Rain Delays Ohio District Baseball and Track Events
Bad weather hampers the Oxford Class AA District tournament with seven games postponed and only two concluded. Mt Healthy defeated Blanchester 6-5 as Fairfield beat Oxford Talawanda 7-5. Dayton Class AA action saw Valley View beat Roosevelt 7-2 and Morton win 7-2 over Dayton Roosevelt. Finals and makeups planned for today and a rain date set for Monday at 4 p.m.
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Valley View
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Stan Rawlins
Doug Madison
Mike Hensley
Morton
Roosevelt
Howell Field
Park Diamond
Carlisle Indians
Butch Harkrader
Bob Jackson
Monroe Leads After 1st Day at Mid-Miami League Meet
Monroe hosts the Mid-Miami League track meet and leads after day one with 29 percent of points from four events. Madison trails with 12 percent, while Oxford Talawanda has nine, Lakota six, Lebanon five, and Franklin two. Steve Strinko won shot put, Steve Keller took discus, and Jim Tillman won the broad jump.
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Oxford Talawanda
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Lebanon
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Hornets
Steve Strinko
Steve Keller
Jim Tillman
Cats Capture Court Victory
Franklin High tennis edged West Carrollton 3-2 at home for its ninth win in 12 matches. Singles results: Massey over Maze 6-3 6-2. Griffith over Weihner 6-4 1-6 6-2. Buckley over Weber 8-6 7-5. Doubles: DeHart Francis (F) over Hoffman Spurlock 4-6 6-2 6-1. Castillo Louden (WC) over Aregood Ellis 6-4 3-6 6-3.
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Maze
Griffith
Weihner
Buckley
Weber
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Hoffman-Spurlock
Castillo-Louden
Aregood-Ellis
Madison Indians golf beats Preble Shawnee 8 1 at Brown's Run
Madison High Mohawks posted an 8-1 non-conference win over Preble Shawnee at Brown's Run. Madison moves to 5-4 overall and 2-4 in the Mid Miami League while tallying player scores Long 44 Pal 39 Smith 41 Baker 47 for 171. Shawnee countered with Beam 44 Beam 48 Pheanis 51 Watkins 58 for 299.
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J. Beam
Beam
Pheanis
Watkins
Spicer Fires Second Straight Shutout of Fenwick
Marty Spicer pitched a one hit shutout as Franklin beat Fenwick 2 to 0 in Mid Miami League action. Lawrence provided the only Falcon safety with a sixth inning single. Franklin improves to 2-2 in league play while Fenwick drops to 13-4.
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Ingram
Orioles rout White Sox as Blair homers thrice
Paul Blair belted three home runs driving in six runs in Baltimore's 8 to 1 victory over Chicago. Pat Dobson pitched a three hitter with 10 strikeouts as San Diego shutout Montreal 10 to 0.
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Oles Roned
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San Diego
Montreal
Middies Retain GMC Track Title at Fairfield Meet
The Middies won the GMC track crown with 66 points, Fairfield runner-up at 60, Hamilton Garfield third with 47. Six meet records fell including Whiteside’s mile 4:39 and the mile relay 3:30.7. Otis Turner and teammates led in relays while Jeff Gann and Darrell Bell dominated broad jump and Tim Cole Kim McMonigle led discus. The Middies eye district competition beginning May 8 at Sycamore.
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Bob Much
Hamilton Garfield
Princeton
Hamilton Taft
John Whiteside
Otis Turner
Steve Drake
Ted Gregory
Ezra Heard
Jeff Gann
Darrell Bell
Tim Cole
Kim McMonigle
Sycamore
Middletown
Turner
Drake
Gregory
Heard
Briggs
Wiegand
Howell
Salvato
Cole
McMonigle
Profitt
Weigand
Flint
Townsend
South
Koehler
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Tennis Ducats On Sale Here at University of Dayton
Tickets for Friday night tennis at the University of Dayton Arena are on sale at Read more Book Store. Prices are 6 5 and 4 dollars. The card features Pancho Gonzalez vs Ken Rosewall and Roy Emerson vs Ralph Stolle with a doubles match after the singles. First match starts at 7 30 p.m.
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Dayton
University of Dayton Arena
Readmore
Pancho Gonzalez
Ken Rosewall
Roy Emerson
Ralph Stolle
Thoroughbred Racing Arrives in Pennsylvania in 1969
Racing was introduced to Pennsylvania in 1969 with events at Philadelphia Liberty Bell Park and Shamrock Downs in Wilkes Barre, marking the sport's expansion in the state.
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Philadelphia
Liberty Bell Park
Shamrock Downs
Wilkes-Barre
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