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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1973
Page
9
Young track climber Cathy Casey of Carbondale East, a freshman, is rated the best high jumper on her school team by coach Kay Strack and a leading contender for district meet state qualification at Bleyer Field.
Baseball results from Campbell Hill Carrier Mills Dongola Carterville games show scores and key players. Notable performances include Hadfield 3-4 with 3 RBIs for Carterville and Bleyer striking out 13 in the second game. Dongola improves to 6-6 with a win.
Dana Pearson pitched a no-hitter in Cobden 3-0 win over SEC leader Nashville in eight innings. He struck out 19, walked two, part of Cobden’s fourth no-hit game this season and 7th by Cobden pitchers in a 10 game spring stretch. Alan Flamm delivered a two-run single to spark Cobden in the seventh. Nashville falls to 7-5.
Cobden, unbeaten, opening round of the South Egyptian Conference tournament Tuesday at Vienna against Dongola at 6 30 p m. Joppa meets Egyptian in the Tuesday nightcap. Earlier, Vienna plays Brookport and Shawnee Century. Semi finals set for Wednesday and finals Thursday. Twenty nine football lettermen at Air Force Academy spring practice in Colorado.
Southern Illinois University erupted for 12 runs in the first inning to rout Illinois State 19 to 6. Freshman Steve Shartzer drove in four, Ken Kral homered with a man on, and SIU piled up 17 hits while chasing ISU starters early. Dan Hogan homered for ISU in a game that featured six ISU pitchers, 10 walks, and a lengthy three hour 20 minute span.
Week long calendar lists games for basketball tennis golf track and more. Schools include Cairo Eldorado Carterville Marion Benton West Frankfort Du Quoin Murphysboro Herrin Norris City Jordan city and others with matchups against Carbondale Trico Tamaroa Goreville and Nashville. Golf and track meet details accompany the schedule along with notes on notable pro golfers Lee Trevino and Tony Jacklin.
Carbondale girls take first with 53 points, Meridian 12, Benton 41 in a close 3 team meet. Cheryl Odell wins 80 yard low hurdles and long jump, with Towers and Hogan also winning events. Carbondale splits include 880 and mile relays, and Friday winners include Odell and other CCHS athletes ahead of state district events.
Carbondale sweeps 15 events to win 112 28 19 in a triangular prep track meet against Murphysboro and Meridian. Chris Thomas tied season best 13-0 in pole vault. Darrell Sanders won three events high hurdles high jump and low hurdles. Freshman-sophomore division also led Carbondale 97 to 28 and 26 for Meridian.
A baseball clinic for boys age 7 to 17 will be held at 5 30 p m Tuesday at River side Park sponsored by Murphysboro Baseball Inc Dutch Leonard now with the Illinois Youth Commission will direct the clinic Boys should bring gloves as other equipment is supplied If rain comes the clinic moves to Murphysboro High School gymnasium It is the first such undertaking by the Murphysboro group
Kay Strack of Carbondale Community High School previews the district meet with two likely state qualifiers Donna Towers and Diana Cherry. Towers won the 100 yard dash at Bleyer Field while Cherry finished fourth in the 100 and second in the 440. The May 19 state meet will be held in Charleston.
Reid Martin and Kay Strack of Carbondale Community High School host IHSA district track at Bleyer Field featuring 15 area schools including Benton, Trico, Murphysboro, Sparta, Centralia, and others. The meet decides first and second place qualifiers for the May 19 state meet at Eastern Illinois University.
Centralia will host the boys district track competition for the 1973 season beginning Friday May 18 and Saturday May 19. The event will be staged at 17 district centers across the state as the Chicago Public High Schools Athletic Association runs its own qualifying meet.
Centralia hosts 37 schools as Metropolis and Carbondale athletes push toward state finals at Memorial Stadium Champaign May 25 26. Evanston favored to defend, Bloom Township last year’s runner up seeks challenge. Winners in each event advance with others meeting standards.
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