Cubs Endure Tight Night to Kilgore in Two Games
In GHS gym the 8th grade Cubs defeated Kilgore 42-28 led by Stephen Choice with 21 points and Robert Warren 12. The 9th grade game stayed tied through overtime, Kilgore pulling away 41-40 as Dennis King scored 15 and Jim Brannen 9. Cars travel to Carthage Thursday. Feast Pigs note follows.
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Stephen Choice
Choice
Robert Warren
Stephen
Dennis King
Jim Brannen
Charles Gordon
Carthrage
Kilgore Bulldogs edge GHS in tight district clash
Kilgore edged Gladewater 54 53 in a District 8 AAA basketball game as both teams played strong defense. Kilgore also won the junior varsity contest 47 39. The corker featured a close finish with Kilgore taking the edge in the final moments.
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Year’s First Big Rodeo Held in Denver Coliseum
The 65th National Western Rodeo at the Denver Coliseum awarded nearly $85,000 in prize money to 500 plus competitors. Paul Mayo won bareback and all around honors with $3,910. Joe Watkins led with $4,355 in steer wrestling. Other top earners included Mel Hyland, Sandy Kirby, Olin Young, with team roping winners Bucky Bradford and Gary Gist. Over 150,000 viewers attended across 19 performances.
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Rodeo Cowboys Association
Paul Mayo
Joe Watkins
Mountview
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Surrey
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Sandy Kirby
Woodstown
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Olin Young
Peralta
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Bucky Bradford
Tucson
Ariz
Gary Gist
Lakeside
Fort Worth
Tex
White Oak Dominates Spring Hill for 19A Lead
White Oak rolled past Spring Hill 66 to 42 in a district 19A showdown. Danny Denton scored 17 points with 6-7 inch tips, Wenford Wilborn added 16, and Mike Barber 14 for the Roughnecks who improved to 8-2 overall and 5-0 in district play. Spring Hill’s Bill Sullivan 13 and Bill Black 12 led their offense.
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Danny Denton
Spring Hill
Denton
Wenford Wilborn
Mike Barber
Bill Sullivan
Bill Black
Roughnecks
Mytes Pruitt Pritchett
Squeeky Smith
Mike Mike Alexander
Threadgill
Jeff Humphries
Richard Smith
Ronnie Screws
Jerry Hope
Dicky Bedford
Mike Shelton
RicHammers
Tom Eberhart
Historical football cheers and origins of the Siss boom ah roar
The piece recalls the first football cheer rooted in a battle cry, noting the 1869 Princeton Rutgers game and Princetonians roaring "Siss, boom, ah." It credits the rocket yell of New York's Seventh Regiment as the source of the shout.
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National Georgraphic Society
Princeton
Jaycees Lose in First Round of Gladewater Meet
In the Gladewater Jaycee basketball tournament the opening round produced five games. Hawkins beat Gladewater 103 89 while LeTourneau green topped Hills 61 70 Longview Jaycees defeated Calvary 61 47 LeTourneau red fell to Longview Baptist Temple 51 42 and LeTourneau blue forfeited to Macedonia 1 0. David Loyd of Gladewater and McAway of Hawkins each had 29 points. The second round is set for Saturday January 30 with games beginning at 8 a.m. in GHS gym. The third round is scheduled February 6 starting at 6:30 p.m. at GHS gym.
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Hawkins
Gladewater
LeTourneau
Hills
Longview Jaycees
Calvary
Longview Baptist Temple
LeTourneau “Blue
Macedonia
eawkins-Gladewater Jaycees
David Lloyd
McAway
Gladewater Jc’s Sgtf
John P. Tallent
David Loyd
James Mills
Larry Merritt
Sidney Clinnard
Barker Hale
David Holcomb
Lou Novikoff’s Big League Run From Minor Leagues
Lou Novikoff led the three league batting averages in 1939 and had strong minor league totals before a five year major league career. He posted a .282 average largely with the Cubs, tracing a brief rise through the Pacific Coast League Texas League and American Association.
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American Assn
CUBS
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