Wildcats Meet St. James Tonight in State Tournament
Montgomery Co. R-2 Wildcats face St. James Tigers in a first round state game at East Central Junior College Union. Both teams won regional titles Friday night with Montgomery riding a 64 46 win over Van-Far and St. James a 51 42 victory over St. Francis Borgia.
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St. James Tigers
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St. Francis Borgia
Centralia
Columbia
Bill Ballew
Ballew
Charlie Penn
Bobby Murdock
Jack Bruns
Vansar
Tigers
St. Francis
Gary Davis
Pete Ash
Chris Mueller
Four Rivers
Hermann
Owensville
North Callaway
Mexico Wrestlers Rally Behind Steady Coach To Reach State
Mexico's 1975-76 wrestling season turned around after a 2-7 previous year. Coach Bob Gooch credited a year of maturity, year-round work, and two Nebraska imports for an 8-4 campaign with seven regional qualifiers and two state entrants. Senior Wayne Terpstra led the squad with 60 career wins, while Doug Thomas set a school record with 32 matches, and several others posted strong records as they prepared for next season.
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Bob Gooch
Gooch
Nebraska
Steve Benton
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Hannibal
Kirksville
Helias
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Hellas
Marshall
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Dennis Olson
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DuBus
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Farnen
Pat
George
Mike Hampton
Craig
Lee
Lukacs
Mathew
Veloe
Jerry
Nettles
Snell
Mike Abel
Stuart
Alan
Wilkerson
Big Eight Title Goes To One Big Game At Manhattan
The top two teams Missouri and Kansas State enter a deciding game in Manhattan with 10-2 records as Oklahoma and Colorado stumble through the rest of the slate. Missouri lost ground by falling to Oklahoma 68-57 as Rick McNeil and Cary Carbine led Oklahoma’s attack. Nebraska beat Oklahoma State, Colorado upset Kansas, and Kansas State beat Iowa State as the sprint to the NCAA berth tightens with a potential coin flip tiebreaker if Missouri and Kansas State finish even.
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Cary Carrbine
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Larry Cox
Huskers
Jerry Fort
Ronnie Daniel
Emmett Lewis
Buffs
Norm Cook
Jayhawks
Greg Mueller
Towa State
Missouri Valley
West Texas
Southern Illinois
New Mexico State
Wichita State
Thirty Two Teams In First Round State Games
Playoff pairings announced for 32 Missouri high school boys basketball teams. Defending 2A champion Lilbourn faces Benton Kelly at Poplar Bluff tonight. First-round games at 7 30 p m, with quarterfinals Wednesday and finals Friday and Saturday at Hearnes Center.
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Charleston
Regional Class 1A basketball results at Hancock to Clayton
AP recap of regional Class 1A and 2A basketball games with scores across Hancock Mountain Grove Potosi Flat River Central Dexter Willard Clayton Neosho Memorial Hannibal Salisbury Nixa Branson Tipton California Willow Springs Montgomery County LeBlond John Burroughs Higginsville St James Cassville East Newton Stockton and other matchups with final scores and noted overtimes where present.
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Associated Press
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National Physical Education Week Observed in Missouri
National Physical Education Week begins today and runs through Sunday with nationwide observance for the first time. The Missouri Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation sponsors the statewide event while local efforts focus on students and the community, led by Mexico physical education instructor Mrs. Sue Priest.
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Missouri Alan. of Health, Physical Education and Recreation
Sue Priest
Mexico
Princeton Becomes Second Entry In NCAA Playoffs
Princeton won the Ivy League title 70-59 over Brown to earn an NCAA playoff berth, becoming the second team to secure a spot after Indiana. UCLA clinched at least a tie for the Pac-8 title with a 120-74 rout of Stanford. Arizona and Alabama also hold strong conference positions. The article lists several conference races and potential bids across the majors.
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Indiana
Princeton
UCLA
Arizona
Alabama
Brown
Penn
Yale
Stanford
Bruins
Southern Cal
Oregon State
Oregon
Arizona State
Sturgeon Falls to St Thomas in Class 1A regional opener
Sturgeon Bulldogs trailed early and lost 77 to 60 to unranked St Thomas Seminary in the North Shelby regional first round. Melvin Harvey scored 20 for Sturgeon in his final game, with Darrell Smith adding 12 as the team ends at 10 13 while St Thomas improves to 9 12.
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Sturgeon Bulldogs
Bulldogs
St. Thomas Seminary
North Shelby
Spartans
Hannibal
Peer Aibhce
Melvin Harvey
Darrell Smith
Russell
Harvey
Smith
Apet
Haverstick
Dawson
Herrin
Rehagen
Trackmen Open Indoor Season With 62-47 Victory
Jefferson City Jays hosted Mexico at Jefferson City High School in the first indoor meet held on a makeshift 220 yard hall course. Mexico captured six events led by Austin Miller, while Jefferson City’s new mile relay won in 3:41.7 as time trials loom for both teams ahead of district action.
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Jefferson City High School
Extco Bulldogs
Jays
Mexico
Bulldogs
Missouri Military Academy
Ron Whittaker
Feld
Austin Miller
Miller
Regan Fuhrer
Adrain Bradshaw
Quentin Bakke
Greg Jackson
Ron Hoffman
Bradshaw
Cliff Long
Whittaker
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