It’s Christmastime in 1973! Grown kids have traveled home to spend time with family, stores are offering last-minute sales, and holiday dances and open houses are plentiful!
The space nerds poured into town by the thousands in NASA T-shirts, booking every last hotel room but leaving them empty. Instead they double-parked on roadsides and bridges, pitched prohibited tents in parks and slept in running cars. Diehards staked spots along the banks of the Indian River a full day early.
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Coach aims to ‘build a program and not just a season’
Greg Shashack, gshashack@thetelegraph.com
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Alton’s Khaliyah Goree (right) handles the ball against pressure from Edwardsville’s Quierra Love during last season’s SWC girls basketball game in January at Lucco-Jackson Gym in Edwardsville.Matt Kamp / Hearst IllinoisShow MoreShow Less
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Alton’s Renee Raglin (left) puts up a shot against Calhoun during a 2018 Jersey Holiday Tournament game at Havens Gym in Jerseyville. Raglin, who did not play last season, is expected to return for her senior season with the Redbirds if prep basketball plays this winter.Greg Shashack / The TelegraphShow MoreShow Less