Big Eight tourney opens with fresh faces captivate Kansas City
The Big Eight basketball showcase opens at Municipal Auditorium with eight of the top 18 scorers newcomers. Colorado features Ron Smith Cliff Meely and Dudley Mitchell lighting up the boards while Kansas leans on Dave Robisch Roger Brown for a No. 8 AP ranking. Oklahoma and Nebraska also rely on transfers and sophomores as new starters set tone for the 1989 season.
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Municipal Auditorium
Colorado
Sox Walseth
Ron Smith
Cliff Meely
Dudley Mitchell
Meely
Iowa State
Bill Cain
Smith
Kansas
Association Press
Jayhawks
Dave Robisch
Roger Brown
Tim Natsues
Jo Jo White
Pierre Russell
White
Oklahoma
Clifford Ray
Don Sidle
Sooners
Bob Patterson
Herman Sykes
Nebraska
Marvin Stewart
Cornhuskers
Jim
Doug Johnson
Kansas State
Jerry Venable
Eddie Smith
Terry Snider
Town State
Aaron Jenkins
Seph
Jack DeWilder
Jenkins
Tribune Enters Three Day Meet
Tribune high cagers prepare for the St Francis Invitational in three states with eight teams. Jackrabbits open against Minden Nebraska at 1 20 p m Friday with Wray Colorado facing Bird City, then St Francis meets Sharon Springs and Atwood meets Benkelman.
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Tribune
Tribune High
St. Francis
Kansas
Colorado
Nebraska
Sharon Springs
Atwood
Benkelman
Neb
Rabbits
Wray-Bird City
Don Irons
Dats
Denver
Colo
St. Joseph
Rugged Mullen High
Bluebonnet Bowl teams arrive in Houston for game
Southern Methodist and Oklahoma teams are due in Houston for the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl with Oklahoma arriving at 10 40 a.m. and SMU at 2 p.m. They will work out in the Astrodome where the game will be played the postseason classic moving here after nine games at Rice Stadium. Festivities begin Friday night with a basketball classic featuring Houston San Francisco Portland and Utah State. The championship and consolation games are set for Saturday night.
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Houston
Southern Methodist
Oklahoma
SMU
Astrodome
Rice University Stadium
Devine Says Mizzou Practicing in a Vacuum Ahead of Gator Bowl
Missouri coach Dan Devine complained about lack of sharpness in a Christmas morning workout and said the Tigers were in a vacuum as they prepared for Alabama in the Gator Bowl. Jim Anderson returned to practice after a three day strain, looking fine. Frank Whitman, father of Illinois lineman Doug Whitman, played 29 games as a White Sox infielder in 1946 and 1948.
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Fla
Missouri
Dan Devine
Tigers
Devine
Jacksonville
Jim Anderson
Frank Whitman
Ilinois
Doug Whitman
Chicago White Sox
Robinson Named Top AFL Rookie
Paul Robinson of the Cincinnati Bengals was named the AFL Offensive Rookie of the Year with 24 voting points from AP panel. He rushed for 1,023 yards, becoming the first AFL rookie to reach 1,090 yards, after a one year college football career and prior basketball and track stints.
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New York
Paul Robinson
AFL
Robinson
Cincinnati Bengals
Associated Press
Bob Holmes
Kansas City
Eastern Arizona
University of Arizona
Arizona
Chiefs Hank Stram Named AFL Coach of the Year
Kansas City coach Hank Stram, who rebuilt depth midseason, won the AFL Coach of the Year award as 30 AP voters honored his leadership. Stram topped Weeb Eibank, Sid Gillman, and Lou Saban in a vote highlighting the Chiefs’ midseason manageme nts and late collapse against Oakland.
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Hank Strai
Kansas City Chiefs
Oakland
American Football League
Napoleonis
Associated Press
AFL
Stram
Weeb Endbank
New York Jets
Sid Gillman
San Diego
Lou Saban
Denver
Chiefs
Otis Taylor
Gloster Richardson
Raiders
Ewbank
Jets
Johnsons Trojans Rise as HPC Leaders in Preseason Play
Johnsons Trojans, led by four seniors and a junior, opened 5-0 in HPC play, defeating Tribume, Lakin, Rolla, Holcomb, and Syracuse before the holiday break. Syracuse, Elkhart, and Satanta trail with 3-3, 3-? and 2-2 records respectively as league play resumes January 8 at Syracuse.
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Sublette
Johnson High
Trojans
High Plains
Stanton County Crew
HPC
Johnson
Bob Ogletree
Tribume
Lakin
Rolla
Holcomb
Syracuse
Elkhart
Satanta
Hugoton
Hooker
Okla
Dean Erwine
Longhorns
Longzhorn
Bill Sharpe
Broncs
Seon
Ulysses
Ken Dearley
Sublette High Larks
Cimarron
Bowl Play Under Way
North and South clash in the Shrine Bowl at Miami in a 3-0 North victory led by Bob Gladieux and Dick Berlin. The pageant previews 12 major bowls through New Year’s, with Ohio State USC and Texas Tennessee Sugar all slated for New Year Day games. A Sydney Hobart yacht race update notes America’s Rage leading early and lists competing vessels. The average U.S. Army recruit weighs 153 pounds.
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Michigan State
Dick Berlinski
Miami
Orlando
Fla
United Ohio University
Richmond
Sydney
America
Hobart
Harbor Heads
Australia
Koomooloo
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Hank Strain
By Walt Ditzer
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