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— x —x— — x — -x-» —- X —Waugh Hopes For Winning Seasonend I akerLhenerHere111fr:tThe Mt. Vernon Community College Warriors never put together a winning basketball; season. Now we call it Rend Lake College — and maybe things will be different.IPassing Game Beats VernoisCarbondale SophsAt least big Jm Waugh,tarting his second season asoach of the Warriors, is a bitptimistic.Ills ItfMiri Lake eager* opt n a tuii^h regular hv sc hedule of Ml g a ni e *gfilmt Of* 11\ Ik* Collej, •next Mi»n(’,i\ night, Nov. 30 in V« rnlt; in G\rn.ShadeRams\\\ MIKE PAYNEfI2triiIr/After the Greenville opener, the Warriors jump into a tirst-class invitational tourney at Robe rt Morris College in Carthage, 111, on Doc. 1*2. Thattourney will include some junior college teams ranked high in national standings last year.Meat while coach Waugh is vvorkir with a 17-man squad,equipped with height but boasting ju^t two lettermen from last season.a tie Seven TheThe IWO Mt. Vernon War rior team finish* d \\ ith an Hi 8 record tor the year. Mt. \ i nn»n rompil* d a 5*5 mark for third plan* in the Southern Illinois College Conference.Best record ever for a Mt Vernon Warner varsity was a10-10 break-even finish undercoach J. D. Shields. Lee Vear-wood was top scorer on that finest Warrior squad.Gary Bur/\ii*kl, 6 2, of Sesser, is the onl regular returning from the PM16 unit. The other l*tt»Tin m hack is Dunn Wwmr, of Benton.Jlt;o Non s, of Walt* mile, and Gary Hefner, of Mt. Vernon, are sophomores working out who did no’ cam letters last season.The Ml Vernon sophomore Rams dropped their season finale last night on Bleyer Field, as the uni eaten CarbondaleTerries handed them a 26-14 defeat.It was the fourth setback compared to three wins tins year for coaches Sonny Ellisand Will Lee.The victory gave Carbondale with Centraiia for South Conference honors.Terries jumped out to an early lead in the game, as they racked up a quick sevenpoints before the Rams couldturn around. Mt. Vernon fumbled Carbondale's kickoff on the Ram 20 yard line, where a Terrier player engulfed the pigskin and promptely scampered into the end-zone for tiie touch-down. Tlie PAT was good and Carbondale led 7-0.7*7 At llalftimeThe Rams came back when the Terriers gave up the hall on downs on their ow n 2a yard line. The rams moved steadily to the Cdale eight, where freshman, Ronnie Henderson, hard-running halfback for the Hamlets, bulldozed his way in for the score. The PAT was good, and tlx* score stood at 7-7 where it remained until the second half.Cdale m ved into the lead,due to the brilliant passing oftheir quarterback as he fired a TD pass early in the 3rdquarter The PAT attempt failed.Hum* I^ead 11 13Ram quart* rbalt; k DarrellGray moved the Mt Vernon rlt ven to the Terrier two-yard line, after the CdaJe kickoff, and sneaked in f r the score. Henderson rumbled in for the extra point and the Rams heldslim 14-13 lead.The Carbondale underclassmen. displayed an outstanding quart* rhack - end duo, similarto the Terrier Varsity unit’sfearsome twosome composed of Lob Panky and Steve Cochran. Led by the fine passing attack,C dale’s offense clicked for another Terrier touchdown and later iced the game on another outstanding pass play that resulted in another Terrier score. Varsity Prospect*Sophomores who have seen regular action this year and will probably move up the varsity level next year include: Jim Clark, Dennis Capps, Jim Dial, John Ke lley, Dale Moore, Jim McKenzie, Gary James, Eddie James, Ken I i Primo, Kick Wells, Darrell Gray. Gary Wangler Danny Mosier, SteveWat kin son, Mickey McDonald,Brett Gibbs.CrcIt*sc1It1]Rockets FinallyPost VictoryNewcomen on the 17 man squad are:Bob Allen. * rBill Bullard, Mt. Vernon Steve Chapman, Wood lawn Eddie Johnson, Wayne City Mark MaUne, Mt, VerminG Morvan Walt m lieSU v» ■ Sevens k i, B« nton I^arry Stonecipher, Mt. Vernon Tom Taylor, Tamarot Denver Tolbert, Z-Koyalton Jerry Minton, Z-Koyalton Danny White, Wayne CityWayne Grant Mt VernonTallest of the Warriors isTolbert, v 6 5 h.r Her • n s Sevanski Is close at 6-41 a Pour ither of \\ ao h s candidates are al it 6and All* n are good prospects to see lots of action, ’ Waughadded.Hen ’s the Rend Lake College schedule:Nov. 20 -Greenville . Here Dec, 1-2 Robert Morns Tourney at Carthage, 111Doc. 5- Belleville ThereDec. 8 Kaskaskia .. ...... 'ThereDue. 12 Southeastern Doc, 11 Fiorrissant Valleyhi SpnnglielcDec. 19 Hike Hind Jan. 4—GreenvilleJan. 5- Olnoy .Jan. 8 Wabash ValleyHe I eThere Th* re HereThereThereTie reIan 11—«Springfield ifort“As nf n-w, * mi r startingfive would roie is! ,? Bur-i \ nsid 1 Malm, at forwards, I oIIm rt »t n mu,and 'I mton ami lohn*on «tguard- mki tlit- Jb ridLake coarii.lt;4W) u Cf p.nan, GrantJan. IT Danville Jan. 16 -Fiorrissant Valley —...Jan 24 111. State(frosh) ____Jan. 30 Kaskaskia ..Feb. 1 Belleville Feb. 6 Wabash Valles Feb. 8 Land Lake13 ()lnlt; vI V- Southeast17 - DanvilleTh* reHere• -Feb.Feb.Feb.There1 h reI fere 1 IereTiiere H** re ThereJ lureSEATTLE (AP) — In theirfirst 10 homes games this season. the San Diego Rockets av-ura yM about 5,000 fans and lost all 10 games.In their 11th game at home Thursday night, only 3,162 fans showed up at the San Da go International Sports Arena, but this time the Roohcti won — a *19-91 National Basketball Association victory over the ChicagoBulls.It was the only NBA gameplavc d.A jump shot and a la yin by ' V-is and a jumper byGreen with about two minutes to play pulled the Rockets ahead after the Lulls dosed towithin two at 87-85.Five NBA games art on fopfor Friday night.St Duns and Philadelphia book up in the first game of adoubleheader at Baltimore. Thesecond game is D»s Angeles-Baltimore. Cincinnati is at Bos*’ ' . Stn Diego at Seattle andChe ago pl.iys San Francisco at• tkiandHigh Quail Count
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