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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1969
Page
9
Under Oregon high school rules the Myrtle Point Bandon and Coquille team defeated the touring New Zealand wrestlers 34 to 32 in a 16-match program. Local grapplers participated in 11 bouts as the NZ squad nears the end of an eight week Oregon cultural exchange tour.
The Myrtle Point Bobcats defeated Coquille 53 to 42 to claim the first half Sunset league championship and lock a playoff spot for the league final and state A 2 playoffs. Brad Bosco led with 24 points, Dan Grove added 15, while Coquille’s Gary Turner scored 12 as Myrtle Point extended their win streak to 16. The team’s next game is February 7 against Brookings at home.
Last week Myrtle Bowl league play continued despite blizzard like conditions while women leagues were cancelled. Major league scores dipped though Mack Sutphin led with 202, 2 600 series appeared for Heenan's Heroes and Ralph Loomis posted 609. Tournament entries close February 14 and bowling support helps sustain the Myrtle Bowl.
Joe Alan Buchanan of Myrtle Point Oregon is enrolled in the Calhoun MELBLA Engineering School in Baltimore Maryland. The two year program trains licensed engineers for American merchant vessels with six months classroom work followed by a year as an apprentice aboard a merchant ship and six months more in class. Students earn about 800 dollars per month and receive lodging and meals at the school's headquarters in a former downtown Baltimore hotel.
Myrtle Point High headlines cover a clothing drive for Appalachia, interclass rivalry week February 3–7, Miss Verndi Petre replacing Mrs. Williams in English, and a February 7 ventriloquist show by Robert Mason at MPHS. Also notes student training plans for marine engineer aspirant Buchanan, and gymnastic meet preparations with team members listed.
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