Bucky Dent

Johnston City

Sports Writer at The Southern Illinoisan

Full-time freelance sportswriter, covering mostly SIU sports. Umpire, jack of some trades and awesomely sarcastic according to a friend.

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Articles

Jake Paul vs. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.: Odds, Picks, and Best Bets

20 hours ago | deadspin.com | Bucky Dent

Middleweight Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. steps into the boxing ring Saturday night with Jake Paul in the latest lap on his tour of past-their-prime punchers. Paul had his hand raised after a staredown with Mike Tyson in November, when the 58-year-old heavyweight legend looked his age and struggled to connect or land a clean punch on Paul. Chavez Jr. is 19 years younger than Tyson, but the 39-year-old isn’t exactly in his physical prime or at top form.
Hatton settling in as new Crab Orchard boys coach

2 weeks ago | thesouthern.com | Bucky Dent

MARION — Before his new boys basketball team took the floor on Monday morning, Tyler Hatton asked every player with varsity experience to raise their hand. He could count them on one hand and leave the thumb down. kAm“x 92G6 @?6 DE2CE6C 324< 7C@> =2DE J62C[” 96 D2:5 |@?52J]k^AmkAm(9:49 >2<6D 6G6?ED =:<6 |@?52J’D 52J 42>A 2E |2C:@? w:89 $49@@= 6G6? >@C6 4C:E:42= 7@C w2EE@?[ H9@ :D ?@H CF??:?8 @?6 @7 E96 36EE6C D>2==\D49@@= AC@8C2>D :?
Kollbaum leads 'Blue' team to win in SICA All-Star game

2 weeks ago | bvmsports.com | Bucky Dent

MOUNT VERNON - If Samuel Kollbaum wore his uniform for a while after Friday night's SICA All-Star football game, it was certainly understandable. After all, the Nashville star's athletic career ended with the last carry of a good high school career.
Kollbaum leads 'Blue' team to win in SICA All-Star game

2 weeks ago | thesouthern.com | Bucky Dent

MOUNT VERNON — If Samuel Kollbaum wore his uniform for a while after Friday night’s SICA All-Star football game, it was certainly understandable. After all, the Nashville star’s athletic career ended with the last carry of a good high school career. kAmu:EE:?8=J[ z@==32F> D4@C65 2 E@F495@H? H:E9 a ½ >:?FE6D =67E[ D62=:?8 E96 q=F6 E62>’D ah\`h H:? @G6C E96 (9:E6 @?
Teutopolis rallies past Du Quoin at super-sectional

3 weeks ago | thesouthern.com | Bucky Dent

CARBONDALE — There are heartbreaking losses and then there’s how Du Quoin’s baseball team ended its season Monday night at the Class 2A Carbondale Super-Sectional. Ahead 5-0 in the bottom of the fifth with righthander Dedrick Melvin absolutely dealing, the Indians found out the hard way that Teutopolis is never out of a game. kAm%96 (@@56? $9@6D D4@C65 E9C66 E:>6D :? E96 7:7E9 2?5 E9C66 >@C6 :? E96 D6G6?E9 7@C 2 DEF??:?8 e\d H:?]k^AmkAm|:?FE6D 27E6C A:?49\9:EE6C %6282?
'This isn't by accident': Pawnee baseball mounts another comeback to reach state finals

3 weeks ago | sj-r.com | Bucky Dent

CARBONDALE — Veteran Pawnee coach Chris Hennemann referred to his team as dogs. It was appropriate that they barked loudest at the home of the Salukis. Rallying from a 4-1 deficit, Pawnee earned its first berth in the Class 1A semifinals Monday, June 2, edging Waltonville 5-4 in the Carbondale Super-Sectionals at SIU’s Itchy Jones Stadium.
Spartans can't hold late lead, fall to Pawnee

3 weeks ago | thesouthern.com | Bucky Dent

CARBONDALE — Waltonville/Sesser-Valier led 4-1 in the fourth inning Monday and was two outs away from its first trip to the Class 1A state semifinals in 40 years. That only made the eventual 5-4 loss to Pawnee tougher to swallow for Spartan players and coaches. kAm%96 =2DE @7 7:G6 6CC@CD[ 2 @?6\9@A E9C@H 7C@> D64@?5 E92E 3@F?465 A2DE 42E496C w2J56? |4|FCC2J 2?5 H6?E E@ E96 324<DE@A[ D4@C65 E96 EJ:?8 2?5 H:??:?8 CF?D H:E9 @?6 @FE :? E96 E@A @7 E96 D6G6?E9]k^AmkAm“%@ 2? @=5 >2?
Redbirds strike first, but Du Quoin recovers to win title

3 weeks ago | thesouthern.com | Bucky Dent

DU QUOIN — They made three errors in a four-batter stretch in the bottom of the third inning, gifting underdog West Frankfort a 3-0 lead. Then they left the bases loaded in the fourth and left a man at third in the fifth, insuring they would face the last six outs of their season down at least 3-1. kAmp?5 ?@?6 @7 :E >2EE6C65 7@C sF "F@:?] }@E 27E6C :E D4@C65 D6G6? CF?D :? E96 D:IE9 :??:?8 E@ 62C? 2? g\c H:?
Red Bud hangs tough but falls to defending state champ Carterville in sectional semifinal

1 month ago | stltoday.com | Bucky Dent

MURPHYSBORO, Ill. — It was a numbers game Wednesday for the Red Bud softball team. The dynamic dozen, as coach Brian Boeving calls his squad, was playing in its first Class 2A sectional in 12 years. But Carterville’s powerful No. 7, righthanded pitcher Caidence Phillips, struck out 13 hitters and allowed just three hits in the Lions’ 3-1 victory that ended the Musketeers’ season at 25-8. “There’s no shame in going toe to toe with the best pitcher in Illinois and keeping it close,” Boeving said.
Lions nip it in the 'Bud to advance to sectional finals

1 month ago | thesouthern.com | Bucky Dent

MURPHYSBORO — The bullseye remains intact for Carterville’s softball team. The defending Class 2A champions rode a three-run third inning and Caidence Phillips’ dominant pitching Wednesday to a 3-1 win over Red Bud in the semifinals of the Murphysboro Sectional. kAm%96 C6DF=E 25G2?465 E96 {:@?D Wae\cX E@ E96 D64E:@?2= 7:?2= 2E ?@@? $2EFC52J 282:?DE p??2\y@?6D3@C@] %96J C@FE65 E96 (:=542ED `a\_ =2DE >@?E9 :? 2 >2CBF66 >2E49FA :?