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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1971
Page
10
The wire delves into division standings for teams in the American and National Leagues, listing records and games back, plus results from Wednesday and Thursday games. Several matchups outline upcoming nights with cross-division contending teams and key pitchers. The writeup closes with a regional addition praising a popular want ad phrase.
The Monroe Jaycees announced the Jaycee Junior Champ track and field event will be held Saturday June 12 at Holyoke Field Monroe. Open to boys and girls ages 8 to 18 with entry blanks due by June 1 available from local PE teachers. Local winners advance to state and possibly national Junior Champ Meet.
Betty Aiken shot a 47 to lead the Windy Acres Ladies League on Tuesday. Ben Goecks followed with 49 while Maxine Schmitz posted low net 34 with Marian Kerr at 35. Jean Regula chipped on No. 6 as special prizes landed to a list of players. Standings show Swiss Colony 32 and Commercial Bank 28 among others.
Monroe High School prepares for Badger Conference meets in track and golf at Yahara Hills and Monona Grove. Tim Neuberger leads the golf squad with coach Klippel, while Glendenning guides the track team toward the conference title with likely contenders Stiner Easland Zupance and Mansfield.
Holy Name takes the State Line League track championship at Brodhead led by Dave Imbhoff who won the discus shot put and high jump while teammate Tom Schumacher led the mile. Monticello and New Glarus posted strong showings with multiple wins as Argyle, Brodhead, and Albany also placed. Imbhoff set a discus record 153-9 and Holy Name’s relay teams set marks Tiebreaks noted at the meet.
The Monroe tennis team, weathering 50 degree wind, won 54 over Sun Prairie at Recreation Park to move to 7 0 in conference. Kevin Monahan improved to 10-0 in singles with a 10-4 win over Jon Tothe, while Mitchell and Ottoson captured a crucial 10-8 doubles victory to seal the match.
Monroe Junior Varsity loses 18-4 to Sun Prairie JV at Recreation Park amid 12 walks and seven errors. Ron Schilt led a fourth inning rally with a triple and single as Monroe finishes 2-6. next plays Black Hawk at 4:15. Monroe beat Warrior JV 6-4 earlier.
Sun Prairie exploded for six unearned runs in the first inning and held on to beat Monroe 11 to 6 at the high school diamond. Randy Naef took the loss after five seventh inning hits and Jim Bahler and Naef had triples while Jay Kenseth earned the win with three hits. The Cheesemakers finished 4 10 and Monroe advanced to the WIAA tourney with a Saturday showdown against Argyle and a potential Monday district title game.
Green County House edged Hughes Mobile Homes 6-1 as Tom's Silo beat Monroe Beverage 7-5 and Red's Roost outlasted Roy's Top No. 1 6-5 in extra innings. Charlie Dearth drove in two with a two out triple, while Jerry Jordan and Dan Franklin starred for Tom's and Monroe. Red's Roost won in the tenth on George Davis’s triple and Gail Myers’s clutch single. In another note, John Leach caught a 22 pound Chinook in Lake Michigan near South Haven after a 15 minute fight aboard a charter boat.
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