Middletown Middies edge Springboro 69 67 in tense battle
Middletown High coached by Paul Walker earned a 69 to 67 win over Springboro at John C. Millett Auditorium. Walker praised team attitude and slow play for the victory, noting a late miscue by the Panthers could have altered the outcome and stressing the season’s momentum toward the Oxford Tournament.
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Wilt Hurting LA Says Ellis from Lakers
Baltimore’s Leroy Ellis and Lakers guard John Egan say Wilt Chamberlain’s style hurts the Lakers by clogging lanes with Elgin Baylor. Ellis notes Chamberlain’s difficulty adapting to forward post positions while Unseld shines as Rookie of the Year candidate for the Bullets.
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Chamberlain
Baylor
Jerry Vut
Wesley Unseld
Boxing Results From Monday's Philadelphia and New Jersey Cards
In Philadelphia Augie Pan Tellas stopped Gil Boulay at 2 rounds. In Secaucus Marcel Bigien outpointed Dorman Crawford over 8 rounds. In New Orleans Willie Burton defeated oe Burns by decision over 10 rounds.
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Broomal
Gil “Rocky” Boulay
Canada
Secaucus
N.J
Marcel Bigien
Jersey City
Dorman Crawford
Costa Rica
New Orleans
Willie Burton
New York
Oe Burns
All Hamilton teams square off in Oxford AA quarterfinals
Four of eight Oxford District Class AA contenders advance to two quarterfinal games at John C. Millett Auditorium. Top seed Hamilton Garfield faces Mt Healthy at 7 p.m. with Hamilton Badin meeting Greenhills. A Garfield win and Badin win would tee up a Friday semi final.
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NIT field grows as Rutgers and Southern Illinois win
Rutgers and Southern Illinois secured NIT entries by winning on Monday to wrap up regular seasons. Rutgers beat Gettysburg 92 77 to reach 20 3, while Southern Illinois defeated Indiana State 75 69 and finished 16 7. Eleven teams remain to be chosen for the March 13 22 tournament.
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Tulsa
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Murray State
Morehead State
Western Kentucky
Kansas
Colorado
Cage Results From Cincinnati and Beyond
A sequence of basketball results lists Cincinnati games with Taft, Elder, St. Xavier, Purcell, Courter Tech, LaSalle, Withrow, and other colleges. Ohio and national matchups follow including Central State, Defiance, Ohio Northern, Cedarville, Mass, New Hampshire, Seton Hall, Fairfield, Canisius, Florida, West Virginia, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Louisville, Bellarmine, Wake Forest, Virginia, Kentucky, Auburn, Morehead, East Tennessee, Creighton, Notre Dame, Kansas State, Missouri, Wichita State, Tulsa, Marquette, Air Force, Weber State, Montana State, Idaho State, Cincinnati, Seattle, Philadelphia, Milnor, and others. Several games include OT or overtime.
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Tennessee
Vanderbilt
Louisville
Bellarmine
Wake Forest
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Kentucky
Auburn
Morehead
East Tenn
Creighton
Notre Dame
Kansas State
Missouri
Wichita
Campbell Seals Sale OK Confidence From NHL Chief
Clarence Campbell, NHL president, said he is confident the new owners of the Oakland Seals will win league approval at the March 11 governors meeting in New York. The Seals were sold for 4.5 million dollars to TransNational Communications led by William Creasy and including Whitey Ford among its members.
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TransNational Communications
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William Creasy
Whitey Ford
76ers sweep Bucks as Walker scores career high
The Philadelphia 76ers rout Milwaukee 143-132 completing a six game sweep. Chet Walker delivers a career high 37 points while Hal Greer adds 33. Cincinnati beats Seattle 113-107 in the other NBA game.
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Darel Carrier
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Houston Mavericks
American Basketball Association
Philadelphia
Flynn Robinson
Jerry Lucas
Hayes Dominates NBA Scoring As Runners-Up Battle
Elvin Hayes of San Diego leads the NBA scoring race with 2,000 points, securing the season title. Bob Rule of Seattle is runner-up at 1,751, narrowly ahead of Bill Cunningham and Earl Monroe as the chase for second place tightens. Wilt Chamberlain tops shooting at .574 and rebounds with 1,650, while Robertson leads assists with 643.
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Bruins Lead Final AP Poll With Unbeaten Run
UCLA repeats as top in the final 1968-69 AP poll with 44 first place votes and 898 points. La Salle finishes second at 23-1 with one top vote. Santa Clara is No. 3 at 24-1, and North Carolina ranks No. 4 after a loss to Duke.
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Associated Press
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Kentucky secures 24th SEC title under Adolph Rupp
Kentucky defeats Auburn 90 86 to clinch the SEC championship. Dan Issel Mike Casey and Mike Pratt lead the rally as the seventh ranked Wildcats overcome a 66 58 deficit with 11 minutes left. Other top teams Marquette Louisville and CreightonAlso mention Notre Dame.
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Butch Beard
Creighton Dominates With Anderzonas and Portman Scores Lead
Creighton posted a 28 and 26 point performance from Wally Anderzonas and Bob Portman to defeat Notre Dame. UCLA and North Carolina remain unbeaten and NCAA bound, while Missouri Valley and Big Eight leaders clash. Pete Maravich poured in 53 as LSU beat Mississippi State 99-89.
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Jerry Venable
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Wille Jackson
Jerry Conley
Eagles
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Pete Maravich
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Snow shuts Lincoln Downs track for thirteenth day
Snow halted activity at Lincoln Downs in Lincoln Rhode Island for a thirteenth day of its Thoroughbred meeting as crews work to clear the track after winter storms. The track hopes to reopen on Wednesday.
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Mirage filly suffers dislocated bone after Santa Margarita race
In Arcadia California on Saturday the champion Mirage appeared to suffer a career threatening fracture in the Santa Margarita Handicap at Santa Anita. X rays on Monday showed a dislocated sesamoid bone with damaged tendons and ligaments.
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Cokes To Test Columbus Boxer In Main Event
Bill Douglas of Columbus signed to fight world welterweight champion Curtis Cokes in a 10 round nontitle bout in Washington DC. Experts say a win or strong showing could lift the 28 year old into the top five middleweight contenders.
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Jets star Namath warned surgery could end career
New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath was advised by Dr. James A. Nicholas that knee surgery might jeopardize his AFL career. Namath, who has had three prior knee operations, faces persistent inflammation in his left knee and several weeks ago indicated another operation could be needed.
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