Mustangs end season on peak in district finals
Vernon led Mt. Vernon’s Mustangs past London in a hard fought district final, a showcase of their explosive offense and tough defense. Jeff Werling dominated with 27 points, Phil Rilett added 14, and Dirk Larson anchored with 14 assists as Mt. Vernon clinched a shot at the state tournament while London’s juniors return next year with 26 and 20 points from Deerberg and Wiebel.
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Mustangs
Landis
Jeff Werling
Phil Rilett
Hal Hufford
Dirk Larson
Larson
London
Allan Deerberg
Kevin Wiebel
Deerberg
Wiebel
Alavine
Pign
Wads Beeuticu
Regina
Mt. Vernon
Goose Lake
Northeast
Clinton St. Mary’s
Durant
Bellevue
Central of
Mount Vernon tops Lawden to stay unbeaten in state tourney
Sixth-ranked Mount Vernon, 23-0, remained the lone unbeatens as it defeated Lawden 90-73. Upsets hit Aurelia, Elkader Central, and Allison Bristow, with Goose Lake Northeast and Rock Valley also winning, while Alta and Manson fell in district finals. Northeast edged Elkader Central. St. George beat Allison-Bristow in overtime. District finals set for Monday and Wednesday ahead of Des Moines action March 14-17.
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Associated Press
Mount Vernon
Aurelia
Elkader Central
Allison Bristow
Lawden
Allison - Bristow
Lansing St. George
Fikader Central
Goose Lake Northeast
Rock Valley
Spencer
Ron Pedersen
Alta
Cyclones
Manson
Des Moines
Jeff Werling
Mount Verrion
Northeast
Alan Deerberg
Lowdon
Clinton St
Lake Mi
Grosttinoer
Allan Hellquist
Orange City Unity Christian
Storm Lake
Moville
Woodbury Central
Harlan Brock
Tim Funk
Storn
Mason City
Belmond
Newman
Spencer Rock Valley
Cedar Rapids
Lowden
Boone
Sioux City
Orange City
Unity Christian
Movilie
Fayette
Lansing
St. George
Allison-Bristow
Clinton
Goose Lake
Ames
Ekdora
Grundy Center
Ottumwa
Wellman Mid-Prairie
Pella Christan
Council Bluffs
St. Albert
Jefferson
Tim Cannon
Dave Lamphear
Walt Herndon
Cedar Rapids Kennedy
Battles Ankeny, 18-4, In A Doubleheader At Veterans Auditorium In Des Moines
West Des Moines Valley
Des Moines Roosevelt
Marion
Clear Lake
Decorah
Thorup's record scoring lifts Lincoln to substate final
Lincoln powered by Jim Thorup crushed Des Moines Tech 96 94 in overtime to reach the Class AA substate final against Marshalltown. Thorup scored 55 points, hitting 24 of 36 from the field and seven of nine free throws to push the Railsplitters to a 16 7 season.
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Associated Press
Des Moines Lincoln
Jim Thorup
Railsplitters
Des Moines Tech
Marshalltown
Vinton
Bobcats
Council Bluffs
St. Albert
Jefferson
Harlan
Cedar Rapids Prairie
Davenport West
Town City West
West
Thorp
Lincoln
Paul Lanty
Des Moines
Tech
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Burlington and North Iowa reach JC tourney finals
In Pella Iowa Falls Ellsworth and Clarinda suffered defeats as Burlington 18 11 edged Ellsworth 76 71 and North Iowa 23 6 crushed Towa Western 112 79 to set up a regional final. Burlington led 67 67 late as Walt Herrod 22 Craig Stinnett 18 Joe Casey 14 Mack Turner 14 paced the win. Ellsworth trailed 38 33 at halftime. Terry McKissick poured in 33 for North Town with Dennis Shaffer 24 and Jim Holifield 18 aiding the rally. The regional final determines the area's rep for nationals in Worthington Minn. Monday night. The North South Iowa all star game will precede the final.
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Pella Christian
Ottumwa
Mid-Prairie
Bill Redlinger
Carroll 'Hoksberben
Solon
Mid. Prairie
Eastern Iowa Hawkeye
Mount Vernon
Johnston
Eldora
Jim Riggert
Grundy Center
Victor Hsv
Colfax
Treynor
Associated Press Prep
Iis
Underwood
Council Bluffs
Manning
Odebolt- Arthur
Denison
Mount Ayr
Bedford
Harlan
Pella
Towa
Southeastern
Burlington
North Iowa
Mason City
Ellsworth
Iowa Falls
Towa Western
Clarinda
Worthington
Minn
Normandale
Walt Herrod
Craig Stinnet
Joe Casey
Mack Turner
Vernon Cowan
Panthers
Terry McKissick
Ted Thompson
Jace
Iowa Western
Celtics top Pistons as 76ers stumble in loss at home
Celtics roll past Detroit 115-101 to move to 54-13 as Jo Jo White and Paul Silas pace the win. Philadelphia drops to 4-6 at home after a 130-107 defeat to Atlanta, while the Lakers, Warriors, Sonics, Trail Blazers and others win in NBA action. West returns to help the Lakers beat Chicago. Cazzie Russell scores 37 for Golden State in KC Omaha tilt. Haywood leads Seattle with 35 and 18 as Sonics rout Buffalo.
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Associated Press
Boston Celtics
National Basketball Association
Philadelphia 76Ers
Jo Jo White
Paul Silas
Celtics
Detroit
Ray Scott
Pistons
Boston
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Hawks
Lou Hudson
Pete Maravich
Los Angeles
Chicago
Golden State
Kansas City
KC Omaha
Kings
Spencer Haywood
Seattle
SuperSonics
Buffalo
Terry Disehinger
Portland
Cleveland
Trail Blazers
Discinger
Poulson named Cornell College head basketball coach
John Poulson is appointed head basketball coach at Cornell College Mount Vernon Iowa replacing Paul Maaske who becomes athletic director and chairman of men's physical education Maaske led the Rams to multiple Midwest Conference titles and has an overall 207-145 record Poulson arrives from Lawrence University where he coached four seasons and previously led Town prep teams returning to coaching after a season guiding Storm Lake St Marys Extra Emmetsburg and Clinton with a 254-191 career mark
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Poulson
Cornell
Mount Vernon
Iowa
John Poulson
Cornell College
Paul Maaske
Maaske
Newell
Lawrence University
Appleton
Wis
Storm Lake St. Mary's
Extra
Emmetsburg
Clinton
Magnolia
Rams
Fingers inks mustache wax contract with A's
Rollie Fingers celebrated his new deal with Oakland by securing a year’s supply of mustache wax in addition to a salary raise, as three other A’s also signed. Rusty Staub of the Mets eyed fringe benefits in a three year package others pursued, while Ken Holtzman Dave Duncan and Vida Blue remained unsigned. Across baseball, Bobby Murcer and Boog Powell faced stalled talks and Pete Rose demanded 120000 for return to Cincinnati.
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Herschel Nissenson
Associated Press
Rollie Fingers
Oakland A’s
Rusty Staub
New York Mets
Bob Scheffing
Ace Fingers
Charles O. Finley
Finley
Fingers
Sal Bande
Joe Rudi
A’s
Mets
Staub
New York Yankees
Bobby Murcer
Murcer
Trank Cashen
Baltimore Orioles
Boog Powell
Dave McNally
Pete Rose
Cincinnati Reds
Rose
Reds
Scores from ABA games across venues this day
The ABA slate features Memphis visiting Carolina in Greensboro and Memphis at Kentucky, followed by Denver at Dallas in Denton and Dallas at Indiana. San Diego travels to Utah, Virginia meets San Diego, and Utah hosts Denver with several afternoon starts.
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Memphis
Carolina
Greensboro
Denver
Dallas
Denton
Tex
San Diego
Utah
New York
Kentucky
Indiana
Virginia
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Whitey Herzog
Mike Epstein
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Ken Holtzman
Dave Duncan
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