Garden City Buffs win Class AA title on 62 48 victory
Garden City captures the Class AA high school basketball championship at Allen Fieldhouse before 5,000 fans. Archie Gooden scored 27 for the Buffs who built a big second quarter lead and fended off Pittsburg Dragons 62 48. Dennis Kraus and Roy Humphrey added double figures as Garden City finished 21 4, earning the top Western Kansas title.
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Pittsburg Guards Lead AA Team In State Meet
Pittsburg High five guards led by Bill Russell and Ron White finished 1-2 in scoring and earned first team honors at the Kansas Class AA basketball meet. White scored 69 points, Russell 68, with Gooden 62 Hollimon 50 and Mathews 49. Charles R. Coe won the 1949 and 1958 U S Amateur golf titles, runner up in 1959.
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Cowboys Edge Oklahoma For Sixth Big Eight Wrestling Title
Oklahoma State edged Oklahoma 97 92 to capture its sixth straight Big Eight wrestling crown as NCAA championships loom March 24 26 at Iowa State. Oklahoma’s Greg Ruth 167 champion and 26 year veteran won MVP. OSU’s Yojiro Uetake remained unbeaten to win the 130 title. Iowa State led with three champions, Colorado fourth, Nebraska fifth, Kansas State sixth, Missouri fourth, and Kansas last.
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Strange New World Darks Job Appears Rugged
AP reports Alvin Dark faces a tough task with the Kansas City A's in the American League as he builds a young roster. He names Campaneris, Green, Harrelson, Tartabull, Causey, Fazio and others while planning platoons and spring evaluations. The club seeks improved run production and defense.
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