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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1973
Page
3
Kansas State and Colorado share first in a tight Big Eight race at 3-1 after wins as KU, Iowa State, Missouri and Oklahoma chase. Kansas and Colorado led late season boosts with strong showings as teams jockey for position in a slim conference slate.
Freshman Alvan Adams of Oklahoma becomes the top Big Eight point producer and 22.4 point average after a 29 point outburst against Iowa State. John Brown of Missouri trails with 22.0 despite 26 free throws. Rick Suttle rises to third as Clint Harris of Iowa State sits near the leaders.
Garden City High led all game, defeating Salina Central 68 to 46 to claim seventh place at the McPherson Invitational. Larry Wells led Garden City with 20 points, Don Pile added 18, and Kirchoff scored season highs as the Buffs shot 41 percent and held a 93-31 rebounding edge.
Leoti defeated the Kansas School for the Deaf 76 48 to claim seventh eighth places in the Leoti Invitational final day. Four games were scheduled with weather threatening. Leoti improved to 5-6 on the season as four Indian players sat out due to weather.
The Missouri Valley Conference basketball race narrows to a two team contention as Memphis State and Tulsa hold 5-0 league marks with Drake pressing for a change. Drake climbs to third after wins. St. Louis rises to fourth. West Texas State and Bradley shuffle positions amid upcoming league games.
Telegram area high school basketball teams face a busy Tuesday schedule weather permitting. Games include West Central Kansas League matchups at Hays, Montezuma vs Copeland, Deckerfield at Moscow, Ingalls at Ensign, Rolla open, Hugoton vs Hooker, Scoti at Tribune, Scott City at Ulysses, Dighton hosting Cimarron, Kinsley at Jetmore, LaCrosse hosting Plainsville, Ness City open, Hays TMP hosts Victoria, Liberal hosting Guymon.
Garden City's varsity wrestling team hosts Scott City High in a 7 pm non league dual meet. Only varsity wrestlers compete as Garden City B team faces Scott City with eleven bouts planned. The Saturday schedule brings the Class AAAA district tourney with Garden City Liberal and Dodge City in a one day event. top two in each class advance to the regional at Arkansas.
Missouri jumped to a 17 point lead at Nebraska and stayed ahead by most of the game as Al Eberhard scored 22 and four teammates hit double figures. Lee Harris led Nebraska with 10 as the Huskers trailed 35 29 at halftime. In other action Kansas State rode Larry Williams 18 points and Lon Kruger three steals to a late run against Oklahoma State while Williams Fitz Gerald led the Cowboys with 20. Tulsa?
Edmond Oklahoma dominates Garden City Invitational with 128 percent team points across seven of twelve weight divisions. Arlyn Arngrim captures 126 pounds for Garden City, while Buffs take three seconds and a fourth as Dodge City, Great Bend, Kinsley, and Ulysses claim final placings. Small crowd notes poor weather.
Saturday night at the Mat Meet delivered tightly contested final matches across weight classes. Notable results include 98 pounds Jones of Great Bend defeating Mark Tyley of Edmond, and 106 pounds Robbie Simms of Edmond triumphing over Larry McAfee of Colby. Paul Hendricks of Edmond repeated as champion at 155, defeating Roger Ostmeyer of Colby, while Kevin Hendricks of Edmond also repeated as defending champ with a win over Don Keller of Garden City. Other matches featured close decisions and multiple third place bouts highlighting Garden City, Dodge City, and Edmond performers.
Weather disrupted Kansas sports Saturday forcing reschedules across multiple events. Abe Hubert Junior High triple header postponed with no new date. Wiley Invitational at Wiley, Colorado finished late. Scott City Invitational resumes tonight with fifth place game and title tilt set.
Garden City High matmen wrestled 27 matches on the final day, with Arlyn Algrim winning the 128 pound title and several teammates taking third place. Notable results include 96-pound Keller placing, 132-pound Gomez earning third, 145-pound Mark Henry securing a third, and 185-pound Harmon winning two bouts before falling in the third-place match.
College of Emporia surged atop the Heart of America Conference after a busy week led by Charles Golson’s 25 and 35 points in key wins over Baker and Missouri Valley. Baker dropped to third after a 75-50 loss to York, while Marymount extended its home win streak and Southern Colorado built a 6-0 HOA record in GPAC play.
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