Doozies Open Iowa State Tournament Night in Ottumwa and Fort Dodge
The first day of the state basketball tournament brought two overtime or late finish thrillers. Ottumwa Walsh edged Norway 64 to 64 with a 57 57 finish? wait. Fort Dodge edged Wahlert 52 to 51 in a frenzied finish as Cross missed a potential tying free throw.
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River Cities
Hayes Catholic
Muscatine
Tim Deilers
Deiey
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Wahllert
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Dodgers
Cross
Kent Brooks
Vernon Larmore
Tim Deiters
Deiters
Terry Brecht
Jim Martino
Dellers
Mike McDonald
Roosevelt Riders Impress In Openers At State Meet
A 6 500 crowd watched Des Moines Roosevelt dominate the opening doubleheader, with four juniors scoring 14 to 22 points in a 78 40 win over Clear Lake. Ken Grabinski led Clear Lake with 28 points on 6 23 shooting and 16 free throws, while Roosevelt’s balanced attack featured Gene Ellefson 22 Toby Houston 15 Grover Hahn 14 and Larry Shirk 14.
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Wayne
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Randy Temple
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Kay Harvey
Scheppler
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Harvey
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Toby Houston
Des Moines
Houston
Ing
Ken Grabinski
Iowa Prep
Iowa
Ralph Miller
Grabinski
Gene Ellefson
Grover Hahn
Larry Shirk
Rider
Lions
Close Thrillers Spice Tournament Wahlert Misses Chance
In Des Moines IA two high school boys basketball games opened the state tournament. Fort Dodge escaped 52-51 over Wahlert as a late free throw miss kept overtime away. Ottumwa Walsh beat Norway 64-60 in overtime, while No. 2 Des Moines Roosevelt won 78-60 over Clear Lake.
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Associated Press
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Iowa
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Walsh
Srow
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Fairbank Wapsie Valley
Player Could Golf Forever at Pensacola Open
South African Gary Player, 32, vows he could play forever if not for family and ranch duties, firing a 64 in a final tuneup for the Pensacola Open while pledging to retire from pro golf by age 40. Other pros Palmer and Nicklaus passed on the event.
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Pensacola, Fla
Gary Player
Pensacola
America
Arnold Palmer
Jack Nicklaus
Gay Brewer
Doug Sanders
Dan Sikes
Sanders
Sikes
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Astros edge Tigers in exhibition as Wilson Griffin combine
Houston pitchers Don Wilson and Tom Griffin combined for a five inning one-hitter, allowing only Detroit’s Al Kaline homer in a 2-1 win. Belinsky spoke of marriage to Jo Collins while awaiting his baseball fate, and vowed to join them if assigned to the minors.
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