Bowl season opens with Auburn Houston clash at Astrodome
Sophomore quarterbacks lead New Year's Eve spotlight as Auburn meets Houston in the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl with Sullivan vs Mullins. Also Peach Bowl action features West Virginia vs South Carolina, while Sugar, Orange, Rose bowls set for today with top teams Arkansas, Mississippi, Notre Dame, Texas, USC, Michigan, Penn State, and Missouri in key showdowns.
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Penn State Eyes Top AP Spot After Texas Win
Penn State coach Joe Paterno reacted to President Nixon praising Tex as No 1 after Texas 15 14 over Arkansas. To land atop the final AP poll Penn State must halt Missouri offense led by Terry McMillan and Joe Moore, as Missouri closes 9 1 season.
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Precocious O U Cagers Trip Champs for Crown
Oklahoma Sooners finish 1969 by winning the Big Eight preseason tournament, defeating Colorado 73-12 in the final after overtime wins over Kansas 68-64 and Kansas State 72-67. Led by Garfield Heard and Clifford Ray, with Scott Martin and Bobby Jack, Oklahoma improves to 10-1 as coach John MacLeod cautions they can play better.
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Sooner forward Heard named to all tournament team
Oklahoma's Gar Heard, a 6-6 senior, was one vote shy of unanimous on the 24th Big Eight Tournament all tourney team. He appeared on 64 of 65 ballots, with Cliff Meely of Colorado next at 61 votes. other selections included Dave Robisch, Gordon Tope, and Dave Pike. Meely led repeaters, while Iowa State's Bill Cain narrowly missed. Colorado favored to win 1970 conference title in Topeka poll.
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Garden City teams set to resume action after Christmas layoff
Garden City High basketball teams return to play after the break with a 3 1 overall Buffaloes facing Scott City in a non league road test and a key West Central Kansas League showdown at Great Bend the following Friday. Juco and junior high squads also schedule rejoin dates including a wrestling dual at Great Bend and a Lib eral host.
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Two Area Tilts On Tap Friday
Two high school basketball games are scheduled Friday with one key conference matchup sending Syracuse to Johnson High in the High Plains Conference. Ingalls visits Spearville in a nonleague tilt, while Tuesday’s schedule features multiple league and nonleague games across West Central Kansas League and other circuits.
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College Scores From Various Tournaments and Bowls
The Associated Press reports scores from the Albright Invitational and various bowls and conferences. Notable results include Arizona State over Rice 77 70 in a seventh place game, Oklahoma edging Colorado 73 72, Penn defeating St Josephs 88 69, and Wake Forest beating Brigham Young 108 93.
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Raiders Bomb Attack Is Polished Home Run Theory
SANTA BARBARA CALIF AP Destroy their bomb attack that's the way to beat Oakland in the AFL title says Tom Flores reserve Kansas City quarterback and former Raiders bombardier The home run theory hinges on the Raiders aiming for big plays and six points through a powerful passing game backed by an offensive line led by Otto Upshaw Svihus Sehuh and Harvey Flores notes Oakland's approach is not reckless but highly controlled with Lamonica seeking the six while Flores highlights the Chiefs focus on a more patient run game The antidote is middle pressure and blitzing to disrupt Daryle Lamonica and the Raiders bomb attack The plan is to destroy that attack and win
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Pro Basketball Scores From Tuesday and Schedule Highlights
The Associated Press reports Tuesday results including Milwaukee edging Baltimore 126 124 Cincinnati topping San Diego 125 120 New York defeating Chicago 116 96 and San Fran beating Los Angeles 105 100. Upcoming games feature Detroit at Boston and Chicago at Philadelphia with more matchups listed for Thursday and the ABA and Far West Classic notes. Ohio State and Indiana to play in the Far West Basketball Classic in 1970 alongside LSU Harvard and four Pac-8 teams.
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Summers Posts Top Game And Series In Prairie Mixed League
Cecil Summers led Tuesday action with the high men’s game 231 and top series 572 for Garden City Co op in the Prairie Mixed League. Joann Borthwick topped women’s play with a 198 game and 508 series for Rickman Body Shop, as league play continued. Dallas Coen had a 217 game for Fansled Tires in the Athletic League, while Gifford-Hill Western set records with 1,114 in a team game and 3,169 in team series. Red's Gulf Service Station led totals with a 904 team game and 2,600 team series, and Karen Ellis posted 489 in the Red’s Gulf squad.
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