Rivalries Renewed As Local High School Basketball Hits Four Courts
Three neighborhood rivalries and a key league game highlight the night. Carlisle hosts Dixie in a crucial SWBL clash while Madison visits Preble Shawnee, Springboro goes to Edgewood, and Valley View faces Fenwick. Carlisle fights to stay atop the standings, Springboro seeks to extend its 10 game win streak, and Fenwick aims to surge into Class A tourney contention.
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Carlisle
Dixie
Madison
Preble Shawnee
Springboro
Edgewood
Valley View
Fenwick
Indians
Bellbrook
Shawnee
The Old Masonic Temple and Middletown’s 1956 Basketball Glory
The piece recalls the 1956 state tournament at the Cleveland Arena when Middletown High led by a young Jerry Lucas triumphed, contrasting the former sports hub with the boarded up Masonic Temple now For Sale Or Lease. It reflects on the trek of hundreds of Middletown fans by train and car to the games and notes urban decay replacing past civic vigor.
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Euclid Avenue
Cleveland
Cleveland Arena
Lucas
Middletown High
Jerry Lucas
Arena
Cincinnati Garden
Columbus
St. John Arena
Ohio
Buckeye
Middletown
Hollenden
Manger
Canton McKinley
Bulldog
Immerfall earns bronze as U S adds eighth medal at Innsbruck
Dan Immerfall of Madison Wisconsin captured bronze in the 500 meter speed skating event clocking 39.54 seconds tying the U S total with four years ago in Sapporo The Soviet Union led the medal tally with 10 golds and 20 overall while Russia's Smetanina won the 10 kilometer cross country race and East Germany claimed the two seater luge title.
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Wick Temple
U.S
Immerfall
Evgeniy Kulikov
Valeriy Muratov
Peter Mueller
Mequon
Wis
James Chapin
St Louis
Immersall
Muratov
Hemmi
Ernst Good
Ingemar Stenmark
Gustavo Thoeni
Italy
Phil Mahre
White Pass
Wash
Hank Tauber
Mahre
Soviet Union
Raisa Smetanina
East Germany
Hans Rinn
Norbert Hahn
United States
Finland
Russia
Smetanina
President Ford Conveys Congratulations to Sheila Young
Detroit skater Sheila Young, 25, wins gold silver and bronze in Innsbruck becoming America's first triple Winter Olympian. Ford phoned her from the White House to congratulate her on the medal haul and her televised 500 and 1500 meter results.
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Innsbruck
White House
Sheila Young
Ford
United States
Miss Young
James Ochowicz
Milwaukee
Semis Set in Butler Invitational Eighth Grade Tourney
In the Butler Basketball Invitational at New Miami High, NEW MIAMI-Gratis faces Oxford Stewart and Lakota meets New Miami in semis. Earlier Monday Gratis beat Edgewood 42 to 38 and Stewart defeated Ross 38 to 36 at New Miami, while Lakota beat Hopwell 52 to 26 and Miami edged Madison 53 to 48 at Edgewood Junior School. Games started at 4 30 p.m.
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New Miami
Gratis
Oxford Stewart
Lakota
Butler
New Miami High
Edgewood
Stewart
Ross
Hopwell
Miami
Madison
Christian High tops Ashland Baptist in late surge
Christian High ran away to a 91-63 win over Ashland Baptist at the Manchester gym. Greg Martin scored 34 and Scott Sears 25 as Christian High, 11-7, used a strong fourth quarter to pull away after trailing late in the third. Charles Pennington was sidelined with an ankle injury.
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Middletown Christian High
Ashland Baptist
Manchester
Greg Martin
Scott Sears
Christian High
Charles Pennington
White Oak
Prather
Sharp
Kidd
Myers
Young
Martin
Overmeier
Lewis
Comes
Browning
Pleak
Sears
Ashland
SF OM
Middletown Coach Decries No Passes for Tourney Attendance
Middletown High coach Paul Walker criticizes the Ohio High School Association for eliminating tournament attendance passes for players. He argues kids should be allowed to watch games without paying while officials and coaches still receive passes. Walker notes districts in Oxford and predicts a wide open Southwestern Ohio tournament with Middletown 14-2 and Lebanon 16-0 highly seeded.
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Tim Wills
Ohio High School Association
Middletown High
Paul Walker
Walker
Ohio
Oxford
OHSAA
Middies
Greater Miami
Lebanon
Middies climb to sixth in AP Class AAA poll
The Middies push to 6th with a 14-2 record after a seven game win streak, marking the highest ranking since polls began. Lebanon slips to 12th as Canton McKinley remains No. 1 in Class AAA. Delphos St. John leads Class AA and Indian Valley South tops Class A. Garfield Griffins return to ratings at 13th in Class AAA after beating Taft. Canton South debuts at No. 9 in AAA and Coshocton enters AA at No. 10.
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Middies
Associated Press
Lebanon Warriors
Canton McKinley
Delphos St. John
Gnadenhutten Indian Valley South
Hamilton Garfield Griffins
Don Gillespie
Griffins
Hamilton Taft
Lebanon
Canton South
Coshocton
Rutgers stops Hoosier sweep
Indiana remains the top team in the AP poll with 1,278 points and 63 first place votes. Rutgers moves up to fifth after routing Delaware 110-87 to join Indiana at 20-0, while Western Michigan rises to No. 15 with an 18-0 mark.
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Associated Press
Indiana
Rutgers
Michigan State
Delaware
Michigan
Rutgers Sted
Inceton
West Virginia
Navy
Western Michigan
North Carolina
Maryland
Nevada
Las Vegas
Dre
Pepperdine
Marquette
N. Carolina
New L. Vegas
Tennessee
Aga
Washington
Notre Dame
Alabama
N.cs
Cincinnati
Missouri
W. Michigan
Jonn’s
Virginia Tech
Centenary
N. Tex. St
Winter horse racing to continue at four Ohio tracks
The State Controlling Board approved 85,848 to cover 302 extra racing days from Oct 1 to Jun 3 1976 at four Ohio tracks after funding threats to the Ohio Racing Commission.
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Ohio
Ohio Racing Commission
The
Racing Commission
Ohio Prep Polls Show Class AAA Leaders and Scorers
Canton McKinley leads Class AAA with 170 282 points, followed by Barberton and Toledo Scott. Other top finishers include Bellefontaine, Timken, Middletown, Cleveland Heights, St Ignatius, Canton South and Linden McKinley with varying point totals. Numerous schools post 10 or more points across all classes.
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Canton McKinley
Barberton
Toledo Scott
Bellefontaine
Canton Timken
Middletown
Cleveland Heights
Cleveland St. Ignatius
Canton South
Columbus
Linden McKinley
Toledo Macomber
Lebanon
Hamilton Garfield
Warren Western Reserve
Eastlake North
Kettering Aster
Groveport
Westlake
Alliance
Cleveland Collinwood
Delphos St. John
Warsaw River View
Lorain Catholic
Willard
Wellsville
Circleville
Wheelersburg
Columbus St. Charles
Ironton
Coshocton
Magnolia
Sandy Valley
Lancaster
Fairfield Union
East Palestine
Rossford
Mingo Junction
Louisville
Aquinas
Brookfield
Painesville
Harvey
Bexley and
Avon
Jefferson Union
Cleveland Latin
Girard
Warren Kennedy
Tiltonsville
Buckeye South
Oberlin
Classa
Gnadenhutten
Indian Valley South
Morral Ridgedale
Minster
Arcanum
Lordstown
Cincinnati Lockland
St. Henry
Oak Hill
Sebring
Sandusky St Mary
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