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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1974
Page
6
Larry Bradley lauds St Francis Coach Jim Beaudry for rivaled teams in New England. Beaudry’s humor draws ribbing from players about jokes and a flood joke on subs.
A St Francis player argued a ground rule double after a ball rolled into a pigpen, while Beaudry claimed an inside the park homer. St Francis hockey fell 9-1 to Bryant College in Providence. Biddeford Junior High girls varsity basketball opened undefeated with a 19-16 win over Memorial in South Portland. Art Descoteaux criticized Big Eight Commissioner James Goudouras over assigning two top women officials to a varsity game.
The standings show Philadelphia 5 Toronto 1 Kansas City 4 Pittsburgh 4 Los Angeles 4 Washington 1. Friday's schedule includes St Louis at Atlanta Montreal at Vancouver Washington at California. Saturday features Philadelphia at Detroit and Chicago at New York Islanders plus Pittsburgh at Minnesota and Kansas City at St Louis. Sunday's card lists Atlanta at New York Rangers New York Islanders at Kansas City Pittsburgh at Philadelphia Buffalo at Washington Detroit at Boston Toronto at Chicago Vancouver at California. WHA results: Vancouver 3 Houston 1 Minnesota 6 Indianapolis 0 Michigan 1 Cleveland 0 Edmonton 7 San Diego 6 OT.
Boston, led by Bobby Orr and Phil Esposito, crushed the New York Rangers 11-3 as Esposito posted three goals and four assists. Rod Gilbert and Steve Vickers opened for New York, but injuries and rookies sank their effort while Boston surged with four first-period goals and a dominant second period.
Biddeford junior varsity upset Deering High School 37 to 34 at Steve White Gym. Biddeford trailed 10 4 and 18 but rallied in the second half to pull within one by the third period and take the lead late. Jo Cote led Biddeford with 14 points and Brenda Lavigne added 10 while Slavick and Cindy Nutter paced Deering with eight each.
Connie Boutet, former Twin City champion, regains the roll at the Roll-A-Way Games by edging Connie Rousseau 1,992 to 1,983. Boutet led by 30 pins at midmatch but Rousseau surged before Boutet finished strong with a 500 final five frames.
Pro football playoff dates list for December 21 to January 12. NFC Divisional St Louis at Minnesota AFC Divisional Miami at Oakland Buffalo at Pittsburgh Washington at Los Angeles. NFC Championship site To Be Determined. AFC Divisional winners meet AFC Championship. NFC Divisional winners meet NFC Championship. Super Bowl IX at New Orleans pitting AFC Champion vs NFC Champion.
Friday schedule includes Biddeford at Deering Sanford at Thornton OOB at Marshwood Trail at Massabesic Kennebunk at Wells TA girls at Sanford Marshwood at OOB girls Wrestling Westbrook and Noble Biddeford Massabesic at Kennebunk Hockey Bruins at Toronto TV-38 and 10 at 8 p.m.
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