South Stars Pin Hopes On Speed
South coaches emphasize speed for three sport Oklahoma All-State series against the North at LaFortune Park and Mabee Center. North pitcher plans and fielding moves mix with South basketball leaders led by Casta Thomas and Darrell Johnson as All-State drills continue toward the Wednesday game and Thursday basketball showdown.
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TULSA
Oklahoma
Wall
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Elliott
Eldorado
Terry Denton
Lone Grove
Glen Wendt
Ezell
LaFortune Park
Terry Naeher
Putnam City
Hobart
Mark Krewall
Altus
Casta Thomas
Boney Matthews
Purcell
Thomas
Glen Price
New Lima
Fort Towson
Clydel Tucker
Matthews
Chattanooga
Kevin Weddle
Jerry Gipson
Waurika
Boney
Weddle
Gipson
North
L. D. Bain
Yankee
Switzer Faces Recruiting Fallout as Oklahoma Weighs Postseason Fate
Oklahoma coach Barry Switzer says the program could lose its conference title, postseason eligibility, or TV appearances over admitted recruiting violations involving Kerry Jackson. Switzer vows the team will play this season regardless, while Big Eight officials decide sanctions in Chicago.
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Robert Moore
Kansas City
Barry Switzer
University of Oklahoma
Chicago
Oklahoma
Sooners
Kerry Jackson
Houston
Switzer
Chuck Fairbanks
Lions Earn Their Title at National Baseball Congress
The Lawton Lions Club surged through three playoff games in one day to reach the NBC tournament final. Coach Cecil Powell noted doubts after a Friday loss but praised the team’s late rally and rising intensity as they beat Ponca City 7-5 in the seventh inning and carried momentum from the dugout outbursts.
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Lawton Lions Club
National Baseball Congress
Lions
Wichita
Lions eye Nationals after 10-2 title win
Lions coach Powell praises players for summer progress and leadership. He notes Billy Severns toughness after a leg cut, Durant’s gracious defeat, and aims to bolster the roster with Rhoten and McLemore before Nationals in Wichita with a 7:45 p.m. game time.
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Ponca City
Billy
Ponca
Durant
Wichita
Lions
Nationals
Fred Rhoten
Tom McLemore
Colwell Leads After Semis in $50,000 PBA Starianes Open
Bowler Paul Colwell of Tucson Arizona grabbed the top spot after the semifinal round in the $50,000 PBA Starianes Open held in Cranston Rhode Island.
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Bowling Cranston
R.I
Paul Colwell
Tucson
Ariz
NCAA Creates Three Divisions Ending Big School Fuss
At a Jan special convention in Chicago the NCAA voted 366 to 13 to form three autonomous divisions Division I II and III with football automatically in Division I. Each division will self determine membership criteria within five years and must sponsor at least 39 championships overall with ten per division by 1975 76.
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NCAA
Water Way
Dalke Named Top Prep Athlete in Oklahoma
Tulsa area coverage highlights Bill Dalke, an All-State football linebacker and state wrestling runnerup, named Oklahoma High School Athlete of the Year by the Oklahoma Coaches Association at the Hall of Fame banquet. Dalke also earned numerous senior-year honors, with 29 2 wrestling record, and plans to join the University of Oklahoma football program after declining an Air Force Academy offer.
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Bill Dalke
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Dalke
Oklahoma Coaches Association
Great Hall of the
Camelot Inn
Constitution Press
Air Force Academy
University of Oklahoma
Wichita Falls
Coaches Association
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