Wild Finish II Game High Spot in Maine Class LI Semi
Portland edged St. Louis 60 to 58 in a dramatic Western Maine Class LI semifinal at the Portland Expo. South Portland led 60-58 and endured a late surge by St. Louis as a contested late foul shot and clock confusion sparked a restart, leaving the Red Riot with one final chance and no score.
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Portland
South Portland
St. Louis
Red
Red Riot
Eagles
Brad Leach
Vaskin Amergian
Jim McGrath
McGrath
Gene Hunter
Bob Davis
Red Riot Triumph Narrow Win in Hard Fought Clash
South Portland 60 St Louis 58 in a tense game decided in the final seconds. Davis edged Cote 29-26 in a scoring duel as Pelletier led St Louis with 15 and Cote 10 for the Eagles. Brown added 10 for the Red Riot. Rochefort and Pelletier joined Cote in double figures for St Louis.
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Slap
Davis
Soucy
Peterson
Davis Pelletier
Cote
Rochefort
Fae
Pelletier
St. Louis
Ron Cote
Dutremble
Bob Davis
Don
South Portland
Y Hoayup
Brown
Dave Pelletier
Livingston
Allen Hunter
Hunter
Eagles
Don Rochefort
South End
Hardison
Savoy
Elliot
Powell
Belanger
Murphy
Cadorette
Simard
Ene
Leach
Amery
Red Brown
Steve Brown
Bob Elliot
Sidebars At The LL Tourney Honor A Local Official
Longtime Western Maine LL tournament official Henry Hank LaValle from Thornton was missing from this year's events. He attended the St Louis versus South Portland clash last night, as plans for finals continued. The article notes community thanks to supporters and lists band activity and student leaders from St Louis and Biddeford.
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Western Maine
Henry Hank" LaValle
Thornton
St. Louis
Durward S. Heal
Thornton Places Fifth In State Track Meet At Waterville
Thornton Academy finished fifth in the state schoolboy track meet at Waterville as Portland High captured the title with 54 points at Colby College field house. Deering scored 46, Lewiston 23, Morse of Bath 11, Thornton 9, Cheverus 6, and South Portland 3. Welch of Thornton won the 40 yard dash in 4.8 seconds, while Campbell added a fifth in the mile for Thornton. Portland completed a 7-0 season with three straight Southwestern meet titles.
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Waterville
Thornton Academy
Portland High
Colby College
Deering
Lewiston
Morse
Bath
Thornton
Cheverus
South Portland
Lincoln Academy
Westbrook
Winslow
Tommy Welch
Campbell
Portland
Maine
New England
Not a disease color vision disorder explained
The text clarifies color blindness as a visual disorder of the eye where specific colors cannot be seen. It states it does not lessen or distort vision as a disease would.
High-Average Bowlers Meet In Special Game
A high average bowling match is set for tomorrow at Pastime Lanes on the 10 star route between Don Bouthot and Leroy Kalex of the Pastime and Pete Wood with Don Weeman of Glen-Mor Lanes Kennebunk. The event, in the works for weeks, features bowlers near the 109 average, likely delivering top level scores.
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Don Bouthot
Leroy Kalex
Pete Wood
Don Weeman
Glen - Mor
Kennebunk
Cheery Wins Esmond Purse in Narmansett Park Debut
At Narragansett Park in Pawtucket Rhode Island Cheery a 4 year old purchased for 3500 by Frank Pritchard Seekonk Massachusetts scored her first win for new owner in the 3200 Esmond Purse before 6592 fans paying 1180 to win over Royal Attention by a nose.
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Pawtucket
Cheery
Frank Pritchard
Seekonk
Mass
Narmansett Park
Ackers
Boothbay Region High Captures Western Maine Final Bid
Boothbay Region High beat St Anthony's 76 58 in a semifinal to advance to the Western Maine Class M final against Yarmouth. Paul Sherman led with 28 points, Lorrain added 7, and Boothbay improved to 12 4 while St Anthony's ended 13 7. Officials were Lepage and Leonard.
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Auburn
Boothbay
Pete Striupaitis
Friars
Boothbay Region
Sherman
Lorrain
Johnson
Wallace
Mathews
Cushman
Curtis
Brackett
Reinecks
Reed
St. Anthony’s
Zemaitis
Striupaitis
Brakionis
Kundrat
Vilutis
Paliulis
Milawickas
Ier
Biciunas
Mazeika
Jarnaus
Klimas
Lepage
Leonard
College Scores From The Associated Press
Princeton defeated Harvard 84 to 72 while Penn beat Dartmouth 60 to 55. Columbia routed Brown 73 to 45 and Rhode Island State topped Western Maryland 122 to 112. Yale beat Cornell 83 to 76, Air Force edged Denver 94 to 89, Stanford won against Oregon State 70 to 67, California fell to Oregon 76 to 64, and Loyola of Los Angeles topped the University of the Pacific 85 to 82.
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Associated Press
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Harvard
Penn
Dartmouth
Columbia
Brown
Rhode N
W. Maryland
Yale
Cornell
Air Force
Denver
Stanford
Oregon St
of California
Oregon
Los Ang
Loyola
U. of Pacific
Pro Basketball Friday Results Standout Scores Across Cities
Philadelphia outpaced Detroit 138 to 117 while Los Angeles beat Cincinnati 131 to 115 Seattle defeated San Diego 127 to 122 and St Louis edged Baltimore 118 to 110 San Francisco handed Boston a 127 to 122 loss with Chicago falling to New York Boston set to face Seattle in Vancouver Sunday features New York at Detroit on Sunday schedule
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Philadelphia
Detroit
Los Ang
Cincinnati
Seattle
San Diego
St. Louis
Baltimore
San Fran
Boston
Chicago
New York
San Francisco
Vancouver
Fights Last Night in Global Boxing Showdowns
In Melbourne James Skelton won a decision over Leo Young while Philippines fighter Philip pines earned a points victory. In Orlando Moses Harrell stopped Pedro Sanchez in St Petersburg. In Rome Carlos Duran outpointed Milo Calhoun. In New York Ulysses Jiminez edged Jimmy Parsons in Pittsburgh.
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Associated Press
Melbourne
Australia
James Skelton
Philippines
Leo Young
Orlando
Fla
Moses Harrell
St. Petersburg
Pedro Sanchez
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Rome
Carlos Duran
Italy
Milo Calhoun
Jamaica
New York
Ulysses Jiminez
Jimmy “Red” Parsons
Pittsburgh
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Reid
Ight
Stuart
Lavoie
Brouillet
Borduas
Neal
Dick van Dyke
Itim
Reve
Rudyard Kipling
Mowgli
Technicolor
Richard Burton
Elizabeth Taylor
Tonite & Son
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ST. John's Hall
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H. R. Courtois, JR
Maremont Corp
Saco
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