High School Basketball Roundup of Region 8 and Conference Play
Weekend schedule features East Grand Forks at Stephen and Bemidji at Fergus Falls. Laporte hosts Hill City in a key early clash, with several Northland and Pine To Prairie matchups. Leaders Litthefork Redlake Blackduck tied atop standings as Ada and Warren games loom. Notable performances include Charlie Potter 19 for Crookston and 38 by LeRoy Jensen of Twin Valley. Thief River Falls suffer key loss with Rande Smith out indefinitely.
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East Grand Forks
Stephen
Bemidji
Fergus Falls
Thief River Falls
Detroit Lakes
Laporte
Hill City
Wildcats
Backus
Nevis
St. Louis
Cherry
Litthefork
Cass Lake
Walker
Redlake
Blackduck
Northome
Remer
Kelliher
Bagley
Fosston
Ada
Lone Pine
N.C
Warren
Kennedy
Tri County
Mentor
Clearbrook
Erskine
Gonvick
McIntosh
Okloe
Brainerd
Moorhead
Little Falls
Park Rapids
Littlefork
Crosby
Wadena
Aitkin
Iron Range
Hibbing
St. Cloud Apollo
Hermantown
Hawks
Duluth
Central
Mahnomen
Gary
Red Lake Falls
International Falls
Gilbert
Charlie Potter
Pace Crookston
Ronton
Rangers
Tom Morris
Craig Jaakkola
Akeley
Kevin Struss
Twin Valley
LeRoy Jensen
Mike Vesel
Tower
Ross Peterson
Grand Rapids
Marc Koprevic
Nashwauk
Struss
Bill Anderson
Clover Valley
Dan Storrusten
Todd Fore
Loren Anderson
Duluth East
Alden Hyland
Goodridge
al Randall
Cotton
Bob Morrison
Dave Super
Rande Smith
Smith
Vikings tangle with Lions in crucial divisional showdown
Minnesota seeks a fourth straight NFC Central crown in a home clash at Metropolitan Stadium against Detroit. A Vikings win or tie secures the division. Detroit battles to force a title scenario with San Francisco and Chicago outcomes also in play.
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Minneapolis-St. Paul
Minnesota Vikings
Detroit Lions
Metropolitan Stadium
Detroit
Garo Yepremian
Miami
Lions
Vikings
Minnesota
San Francisco
Chicago
Bud Grant
Weather Outlook With Snow and Hazards Tonight and Friday
Mostly cloudy and warmer tonight and Friday with a chance of light snow. Locally hazardous traveling conditions in blowing snow tonight through Friday due to strong southerly winds shifting to west-northwest. Lows tonight 12 to 24, highs Friday 26 to 36, with 30 percent precipitation and increasing cloudiness especially in the north.
Bowling Results Show Narrow Matches and High Scores
A detailed bowling results card lists Brun's Laundermat 4, Turtle Club VFW 3, and Northern National Bank 3 as top teams with high single games including Bun Ness 233 and Bucko Bergsven 236. High series leaders are Ollie Julen 619 and Jim Wynne 609, while individual scores reach into the 200s across many bowlers. The report notes one more week of bowling before the Christmas holidays and that Northern National Bank now leads the Depositors standings.
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VFW
Wilton Liquors
Northern National Bank
Luekens Hartz
Cass Lake Deep Rock
Thorson International
State Farm
Moose Lodge
Bun Ness
Bucko Bergsven
Ray White
Francis Brun
Ollie Julen
Jim Wynne
Mark Feddema
Mark Noga
Scott Rousseau
Dick Olson
Arnie Pemberton
Weekend City Recreation Skating Schedule
Friday December 10 events at City Arena include open recreation 2:30 to 3:30 preschool and adults 3:45 to 5:00 Sr High Hockey 5:15 to 6:30 Jr High Hockey 6:45 to 7:45 and 5 to 6 year olds 7:45 to 8:45 plus traveling teams for 9 to 12 year olds 9:00 to 11:15. Saturday December 11 offers City Arena skating 8:00 to 10:00, hockey by age 10:15 to 12:15 and 12:30 to 2:45, general skating 3:00 to 5:15 5:30 to 6:45 and open recreation figure skating Dance 7:00 to 10:00 College Arena 8:00 to 10:00 recreation figure skating advanced 10:00 to 12:00 and 7 to 8 year old hockey.
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City Arena
Open Recreation
General Skating College Arena
Recreation
WHA targets NHL stars with reported North Stars talks
The World Hockey Association weighs luring four Minnesota North Stars players to its St Paul franchise next season. Bill Goldsworthy Jude Drouin Cesare Maninago and Barry Gibbs are named as targets. WHA denies direct Hull or Sanderson offers and notes no formal drafts, while legal counsel says talks with Derek Sanderson are to be discussed December 18 in Boston.
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Associated Press
World Hockey Association
WHA
Minnesota North Stars
National Hockey League
St. Paul
Bill Goldsworthy
Jude Drouin
Cesare Maninago
Barry Gibbs
Goldsworthy
Minnesota
Jim Adams
North Stars
Chicago
Bobby Hull
Hull
Menting
Ben Hatskin
Winnipeg
Hatskin
NHL
Boston
Derek
Sanderson
Bob Woolf
Herb Martin
Miami
Woolf
Martin
Regan to join U S Olympic hockey team in Sapporo
Boston University goalie Tim Regan, part of the NCAA champion squad, will play for the U S Olympic team in Sapporo Japan this February. Tennessee State quarterback Joe Gilliam suffers a sore shoulder ahead of the Grantland Rice Bowl in Baton Rouge against McNeese. USC linebacker Willie Hall becomes the first defensive MVP at the school awards banquet.
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Boston
Tim Regan
Boston University
Sapporo
Japan
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee State
Joe Gilliam
Tigers
Los Angeles
Willie Hall
University of Southern California
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Virginia
Babbitt
Mt. Iron
Biwabik
Deer River
Bigfork
Buhl
Cook
Fred Kiewatt
Ed Shingler
Jim O’brien
Ann Manthei
William Clay Ford
The
Michigan
William Milliken
Wendell Anderson
Hi Lo St. Cloud
Twin Cities
Fargo
Commercial Brun’s Laundermat
Turtle Club
Lanettes
Bowlerinas
Alley Cats
Star Gazers
Lakers
Pipers
Hi Liters
Kathy Gantner
Vivian Whittington
Esther Atkinson
Jan Webb
Gladys
Donna Doyle
Sue Erdmann
Laurie Greben
Kathy Osmundson
Tarrington Gregg
Spaulding
Phoenix Loan
Bob
Deep Rock
Ted
Westwood
Diane Schmidt
Mary Colvin
Barb
Shirley Olson
Bev Burnham
Connie Tuomala
Shar Zimmerman
Darlene Steinkraus
Chick Rongstad
Cheryl Hiltz
Gayle Gordon
Linda Stebe
Rose Howe
Sandy Hill
Ruth House
Nordic
Kongsberg
Liljedahl
Gresvig Rottefella Snabb
Docksta
Bob Lowth
Nortic
Hal Bock
Baton Rouge
McNeese
Olympique Ltd
Bombardier Limited
Olympique
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