Plea for More Day Games From A Baseball Obsessed Editor
A newspaper copy editor vents about long night shifts during baseball season and asks MLB for more daytime games. He describes watching highlights, reading box scores, and his fondness for noon games to align with work. He notes strong reader reaction to a March 12 SIU basketball column.
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Thesouthern.com
Salukis fall short in 6-5 loss to Dallas Baptist
Southern Illinois held the lead early and again after Dallas Baptist tied in the eighth, but miscues let the Patriots rally for a 6-5 come-from-behind win at Abe Martin Field. Garde 3 is slated for 1 p.m. with a 70 chance of rain Friday night.
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Southern Siu
Donny Duschinsky
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Patriots
National Weather Service
Saluki track opens strong at SIU Spring Classic
Saluki men and women swept three of four events on day one at Lou Hartzog Track in Carbondale as CARBONDALE junior T. Lambert unleashed a personal best hammer throw of 212-9.5. Teammates Collin Otto and Brad Foote also placed, with Otto third and Foote fourth amid wet, cold conditions. Lambert cited endurance and a rough week as factors in his late surge.
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Southern Illinois University
Lou Hartzog
C. Lambert
Harrisburg
Collin Otto
Brad Foote
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Wheeler shines at father's hoops game
Connor Wheeler starred in the 24th All-Star Basketball Classic at Marion High School, scoring 36 points on 10 of 12 from three and leading Team Wheeler to a 121-117 win over Team Muir. He boosted his rivals after losses in dunk and three-point contests.
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Connor Wheeler
Wendell
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Breese Central
Keaton Scheer
Murphysboro
Dylan Craig
du Quoin
Muir
Jim Muir
SIU lands another recruit Josh Swan shines in final high school game
Josh Swan scored a career high 39 points for Pace Academy in a loss to Wilkinson County in Atlanta. The 6-3 guard verbally committed to Southern Illinois University men’s basketball, potentially addressing SIU’s lack of double figure guards last season. See Swan on page 4C.
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Swan
Southern Illinois University
Pace Academy
Atlanta
Wilkinson County
SIU
Midwest All-Star Classic features four games in St Louis
Tonight four games run from 3 p.m. to 7 45 p.m at St Louis Community College Meramec with tickets at $10. SIU recruits Daniel Daniels and Trey Setty are slated for the final game on opposite sides. Du Quoin's Connor Wheeler and two Brehm players are in the 6 p.m. Missouri vs Illinois Chicago all stars showdown.
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Daniel Daniels
Trey Setty
du Quoin
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Illinois
Chicago
Saluki recruits set for guard clash at Classic in St Louis
Two Southern Illinois University men s basketball recruits, forwards Daniel Daniels and Trey Setty, may face off in the Midwest High School All Star Classic presented by Dr Pepper U S Army tonight in St Louis. See classic page 4.
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Daniel Daniels
Trey Setty
NCAA Tournament results feature Carolina and Florida State upsets
In the NCAA Tournament games, Carolina defeated Kentucky 81 to 62, Kansas edged Marquette 63 to 60, Ohio State beat Richmond 77 to 72, and VCU topped Florida State 71 to 57.
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