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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1971
Page
5
The article notes basketball began in rough venues between football and baseball seasons. It describes makeshift courts in dance halls and meeting places, with improvised balls and varied locations as the sport spread across communities.
Sports Afield notes a 25 percent increase in quail numbers in Nerseka from last year based on summer whistle-count results. Gains were strongest in Nebraska’s northern and north-central regions with 91 and 65 percent rises respectively.
Myrtle Point, 10-2 on the season and ranked sixth in the statewide AA poll, hosts Gold Beach and Douglas in a pair of Sun setting League games. Stan Grove leads Myrtle Point with 18 points against Brookings and 20 versus South Umpqua, while Dan Knife and Steve Anderson add 10 each in the win over South Umpqua. The Bobcats shot 34 of 74 from the floor and 12 of 20 free throws, with Chet Sutphin pulling 10 rebounds.
The piece recounts winter rabbit hunting in Oregon with notes on species, terrain and approach, then shifts to a retrospective on early 1900s basketball in Coquille River towns. It mentions Myrtle Point teams, players like Paul Brewer, Grover Wilson, and Nosler coaching, plus transport via river boat and rail, and girls teams under evolving rules.
Myrtle Point high school defeated Bandon 42-20 led by 8 pins among 13 bouts with winners Dick DeSoto 106 Steve Dery 138 Steve DeSoto 136 Bull Flora 141 Larry Mack 148 Jim Layton 168 Bruce Roper 178 and Jim Mast heavyweight. Randy Pallin drew with Deve Riemer while Tom Russell 123 was pinned by Doug Duvall. Gordon Crosby 191 was pinned by Darrel Platt. Junior varsity fell 40-3.
The Republican Task Force on Education and Training backs the Community College Assistance Act to fund development and improvement of community colleges nationwide. It cites Oregon programs like Lane, Umpqua, and Southwestern as models and aims to support planning, career education, and community services across states.
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