Lockport Beats St Laurence In Tight Illinois Playoff Clash
Lockport edged St Laurence 42 to 41 in a hard fought sectional playoff thriller. St Laurence All-Star Jim Stack fired a 30 foot heave with one second left that fell short. Benton Olney game was postponed due to snow as Olney traveled to West Frankfort.
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Lockport
St. Laurence
West Frankfort
Benton
Olney
Jim Stack
Downers Grove
Game moved after threat to Fletcher in Illinois tourney
The Illinois high school Class AA sectional was moved from East St. Louis to Alton after a threat on Collinsville Coach Vergil Fletcher. The game was played without incident as Collinsville defeated Aston 95-54 to advance, while East Leyden topped Fenwick in two overtimes. Another game between Lincoln and Decatur was postponed due to heavy snow.
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Coy Nunn
Collinsville
East St. Louis
Belleville
WIBV
Fletcher
Lincoln
Decatur
Springfield
Mattoon
Quincy
Hoyas beat Virginia in NIT overtime thriller
Georgetown defeated Virginia 70 68 in overtime to open the National Invitation Tournament as Nebraska edged Utah State 67 66 in another tight first round contest. Mike Riley and Craig Shelton hit two free throws in the final 10 seconds of overtime to seal the Georgetown win in Charlottesville Virginia.
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Georgetown
Virginia
Nebraska
Utah State
Charlottesville
Mike Riley
Craig Shelton
Cavaliers
Tommy Hicks
Riley
Shelton
NCAA playoffs loom as teams vie for regional glory
In Lincoln Nebraska Carl McPipes free throw with 1 52 left propelled Nebraska to a narrow win over Utah State Andre Smith and Mike Naderer sparked the Huskers in the second half amid Utah States foul trouble The NIT and NCAA tournaments advance with Temple Texas Fairfield Dayton Illinois State Indiana State South Carolina North Carolina State among Friday night matchups Semifinals and finals set for Madison Square Garden March 19 21 and the national championship in St Louis later this month
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Army
Rutgers
Virginia Commonwealth
Detroit
Temple
Texas
Dayton
Illinois State
Indiana State
South Carolina
North Carolina State
Madison Square Garden
New York
St. Louis
Marquette
Cards wallop Mizzou 7-1 in spring action
St Louis Cardinals rested regulars in a 7-1 rout of Missouri with Dane Iorg and Rick Bosetti delivering the offense. Bosetti hit a two run homer, Iorg added a grand slam, while four pitchers held the Tigers to one hit.
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Fla
St. Louis Cardinals
Vern Rapp
University of Missouri
Dane Iorg
Rick Bosetti
Cardinals
Bake McBride
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Bosetti
Rob Pietroburgo
Iorg
Ilorg
McBride
Cards
Earl Bass
Joe Edelen
Frank
Fight site draws protests over Spinks Ali rematch move
AP reports Bob Arum may shift the $14 million heavyweight title rematch from Bophuthatswana to satisfy US civil rights and anti apartheid groups. NAACP warns fighters risk selling their souls if held there. Spinks favors Ali. Norton dispute looms as WBC threatens title strip if Norton not next.
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Bob Arum
Leon Spinks
Muhammad Ali
Bophuthatswana
United States
NAACP
South Africa
Prexy Nesbitt
American Committee On
Arum
Top Rank, Inc
Spinks
Ali
Lucas Mangope
Associated Press
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Africa
Organization of African Unity
Detroit
Ken Norton
Bob Biron
Norton
Biron
Spinks-Ali
Bob
Top Rank
World Boxing Council
WBC
Jose Sulaiman
Same sectional teams could be back
Merle Jones reports that the same sectional lineups likely return to the state tournament after this week’s regionals at West Frankfort Centralia and Olney. Olney loses no starters, Centralia loses only three of 13, while Olney’s DeVon Hudson and David Miley depart, along with guard Robert Sanders.
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Merle Jones
Southern Illinois
West Frankfort
Centralia
Olney
Jim Roberts
Orphans
DeVon Hudson
David Miley
Robert Sanders
Murphysboro
Marion
Carbondale
Herrin
Red Devil
Tom Ashman
David Kellum
Kirk Harris
Bob Stilley
Scott Maloney
Mike Armour
Darryl Waldron
Larry Miles
Maloney
Armour
Benton
Jerry Dawson
Dave Jones
Jim Ward
Doug Dunbar
Rod Shurtz
Ron Brookins
Carl Shurtz
Rob Hammonds
Mike Garrett
Rich Herrin
Benton and Olney players vie for state hopes in season notes
Sport talk covers Benton senior and underclass players, Olney underclassmen potential, and coaching comments as teams eye state success. NCAA indoor meet scoring shifts to top six places. Illinois and Kentucky race plans touch on Sunday racing legality. Coaches Herrin Hartzog Robb Brown discuss futures as area teams prepare for sectionals and state tournaments.
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