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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1970
Page
11
Franklin High basketball improved to 2-2 with an 80-76 victory over Fairborn Park Hills, marking back-to-back wins for the first time in 48 games. Art Fourman’s squad has matched last season’s win total with this two game streak.
Kings Knights beat Springboro Panthers 73 to 71 in Fort Ancient Valley Conference action. Greg Calvert tied the game late, while Mike Griffith and Bill Ferguson led Franklin with 25 and 21 points respectively and 28 rebounds for Griffith. Park Hills and Wilmington loom as Franklin pursues first-place bid.
Bellbrook tops Valley View 73 to 60 after a third-quarter slump. Fred Alves scores 27 for Valley View, Jim Prescott leads Bellbrook with 27. Valley View drops to 2-1 in the Dayton Suburban League while Bellbrook improves.
Mason Comets extend Fort Ancient Valley Conference lead with a 58 56 win over Blanchester. Glen Sims scores 19 and Russ Moore 10 as Mason holds off late rally to stay undefeated in league play this season.
Middletown High defeated Cincinnati Courter Tech 40 to 12 on their home mat to raise season record to 30 wins. Individual bouts show Wolfe 9 lbs and Maynes 105 lbs from Middletown scoring, Griffen CT pin, and multiple Middletown wins by fall or decision across weights 112 to heavyweight.
Preble Shawnee Arrows defeated Carlisle Indians 99 to 58 as Eric Roach and Mike Muenchenbach led with double figure scoring. Shawnee built a 33 point lead after three periods, with John Stine scoring 21 and 17 rebounds to pace the winners while Carlisle stayed briefly competitive early before a fast break onslaught.
Jim Ninowski testified before a federal grand jury probing NFL antitrust violations. He claims a secret $100,000 annual four year offer from the AFL in 1965 was settled to silence him after a bidding truce. The payment, signed by Browns owner Art Modell, effectively boosted two Browns seasons.
The document lists rowling Li leading the honor roll with high series totals. It catalogs men and women bowlers including Elam Cunningham Brinkmeyer and Haynes Fountain Gibbs Taylor Mynhier Thurman Caudill Evans Meyers Johnson Tackett Collins Dickerson Gibbs Shockey Watts Frye Goforth Pennington Whitman Terrell Larison Pruitt Irving Melton Barker Goode Pergram Henderson Fowler Robinson Perrin Ruppert Marchetti Saylor Klase Slone McCue Stacey Bake Linville McGuire Hailey Moore among others with their scores and pin totals in a comprehensive meet overview.
Jerry Lucas scored 32 points for San Francisco as the Warriors beat Boston 124-114. Lew Alcindor led with 40 points while his league leading average dipped to 32.1. Other NBA scores included Atlanta 116 Baltimore 112 Buffalo 113 Cleveland 94 Chicago 137 Cincinnati 112 San Francisco 122 Portland 118 Detroit 129 San Diego 116.
Monroe High edged Wyoming 55 to 40 at the local YMCA pool in a boys swim meet. Winners included Monroe in the 400-yard freestyle relay with Schueller Young Polisni and G Grimes and notable placers Voss Hughes Routson Routson.
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