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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1957
Page
5
West Union defeated Waukon 53-51 with Bill Szamkus scoring 24 for West Union and David Moritz adding 16 for Waukon. Lamont teams split wins. Lamont boys 55-45 and Lamont girls 51-37 over Brandon.
Orange Township won both games against Hudson with the varsity 72 to 32 led by Dick Schreiber's 21 points. L Warnell had 14 for Hudson. In the reserve, Orange won 36 to 35. Colesburg beat Luana 65-43 behind Sampson's 19. Hazleton toppled Fairbank in two games. Kra mer scored 35 in the girls opener and Lehmkuhl notched 27 in the boys 75-57 win.
Decorah edged Osage 50-42 with Jerry Davis scoring 21 for Decorah while Koberdanz led Osage with 13. Osage won the fresh-soph game 41 to 45. Monticello beat Independence 63-37 led by Ron Long 25, Monticello also won frosh-soph 34-25. West Central Maynard beat Postville 47-46 as Risinger 15 led West Central and Eder 23 led Postville. Postville won the reserve 32-31 with Radloff and Jeans at 13.
Grundy Center defeated Jesup 65-39 with Ron Rusk scoring 25 points to lead the winners.
Maquoketa beat Tipton 62 to 56 in Wamac action led by John Wirtz with 21 points while Dennis Schnack scored 16 for Tipton. Tipton won the sophomore game 45 to 42.
Vinton toppled Anamosa 66 to 50 in a Wamac game led by Jim Radcliff with 20 points and John Walton adding 19 for Anamosa. Vinton also won the freshman sophomore contest 40 to 19 as Ron Selken scored 16 and Wortman contributed nine for Anamosa.
Elkader defeated Fayette 47 to 41 in an Upper Iowa conference game led by Gary Woods with 24 points and Bob Marvin adding 12 for Fayette. Elkader also won the reserve game.
Hartwick girls beat Conroy 55 to 21 as Janet OHalloran scored 21. Conroy’s boys won 41 to 35 led by Zuber with 18. Edgewood split with Mar Mac in a twin bill. Edgewood girls won 35 to 27 and Mar Mac boys won 53 to 40. West Branch split with Wilton Junction. West Branch girls 37 23, Wilton Junction boys 51 40. Stanly be at Wadena 71 36 as Lentz 22 led Stanly. Wadena boys 47 41 led by G Kubens 15. Van Horne boys 54 46 led by Boyson 20. Shellsburg girls won 66 37 with Nabholz 27. Van Horne Betty Berry 19. Columbus Junction boys 65 Wayland 58. Duant girls 64 60 with Holst 36 and Fullerton 33.
Alburnett girls beat Walker 48 44 with McGowan scoring 23. In the boys game Alburnett won 56 46 as Andrews scored 14 and Kuhn led Walker with 13 points.
Atkins girls beat Palo 68-41 as Filling and Haerther led with 21 and 20 points. Atkins boys won 61-54 with Glick scoring 19. Pavek had 33 for Palo. Center Point Troy Mills: Center Point girls 56 Troy Mills. Center Point boys 52-50 after comeback. Domer 19 Dennis 11 aided Center Point girls. Mullineaux 17 for Center Point boys. Anderson 27 for Troy. Geneseo Dysart split results. Dysart girls 57-43 behind Jackie Suereach 33. Sidney Strobelin 24 for Geneseo. Sigourney-Marengo: Holle 20 points leads Sigourney to 64-31 win. Holle sinks tying free throws and winner with 8 seconds left in 64-62 victory over Marengo in another league game.
In Wapsie Fight action Lowden delivered a double setback to Olin as Janet Mostaert led the effort with strong play. The contest showcased competitive turnovers and timely scoring from both teams.
Solon and Solon-Tiffin secured a doubles victory in a pivotal Capitol Valley league game as Jim Casey led with 16 points.
Knox built a 20 point halftime lead and rolled to a 94 74 Midwest conference win over Cornell in Galesburg John Liston paced Knox with 30 points a transfer from Iowa and last season all conference Rich Merz led Cornell with 21 Knox improves to 4 0 overall and 3 0 in league while Cornell falls to 0 1 in the conference and 1 3 overall.
St Columbkille of Dubuque defeats St Wenceslaus of Cedar Rapids 73 to 46 as three Co-Dukes score 13 or more points. Link leads with 23, Schmitt 16, Grace 13. Jim Vlasek tops St Wenceslaus with 20. St Wenceslaus drops to seven straight losses in Northeast Iowa Catholic conference play.
The page lists showtimes for Paramount Monolith Monsters Love Slaves of the Amazons Deerslayer Fantasia and other titles. Key theaters include Iowa Marion Palace and Times with multiple daily screenings and shorts.
All America lineman Alex Karras, carrying a $25,000 wrestling contract, said in Gary Indiana he will sign a pro football deal within days. He has talks pending with the Detroit Lions and Winnipeg before choosing the highest offer.
Wayne Woodrow Hayes of Ohio State tops the 1957 Scripps-Howard Coaches poll with 149 votes out of 597. Ralph Jordan of Auburn finishes second, with Jess Neely of Rice and Terry Brennan of Notre Dame also among the voting.
New York boxing official Robert Cofer, a rising Philadelphia welterweight, is barred from fighting in New York state rings until he secures a legitimate manager. The action was taken by the New York State Athletic Commission and announced with no immediate timetable for lifting the suspension.
Kid Yrapato of Mexico outpointed Carmen Iacobucci of Cincinnati in San Diego over 10 rounds. In Guam, Tenejeros Boy of Manila scored a ninth round knockout against Ricky Miner of Guam in a 9 round bout.
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