Buckeyes Hold Off Indiana In Big Ten Victory
Ohio State rode its front line for 73 of 107 points to beat Indiana 107-93 in Columbus. Hosket 25 Howell 25 Sorenson 23 led the Buckeyes as Indiana’s Vernon Payne 21 and Butch Joyner 20 paced the Hoosiers. A late run widened the margin after Indiana closed to eight at 74-66.
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Howell
Hoosiers
Vernon Payne
Butch Joyner
Bucks
Cedar Rapids wrestlers crown Big Ten champs for Iowa
Cedar Rapids athletes Rich Michal and Russ Sill won Big Ten titles for Iowa. Michal, a 160 pound champ from Jefferson, defeated Michigan State and aims for the national meet. Sill, from Manchester via Jefferson, beat Red Ott 3 2 and spoke of knee injuries and future goals.
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Iowa
Rich Michal
Cedar Rapids Jefferson
Russ Sill
Frank Sill
Eighteenth Street
S.E
Russ
Manchester
Tucker Realty
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Michigan State
Red Ott
Ott
Wisconsin Badgers Top Purdue 104 84 Behind Franklin 31pts
Wisconsin defeated Purdue 104-84 as Joe Franklin scored 31 points to set a single season scoring record for Wisconsin with 487 points. The Badgers held Rick Mount to 10 points, well below his season average, in their final home game. Mount had 40 in an earlier meeting with Purdue.
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Hayes sparks Houston in 51 point, 28th straight win
Elvin Hayes scored 51 as Houston beat Virginia Tech 120 to 79 to extend the unbeaten run to 28. Hayes joined 1 000 season point club and grabbed 21 rebounds by halftime as the Cougars surged from an early 7-0 deficit to seize control.
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Iowa City Mat Champs Crown Two Titles in State Meet
Waterloo Cedar Falls and Humboldt each won three individual titles to claim the class AA and A state wrestling crowns at McElroy Auditorium. Iowa City finished third and captured two individual champions, Bill Knight at 112 pounds and John Evashevski at 154, with Doug Davis taking third at 95 pounds. Gerald Malecek of Belle Plaine led class A with two titles at 165 and 103 pounds, extending his two-year unbeaten streak to 55 and Paul Graham of Sigourney posted a 24-0 season finish after a 5-0 win. Kennedy's Steve St. Clair was runner-up at 103 pounds as Cedar Falls' Duane Krebs claimed the title.
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Riceville
Keith Flagge
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Bennett, Wapsie Valley win districts to reach state tourney
Bennett tops Davenport to earn a state berth as Denise Long of Union-Whitten scores 63 for an 83 77 win over Gladbrook. Wapsie Valley and Montezuma also clinch district titles advancing to the state girls basketball tournament at Veterans Auditorium Des Moines March 12 16.
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Wapsie Valley Defeats West Central in District Final
Wapsie Valley defeated West Central 56 to 41 in a girls district basketball final at Upper Iowa college. Key players for Wapsie Valley included Pam Gehrke 27 points and Cathy Short 12, while West Central was led by Marilyn Kaune with 19 points and Peggy Fox with 6. The consolation game featured E Buchanan’s team Slick 30 and Mary Dolan 16 for Edge-Colesburg.
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Susan Schlee
Sharon Lesiein
Pam Gehrke
Fiends Me Moeller
Cathy Short
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We Slauson
Peggy Fox
Eva Bruner
Iowa Hawkeyes Hold Off Illini for Big Ten Lead
Iowa beat Illinois 61 to 56 to stay atop the Big Ten as Sam Williams and Dick Jensen battled illness. Williams scored 18 in the second half after a rough first half, narrowing the race for individual scoring behind Illinois’ Dave Scholz. Iowa eyes Minnesota Monday with a possible outright title if Ohio State falters.
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Dick Jensen
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Aive Love
Donald Wedge
Rov Gaeieare
Wisconsin Guards Illness Marks Hard Game At Minnesota
Purdue and Wisconsin sit two games back with two left as Wisconsin star Sam Williams suffers illness before the Minnesota trip. Williams played most of the first half before leaving late in the half, then returned and battled through for the championship bid. Coach Ralph Miller received a technical for protesting after a foul on a Wisconsin scorer.
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