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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1971
Page
5
Indians opened with an 11-3 loss to Clinton then stayed alive by routing Burlington 12-7 in a Saturday afternoon game. The report notes a third game was played but ends mid story.
NHL Playoffs at a glance shows Montreal beating Chicago 4-2 to lead best-of-7 series 2-1 with games scheduled in Chicago and Montreal through the week. Sunday’s result left Chicago needing another win to even the series as action shifts to afternoon national telecast.
Muscatine finished third in the ninth grade division of the Iowa City junior high track invitational with Southeast winning 61 percent points Bettendorf runner up and Central West and Muscatine sharing lower placements in various age groups. West claimed several sprint victories and relay honors. Central and West performances varied across grades. The article notes incomplete results for 7th and 8th grade winners.
Montreal erased a 2-0 series deficit and 2-0 game score, rode Frank Mahovlich’s two goals to a 4-2 win over the Black Hawks in Game 3. Yvan Cournoyer supplied the winner, as Al MacNeil urged relentless skating and pressure to spark the comeback.
Muscatine Columbus Community West Liberty won sectional golf meets at Wapello West Liberty and Muscatine with top five teams and medalists advancing to districts. Medalist Nick Pulliam led Muscatine. runners-up include Tim Miller of Muscatine and Mark Kerr and Tom Pedersen of West Liberty after a playoff. Results list individual scores for Muscatine, Washington, Iowa City West, Columbus Community, Fort Madison Aquinas, Keokuk Cardinal Stritch, Wapello, Burlington Notre Dame, Morning Sun, Winfield Mt. Union, West Liberty, Iowa City Regina, West Branch, Tipton, High, and Pleasant Valley.
In Monte Carlo Carlos Monzon of Argentina, 159, stopped Nino Benvenuti of Italy, 159, in the 3rd round to retain the world middleweight title. In Woodland Hills California Mike Nixon, 155, lif., stopped Joey Hopkins, 161, Salt Lake City, in the 5th round.
Muscatine sophomore Jim Rigler topped his mile time with 4 34.0 set in district action earning a state meet berth on May 22 as Muscatine finished tied for sixth with Oelwein in an eight team district. The 440 relay and long jump squads came close to qualifying with narrow margins.
Michigan State sits 7-1 atop the Big Ten after sweeping Indiana in a doubleheader. Illinois trails one game back at 7-3 after a Sunday makeup, while Minnesota stays 4 games back at 8-4 following two wins over Northwestern. The Spartans host Wisconsin and Northwestern this weekend as Illinois visits Minnesota and Northwestern plays Michigan.
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