Middies Rally Past Garfield to Clinch GMC Tie
Middletown Middies overcome a slow start to beat Garfield 55 to 44 and clinch at least a tie for the Greater Miami Conference title. Tom Nein led scoring while Vic Merchant and Butch Carter sparked second half surge as Garfield used a deliberate early offense and the scoreboard clock failed briefly.
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Tom McRoberts
Hamilton
Middletown Middies
Greater Miami
Middies
Garfield Griffins
Princeton
Lima
Portsmouth
Paul Walker
Garfield
Griffs
Walker
Rkpe
Tom Nein
Vic Merchant
Butch Carter
Carter
Merchant
Oxford
Purple & White
Millett Hall
Fairfield
Merchant A
Carter Morgan Hesse Johnson Neini
Jones Gresham
FA FM
Frazier Allen Sherman Bertsch Benson
Moore Blackburn
Middletown
Garfiela
Bob Shockley
George Winkhouse
T-Birds strike quick beat Monroe 77 to 63
Lakota High led 16-4 after a dominant first quarter and pulled away behind Kerry Corsthwait 23 points Mike Shepherd 20 and Bob Johnson 24 as Monroe slipped to 4-12. Monroe 63 Lakota 77.
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T-Birds
Monroe
Mayable
Hornets
Bob Johnson
Colliver
Lakota
Kerry Corsthwait
T-Bird
Mike Shepherd
Jeff Stamper
Andy Holstein
Shepherd
Davies
McDonough
Smothers
Farrish
Hughes
Kelly
Johnson
Merritt
Lanier
Holstein
Prather
Crosthwait
Stamper
Bertram
Walters
Bearcats Lose Pat Cummings For Season
Cincinnati confirms 6-foot-10 freshman Pat Cummings will miss the rest of the season with a broken ankle suffered in an 82 80 win over South Florida in Tampa. The Johnstown Pennsylvania native had been averaging 14 points per game.
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Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati
Pat Cummings
Cummings
Johnstown
Bearcats
South Florida
Tampa
Local cage results from Middletown to Dayton area high schools
Sports roundup lists numerous boys basketball scores from local and surrounding schools headed by Middletown 55 Hamilton Garfield 44 and Cincinnati Woodward 463 Cincinnati Princeton 52. Includes college results such as Penn 113 Columbia 69 and Brigham Young 88 Colorado St 75 with several Ohio wins and losses.
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Middletown
Hamilton
Cincinnati
Bacon
Elder
Cincinnati Forest Park
Wyoming
Purcell
LaSalle
Reading
Taylor
Woodward
Princeton
Dayton
Colonel White
Belmont
Fairview
Roth
Dayton Northridge
Oakwood
Dayton Roosevelt
Lima
Shawnee
Dayton Stivers
Wright
Dayton Wayne
Stebbins
Jamestown Greenview
Plain City Alder
Kettering Fairmont East
Troy
Colleges
Brown
Dartmouth
Penn
Columbia
Harvard
Yale
Cornell
N. Carolina
Furman
N. Car. A&t
Howard
Morgan St
N. Car. Central
N. Car. St
Ga. Tech
Wm. Jewell
Tarkio
Culver-Stockton
Parkside
Dubuque
Luther
Wm. Penn
Simpson
Brigham Young
Colo. St
Montana
Gonzaga
Utah
Montana St
Idaho
Freshmen basketball teams fall to Princeton in Middletown
Freshman squads from Middletown Freshman High, the Trojans and Athenians, lost to Princeton teams. The Trojans fell 58 44 to Princeton Gray while the Athenians dropped 47 45 to Princeton Scarlet.
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Middletown
Trojans
Athenians
Princeton
Princeton Gray
Princeton Scarlet
Furman Paladins Face Tough Back-to-Back Tests
Furman travels to Charlotte to face No. 12 North Carolina after a 86-81 loss and then meets North Carolina State. NC State, led by David Thompson with 31 points in the first half, defeated Georgia Tech 54-35 at halftime. UCLA, USC, and Penn also posted wins among ranked teams.
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Ken Rappoport
Furman
Paladins
Charlotte
N.C
North Carolina
North Carolina State
Norm Sloan
Dean Smith
Clyde Mayes
Georgia Tech
UCLA
Oregon State
Southern Cal
Oregon
Penn
Columbia
Mitch Kupchak
Walter Davis
David Thompson
Thompson
Wolfpack
Beavers
Wright State's Ross to Quit After 26 Years
John Ross, Wright State University head basketball coach since the program started in 1969, will retire at season's end. He cites fatigue after 26 years, noting the decision is not due to players. He previously coached Dayton Belmont to a 1963-64 state title with a 26-1 mark.
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Dayton
Ohio
John Ross
Wright State University
Ross
Belmont
Curtain falls on Fenwick as Franklin falters in league clash
Fenwick High pounds Franklin 67 to 57 in a Mid- Miami League game. Franklin led 41 34 at 5 07 of the third before Fenwick surged in the fourth, aided by Randy Spencer who played through foul trouble and Marty Bidwell who scored 24 for the Falcons. Fenwick improves to 11 5 overall and 3 4 in league, while Franklin drops to 8 9 and 2 4 in league. The curtain moment came as Fenwick fans were moved to the floor after a 10 minute delay.
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Davies
Hornets
T-Birds
Valley View
Madison
Mt. Healthy
Bob Ward
Lakota
Monroe
Hornet
Jesse Mayabbe
Tim Colliver
Mindlin Journal
Franklin
Fenwick High
Franklin Wildcats
Fenwick
John Rossi
Randy Spencer
Spencer
Falcons
Marty Bidwell
Wildcats
Schramm
Bidwell
Clemens
Kraft
Dobrozsi
Acra
South
Hamilton
Alimyer
Bowt
Bowling
Gray
Williams
Ernst Professional quarterback gets one year probation
Mike Ernst 25 a former professional quarterback from Downey California was sentenced by Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Judge Frank M Gusweiler to one year probation after a cocaine possession conviction He may serve the term at home in Downey Ernst had no prior felony record and had attracted public support for probation He had been fired by Paul Brown after his arrest on October 27 1974 and had signed with the Denver Broncos in 1972 after Cal Tech Fullerton honors He came to Cincinnati as a free agent in 1973
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Cincinnati
Mike Ernst
California
Hamilton County Common Pleas Court
Frank M. Gusweiler
Ernst
Downey
Calif
Cincinnati Bengals
Paul Brown
Bengals
Denver Broncos
Cal-Tech
Lebanon Falls to Edgewood 44 42 in Narrow MML Showdown
Lebanon Warriors suffer a late fourth quarter collapse as Edgewood Cougars rally to win 44 42. Rod Ricke scores two late threes for Edgewood while Lebanon’s shooting slumps from floor and line. Randy Steele leads Lebanon with 15 points while Rob Meinshatt hit only one of nine.
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Trenton
Lebanon Warriors
Edgewood Cougars
Lebanon
Cougars
Warriors
Edgewood
Rod Ricke
Randy Steele
Jim Rhoden
Rob Meinshatt
Meinshatt
Rhoden
Jim Ruetschle
Dave Tye
Steele
Fornshell
Reutschie
Wells
Griffen
Strong
Tye
Dennis
Oliver
Sortman
Ricke
Trail National Powerhouse Tops Carlisle 86 55
National Trail High School defeated Carlisle High 86 to 55 in New Paris. Trail led 22 20 after two quarters and pulled away in the third as Dave Porter 21 points and Lynn Strayker 21 combined for key scoring and rebounding. Carlisle, 8 8, was led by Steve Dearth and Ed Crowe with 13 each while Terry Hudson battled flu and Doug Motley fouled out.
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New Paris
Carlisle High Indians
National Trail
Trail
Lynn Strayker
Blazers
Dave Porter
Preble Shawnee
Dixie
Porter
Strayker
SWOC
Carlisle
Steve Dearth
Ed Crowe
Terry Hudson
Doug Motley
Hudson
Motley
Greer
Dearth
E. Crowe
K. Crowe
Sullivan
Neonen
Hampton
Stevens
Patrick
Holland
Jones
Springboro keeps title chase alive with win over East Clinton
Springboro 66 East Clinton 46. Panthers stay in second in FAVC with Mike Charlton 23 points and 13 rebounds leading the effort. Flynn and Darnell add 10 each as Springboro improves to 8-8 overall while East Clinton falls to 0-15 in league play and 4-? overall.
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Springboro
Springboro Panthers
Fort Ancient
East Clinton
Little Miami
Blanchester
Waynesville
Mason
Harry Hall
Panthers
Astros
Mike Charlton
Mike Flynn
Mike Darnell
E. Clinton
Walls
Davis
Smith
Woolums
Kessler
Rankin
Flint
Thompson
Centers
Chariton
DeLaney
Flynn
Poff
Amburgy
Cox
Darnell
Livesay
Melton
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