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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 16, 1976

Page

7

MSU coach recommends firing one assistant in recruiting scandal

Michigan State football coach Denny Stolz urged firing Howard Weyers while recommending retention of Charlie Butler after NCAA sanctions. The board will decide Weyers's three year recruiting ban and Butler's one year off campus ban amid a three year probation for MSU.

East Lansing Mich Michigan State Denny Stolz Detroit Free Press MSU Board of Trustees Howard Weyers Charlie Butler National Collegiate Athletic Association NCAA MSU Stolz Butler Weyers Free Press The Jack Shingleton

Show of Pageantry Ends Winter Games

The 12th Winter Olympic Games closed with a pageant in Innsbruck as Lord Killanin declared the games over. Austria won the final event, the 90 meter ski jump, while the U S finished third with 10 medals. The Soviet Union led with 13 golds and 27 medals total, East Germany was second with seven golds. A Saturday night barroom brawl involving U S hockey players drew heavy attention.

Wick Temple Innsbruck International Olympic Committee Lord Killanin Ireland Lake Placid N.Y U.S United States Dorothy Hamill Sheila Young Peter Mueller Soviet Union East Germany Munich Montreal West Germany Pat Sullivan Sullivan Gary Ross Rouseau, Minn Robert Miller Bill

Trimble Loses to Buckeyes 71 61 in Saturday Tilt

Nelsonville York beat Trimble 71 to 61 as Mark Sullivan 22 and Rudy Schultz 20 led the Buckeyes while Mark Hunter and Mike Lewis both had 22 for Trimble. Trimble trailed by eight entering the final period and shot 40.4 percent to Nelsonville York’s 44.3.

Bill Gibbs Buchtel Trimble Tomcats Nelsonville York Virgil Grandy Tomcats Buckeyes Trimble Nelsonville-York Forrest Ervin Grandy Rudy Schultz Mark Sullivan Sullivan Schultz Mark Hunter Mike Lewis Tom Johnson Lewis Echstenkamper Gardner Hunter Faires Nelsonville- York Schiutz Runyon Call Johnson B. Sullivan M. Sullivan Trimber

Basketball Tourney Pairings Set Across Ohio Class A to AAA

The Athens area hosts Class AAA sectional games on Feb 27 28 and March 3 4 with Lancaster Athens Portsmouth Miami Trace Marietta and Chillicothe competing. Class AA at Coal Grove features Ironton Rock Hill Gallipolis Wellston South Point and Jackson with a March 6 final. Class A at Meigs lists North Gallia Eastern Southern Han nan Trace Kyger Creek and Kyger Creek foes with Ironton hosting the sectionals and finals. Top seeds and second seeds determine district berths to Rio Grande and Chillicothe districts.

Athens Lancaster Portsmouth Miami Trace Marietta Chillicothe Nelsonville-York Sheridan Meigs New Lexington Nelsonville-York-Sheridan Warren Local Rio Grande Coal Grove Ironton Rock Hill Wellston South Point Gallipolis Jackson Unicto Washington Court House Greenfield McClain Waverly Hillsboro Federal Hocking Waverly-Hillsboro Vinton County North Gallia Eastern Southern Hannan Trace Kyger Creek

Athens grapplers shine with two golds in quadrangular meet

In CHILLICOTHE, Athens beat Ironton 42 19 and Miami Trace 32 22 but fell to Chillicothe 38 15. Gary Keller 145 and Lorant Ipacs 155 went 3 0 for golds, while Craig Cummings 175 won two and tied one. Hawk 126 and Courant 167 each won twice but lost to Chillicothe.

Chillicothe Athens Ironton Miami Trace Gary Keller Lorant Spacs Craig Cummings Larry Hawk Jeff Courant Bruce Fenning Randy Bail Paul Schweichart Kevin Park Chris Garland Hawk John Jenkins Mark Rice Jim Stuckey Steve Ellis Ellis Jeff Keating Lorant Ipacs Kirt Stuckey Jack Rowe John Herlihy Jeff Coutant Dave Hennessy Coutant Tom Wilemen Rick Parker Jeff Caremer Cummings John Wills Steve Heiss John Burr Dwight West Jeff Kreibel West Dana Cousing

Rangers Dominate Kansas City in Monday NHL Action

In Monday hockey results the New York Rangers beat Kansas City 5 to 1 while Detroit topped Minnesota 5 to 3 and Chicago defeated Kansas City 4 to 5. Other scores include Washington 8 over Detroit 5 and Los Angeles 4 over Boston 4. Sundays saw California 7 Minnesota 3 and Islanders 3 Buffalo 1 with Philadelphia 2 Montreal remaining.

Washington Los Angeles Atlanta Buffalo Milwaukee Houston Boston Portland Seattle Detroit New York Cleveland Golden State N. Orleans New Orleans Phoenix Chicago Kansas City L. G. Detroit Denver San Anton G. State Kentucky L.A A Indiana S. Louis Virginia Kentucky Philadelphia New York Rangers Pittsburgh Toronto California St. Louis Vancouver Minnesota New York Islanders Montreal NY Island NY Rangers Vancur S Louis L Angeles Pitts Calif

Snead secures second San Diego Open title in sudden finish

J C Snead held a five shot lead as Don Bies surged, but Snead birdied the final hole to post 72 and 272 total at Torrey Pines, capturing the Andy Williams San Diego Open for the second year in a row. Bies, Morley, Crampton and January chased with 273–275 totals.

San Diego J.C. Snead Sam Snead Snead Torrey Pines Parries Mike Morley Bruce Crampton Don January Morley Crampton Bud Allin Miller Barber

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