Garden City Busters Top Lamar for Third in Holiday Classic
Garden City Junior College shocked Lamar Colorado 90-88 to secure third place in its seventh annual Holiday Classic. Garden rose to 2-3 on the season, edging Lamar despite trailing at times and benefiting from better free throw shooting and few errors. Randy Swearengen led with nine rebounds, while Bill Deeds and Mark Nelson added strong interior play as the Busters kept the game nip and tuck throughout.
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Garden City edge Lamar in wild late showdown
Garden City rallies to beat Lamar 90 88 in a tense finish. Swearengen scores 28 for Garden City with key late baskets as Lamar’s Howard pitcher 24 points and Faulkner adds 22. Ostmeyer freshman tallies 24 amid frantic fourth quarter exchanges and crowd roar.
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Texans Edge Sterling In Overtime For Holiday Classic Crown
Howard County’s Big Spring Texans rallied from behind to beat Northeastern Colorado JC Sterling 90 to 86 in overtime in the Holiday Classic final. Sammy James led with 20 points, George Tilly 19, and Clendenin 18 as Sterling won its first title game in overtime, while Northeastern Colorado missed a third straight crown. The title, the Texans’ first finals appearance, capped a tournament featuring 800-plus fans the final night and balanced scoring from both teams.
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Tonkawa Mavericks take consolation at Holiday Classic
Tonkawa Mavericks defeat Arkansas City Cowley County 84 to 72 to claim fourth place in the Holiday Classic cage tournament. Star Sepp Don Johnson scored 33 points, with Robert Colon adding 15 and Royce Nelson 10 for Tonkawa, while Ark City’s Seph John Woodworth tallied 22 and Danny Jones 19. Ark City led 39 36 at halftime but Tonkawa pulled away in the second half, posting an 18 of 30 free throw night to seal the win.
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Shearmire Tops Keglers In Jayhawker League
Ray Shearmire rolled 238 in individual men’s game for Garden Bowl in Sunday night action of the 1969-70 Jayhawker Mixed League. Harold Evans topped the men’s series with 590 for Hopes Truck Line. Marnieta Pile led women with 204 game and 523 series for Hopes Truck Line. R. Anthony posted best team game 859. Wade-Baker had high team series at 2320.
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Holiday Classic Top Scorers Highlight Tourney History
Highland Jaco finished last in the Holiday Classic cage tourney. Lee Roy Bowie, a 5.0 sophomore, scored 97 points in three games, setting an all-time tournament mark. Nat Miller previously held 95 points in 1967 and 41 in a single game.
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Cincy Seeks All-Star Tilt
The Cincinnati Reds and city officials urged the National League to hold the 1970 All-Star game in Cincinnati at the riverfront stadium opening June 30. Mayor Ruehlmann and City Manager Krabach wrote to Warren Giles during MLB winter meetings in Fort Lauderdale to seek approval.
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Scotties Fall To Paris In Holiday Classic Opener
Paris Texas junior college beat Highland 103 to 92 in Saturday action to improve to 2-3. Highland’s Scotties finish last in the eight team Holiday Classic, with six players scoring and center Sephen Lee leading Highland with 30 points. Paris’ Phillip Ned and Earl Mitchell each had 20, as Texas added 23 made free throws to Highland’s 29 fouls.
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State Football Champs Named by the Associated Press
The Associated Press names Kansas high school champions across six classes. Junction City, Wellington, Sacred Heart, Clifton, Nashville Zenda, and Shawnee Mission North secured titles with playoff wins, 10-1 seasons, and decisive late scores.
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Harvard Soccer Team Heads to NCAA Playoffs in OT Thriller
Harvard’s unbeaten squad advances to the NCAA championships in San Jose after a 1-0 double overtime win over Hartwick College in the eastern regionals. They will face St. Louis University, Midwest regional winner, in the opening round Thursday.
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College Scores Saturday Football Results Report
East Army defeated Navy 27 to 0 while Boston College topped Syracuse 35 to 10. Auburn beat Alabama 49 to 26 and Florida won 35 to 16 over Miami Florida. Florida A&M defeated Tampa 34 to 28 and Georgia Tech shutout Georgia 6 to 0. Houston upset Florida State 41 to 13 and Penn State edged No. 8 North Carolina State 33 to 8. Southern Mississippi lost 10 to 9 to Western Texas State. Tennessee defeated Vanderbilt 40 to 27. Oklahoma beat Oklahoma State 28 to 27 and Wittenberg defeated William Jewell 27 to 21. Rice routed Baylor 34 to 6 and Texas El Paso beat Xavier 17 to 10. Arizona State defeated Arizona 38 to 24 and New Mexico State beat Colorado State University 21 to 20. San Diego State triumphed 36 to 32 over Long Beach State, while Oregon overwhelmed Hawaii 57 to 16.
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Rugged Home Tests To Face Buffingers
Garden City High opens basketball season with a rugged pair of home games this week. Tuesday features a non league clash with Liberal in a cage triple header, with sophs, B team, and varsity contests. Probable starting guards Geile and Sterling lead a lineup hampered by an ankle injury to Ewing.
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K State Puts Mack Lynn on All Stars
Kansas State players Mack Herron and Lynn Dickey named to the 1969 All Big Eight Conference football first team. The AP listing includes multiple schools with positions on offense and defense, highlighting top players such as Jim McFarland Nebrask a and Steve Owen Oklahoma, among others.
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Holiday Classic Basketball Tourney Produces Close Victories
The seventh annual Holiday Classic saw 12 games across three days with six decided by eight or fewer points and three over 100. Big Spring edged Ark City 102-100 in round play. Final standings: Big Spring champion, Garden City third, Lamar fifth, Ark City sixth, Highland eighth.
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Canada Wins NA Handball Championship Clash
Canada defeated the United States 19 to 17 in Toronto to clinch the two game North American Field Handball Championship and earn a spot in the world tournament in France next February. Canada had won the opener 21 to 17 in New Jersey two weeks earlier.
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Tennessee Netter Wins Junior Crown
Roscoe Tanner of Lockett Mountain Tennessee defeated Jimmy Connors of Bellville Illinois 6 3 10 8 to win the 16 and under championship at the USLTA National Junior and Boys Tennis Championships on Sunday. Americans paid 31 million dollars in passport fees in 1968.
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