Gander Dynasty Toppled Trojans Cup Loop Track Championship
South Houston Trojans upset the Ganders to win the district track title at Memorial Stadium as REL lost grip late. Key performances came from Ricky Lindberg and Jimmy White for South Houston, and Geno Salinas and Mike Martinez for REL, with Deer Park denying Ganders' mile relay win and the Ganders settling for runner status as regional qualifiers loom.
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Sun Sports
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Errors Lift BP To Win Shippers Rip Ganders 7 3
Freeport Exporters top Baytown Ganders 7 to 3 as reserves prevail. Samway fends off early runs with solid pitching before six third inning runs boost the Exporters and Barringer finishes four frames. Paul Ramirez stars with a double and Beers adds a run scoring double, while Pratts homer caps the late rally.
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Ricky Burch
Bobby Samway
Samway
Samoyway
Scott Barringer
Jimmy Sheats
Larry Volkening
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Max Thomas
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I Samway
Barringer
Lloyd Murrell
Don Tarkington
Danny Beers
Valkening
Fred Koppe
Ronnie Lozano
David Pratt
Pratt
Phillie Ford
Burch
Mike Henderson
Rupert Garcia
Scott Barringet
Garcia
Dean Littlepage
Richard Lopez
Texans Sweep District JV Cinder Competition
The Sam Rayburn Texans won the junior varsity district track meet at Menora Stadium with 103 points, South Houston second with 81, Sterling third with 55.5. Rangers benefitted from David Barron, Tim Stone, Beni Goofarth, and Bryan Fullen with a 3:37.8 mile relay, 19.4 broad jump, and 52.8 quarter.
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Tim Stone
Beni Gooffarth
Bryan Fullen
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David Webb
John Strown
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Jerry Hatch
Stone
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Steve Nelson
Jaster Ends Dodger Scoreless Streak in St Louis Victory
Larry Jaster limited the Dodgers to a lone run over 52 2 3 innings as St Louis built an 8 0 lead. Jeff Torborg sacrificed Lefebvre home for the drought-ending run. Jaster lasted into the eighth before Dick Hughes finished. Cards scored in three innings 1st 3rd 6th while other NL and AL games noted.
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Associated Press
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Clevelland
Ricky Brazell Earns Berth In Semifinals
Mont Belvieu's Ricky Brazell advanced to the semifinals at the C. E. King varsity tennis meet on North Shore as rain postponed the finals to April 28. He defeated Freddy Walters 6-4 6-3 in the opening round, then beat Paul Causey 4-6 7-5 6-3 after a split first two sets. Doubles from Anahuac, Tommy Fahring and A Williamson, beat Keith Elliott and Tommy Grimes 4-6 6-1.
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Deer Park shuts out Galveston to take south zone lead
Halord Moore blanked Galveston 3-0 in one hour and 20 minutes, allowing three hits and three baserunners as Deer Park moves atop the south zone against Brazosport. Key hits came from Moore, Pearce, and Newman, with a fourth inning rally sealing the win. Texas City beat La Marque 2-1 as Rob Roberts earned the win. South Houston beat Rayburn 20, keeping zone hopes while Ganders lost 7-3 to Brazosport.
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RBI
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Stings
Larry Roberts
Texas ‘City
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Langford
Morton
Harris County
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Tigers
Morris
Meadows
Port Bend
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Rayburn
Texans
Robert McCrory
Gary Grant
Kenny Waitable
Trojan
Pat Alley
Johnny Lewis
Sterling
Pasadena
Ganders
Sunday Signup Date Deadline For Teens
Sunday is the signing deadline for Junior Optimist sponsored teen league baseball. The Goors of the Optimist building on Market across from Robert E. Lee High School opens at 1 pm and closes at 4 pm to fill 75 openings for a teen program.League games run Monday through Saturday at Memorial Stadium. two games per week per team.
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Memorial Stadium
Goose Creek host to 110 teams in member guest event
Goose Creek Country Club hosts a May 19 20 21 member guest tournament with 110 teams and 220 golfers chasing a 1967 Pontiac Firebird as the ace prize from Baytown Motors. Practice day set for May 18. Pro Bobby Brooks requires guest handicaps by May 10 and Paul Hann the famed trick shot artist appears May 19 with an evening party for participants.
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Goose Creek Country Club
Baytown Motors
Bobby Brooks
Paul Hann
Shelton Stars For Rice In Spring Grid Game
Rice football intrasquad spring game ends 31 8 with Grays defeating Blues. Robbie Shelton scores three rushing TDs and adds a 147 passing yards on 14 completions while L W Benningfield adds a 3 yard field goal and four extra points. Bob Hailey connects 26 yards to Dickie Phillips for the Blues.
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L .W. Benningfield
Wayne Kennedy
Bob Hailey
Dickie Phillips
Shelton
Astros bomb Reds for third win of year
Astros beat the Reds 2 to snap a brief skid. Pointer. Mathews. Feiner homered for Houston. Mathews tied Lou Gehrig for sixth on the all time list with his homer. Claude Raymond slammed the door with six strong innings relief. Bob Wilson earned the win in his first major league start.
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Lou Gehrig
Claude Raymond
Reds
Bob Wilson
Texas Keeps SWC Lead With 2-1 Win
Texas, Southern Methodist and Texas Christian battled in an uneven SWC baseball weekend. Texas held the lead after a 2-1 win over Rice in a seventh inning rally. SMU crushed Baylor 22-0 behind Mike Livingstone's four hits, staying second. TCU edged Texas A&M on homers by Mickey Yates and Bill Ferguson.
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