Richwood and Area Cagers Clinch Playoff Berths in Louisiana
Richwood 92 Bossier Bearcats 87 and Jonesboro Hodge 87 Bethune 79 advanced in the Louisiana state playoffs. Ruston topped Captain Shreve 65 57 while Grambling beat Buckeye 59 56. Arcadia 96 31 over Gilbert and Caldwell 88 62 over Webster push more area teams toward Friday quarterfinals.
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Richwood
Monroe
Jones- Boro - Hodge
Ruston
Caldwell
Columbia
Arcadia
Grambling
Bossier
Bearcats
Jonesboro- Hodge
Bethune
Shreveport
J-H
Shreve
Bastrop Rams
Woodlawn Knights
Spartans
Webster
Minden
McCall
Tallulah
Cadia Hornets
Gilbert
Buckeye
Chaneyville
Springfield
Natchitoches
Jonesboro - Hodge
de- Ridder
Foa
Rayl Grenna
Madden
Hackett
Fulghum
Mittleman
Richweed
Wright
Flat Toyler
Sc Hee Davis
Kennedy
Green
Merrell
Wheeler
Bolden
Hmidt
Dennis Smi
Bewraee
Franklin Kilpatrick
Smith
Parish
Hcolston
Robinson
Pratt Holland
Winston
Nasuttie
Bastrop
Weedlawn
Fovls
Sastrop
Weedwe
Brown
White Wishes
Scott
Pennyweil U
Yoder Forais
Segauaton
Fos
Caldwell Parish
Rapides
LeCompte
DeQuincy
W. C. Boston
Lake Charles
Opelousas Catholic
Many
Rapides Caldwell Parish
W. O. Boston
Thiboda
Ax Newman
New Orleans
Cathedral Carmel
Catholic
New Iberia
Vandeblit Catholic
White Castle
Franklinton
Rosenwald
Walker
Newman
White Castle Catholic
Newtele
Southern Lab
Wesley Bay
Zachary
Ascension Catholic
Donaldsonville
New Orleans Academy
C. T. Second Ward
Edgard
Country Day
Metairie
Teurlings
Lafayette
Basile
Midland
Fatima
Four New Records For Indian Cagers at NLU Christmas Invite
Northeast Louisiana University capped its 11th straight winning season by setting four school records. Henry Steele set three career marks including 1,161 rebounds and a 11.97 career rebounding avg, plus a 0.570 season FG% as a freshman. Steele ended as No. 2 scorer with 1,933 points behind Glynn Saulters.
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Northeast Louisiana University
Henry Steele
Hampden - Sydney
Steele
NLU
Glynn Saulters
Saulters
Northeast
Andrew Harris
Saubers
Lanny Johnson
Roger Stockton
Canadian Women Sweep Top Three at Trans America Cross Country
In Glens Falls New York Canadian skiers from Inuvik Northwest Territories dominate the five kilometer Trans America race finishing first Sharon Firth 24 23 second Shirley Firth 25 08 and third Roseann Allen 26 33. Martha Rockwell of Pa Vermont the top U S favorite finishes fourth.
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Glens Falls
N.Y
Trans America
Inuvik
N.W.T
Sharon Firth
Shirley
Roseann Allen
U.S
Martha Rockwell
Paes Vt
1971 72 Records Highlight Strong Bearcats Season
A year of record setting for Ruston and related teams features team bests and individual marks. Highlights include Henry Steele’s 1161 career rebounds, 11.97 career rebound average, and .522 field goal percentage.
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Hampden - Sydney
William Carey
Henry Steele
Lloyd Crocker
Bill Snellings
Glynn Saubers
Tuesday Prop Basketball Results Highlight Regional Wins
The afternoon card lists AAAS Woodlawn beating Bastrop Ruston 77 65 and multiple AAA class games with McKinley topping Sulphur 92 44. Quarterfinal pairings include Woodlawn at LaGrange and Ruston at McKinsey with several other city and parish matchups across the region.
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AAAS
Woodlawn
Bastrop Ruston
LaGrange
Lake Charles
Capitol
McKinley
B. A
Sulphur
Booker T
Washington
N. C
St Augustine
Rummell
West Jefferson
East Jefferson
Cohen
Nicholls
N. YO
Assumption
Napoleonville
Priday
Ruston
McKinsey
Booker T. Washington
East
Jefferson Rummel
Richwood
Bossier City
Jonesboro-Hodge
Beltune
Sport
DeRidder
Oakdale
O. T. Natchitoches
Jennings
St. Martinville
St. James
Vacherie
Breaux Bridge
St. Bernard
Plaquemine
St. Pauls
Covington
Redemptorist
B. R
Slidell
Natchitoches
DeRidder St. Martinville
Howard Lutz Tops Pine Hills Trap Meet in Louisiana
Howard Lutz of West Monroe won the Class A 100 Registered 16 yard singles at Pine Hills Sunday with 96 of 100, besting 34 competitors. Rodney Scarbrook claimed Class B with 95X100 and Johnny Woodard took Class C 92X100 as Joe Files won Class D 96X100. Dean Dozier won junior with 94X100.
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Pine Hills
Stockner Scores 21 Points Spark Briarfield Win
Briarfield Academy defeated Riverfield 59-42 as Fred Stockner scored 21 points. Jim Hendricks led Riverfield with 16. In the girls game Briarfield won 50-33 with Cindy Caruthers and Linda Fairchild each scoring 15. Dauphine rides had 18 for Riverfield.
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Ruston
Bearcats
Shreve
Trot Hunt
Bill Allen
Daryel Forney
Marshall Napper
Hunt
Allen
Forney
Napper
Edwin Scott
Woodlawn
Robert Parish
Bastrop
Eon Kilpatrick
Lake Providence
Briarfield Academy
Fred Stockner
Riverfield
Jim Hendricks
Briarfield
Cindy Caruthers
Linda Fairchild
Dauphne
Pro Football Tops Baseball in National Sport Poll
AP poll of sports writers and broadcasters shows 474 of 727 votes for pro football as America's No 1 sport, while baseball wins World Series as top single event with 414 votes. The article notes debates on pace, length, and TV overexposure, with many experts urging faster play and rule tweaks.
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New York
America
Country Road
Ken Booth
KEEL
Shreveport
John Steadman
Baltimore News-American
Harris
Ton
Bowie Kuhn
Louis Harris
NFL
Bill Robinson
The
Evening Independent
St. Petersburg
Fla
Dan Hoyt
Springfield
Ohio
Sun
Joe Lee
Asbury Park
N.J
Bob Broeg
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Broeg
Don Sheridan
Wmsk Radio
Morganfield
Art Gatts
Record-Searchlight
Redding
Calif
Charles Karmosky
Newport News
Daily Press
Guido Cribari
Westchester-Rockland
O. V. Crane
Fresno
Bee
John Owen
Seattle Post- Intelligencer
Serted
al Mallette
Elmira
N.Y
Star-Gazette
Youngstown
Russ Baldwin
Wow-Tv
Omaha
Neb
Sue Dobbs
Jackson
Miss
Clarion Ledger
Buddy Tate
WKCT
Bowling Green
Florida and Tennessee Bring Strong Teams to SEC Meet
Florida and Tennessee prep robust squads for the SEC swimming and diving championships in Auburn. Florida features six national-ranked swimmers led by Jim Griffith and Tim McKee, while Tennessee counters with David Edgar who holds the US record in the 50-yard free and a fast 100-yard time. Alabama is favored for third with LSU Kentucky Vanderbilt and Auburn jockeying for position.
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Auburn
Ala
Florida
Tennessee
Gators
Jim Griffith
Tim McKee
Vols
David Edgar
United States
Alabama
LSU
Kentucky
Vanderbilt
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Donnell Cann
Rams
Gary Broadway
Lorenzo Blunt
Samuel White
Chuck Grenn
John McDowell
Robert Harrell
J. C. Tyler
Good Road Club
Indians
Ewing Coliseum
Southwestern
Louisiana Tech
Lenny Fant
Benny Hollis
Phil Jackson
Don Fisher
Lamar F
Southeastern F
Hampden-Sydney
Lamar Best
HSD
Nicholls State F
USL
Sta Harris
Hampden Sydney
Houston
Carson
Lemar
Wis
Reb
Northwestern
Ole Miss
Sam Houston
Hampden
Sydney
North Ti
Jerry Jenkins
Ronald Simmons
Frank Nelson
Jarvin Blinks
Ben Clark
All Driggs
Larry Murphy
John Whitlock
Larry Brown
Henry Hunter
Kittens
Randy Ryder
Dale Smith
Panthers
Burnette
Farrel
Burch
Baddie
Fisher
Davis
Albritton
Cam
WLU
Secord
Atte Werd
Sam Hous
Herris
OS Heertineestern
Vi State
Jeele
Burnette Burnette
Johnny Poole
Oma Fleming
West Monroe
Ouachita
Lake D’arbonne
Jack Coleman
Ouachita Bass Club
Howard Lutz
Oak Grove
Morehouse Parish
Harry Stone
Cheniere Lake
Bill Spurlock
Stockner
Sparks Briarfield
News-Star Sports Service
Crea
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