District Class 3A Track Meet Faces Major Record Challenges
Hawthorne Heights hosts Saturday district meet with 13 records at risk as Mexico leads a field of schools from Fulton Moberly Columbia Rock Bridge Boonville Jefferson City Hellos Eldon Highland and Bowling Green. Top two in each event advance to state with prelims at 10:30 a.m. and finals at 1 p.m.
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Mexico
Fulton
Moberly
Columbia Rock Bridge
Boonville
Jefferson City
Ezell
O'Dear
Piper Mexico
Nathey Rock Bridge
O’dear
Buckner Highland
Desk Highland
Duncan Mexico
Amsinger Eldon
Helias
Long Mexico
Miller Mexico
Brown Bowling Green
Duncanexico
Reynolds Fulton
Mexico advances in first Missouri girls track state meet
Mexico's bid for the state title began this afternoon with 11 Bulldogs competing in nine events. Prelims start at 2 p.m., with finals for running events at 6 p.m. The state meet, first for Missouri girls, draws 140 schools. Sumner and Mexico are favored based on times. Cleveland's Mary Kunkel shines with a 5 13 mile and 5 8 high jump for possible top marks.
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Mexico
Marilyn Maupin
Therese Rankin
Twanette West
Lynn Earle
Debbie Hexworth
Mary Peck
Sharon Farrah
Lori Thoenen
Billie Sue Stubblefield
Angela Kelly
Miss Farrah
Thoenen
Midge
Perry Black
Moberly
St. Louis
Sumner
Missouri
Ledgerland
Community
Patty Bakers
Montgomery Co
Beaumont
Mary Smith
Cleveland
Mary Kunkel
Centralia to Host 2A State Track Meet
Centralia prepares to host the Class 2A state track meet with 24 entries across 17 events. Preliminaries start at 11 a.m. in Panther Stadium, finals run 1 to 2 p.m. Kansas City Pembroke Country Day defends, East Buchanan and Monroe City as threats, with Centralia sending Romine Kaiser Couch in five events. The meet marks the first outside Columbia in this series.
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Pembroke Country Day
East Buchanan
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Monroe City
John Romine
Gregg Kaiser
Barry Couch
Columbia
Warrensburg
Mexico
Parkway
Mexico’s New Coach Wins District Again in Baseball
Crocker led by Dwight Linnemeyer, soon Mexico basketball coach, beat Dixon 8-4 to clinch a third straight district title and advance to the state playoffs. Lions jumped to 4-0 in the first inning and added 3 in the third.
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Crocker
Lions
Dixon
Dwight Linnemeyer
Pro Playoffs Report Conf Finals Results
The report summarizes playoff results across NBA and NHL with scattered scores and teams. Notable mentions include Western Conference matchups and club progress, plus scattered references to Philadelphia and New York teams and game scheduling notes.
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Golden State
Bulldog Netmen Face National League Change In Loss
Mexico Bulldogs suffered their fifth straight dual meet defeat, 34-5 to Columbia Rock Bridge, amid a straight 12 format that forced lineup changes and debut varsity action for several players. Notable results include Mike Shupert 16-1 and Keith Davenport 10-1 in singles wins, and the Montgomery-Geary pair winning doubles.
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Bulldogs
Columbia Rock Bridge
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Mexico
Rock Bridge
Bruins
Mike Shupert
Rick Southern
Keith Davenport
Tim Wolfe
Finley Montgomery
Roger Geary
Kelvin Clayer
Dave Gardner
Dennis DeBondt
Steve Baumgartner
Steve Wheeler
Jesse Biddle
Ron Toulson
Brian Conley
Jim Cline
Kevin Kavm
Robin Stull
Peter Gonzalez
Bruce Fairchild
Dave Peterson
Mike
Mike , LaBarbara
Jeff Goff
Phil Burke
Leonard Vasquez
Sherry Leads MMA Golf In Tri Military Meet
Sherry hot with a four over par 76 to lead Missouri Military Academy to a 360 team total in an 18 hole tri military meet at Arthur Hills. Kemper 393 Wentworth 422 with MMA scoring by Speicher 45 43 8B Canella 52 50 102 Rose 50 44 94. Best Wentworth 86 and Kemper 94.
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John Speicher
John Canella
John Rose
American League Friday's Games
Major league schedules show Minnesota at Cleveland with Grimsley facing Perry, Chicago at Cleveland, Texas at Detroit, Milwaukee at Kansas City, Boston at California, and New York at Oakland. Pitchers listed include Kaat, Perry, Brown, Sprague, Fitzmorris, Hesser, and Abbott with various 0-4 to 4-0 records.
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Maddox Finds Groove Against Slumping Cards
Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Garry Maddox ended a hitting drought with two doubles and a triple in a 6-2 win over the St Louis Cardinals. Maddox, acquired from San Francisco, belted a first inning double and a two run triple, boosting Philadelphia as Luzinski added three hits and three RBI.
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Danny Ozark
Ozark
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Larry) Bowa
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Greg Luzinski
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Jim Lonborg
Gene Garber
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MMA Trackmen Rout Wentworth in Broad Victory
Missouri Military Academy trackmen dominated Wentworth Military Academy here Thursday 117 to 28 led by Jeff Pool and Paul Gant with two wins each. Pool won the 880 yard run and the one mile. Gant topped the long jump and pole vault as MMA swept all three relays and dominated field events.
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Missouri Military Academy
Wentworth Military Academy
Colonels
Jeff Pool
Paul Gant
Pool
Gant
Mike Carrico
Tom Wittman
Cesare Chiaradonna
Mike Warman
Jeff Nedblake
Rich Lynch
Steve Molina
Jim Kenderish
Mma
Thoenen Named to Little College All America Team
Dan Thoenen of Mexico is named to the National Little College All America basketball squad. He played for Josephinum Pontifical College in Worthington Ohio and averaged 43.5 points per game with a high of 50 as a junior, one of eight nationwide selections by the National Little College Association.
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Dan Thoenen
August W. Thoenen
Mexico
Little College
Columbus
Asyn
Gibson McBride sidelined as Cardinals shuffle lineup
The St Louis Cardinals announced a lineup shakeup as Bob Gibson and Bake McBride were sidelined with muscle strains. Gibson would miss one turn with John Curtis set to start, while McBride sat against the Giants and Ron Fairly moved to right field with Jim Dwyer to cover for McBride. Schmidt noted Reggie Smith also missed a game with a back strain and criticized rookies Keith Hernandez and John Denny for slow progress as the club slumped in 11 losses in 14 games.
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Bake McBride
Red Schoendienst
St. Louis Cardinals
Philadelphia Phillies
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Schoendienst
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Jim Dwyer
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Mexico Junior High Track Teams Set Eight Records This Spring
Mexico Junior High track teams set eight school records this spring with seven th graders and eighth graders each breaking marks. Dan Marley and Ricky Troy led multiple events including pole vault and 880 yard dash while Steve Bybee set a mile mark for eighth graders. The squads won Huck Finn and Quincy Relays and posted strong dual meet results.
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Mexico
Dan Marley
Ricky Troy
Tony Johnson
Terry Brooks
Marty Silver
Troy
Marley
Steve Bybee
Andy Ekern
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