s Red Devils at 13-11 facing Herrin. Carbondale and Murphysboro expected to reach Friday’s finals, while Marion and Terre Haute rivals push for upsets amid injuries and strong performances by Perry Williams and center Brad Hill.
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Alan Fredman
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois
Murphysboro
DeWayne Kelly
Kelly
Red Devils
Herrin
Carbondale
Marion
Class AA: Countdown schedule its regional matchups
List of regional Class AA basketball games across Belleville Granite City Cahokia Wood River Edwardsville Roxana Alton Collinsville Belleville East and North matchups with regional winners advancing to East St. Louis and Salem sectionals. Pairings include Belleville West East Cahokia Althoff O Fallon Effingham Mascoutah Carbondale Marion Murphysboro and surrounding schools with first round pairings noted.
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Southern Illinoisan Boys
East St. Louis Lincoln
Belleville West
Collinsville
Centralia
Belleville East
Wood River
Carbondale
Edwardsville
East St. Louis
Cahokia
Jim Roberts
Bennie Lewis
Gene Catalpa
Jim Maxedon
Effingham
Keith Law
Mount Vernon
Doug Woolard
Ron Nesler
Herrin
DeWay
Granite City
Brian Hendricks
Roxana
Paul Schaefer
Granite City North
Salem
Harrisburg
Mattoon
Highland
Murphysboro
All-Division I Tourney Idea From Bench Column
From Bench writer Mike Chamness and Coach Allen Van Winkle discuss a nationwide college basketball tournament inviting every Division I team. They explore feasibility, regional pairings, and the impact on seeds and the NIT, weighing a larger field versus geographic placement.
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Allen van Winkle
Mike Chamness
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois
Indiana
Toledo
Ohio State
Marquette
Wisconsin
SIU
St. Louis U
Illinois State
Bradley
Western
St. Joseph's
Penn
Southern Illinois
New York
Salukis sweep MVC track title at ISU Horton Field House
Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Salukis won the MVC track championship at Illinois State, defeating host Redbirds by 50 points 152 to 102. Freshman Mike Franks sparked the win by taking both the 60 and 300 yard dashes and setting a league record with 30.43 seconds in the 300.
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SUC
Missouri Valley Conference
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
Salukis
Illinois State
Horton Field House
Lew Hartzog
David Lee
Redbirds
Wichita State
Drake
Indiana State
West Texas State
Bradley
Tulsa
Creighton
New Mexico State
Mike Franks
MVC
Salukis Sweep Indoor Meet Led by Schulz and Franks
SIUC dominated the indoor meet as Karsten Schulz won the opening mile in 4 05.22 while Tom Ross closely followed. Franks added a 50 yard dash win and led a double, with Duncan, Wray and the mile relay trio contributing key points. SIUC claimed eight firsts, earning a strong NCAA qualifying relay time of 3 13. The Salukis idle next week.
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Wichita State
ISU
Salukis
Hartzog
Redbirds
Karsten Schulz
Tom Ross
Schulz
Franks
St. Louis
O’fallon Tech
Earl Wilson
West Texas State
Tony Adams
MVC
Mike Jorgensen
Drake
Stephen Wray
Sila Siuc
Parry Duncan
Harrisburg
Lee
Ross
Gary Munson
Mike Keane
Andy Geiger
John Sayre
John Smith
Terry Taylor
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Brian
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Welch
Perry Williams
Gene Watson
Brad Hill
Brian Rubens
Watson
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Nesler
David Vaughn
Jeff Leighton
Kerr
Cludes
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John Willis
Jim Gall
Kahoks
Jim McConkey
Mike Hunter
Marc Parker
Lincoln
Granite City South
Tiger
Kankakee Westview
Tryone Jackson
Jack Hartman
Kansas State
Todd Porter
Belleville
Metro-East
Lancers
Dave Mordhorst
Althoff
Alton
Rickey Taylor
Taylorville
Bethalto
O’fallon
Mascoutah
Wednesay
Green Wave
Chuck Sherline
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Darnall Jones
SIUC
Jerry Lower
Jerseyville
East St. Louis Sr
St. Louis Lincoln
North Tuesday
Paris
Olney
Charleston
O'Fallon
College Hoops
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