Seven Chanute athletes qualify for state track meet
Seven Chanute High School athletes earned berths to the state outdoor track meet at Wichita State's Cessna Stadium after strong performances in the Class 4A regional meet in Arkansas City. Prisca Thuston, Mike Bowman lead with wins and top finishes. Oehlert, Love, Ratliff, Crawford, Haines among other qualifiers as Chanute places fourth and seventh in girls and boys divisions respectively. The state meet opens Friday with preliminaries and finals. Ratliff and Love are slated to compete Saturday while others advance earlier.
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Rockets survive late rally to force playoff series
The Houston Rockets upset the Philadelphia 76ers 118 115 to stay alive in the Eastern Conference finals. John Lucas and Rudy Tomjanovich led a comeback after a 17 point third quarter deficit, as Moses Malone dominated inside and Calvin Murphy and Lucas provided clutch outside scoring.
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Horton drives Rangers past Royals with three homers
Willie Horton blasted three long balls and a sacrifice fly to power the Texas Rangers to a 7-3 win over Kansas City. Horton drove in five as he homered off Paul Splittorff, Doug Bird and Marty Pattin, boosting his season total against KC. Jim Fregosi added a solo homer in his Texas debut and Adrian Devine struggled but held the Royals hitless long enough for the win.
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Deadline Thursday for Kansas Amateur Golf Entries
The Kansas State Amateur at Salina runs June 7 12 at Salina Country Club with 200 entries. Defending champ Odie Wilson of Independence is seen as a strong favorite after last year at Prairie Dunes. Frank Rose of Topeka has won in 1971 73 and 75 and is a prior runner up.
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Crenshaw Wins Colonial as Schroeder Falters on Final Holes
Ben Crenshaw overcame John Schroeder to win the Colonial National Invitation at Fort Worth with a 272 total and a six-foot birdie on the 71st hole. Tom Watson finished third at 274 as Crenshaw clinched the $40,000 first prize.
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Sunday WMCL scoreboard shows home teams prevail
Chicago defeats Montreal 4 to 3 in Chicago and 4 to 2 in the second game. Los Angeles edges New York 4 to 3, Philadelphia tops San Diego 5 to 2, while Atlanta beats St. Louis 15 to 12. Cincinnati defeats San Francisco 6 to 2 and Pittsburgh loses 1 to 3 to Houston. Probable pitchers listed for San Diego Shirley at Chicago Moore and Los Angeles John at Philadelphia Lerch.
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