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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1973
Page
3
Garden City High surged before halftime to defeat Pratt 59 to 40 in a West Central Kansas League game. Garden City matched its season high with 59 points and improved to four wins, while Pratt remained winless at 0-9.
Garden City High's Buffalos pinned Pratt 36-13 to seal the West Central Kansas League team mat title for 1972-73 with a perfect 6-0 league record. They also defeated Liberal in non league action and set up two more regular season meets including hosting their invitational.
Garden City reserves beat Pratt 48-9 in a Friday dual wrestling meet. Garden City used freshmen in eight of ten matches as Pratt forfeited two. Notable wins came from Chris Vanatta, Ron Wagner, and Bill Holcomb with bonus-point decisions. Garden City closes B team season with a 6-1-0 record ahead of a January 23 home clash versus Scott City varsity.
Garden City edged Pratt 28 points in a game where the Buffs found offense late. Woodson led with 28 points while Gordon hit 12 of 29 in the final two periods as Garden City shot 38 percent overall and converted 21 of 29 free throws. Pratt was led by Anderson with 18 points.
Pratt-Garden City upset the Buff reserves 45-39 as Garden’s B-team slips to 4-5. Kirchoff scores 12, Pierce 7, Smallwood 6, while Pratt’s Steve McKinney leads with 12. Free throws doomed Garden, fouls 26 to 1 for Pratt. Next game Feb 2 at Liberal.
McPherson High hosting Garden City in a 9 p.m. Thursday opener of the McPherson Invitational. The Bullpups, 7-1, headline the eight-team event, seeking a repeat of last season’s state final clash after beating Garden City 56-47 in the Class AAAA title game.
Kingston sparks for a heavyweight title bout as Joe Frazier trains hard vowing to stay on George Foreman and beat everybody ahead of Monday night’s clash. Foreman, taller and heavier, promises to seize the title with a strong pro record and knockout power. Financial guarantees set Frazier at 850000 plus 42 percent of the purse and Foreman at 375000 plus 29 percent.
Nichols, a Akron native and part time tour player, shot 69 for 138 total to tie with 6-foot-6 George Archer for the second round lead in the Dean Martin Tucson Open. Archer posted a 68 as the wind and chill bit at Tucson National Golf Club. Rod Funseth and Bruce Cramp ton followed with 70 and 70 respectively, their scores keeping the field tightly packed.
East results feature Columbia, Colgate, Yale, Northeastern and others with wins across division IIIs and small colleges. Notable outcomes include Columbia 66 Cordell 62, Assumption 94 Colby 72, Yale 76 Wesleyan 46, and Butler 61 Air Force 56. Midwest and West show varied scores, from Grinnell 79 St Cloud St 71 to UCLA 92 over USF 64 and New Mexico 71 Hawaii 65.
Montezuma High won both reserve and varsity titles in the SFTL high school boys tourney. Montezuma defeated Ingalls 43-41 for the reserve crown, with Melvin Flowers pacing Ingalls and Dave Buchanan the tourney standout. Ensign’s Dave Buchanan led scoring, while Montezuma's Gary Schmidt Greg Love and Roger Giesbrecht earned all tournament honors alongside Rolla’s David Light and Steve Littell.
Montezuma won the varsity title by rallying to beat Ensign 51 39 in the Rolla hosted Santa Fe Trail League final. Rolla finished third by edging Deerfield 51 36 as the tournament wrapped with a big crowd at Rolla High gym. Montezuma improved to 10 2 on the season while Ensign dropped to 5 5 and Deerfield to 5 ?. Love led Montezuma with 22 points and Giesbrecht added 15 while Ensign’s Dave Buchanan scored 23.
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