Allen County swept GCCC to capture Region 6 title
Allen County Community College swept Garden City Community College in a two game set at Lamar to win the Region 6 title. Rudy Garcia pitched a nine inning one hit shutout in game two and combined with a late rally to seal a 5-0 victory while game one ended 5-4 after a first inning rally failed to hold. GCCC finishes 59-15 on the season.
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Rod Gardner
LAMAR
Colo
Mother Nature
Garden City
Clint Lightner
Garden City Community College
Tola
Allen County Community College
Lamar Community College
Kansas Community College
Allen Countians
Rudy Garcia
GCCC
Joe Slobko
Bret Reynolds
Chris Oleson
Larry Roorda
Slobko
Garcia
Val McClean
Allen County
Kevin Bascue
Reynolds
Oleson
Steve Jackson
Robyn Lynch
Craig Geesing
Roorda
Kevin Arnold
Rod Cesario
Jackson
Lynch
Mike Murray
Rod Arnold
Murray
Arnold
Geesing
Joel Perlman
Dave Curless
Perlman
Jack Mason
Curless
Mason
GCCC Names Jim Carey New Head Basketball Coach
Garden City Community College introduces Jim Carey as its new head coach at a Monday luncheon. Carey brings 22 years of coaching at junior college and higher levels, noted for Ellsworth’s 1970-71 NJCAA National win and a career 312-97 record at Ellsworth, plus stints at Arizona State and Nevada-Reno. He returns to coaching after a period in administration and aims to build a defense‑driven, fast-paced, team-oriented program at Garden City with a core of local recruits and two out-of-state scholarships. He emphasizes conditioning, discipline, and balancing classroom with court duties while seeking quick success.
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Garden City Community College
Jim Carey
Garden City
Carey
Ellsworth
Hutchinson
Arizona State University
University of Nevada-Reno
UNR
UNL
University of San Francisco
UNL Mad
Texas A&m
GCCC
Wichita
Houston edges Celtics to even NBA series at 2-2
Houston coach Del Harris relied on a six-man rotation as Mike Dunleavy poured in 28 points and Moses Malone added 24 points and 22 rebounds to defeat Boston 91-86. Robert Reid limited Larry Bird to eight points, while Houston dominated on the boards 49-47 en route to a pivotal win in the best-of-seven playoff.
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Houston
del Harris
Robert Reid
Boston
Harris
Mike Dunleavy
Rockets
Celtics
Calvin Murphy
Allen Leavell
Bill Willoughby
Murphy
Leavell
Dunleavey
Moses Malone
Reid
Celtic
Larry Bird
Tarzan
Roy
Bird
Bill Fitch
Fitch
Lietzke edges Watson in Nelson Classic sudden death
Bruce Lietzke defeated Tom Watson on the first sudden death hole to win the Byron Nelson Golf Classic at Preston Trail. Watson 3-putted from 35 feet for bogey after leading the tournament and Lietzke, facing odds and a tough course, claimed the $54,000 first prize and vaulted to the money list lead with $243,172. Watson finished with 281, missing a fourth straight Nelson title.
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Dallas
Bruce Lietzke
Tom Watson
Lietzke
Watson
Preston Trail
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