Track meet scoreboard and results across class AA and A
Mount Vernon leads Class AA standings with 60 points followed by Centralia and Marion. In Class A Eldorado tops with 26 points, followed by Du Quoin and Lesser-Walier. Meet highlights include Centralia's 51.55 800 medley relay and Cairo's 50.37 400 relay wins. Individual event leaders span Dismuke, Ray, Mays, and Webb, with multiple firsts for Centralia, Mount Vernon, and Marion.
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Mount Vernon
Centralia
Marion
Harrisburg
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Eldorado
du Quoin
Lesser-Walier
McLeansboro
Galatia
Johnston City
Anna Jonesboro
Christopher
Nashville
Carterville
Chester
Pinckneyville
Philadelphia Flyers Defeat Edmonton In Hockey Showdown
In Edmonton hockey notes, Philadelphia tops the Oilers 4-5 with goals from Rowe Sut ter Kerry and Poulin plus Lindstrom scoring for Edmonton. Durations show penalties and major fights, Fuhr faced 40 shots while Lindbergh stopped 25 of 26.
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Philadelphia Bes
Philadelphia
Siomane
Kerr
Bergen
Poulin
Phi
Coffey
Hospodar
McClelland
Major
Lindstrom
Huddy
Lumley
Jackson
Paterson
Crossman
Anderson
Gregg
Marsh
Sutter
Kerry
Messier
Carson
Ron Sutter
Tocchet
Edm
Fuhr
Lindbergh
Andy van Hellemond
Creighton Coach Quits Over Cheating and Curfew Problems
Creighton faced discipline and scandal as players broke curfew in Hawaii and two were expelled for the season. Benjamin stayed in school after summer courses but faced ongoing academic struggles and future ineligibility risks. Reed cited rampant cheating at other schools as a factor in his resignation after detailing large offers to recruits.
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Hawaii
Reed
Benjamin
Ben
Louisiana
Carolyn Benjamin
Creighton
Tulsa
Bluejays
Gerraughty
Shipley Leads Centralia Past Benton in Regional Opener
Centralia pitcher Rick Shipley tossed a four-hitter and hit a homer to power an 11-4 win over Benton in Salem Class AA Regional first round. He fanned 12 and walked one with Tony Timmons driving in three runs and Tim Paddock adding two RBI others Scott Bleser and Andy Smith had two hits each while Benton’s Mark Leffler hit a two-run double. Chris Durham took the loss as Centralia improves to 10-13 and advances to Harrisburg on Thursday.
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Tim Paddock
Scott Bleser
Andy Smith
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Chris Durham
Herr hits in a pinch for Cardinals against Braves
Tommy Herr delivered a two run single with bases loaded in the seventh inning to spark St. Louis past Atlanta 6-3. Herr, nervous yet productive, began his pinch hit role as Whitey Herzog weighed relief pitching and strategic matchups.
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ST. Louis
Tommy Herr
St. Louis Cardinals
Herr
Atlanta Braves
Atlanta
Gene Garber
Garber
Jack Clark
Whitey Herzog
Herzog
Braves
Claudell
Washington
Len Barker
Horner
Vince Coleman
Tom Nieto
Bruce Sutter
Murphysboro Girls Rally Past Harrisburg in Regional Softball
Murphysboro built four runs in both the first and second innings to defeat Harrisburg 13 2 in the only girls prep AA regional action Tuesday. Seanna Walker had three hits and four runs batted in for the Red Devils who totaled 11 hits. Lisa Foster added two hits including a triple and three RBIs. Janice Higgins pitched a five hitter to earn the win as Murphysboro improves to 9 7 and advances to the Herrin Regional semifinals to face Herrin.
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Murphysboro
Harrisburg
Seanna Walker
Red Devil
Lisa Foster
Janice Higgins
Herrin
Meet records fall as SI girls track crown meets
Du Quoin's Bridgett Jones flags a three year old state mark in the event. Katrina Phillips of Charleston wins 100 and 200 low hurdles amid nerves. Eldorado's Randi Questelle shatters high jump record with 5 4 15, Cen tralia and Marion post relay records, Cairo's Lucretia Graves clinches long jump title at 17 7. Rita Whitelow tops Graves in 100 at 12.34 defeating state champs.
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Ing du Quoin
Bridgett Jones
Cairo
Lucretia Graves
Southern Illinois
Centralia
Rita Whitelow
Graves
Whitelow
State
Foster wins top honors at Murphysboro fete
Lisa Foster dominated the Murphysboro athletics awards night, receiving MVP honors in basketball and softball and the Clara Blanche-Diers girls sportsmanship award. Additional co MVPs covered boys basketball wrestling girls tennis and more, with four special academic and athletic awards and four Hall of Fame inductees announced by the Panther Booster Club.
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Lisa Foster
Murphysboro
Foster
Clara Blanche-Diers
Tony Kerrens
Ted Hunziker
Todd Kortkamp
Darrin Mills
Carrie Sumner
Patricia Etherton
Julie Ozburn
Scott Hellmer
Doug Killebrew
Jim Siefert
Gerald Maulding
Terri Limbert
Kelly Blake
Terri Graess
Pinckneyville High School
Panther
Brad Shotton
Carolyn Kellerman
Desire
Alex Eddy
Kim Hill
Panther Hall of Fame
Hubert Shurtz
Don Stanton
Jim McCurdy
Elvin Rydon
Overby resigns MVC official post. to remain in Big Eight
Missouri Valley Conference supervisor of officials Johnny Overby resigns Tuesday after serving since 1978. He will stay on as Big Eight supervisor and enter private business in Newton Kansas, native of Wichita. Commissioner Dick Martin says MVC move stems from no football championship after 1985.
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Missouri Valley Conference
Overby
Newton
Kan
Wichita
Dick Martin
MVC
University of Northern Iowa
Jim Berry
Creighton University
Berry
Creighton
SIU
Bill Cornell
Des Moines
Cornell
Saluki
Hart Delights Herrin Crowd At All Sports Banquet
ex SIU and St Louis Cardinal quarterback Jim Hart spoke at the 16th Herrin all-sports banquet. Hart, in his 40s, recalled his early ties to Herrin Junior High. Senior Jim Cislaghi won four awards including MVP senior male athlete. Gooden and Knutson also earned multiple honors across basketball, baseball, and wrestling.
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Mike Murphy
Southern
Hart
Chicago Bears
Herrin
Jim Cislaghi
Cislaghi
Shane Gooden
Gooden
Robert Knutson
Delina Walker
Carol Yancey
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Carbondale Holiday Inn
Holiday Inn
Mary Crews
E. Main St. Carbondale
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