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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1968
Page
9
Muscatine hosts Keokuk as three local teams chase Little Six title bids on a busy Friday. Keokuk, MHS, and MCC look to extend or tighten standings with key road and home games, led by Keokuk’s Roy Burchette and Muscatine’s balanced lineup.
Statistics reveal Friday’s Keokuk versus Muscatine game features five of the league’s top 10 in scoring rebounding and shooting. Muscatine leads in team field goal percentage, while Scott Ingstad and Steve Ziegenhorn anchor individual rankings. Keokuk trails in shooting and free throw performance with a 72.4 ppg offense and strong defensive marks.
Hayes Independent Basketball League action left Hayes leaders unbeaten after a sixth straight win over Carver-Bandag, with May Drug of Columbus Junction posting its second win by defeating Poole Transfer. Wednesday doubleheader was postponed one week due to a school meeting. individual scorers include Steckman 17 for Hayes, Dell 21 for May Drug, and multiple contributions from CB and Poole players.
Miami AP reports Hialeah Park opened after a boycott by horsemen over purse shares. President Gene Mori agreed to pay horsemen 48.8 percent of the track take, up from 43 percent, totaling about 2.496 million dollars plus 650 thousand in stakes, with 15 thousand to the HBPA welfare fund and continued fire insurance contributions.
Friday schedule lists matchups across Little Six River Cities Southeast Iowa Eastern Iowa Hawkeye and Cornbelt divisions. Key contests include Keokuk at Muscatine Betten dorf at Burlington Assumption at Ottumwa Hayes at Marquette Burlington Notre Dame at Keokuk Solon West Liberty Mount Vernon West Branch Durant Wilton Cambridge and others impacting standings across multiple small colleges and high schools.
The results list San Diego 110 over Chicago 104 and Boston 114 over St. Louis. Detroit 117 beat San Francisco 109. New York 111 edged Baltimore 109. Los Angeles 125 defeated Philadelphia 116. Scheduled games include Baltimore versus St. Louis in Greensboro North Carolina and San Diego versus Cincinnati in Cleveland. New York plays Boston, Seattle faces Detroit, and Philadelphia meets San Francisco in Oakland.
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