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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1968
Page
14
Middletown High star John Fraley, a 6-5½ senior, faces Hamilton Garfield in the Greater Miami Conference final tonight. A versatile scorer and rebounder, Fraley aims to cap his high school career with a win, following hype of potential college attention and comparisons to Jerry Lucas.
Middletown High and Hamilton Garfield clash in a sellout showdown for the Greater Miami Conference title at Miller Gym. John Fraley must reach 35 points to lead the league scoring race as Rex Gardecki and others pace the chase in a high stakes chase tonight.
Franklin High School bids farewell to its 1952 gym during a Mid Miami League matchup with Oxford Talawanda. The facility will be replaced next year by a newer gym, ending a 16 year era noted for multiple undefeated and high winning seasons. Coach Russ Day hopes past Franklin players attend to fill the stands one final time.
Eugenio Monti of Italy won his second gold in the Winter Games by piloting a four man bobsled to victory after leading the field in the two man event. Kees Verkerk of the Netherlands captured his first gold in speed skating the 1500 meters with a fast time amid a tough competing field. The Americans struggled in both bobsled and speed skating as fog and weather affected races.
Cincinnati defeated North Texas 73 to 61 while Rio Grande beat Point Park 108 to Undefeated St Vincent defeated Defiance 90 to 87 and Tri State beat Tulane 71 to 60 Villanova edged Niagara Georgetown 78 77 Manhattan 77 Rhode Island 110 New Hampshire 59 Georgia beat Georgia Tech 76 Louisville 76 Tulsa 67 OT West Virginia Tech 91 Richmond 71 VMI 69 East Carolina 64 Memphis State 72 New Orleans Loyola 64 Wichita 112 Bradley 97 Northern Illinois 66 Athletes in Action 62 Saint Louis 60 Illinois 54 Houston 106 Miami Florida 64.
American Basketball Association results listed with teams and final scores including Los Angeles over Chicago 132 105 Cincinnati 132 119 Seattle over San Francisco 134 114 San Diego 114 and Denver 142 108 Anaheim Dallas 121 113 overtime Minnesota 122 Indiana 101.
The San Diego Rockets aim to break the NBA record for consecutive losses as they face Philadelphia after a 134-114 defeat by the San Francisco Warriors. Fred Hetzel and Rudy LaRusso led San Francisco with 33 and 30 points respectively, while Don Kojis topped the Rockets with 24.
The Cincinnati Bengals choose the University of Cincinnati Nippert Stadium over Crosley Field as an interim AFL home. Nippert Stadium seats 29,000 and will host home games until the riverfront stadium is ready, with completion slated for early 1970.
Angel Cordero Jr. rode three winners at Hialeah on Thursday, highlighting a standout performance for the day at the Miami track.
The Middies, 16-1 and ranked No 2 in state polls, average 90.3 points while allowing 70.3 per game. Garfield, boasting the league’s best defense at 53.5, enters with 14 wins and two losses after a Taft home loss that spurred a Griffin resurgence, per Sweeten.
The Mid-American Conference will not expand at this time. The Council of Presidents announced at its semi annual meeting in Columbus Ohio that the MAC will remain a seven member sports league for the foreseeable future.
The Branch Warriors host Bliss College Bookkeepers at Manchester Junior High in the final home game of their inaugural season. Bliss, 20 9, features three Linden McKinley alumni. Bliss has 56 years of organized play, while the Warriors stand 13 3 with two JV road games remaining. Game starts 8 p m local time. Tomorrow the Earlham College JV visit Richmond Indiana for a 6 p m start.
Carlos van der Maath of Argentina set a South American mark in the 200 meters backstroke with a time of 2 17 4 at the South American Swimming Championships held in Rio de Janeiro Brazil on a Wednesday night.
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