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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1964
Page
4
Sacred Heart teenagers swept Delwood with the girls winning 80 63 and the boys 71 45 on their home court. Linda Oaken scored 41 points for the girls team with 17 field goals and seven free throws while Janice Cle- contributed in the scoring effort.
Olin led by five seniors beat Lost Nation 71 39 with Rich Woods scoring 17. Lana Graf scored 38 as Olin girls beat Lost Nation 54 52. Oxford Jet and Lisbon split. Jack Carribee led Lisbon boys 19 while Pat Burda scored 50 for Oxford Jet girls in a 97 52 win. Maquoketa Valley beat Guttenburg 80 64. Sue Slick 45 and Marilyn Chapman 32 propelled MV girls 84 61. Sacred Heart surged to a 54 44 win over Delwood after leading 18 13 early. Eagle boys Bernard Featherston 29 and Jim Locher 26 paced a 92 76 victory. Spirit Lake reports first 1964 walleye record. Robert Holtz weighs 11 4 with ice fishing in Lake. state prompts 1964 entries.
Monticello remains in the WaMac title chase with two games this week. Panth ers beat Vinton 88 79 led by Long 25 and McElmeel 19. Zimmerman 15 Hobert 13. Rob Robinson 17 rebounds. Fresh Soph 36 33 win over Vikings for Monticello.
Monticello freshmen defeated Maquoketa 83 53 as Tom Yeoman led the A team with 30 points followed by Glen Kuhns 18 and Tom Rieken 16. Maquoketa's Allen scored 17. The B team won 39 32 with Steve Guyan scoring 12 and Eric Allen 9 Dick Behrends 8. Hayes led Maquoketa with 12.
The Monticello area hosts a sequence of basketball games from Feb 15 to Mar 2 featuring Sacred Heart, Oxford Jet, Midland, Olin, Maquoketa Valley, Monticello and other teams. The schedule includes girls and boys district 14 sectional tourneys, finals and semifinals at Monticello Community School gym and related venues.
A two day sports show will run Saturday and Sunday April 11 and 12 at the Youth Center in Monticello. Hours are 1 to 9 p m each day. Hob Rink president of the Monticello Conservation Club says exhibits will include boats motors sporting goods camping gear and automobiles with color and sound films shown continuously. A large number of prizes will be awarded. The club is contacting exhibitors and arranging details.
Monticello's offense clicked Tuesday night as the Panthers routed Central City 107 61 in non conference play. John McElmeel led with 23 points, Gary Zimmerman 21, Paul Specht 20 off the bench, while McElmeel added 21 rebounds and Monticello built a 23 19 first quarter lead and pulled away with a 52 42 halftime edge and 81 56 entering the final period.
Phil Gerdes rolled a 708 series to win $100 top prize in the Monticello Express Men’s singles at Monte Bowl. He added a 86 handicap to overcome Larry McDonough who led with 695 but settled for $50 as the final day concluded.
Two former Monticello prep cagers guard Wyoming in the Western Athletic Conference race. Ron Long 23? senior and Gordy Westhoff 19? sophomore start for the Cowboys alongside Flynn Robinson and Paul Homar. Westhoff and Long are key defenders and scorers as Wyoming sits 2-2 in league play, 8-7 overall with 11 games left.
Keith Blin scored 23 and Marc Waterhouse 20 for the losers as the reserves defeated the locals 55-40. Stan Cowen led the winners with 14 points, adding 12 in the second half, while Tom Yeoman contributed nine. The locals trailed 8-6 after one, led 22-15 at halftime, and 39-21 after three quarters before the final score.
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