Wheatley Aims For No 4 State Title In Texas
In Austin AP report Wheatley seeks a historic fourth straight state schoolboy basketball title against Cypress Fairbanks after a 110 92 semifinal win over San Antonio Sam Houston. Wheatley set a single game scoring record, while Sam Houston led by Ronald Williams 33 and Willie Hodge 28 in a 21 game win streak snapped.
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Ganders Win In Tourney In Galveston
GALVESTON Texas Sp Robert BE Lee opened the Galveston tournament with a 30 victory over OConnell while Kent Smith earned his first win of the season as Richard Garcia hit a two run homer. Don Chambers pitched a no hitter for Houston Lee against Galveston Ball. Milby defeated Texas City 9-2 and Saint Thomas beat La Marque 4-3 with Milby facing Houston Lee at 1 p.m. and the St Thomas winner vs the other at 5 p.m.
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Eagles fifth in Rebel Relays meet at night
HOUSTON Barbers Hill finished fifth in the third annual Rebel Relays with 46 points. St Johns led with 160 points, Wallis 77, Alief 64, Danbury 48. David Eaves won the pole vault at 11 feet, Rodney Porter and Beaver Trousdale tied for second at 10 feet 6 inches. Keith Elliott placed second in both the shot put 43 feet 8 3/4 inches and discus 120 feet 8 inches. Ricky Moore was third in the mile with 4 minutes 52.9 seconds.
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Sterling Wins Meet At Texas City Freshman Meet
Sterling spread athletic dominance at the Texas City freshman track event scoring 179 points to outpace La Porte 145 and La Marque 87. Winners for Sterling included Larry Nettles in the 880 at 2 11.8, Jeff Goodin in the 120 high hurdles in 16.9, Jim Walmsley with a 5 08.7 in the mile, Sammy Singleton discus 145-5, and the two mile relay in 9 16.9 with legs Layne Martin, Frank Beenstra, Walmsley and Nettles.
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Robby To Pilot Stars Robby To Pilot Stars
Frank Robinson leads an all star squad against the Yankees in Fort Lauderdale as he pilots his first major league managing chance with players from several teams. The piece also notes spring results and player injuries across multiple teams and camps.
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Mustangs Take Swim Lead At Southwest Meet
Southern Methodist led Texas 374 to 246 midway through the Southwest Conference swimming meet in Austin. Arkansas star Jerry Shannon upset SMU ace Jerry Heidenreich in the 200 yard butterfly, clocking 1:56.5 to Heidenreich 1:56.8, while SMU’s Ronnie Mills set a meet record of 53.3 in the 100 yard backstroke and swam on SMU’s winning 800 yard freestyle relay. Arkansas held third with 144 points, Texas Tech 162, Texas A&M 129, Rice 52, and Texas Christian 32.
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