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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1977
Page
11
UPI reports New England ski conditions with many areas listed as new powder and packed powder. The bulletin names numerous mountains including Mohawk Southington Sky Sundown Black Mountain Cannon Bretton Woods Killington Okemo Stowe Sugarbush and more with notes on powder quality and visibility.
In Wednesday’s only games the Trail Blazers routed the Celtics 128 to 84. Scheduled matches include Golden State at Buffalo Los Angeles at Philadelphia New York at Houston Denver at San Antonio New York at Washington Phoenix at Detroit Chicago at Indiana Boston at Seattle. Thursday’s games list Indiana at Atlanta Golden State at Cleveland Buffalo at Milwaukee.
Deering hosts Wells at 7 p.m. and Marshwood faces Massabesh at 6 p.m. Biddeford plays Fryeburg with White Pine Regional High at 4 p.m. Noble meets Aisin at 6 p.m. SMJHL action includes Stitphen Engineering versus South Portland at Maine Shore Ice Arena 7:20 p.m. Portland faces Donovan's 7:35 p.m. Scarborough meets Yarmouth Riverside Arena 9:05 p.m. Bantam hockey South Portland vs Scarborough Riverside 5:15 p.m. Jeff's vs St. Jean's Riverside 6:25 p.m.
West division standings show San Diego leading with 48 points from 23 games while Houston and Winnipeg chase. Tuesday results include Quebec defeating New England 5 3 and Birmingham topping Phoenix 8 5 Edmonton beat Houston 3. Wednesday schedule lists San Diego at New England and Houston at Calgar with no other games scheduled.
Western Maine standings list teams across classes A B C and D with points. Notable leaders include Morse South Portland Lincoln Dirigo and North Haven. multiple schools appear with varying scores, ties noted and several entries truncated or unclear.
United Press International reports final round results from the Siena Tournament. Highlights include Oklahoma City beating Northeastern 72 to 56 in the championship, along with consolation games such as American University defeating Siena 89 to 83 and East Connecticut topping Maine 79 to 63. The tally lists numerous other college men’s scores across multiple matchups featuring teams like Lafayette Yale Navy Texas Wesleyan Niagara Vermont Rider Drexel and more.
The Eliot Basketball League calls for more clubs as it invites Maine and New Hampshire teams to its first annual Men's Invitational. The tourney runs Jan 17 to Jan 31 with 14 teams currently entered and a Jan 7 deadline. Interested teams contact Wayne Hooper in Eliot at 439 4968.
Maryland defeated Richmond 90 to 78 as four players were ejected including Marylands top three big men in a fight that began when Richmonds Mike Davis was struck. Steve Sheppard led Maryland with 25 points while Jeff Butler topped Richmond with 23 as coach Lefty Driesell deflected future ACC matchups.
Centerville Mass ECAC honors 6 9 junior forward Bruce Campbell from Providence College as Player of the Week announced Monday by league officials.
The Biddeford Athletic Association will hold a meeting this evening in the Biddeford High School lecture room at 7 p.m. Members are urged to attend for discussion of local sports activities and plans.
A slate of hockey or basketball results lists team names and final scores across Maine venues. Notable tallies include Bangor Christian 41 over Washington 84 and Washburn 114 Wisdom 38, with many others such as Sanford 83 Deering 58 and Old Town 55 Winslow 50 among the day’s competitive showings.
Bob Cote defeats challenger Lou Lamontagne by 151 pins at Pastime Lanes to retain the Twin City title. Cote rolled 1,203 for 2,351 total, with Lamontagne at 1,097 for 2,250. John Henderson named next challenger to bowl Cote.
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