St Cecilia Girls Narrowly Edge In 880 RelayDespite Injury
North Platte Neb. St Cecilia wins Class C title as Jami Kindig finishes 880 yard relay with a broken leg. Oshkosh tarnishes St Cecilia bid with eventual points gap. Multiple state records fall across classes B C and D with notable performances by Cindy Tatum Pam Schubarth and Scott sbluff squads.
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North Platte
Neb
Kindig
Jame
St. Cecilia
Cindy Tatum
Scottsbluff
Pam Schubarth
Tatum
Hastings St. Cecilia
Schubarth
Nebraska
Omaha Central
Jackie Washington
Lincoln High
Firth Norris
Imperial
Area girls win 27 medals at state track meet
North Platte coverage notes 27 medals for Columbus Telegram area athletes at the 7th Annual Girls Track and Field State Championships. David City Aquinas led area teams with a third in Class C while Lakeview, Schuyler and Imperial earn multiple medals in sprint and distance events.
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Becky Moore
North Platte
Lakeview
Columbus Telegram Area
David City Aquinas
Monarchs
Hastings St. Cecilia
Blue Hawks
Sue Kobra
Schuyler
Deb Mueller
Mueller
Diane Rush
Scotus
Jackie Melliger
Julie Hajek
Anne Syslo
Connie Hajek
Imperial
Barb Malicky
Shamrock
Connie
Malicky
Columbus Men’s Slowpitch League Expands to 33 Teams
The Columbus Men’s Slowpitch Softball Association opens with three Gerrard Park games. The league grows to 33 teams across two conferences and two divisions per conference. Opening games feature Pabst Blue Ribbon, Shamrocks, and K.C.’s. Regular season ends July 28 with a league tournament to follow.
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27Th Street
46Th Avenue
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Clay
Shamrocks
Red Country International
K.c.’S
Middle State
D and L
H-S
C-K
Highland Park Church
Terry's
Ernst, Henke Cement
Poorman's Antiques
Zapp Brothers
Nite and Day 66
Kudron Excavating
DD and A
Pabst Blueibbon
Micek’s
Brown Derby
Tooley Drug
J.c.'s
Oasis
Countryside Mobile Homes
Behlen No. 2
Person Sport Shop
Person Sport Shop, Shape-Up Shop
Fleischer Mfg
Behlen No. 1
R.W. Beck
Clay's Popcorn
Buggs Construction
Telegram
Beatrice Beats Columbus in Extra Innings Victory
Beatrice 5 Columbus 4 after Hendricks scored in the bottom of the 12th. Beatrice improves to 3-0, Columbus falls to 0-2. Waco leads Central Nebraska Division. Staplehurst tops Blue Valley after 10-1 win over Osceola.
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Beatrice Lincoln Pirates
Staplehurst
Garland Central Nebraska Division
Wace Columbus
Schuyler Osceola
Paul Hendricks
Beatrice
Columbus
Hendricks
Dan Lenners
George Olson
Lincoln Pirates
Waco
Mark Mueller
Dave Lindgren
Mike Zastera
Rian Konecky
Konecky
Mike Wozny
Tom Lange
Mueller
Doug Wardinger
Olson
Wardinger
Merchants
Osceola
York
Kunneman
Jo Lindgren
If Zastera
Ib Konecky
If Busse
P Olson
Ui Beatrice
Hendrick
Ct Bartek
C Glismann
Rt Overbeck
If Kipt
Jurgens
If Lenners
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Kipt
Ziola
Zastera
Worny
Von
Lange
Bartek
Zaster
Busse
Wurdinger
Overbeck
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Rhe Beatrice
Lincoln
McMahaman
Dreamer
Harrison
Weixerman
Hart
Begeenseees
Kula
Glatter
Nelson
Buditz
Gray
Champ Summer
Reds
Nolan
Rawly Eastwick
Dodgers
Mets
John Hale
Steve Garvey
Garvey
Rick Monday
Dodger
Ron Cey
Los Angeles
Pirates
Astros
al Oliver
Omar Moreno
Kent Tekuve
Pittsburgh
Houston
J.R. Richard
Willie Crawford
Columbus nets Big 10 tournament title in tennis
Columbus wins its fourth Big 10 tennis trophy as Lynnette Cattanl remains undefeated at No. 2 singles and Anne Swanson of Grand Island takes the No. 1 singles title. Sherrie Nelson of Columbus and teammates also perform strongly in doubles as North Platte earns second in the team standings. All Columbus players advance to the state meet in Lincoln.
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North Platte
Brown
Vaughn
Hastings
Koerwitz
Steiner
Cindy Aerni
Deb Hamernik
Columbus
Hole-in-one for Frerichs at Elks Country Club
Robert Frerichs scored his first hole-in-one Sunday on the Elks Country Club course. He aced the 142-yard par three on hole No 4 after three years of playing golf.
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Robert Frerichs
Elks Country Club
Frerichs
Columbus Open Golf Tournament Planned at Van Berg Course
The Columbus Open golf event sponsored by the Columbus Optimist Club will be held June 18 at Van Berg Golf Course with a rain date of June 25. All flights play 18 holes with tee times at 7 or 11 30 a.m. Registration closes at 8 p.m. June 17 or when 100 players register. entry is $8. Contact John Cimpl for details.
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van Berg
Columbus Optimist Club
Bargain basement pickups boost Cubs in doubleheader sweep
The Chicago Cubs swept a 4-3 and 4-2 doubleheader from the Montreal Expos, lifting their record to 19-11 as bargain trades Ontiveros DeJesus and Bittner contributed key hits and runs. Jerry Morales drove in twice, and manager Herman Franks praised the midseason pickups shaping the surge.
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UPI
Chicago Cubs
Ontiveros
DeJesus
Bittner
Cubs
Montreal Expos
Jerry Morales
Steve Ontiveros
Ivan DeJesus
Bobby Murcer
Larry Bittner
Montreal
Herman Franks
Murcer
Greg Gross
Gene Clines
Atlanta
Canadiens win Stanley Cup as Lemaire stars in sweep
Montreal defeats Boston 2 1 to clinch the Stanley Cup in a four game sweep. Jacques Lemaire scores both goals including the OT winner at 4 32, stepping out of the shadows of Lafleur and Shutt. Canadiens claim their 20th Cup.
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UPI
Montreal
Canadiens
Jacques Lemaire
Guy Lafleur
Steve Shutt
Lemaire
Boston Bruins
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