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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1977
Page
14
Ed Skeeter Payne reports tight budgets at Middletown High, with fall and winter programs running deficits. Football remains the only money maker, while basketball and wrestling struggle to fund spring sports. Payne plans further cuts unless sales by teams raise funds, and a hoped weather boost could improve next year’s outlook.
The Miami University Athletic Hall of Fame ceremony, snowed out in January, is rescheduled for tonight at Millett Hall during halftime of the Miami Bowling Green game. Inductees include John McVay of the Giants, Bob Jencks, the late Alfred Gansberg, Bob Bronston, and Donald Emery, with honors spanning football track and three sports.
Breiel Boulevard Church of God team beat Eaton 58 to 3. Pleasant Avenue crew defeated Franklin 67 to 53. Trenton edged Yankee Road 53 to 37 in scattered league action.
The Monroe Hornets, 16 of 18 in the regular season and second in the Mid-Miami League, open Oxford Class AAA District action as the top seed facing Fairfield at Millett Hall. Tonight features Mt Healthy vs Sycamore after Monroe Fairfield, with other district games and upsets noted from Dayton and Oxford.
North Carolina climbs to sixth after an 84-71 ACC title win over Duke and a 96-89 comeback at Louisville. SF, UK, Michigan and UCLA hold top four spots as voters shift Alabama and Tennessee drop in the latest Top 25.
Tulane offense struggles first half scoring nine points as Marquette led 25-9 at intermission. Bo Ellis tallies 26 points guiding Marquette to a 63-44 victory while Kentucky and Alabama also win in SEC play.
Carlisle finishes 18-0 for the second straight season and ties for 19th in the final Associated Press high school poll. The Lebanon Warriors capped a 38-game regular-season win streak with an 82 53 victory over Wilmington. Barberton dominates Class AAA while Ridgewood wins Class AA and Morral Co wins Class A.
The final prep poll ranks CLASS AAA, AA and CLA teams by points and records. Notables include Barberton 16-0 with 26 points, Elyria 18-0, Warren Western Reserve 7.4, and Springfield South 17-1. Other entrants include Columbus Mifflin, Wheelersburg, Versailles, Oak Hill, and Ada.
Louisville is the top seed in Metro play with a 21-5 record and 5-1 in the conference while Cincinnati, 22-4, drops in seedings after a home loss to Louisville. Memphis State hosts the tournament with the top seed earning a bye and Memphis State sharing bracket action. Georgia Tech Florida State Tulane St Louis ranked in the field.
Area high schools report numerous AAA results with Princeton beating Oak Hills 54 46 and Hamilton Garfield 58 49, Colerain losing to Kettering Alter 56 49, Northmont 74 49 over Northeastern, and Cin Purcell 53 45 over Roger Bacon. AA action includes Mason 73 over Valley View 55 and Oakwood 66 over National Trail 59. Colleges show Michigan State 80 over Ohio State, plus NAIA District 22 First Round results Central State 62 Rio Grande 64 and Malone 73 Findlay 72 while many nonconference games feature Xavier 70 Wheeling 66 and Akron 76 Western Illinois 69. Additional men’s college scores include Princeton 69 Cornell 56, St Francis Pa 94 Georgetown 87, Alabama 78 Vanderbilt, Auburn 97, Indiana State 60 Butler 65, Iowa 80 Indiana 73, Missouri Valley upset Texas St 96 Tulsa 8.
Cleveland Barons defeated the St. Louis Blues 5-2 as Dennis Maruk continued his scoring rampage in a week that included staving off financial collapse for the NHL club. Maruk praised Blues coach Emile Francis and maintained his competitive focus against St. Louis.
Twenty nine players won playing privileges for the 1977 PGA Tour after completing a December qualifying school in Brownsville Texas. The class marks the first year under new tour rules and features a mix of veterans and new entrants.
Bulb Tee led wire to wire to win Latonia's $3,200 featured eighth race by a length in 1:16.15 for the 6 furlongs. The winner paid $5.80, $1.40 and $3.60. Reflective Turn was second with Tridenture third, returning $8.60 and $7.40 respectively.
McKinley boys defeat John XXIII 56 33 to reach semi finals vs Manchester. Verity girls edge Roosevelt 23 20 to advance to a semi final against Manchester. A 5 30 p m girls game features Amanda versus John XXIII with Roosevelt and Verity to play earlier.
Muskingum clinched its first-ever Ohio Conference title by defeating Wooster 79 63 securing a berth in the NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional at Wittenberg. Pete Liptrap scored 21 and Marvin Smalley 19 as Muskingum improved to 21 5 overall and 13 3 in the league. Wooster’s George Zombie had 18 and Sam Dixon 15.
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