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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1972
Page
16
Special to The Avalanche Journals reports a tight doubleheader where Texas Tech and the University of Texas at El Paso each posted wins. A pair of homers and late surges highlighted the opener while both teams traded blows, with standout pitching and timely hitting shaping the outcome.
Odessa Ector and Morton reached the finals as Jesse Watkins and Elton Patton starred for their teams. Morton edged Roma 65 to 55 in Class AA action with Patton scoring 12 in the first half and suffering an ankle twist. Morton advances to face Whitehouse after a 647 victory over Waco Midway.
Shannon placed second in the 1256 67 event while SMU’s Ronn Mails won over Griffith and Prentice in the 00-yard backstroke. Texas and SMU battled to a close team race as John Thorburn and Paul Ketve led early in their events. The meet finishes with several freestyle, butterfly, diving, and relay finals. preliminaries begin at noon and finals at 8 PM.
Tech hosts Texas A&M in a close contest as Palomar leads with 8 points and Richardson adds 4. A&M counters with 6-7 Jel and 6-8 Dyalantis, trading blows in a 68-63 result. Johnson and Brown pace the Aggies inside while Tech eyes a strong finish.
Midland beats Ponies 10 to 9 in a see saw game at home as Louis Perez drives in the winning run off Mike Bewley. Randy Blanchett belts a two run double tying the game, Cary Seimer strikes out, and Bel Wiese adds a Bulldog run producing hit. Midland improves to 2-0 while Ponies drop to 0-2.
A fourth inning throwing error opened the door for Big Spring to beat Lubbock High 7-2, sending the Westerners to their second straight loss. Big Spring improves to 2-0 after a 13-9 win over Corona. Lubbock High had five hits and no hits until the fifth. INDIANAPOLIS AP Virginia Squires beat Indiana 121-116 as Charlie Scott scored 42 in an ABA game.
Anton led a comeback in the regional tournament, defeating McAdoo 65-64 after a late sequence including David Osuna and Abin Neff key shots. Sands and Ulister faced injuries but co favorites advanced, with Hedley and Channing triumphs setting up final day action and a trip to Austin.
Amarillo, the tourney’s second seed, defeated Schreiner and South Plains to win the Region V title. Kenon earned outstanding player and defensive honors. teammates Jay Burton Tom Corley Coulter McLennan Ben Garner Jack Toone New Mexico JC Tom Jordan George Pannell South Plains Ron March IW JC Archie Myers Howard County joined the all tournament team.
Wayland Flying Queens lost 67 40 to Raytown Piperettes in Kansas City. Queens, 20 4 record, prepare to meet Piperettes again tonight at home. Joycie Pewet led Wastani with TF pests.
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