Rose predicts tonight is big hit night for 3000th
Pete Rose, within two hits of 3000, expects to reach the milestone in Cincinnati against Montreal with Steve Rogers pitching for the Expos. He worries about an error costing the game or a disputed final hit while recalling his rise from Geneva to the Reds. Tony Perez recalls Rose’s early days and enduring friendship.
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Salukis rely on veteran secondary in 1978 preview
SIUC's 1977 season yielded a three win eight loss record but the Salukis boasted a strong defensive secondary led by Ron Geels and Cyd Craddock. The unit finished second in the Missouri Valley Conference for pass defense, with a deep corps of returnees at cornerback and safety, plus two transfers and one freshman added to bolster depth. Caldwell emphasizes experience and talent across the backfield, highlighting Craddock and Geels as top players.
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Missouri Valley Conference
Monster Ron Geels
Cyd Craddock
West Texas State
Salukis
Jim Caldwell
Caldwell
Iowa
Hawkeyes
Geels
Craddock
Tim Cruz
Alvin Reed
John Palermo
Kevin Woods
Neal Furlong
Gary Geels
Daryl Leek
Tyrone Payne
Cruz
Reed
Woods
Palermo
Temple
East Carolina
Bob DePew
Indiana
Ty Henry
San Francisco Community College
Trey Washington
National League and American League baseball scoreboard notes
Major league standings and Friday schedules are listed with teams, records, and pending games. Highlights include Montreal and Philadelphia leading the East, Los Angeles and Cincinnati atop the West, and Detroit New York Boston and Cleveland high in the American League. Upcoming games feature San Francisco Chicago Houston Atlanta New York Philadelphia and others.
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Pittsburgh
St. Louis
New York
Los Angeles
Cincinnati
San Francisco
Houston
San Diego
Atlanta
Knepper
Lamp
J.niekro
Nun
Rogers
Hume
Koosman
Espinosa
St.Louis
Detroit
Boston
Cleveland
Milwaukee
Itimeore
Jasoronto
Oakland
Kansas City
California
Texas
Minnesota
New On
Colburn
Caldwell
Billingham
Johnson
Wise
Californ
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Toronto
Seattle
NBA Playoffs At A Glance Semifinals Schedule
Semifinals best of seven with two series. Friday: Philadelphia at Washington and Seattle at Denver to begin. Sunday games listed, then Wednesday May events with remaining games designated if necessary through May 19 in Seattle or Denver.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Washington
Seattle
Denver
Hockey Playoff At A Glance Boston Leads Philly Series
NHL playoff brief shows Boston 7 Philadelphia 5 with Boston leading 2 0 in the series while Montreal 3 Toronto 2 and Montreal up 2 0. It lists upcoming games through May with possible games if needed and includes WHA playoff note New England leads Quebec 2 1 with Winnipeg vs Quebec New England in the championship.
Track Boys Prep Meet Results From Benton to Carterville
Benton leads boys prep events with 49 points followed by Anna Jonesboro 39 and West Frankfort 32 as Hancock, Me 10.4 and 23.0 times headline the meet. Carterville tops girls prep with 74, Murphysboro 64, Williamson County rivals Marion 99 and Carterville 61 while Johnston City 54 and Herrin 22.2 share top marks in sprints, relays, jumps, and throws across sections two and three.
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Fowler
Morgan
Fletcher
Stuck
Hall
J. City
TV Sports Today Schedule Highlights
A TV lineup summary lists Bowling for Dollars Kentucky Derby Special NBA Playoffs Denver at Seattle and more. Featured events include Fishing with Roland Martin Byron Nelson Golf Classic and CBS Sports Spectacular with NASL Soccer New York at Tampa Bay and Wrestling.
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Bowling results for Fairview and area teams high series and game
Dunn's Concrete led with the top team high series at 2623 and team high game 931. Sharon Ford claimed individual high series with 92 dollars? no, 92 points and high game 222. Ninety-two dollars not plausible. likely top score 222 by Ford. Other vendors listed include KFC, Ritter's Gifts, Turco Mfg, Anderson Tax, Coca Cola, Dunn's Concrete, West Side Drug, McDaniels, Quoin Bank, and several small businesses in the Fairview area.
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Kentucky Fried Chicken Ma Ritter’s Gifts
Purcell Tire Co
Turco Mfg. Co
Anderson Tax Service
Coca Cola Dunn
West Side
McDaniels
du Quoin State Bank
Dunn
Sharon Ford
Powerful Centralia meet set for Saturday relays
East St. Louis is expected to be the team to beat in Centralia's 13th annual Orphan Relays at Ever's Field. The Flyers boast top marks including 9.8 seconds in the spring, 3:24 in the mile relay, 14-9 in pole vault, 56 feet in shot put, 66 inches in high jump, and 14.5 seconds in hurdles. South Seven will be represented by Carbondale, Centralia, and Mt. Vernon with Sparta, Lebanon, St. Louis Soldan, and Danville also competing. Start time is 4:30 p.m.
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Flyers
Carbondale
Mt. Vernon
Sparta
Lebanon
St. Louis Soldan
Danville
Ever’s Field
Area lakes report fair catches despite weather
Outdoor report by Art Reid notes a typical spring on Southern Illinois waters with weather causing ups and downs, yet area lakes still seeing fair catches. Devil's Kitchen Lake yields good bass crappie and bluegill. Little Grassy reports bass good to fair and crappie moving deep. Lake of Egypt crappie more productive than bass with deeper crappie. Crab Orchard bass from plastic worms and spinner baits. crappie moved to stumps at six to ten feet. Lake Kinkaid sees scattered activity with bass harder to locate but crappie bluegill good. Rend Lake reports small bass up to two pounds with crappie and bluegill fair to good. Cedar Lake reports wall eye up to three pounds attracting anglers south of Carbondale.
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Lake of Egypt
Crab Orchard Lake
Lake Kinkaid
Rend Lake
Cedar Lake
Carbondale
Walleye Reigns in Great Lakes Waters Says Anglers
An outdoors note describes walleye as the top table fish in Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota and nearby states while bass anglers plead for better action. Across lakes fishing runs slow for most species though Lake Murphysboro shows signs of spring potential with May typically strong, and channel catfishing lingering but improving.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Horseshoe Lake
Lake Murphysboro
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