Breakfast Optimists aim for Babe Ruth state title
Coach Bob Rogers leads the 35-11 Breakfast Optimists to the Babe Ruth State Tournament after finishing second in the district in Parsons. The team faced a tough path through the losers bracket, defeating Pittsburg and KC Elliott before beating Parsons Scaletty's to clinch the state berth. Rogers emphasized depth and team leadership, planning to treat Stanley, near Olathe, as a home field and stressing loose play and collective effort.
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Bob Rogers
Optimists
Parsons
Rogers
Pittsburg
Frank Easum
Lawrence
Parsons Scaletty
Scaletty
Easum
Darren Cole
Kenny Romero
Kempin
Parsons Superior
Stanley
Olathe
Blue Valley
Lewis soars near Beamon with 28 9 long jump
Carl Lewis, a University of Houston sophomore, uncorked 28 feet 9 inches for the second-best long jump in history at the National Sports Festival in Indianapolis. After four fouls and a relay duty, he produced the legal jump to heighten expectations of a 30-foot mark, while relay teammates posted a fast 38.27 clocking.
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Indianapolis
Carl Lewis
Bob Beamon
Mexico City
Lewis
University of Houston
Beamon
Mike Miller
Calvin Smith
Stanley Floyd
Soviet Union
Moscow
East Germany
Lutz Dombrowski
Houston
Jodi Anderson
Jeanette Bolden
Florence Griffith
Alice Brown
Chuck Aragon
Henry Marsh
Sunder Nix
Dave McKenzie
Jim Herring
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Leslie Deniz
Kim Gallagher
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Mazda
John Prohaska