SIU Salukis Spring Scrimmage Shows Progress and Standouts
Southern Illinois University’s third spring scrimmage left coach Ellis Rainsberger satisfied with progress this week. He praised defense for tackling improvements and highlighted players Gus Heath John Ference Carl Mauch Jim Anderson Isaac Brigham Ralph Galloway Tim Kelley’s ankle setback Doug Mougey’s running and evolving passing game led by Mougey Kuba Hill Williams and Eddie Richards on the No. 1 unit.
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Southern Illinois University
Ellis Rainsberger
Salukis
Rainsberger
Gus Heath
John Ference
Carl Mauch
Jim Anderson
Isaac Brigham
Roger Kuba
Kuba
Dick Towers
Brigham
Ralph Galloway
Ference
SIU
Tim Kelley
Doug Mougey
Mougey
Hill Williams
Eddie Richards
John Eliasik
al Equi
Joe Ewan
Galloway
Tom Massey
Du Quoin Wins Title in Wayne City Regional Baseball
The Du Quoin Indians defeated Mt. Vernon 10-3 to capture the Wayne City regional prep baseball title and advance to the Marion sectional against Sparta on Tuesday. Don Stanhouse started for Du Quoin before Danny Eisenhauer relieved him in the fourth. John Borecky drove in four runs.
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du Quoin Indians
Wayne City
Mt. Vernon
du Quoin
Marion
Sparta
Gary Large
Rams
Don Stanhouse
Danny Eisenhauer
John Borecky
SIU Baseball Sweeps Parsons In Doubleheader Victory
Southern Illinois University Salukis swept Parsons College in a Saturday doubleheader in Carbondale, winning 4-2 and 8-4 to improve to 31-10-1 while Parsons drops to - 24-15. SIU had earlier defeated Illinois College 8-3 behind Steve Krelle's grand slam.
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Parsons College
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
Salukis
Illinois College
Steve Krelle
Parsons
Sparta-Nips Murphysboro 3-2 in SWEC battle for first
Sparta rallies for three runs in final two innings to edge Murphysboro 3-2 at Sparta. Murphysboro drops to 9-3 in SWEC while Du Quoin and Sparta chase a possible title with remaining games. Kirkland starred for Sparta with three hits and two runs, while Murphysboro offense struggled after early lead.
Chester and Perryville St. Vincent's split baseball doubleheader
Chester finishes 10-10 after two games with Perryville St. Vincent's. Gary Schwent carried a no hitter into the seventh inning of game one before allowing three hits and taking a 6-1 loss. St. Vincent's won game two 9-8 in eight innings as Chester failed to convert with runners on base. Gagnepain and Hagan led St. Vincent's. Sch went the distance for Chester in game one, with Zoellner and Bollman keying the late inning efforts in game two.
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Murphysboro
Red Devils
du Quoin
Bulldogs
Chester
Indians
Ron Reeder
Jerry Snyder
Rich Voorhees
Dick Raines
Pop
Reeder
Voorhees
Phil Graeff
Snyder
Jerry Paetzhold
Steve Morganthaler
Morganthaler
Paetz
Tom Gentry
Dan Turk
Devils
Harlen Allan
Dave Calvert
Don Young
Turk
Allan
Calvert
Pea Snyder
Thee Schaake
Eel Krelle
Birk
Hanson
Paetzhold
Zen Panther
Parsons AB R H
Selon Skinner
Dunlap
Myatt
Zerrila
Aetree Blixt
Smith
DeMacio
Heintzleman
Mills
Zahn
Gezing
Parsons
Southern
Jim Stewart
Perryville
St. Vincent's
Gary Schwent
St. Vincent’s
Gagnepain
Hagan
Schwent
Glass
University School names Bill Jackson new head football coach
Bill Jackson the 38 year old head basketball and baseball coach at University High School of Carbondale is set to become head football coach replacing E L Bencini who retired after 35 years Jackson will be aided by Larry Bell of Carmi as assistant in all sports Bell will work under a graduate assistantship while pursuing a master’s degree at SIU Jackson previously guided University School to its first Black Diamond Conference football title with a 5 0 record and a 10 9 basketball season He has coached at several Illinois high schools and in Florida Wanda Jackson his wife is a physical education instructor at Herrin High School
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University High School of Carbondale
Jackson
Larry Bell
Carmi
Bells
Southern Illinois
E. L
Doc
Bencini
University School
Carbondale
Illinois
Florida
Benton
Hilliard
Fla
Evansville College
Midwest
Mills Prairie
Brennan High School
Midlothian
Cahokia
Quincy
Wanda
Herrin High School
Bell
SIU
Suhre Leads Mount Vernon Pro Am With 70 Low Round
Larry Suhre of Edwardsville shot a two under par 70 to take low scoring honors in the Mt. Vernon pro am. Host pro Joe Brubaker finished second at 74 while Ron Wright and Bob Payne tied for second at 75. Team scoring used amateur handicaps with Payne's team winning first at 141 points.
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Larry Suhre
Edwardsville
Mt. Vernon
Suhre
Joe Brubaker
Green Hills Country Club
Ron Wright
Centralia
Bob Payne
Payne
Jerry Salamandier
Jeff Cox
W. Hardy
Brubaker
Jack Mendenhall
Joe King
Charles Paul
Tony Stevens
Murphysboro
Jim Bell
Monk Monroe
Dick Wheeler
Notre Dame Beats SIU 5-4 In Regular-Season Tennis
Notre Dame remains unbeaten at 15-0 with a 5-4 win over SIU in Carbondale. Key matches include Villarete-S defeating Singh and Rossello-SD defeating Pena, while Sprengelmeyer-Villarete edged Brown-Reiser in a 9-7, 3-6, 6-4 thriller.
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Southern Illinois University
Notre Dame
Carbondale
SIU
Irish
Bill Brown
Mike Sprengelmeyer
Jose Villarete
Jasjit Singh
Pedro Rossello
al Pena
Thad Ferguson
Gary Rieser
John Yang
Vince Chinn
Tom Murphy
Lothar Hansen
Sprengelmeyer - Villarete S
Brown-Reiser
Carbondale Legion and Coal Belt Play Practice Game
The Carbondale American Legion and Coal Belt baseball teams will play a 2 p.m. practice game at Oakland Field in Carbondale. Players trying out for the Legion team should report for the game, said Manager Paul Ellis.
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Carbondale American Legion
Coal Belt
Oakland Field
Carbondale
Legion
Paul Ellis
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Millikin University
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University of Illinois
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