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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1977
Page
10
The Platte Valley Drive In basketball camp led by PC coach Rich McGill drew 161 participants, with 57 from Scotus. Camp stressed fundamentals and skills, and McGill praised the staff and girls’ eagerness while noting room for growth in game experience.
Telegram sports editor notes common form and reporting problems for league games at Gerrard Park. Beatrice faces Columbus in a key Bicentennial Baseball League matchup at Pawnee Park next Wednesday with Beatrice’s Beatrice Bruins boasting UNL talent and injuries in the Merchants lineup.
Scotus Central Catholic High School selecting Moville Iowa native John Peterson as volleyball and girls basketball coach. He replaces Barb Malicky in volleyball and comes from Little Rock Iowa where he led girls basketball for one year after four years at Newcastle Nebraska. Peterson will teach 7th grade math and 8th grade science. his family plans to move to Columbus next week.
Braithwait hit a three run homer in the fifth for Columbus Juniors but they fell 12 to 3 to Lincoln First National. Jim Alexander earned the win for Lincoln, while Joe Dahlkoetter took the loss after allowing eight runs in three innings. The game, played in extreme heat at Pawnee Park, precedes Columbus’s 8 PM game vs North Platte and a Sunday trip to Kearney.
17 year tour veteran Jim Geiberger fired 11 birdies and an eagle to break the PGA 18 hole record with a 59. He led after 36 holes by six strokes over Keith Fergus as Gary Player and Ray Floyd followed at six under par 138.
In North Myr tle Beach Higuchi shot 67 to join Sally Little at six under par at halfway in the LPGA Championship. Kazmierski and Rankin remained within striking distance amid late-round woes and a two-day total of 143 and 141 respectively.
Ivan DeJesus scored twice and Bobby Murcer delivered a go ahead double as Rick Reuschel pitched a four hit gem for the Chicago Cubs in a 3-1 win over the San Francisco Giants. Reuschel improved to 8-2, Giants’ only run unearned. Willie McCovey reached on an error and scored on a Whitfield pinch single.
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