K State and Missouri win in Preseason tourney semifinals
Kansas State crushed Nebraska 100-78 led by Willie Murrell's 30 as Missouri beat Oklahoma 95-88 with Ray Bob Carey and Bob Price scoring 28 each. K State meets Missouri in the semifinals while Oklahoma State awaits first round. Kansas and Colorado also in action with Kansas relying on size and defense in a tourney format.
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Kansas State
Missouri
Bist Kicht
Oklahoma State
Kansas
Big Light
Colorado
Town State
K-State
Willie Murrell
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Ray Bob Carey
Bob Price
Sooners
Price
Mizzou
Jim Kaiser
Bob Stevens
Willie Wilson
Ned Monsees
George Flamank
Ulysses Tigers Hold Early Edge in 3-2 Start
Ulysses High basketball up 54 points on opponents but sits at 3-2 after a rocky stretch. Coach Gerald Raines’ squad shows strong shooting and free-throw success led by Hadley Hall 74 points and 39 rebounds, Lloyd Howard 65, and Robert Biehm 29, with key losses to Elkhart and Lakin before a 52-33 win over Liberal.
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Ulysses
Ulysses High
Tiger
Gerald Raines
Tigers
Leoni
Okla
Elkhart
Lakin
Redskins
Raines
Rimmel
Aly
Hadley Hall
Wall
Shockers Reach Semis In All-College Tourney
Wichita State led the four favorites into the All-College Basketball Tournament semifinals with a 85-69 win over Montana State. Wyoming edged Houston in overtime for a 75-72 victory. Oklahoma City set a tourney scoring record in 104-65 over Idaho while Texas A&M topped Washington 61-53. Stallworth scored 39 for Wichita. Kop er 38 for Oklahoma City. Blackwell Mayor proposes A’s lease move to secure new stadium deal.
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Wichita
Wyoming
Texas A&m
Houston Cougars
Cowboys
Flynn Robinson
Pave Stallworth
Montana State
Idaho
Washington
Stallworth
Bud Koper
High School Scores in First Round Tournaments
The Associated Press reports first round results from Topeka and Gardner regionals with Topeka West 74 over Bishop Miege and Lawrence 54, Topeka 44, Ward 84 over Highland Park 54, Hayden 53 over Washington Beth el, Paola 69 over Louisburg 39, Gardner 76 over Osawatomie 65, Humboldt 68 over Yates Center 35, Neodesha 57 over Sabetha 39, Neodesha 57 over [ola 39, Concordia Republic 89 over Aurora 41, Newton 60 over Valley Center 32, Shawnee Mission West 55 over Moundridge 52, Augusta 59 over Peabody 48, Wichita Southeast 51 over Haven.
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Paola
Louisburg
Osawatomie
Humboldt
Burlington
Holton
Yates Center
Neodesha
Sabetha
Fredonia
Ola
Concordia Republic
Aurora
Newton Shawnee
Mission West
Moundridge
Newton
Valley Center
Augusta
Peabody
Wichita Southeast
Haven
Rangers Rally to four wins in six pre Christmas games
Garden City High School Rangers reserves opened season with two wins over Scott City and Liberal, then suffered two losses to Russell and Dodge City before rebounding to beat Hugoton and Hays. Led by Tony Gooden and Steve Salter, the team shows shooting and depth with balanced scoring and a two game win streak heading into January.
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Retezgram
Garden City High School
Eatly Seaton
Larry Pierce
John Hamman
Dennis Kraus
Charles Reed
Melvin Rupp
Curt Shipley
Wayne Montnay
Archie Gooden
Tony Gooden
Steve Salter
Tom Shechy
Garden City High
Rangers
Scott
City
Liberal
Russell
Dodge City
Garden
Hugoton
Hays
Scott City
Shipley
Salter
Rupp
A-9
Wayne Monthey
Wayne Montney
Hamman
Lakin Broncos Stay Unbeaten In Early Season
Lakin High’s Broncos open HPC play with a Christmas Classic exhibition against Burlington. They own a 5-0 mark after a 51-50 upset of Ulysses and decisive wins over Minneapolis Holcomb Johnson Syracuse. Key player Brad Welch leads scoring and rebounding. injuries have limited but not derailed the team. Judy Hamman of Fort Hays set multiple swimming records in intramurals.
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Lakin High
Broncos
Cliff Burrows
Burlington
Colo
Ulysses Tigers
Minneapolis
Holcomb
Johnson
Syracuse
HPC
Brad Welch
Welch
Gary Beymer
Dave Vincent
Jim Kisel
Kisel
Dennis McVey
Beymer
Satanta
Judy Hammen
Fort Hays
Judy Hamman
Fort Hays State College
Garden City
Deerfield High Spartans Varsity Basketball Squad
Rosttels High lists Deerfield High Spartans varsity basketball players this winter. Front row includes Garry Sword, Johnny Cox, Wayne West, Danny Novack, Terry Cox, Dennis Barry with rear row member Asstoach Ed.
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Rosttels High
Garry Sword
Johnny Cox
Wayne West
Danny Novack
Terry Cox
Dennis Barry
Asstoach Ed
Cline and Strickert Earn Bowling Series Honors
Les Cline of Northern Natural Gas posted a 236 high game while Delbert Strickert led the Gallahads with a 592 in week 17 action at Garden Bowl. Northern Natural Gas paced the team series with 2,522 as results feature Western Plainsales, Garden City Telegram, and others in a crowded bowling league report.
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Northern Natural Gas
Athletic League
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Western Plane Sales
J. M. McDonald
Garden City Telegram
Knoll Furniture
Kearny County Bank
Charleston Co-op
Smith Land
Ideal Food Store
Garden City Co-op
Davies Cafe
Ingalls Co-op
Untouchables
Ben Shae
Helen Careathers
Patterson Jewelry
Ankrom Motors
Machine Supply
Fair Mart
Spencer's
Kerr Implement
Western Motors
Fidelity State Bank
Flamingo Motel
McClung and
Payne
Dairy Queen
Circle E. Ranch
Navy Coach Pans Offense After Rough Practice
Dallas AP reports Navy coach Wayne Hardin blasted a poor practice by his No. 2 squad before the New Year’s Cotton Bowl meeting with Texas. He blamed off passing, running, timing, and defense, noting low spirit and planning two-a-day workouts. Texas began two-a-day drills in Austin while Navy regrouped after a five-day holiday layoff.
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Wayne Hardin
Hardin
Midshipmen
Texas
Army
Turkey
Austin
Longhorns
Tommy Wade
Roger Staubach
Pro Basketball Thursday Results and Upcoming Games
Boston beat Los Angeles 126 to 110 while Philadelphia topped San Francisco 118 to 113 and Baltimore defeated Detroit 110 to 103 New York 111 Saint Louis 107 Detroit hosts Philadelphia and Boston plays Cincinnati in today’s matchups.
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Associated Press
Boston
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Baltimore
Detroit
New York
St. Louis
Hershey
Cincinnati
Fuller Cogers Start Strong in Sublette Winover Sublette
Fuller Brush Co of Garden City defeated Sublette 60 to 84 in a town team basketball game. Larry Winter led Sublette with 28 points, followed by Mike Sherwood 13 and Larry Birney 11. For Fuller Brush, Dorsey Stapleton scored 16, with Del Stapleton and Harold Shifler adding 11 each.
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Sublette
Fuller Brush Co
Garden City
Larry Winter
Mike Sherwood
Larry Birney
Fuller Brush
Dorsey Stapleton
del Stapleton
Harold Shifler
Four Bowl Tilts on Tap For Saturday
Four college football bowl games headline Saturday led by North Carolina versus Air Force in the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville. Other matchups include the East vs West in San Francisco, Blue vs Gray in Montgomery, and Coast Guard versus Western Kentucky in the Tangerine Bowl in Orlando. Key quarterbacks include Terry Isaacson for Air Force and Larry Rakestraw for the Gray with NBC and CBS telecasts.
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Air Force
Jacksonville
Fla
San Francisco
Montgomery
Coast Guard
Western Kentucky
Orlando
Terry Isaacson
Don Trull
Larry Rakestraw
Gray
Isaacson
Junior Edge
Bob Lacey
Ken Willard
Trull
Baylor
Carl Eller
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Roger Pillath
Ernie Boghetti
Pittsburgh
Pete Liske
Penn State
Ron DiGravio
Purdue
Rakestraw
Georgia
Mickey Babb
Bue
Otto Graham
Navy
Texas
Ilinois
Washington
Nebraska
Auburn
Alabama
Mississippi
College Basketball ECAC and Various Holiday Tournament Results
The day’s college hoops featured ECAC Holiday Festival results with Villanova 77 Dayton 73 and St. John’s 66 Utah 73 66. Other notable scores included UCLA 95 Yale 65 and Illinois 96 West Virginia 92. Big Eight action saw Kansas State 100 Nebraska 78 and Missouri 95 Oklahoma 83. Additional tournament play covered McPherson College first round results and several small college matches across the region.
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Yale
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Wyoming
Houston
Texas
A&m
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Wichita
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Kansas
Air Force
Florida St
Florida
Manhattan
Queen City
Xavier
Ohio
Miami
Four Victorious At McPherson Holiday Tournament
Defending champions Tabor Bethel College of Emporia and Kansas Wesleyan won in the Holiday Basketball Tournament at McPherson while Emporia State started at Hastings Nebraska. Bethany fell to Illinois Normal 76 68 and McPherson lost to Bethel 66 57. College of Emporia beat Northwestern Oklahoma State 97 90 and Wesleyan edged Phillips Oklahoma 69 67. Leading scorers included Steinle Boeken Peebles Inman Rash Wesleyan Plummer Heinrichs Schmidt Enke. College of Emporia meets Wesleyan and Tabor faces Bethel in the semifinals.
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Associated Press
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State
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Dudley Boeken
Dave Peebles
Darrell Inman
Jim Rash
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Mack Plummer
Ron Heinrichs
Larry Schmidt
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