Purdue Holds Off Michigan Rally for 75-67 Victory
Purdue at West Lafayette built a 17 point lead in the second half and held off a late Michigan surge to secure a 75-67 Big Ten win. Bruce Parkinson scored 22 for Purdue while C J Kupec and Joe Johnson sparked the Wolverine rally. Gerald Thomas and Eugene Parker key plays helped seal the win as Purdue improved to 11-6 while Michigan dropped to 12-5 and both teams trailed Minnesota and Ohio State in conference standings.
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Ohio State
Middie Wrestlers Take Third in Butler County Meet
Middletown Middies finish third at the Butler County Invitational in Fairfield. Fairfield tops with 158.5 points, Lebanon second with 84, Middies 83.14. Four Middies reach finals but lose: Passmore, Johnson, Triplett, Sorrell. Consolation titles go to Fisher, Fuller, Maines. Madison and Franklin claim lighter weight and 167 titles respectively.
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Fairfield
Middletown
Jim Ballard
Lebanon
Don Fisher
Fred Fuller
Meredith Maines
Wright State mauls Franklin with 55 rebounds
Wright State overwhelmed Franklin, Indiana 87 to 60 in a college basketball game. The Raiders dominated with 55 rebounds and a strong team effort to secure the win.
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Dayton
Ohio
Wright State
Franklin
Ind
Hawaiian Open Golf third round postponed to Monday
Torrential overnight rains from a tropical storm at Waialae Country Club forced postponement of the Hawaiian Open’s third round and rescheduled the $220,000 event to run through Monday. Several inches of rain left fairways and greens unplayable.
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Honolulu
Waialae Country Club
Bears Stop Stanford In Pac-8 Tilt
California used a tough zone to hold 17th ranked Stanford to 46 points. Carl Bird and John Terry led the Bears with hot shooting as California beat Stanford 60 to 46, knocking the Cardinal from a share of the conference lead.
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Stanford
Carl Bird
John Terry
Cardinals
Mexico Upsets U S in Davis Cup Doubles Match
Mexico's Raul Ramirez and Vicente Zarazua lifted their country to a 2-1 lead in the North American second round by outlasting Bob Lutz and Dick Stockton 4-6 6-3 6-8 6-4 6-4 in Palm Springs. The final two singles matches were to be played at the Racquet Club today.
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Mexico
United States
Raul Ramirez
Vicente Zarazua
Bob Lutz
Dick Stockton
Elder Storms Past Lakota in 82-51 Victory
Cincinnati powered by hot shooting to beat Lakota Thunderbirds 82 51. Mike Browns 14 points led Elder while Lakota’s Mike Shepherd topped scorers with 17 as the balanced attack prevailed.
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Cincinnati Elder
Thunderbirds
Mike Brown
Elder
Mike Shepherd
Freshman Mike Thompson Sparks Minnesota Past Northwestern
Evanston Illinois AP Freshman Mike Thompson scored 28 points to lift Minnesota to a 70 57 win over Northwestern in a Big Ten basketball game.
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Evanston, Ill
Mike Thompson
Minnesota
Northwestern
Newark tops MUM in ORCC tilt 86 84
Newark defeats Miami University Middletown 86 to 84 in an ORCC game at MUM gym. Bill Edwards scores 15 second half points to lift Newark, while Jon Weaver and Duff Ferguson battled foul trouble for MUM.
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Miami University
Middletown
Lynn Darbyshire
ORCC
Joe Kinnard
Titan
Bill Edwards
Mum
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Weaver
Duff
Jeff Ferguson
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Darbyshire
Warriors
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Doyle
Fisher
Kinnard
Linhart
McPeak
Young
Hawkins
Bisceglia
Ferguson
LaVelle
Ottman
Schraub
McConnell
Spitier
Steelers set scoring record in 132-96 win at Whetstone Center
The Middletown Business College Steelers cooled Bliss College 132 to 96 at the Whetstone Recreation Center. Boyd Risner and Rick Carpenter each scored 28, Gary Reckart 27, Paul Elam 23 as seven players scored once, lifting MBC to 8-12 and a three-game win streak. The team noted backboard conditions aided scoring. Next game vs Bliss set for March 1.
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Rick Carpenter
Gary Reckart
Paul Elam
Cage results from local and college basketball games
Middletown defeated Portsmouth 70 to 58 while Cincinnati Elder beat Lakota 62 to 53 and Princeton topped Cincinnati McNicholas 76 to 47. Ross routed Summit Country Day 88 to 64. In Ohio colleges Indiana won 72 66 at Ohio State while Wisconsin beat Iowa 85 in OT. Others: Mount Union 105 Ohio Wesleyan 87 and several state college results.
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Michigan
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Boston
Fordham
Virginia
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Maine
Houston
S. Carolina
Texas-El Paso
New Mexico
Middletown YMCA Swim Teams Defeat Darke County YMCA
In Springfield the Middletown YMCA boys and girls teams combined for a 360 to 285 victory over Darke County YMCA. Carolyn Dorn won the 50 and 100 yard freestyle in girls 11-12 and helped two relays. Chris Lauer captured the 200 yard individual medley and 100 yard backstroke in boys 11-12 and swam on two relay wins.
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Middletown
Darke County
Carolyn Dorn
Chris Lauer
Sidney tops Y gymnasts in optional meet upset
The Middletown YMCA girls gym team lost to Sidney YMCA 177.93 to 162.62 in an optional meet held yesterday. Middletown winners include Heather Gallagher 10 and under for floor, bars, vault and all around. Kim Boyd on balance beam. Mary Sue Hummer on balance beam floor and bars. Linda Marshall on balance beam and floor. Judy Gausling on vault and all around. Teresa Singhoffer on balance beam floor and all around.
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Sidney Ymca
Middletown
Heather Gallagher
Kim Boyd
Mary Sue Hummer
Linda Marshall
Judy Gausling
Teresa Singhoffer
Louisville routs North Texas State 112 67 in MVC basketball
Third-ranked Louisville, led by Allen Murphy with 23 points, hammered North Texas State 112-67 in Missouri Valley Conference action Saturday night.
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Allen Murphy
North
Texas State
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