Middletown Coach Paul Walker Reflects Before Playoff Opener
Veteran mentor Paul Walker, after 21 seasons, voices nerves ahead of Middletown High's postseason game against Talawanda at Oxford. He praises Talawanda’s defense, notes his team’s improved shooting and passing, and previews Wyoming as tonight's foe with comments on height and progress.
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Tar Heels Rise to No Three in Final Preseason Poll
North Carolina climbs to third in the near-final major college basketball poll as UCLA leads and Boston College returns to the Top Ten. The Tar Heels improve two spots while UCLA maintains the top rank with a strong 1944-45 season context.
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Big Ten's unwritten rule stymies Buckeyes again in basketball
Ohio State suffers another home loss as Michigan State wins 74-63 in East Lansing, dropping the Buckeyes to 5-7 in conference play. The Spartans, led by Art Baylor and Lee Lafayette, outrebounded Ohio State and pulled away after a tight first half amid a chaotic 1967 Big Ten rush.
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SEC Leaders Fall In Upsets
MIKE RECHT reports on college basketball upsets as Alabama halts the Vols run while Tennessee, Florida, and Vanderbilt pursue an NCAA bid. Indiana edges Michigan State to break a four-way second-place tie as Purdue sneaks past Iowa. Western Kentucky and Texas Tech win, Arizona State falls, and Clemson eyes an NIT bid. Tennessee’s Jon Widley scores late but Tom Hendrix misses at the buzzer.
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Wilt Chamberlain tops NBA stats in field goal and rebounds
New York AP reports Wilt Chamberlain leads the NBA in field goal percentage at 69.6 and rebounds at 1,635, with 24.8 points per game and 7.6 assists per game. He trails in free throw accuracy at 44.2 percent. Rick Barry, Oscar Robertson, Jerry West, and Guy Rodgers are noted among scoring and assists leaders.
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Toledo Rehires Cage Coaches for 3rd Year
Toledo athletic director Frank Laudterbur announced that head coach Bob Nichols and assistant Bob Conroy will return next season at substantial salary increases. The Rockets have won 21 of 22 games and feature strong sophomore talent.
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Fred Lewis Recalled By Royals in Bid for Playoffs
Cincinnati recalls 6 foot rookie guard Fred Lewis from Battle Creek Braves of the North American Basketball League to join the Royals for Wednesday’s game with the Los Angeles Lakers in Cincinnati. Lewis earlier scored 49 points in a NABL game while averaging 4 points per game.
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Guerin shreds Pistons as Loews routs Detroit 105 44
Richie Guerin led Loews with 19 second half points in a 105 44 win over the Detroit Pistons. Eddie Miles scored 15 for Detroit, while Zelmo Beaty 17 and 15 rebounds aided St Louis in a dominant victory keeping them second in the Western Division as fans crowded Kansas City and Joe Caldwell added 3.
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Board Winner In Lema Meet
Marco Island Florida AP reports a deadlock on Monday at the Marco Island Country Club course where Bob Toski Raymond Floyd Andy Beljan and Gay Brewer each posted 15 wins behind leader Lema who was Marco Island pro for a year and was killed last year in a plane crash.
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Middies and Opponents Clash in Oxford Sectional Action
Middletown Middies, second seed, meet Wyoming at Withrow Court 7 pm as Oxford sectional play continues. Colerain faces Fairfield at Wade Field, Hamilton Taft plays Hamilton Garfield at 8:30, with Taft and Goshen set as a likely mismatch. Coach Paul Walker aims for a Colerain showdown in Thursday finals after a strong season.
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Tourney Picture at Columbus Attrition Scores Arise
In Columbus region tournament play Columbus East beat Columbus Central 69 to 47. Columbus Marion-Franklin topped Mount Vernon 74 to 9. Columbus Watterson and Hartley played Newark. Columbus North and Columbus Hartley faced unclear results. Greenville 51 fell to Piqua. Vandalia Butler 74 over Springfield South 65.
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Ohio high school basketball matchups listed for week
A set of boys basketball pairings across divisions includes Clayton Northmont against Eaton, Urbana against Tipp City, Middletown against Wyom ing, Colerain versus Pairfield, Lemon-Monroe against Hammond Taft, Garfield facing Goshen, United Local versus Caldwell, Guernsey Catholic, Ames-Bern against Middie sport, Alexander against Lynchburg, Brookville against Germantown, Arcanum against Franklin Monroe with several others noted. The lineup covers Canton, Chillicothe, and Dayton sites with multiple 164 and 18-3 style classifications and several 22-4, 19-2 records.
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Boxing mixed results span three continents
In Johannesburg Stoffel Steyn stopped Gordon Mc Ateer as South Africa dominated with a 147 to 137 margin. In Oakland Andy Heilman fought Fargo ND and knocked out Nate Collins, while San Francisco pair Paul Rojas and Coleman fell to opponents in San Pedro and Phoenix. In Las Vegas Chuck Leslie out pointed Joe Shelton in a closely contested bout.
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