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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1969
Page
6
The Cedar Rapids Marion region posted dense prep basketball scores with Kennedy and Santee leading varied teams. Notable showings included Independence, Monticello, and West Liberty on the slate amid postponed games and mixed outcomes across conferences.
West Union North High drops MFL 90 to 7 as Chuck Koch leads with 28 and Wayne Erickson adds 22. North High JV wins 51-33. Ed-Co Colesburg edges North Linn 79-68 with Jim Diers 26. Barb Leggett 31 leads Ed-Co girls 53-32. Mary Tietge 13 for North Linn. Elkader West Central Maynard 71-60 as Lee Palas 27 and Rueber 25. Elkader jayvee 64-36.
East Buchanan boys edged Center Point 65 63 with Randy Halford totaling 15 points while Ken Roseberry led Center with 17. Center Point girls prevailed 67 45 as Karol Kudrna scored 28 points and Joyce Leming added 13 for East Buchanan.
Iowa City University High defeated Wilton Junction 91 to 83 led by Roger Hoyt with 28 points. Jack Allgood scored 34 for Wilton Junction. Wilton won the junior varsity contest.
Guttenberg defeated South Winneshiek 69-41 in boys action as John Hess led with 22 points and Ken Schissel added nine for the losers. In girls play Guttenberg edged South Winneshiek 47-46 with Dee Knudtson scoring 31 and Rona Ira contributing 22 in the loss.
Joe Crawford scored 23 points to lift South Tama to a 73 54 victory over Boone as Roger Martin led Boone with 17. South Tama also won the sophomore game 74 54.
A scrambled list of college sports results includes Warthure 28 Grinnell 9 in wrestling while Wayne State defeats Buena Vista 39 to ?, Michigan State 63 Iowa State 30 in swimming. Hockey results show Gem 7 Whitaca 6 and New Hampshire 2 Colgate 3, with several other men’s hockey scores like Minnesota Duluth 2 and St. Cloud 5. College basketball and other games are listed with various colleges and incomplete scores.
Luther survived a second half rally to defeat Upper Iowa 90-80. Four Luther players hit double figures led by Frank Barth with 20 points while Pat Driscoll and Bob Roberts each scored 18 and 20 for Upper Iowa. Roberts and Driscoll fouled out as the Peacocks upset bid faded. Luther improves to 9-4 overall and 4-2 in the league, Upper Iowa drops to 5-8 and 1-5 in conference play.
The detective duo appear in Pursuit To Algiers the second feature of tonight’s double bill on KCRG TV Channel 9 starting at 9 30.
Decorah defeated New Hampton 67 to 65 as Ron Henely scored 20 points for Decorah. Gary Bay added 18 for New Hampton in the loss. Decorah also won the junior varsity game 49 to 45.
Solon beat West Liberty boys 54 46 while West Liberty girls won 36 34. Jerry Doyle led Solon with 20 points, Ken Wright scored 23 for West Liberty, Gosenberg top-scored West Liberty girls with 23 as they remained undefeated in victory. Janice Miller led Solon with 19.
Dysart defeats North Tama 60 51 as Bob Heckroth tops the boys with 19 points while Mike Clark adds 14 in the loss. North Tama girls prevail 73 50 behind Dalona Vokoun with 29 points. Dysart’s Joleen Dostal and Joan Schnieder each score 20 for the girls.
Mt Vernon beat West Branch 67 to 48 led by Jerry Van Dyke with 26 points while Dick Heacock scored 18 for West Branch. West Branch won the junior varsity game 44 to 43.
Jim Looney scored 18 for Postville as they defeated Valley 53 46. Valley's Paul Fauser led scoring with 25. Postville junior varsity also won 55 34.
Alburnett boys beat Central City 52 46 improving to four wins. Mike Steele scored 25 for Central City while Mel Meader paced Alburnett with 15. In girls action Patti Kirk led Alburnett with 30 points while Becky Cowell had 18 for Central City in a 69 51 Alburnett victory.
Olin boys beat Wheatland 58 47 with Mark Ahrendsmen leading 18 points while Steve Van de Walle matched 18 for Wheatland. In the girls game Olin won 63 54 as Mary Bartels scored 37 and Jacque Muhl added 21 for Wheatland.
Maquoketa Valley boys fell 60-35 to Springville behind Al Eberhard's 14 points while Garland Glanz added 12 for the Valley club. The MV girls triumphed 44-18 with Ann Stronk scoring 24 and Kathy Fowler adding eight for the losers.
Peggy Wilson from Florida led by four at the Burdine's Invitational in Miami while firing a 35-32-67 to set a new women's record at the Country Club of Miami East course. She resides in Boca Raton and plays out of Fall Brook, California.
The Iowa Open speed skating championships scheduled for Sunday at the Lou Dennis rink have been postponed indefinitely due to poor ice conditions, announced by the Recreation Commission on Saturday.
Jim Barnes returned from the injured list to spark Boston past San Francisco 102-99. He came off the bench in the fourth quarter and scored three key baskets as the Celtics stayed one game behind Philadelphia and one and a half ahead of New York in the Eastern race. Other NBA results included Walt Frazier's 27 for the Knicks in a 114-94 win over Seattle, Hal Greer with 27 in Philadelphia's 129-124 win over San Diego, Atlanta over Phoenix 112-107, and Los Angeles beating Cincinnati 128-107.
Arnold Palmer shot 68 to 137 total seven under par in the Kaiser International third round in Napa California seeking a strong finish. Barber led with 135 nine under after a 67 while Bruce Devlin matched him with 67 to 136. Lunn struggled on the south course ending with 73 for 141, Coody at 138 tied for second.
Cornell college cagers posted their second win of the season by defeating Carleton 68 to 62 in Northfield. Coach Paul Maaske praised the effort as Tim DeLong led with 18 points and Tom Bissell added 17 while Carleton’s DeLapp and Weaver paced the visitors with 15 and 14. The Rams next faced St. Olaf Saturday afternoon.
Anaheim California AP reports Dolph Camilli a veteran major league player and former minor league manager has been added to the California Angels scouting staff to cover the San Francisco Bay area.
Coe Kohawks, led by Ron Barnes with 28 points, topple Lawrence 89 to 74 at Eby Fieldhouse. Coach Dave Etienne rotates many players after opening up by 21, as Jay Griffin adds 15 and Coe shoots 45 percent to stretch conference lead.
New York AP The Players Assn revealed the owners offer to boost the pension fund by one million dollars was overwhelmingly rejected 461 to 4. Notable players lent support to holding 1969 contracts until a satisfactory benefit plan is in place.
Manchester matmen edged Marion 23 21 on Friday night as four straight wins from 145 through heavyweight sealed the meet. Dennis Oliphant pinned Steve Duncan in 0 53 to give Marion early momentum, while Dave Brown pinned at 175 in 0 53 for Manchester’s late surge. Robbed of a clean summary due to OCR quirks, the result left Marion 5 2 after a prior loss to Prairie. Manchester won the junior varsity meet 29 15.
TEMPE Ariz AP Left handed bowler Don Glover of Bakersfield California won 12 of 14 match games Friday and topped four other finalists into Saturday's finals of the Professional Bowlers Association 45000 Valley of the Sun Open.
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