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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1977
Page
6
A garbled recap lists National Hockey League results and Tuesday NBA scores. Names like NY Islanders and Los Angeles appear alongside incomplete lines and stray phrases, with teams such as Toronto Chicago and Milwaukee also noted in fragmentary form.
East Missouri Conference game reports Wellsville lost a tight battle to Bowling Green 57 to 53 as Mark Long led the Bobcats with 24 points and Gary Bell added 14. Wellsville struggled early, shot 26 percent first half, and committed 22 turnovers while Bowling Green surged after the first quarter. Junior varsity fell 56-43 with Tommy Houston scoring 21. Wellsville travels to Ebberry next.
Partial OCR sports box shows Wellsville and Bowling Green players with scoring lines and totals. Mixed numbers appear for several players and teams, including final totals and field goals. Data is fragmentary and not fully clear.
Area colleges results list Tarkio 73 over Graceland 39 while Rockhurst defeats Kar 8 to 6. Emporia, Washburn, Avila, Mid-America, Central Missouri, Westminster, Starling, McKendree and Missouri-Louis are noted with varied scores. Clemson 70 to Wake Forest 4 and South Carolina 90 to North Carolina Wilmington 73 also appear.
Kansas City dispatch notes Norm Stewart and Ted Owens downplay last month brawl as Missouri and Kansas prepare for tonight's near capacity crowd in Columbia. Missouri leads the league at 7-2, with Kansas at 6-3 and other contenders active across the schedule. officials plan to monitor any hostilities.
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