Murphysboro captures Class AA regional title over Carbondale
Murphysboro coach DeWayne Kelly leads the Red Devils to a 61-52 win against archrival Carbondale at home, sealing the Class AA regional crown. The victory ends a two-year regional drought, with Gary and Jerry Bankhead combining for 29 points and Ernie Bryant adding 12 as Murphysboro advances to the Salem Sectional. Carbondale, missing Williams and Silas, fought back late but fell short despite a 15-point effort from Barney Welch and a late rally.
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Alan Fredman
Southern Illinoisan
DeWayne Kelly
Murphysboro Red Devils
Carbondale
Kelly
Murphysboro
Red Devil
Tom Ashman
Devils
Red Devils
Salem
Highland
Gary Bankhead
Bankhead
Mount Vernon
Mattoon
Jerry
Bankheads
Ernie Bryant
Travis Kellum
Terriers
Doug Woolard
Woolard
Devil
Bryant
Joe Hamilton
Hamilton
Darren Rushing
Rushing
Jerry Bankhead
Brian
Barney
Welch
Williams
Gary Bankheed
Carbondale Terriers Fall In Regional After Adversity
Carbondale Community High School suffers a 61-52 regional loss to Murphysboro ending a difficult season. Key injuries and suspensions plagued the Terriers, with star players Welch and Silas sidelined and Perry Williams suspended, as coach Doug Woolard reflects on a 17-9 finish and six-year tenure of strong records.
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Devils
Terriers
Perry Williams
Carbondale
Alan Fredman
Southern
Woolard
Mark Gottfried
Southern Illinois
Mobile
Ala
Joe
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
University of South Alabama
Gottfried
East St. Louis Lincoln
Kankakee Westview
Centralia
Benton
Brian
Barney
Welch
SIUC
Terry Silas
Silas
Williams
Mount Vernon Stuns Centralia In Harrisburg Final
Mount VernonEdges Centralia 66-65 to win the Harrisburg Boys Class AA Regional for the Rams third straight regional crown against Centralia. Junior Darren Hacker sealed it with a late free throw after a back-and-forth finish. Ben Duggan led Mount Vernon with 20 points while Centralia's John Willis topped all scorers with 21.
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Southern
Mount Vernon
Centralia
Mattoon
Law
Rams
Ben Duggan
Hacker
John Willis
Willis
Orphans
Eric Hawthorne
Kevin Riggan
Mark Reichman
Dee Evischi
A&a
Collinsville
Carbondale
Jim Roberts
Porter leads East St. Louis Lincoln to regional title
Top-seeded East St. Louis Lincoln routed Collinsville 70-49 as Todd Porter scored 22 and Tyrone Jackson 20, clinching the Collinsville Class AA Regional. Collinsville finishes 21-6 while Lincoln advances to the East St. Louis Senior Sectional.
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Porter
East St. Louis
Lincoln
Collinsville
Starf
Southern Illinoisan
Todd Porter
Gene Catalpa
Kahoks
Tyrone Jackson
Taylorville
Class AA Countdown updated results and sectional pairings
Collinsville led East St. Louis Sr by 15 in Tuesday action 80 to 65 and East St. Louis Lincoln defeated Granite City South 70 to 49 in a championship tilt. Sectional pairings set at East St. Louis with Taylorville facing East St. Louis Lincoln and West taking on Edwardsville.
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Belleville East
Belleville West
Cahokia
Dave Mordhurst
Tom Schmidt
Ken Copeland
Jim Watkins
Alton
Alton Sr
Jerseyville
Taylorville
Bethalto
Collinsville
East St. Louis
Lincoln
Granite City
Belleville
Althoff
Granipe City North
Wood River
Roxana
Edwardsville
Granite City North
Salem
Siu
Champaign
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Terrier
Mt. Vernon
Rich Sarl
Maroons
Larry Meyers
Tony Goodwin
Paul Schaeffer
Bud Ballino
Brad Thomas
Kevin King
Mike McClure
Steve Wooley
Brian Hendricks
Green Wave
Doug Thompson
Olney
John Crutcher
Paul Croegaert
Kevin Washburn
Mark Blom
O'Fallon
Blom
Fred Michael
Brad Albrecht
Ken Heitman
Darius Holmes
James Lancaster
Donnie Stephens
Brad Collier
Ron Twitchell
Paris
Charleston
Effingham
Mascoutah
Marion
Herrin
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