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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1969
Page
50
In Wichita Drake edges Louisville 77 78 to clinch the Missouri Valley Conference NCAA Midwest Regional berth on its third attempt. Drake to face Texas A&M in Manhattan while Louisville meets Fordham as regional pairings are set.
Tulsa’s Buddy Smith and Louisville’s Butch Beard head the AP all Missouri Valley Conference team. Drake’s Willie McCarter joins on the first unit with Cincinnati’s Jim Ard and Bradley’s Lt. C. Bowen. Ard is a junior while others are seniors.
DES MOINES UPI Rep Dale Eden introduces a bill to revise fur bearing hunting seasons in Iowa. The proposal sets new period dates for mink muskrat raccoon oppossum skunk fox weasel and groundhog with continuous open seasons for wolf coyote and others. The plan would replace current Sept 4 to March 1 framework and adjust start times accordingly.
Detroit Lions owner William Clay Ford confirms the firing of player personnel director Carl Brettschneider at a news conference. Coach Joe Schmidt denies plans to resign while Brettschneider says he was fired after nine years with the team.
Jefferson, led by Tom Mullins and Randy Beilke, battled Marshalltown in a 67 61 substate final loss. Jeffs poor endgame shooting and turnovers cost them a berth to the 1968 state tournament as Mullins and Beilke combined for 31 points while Wildman and Russell paced the winners.
Washington Norway edged Fort Madison Aquinas 45-44 to reach the class A state tournament in Des Moines. Bruen Kimm led Norway with 21 points while Schaver had 13 for Aquinas. Steve Volz hit the deciding 20-foot jumper with 27 seconds left as Norway held on from a late Aquinas surge.
Elroy Crazylegs Hirsch, Wisconsin's new athletic director, received a rousing welcome at the fieldhouse. He vows to raise funds to lift Badger athletics from Big Ten basements while recalling his storied football career at Wisconsin Michigan and beyond.
Preview notes a potential Norway versus Somers Cedar Valley clash in the boys state Class A tournament at Des Moines on Wednesday, March 19. The piece explains the alphabetical pairing method using town names, listing lines and possible outcomes depending on substate finals and Cedar Rapids Washington’s placement.
Evanston Illinois Brao Snyder interim coach for the final six games of the season was named head basketball coach at Northwestern University. Snyder 30 directed the Wildcats to a 2 2 Big Ten record and moved them from last to fifth in the conference after replacing Larry Glass who resigned February 1. He received a one year contract and Athletic Director Tippy Dye said this coach won his job.
Michael Christianson resigned as varsity wrestling coach at Oelwein High School effective at year end to return to college studies He also served as a seventh grade teacher and led the wrestling duties during his tenure
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