Lions fall to West in heated regional semifinal
Lawrence High dropped a 64 to 51 semifinal loss to Topeka West in the Class AA regional at Topeka. Lawrence rallied from 11 down but foul trouble, a late fight, and eight Lions fouls in the final minute doomed the comeback as West advanced toward the regional crown.
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Mike Harding
Leonard Jackson
Max Rife
Javon Ceee
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Maxwell Miller
Sat Stanwik
Alexander Lawlor
Mile Featured In Track Meet Here Saturday
About 220 athletes from seven schools will compete in the Kansas State Federation Track and Field championships at Kansas University's Allen Field house. Preliminaries start 1:30 p.m. with finals at 6 p.m. The mile run at 7:30 p.m. features Jim Ryun, Capt. John Lawson, and Conrad Nightingale as top performers.
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Pro Cage By Associated Press Results and Schedule
Pro Cage results show Philadelphia 185 over San Fran 125. Upcoming games include St. Louis versus Boston in Providence and New York against Detroit and Philadelphia versus Cincinnati. Saturday matches list New York at Cincinnati Boston at Philadelphia and Los Angeles at San Francisco.
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Kansas Swimmer Pennington Sets Big Eight Record
D Pennington of Kansas swims 500 yard freestyle in 4 56 6 to break five minute barrier and leads Kansas to strong showing at Norman meet. Oklahoma tops team scores with 38 as conference records fall including 400 yard medley relay 3 43 2. Keef Ludwig Nebraska ties 21 9 in 50 yard freestyle.
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Iowa State
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Kansas Jayhawks Gym Meet With Wichita State Saturday
The Kansas University gymnastics team with a 7 2 record heads to Robinson Gym at 2 p m Saturday to face Wichita State in a dual meet Coach Bob Lockwood leads the Jayhawks Kansas hosts the Big Eight championships March 18 19 in Allen Fieldhouse
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DeSoto Seeks State Bid in Class A Final
DeSoto High School edged Osawatomie 58 57 to reach the Class A regional final at Bonner Springs. Kent Polter scored 24 with 17 rebounds and DeSoto faces Garnett, which beat Immaculata 64 54 in the semifinals, for a spot in Hutchinson next week.
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Boxing Results From Last Night In Three Cities
In Portland Milo Calhoun from Kingston Jamaica won a ten round decision over Marion Connor of Boston. In Los Angeles Amos Lincoln of Los Angeles defeated Billy Daniels of New York City by unanimous ten round decision.
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SMU Bids Clinched After SWC Title Clincher
Southern Methodist wins the Southwest Conference title and an NCAA berth as Arkansas defeats Texas A&M 94-71 to snap a playoff push. Utah claims the WAC crown with New Mexico beating Arizona 83-69, while Duke routs Wake Forest 103-73 in ACC action.
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Sharbutt of Baker Receives Loop All Star Mention
Kansas Conference all star ballot results note Keith Rucas as top voting coach pick. Don Sharbutt of Baker University earns honorable mention while the list includes Harvey Daniels Gary Davidson Gary Gibb Gary Harder Ken Koehn LaVerle Martin Paul Peters Rucas Tony Verdi John Wilkey and others.
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College of Emporia
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Kansas Wesleyan
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Ottawa
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Sterling
Syracuse University Enters 65th Basketball Season
Syracuse University marks its 65th season of varsity men's basketball, continuing a long-standing program with history and tradition across decades of competition.
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