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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1976
Page
12
Lebanon Four Oaks Kay and Steady Lake led the Golden Lamb Stakes eliminations at Lebanon Raceway, both posting near identical early times in last week’s pacing series. Sixteen of nineteen entered, aiming for the December 18 $5,000 final while the second elimination runs tonight determine points.
Madison High School golf standout Mike McGee, a state Class AA medalist, will attend Ohio State University. He narrowed his choice from over 50 colleges to Ohio State and Alabama, citing good chance to play and a favorable impression of coach Jim Brown.
Seven Hills defeated Middletown Christian High 60 to 57 in Cincinnati. Christian High trailed by six after the first quarter and pressed back, with Pete Combs scoring 20 and Steve Spicer 16 for the Eagles. Final totals show Seven Hills led 23 to 14 at halftime and 40 to 24 by the third.
Wyoming star defensive end Francis Chesley hails from a large Washington DC clan of ten children. His six brothers are notable athletes with Walter Chesley playing basketball for Boston University and Al Chesley at Pitt as a linebacker. Francis warns that his younger brothers may outpace the elder siblings in trophies.
Betty Stove of the Netherlands stunned Evonne Goolagong 7 6 6 4 in the quarter finals of a $100 000 Sydney tournament. India and Japan tied 1 1 after opening Davis Cup singles in the East Zone quarter final. Jimmy Connors reached World Championship semis by beating Adriano Panatta 7 6 6 3 in Las Vegas. Nicklaus Pate named Golf Writers Association male co golfer of the year with Rankin as top female. U S led Japan by seven strokes after Watson shot a 66 in the U S Japan team event. Soviet Union beat United States 7 3 in heavyweight boxing at Madison Square Garden.
Lakota Thunderbirds defeated the Fairfield Indians 68 to 58 on Fairfield’s court. Lakota led by 13 at halftime but faced a six point third quarter. they restored a comfortable margin late, with Prather, Gardenis, and Chasteen leading the offense as Fairfield slipped to 1-2.
Springboro Panthers drop a 77-71 decision to Clinton Massie in a Fort Ancient Valley Conference game. Down 20 points early in the third, the Panthers rallied to 75-71 with 55 seconds left but a late miss spree and fouls cost them. Massie’s Jeff Hobbs scored 22, Hall led Springboro with 20 before fouling out, and four teammates added double digits in a hard fought loss that leaves Springboro 1-2 overall and 1-1 in the league.
Cincinnati Stingers move into a second place tie with the Indianapolis Racers in the WHA Eastern Division after routing the Calgary Cowboys 6-4. Blaine Stoughton scores his 17th goal of the season. Jacques Lucas nets early goal after a Rick Dudley setup. Coach Slater criticizes Calgary’s late return to ice and calls out Joe Crozier for junior league tactics.
Toledo stayed undefeated at 3-1 as Stan Joplin led with 10 points and 11 of 12 Rockets scored. Dave Speicher left with a concussion, Cornell's Mike Williams led with 12 in a 58 35 win without Speicher. Ohio action also saw Capital reach Tran sylvania Tourney final after 71-58 win, Otterbein 91-69 over Wabash, Wilmington 88-82 Cedarville.
WHA action shows Quebec 5 New England 5, Cincinnati 6 Calgary 4, Edmonton 0, Houston 0 Winnipeg 4, Minnesota 3. NHL scores include Philadelphia 4 Washington 4, Atlanta 3, Boston 1 St. Louis 2, Cleveland 2 Colorado 3, Vancouver unknown. HL Dayton 2 Toledo 2.
Boston beat Chicago 115 109 in overtime while New Orleans edged Portland 121 113 Detroit topped Kansas City 124 115 Seattle 121 124 New York Nets defeated New York Knicks 126 124 Philadelphia 112 Indiana 112 Cleveland 109 Los Angeles 114 San Antonio 105 Phoenix 99 Oklahoma City 42 Buffalo 135.
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