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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1968
Page
18
Fullback Paul Gipson sparked Houston with a 91 yard kickoff return and a 43 yard run as the Cougars rolled to a 71 to 33 victory over Cincinnati. Greg Cook threw for 352 yards for Cincinnati but Gipson’s plays helped Houston pull away.
The page lists numerous high school football scores including Veilson 35 over Warren Hiower 6 and Gahr 7 over Dame 0, plus non-league results. It transitions to a college game where University of Houston beat Cincinnati 71 33 with Gipson starring in a high yardage shootout, and Cook passing for 85 yards to Jim O Brien among others.
No. 1 seed Stan Smith of Pasadena defeated Richard Russell of Jamaica 64 6 0 in the second round of the National Amateur Hard Court Tennis Championships in La Jolla California.
The scoreboard shows Quebec Aircon 9 over Philadelphia 7 in an NHL versus AHL matchup. Cleveland 3, Detroit 5, Minnesota 2, New York 3, Chicago 1 complete the results slate.
The T-Birds edged the Outlaws in a Texas beach arena clash as Sates from Los Angeles defeated Ronnie in a close court battle.
L A Valley College, the recent Long Beach Invitational winner, swept a double dual with Long Beach City College and Cerritos at Griffith Park. Valley defeated LBCC 49 to 15 and Cerritos 49 to 15, while LBCC beat Cerritos 23 to 36. Michael Wagenbach led Valley with a 22 16 clocking.
At Trenton New York Jr Philadelphia 106 high scorers Jackeen and At Louisville Baltimore 122 Coati 95 Johnson 28 Unseld 119 Monroe 19. The brief highlights list scoring leaders across two games with team abbreviations and player initials.
Cal State Long Beach opened the 1968 water polo schedule with a 29 to 5 victory over Valley State. Bob Saari led the 49ers with six goals while Randy Grimm and Pat Yelovich each added five.
Jim Wise, hailed as CIF’s best quarterback, sparked St Paul to a 28-6 victory over Poly High. Wise threw for 193 yards and three touchdowns, while St Paul’s defense limited Poly to 152 rushing yards and capitalized on two Jackrabbit mistakes for scores.
Alemany defeats St Anthony 7 to 6 at home as Hughes kicks the deciding extra point. George Chambon scored for St Anthony, while Sovolik and Hughes produced the decisive plays for the Indians in a defense focused non league battle.
Ted Hampson of Oakland scored late to lift the Seals to a 1-1 tie with the Kings in Kingston New York Kingston Ontario exhibition action. Eddie Joyal opened the scoring for Los Angeles with his first preseason goal at 16 08 of the first period. The Seals remain unbeaten in preseason at 6 0 2 while the Kings sit 1 4 3.
Gene Romer of San Luis Obispo won his second title in as many weeks by taking the class C motorcycle main event before a crowd of 1,300 at Ascot Park Saturday night.
In Wilmington Delaware Judge Caleb M Wright postponed a decision on the PGA request for a preliminary injunction against the rebel American Professional Golfers APG formed August 13. He cautioned the matter will see further litigation and potential restraining orders around fall tour events.
Lakewood, ranked fourth, faces Mater Dei in a clash at Santa Ana Bowl as Jordan visits Excelsior in Moore League action. Lakewood seeks a third straight win while Mater Dei, 0-2, looks for upset potential after losses to Santa Ana and Loyola. KEZY and KFOX-FM will carry the game.
Millikan defeated Jordan 11 3 and Wilson routed El Rancho 15 3 in Moore League water polo openers Friday. Scott Howard Greg Gray and Phil Omdahl each had three goals for Millikan while Rich Foster led Wilson with three scores. Paul Kelso and Shawn Durnin added two goals each for Wilson.
Compton dominates Lakewood with a 47 14 JV win as Moore Greer and Sargeant lead a 10 15 to 10 40 scoring spell. The Lakewood varsity record shows a 20 point effort in a high scoring setback.
Readable fragments show runners Wilson and Warren in a scoring tally. Names Homan Brockus Halley appear with times and places, indicating a team race result and individual performances.
Montebello High registered its first win of the season by surprising visiting Millikan 28-7. The Oilers rolled 278 rushing yards while Millikan managed only 40 rushing yards and four interceptions as Rand Rasmussen directed the Rams’ passing game.
El Rancho Dons, 1-2, routed Whittier 32-0 at California High. Dennis Tarango sparked a 25-point second quarter with a 95-yard punt return after Randy Drake led three first-half TD drives, including a 35-yard run and a 12-yard Nieto connection. Hiatt added an 85-yard kickoff score.
Magnolia edge Mayfair 12 6 on a late 27 yard pass from Doug Omer to Gerry Gomez with 2 50 left in the fourth. Mayfair had a 17 yard TD pass from Jim Tharp earlier in the period. extra points failed.
Santa Monica built a 660 yard total offense display to rout Cerritos College 46 to 8 on Friday night in Santa Monica. Cerritos lone score came on a late nine yard pass from Mike Ernst to Bain Brick with a two point conversion attempt failed.
A field of 200 competes today at Lakewood CC for the Lakewood Invitational 18 holes. Defending champion Craig Olson and notables Oscar Cowart Willie Forge and Bob Mahoney tee off in the featured foursome at 9 27 am with $1 000 in prizes.
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