Pampa Cagers Edge Lubbock Fliers In OT Thriller
Pampa Army Air field cagers edged Lubbock Army Airfield Fliers 33 32 in overtime at LAAF gym. Bruce Prior led Lubbock with 11 points while Gerald McCarty added 11 for Lubbock. Ick paced Pampa with 10 as the game stayed close through regulation and into OT.
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LAAF
Bruce Prior
Gerald McCarty
Lubbock
Ick
Pampa
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McCarty
Slij Abolt
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Visau
Oster
Durden
Mick
Robinson Defeats Bell In Ten Round Welterweight Bout
Ray Sugar Robinson outboxed Tommy Bell in a ten round welterweight bout at the arena before 10 966 fans. Robinson weighed 145 1 2 pounds, one pound more than Bell.
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Bell
Cleveland
Ray (Sugar) Robinson
Tommy Bell
Youngstown
Jackson Resigns As Tahoka Coach
Tahoka Texas January 16 Special The Tahoka school board accepted the resignation of Coach Leo Jackson who will become head coach at Cameron Texas next school year He will leave with Supt W T Hanes who also resigned to take Cameron’s superintendent post Jackson built the South Plains top sports program and led boxing efforts No successor named for Tahoka High School position.
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Leo Jackson
W. T. Hanes
Jackson
Cameron
Texas
Tohoka
South Plains
Tahoka High School
Robertson Teams Cup Crucial Cage Series
Robertson High remains undefeated in District 8-B after a win over Lorenzo. The Robertson boys triumphed 21-21 to 13 points by Eugene Woodard led scoring. Lorenzo’s O. H. Kemp had nine. The Robertson girls opened with a 27-19 victory led by Mary Jo Aycock with 13 points.
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Idalou
Robertson High School
Lorenzo
Robertson
Robertson Boys
Eugene Woodard
O. H. Kemp
Robertson Girls
Bolles
Mary Jo Aycock
Cooper Girls and Boys Edge Frenship in Tight Wins
Cooper High School girls led by Webb and Wilke with 30 points total beat Frenship 39 to 18 as Webb scored 16 and Willie 14. Cooper boys won 24 to 18 with Johnson as top scorer and Huffaker led Frenship with eight. A note mentions regional wells water levels having dropped in recent years.
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Frenship High School
Cooper
Cooper Girls
Webb
Wilke
Frenship
Willie
Williamson
Cooper Boys
Johnson
Huffaker
Pierce
Lubbock Westerners Dip Tahoka 31 to 24 in Key Button
The Lubbock Westerners defended District 1-AA with a 31 24 win over the Tahoka Bulldogs in the feature game. Tahoka won the B game 21 18 and the Tahoka juniors edged Coach Curtis Barretts Cowboys Blue 13 12. Finis Botkins scored all 13 for Lubbock in the curtain raiser while Wells led Tahoka B with nine points.
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Tahoka Bulldogs
Lubbock
Tahoka Juniors
Curtis Barrett
Cowboys Blue Club
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Wells
Stoney Wall
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Te Moyers
Edwards
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Donaldson
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Pressley
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Busby
Idalou Boys Split Pair With Cowhand Fives
Idalou High School split two games with Lubbock High School teams Tuesday night. The Cowhands Gold defeated Idalou B 26 to 16 led by Alderson with nine points while Steely scored six for Idalou. In the second game Idalou A beat Cowhands Black 56 to 28 paced by Isom with 18 and Bishop with 17 points.
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Cowhands
Lubbock High School
Idalou High School
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Steely
Idalou
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Abernathy Tops Cotton Center in Twin Wins
Abernathy Antelopes beat Cotton Center in both girls and boys games. Girls won 23-13 led by Edna Fay Selford with 10 and Ann Latrick with 9, while Gore led Cotton Center with 9. Boys prevailed 50-37 as Abernathy built a 27-15 halftime lead behind steady scoring. Harold Rhodes and Chandler traded blows.
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Cotton Center
Baseball Given A Green Light For 1945 Season
President Roosevelt signaled approval for a 1945 baseball season if it can operate without diverting manpower from the war effort. He urged teams to avoid using fit young men in battle roles and emphasized baseball as a morale builder while preserving essential service and industry needs.
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Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
Section A Cagers Enter Levelland Tourney
The Section A basketball team of Lubbock Army Airfield entered the Levelland tournament, the eighth team in the event. LAAF meets Levelland A at 8:30 Friday. Team players include Benton Riddel, Bob Brewer, John Miller, Roger Smith, Big Mac McWhorter, William Smith, and Doug Cox. Chandler led scoring with 13, Cox 14.
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Levelland
Elmer J. Moore
LAAF
Benton Riddel
Bob Brewer
John Miller
Roger Smith
Big Mac” McWhorter
William Smith
Doug Cox
Idalou Invitational Opens With Three Thursday Games
Idalou hosts the Idalou invitation basketball tournament starting Thursday with two boys games and one girls game. Roosevelt and Idalou B teams open at 7 pm, Shallowater vs Frenship in the 9 pm finale, Roosevelt vs Petersburg in the 8 pm girls game, and play continues Friday with alternating boys and girls until the 9:30 pm boys quarter-final.
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Idalou
Shallowater
Frenship
Petersburg
Crosbyton
Cooper and Lorenzo
Cooper and Cotton Center
Shallo
Levelland Routs Ropes In Double Basketball Wins
Levelland cagers defeated two Ropes squads in Tuesday night games. The B team beat Ropes 26 to 22 led by top scorer Jordan from Ropes. Remaining first round action includes New Deal and Abernathy girls at 8 30 Friday with trophies awarded for top three places and officials Curtis Barrett and Stumpy Hamilton from Lubbock.
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Jordan
Water Girls
New Deal
Robertson
Cotton Center
Lorenzo
Jayton
Jayton and
Frenship
Abernathy
Curtis Barrett
Stumpy Hamilton
Lubbock
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