Piquet Clinches First Formula One World Title At Las Vegas
Nelson Piquet clinches his first world championship by finishing fifth in the 75-lap Caesars Palace Grand Prix in Las Vegas. Reutemann, Laffite pursue with Laffite fourth and Prost in 43 points, while defending champion Jones wins easily. The twisty 14-turn course on a Las Vegas parking lot left drivers battered as Jones takes the title odds.
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Caesars Palace
Nelson Piquet
Piquet
Carlos Reutemann
Reutemann
Jacoes Laffite
Laffite
Las Vegas Strip
Alan Jones
Jones
Alain Prost
France
Hydroplaning champion Muncey dies from injuries in Acapulco
Bill Muncey, 52, premier unlimited hydroplane driver, died after his Atlas Van Lines boat flipped during the final heat of the World Championship run. He sustained critical head injuries, rallied briefly, and died five hours later. The Miss Budweiser team, Dean Chenoweth and Bernie Little, won the championship as Muncey’s death ended the race. Muncey resided in La Mesa, California, and left a legacy of 61 unlimited victories, eight Gold Cups, and seven national titles. He is survived by Fran, his wife, and three sons.
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Mexico
Bill Muncey
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Thunder
Atlas van Lines
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la Mesa
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San Diego
Finch
Dean Chenoweth
Bernie Little
Seattle
Notre Dame
U.S
Fran
Edward
Will Jr
Kenton
Yankees Sweep Oakland, Win League Championship 3-0
New York takes the best-of-five series 3-0 with wins 3-1, 13-3, and 4-0 over Oakland. The World Series era note and other league scores follow, including NL action and college results.
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Oakland
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College Scores from East to South Week Results
College football results list numerous games with teams and scores across regions. Highlighted are Army over Princeton 34 to 0, Colgate over Lafayette 30 to 0, Connecticut over Holy Cross 44 to 24, Cornell 14 over Brown 9, Dartmouth 24 over Harvard 10, Navy 25 over Boston College 10, Penn State 41 over Iowa 7, Pittsburgh 42 over Florida State 14, Slippery Rock 29 over Edinboro 24, Rutgers 12, West Virginia 27 over Virginia Tech 6, Yale 48 over Columbia 17, and other regional matches with varying margins. The list also includes hockey and hockey-like scores and several late-season or exhibition matchups with teams like Colorado at Pittsburgh and Edmonton at Calgary, among others.
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NBA Exhibition Schedule and Box Scores Across Cities
A summary of Saturday and Monday exhibition matches shows Denver defeating San Diego 145 to 125 and Chicago defeating New York 120 to 98. Portland beat Boston 114 to 99 while Milwaukee topped Chicago 120 to 67. Other results include Philadelphia 115 over Los Angeles 106 and Seattle 106 in a close contest with Boston 112 to 99. The rounds list matchups across city venues with several interleague pairings and upcoming games scheduled in Fort Wayne Evansville Cleveland and Houston.
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Pinckneyville hosts Prep Southwest Egyptian cross country meet
Kent Leek wins with a course record 14 32 and top runners from D, AJ, M, N, CH, S, C vie for team standings. Cross Country results list Chester Nashville Pinckneyville Sparta Anna Jonesboro and Murphysboro with scores recorded. Individual placers show Leek, Ginn, Russell, Van Voorhis, Audt and others across districts.
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Chester
Nashville
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Anna Jonesboro
Kent Leek
Ed Ginn
Steve Russell
Jim van Voorhis
Tim Audt
Jerome Kellerman
Stewart
Kevin Bastine
Charles Williams
Scott Bishop
Joe Day
Ernie Bryant
Ralph Seymore
Rick Wahl
Matt Brown
Andy Murray
Don Ohms
Leland Dierks
Paul York
Heldebrandt
John A Logan Tops Rend Lake in Volleyball Trio
John A Logan faced Rend Lake in a three game volley contest winning two of three. Final scores included 15 9 and 15 8 for John A Logan and 15 12 in a Wabash matchup. John A Logan, 58, has a home match Tuesday against Kaskaskia.
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Jonn
A. Logan
Rend Lake
John A. Logan
Wabash
Kaskaskia
Chiefs activate Blanton. McKnight placed on IR
In NFL transactions, Kansas City Chiefs activated Jerry Blanton at linebacker and placed Ted McKnight on the injured reserve. Seattle Seahawks activated Steve Raible at wide receiver and placed Horace Ivory on the roster.
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Associated Press
NFL
Kansas City Chiefs
Jerry Blanton
Ted McKnight
Seattle Seahawks
Steve Raibie
Horace Ivory
TV Sports Tonight Schedule Snapshot
TV sports lineup lists ESPN and channel slots for tonight and Tuesday daytime feature previews including 1961 and 1981 world series, college football matchups Illinois vs Oslo State Georgia vs Vanderbilt Tennessee vs Alabama Penn State vs Syracuse Stanford vs unspecified opponent and NHL highlights with This Week in the NHL.
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Detroit
Georgia
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USA
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Stanford
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Saluki men netters finish sixth at Lexing ton Invitational
The Southern Illinois University Carbondale men’s tennis team placed sixth over three days at the Lexing ton 8& team Invitational. Lito Ampon won all three singles matches including a 5-7 6-3 6-2 win over Greg Williams of VPI. SIU next plays in the Oak Hill Invitational in Belleville with teams from Arkansas Clemson Minnesota Michigan Wisconsin Illinois State and SIU Edwardsville.
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Lito Ampon
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Final scramble held at Midland Hills Golf Club
The Midland Hills event near Carbondale saw Brent Joyce, Merle Rankin, Glen Tetzlaff, Bob Tegethoff and others win with 65. Keith Feigenbaum’s team took second with 66, followed by Kevin Klaine, Keith Klaine and Bob Privitt third with 67. Closest to pin went to Klaine at 18 inches. Feigenbaum had the longest drive on No. 9.
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Carbondale
Merle Rankin
Glen Tetzlaff
Bob Tegethoff
de Soto
Midland Hills Golf Club
Keith Feigenbaum
du Quoin
Larry Richison
Bob McGarriigle
Mark Durham
Kevin Klaine
Keith Klaine
Bob Privitt
Bill Costello
Bob Cody
Don Smith
Feigenbaum
Waterloo man wins world championship coon hunt
Gary Hern of Waterloo won the World Championship Coon Hunt at the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds with his walker dog Dick. The top dog was selected from 635 entries. the 6year-old walker had been runner up the prior year. A world champion coon dog can earn about 50 000 dollars yearly in stud fees.
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Waterloo
du Quoin
Hern
Black Hawks top Gretzky in high scoring NHL win
Chicago Black Hawks outgun Wayne Gretzky and the Edmonton Oilers 7-5 as Darryl Sutter scores three and Keith Brown assists three. Rich Preston nets the late deciding goal at 3:27 to snap a 5-5 tie. Other NHL scores include Rangers over Blues 5-3 and Rockies top Jets 4-3.
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Associated Press
Chicago Black Hawks
Wayne Gretzky
Edmonton Oilers
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Gretzky
National Hockey League
Black Hawks
Chicago
Missouri anglers win Buddy Bass Tournament on Lake Kinkaid
Missouri pair Roger Beczkala and Gary March won the championship at Lake Kinkaid, earning 555 dollars for 7 pounds 14 ounces. Belleville duo Jim Schaltenbrand and Charles Rutledge took second with 7 pounds 7 ounces and 325 dollars, Earl and Helen Wolpert of Percy finished third with 6 pounds 12 ounces for 255 dollars. Donald Wilfong of O Fallon captured Big Bass with 6 pounds 6 ounces and 77 dollars. Seventy-six fishermen competed in the one day meet.
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Roger Beczkala
Gary Marchbanks
St. Louis
O'Fallon
Earl
Helen Wolpert
Percy
Donald Wilfong
O’fallon
Halbrook wins final 1-57 Drag Strip race in Benton
Jim Halbrook of Pevely Missouri captured the Su per Pro bracket crown at the 1-57 Drag Strip near Benton, earning 1000 dollars. Allen Begole Caseyville and Richard Priscoe Decatur followed. Dennis Ramsey West Frankfort won the Pro bracket race with John Dees Herrin taking second and Rob McCurdy West Frankfort fourth. Chris Corzine Dongola won the motorcycle eliminator with David McCarver Buncombe, Tom Counce Hurst and Steve Ehlers Energy close behind. Keystone finish by Kevin Wall Johnston City in the trophy eliminator. Final year race at I-57 Drag Strip. next event early March.
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Pevely
Benton
Halbrook
Allen Begole
Caseyville
Richard Priscoe
Decatur
Ken Frecker
Breese
Randy McMahon
Mount Vernon
Jeff Cook
Lesser
Tony Couder
Salem
Dennis Ramsey
West Frankfort
John Dees
Herrin
Rob McCurdy
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