Cowens Sparks Celtics In 115 109 Win Over Knicks
Dave Cowens dominated with 16 rebounds and 23 points to lift the Boston Celtics to a 115 109 victory over the New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference finals. Jo Jo White added 29 points and John Havlicek 26 as Boston erased a 2 0 series deficit.
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Jo Jo White
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Carlton Haunts Old Mates 1-0 in Phillies win
Steve Carlton fired a three hitter against his old team as the Philadelphia Phillies edged the St. Louis Cardinals 10 to 0. Carlton said the incentive was to win not to defeat Gibson, while Willie Montanez tripled and Deron Johnson drove in the lone run in the sixth inning.
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Coffeyville Repeats 7th Grade Crown at Chanute Invite
Coffeyville Royster Junior High won the Chanute Seventh Grade Invitational at Royster Stadium for the second straight year. Coffeyville finished 18 points ahead of Independence with Ottawa and Chanute trailing. Casey Madden led Royster with a fourth in the 20 yard dash and fifth in both the 50 and 100, while Royster relays placed fourth and team scoring totaled 59 for Coffeyville.
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Chanute Blue Comets Winfield In invitational track sweep
Chanute High School’s Blue Comets topped a field of ten at Winfield in a girls track invitational. Kathy Myers won the 50 yard hurdles in 57.7 seconds and Karen Ellis captured the 100 yard dash in 12.0 seconds. the relay team finished first with 440 yard clocking of 53.3. Ellis also took runner up in the broad jump and several Chanute athletes placed in field events. Rain halted the final two events, 880 end medley relays. Team results list Chanute 42, Winfield 35, Newton 24, Wellington 20, Campus 20, Sedan 11, Belle Plain 9, Mulvane 6, Maize 1, Andover 0.
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Shelia Penner
Peggy Smith
Kim Donovan
Dorothy Webb
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Miss Webb
Darla Hedrick
Lynn Rollow
Maria Clements
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Andover
Wicks Named NBA Rookie of the Year for 1971-72
Sidney Wicks of the Portland Trail Blazers won the NBA Rookie of the Year award in a landslide with 77 of 116 votes. He averaged 24.5 points, 11.5 rebounds and 3.50 assists per game for the season.
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Colgan Rips Thayer to 12-2 Victory
Colgan plated six runs in the first inning and finished with 24 hits against Thayer. Thayer managed four hits as pitcher Bob Hurst took the loss to Colgan ace Larry Rheams. Rudy Cole hit a first inning single driving in Ed Holtzman.
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Baseball scores from a midweek slate
In a set of reported results the American Association games show Wichita defeating Indianapolis 7 to 5, Denver routing Tulsa 8 to 0, Iowa routing Oklahoma City 9 to 3, and Evansville beating Omaha 6 to a result not listed.
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Chanute lifts segregated athletics in 1947 amid pride and struggle
In Chanute Kansas the 1947 repeal of a segregated athletics policy opened football and basketball to Black students. Jesse Jackson recalls road games and dining discrimination, while the Chanute Tigers formed in defiance with limited resources. Notable athletes Lavoyer Jackson Orville Washington Tremayne Brigham and Tony Lockyear are mentioned alongside postwar gains and broader school integration.
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