City Cage Teams Begin League Play This Week
Five city college and high school cage teams start conference play this week. Western Wisconsin Technical Institute visits Sheboygan as coach Ted Kobe aims for a third straight season win in the WTTC debut. UW La Crosse begins WIAC with UW Whitewater in Mitchell Hall. Logan hosts Chippewa Falls while Central meets Eau Claire Memorial. Viterbo and Central girls gym also schedule meets this week.
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Indiana Tops UCLA In Open Season Basketball Blowout
Indiana, ranked No. 1, throttled UCLA 84 64 in a season opener. Coach Bobby Knight saw his theory challenged as the Hoosiers dominated the defending national champions in the Big Ten arena.
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Sherman leads UW L to 63 62 win over St Marys
Jim Sherman sank two late free throws to give UW L freshmen a 63-62 nonconference victory over St Marys in Winona. Greg Uhlenhake led UW L with 16 points. Marv Tunstill topped St Marys with 17.
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Vern Benson Joins Braves Coaching Staff
Vern Benson 51 joins Dave Bristol's Atlanta Braves coaching staff next year alongside Herm Starrette and Eddie Haas. Jim Busby stays on as minor league instructor and scout. Ken Silvestri will not be retained. Benson has 14 major league seasons, recent five with St. Louis, and previously with the Yankees and Reds.
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Sweeney Leaves Washington State Football Post
Sports briefs report Washington State University head football coach Jim Sweeney resigning. Other items cover Hubert Green winning a $200000 golf event by six strokes in Miyazaki and Peter Butler taking the 29th Colombian Open with a three over par 291 in Barranquilla. Ken Rosewall defeats John Newcombe in Tokyo 7 5 4 6 6 1 to win a $100000 tennis title. John Greenwood wins IMSA GT season finale by 39 seconds in Daytona Beach. Nick Denes dies at 69, former Western Kentucky University football coach, in Bowling Green.
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Tragic Hockey Practice Death Of James Dragone Jr
James Dragone Jr. aged 18 of Watertown died after a skate cut an artery in his neck during a Friday scrimmage. He collapsed at the rink and received 20 units of blood before dying at St Elizabeth Hospital while playing defense for the New Preparatory School of Cambridge.
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Investigators Probe Graham Hill Air Crash
Investigators examine the burned Piper Aztec wreckage to answer why Graham Hill chose to fly in fog toward a minimal navigation airport rather than divert to a radar-equipped one and whether wing ice contributed to the fatal crash near a golf course north of London. The crash killed Hill 46 and five others, including protege Tony Brise, after leaving Marseilles while testing a car on a French Riviera circuit.
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Prince Joins Astros After Pirates Firing
Bob Prince exits the Pittsburgh Pirates after 28 years and joins the Houston Astros to work with Gene Elston and Loel Passe. He may also broadcast Monday night baseball for ABC next season if approved, while Nellie King takes a role at Duquesne University.
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Boosters To Meet La Crosse Central Red Raider Rooters
The Red Raider Rooters meet Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the high school cafeteria to discuss booster activities and support for La Crosse Central athletics.
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