Celtics Win Despite Rough Night In Detroit
Boston escaped 88-87 as shot accuracy sagged to 36 of 101. John Havlicek's knee injury sidelined him for weeks while Jo Jo White and Dave Cowens paced the Celtics with 30 and 20 points.
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1976
Page
6
Boston escaped 88-87 as shot accuracy sagged to 36 of 101. John Havlicek's knee injury sidelined him for weeks while Jo Jo White and Dave Cowens paced the Celtics with 30 and 20 points.
The NCAA tournament field is set with Hofstra Connecticut Virginia Texas Tech and Memphis State earning berths over higher-ranked peers. Upsets reshaped regional alignments placing Indiana Marquette and North Carolina in the Mid East while East and Far West fields show fewer top-ranked teams.
Mid Prairie forward Nancy Kos and West Liberty guard Teri Stagg headline the East Iowa Hawkeye selections. Also honored are Pam Finke Theresa Derek Sylvia Boedeker and others across Durant Durant W Branch Mid Prairie and Clear Creek areas with second team and honorable mention nods.
Des Moines hosts the Iowa girls activities week with state basketball tourney action, free throw contest, gymnastic finals, and track season start. Tammy and Karry Crafton touted for post season honors alongside regional standouts Theresa Diercks Sharon Schroeder Sandy Jaeger Lori Bush. Pinky Primrose reports strong advance registrations for the eighth annual Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Clinic at Washington High School in Cedar Rapids with Sen. John Culver to speak at the awards dinner.
Des Moines reports the 57th annual Iowa girls state basketball tournament opens with five days of play at Veterans Memorial Auditorium. Unbeatens are few and the event features Meredith Willson and Ara Parseghian assisting with show elements, plus a plan to film the finals for Ara's World of Sport.
Kay Burr of Cedar Rapids finished second in the ladies singles at the state Lutheran bowling tournament held at Maple Lanes in Waterloo. Several Eastern Iowa bowlers placed in the top ten across divisions with Zion Lutheran Hiowa taking fifth in team standings.
Clete Sharn captured the Gazette-Hromek bowling crown at Legion Lanes with a 591 36 627 series the second title for him this season. Danny Heiderscheit placed second with 650 71 622 while Ken Crowley earned 581 36 617 and Cliff Evans 568 42 610. Crowley had the high handicap game, 248, and Heiderscheit added 238.
The Marion YMCA claimed both boys and girls invitational gymnastics titles on Sunday. The Marion boys scored 273.5 to edge Oskaloosa 241 and others, while the girls team also prevailed. Individual names appear in the readable lines with various event placements.
Fights listed show Wilfred Benitez defeating Antonio Cervantes in Puerto Rico to claim the WBA junior welterweight title. Jean Motta knocked out Tony Licata in Florida. Kotew retained the WBC featherweight title in Accra. Im Jae Keun retained the junior middleweight crown in Korea.
In the American League notable moves include Brooks Robinson of the Orioles signing as third baseman and Rick Wise of the Red Sox signing as pitcher. The report notes transactions and player statuses from the weekend transactions roundups.
Indiana stars Thompson, May and Benson lead the league honors as Iowa's Thompson earns a second team nod. Michigan's Green and Furlow join top five scorers while Notre Dame hosts a regatta with Wisconsin and Iowa finishing in the Icebreaker.
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