Shamrocks Rally To 63 62 Tourney Victory
Pacelli trailed 52 42 with 6:58 left but a late surge, led by Jahr Lobb Leimbeck Wistreill and Miller, propelled the Shamrocks to a 63 62 win over St Louis Park Benilde in the Pacelli Holiday Tournament final. Dan Manning led Benilde with 18 as Pacelli earned its fourth tourney title in seven years and moved to 7 3.
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John Kolb
Herald
Lee Koll
Pacelli
Shamrocks
St. Louis Park Benilde
Austin High Gym
Maplewood Hill
Mpls
Central
Benilde
Red Knights
Mike Lobb
Barry Heise
Don Wistreill
Dan Leimbeck
Jim Jahr
Nets
Lobb
Miller
Bill Manning
Jahr
Leimbeck
Dan Manning
Little
Austin High
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Minnesota
Austin High Gridders
St. Louis Park
LeRoy
Southland
FT. Tp, Jahr
D. Manning
Heise Et Wright
Lobby Bowden
B. Manning
Wistreill
Milton
O'Donnell
Kocik
Thomas
Mahoney
Benilde If
Ae Pacelli
Top Area Sports Story of 1966
Blooming Prairie's upset over Austin in the finals of the District Two basketball tournament is selected as the Top Area Sports Story of the Year after reviewing 1966 area highlights. It caps a year featuring Lerud's scoring feats, regional titles, and coaching changes across the region.
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Blooming Prairie
Austin
Red Wing
Winona
Clay Terrell title bout chaos at Garden press confab
At Madison Square Garden a heated clash between Cassius Clay and Ernie Terrell erupted during a publicity event. The men exchanged taunts and challenged each other as cameras rolled, amid plans to broadcast the Houston Astrodome bout.
Clay weighs three 15 round bouts in one night plan
Cassius Clay proposes a June Washington title defense with opponents including Liston Patterson Spencer Fraser Folley Mathis and Patterson and muses about three 15 round bouts in a single evening and possibly retirement after the event He plans to box Ernie Terrell on Feb 6 and has adopted the name Muhammad Ali.
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Washington
Cassius Clay
Sonny Liston
Floyd Patterson
Clay
Bob Addie
Washington Post
Addie
Goldie Ahearn
Ernie Terre
Houston
Ali
Muhammad Ali
Thad Spencer
Joe Fraser
Zora Folley
Buster Mathis
Patterson
Liston
Folley
Spencer
Bowling Top Five in Austin and Echo Leagues
In Austin Bowl Eagles League Hank Breden 362 Dale Hubbard 361 Lon Wakefield 546 C Brentow ing 538 J Perry 531 led. Echo Major League 5 Burney 580 L Adams 553 Z Sather 546 B Jorkenson 538 W Milton 533. Echo Eagles League A Remke 548 Heimerman 546 Joseph 542 Siever 537 Wene net 35 dollars.
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Hank Breden
Dale Hubbard
Lon Wakefield
C. Brentowing
J. Perry
Echo Lanes Echo
Burney
L. Adams
Sather
B. Jorgenson
W. Milton
Echo Eagles
A. Remke
Heimerman
G. Joseph
L. Siever
DO. Wene
Hill Pioneers rally to 62 46 win in Pacelli tourney
Hill High School’s Pioneers defeated Bethlehem Bethlehem 62 46 at the Austin High Gym in the Pacelli Holiday Tourney consolation. Gary Stanoch scored 21, Al Schmitz led Bethlehem with 11 as Hill snapped a six game skid to reach 2 7.
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Maplewood Hill
Terry Strong
Pioneers
Faribault Bethlehem
Austin High Gym
Pacelli
Hill
Cardinals
Bethlehem
Mike Cashman
Cards
Gary Stanoch
al Schmitz
Alcindor powered UCLA past Wisconsin in LA Classic
UCLA led by Lew Alcindor thrashed Wisconsin 100-56 in the Los Angeles Classic. He scored 24 points with 16 rebounds and multiple blocks as UCLA opened strong in the tournament. Elsewhere Kentucky’s Adolph Rupp saw the Wildcats fall 92-77 to Cornell at home. Cincinnati beat St Joseph’s Indiana 94-66 in a separate game.
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Associated Press
UCLA
Kentucky
Adolph Rupp
Uclans
Lew Alcindor
Wisconsin
Lexington
Rupp
Wildcats
Cornell
Alcindor
Badger
Georgia Tech
Michigan
Pres Judy
Western Kentucky
Miami
Providence
St. Joseph's
New York
Friars
Packers and Anoka to meet in first basketball clash
Austin High Packers and Anoka High Tornadoes meet in a non conference game at Anoka High Gym marking their first basketball encounter. Both squads resume action after a short layoff with Austin at 5 2 and Anoka at 3 2 led by brothers Doug and Greg Dehn in the Anoka lineup.
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Packers
Anoka
Oscar Haddorff
Austin High Packers
Bill Wanamaker
Anoka High Tornadoes
Anoka High
Austin
North
Albert Lea
Tornadoes
Mounds View
Mils
South
Owatonna
Faribault
Winona
Richfield
Red Wing
Blossoms Top Elk River in Medford Tourney
Blooming Prairie opened with a 33-14 first quarter burst and held on to defeat Elk River 68-65 in the Medford holiday tournament semifinal. Jim Turner scored 25 for Blooming Prairie, with Larry Worke 15 and Dean Seaton 14, while Tom Ostdy had 26 for Elk River. The Blossoms meet Claremont in the final.
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Medford
Minn
Blooming Prairie
Elk River
Blossoms
Blooming
Claremont
Jim Poole
Jim Turner
Larry Worke
Dean Seaton
Tom Ostdy
Blooming Pr
Larson
Harms
Hetrick
Hermon
Gophers Capture St Paul Ice Title
Mike Crupi netted a second hat trick in two nights to lead the Minnesota Gophers past Michigan State 9-3 and win a second straight St Paul Collegiate Hockey Classic. Crupi scored three goals with two each by Jack Dale and Don Fraser as Minnesota built early leads and Crupi was named tournament MVP.
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ST. Paul
Mike Crupi
Minnesota Gophers
Michigan State
Crupi
Jack Dale
Don Fraser
Gophers
Bruins Tie Canadiens 1-1 in NHL Wednesday night
The Poston Bruins and the Montreal Canadiens finished 1-1 in the lone NHL game on Wednesday night. Both teams earned a point as the action wrapped at the arena.
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Poston Bruins
Montreal Canadiens
Pacelli claims tourney honorees at Austin High Gym
Five players earned all tourney honors after the 7th annual Pacelli holiday tournament at the Austin High Gym. Kneeling from Pacelli are Jim Jahr and Dan Leimbeck, with teammates Dan Manning, Dave Bowden, Benilde, and Gary Stanoch from Moalewood Hill and St. Louis Park joining in the all tourney lineup.
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Dick Wright
Pacelli
Benilde
Shamrocks
St. Paul Cretin
Cretin
Leimbeck
Jahr
Dan Manning
Bowden
Benide
Gary Stanach
Maplewood Hill
Austin High Gym
Jim Jahr
Dan Leimbeck
Champion
Dave Bowden
St. Louis Park Benilde
Gary Stanoch
Moalewood Hill
Minnesota Teams Reach Championship Games in Holiday Tourneys
Bemidji State St Cloud State and Gustavus Adolphus reach finals in separate events. Bemidji beats Jamestown 97 77 to reach Northern Invitational final vs Northern. St Cloud defeats Pittsburg State 88 65 to face Ham Scott in Granite City Classic final. Gustavus Adolphus edges St Olaf 81 73 to advance to Luther College title game.
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Bemidji
St. Cloud
Gustavus
Associated Press
Bemidji State
St. Cloud State
Gustavus Adolphus
Mark Carlin
Jamestown
N.D
College
Aberdeen
S.C
Beavers
Northern
Minnesota - Morris
Pittsburg
Kan
State
Hiram Scott
Nebraska
Rockhurst College of Kansas City
St. Thomas
Eastern Illinois
Tommies
Otterbein
Ohio
St. John’s
Austin Juvenile Hockey Team Hosts Owatonna Tonight
The Austin Juvenile hockey team returns home at Kaufman Rink to seek its second win of the season hosting Owatonna at 7 30 p m The team fell 5 4 in overtime to Albert Lea Wednesday with goals by Tom Walsh twice Tom Trimble once and Roger Schaefer Goalie Tom Slupe made 27 saves as coach George Hangge’s squad drops to 1 5.
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Austin
Owatonna
Kaufman Rink
Tom Slupe
George Hangge
Two unbeaten teams top first small college AP poll
Kentucky Wesleyan leads the initial AP small college basketball ranking with seven first place votes and 115 points, followed by Cheyney State with one first place vote and 99 points. The Top Ten includes Southern Illinois, Akron, Tennessee State, Pan American, Indiana State, Grambling, San Diego State, and Ark. AM&N.
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Associated Press
Kentucky Wesleyan
Cheyney State of Pennsylvania
Cheyney State
Panthers
Southern Illinois
Akron
Tenn. State
Pan American
Indiana State
Grambling
San Diego State
Ark
Am&n
76ers Rally Past Celtics for 31st Straight Home Win
Philadelphia 113 Boston 108 as Will Chamberlain nets 24 points 9 assists and 32 rebounds. Billy Cunningham adds 23 points while Paul Neumann scores 30. Emmette Bryant Howie Komives hold Jerry West scoreless in Knicks 29 point win.
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Philadelphia
Alex Hannum
Philadelphia 76Ers
Boston
National Basketball Association
76Ers
Celtics
San Francisco
Baltimore
New York
Los Angeles
Hannum
Billy Cunningham
Will Chamberlain
Cunningham
Paul Neumann
Rick Barry
Gus Johnson
Don Ohl
Emmette Bryant
Howie Komives
Jerry West
Knicks
Lakers
West
Willis Reed
Gophers Fall to Oregon in Far West Tourney
In Portland Oregon John Pinkstaff led Oregon to a 67 60 victory over Minnesota in the Far West Classic semifinalists Washington State would face Oregon in the other semifinal The Gophers Tom Kondla scored 16 points with Paul Presthus adding 13 at halftime Minnesota heads to the consolation round versus West Virginia after a 32 32 halftime deadlock and a late surge by Paul Presthus with four points in the final 30 seconds
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Portland
Ore
John Pinkstaff
University of Oregon
Minnesota
Washington State
West Virginia
Oregon
University of Washington
Indiana
Pinkstaff
Tom Kondla
Paul Presthus
Gophers
Wayne Barry
Barry
Nick Jones
St. Louis
Oregon State
Top Ten Iowa Sports Stories of 1966 AP poll highlights
The Associated Press lists ten Iowa sports stories for 1966. Notables include Iowa’s new coach finishing last in the Big Ten football race, Clay Stapleton’s contract at Iowa State, Waterloo East winning a mythical state title, Marshalltown taking the state high school basketball crown, Eppie Barney and Tim Van Galder’s famed passing duo, and conferences realigning. Also noted are Iowa’s basketball third in the Big Ten, renewed athletic relations between Iowa and Iowa State at the freshmen level, Everly’s girls basketball title, and Iowa State wrestlers failing to repeat as NCAA champions.
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James Mittun
Austin State Junior College
Albert Lea
Austin High
Austin
Des Moines
Iowa
Associated Press
Waterloo East
Marshalltown
Eppie Barney
Tim van Galder
Iowa State
Everly
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Pioneer Press Weekly
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Elvin Hayes
Don Charney
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