Area High School Basketball Action Heats Up This Weekend
Ten area games over three days feature Thornton Academy St Anthony's and Wells each with two contests. Portland High meets Biddeford while St Louis plays Oxford Hills at Biddeford JHS and Old Orchard Beach faces York. St Anthony's aims to extend a five game win streak against Wells then Porter Pirates visit Kezar Falls.
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Thornton Academy
St. Anthony’s
Wells
Biddeford
Portland High School
St. Louis
Oxford Hills
JHS
Old Orchard Beach
York
Warrior Court
Porter Pirates
Kezar Falls
North Berwick
St. Francis
Nassau College
Springvale
Thornton
Rams
Stephens
Lewiston
Cheverus
Brunswick Iis
Brad Payne
Joe Haines
JHL
Eagle
Lions Surprise Rutgers In College Basketball Victory
Columbia Lions upset Rutgers 108-78 as sophomore Dave Newmark and Stan Felsinger led the attack. Providence narrowly beat St. Marys 81-79 with Mike Riordan sinking two late free throws. St Joseph’s, Iowa, Houston, Texas A M and others won on the college basketball scene.
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Columbia Lions
Dave Newmark
Morningside Heights
Columbia
Lions
Rutgers
Cornell
Stan Felsinger
Newmark
Providence Friars
Associated Press
St. Mary’s
California
Royals Rally Past Celtics in Big O Showdown
Oscar Robertson sparked a second-half burst as the Cincinnati Royals beat the Boston Celtics 117-110. Adrian Smith matched Robertson with a 34 point night, while Sam Jones led Boston with 24. The win tightens Cincinnati’s edge in the East standings and ends Boston’s three game win streak.
Boston acquires two pitchers from Atlanta in late trade
The Boston Red Sox sent Lee Thomas Arnold Earley and a minor leaguer to the Atlanta Braves for right handers Bob Sadowski and Dan Osinski. Osinski, 32, had 61 relief appearances with a 2.82 ERA last season. Sadowski, 27, spent three seasons with Milwaukee and Braves, posting a 19-26 career record.
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Boston
Boston Red Sox
Atlanta Braves
Red Sox
Lee Thomas
Arnold Earley
Atlanta
Bob Sadowski
Dan Osinski
Osinski
Los Angeles
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Braves
Sadowski
Ted
Thomas
Earley
Eagle Quintets Top Biddeford In Seventh Grade Basketball
St Louis junior high beat Biddeford in eighth grade play 34 28 as a strong first half carried the win. In seventh grade action St Louis led 21 5 early and finished 41 26 with Biddeford trimming later to 26. Officials Dutremble Exposite.
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Biddeford
Eagles
Perrin
Lamb
Cote
LaBelle
Labbe
Hebert
Pelletierg
Perreault
Pomerleau
Truman
Loper
Cocharin
Carey
Ouellette
Macomber
Dutremble
Guillerault
Caouette
Crates
Casavant
Leblanc
Gendron
Biddeford &Th
Vassill
Beaupre
Ready
Bryant
Maine Bordered Only by New Hampshire
A note on Maine being the only U S state with a single neighboring state, New Hampshire, outlining its unique geographic border in relation to its immediate neighbor.
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Maine
New Hampshire
Lou Saban Named AFL Coach of the Year
The Associated Press named Lou Saban coach of the year for the AFL. Saban led the Buffalo Bills to their first winning season and the league title, with votes showing strong support from AP panelists across the league.
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Lou Saban
Jack
Bills
Saban
Best Fielders Are Named In American League
Baltimore Orioles and New York Yankees each had two players among last season’s fielding leaders. Jerry Adair and Luis Aparicio led Baltimore. Pepitone and Ford topped the Yankees. Colavito matched a major league record with 150+ games without an error. Cleveland led team fielding at .9812.
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Boston
Baltimore Orioles
New York Yankees
Orioles
Jerry Adair
Luis Aparicio
Adair
Aparicio
Yankees
Joe Pepitone
Whitey Ford
Pepitone
Ford
Southpaw
Rocky Colavito
Cleveland
Danny Litwhiler
Philadelphia Phillies
Colavito
Hulls Four-Goal Night Sets Chicago Roar Against Bruins
Bobby Hull exploded for four goals and an assist as Chicago crushed Boston 8-4 with rookie Gerry Cheevers in net. Toronto topped Detroit 5-3 as Bobby Pulford scored twice on the power play ending the Red Wings seven game streak. Hull moved to 21 goals and 34 points tying Stan Mikita for the league lead as Mikita added two goals and an assist.
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Bobby Hull
Boston Bruins
Gerry Cheevers
Hull
Cheevers
Bruins
Chicago
Bobby Pulford
Toronto
Detroit
Red Wings
Boston
Stan Mikita
Mikita
College Scores Across Leagues Reported
Summary of multiple college basketball results across campuses including St. John's over Canisius 85 65 LaSalle 87 over Bucknell 68 Temple 85 over Creighton 59 Columbia 108 over Rutgers 76 Providence 81 over St. Marys Calif 79 St Francis Pa 83 Richmond 78 Harvard 75 Boston Univ 71 St Bonaventure 97 over Texas Southern 76 MIDWEST Dayton 76 over Louisville 59 Notre Dame 85 over Bowling Green 77 Loyola Ill 108 over Missouri 85 Iowa 99 over Wash U Mo 70 South Maryland 77 over Georgetown 59 Evansville 89 over Catholic U 78 Southwest Texas A&M 89 over Rice 81 Houston over Louisiana State 87 AR West Arizona Seattle 64 Utah St 90 over Morehead 63.
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Mike Riordan
Friars
Jimmy Walker
St. Joseph's Hawks
Philadelphia
Albright
Marty Ford
Iowa Hawkeyes
Washington
George Peeples
Chris Perrall
Gerry Jones
Iowa
Houston
Louisiana State
Texas A&m
Rice
Dayton
Louisville
Chicago Loyola
Missouri
St. John’s
New York
Canisius
Temple
Creighton
Arizona
Seattle
Maryland
Georgetown
Dd. C
Utah State
Morehead
Kentucky
LaSalle
Bucknell
Columbia
Rutgers
Providence
St. Mary’s
Calif
St. Francis
Richmond
Midwest
Notre Dame
Loyola
Ill
Wash. U
South Maryland
Evansville
Catholic
State
Utah St
Court Team Chosen For St. Andre's basketball
Players named to the St. Andre's junior high team include Roger La Branche Richard Fecteau Michael Bouthot Conrad Boucher Kenneth Lambert Richard St Onge Ronald Perreault Richard Sirois and Ray L Heureux. Brother Paul is coach of the St. Andre's five.
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St. Andre’s
Roger la Branche
Richard Fecteau
Michael Bouthot
Conrad Boucher
Kenneth Lambert
Richard St. Onge
Ronald Perreault
Richard Sirois
Ray L'Heureux
York County
Pro Basketball Scores Reported for Wednesday
The recap lists Cincinnati defeating Boston 117 to 111 Baltimore beating New York 111 to 108 Philadelphia 122 to 108 over Los Angeles and San Francisco 128 to 113 against St. Louis. Friday matchups include Boston at Detroit Philadelphia at Los Angeles and St. Louis at San Francisco.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Boston
Baltimore
New York
Philphia
Los Angeles
San Fran
St. Louis
Detroit
Philadelphia
San Francisco
CIO Edges Saco Brick 71 65 In Rec League Game
In Lin Linnell Gym last night CIO defeated Saco Brick 71 to 65 led by Ken Bissell with 24 points while Dick Hawes scored 25 for Saco Brick. Ray's Van beat Allied 50 to 42 as Paul Tarbox led with 16 points and Ben Munford had 13 for Allied.
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CIO
Saco Brick
Ray
Allied
Saco Recreation
Lin- Linnell
Ken Bissell
Dick Hawes
Paul Tarbox
Ray's
Ben Munford
California .9805 and the Chicago White Sox .9804
A fragment references batting averages or statistics with numbers .9805 for California and .9804 for the Chicago White Sox, suggesting sports data or standings context from a broader box score or summary. The snippet lacks full context but centers on team performance figures.
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Ifornia
Chicago White Sox
Kemp Named AFL MVP for Bills in Eastern Title Drive
Buffalo Bills quarterback Jack Kemp, 30, won the AFL Most Valuable Player award in a 24-member AP panel vote. Kemp led Buffalo to a second straight Eastern Division title despite injuries to top receivers and ranked fourth in passing. a standout 292-yard game against the Giants highlighted his season.
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Buffalo Bills
Associated Press
Saban
al Davis
Oakland
Sid Gillman
San Diego
Weeb Endbank
New York Jets
Buffalo
Boston
Bills
Pats
Cleveland Browns
Western Illinois
AFL
Tom Sestak
Cookie Gilchrist
Elbert Dubenion
Glenn Bass
Jack Kemp
Bo Roberson
Alworth
Paul Lowe
Bobby Bell
Kansas City
Gino Cappeletti
Kemp
Fighters Never Learn As Sugar Ray Robinson Ponders Comeback
A retrospective by FRANK ECK AP News Sports Editor notes Sugar Ray Robinson at 45 touring the globe for peanuts after a storied career. It recalls his 1939 Golden Gloves featherweight title and 1940 light weight crown, plus rival Willie Pep and Carl Olson as ex-champions now battling in clubs.
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New York
Chicago
Walker Smith
Sugar Ray Robinson
Madison Square Garden
Robby
Sugar Ray
Richmond
Honolulu
Norfolk
Virginia
Robinson
Joey Maxim
Carmen Basilio
Maxim
Willie Pep
Middletown
Conn
William Guillermo Papaleo
Carl
Bobo) Olson
Pep
Sammy Angott
Lou Viscusi
Willie
Bobo Olson
Ray Robinson
Bobo
Bobby
Bobo Re
Thornton Academy Winter Track Practice Opens With 61 Candidates
Winter indoor track at Thornton Academy begins under Head Coach Randy White with 61 candidates. Of 15 seniors 15 juniors 10 sophomores and 21 freshmen only three lettermen return including Pat Chapman Ken Goodwin and Paul Crosby. Additional contenders span seniors juniors and sophomores across sprints hurdles distance and field events.
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Thornton Academy
Randy White
White
Pat Chapman
Ken Goodwin
Paul Crosby
Maroon
Charles Bond
Jim Craig
Bill Stacy
Norm Fecteau
Rene Olavis
Tom Lambert
Leo Glass
Richard Millard
Richard Fournier
Dave Anderson
Richard Bailey
Larv Green
Steve Littlefield
Steve Plaisted
Ron Foran
Phil Harmon
Joe Derocher
John Underwood
Orin Sawyer
Jim Chute
Steve Goodwin
Richard Trudeau
Art Leblanc
Jim Wilkerson
Mile
Ron Morin
Bill Hefferman
John Campbell
Jim Mc‘Leod
Merrill Harper
Mike Grantham
Steve Callahan
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