La Marque Hosts 24-Team Girls Track Meet Saturday
At Etheredge Stadium beginning 8 a.m. La Marque High School hosts 24 teams across Varsity and Freshman-Junior Varsity divisions. Schools include Houston Mt. Carmel Spring Branch Houston Lamar Friendswood Brazosport Channelview Spring and more. Jaycees assist. 12 heats per event per division. free admission all day.
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La Marque Track Team Finishes Seventh at Bayshore Olympics
La Marque High School varsity track finishes seventh of 15 at Bayshore Olympics in La Porte with 41 points as Spring Woods leads at 94. Sam Proctor wins two golds in shot put and discus. Ken Justice and Elgie Pickett post season bests, with several Coogs placing in sprint and distance events. Coaches Carr and Mauldin plan to take the squad to Pearland for the Oiler Relays.
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Spring Woods
Austin Reagan
Deer Park
Sam Proctor
Ken Justice
Elgie Pickett
Rice
Blacher
Brow
Dotson
Francis
Richardson
Chuck Phinney
Rex Whitted
Leon Carr
Larry Mauldin
Pearland
LM Cougars Win Consolation in Texas City Tourney
La Marque triumphs after a 1-0 loss to Santa Fe, taking the consolation trophy behind Abel Rodriguez pitching. Solis earns two wins as LM routs Texas City JV 8-0 and Friendswood 10-0. Jimmy Hopkins named to all tournament team. OConnell game rained out.
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Lance Stevens
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Mike Solis
Ken Gimber
la Marque
Friendswood
Solis
Texas City
O’connell
Galveston
La Marque Girls Track 5th at Alvin Relays
La Marque High School girls track finished fifth in the 14 team Yellow Jacket Relays hosted by Alvin. Alvin won with 32 points. Clare Mapps placed second in the 60 yard dash at 7.3 seconds. The half mile relay team of Mapps Wilson Blacher Gregory finished third. Gregory was fifth in the 440 at 64.3 seconds, Wilson fifth in the shot put at 32 11. The quartet Gregory Louetta Fowler Wilson and Marilyn Macik finished sixth in an event.
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Faye Blacher
Michelle Gregory
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Wilson
Louetta Fowler
Marilyn Macik
Viks take 3rd at Angleton meet
La Marque Junior High ninth grade Vikings placed third at the Wampus Cat Relays in Angleton among nine teams. Bail Junior High won, Clear Lake second. Henderson Smith was third in shot put 49-1, Adrian Porter fifth 45-7. Porter second in long jump 19-3. King tied for fourth high jump 5-4 and fourth in 70-yard dash 9.8. Jon Hartkopf third 880 2:13.5. Ted Smith third 100 10.6, Sowell fifth 10.7. James Brown sixth 220 24.4. 440 relay second 45.4. mile relay 3:43.2 with Sowell, Hartkopf, Brown, Ted Smith. Eighth grade two finalists: Keith McLaren second discus, Tony Wooldridge third mile 5:11.0.
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James Brown
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Franklin Makes All-District on 24-4A Team
La Marque star guard Don Franklin, first team with 18.9 PPG, joins Ball High teammates June Washington Darrell Mitchell and Michael Venible, Texas City's Kenny Morrison, Angleton's Joseph Powell on the 24-4A first squad. Washington named MVP. Second team includes Longley Jones Washington Moses Thomas. Morrison and Franklin are seniors.
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Angleton
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Alvin
Arthur Washington
Dulles
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Texas City
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La Marque jayvee team takes second at three-team meet
La Marque, Dulles and Dickinson contested a Friday meet with Dulles taking first place at 95.5 points. La Marque finished second with 74 points and seven firsts led by Ken Justice in discus 141-3 and shot 48-6. Dickinson totaled 51.5.
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AquaCoogs year ends at regionals meet
Coach Donn Boyd led AquaCoogs with four girls and nine boys to the Region V swim meet in College Station last weekend. Dutchy Kueteman earned the only AquaCoogs ribbon, taking sixth in the 100 butterfly with a school record 57.2. Marnie Williams Carol Shirley Patti Bell and Melynda Mazzanti qualified for regionals but did not place in their events.
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College Station
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Marnie Williams
Carol Shirley
Patti Bell
Melynda Mazzanti
Kueteman
Jimmy
Little League sets tryouts Saturday at Bobby Beach Field
American Little League will hold tryouts at 9 a.m. Saturday at Bobby Beach Field with on-site registration. District champ Brazoswood qualified two for the state meet in Austin, led by Ronnie Paul who finished second in the 100 fly. More than 400 swimmers competed, led by Spring Branch Memorial and Clear Lake.
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No joy in Aggieland as Aggies fall in SWC tourney
Texas A&M faced a disappointing season ending with a loss in the Southwest Conference tournament after two standout freshmen were suspended for illegal gifts. Texas Tech claimed the final against the Aggies as Baylor and Houston field strong young teams while Texas powered through indoor meets. The article highlights tragedy of near-misses across football and basketball for a program spending heavily yet failing to clinch key titles.
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George Walker
Allan Winder
John Cioli
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