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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1967
Page
7
Ottawa Pirates, six time champion, hosts Morris Holiday Tournament in Redskins gym facing Lockport West at 6 30. Joliet West meets Newark in 8 pm game as both teams stand 6 0. Normal Community and Yorkville debut Wednesday with other schedule details and ticket info.
Dunbar 64 Waller 53 Austin 58 Steinmetz 54 Foreman 61 Taft 58 Tuley 61 Kelvyn Park 60 Lane Tech 58 Lake View 47 Sullivan 91 Mather 67 St Gregory 84 Prosser 75 Roosevelt 71 Wells 59 Farragut 93 South Shore 74 Calumet 75 St Benedict 59 Parker 74 Hales 56 Kenwood 112 Orr 70 DePaul Acad 57 Mt Carmel Hales Franciscan 63 Fenwick Stronghurst 79 Media 36 Valley 67 Cuba 42 Neponset 73 ROVA 68 Cambridge 65 Williamsfield Knoxville 65 Avon 58 Warren 57 Elmwood 48 Toulon 92 Union 44 Ridgeway 85 Carrier Mills 76
A multi game Morris Holiday Tournament slate lists Ottawa versus Lockport West at 6 30 p m Joliet West against Newark at 8 p m Wednesday Normal Communist vs Yorkville at 6 30 p m Morris versus Coal City at 8 p m Thursday features losers of games 1 2 and winners of games 1 2 6 30 p m and 8 p m Consolation 6 30 p m Friday and championship at 9 30 p m with winners of games 6 and 7
Gardner wrestlers improve to 8 1 with a 29 16 victory at Manteno. Greg Int Hout 127 pounds pinned Stan Williams in 3 41 and Joe Gerrish 138 pinned Terry Vaughn in 1 40. Ron Byers 133 also pinned. Junior varsity matches all went to pins.
Morris matmen travel to LaSalle aiming for their fourth win of the season after a 38-6 setback to Streator. Ray Kope zick and Bill Wilson pinned, Snyder won by forfeit, and Mor ris claimed most other bouts with decisions and pins.
Plattville Panthers coached by Ed ward Stumbo defeated Milton Pope 87 to 23 after a previous loss to Yorkville. The fast paced game featured extensive passing and a 41 to 10 lead at halftime.
Unbeaten Galesburg remains No 1 in the AP poll as they defeated Canton 79 43 and Rich Central 99 57 to raise their scoring to over 83 per game. Elmhurst York moves to second with three first place votes, Effingham climbs to third, and several teams swap spots.
Illinois High School Association schedules district centers February 26 with regional and sectional rounds, leading to state finals March 22 23 at eight centers. Districts include Odell Community Oswego Plano and more. 711 high schools to be assigned by January 12 with sectional centers across multiple cities.
Knudsen led with 30 points followed by Stumbo 28 and Maierhofer 10 as the winners built a strong margin. Nau man added 9, Brown 7, Peterson 2, and Berg 1. Milton Pope claimed the B team game 39 to 11.
UCLA remains No. 1 as North Carolina climbs to fourth and Indiana to fifth after wins over Kansas State and North Carolina State. Kentucky drops to seventh, Princeton falls out, while Tennessee and Bradley enter the Top Ten.
Minooka Indians face Somonauk at 5 30 p m Tuesday in the Plano Holiday Tournament opening game. Mazon Red Devils play Plainfield in game four at 5 30 p m Wednesday with Lisle vs Hinckley Big Rock at 7 p m and Plano against Sandwich at 9 p m Tuesday.
Pete Johnson of Sycamore High School earned the Illinois High School Football Coaches Association Coach of the Year honor after 17 seasons and 115 wins. His 1967 squad went 8-0 and captured the Little 7 title for the ninth time in ten years.
In New Haven Yale guard Paul Tully shed weight to 238 pounds and teammates dubbed him the Big Cat for his speed and quickness.
EAST Bucknell edged Penn State 83 68 CCNY beat Pace 82 74 Wheaton downed Swarthmore 76 65 Northeastern beat Harvard 72 67 SOUTH Florida topped Vanderbilt 74 72 Georgia won 94 80 Ky Wesleyan 133 87 American U 86 84 Georgetown 65 63 Navy 86 59 Wake Forest 108 79 Richmond 73 Jacksonville U 80 Alabama 80 69 MIDWEST New Mex St 87 Purdue 80 Toledo 99 Tenn Tech 67 Tulsa 72 58 Okla St 67 65 Kansas 72 54 Creighton 90 Cal St Long Beach 59 Northwestern 79 Missouri 68 Texas El Paso 59 So Dak 68 Northern Iowa 88 So Dak 68 Phillips Oilers 94 No Dak 77 SOUTHWEST Houston 103 Minnesota 65 TCU 93 Sam Houston St 70 FAR WEST Arizona 76 Colorado 67 Utah 82 San Jose 81 Santa Clara 84 Nevada 67 First Round St Bonaventure 77 Auburn 78 Seattle 75 Rutgers 63 Charlotte Invitational Davidson 90 Rice 65 Temple 65 Miami Ohio 60 Va Tech Invitational Championship Yale 79 Virginia 72 Consolation Virginia Tech 75 NYU 59 Note Junior kicker Bob White of Fayetteville Ark at 5 9 is smallest player on Arkansas football squad.
Denver defeated Indiana 126 to 104 Houston beat Minnesota 97 to 91 New Jersey toppled Kentucky 110 to 101 in Monday night NBA action.
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