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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1969
Page
8
A column praising wrestling fathers as sons compete across districts. Notables include Jim Sekera k 80-pound Bald Eagle Nittany title winner with a 42-1 record, and Doug Brown 5-3 on the season. Several families feature standout youths and match highlights.
The Section Two wrestling tournament will be held at Warren on February 21 and 22 with preliminaries on the 21st and the semis and finals on the 22nd. The following weekend the District tournament will be at Meadville with prelims Friday and semis and finals Saturday. The Northwest Regionals are set for March 8 in Altoona and the State Meet on March 15 at State College.
In Oil City yesterday the eighth grade teams met with Corry trailing by six and extending the margin to finish 51 39. Sampsell led Corry with 15 points while King scored 18 for Oil City. The piece also notes a separate Rhode Island Athlete of the Year honor for Gerry Philbin.
Oil City junior high dominated the Baby Beavers 74 to 18 as the Oilers led after the first period and built a big margin. Barser topped Oilers with 20 points while Steve Moore 7 and Jim Dolan 6 led Baby Beavers scoring. Other Beavers scorers were Mike Morton 3 and Bob Schwab 2.
The page lists parallel cage matchups across multiple schools including Oil City Corry Warren Franklin Cranberry Meadville Titusville Rocky Grove and others. A separate note reports Giorgio di Stefani resigning as president of the Italian Tennis federation next month for private reasons.
Sam Bair and George Young lead entries at the second annual Philadelphia Track Classic hoping to defend last year’s titles. Bair seeks sub four minute mile pace with a 4:02.8 best. Young targets the 8:45.4 meet record in the two mile. Competing lineup includes Jurgen May Bob Finlay Art Durlong and Villanova stars Erv Hall Larry James Frank Murphy among 20 Olympians expected at the Civic Center.
Corry Beaver swimmers overwhelmed Meadville 77 18 at the Y pool. Doug Rozelle set a new 100 yard butterfly record while Jim Stahl posted a 160 yard individual medley best as Corry swept all firsts and Dick Root earned two wins for the meet. The Beavers host Oil City Thursday at 4 30 p.m.
Penn State collected about 330000 from the Orange Bowl after defeating Kansas 15-14. Other bowls distributed large sums to conferences and teams, with figures around 1 million for Big Ten and Pac 8 portions, and list of shares for Rose Bowl, Gator Bowl, Bluebonnet, Sugar, Cotton, and charity games. Lew Barasch resigns as Roosevelt Raceway community relations director to start a PR firm.
Corry Beaver basketball enters Section Two action hosting Oil City at CAHS gym. Junior varsity starts at 6 30 p m followed by the varsity at 8 p m. Beavers sit 2 11 overall and 1 4 in league while Oilers sit fifth after a Tuesday loss to Franklin.
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