Bowling Green Tops Montgomery Wildcats In Tough Conference Game
Bowling Green defeated Montgomery Wildcats 67 to 39 as BG controlled the tempo after an even start. Montgomery County shot 25 percent to BG 50, with Neil Wehrman leading MC with 10 points and Leroy McPike 22 for BG. Next tests include Elsberry at home and Clapton away to decide the conference race.
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Bowling Green
Montgomery Wildcats
Montgomery
Montgomery County
Bill Ballew
Wildcats
Ballew
Neil Wehrman
Tony, Marteen
Randy Etter
Leroy McPike
Roger McPike
Larry Shepherd
Elsberry
Clapton
Gerry Marteen
Danny Green
Bowling Green Smith
Luebbers
New North Missouri League Forms With Six Teams
A new NOMO conference emerges in north central Missouri featuring Marceline Milan Unionville Kahokia Memphis and North Shelby Shelbyville with Knox County Edina potential flag. Mexico may join alongside Chillicothe Brookfield Trenton Marshall Kirksville and Moberly as the CMC trims to four teams Hannibal Jefferson City Columbia Sedalia likely remain.
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Missouri
Marceline
Milan
Unionville
Kahokia
Memphis
North Shelby
Shelbyville
Knox County
Edina
Mexico
Central
Panthers Lose To South Shelby In Narrow 62 58 Decison
Centralia Panthers suffered a 62-58 defeat to South Shelby after a 10 day layoff. Coach Jim Enlow cited shaky shooting and weak offensive rebounding while missing ill player Bob Harvey. The game stayed close early with a tied 11-11 first quarter before South Shelby pulled ahead by halftime and controlled the tempo late.
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Shelbina
Centralia Panthers
South Shelby
Centralia
Jim Enlow
Panthers
Bob Harvey
Shelby
Pro Hockey By The Associated Press Results and Schedule
Results from Tuesday show Boston defeated New York 6 3 Montreal beat Pittsburgh 4 1 Toronto won 3 3 versus St Louis Vancouver topped Buffalo 6 3 with other scores. Wednesday schedule lists Toronto Chicago Minnesota New York Detroit Los Angeles Buffalo California Philadelphia Pittsburgh. Thursday features Minnesota Montreal Boston Montreal and a late high scoring finish in a Centralia game where South Shelby sealed a 62 58 win with 9 seconds remaining after 10 players scored.
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Associated Press
Boston
New York
Montreal
Pittsburgh
Toronto
St. Louis
Vancouver
Buffalo
Chicago
Minnesota
Detroit
Los Angeles
California
Philadelphia
Paris Panthers Trounce Louisiana 93 52 In B Action
Paris Panthers defeat Louisiana 93 to 52 as Jeff Smith leads with 24 points and Mike Rice adds 11, while Greg Morton and Ed Mayfield tally 11 and 10 for Paris. Centralia wins 58 46 despite turnover filled night, top scorers include Wieschhaus 20 and Threlkeld 21, with Chesterfield highlights.
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Jeff Smith
Greg Louisiana
Paris Morton
Mike Rice
Coyotes
Louisiana
Ed Mayfield
Centralia
Steve
Wieschhaus
Jim Smith
Ron Remley
Paris
Steve Denham
Panthers
Don Williams
Shelby
Monroe
S.shelby
Mayfield
Smith
Morton
Rice
Dicker
Ron Dunkle
Rutter
Weatherford
Tim
Harrison
Bryson
Burnett
Randy Boulware
Remley
Ed S.shelby
Threlkeld
Hardin Pirates Win 7th and 8th Grade Basketball Battles
Hardin 7th graders defeated Fulton 35 11 at Mexico High School in opening round play while 8th graders edged Fulton 27 23. Key scorers for Hardin included Haynes 12 Fry 7 and Jones 8. McCormack hit 4 of 6 free throws late to seal the win.
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Fulton
Garland Steward
Hardin
Mexico High School
Centralia
St. Brendan's
St. Brendan’ 'S
Mexico
Fulton Pirate
Johnny Fry
Mike Haynes
Haynes
Austin Miller
William Fry
Virgil McCormack
Jeff White
Russell Williams
McCormack
Mike Long
Andy Piper
Community R-6 Falls to Ashland in 74-60 Varsity Loss
Ashland defeated Community R-6 74-60 as the Trojans missed free throws and faced heavy fouling. Brent Pasley led R-6 with 12 points and 12 rebounds, while Ashland’s Bob Hazell had 20 and Jim Brink 17. A disciplinary purge weakened Ashland for both games. girls team won 39-20 with Peggy Lovelace and Jeanie Fisher top scorers.
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Bob Mindlin
Mindlin
Brent Pasley
Bill Lower
Kyle Pound
Greg Cox
Bob Hazell
Jim Brink
Jim Smith
Farron Klemme
Trojan Girls
Peggy Lovelace
Jeanie Fisher
Janice Nichols
Houston
Donna Walls
BC Ashland
Trojans
Sturgeon
Griffin
Smith
F. Klemme
Pound
Hazell
Lower
Lenger
Pasley
Tracy
Cox
Brink
Garnett B. Klemmen
Popp
Pauley
Hopke
Quarters Fennewald
Wenzel
Mexico Bulldogs Drop in State Cage Poll
The Mexico Bulldogs fell one spot in Class L and overall in the Missouri statewide basketball poll. With a 19-2 record they moved from third to fourth in Class L, swapping places with 20-0 St. Joseph Benton, and they slid from fourth to fifth overall. Motherly was unranked last week.
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Missouri Sportswriters and
Bulldogs
St. Joseph Benton
Mexico
Motherly
Jefeereeg City
Cairo
Columbia U. High
Hermann
Montgomery City
Knox County
Salisbury
NorCal T Birds Rout Higbee In 93 42 Victory
North Callaway Thunderbirds dominated Higbee 93 to 42 as Randy Rountree led with 20 points, supported by Ron Atkinson 20, Loran Hume 13, Jake Baumgartner 12 and Steve Foster. Coach Chuck Kundert noted 50 percent shooting and 13 of 19 from the line. Lead grew from 27-12 first quarter to 54-26 at halftime.
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Higbee
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Thunderbird
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North Callaway
Thunderbirds
Kundert
Randy Rountree
Ron Atkinson
Loran Hume
Jake Baumgartner
Steve Foster
KC Rockhurst
Vashon
St. Joe Benton
Mexico
Spoild Parkview
Charleston
Bishop Hogan
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Bayless
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Webster Groves
McCluer
Moberly
Jeff City
St. Charles
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Wright Ci
Columbia U-High
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Parma
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Delta
Jameson
Morrisville
Atlanta
Gallatin
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Tina-Avalon
Forrest Wright
KC Manual
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Hayti
Branson
Cape Notre Dame
Strafford
New Madrid
Burlington
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Odessa
J. Bgartner
Knox County
Rountree
Salisbury
Foster
Kearney
Crawford Dixon
Wright
Bartolacci
Joe Benton
St. L. A-High
Nor Cal
U High Defeats MMA in Basketball Clash
Columbia Missouri. University High defeated Missouri Military Academy 92 to 73 after a 41 to 21 halftime lead. Charlie Smarr scored 25 and Frank Mitchell 18 for U High while Bob Keagle led MMA with 24 and Paul Webb added 19. MMA has two varsity games left, at Kemper and versus Sturgeon.
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Missouri Military Academy
University High
MMA
Colonels
U-High
Charlie Smarr
Frank Mitchell
Bob Keagle
Paul Webb
Kemper
Sturgeon
Tigers Fall to Unity in Non-Conference Clash
In a non-conference game at Unity, the Mark Twain Tigers were defeated 64 to 30. Unity led throughout, holding off Mark Twain as the final score reflected a lopsided result reported by the Mexico Ledger.
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Mark Twain Tigers
Unity
Mark Twain
Hickman Wrestlers Dominate MMA in Dual Meet Victory
Visiting Hickman High of Columbia defeated Missouri Military Academy 39-21 as MMA wrestlers fell in multiple weight classes. Notable results include James Jennings of Hickman edging Pat O'Dea 3-1, with MMA securing wins from Mike Dickey and Bob Mentin. Several Hickman pins and decisions highlighted the meet, plus exhibition bouts.
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Hickman High
Columbia
Missouri Military Academy
MMA
Pat O'Dea
Hickman
James Jennings
O’dea
Mike Dickey
Peter Hinshaw
Bob Mentin
Scott Stella
John Kane
Steve Bender
Jeff Brummer
Dan Judy
Rob McClaskey
Chip Berkely
Dennis Puhl
Paul Hinshaw
Mike Seifres
Pat O’dea
Tom Lee
Don Edler
Ricky King
Mike Cunningham
Ray Stotler
Don Kehl
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