Canton Yu nior basketball team wins Carolinas junior title
Canton YMCA Juniors captured the Carolinas Junior basketball tournament championship by beating High Point Y Juniors. Bobby Pace scored 19 points, Donnie Frost 15 for High Point, while Gene Baxter of Canton earned tournament MVP honors and David Ezell of Chesnee led in free throws with 23 of 25.
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Winston-Salem
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Gene Baxter
Sylvania Electric
Dick Culler
David Ezell
Chesnee
S. C
Ed Cross
Ken Prosser
Roy Patterson
Gene Phillips
Rock Hill
Bobby Pace
Willie Boykin
Sumter
Frank Kalish
Kenneth Edwards
Kannapolis
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Lelon Cooper
Paul Frye
Dick Meisky
Rock i
High Point
McCarter
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Furgol Leads by One Stroke in Rouge Open
Furgol holds a one stroke lead at the Rouge Open after three rounds with rounds around par. Jimmy Clark of Laguna Beach shot a 65 to reach 206, sharing the day’s best score and the overall lead with Furgol. Jerry Barber and Billy Maxwell trail at 206 and 207 respectively as final round action looms.
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Angeles
Furgol
Clark
Barber
Billy Maxwell
Odessa
Tex
Bo Wininger
Oklahoma City
Wininger
Maxwell
Cary Middlecoff
Kiamesha Lake
N.Y
Art Doering
Inwood
N. Y
Johnny Pott
Louisiana State University
Art Wall
Pocono Manor
Leo Biagetti
Sandusky
Playoffs Begin Tomorrow In Y Men's Cage Loop
Tomorrow night at 7 30 the Owls and Rams of the Y s Men s Junior Basketball League meet on the Y floor to start the playoffs. Commissioner Paul Frye announced a Free Throw Contest for league members on Tuesday afternoon with Bears Eagles at 4 p m followed by Owls Rams at 4 30 p m Tigers Colts at 5 p m and Cubs Lions at 5 30 p m. All team members must be present at their time.
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Rams
Paul Frye
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Eagles
Tigers
Colts
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Lions
High Point Bison Capture Fourth Straight State Wrestling Title
High Point High School wrestling team won its fourth straight state title with 89 points, followed by Salisbury 70 and Greensboro 60. Ten teams competed over two days. 138 matches were wrestled. Notable champions included Larry Brown 103 pounds, Albert Gray 133, Richard Hallman 165, L. G. Wilson 175, Jim Boggs unlimited, and others across multiple weight classes. Boggs extended his win streak to 23, with 21 by fall, over a four year span with three straight championships for the year.
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Salisbury
Greensboro
Goldsboro
Boone
Statesville
Cramerton
Burlington
Asheboro
Greenville
High Point
Larry Brown
Albert Gray
Richard Hallman
L. G. Wilson
Jim Boggs
Buster Hodge
Tommy Carlton
Gene Kessler
Jackie Jones
Bill Brown
Gayle Speaks
Charles Ward
Boggs
Jim
Big Boy
Wilson
Davidson Varsity Beats Oldtimers 19 to 7
In Davidson North Carolina on March 5 the Davidson varsity football team defeated the Oldtimers 19 to 7 before 2500 fans. Dick Belton scored and kicked the extra point with a 1 yard plunge and a 9 yard pass to Jim Patterson. Belton then connected on a 21 yard pass to Bill Gramley for another score.
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N.C
Salen Oes
Oldtimer
Oldtimers
Bill Story
Varsity
Dick Belton
Wildcats
Belton
Jim Patterson
Bill Gramley
Oe Oldtimers
Macin
Cliff Turner
College basketball results and scores from various games
West Virginia edged George Washington in overtime 58 48 for the championship. Kentucky routed Tennessee 104 61. Marvard defeated Yale 68 53 while Bucknell beat Wyoming 95 75. Notre Dame won 85 64 over Marquette. Saint Louis 8 Oklahoma A M 5. Siena 63 Alabama and Ohio State 0. Mason-Dixon Tournament finals show Mt. St. Marys 90 Loyola 83 in overtime. Northern teams and junior college tourney rounds also listed with multiple close scores.
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Yale
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Ope Young
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Southeastern Junior College Tourney
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Ala
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W. Va
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State beats Duke as Pack defense clamps down and rebounds shine
The NC State Wolfpack overcame a four point halftime deficit by tightening defense and moving Shavlik and Seitz behind the post while Sheffel swarmed on top. Shavlik 24 points 21 rebounds, Dinardo and Seitz provided lift. Duke shot 28.4 percent to State 42.2.
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Wolfpack
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Marty Doherty
King
Junior Morgan
Bob Lakata
Powell Sets New Scoring Record in Local YMCA Game
Jack Powell scored 66 points to lead High Point Y varsity to a 154 to 82 victory over Cone Y of Greensboro. The win served as a tuneup for the YMCA Invitational Tournament later this month.
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YMCA
High Point
Cone ¥ Y
Greensboro
Wolfpack Rally Triumphs 87 77 Over Duke in ACC Final
North Carolina State defeats Duke 87 to 77 at Reynolds Coliseum to claim a second straight ACC title. Ronnie Shavlik leads with 24 points, Vic Molodet adds 17, while Duke struggles to 28.4 percent shooting.
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NCS Merman Sets New Swim Record
Dick Fadgen freshman swimmer at North Carolina State set a new intercollegiate and national mark in the 200-yard breaststroke at Chapel Hill. His 2 22.4 beat the 2 25.7 record by NC State’s Bob Mattson. Other freshman and NC relay teams also set marks in the invitational meet.
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N.C
Dick Fadgen
N. C
University of North Carolina
Fadgen
N.C. State
Bob Mattson
Nice City
North Carolina
Hundley Leads WV To Title
West Virginia won the Southern Conference title and earned an NCAA playoff berth after Rod Hundley starred in an overtime victory over George Washington. Hundley scored the decisive field goal and then led a 10-for-10 overtime surge, with GW holding late leads before WVU pulled away.
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Robert Moore
Richmond
Rod Hundley
George Washington
West Virginia
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Hot Rod
Walt
Corky) Develin
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Devlin
Joe Holup
Joe Petcovich
Pete White
Petcovich
Rankie Ore
White
Appalachian League to include eight teams in 1955
Bristol and Wytheville join Salem, Kingsport, Johnson City, Pulaski, Bluefield and Welch as the Class C Appalachian Baseball League expands to eight clubs for the 1955 season. League president Chauncey Devault said the expansion should boost attendance and competition.
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Tenn
Chauncey Devault
Salem
Wytheville
Johnson City
Kingsport
Pulaski
Bluefield
Welch
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Appalachian
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Sion
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