Centralia earns district track title in final event
Centralia wins the Carbondale district track championship as rookie coach Rod White seals the title in the final event. Murphysboro finish sixth as Centralia tops list of scorers with 39 points to Murphysboro 33 and Marion 31. Five records fall including Waterbury high jump 6-3 and Centralia mile relay 3:26.0. Rufus Cale of Murphysboro claims two sprint victories 100 and 220 yards.
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Centralia
Carbondale
Rod White
Jimmy Evers
White
Tunners
Murphyshoro
Swift Tunners
Gome
Murphysboro
Marion
Steve Waterbury
Rufus Cale
Nashville
Payne ML
Vernon
Goldo
Griffin
West Frankfort
Cunningham
Lesser
Bagby
Red Bud
Stanhouse
du Quoin
Maschoff
Okanville
Roberts
Sparta
Bethel
Plater
Mt. Vernon
Lewis
Elverado
Lister
Murray
Wentzel
Harrisburg
Bowlin
Christopher
Mocaby
Benton
Hughes
Perschbacker
Johnston City
Beard
Williams
MecLeansboro
Holt
Cavinder
Christopher Bundren
James
Willis
Dampsey
Eldorado
Feig
Stews
Goodman
Paulk
Linders
Wright
Crews
Oland
Throgmorton
Wisely
Waterbury
Prusaczyk
Taylor
Thomas Zpigler
Royalton
Shields
Penny
Thompson
West
Frankfort
Jeters
Herrin
Lee
McLeansboro
V. Boston
Borgsmtiller
T. Boston
Merion
Hodges
Altig
Pinckdeyville
SIU tennis team posts 16-1 mark with wins over Oklahoma State Missouri
The Salukis improve to 16-1 after Saturday victories in Columbia Missouri defeating Oklahoma State 6-1 and Missouri 7-2. Dick LeFevre’s squad locked in eight game pro-type sets as key players Dominguez Gildemeister and Sprengelmeyer led singles and doubles success. The team heads to Champaign Monday to face Illinois.
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Southern Dhnois University
Columbia
Oklahoma State
Missouri
Dick LeFevre
Salukis
Cliff Price
Fritz Gildermeister Shu
Jose “Villarete Seu
Mike
Howard
Mike Sprengelmeyer
Siu
Rica Biggert
Macky Dominguez
Chris Stotts
Johnny Yang Siu
Larry ‘Smith
Sprengelmeyer-Villarete
Yang
SIU golfers win No 20 in Southern Illinois meet
Southern Illinois University golfers won their 20th victory in 27 tries by defeating Lincoln University 3437. The meet moved from Crab Orchard to Midland Hills due to conditions. Jim Schonhoff and Harvey Ott Jr. tied for medalist with 68. Next, a six team meet in South Bend Indiana. Lincoln scores included Nichols 89, Shelton 69, Scholmeyer 79, Erickson 79, Smith 81. Also Cuba school district bond referendum postponed to May 31 due to ballot error.
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Southern Illinois
University
Linco University
Salukis
Crab Orchard
Midland Hills
Jim Schonhoff
Harvey ‘Ott Jr
South Bend
Ind
Lincoln
Southern
Ott
Schonhoff
Rolhfing
Heckel
Wargo
Nichols
Shelton
Scholmeyer
Erickson
Smith
Western Kentucky Wins Unscheduled Marathon Track Meet
Western Kentucky triumphs in a nine hour, unscheduled relay meet at SIU Andrew Stadium with a winning mile relay by the Hilltoppers. SIU finishes third as Mitch Livingston and John Ellison set stadium and SIU records in high jump and pole vault respectively amid heavy rain and delayed start. Lincoln claims multiple sprint wins as Duxbury and Eugene Smith highlight events.
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Western Kentucky
Southern Illinois University
Lincoln
Hilltoppers
Salukis
Siu
Andrew Stadium
CCHS
Bleyer
McAndrew
Bleyer Field
Mitch Livingston
Stu
John Ellison
Dan Tindall
Grover Webb
John Vernon
Jim Thomas
Mel Hohman
Jeff Duxbury
Duxbury
Eugene Smith
Vernon
Pearson
Goodwin
Mays
Walker
Jackson
Kesmedes
Deppe
Simms
Dappe
Jackson CW
Wright
Gomez
Richardson
Peb
Swala
Dunlap
Holdman
I Mile
Ujiye
Myers
Carpenter
Holtman
Suk ‘Ivan
Stern
Thomas
Kristoff Earns U S Olympic Freestyle Berth at Ames
Larry Kristoff of Carbondale clinched a U S freestyle heavyweight berth by winning five qualifying matches at Ames Iowa over the weekend He pinned Worthington of SA Schumacher of East Strausburg Pa Kirselmeier of Grand Rapids Mich Culp of Arizona State and Sterns of Iowa City in swift fashion and defeated Curly Culp 9 1 in a decisive decision prior to a six week training camp for Mexico City 1968.
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Larry Kristoff
Carbondale
Ames
Iowa
Bob Rocs
Stu
Kristoff
United States
Mexico City
Ray. Worthington
Richard Schumacher
East Strausberg
Gary Kirselmeier
Grand Rapids
Mich
Curly -Culp
Arizona State
Dill’ Sterns
Iowa City
Close finishes mark Carbondale prep district meet notes
Track events produced tight results with Murphysboro claiming several wins led by Ru fus Cole in sprints and Ray in the 440. Centralia led field events with Carolinas, Mt. Vernon and Marion in a photo finish 880 relay. District golf at Eldorado saw Carterville triumph as Noakes and Alexander earned medals. area baseball games were rained out and rescheduled.
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Carbondale
Renadreen
Carterville
Eldorado
Phil Noakes
Charles Alexander
Hertin
Noakes
John Bartoletta
Benton
Jerry Glenn
Jay Wilkinson
Bartoletta
Glenn
Wilkinson
Carberville
Jean
Bill Meada
Alexander
Area Prep
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Tom Feig
Don Wright
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Chase
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Rich Elliott
Froviso
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