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Newspaper
Herald Zeitung
Location
New Braunfels, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1986
Page
5
Duke leads the final AP college basketball poll with 63 first place votes and 1,279 points. Kansas, Kentucky and St John’s follow as top seeds, while Michigan moves to second in a tight race. Georgia Tech, Louisville, UNC, Syracuse and Notre Dame round out the top ten.
Syracuse ranked in the top 20 with a 25 5 mark and 805 points led the second tier after losing to St John s in the Big East final. Notre Dame 23 5 and other independents made the field as Nevada Las Vegas Memphis State Georgetown Bradley Oklahoma Indiana Navy Michigan State Illinois Texas El Paso followed in the second ten with North Carolina State exiting after a first round ACC loss. No 1 rankings were held by ACC teams Georgia Tech began as preseason No 1 then fell to Michigan while North Carolina and Duke later occupied the top spot for stretches.
Alamo Heights beat New Braunfels 11-7 in the Region IV finals in San Antonio to reach the state tournament. New Braunfels opened with a 14-4 win over Pearsall, then beat Mercedes 12-6 in the semifinals. Winners included Rick Shirley and Jonathan Clark in boys singles, Langabeer and Beauchamp-Breyer in boys doubles, and Forney sisters and Walker in girls events. Unicorns coach David Moeller noted the tougher regional test, with multiple matches decided by strong comebacks and decisive edge in key rubbers.
Canyon and Del Valle will play tonight at Del Valle at 7 o clock due to unready lights at Cougar Field. The change shifts the venue from Cougar Field to Del Valle for the scheduled game.
In Las Vegas Marvelous Marvin Hagler defeated John Mugabi by knockout in the 11th round to retain the undisputed middleweight title. Minutes earlier Thomas Hearns knocked out James Shuler in 1st round to claim the NABF middleweight title and vow for a Hagler rematch. Hagler hinted this could be his last fight while promoter Bob Arum eyed a September rematch.
Dallas snapped a 12 game skid against Boston with a 116 115 victory at Reunion Arena as Rolando Blackman sealed the win with two free throws with eight seconds left. Larry Bird scored 50 for the Celtics and Mark Aguirre missed the flu sidelining. Coach Dick Motta called it a surreal win for Dallas.
Bird scored 59 but Dallas held on as Blackman sealed the win with decisive free throws. Coach Motta praised professionalism while Motta noted Bird earned his points and Dallas dominated late with 32 from Blackman. The Suns defeated the Pistons 120 to 109.
Brief tryouts for 14 and 15 year olds set for Thursday at 6 30 p m and for ages 13 15 Friday at 3 p m. New Braunfels Parks and Recreation seeks ideas to start a basketball league for 30 year olds and older with contact Charles Sandberg at 625 5818. A runners club may form. meeting at Wholesale Beer at 7 30 p m on March 25 invites walkers joggers runners. NBMS volleyball teams won two tournaments as eighth graders went 7 1 and seventh graders reached finals in Corbett and Kir vy tournaments. The eighth grade hosts Canyon on Thursday.
The Associated Press announces the 1985-86 top 20 women’s teams with Maryland, Villanova and Montana receiving votes. It also lists the AP All America first team Len Bias Kenny Walker Walter Berry Steve Alford Johnny Dawkins and the second team Deli Curry Brad Daugherty Danny Manning Ron Harper Scott Skiles.
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