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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1977
Page
9
Local notes describe a boys basketball setup with AAA and AA divisions, a Saturday 10:30 a.m. start for the annual HI Classic at Edinboro, featuring players including Jim and others. Teams and schedule details appear, with entry by February 27 deadline.
Mercyhurst College is among four teams selected for the NAIA District 18 playoffs. Clarion and Pitt Johnstown top seeds with byes. Mercyhurst faces California State College, Point Park meets Waynesburg. Semifinals Feb 28, final March 2 at top seed’s home court.
Clymer Pirates fall 37 35 at Sherman after a 29 13 halftime lead. Poor second half shooting 3 of 20 hurts comeback hopes as Gordie Pugh nets late clincher. Dennis Courtney grabs 17 rebounds in 16 minutes while Doug Neckers paces Pirates 6 of 10. Clymer, 4 5 in league, drops to fourth and heads to Chautauqua Friday.
Warren Dragons, under Coach Lee Chew, captured seven of the eight middleweight bouts to win the Section IT championship over Meadville Bulldogs 24 to 10. Warren improves to 9-3 in duals and heads to the Class AAA Section IV Tournament in Oil City with Corry, Oil City, Hickory, Meadville, and Franklin. Hitt led the visitors with 26 points, Burkhart added 71 season tallies, and St. Thomas ended its season with a 5-6 league record after a double defeat.
Anne Callahan, a newcomer to Corry, set a district backstroke record and won the 200-yard individual medley at the PIAA District X Championships in Edinboro. She led Corry girls to ninth place as Warren topped both boys and girls team scores. Rich Zarger finished seventh in diving.
Cale Yarborough won the Daytona 500 as gusty wind blew debris into the crowded track, choking radiators and unsettling engines. He finished 1.39 seconds ahead of Parsons, marking his third win in four days of racing with $63,700 prize and $95,300 earnings since Thursday.
Oakland owner Charlie Finley says commissioner Kuhn may sue over Lindblad sale to Texas for 400000 and has asked teams to report major deal talks. Finley also notes potential sale of Vida Blue to Montreal Expos for 15 million and expects a decision next month.
Scores across multiple games include Gannon 78 Edinboro 57 and Slippery Rock 78 Edinboro 57 with Behrend 73 and Allegheny 72. The Journal corrects last week's note, stating Dan Taylor scored 32 in 1969 70 and Jeff Brown 31, clarifying no 90 point games since 1969.
Meadville Ex Corryite Marty Pfinsgraff closed his Allegheny College dual meet career with a dominant 75 38 win over Grove City. He set another pool record and qualified for nationals in the 1650 yard freestyle in 17 22.4.
Sunday results show New York Rangers 3 Detroit 2 and New York Islanders 2 Washington 1. Philadelphia 4 Pittsburgh 4 and Toronto 10 Chicago 3. Colorado 3 Minnesota 4. Montreal 5 Vancouver 1. Tuesday schedule lists Colorado at New York Islanders and more matchups including St Louis at Vancouver and Washington at Los Angeles.
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