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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1974
Page
6
Tickets for Friday nights Lompoc Colton CIF playoff at Huyck Stadium available at Lompoc High Activities Office. Office hours extend to 6 30 pm tomorrow. General admission 2 50 junior high 2 elementary 1 student 1 pre sale. Stadium gates open 6 45 for ticket holders and booths open at 7.
Thomas Roy Thomas, former Lompoc High star, shines in Puerto Rico with the Caguas team. He threw a seven inning one hitter to beat Frank Robinson's club 4 0, outdueling Orlando Pena as Orlando Cepeda and Sandy Alomar watched. His record rose to 2 1 while his lone loss was 1 0. He has allowed nine runs in 34 innings with seven strikeouts per game and has yet to face Roy Howell in the same league.
Concs Ray Dahlmann and Andre McGant named team captains for 1975 at Cabrillo football awards banquet. Steve Kleinman Most Inspirational, Bruce Maple Most Improved. Other honors include Filarsky Iron Man and MVPs for defense and offense.
The latest CIF Press and Record Book is on sale at Tag's Sporting Goods in Lompoc. Priced at $2, it details records and accomplishments of standout Lompoc Valley athletes.
Auto Club reports good to very good skiing at most Northern California resorts. Mammoth Mountain stands out with 3 feet of packed powder and very good to excellent conditions. Alpine Meadows Badger Pass China Peak and others follow with good to very good. Southern California areas lag with poor to good skiing awaiting more snow.
Kentucky topped North Carolina 90-78 as Jimmy Conner scored a career high 31. Notre Dame crushed Kansas 75-59 behind Adrian Dantley’s 31. Purdue beat San Diego State 91-87. Memphis State uni Marion Hillard led a 70-69 finish over Florida State. Bobby Tolan signed a two year Padres deal in San Diego.
NEA Sports editor notes a growing trend of booing at the Met in New York as operatic audiences mirror sports hostility. Schuyler Chapin weighs boos as a decline in manners, contrasting claque culture and international practices with American audiences and historic uproars.
Undersized third string back Joey Grijalva emerged as a spark plug for Lompoc, rushing 32 times for 186 yards against San Marino and earning Brave of the Week honors for a second straight week. Coach Jim Spruill praised his full speed start, good hands, and vision as the key to a historic win, while teammates Steve Greco LeRoy Grossini and James Kirkland were noted for strong performances.
Walton returned to the Portland Trail Blazers in street clothes during a Monday workout with coach Lenny Wilkens. He avoided discussing recent headlines and told reporters he did not feel obliged to comment. Walton read mail from the Blazer office while Wilkens said the week's Walton saga was behind them.
Washington, led by Bill Kilmer, defeated NFC West champions Los Angeles 23-17 to seal a playoff berth as Sonny Jurgensen sat out a fourth straight game. Kilmer threw three TD passes to Jefferson, Brown and Smith, guiding a late- season surge.
Ohio State running back Archie Griffin, at 5-foot-9 and 184 pounds, won the United Press International Player of the Year award. He led with 57 of 80 ballots, ahead of Joe Washington of Oklahoma, as Griffin balances studies with post season honors after also winning the Heisman Trophy.
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