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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 10, 1961

Page

13

Ohio high school hoops prune field to 96 teams

In Ohio 954 teams started and only 96 remain after the midweek round. District finals loom for 16 teams per class this weekend before regional play next week. Tonight and Saturday feature full schedules with top teams like Cleveland East Tech, Linden McKinley, and Newark seeking berths.

Columbus Ohio Cleveland East Tech Parma Cleveland West Tech Oberlin Columbus Linden Cleveland St. Joseph Cleveland East Eastlake Kent Dennison At_ Marion Marion Harding Norwalk Sandusky Mansfield St. Peter's Youngstown Salem Poland Akron South Akron North Akron Central Kent State Canton Canton McKinley Alliance Canton Lincoln Canton Lehman Athens Portsmouth Somerset Sheridan Ironton Chillicothe

OU Wrestlers Leave Two Spot Empty for Four I event

Ohio University will be represented by only two wrestlers at the 24th annual Four I championships in Cleveland. Sam Hathaway is out with a shoulder injury and Dave Gottdiener is sidelined with poison ivy. Captain Doug Ryan at 157 and Don Kotlan at 137 carry the OU bid, with Ryan having just won the conference crown and Kotlan runner up in the league meet.

Ohio University Cleveland Sam Hathaway Dave Gottdiener Hathaway Gottdiener Poison Ivy Doug Ryan Whiz Don Kotlan Bobcat Ryan Kotlan Ken Bill Pierson

Fight Results Los Angeles Boxer Stops Billy Thomas

Los Angeles fighter El Escobar knocked out Billy Thomas in San Francisco. The bout ended in the eighth round as Escobar secured the decisive KO.

Los Angeles al Escobar Redondo Beach Calif Billy Thomas San Francisco

Redlegs Open With Purkey in Tampa Exhibition

Bob Purkey, the Reds' 1960 winningest pitcher with a 17-11 record and 3.59 ERA, was set to start the opener against the Pirates in Tampa. He is noted as a hard-working member of Cincinnati's pitching staff entering spring training.

Tampa Fla Bob Purkey Cincinnati Reds Pittsburgh Purkey

Kentucky 88 Vanderbilt 67 in SEC playoff

Kentucky beats Vanderbilt 88 to 67 in the SEC playoff game. St John’s defeats NYU 76 to 64. Oklahoma State 60 Oklahoma 47. Marquette 77 Xavier 74. Manhattan 78 Fordham 69.

Kentucky Vanderbilt St. John’s NYU Okla State Oklahoma Marquette Xavier Manhattan Fordham

Ohio U Hockey Faces Dayton in Final Game for Crown

Ohio University sticks with its JV squad as it hosts Dayton University at Bird Arena at 2 p.m. on Saturday. OU leads the league with 10 points, tied with Ferris, while Dayton aims to spoil. Ron Hill trails the scoring title with 20 points as OU eyes sole possession of the Wilson Trophy.

Ohio Intercollegiate Hockey Association Ohio University Icers Dayton University Bird Arena Flyers Bobcats Fenn Ohioans John McComb McComb Dayton Bobbittens Ron Hill Hill John Becker Sid Burton Fleet Dick Hendrie Bing Carlson Becker Burton

NBA Thursday Friday results headline roundup

National Basketball Association scores show Philadelphia defeating New York 135 to 126 and Boston beating Detroit 119 to 118. Syracuse won 129 to 119 over St. Louis with other games listed for Friday and Saturday including Cincinnati at Los Angeles and Philadelphia at St. Louis.

National Basketball Assn Philadelphia New York Boston Detroit Syracuse St. Louis Ft. Wayne Cincinnati Los Angeles

Bowling results and standings from Athens and Nelsonville leagues

Team Belk Simpson and Beasley Mathews each claim two wins in a set of sectional matches. Abdella's Truck tops Decker's One Stop with a 4 0 score. Athens Appl and TV loses to Commonwealth Tele while Abdella's Truck posts high single 1004 team high 2866. Other leagues show Royal McBee high scores and top averages among men and women.

Beasley & Mathews Abdella Athens Decker Belk Simpson Commonwealth Tele Commonwealth Apdella Micha Norn Nelsonville Midnite Inn L. Steele P. Vozel Pat Vozel Mary Blackburn Nancy Nixon Janet Harris Pat Bumgardner Ted Voigt Larry Steele Mike Bishop PJ Blackburn John Beachman

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