SIU Teams Play Doubleheader Road Trips This Weekend
Today prep track heads to Chester for a coed meet hosted by Yellow Jackets. Friday SIU baseball meets Indiana State in Terre Haute with a rematch to follow, while SIU softball travels to Omaha to face Creighton in a twin bill. John A. Logan hosts Rend Lake in Carterville for softball, and Massac County runs a prep baseball tournament Saturday.
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SIU tennis standout Knitter named player of the week
Notable SIU junior Jessica Knitter of the Salukis women’s tennis team earned Missouri Valley Conference player of the week honors. She went 2-1 last weekend, lifting her spring record to 6-6. She beat Viktoria Gruber 6 3 4 6 10 8 and Amy O Handley 6 2 in two Saturday wins while losing Friday to Laura Alarcon.
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Badgers Face Kentucky In Midwest Regional Semi
Wisconsin travels four hours by bus to the Metrodome to challenge the relentless Kentucky defense and end a 25 game win streak. Coach Bo Ryan and guard Kirk Penney led the Badgers as they brace for pressure and aim for a championship run despite a tall hurdle.
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Powerhouses in Southern Illinois prep softball
Pinckneyville and Harrisburg bring back 12 letterwinners from state-qualifying teams, yet neither is a lock to win its conference. Harrisburg coach Red Stafford says the area is loaded and tougher to reach state again. Five area squads appear in the ISCA Class A preseason top 25.
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All-South Softball honors list stellar hitters and pitchers
Returning players piling up all south recognition include Heidi Bybee Benton Krystal Stein Nashville and eleven more standouts. Kass Carroll Carmi White County Aaron Clark. Erin Glasco Johnston City Lindsay Grant Johnston City Sloane Herthen Harrisburg Brittany Lee Pinckneyville Kisten Martin Vienna Sabra McCune Du Quoin Megan Mizell Vienna Sammi Pitts Anna Jonesboro Jill Pursell Pinckneyville Lara Reed Benton Ashley Robison Sparta Maria Trapani Herrin.
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Emmitt Smith Signs With Arizona Cardinals
The NFL career rushing leader joins the Cardinals after Dallas released him. Smith expects to start and mentor Marcel Shipp as Arizona aims to rebound from a 5-11 season and a long playoff drought. He will wear No. 22 and is reported to have a two year deal near 8 million overall.
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Deaths of local athletes shock Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois mourns as two athletes die this week. Scott Rosenberger, 17, collapsed during baseball practice from cardiomyopathy, while DeWayne Kelley, 48, a coach and former player, dies in an athletic career still defined by fitness and mentorship.
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