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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1975
Page
6
Dan River 66 Bassett 51 and Martinsville 61 Tunstall 56 set up early season district clash. Martinsville 2-0 visits Dan River 3-0 Friday as rivals vie for league lead amid area results.
Washington and Dallas figures back Billy Kilmer as NFC Player of the Year amid a clutch late season run. George Allen defends Kilmer as his undisputed quarterback while Tex Schramm lauds Washington’s resilience and questions MVP timing, noting Fran Tarkenton’s likely impact if Minnesota advances.
Virginia prepares for a news conference to announce Georgia Tech assistant Dick Bestwick as the new football coach to succeed Sonny Randle. Reports from multiple papers say Bestwick, 44, is Corrigan’s choice after Randle’s firing with a 5-22 record over two seasons.
Wake Forest stays undefeated with an 82-69 victory over William and Mary as Daryl Peterson posts 22 points and 16 rebounds with four blocks. Skip Brown scores 19 before fouling out. John Lowenhaupt leads William and Mary with 24 points.
Basketball proscores list Philadelphia 19 Cleveland 35 Phoenix 164 New Orleans 9 Buffalo 128 Kansas City 0 Milwaukee 103 New York 100. College scores Virginia 78 Penn State 66 Wake Forest 82 William & Mary 69 Emory & Henry 65 Clinch Valley 36 Norfolk State 85 Hampton 53 Madison 90 East Tennessee 71 Georgia 97 Maryland-Eastern Shore 67 Southern Mississippi 79 VCU 107 UNC Charlotte 73 Marshall? W. Carolina 89 TCU 95 Iowa State 83 Villanova 51 Princeton 9 Carson Newman 61 Cumberland 38 W.Va. State 92 Morris Harvey 77 Creighton 70 Gonzaga 69 Seton Hall 69 Columbia 96 Kings Point 69 Rutgers 105 Boston College 82 Brown 62, Yale 60 Northwestern 94 Valparaiso 77 St. John’s N.Y. 19 Tennessee 70 Connecticut 5 Boston University 78 Louisville 84 Cal Poly 70 Dartmouth 68 EB? Kentucky high school scores Western District GWHS 69 Halifax County 38 Cave Spring 34 Pulaski County 52 three OT Patrick Henry 67 Exeter Glass 33 Northside 94 Franklin County 42 Piedmont District Dan River 66 Bassett 51 Martinsville 61 Tunstall 36 Carver 3 Chatham 44 Drewry Mason 75 Laurel Park 67 Fieldale Collinsville 7 Patrick County 64 Senate District Greenbrier and William Campbell 70 Rusburg 30 Liberty 42 Jefferson Forest 7 Amherst 7 OT Altavista 6 Brookville 70 Saintnn River 64 Appomattox 61
Milwaukee defeats New York 109 to 100 as Brian Winters scores 28 points including late free throws to secure the lead. Dandridge adds 27, Elmore Smith 22, Price 15. Haywood leads Knicks with 27.
Indiana keeps top spot in the AP poll after a nine day layoff following an 84 64 win over UCLA. Maryland Marquette North Carolina UCLA and Louisville hold Nos 2 3 4 5 and 6 as Tennessee moves to seventh after two wins and Kentucky falls to 14 after a season opener loss. Notre Dame Cincinnati and Arizona also enter the top ten while Alabama leads the Second Ten with 244 points.
A dense listing of lanes and team names from the Breakfast Club League at sissies Lanes. Scores show Crane Tire, Charcoal House, Gondtimers, Hoboes, Mops, Honesbees, King’s League Latecomers, and others with individual scores amid a long roster of players and teams.
Langston Junior High School split two basketball games with Halifax County. In the ninth grade Halifax won 64 to 34 as Darrell McLaughlin led Langston with 21 and Lance Chandler added 20. Langston eighth graders edged the Lions 30 to 27 behind Victor Coleman 12 points and eight by Bernie Jones and Curtis Fallon. Langston next plays two games today against Dillard in Yanceyville North Carolina.
Kenny Lewis led George Washington High with 24 points in a 60 55 win over Halifax County as Henry Smith and Malcolm Heitz added double figures. GW improved to 3 0 and returns to Roanoke to face Patrick Henry, relying on faster running and rebounding to offset size. Jayvee opener saw Lee Cunningham spark 22 points.
In State College, Virginia guard Dave Koesters scored 14 of his 22 after halftime as UVa. beat Penn State 79 to 66. Marc Lavaroni added 18 for the Cavaliers while Chris Erichsen led PSU with 17 points and Romel Raffin added 15.
Duke star Willie Hodge, a 6-8 forward from Houston, seeks to prove critics wrong after a rough start. He dominated Tennessee for 29 points and Virginia for 26, boosting Duke as coach Bill Foster stresses reliance on his mobility and jump shooting to lift the team back to ACC respectability.
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