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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1968
Page
11
The Big Ten finished a three day meeting in Chicago seeking tighter limits on NCAA football television. The conference plans to vote in May to restrict telecasts to noncommercial educational stations, citing piracy via community antenna TV and safeguarding high school games.
East Moline captured its first regional basketball title since 1959 with a 50-48 win over Moline. Bob Mayfield sealed it by making both free throws after an interception with 26 seconds left in a 48-48 tie. Moline had defeated East Moline twice earlier this season.
Wapsie Valley, Williamsburg, Norway, and Paullina led district finals as eight Class A substate matches set up state berths. Williamsburg edged Morning Sun 63 62 to reach 20 1, while Norway beat Springville 57 55 and Wapsie Valley downed Guttenberg 59 42. Paullina routed Graettinger 74 47 to extend its winning streak, and Northeast Hamilton, Dumont, and Norway kept perfect records.
Regional matchups listed for Class A and others across Iowa with teams like Western Christian Sioux City Hull, Sioux City Central, Spencer Storm Lake, Mason City Iowa Falls, Decorah, Cedar Falls, Waterloo Oelwein, Clinton Clinton, Ottumwa Fairfield, Des Moines Pella Dowling Roosevelt Marshalltown Fort Dodge Ames Carroll Kuemper Shenandoah Lincoln, and top results from Friday finals including Ottumwa Walsh, Spencer Graettinger, Waterloo Aplington, and Woodbine Tri-Center.
Elvira led by Gary Sanders 21 and Dennis Stolk 16 to a 75 65 district final victory over Durant in Clinton. Durant top scorer Jim Schlatkoh with 20 points. Other Elvira scorers included Russ Schroeder 15 and Larry Meyer 11.
Wapsie Valley beat Guttenberg 59 to 42 in Fayette to advance to the district final. Steve Heineman led Wapsie Valley with 17 points, followed by John Piedt with 15. Wayne Lau had 12 for Guttenberg and Bob Rodenberg 11.
Don Fetzer sank four free throws in the final minute as Williamsburg edged Morning Sun 63 to 62 to reach the Class A substate. Dwight Byerly scored 34 for Morning Sun, while Fetzer and Mark Meyer each hit 21 for the winners.
Dick McVay hit a 30 foot jumper with four seconds left to give Norway a 57 to 55 win over Springville in a class A district basketball final. The shot preserved Norway’s 23 game win streak as fans carried McVay and coach Bernie Hutchison off the floor. Springville clawed back from a 52‑47 deficit with 3:16 remaining but could not close the upset.
In Webster City Fort Dodge upset Burlington 86 83 while Ellsworth cruised past Creston 99 82 in the Region 11 JC basketball semifinals. Sessions Harlan led Fort Dodge with 26 points, Fred Brown scored 30 for Burlington, and Gene Pendarvis and Ken Markley both had 25 for Ellsworth and Creston respectively. The winner advances to the national JC meet in Hutchinson Kansas later this month.
Iowa, 10-3, hosts Michigan in a decisive finale to secure the Big Ten title. A loss would push a playoff scenario against Purdue and Ohio State, with the sellout game not on home TV but airing at 7:30 pm on KCRG 1600 and WMT 600 radio.
Kansas leads Iowa State by 29 points with seven events left in the Big Eight meet at Lawrence. Friday night saw six more meet records. Skip Hutcheson won the 100 yard breaststroke in 1:02.4, defeating defending champ Dave Rathke. Jim Kent edged ISU’s Jim Cotsworth in the 400 yard individual medley, both posting a meet record of 4:25.7. Cotsworth previously set records in the 200 IM and 200 butterfly.
Jack Nicklaus stood 10 strokes behind leader Gardner Dickinson at the Doral Open after 36 holes, posting a 146 total. Tom Weiskopf surged to just one behind Dickinson, while Doug Sanders and George Knudson were eliminated at 147. Steve Spray moved to 144 after a 73 second round.
Eastern division Philadelphia 56 18 St. Louis Boston 50 25 Los Angeles New York 38 37 San Francisco Detroit 35 40 Chica 90 Cincinnati 35 41 Seattle Baltimore 34 41 San Diego Detroit 129 Cincinnati 118 Philadelphia 101 Boston 96 Los Angeles 130 San Diego 122 Baltimore 122 Seattle 116
Dave Reeder, 17, of Cedar Rapids, defeated Dixie Taylor of Waterloo by unanimous decision to claim the heavyweight title at the All Iowa Golden Gloves in Des Moines. Manchester boxers were well represented with Moyle winning the 178 pound crown, Staton taking 132, and Thompson claiming 125.
Scores from numerous games across the Atlantic Coast Midwest Great Lakes and Southwest regions. Notable results include North Carolina State 82 over North Carolina 72 and Indiana State 101 over Drake 84. Regional action features wins for Evansville Lincoln Bethune Cookman and Trinity Texas among others.
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