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Newspaper
Monahans News
Location
Monahans, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1963
Page
6
The MHS volleyball teams opened the season with losses to Wink. A team dropped 12 14 and 12 15 with Olivia Lujan as top server. B team fell 6 15 and 5 15. Remaining schedule appears elsewhere in the issue. A line notes a jet bomber loading cost of 7200 dollars.
The Monahans seventh grade basketball tournament starts at 4 30 pm with Monahans 7th Grade A facing Wink. At 5 30 pm Kermit B meets Grand Falls Cowboys and at 6 30 Monahans 7th B plays McComey Badgers. Friday actions wrap with Ker nit 7th A vs Crane at 7 30 pm.
The championship game will begin at 7 30 p m at Hudler Junior High gym with Monahans fans urged to attend and back the local teams in this decisive tournament showdown.
Monahans First Baptist Church Ambassadors beat Coyanosa Baptist Ambassadors 77 to 17 at Barstow High School gym. Billy Middlebrook led with 21 points, Billy Floyd 18, Rennie Stanfield and Richard Floyd 12 each. The 15 player Ambassadors unit is part of the Southern Baptist Order of Royal Ambassadors. Paul Foraker counseled, Frankie Wells refereed.
Commercial Electric 3 and Corner Drug 1 head the standings with Sitton Mobiletts posting the high game at 803 and high series at 2178. Montex Chemicals and Mitchells Thriftimart also register wins while Mona Hans Fuel and Sumner's Food Market post strong showings.
John Modisett of Crane won a first round TKO over Emedine Nunes in the feature bout on the Monahans Jaycees boxing card. The 27 bout program saw Monahans Jaycees win 12 bouts and lose four with numerous KOs and decisions across the card.
Golf note from Tuesday details Glenn Ratliff’s unlikely birdie on a No 9 hole after an out of bounds shot that hit a post and returned to the fairway. He sank a 30 foot putt from the fringe. Other players and social events at the club are mentioned.
Randy Jackson scored 32 for the Lobos in a 57 to 77 defeat at Andrews. Lobos were disqualified from district contention as fouls favored the Mustangs 22 to 12 and free throws widened the margin. In the earlier game the Andrews B team beat the Lobo B 42 to 32 with Thompson scoring 15 for Andrews.
Monahans teams head to Fort Stockton tomorrow night to face the Panthers in a tough road trip. The matchup adds heat to the district schedule as both squads chase key wins.
Hans scored a first round TKO over James Pollard at 147 pounds, claiming victory in the bout marked as OBC first.
The Wolf Jack Brockman defeated Carver of Pecos 48 to 26 Tuesday night at Hudler Jr. High Gym. Brockman led 25 to 18 at halftime and held Carver to 8 points in the third quarter while applying a full press. Wayne Carter, James Ramsay, Lewis Rider and Miles Adams led Brockman with 13, 11, 11 and 9 points. Bubba Williams had 14 for Carver.
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