Du Quoin Beats Christopher 65 60 for seventh straight win
Du Quoin Indians rally from 17 1 early lead to beat Christopher 65 60 and extend to seven straight victories. Coach Ray Saundes emphasizes focusing on Zeigler Royalton in regional final as the team eyes Elite Eight bid in Champaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Odell
Southern Illinoisan
du Quoin
Zeigler-Royalton
Carterville
Christopher
Champaign
Zeigler
Ray Saundes
Licata’s late heroics lift Du Quoin past Christopher in tight showdown
Du Quoin guard Licata scored seven of his 22 points in the final stretch to seal a 57-56 victory over Christopher. Schneider dominated inside with 21 points and Baxter added early momentum before fouling out, while Christopher bungled a key call and Fieldhouse momentum swung on late free throws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher
Bearcats
Steve Matyi
Gene Bennett
Cats
Charles Followell
Followell
Marian Hight
Miller
John Towers
Bennett
Licata
Schneider
Finals set to night baskets by Matyi and Anderton
Matyi scored 13 off the bench while Christopher finished 26 of 67 from the field and 8 of 20 at the line. Miller led the losers with 19 points, Bruce Boner added 12, and Du Quoin fought inside but shot 22 of 50 as a team. Schneider scored 21 and Baxter 11 in limited minutes as Du Quoin trailed in rebounding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matyi
Mark Anderton
Christopher
Miller
Bruce Boner
du Quoin
Bearcats
Tribe
Schneider
Baxter
Licata
Porter
Brooks
Falk
Christopher — Miller
Bower
Followell
Bennett
Towers
Anderton
Mondoni
Regional Basketball Matchups Map to Campbell Hill and Nearby Courts
Regional night features Trico vs Pinckneyville at Campbell Hill in TRICO with records 21 3 and 14 11. Carterville hosts Zeigler Royalton and Du Quoin at Meridian Cairo faces Meridian while Okawville meets Aviston Central and Ridgway battles Eldorado in key sectional games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbell Hill
Trico
Pinckneyville
Carterville
Zeigler-Royalton
Regional tourney shrinks field to 12 for Class A title
Thirteen teams were eliminated Thursday night leaving 12 regional contenders for the Class A state championship. Pinckneyville upset Steeleville 64-47 at Trico to set up a third meeting with host tonight, while Brookport crushed Pope County 61-46 at Vienna and advances to face Carrier Mills. Waltonville crushed Woodlawn 62-40 as Meridian topped Anna Jonesboro 33-48 to reach the finals slate in the regionals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steeleville
Pope County
Tamaroa
Christopher
Anna Jonesboro
McLeansboro
Woodlawn
Pinckneyville
Trico
Gary Woodside
Kim Koerner
Pinks
Brookport
Vienna
Carrier Mills
Waltonville
Wayne City
Meridian
Randy Thady
Larry Edwards
Bobby Terry
Jerry Meeks
Eldorado
Blues claim 4-3 win over Bruins after illegal stick call
St Louis tops Boston 4-3 as Ken Hodge is penalized for an illegal curved blade late in the game. Blues lead West Division race while Bruins drop toward the East playoff position. Bob Plager and Garry Unger score in the third to break a 2-2 tie.
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Associated Press
Boston
Ken Hodge
St. Louis Blues
Blues
National Hockey League
Bruins
Hodge
St. Louis
Jean Guy Talbot
Hodges
Bep Guidolin
Pittsburgh
Minnesota
New York Rangers
Bob Plager
Garry Unger
Phil Esposito
Buffalo Sabres
Atlanta Flames
Rogatien Vachon
Frank St. Marseille
Bob Berry
Los Angeles Kings
Philadelphia
World Hockey Association
Los Angeles Sharks
Minnesota Fighting Saints
Ottawa Nationals
New York Raiders
Atlanta
Buffalo
Rey Comeau
Larry Romanchych
Bob Leiter
Curt Bennet
Flames
Sabres
Jim Lorentz
Rick Martin
Larry Mickey
Los Angeles
Vancouver Canucks
Alton White
Sharks
Fighting Saints
Brent Casselman
Magnussen wins world ladies title as Lynn delights Bratislava crowd
Karen Magnussen of Canada captures the women's world figure skating crown in Bratislava with a clean finish after Janet Lynn of Rockford Illinois delivers a sensational free skating finale. Lynn earns silver amid an 11 000 crowd as carnations rain onto the ice.
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Bartislava
Czechoslovakia
Canada
Karen Magnussen
Janet Lynn
Rockford
Ill
Miss Magnussen
Austria
Trixie Shuba
North Vancouver
B.C
Lynn
Bratislava
Winter Stadium
Janet
Mississippi Valley Grade School All Conference Teams Named
Coaches name first and second all conference squads in the Mississippi Valley Grade School league. First team includes Buatte from Kaskaskia and Hammel, Maue, Ranta, Goetting from Chester Steeleville area. Second team lists Holzum, Brockmeyer, Buescher, Joost, Demond among others.
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Mississippi Valley
Joe Buatte
Kaskaskia
Tom Maue
Sam Hammel
St. Mary’s Catholic
Chester
Chris Ranta
St. John Lutheran
Jay Goetting
St. Mark’s Lutheran
Steeleville
Jeff Holzum
Roy Brockmeyer
Steeleville Public
Tom Buescher
Rafe Nears Scoring Title With Herrin Dominant
Rafe of Herrin holds 283 points in 13 South Seven games averaging 21.8 per night and leads the race for the league scoring crown. West Frankfort’s David Bray has 248 while Mt. Vernon’s Ed Sanders has 236 and Marion’s Kerry Hudgens 226 through 13 games. A weekend slate features Bray vs Rafe in Frankfort and Sanders vs Hudgens in Mt. Vernon with third place at stake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Gary Rafe
Rafe
David Bray
West Frankfort
Frankfort
Ed Sanders
Mt. Vernon
Marion
Kerry Hudgens
Sanders
M Hudgens
Chester ace leads SEC scoring race for 1972-73
Chester’s Dennis Hartenburger tops the Southeast Egyptian Conference scoring with a 23.7 point per game average over 12 games for the Yellowjackets. He edged past last season’s runner up Louis Baxter of Du Quoin, with Tim Brown of Murphysboro also in the top scorers, as the final league scoring table shows each of the seven schools placing players in the top 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Hartenburger
Chester Yellowjackets
Hartenburger
Louis Baxter
du Quoin
Tim Brown
Murphysboro
Sparta
Murphy
Brown
Carterville Jaycees Hold Benefit Basketball Doubleheader
The Carterville Jaycees organize a charity doubleheader at Carterville High gym on Saturday March 10 at 7 p.m. The event features a faculty club versus the Lions against the Newcomers Club. Tickets cost 75 cents for adults and 25 cents for children to raise funds for the Christmas decorating fund.
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Carterville Jaycees
Jaycees
Lions
Carterville High Gym
Oral Roberts coach Trickey awaits NCAA or NIT bid
Oral Roberts University coach and athletic director Ken Trickey, speaking at a Murphysboro banquet, lauded his 21-5 team while awaiting an NCAA or NIT post season invitation. Despite nine independent bids offered to other schools, Trickey noted no bid for Oral Roberts as they prepare for final games after a visit with relatives. He discussed players Dwayne Roberson and Stan Kerby, Kerby’s baseball status, and the program's three-level schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken Trickey
Oral Roberts University
Murphysboro High
Trickey
Cairo
Murphysboro
Jacksonville
Southwestern Louisiana
Marquette
Houston
Providence
St. John’s
New York
South Carolina
Syracuse
Oklahoma City
Oral
Kerby
Roberson
Oral Roberts
Meridian
Colleges win NCAA at large bids for basketball playoffs
Jacksonville and eight other schools earned at large bids to the NCAA tournament as UCLA seeks a seventh straight title. Marquette Houston Providence St John’s and Syracuse join No. 18 Jacksonville No. 11 Southwestern Louisiana in the field with Oklahoma City as an unranked at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon D. S. Peterson
Associated Press
UCLA
Jacksonville
Tom Wasdin
NCAA
Southwestern Louisiana
Southland
Houston
Providence
St. John’s
New York
South Carolina
Syracuse
Oklahoma_ City
Marquette
Mideast
Midwest
Oklahoma City
al McGuire
Warriors
USL
Frank McGuire
Madison Square Garden
Notre Dame
Virginia Tech
American University
Collegiate basketball results across regions and tours
A roundup of college basketball scores from the East, Midwest, South, and West with tournament results. Notable games include Manhattan over West Virginia 77 68 Colgate 73 over Fairleigh Dickinson 54 and Marshall 77 over Samford 65. Tournament play features Davidson 88 VMI 77 and Furman 101 Appalachian 68.
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East Manhattan
W. Virginia
Colgate
Fairleigh Dickinson
South Marshall
Samford
Georgetown
D.C
St. Mary’s
Louisiana St
Mississippi
Louisville
Tulsa
Okla. City
Georgia St
Midwest St. Louis
Bradley
Valparaiso
Butler
SW Mo
Wesleyan
N. Michigan
Wis-Milwaukee
Illinois Col
MacMurray
Sam Houston
St. Mery’s
Tex
Arkansas St
Pan American
Far West
Montana
Long Beach St
Fresno
San Francisco
Loyola-Los
Davidson
VMI
the Citadel
Furman
Appalachian
E. Carolina
Richmond
Jackson
Miss
Huntington
Alcorn
A&m
Florence St
Wis-Green Bay
Racine
Lakeland
Dallas Baptist
Prairie View
Wayland
Wiley
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Rick Leata
Saundhes
Saundes
Roger Schneider
Robert Baxter
Chris Mondoni
Brad Miller
Christoph
Okawville
Aviston Central
Ridgway
Owen
Brauer
Vincent
Bowman
Beck
Craddock
Byrd
Wells
Richards
Williams
C. Denson
Pearcy
Jones
Green
B. Denson
Drawville
Carlyle
Anna-Jonesboro
Thady
Brimm
Ritchey
Keller
Teller
Edwards
Meeks
Terry
Hawkins
Mackins
Carmi
Enfield
Cisne
Hart
Ward
Healy
Simmons
Viewyard
Braddock
J. Harrell
Rogers
R. Harrell
Obrecht
Posterfield
Barrett
Woodside
Koerner
Epplin
Nehrkorn
McDonnough
Provart
Anderson
Wedemeyer
Chadderton
Walker
Bockhorn
Mulholland
Tyring
O’neal
Freeburg
Marissa
Waterloo
Gibault
Neff
Hatchcraft
Winesbaugh
Hiatt
Warren
Feather
K. Loker
Fenton
Trigg
Rulevish
Radake
Pestka
Szczepanski
Scaglione
Marlow
Fry
Morgan
Spotanski
Shurtz
Frick
Sims
Dixon
Richardson
Chapman
Draege
Eubanks
Vienna Brookport
INDEE
Johnston City
U.S. Prison
Franciscan
T. Engram
McNeil
Feds
Wilson and
Johnson High
Rafe Nears
Chester Ace
S.E.C
Ane H’burger
P’ville
Sullivan
Murphy I Gerlach
Cook
Nashville
Barnes
Merle Jones
Whiel
Evansville
Indiana
Valpo
Coal Belt Baseball League
Carbondale
Carbonne
Herrin City Hall
Benton Benton
Harrisburg
Benton
K. Williams
Durham
Forby
Lampley
B. Williams
Sandusky
Golliher
Willard
Price
Roland
Hull
Thompson
Dowdy
Sheppard
Alexander
Wentzel
SIU
Northern Il
Linois
Nate Hawthorne
Don Portugal
John Marker
Hawthorne
Hiram
Awalker
Ram Walker
Hiram Water
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