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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1970
Page
3
Myrtle Point high school upset top-ranked Reedsport 42 to 40 at Coos Bay to earn a spot in the state A-2 basketball tournament. The No. 10 Bobcats used careful ball control and made six free throws in the final period to seal the victory.
Myrtle Point High School’s Bobcats defeated Gold Beach 65 to 51 to win the Sunset Six League title and set up a district final rematch with Reedsport. Stan Grove led Myrtle Point with 20 points as the team shot 40.5 percent and made 21 of 35 free throws, while Gold Beach shot 41 percent and had 18 points from Crumley. Crowder led Reedsport with 21 points in a separate tally.
Van's Logging wins city tournament with 2774 points led by Goldie Van Fossen Myra Sturgill Jackie McCullough Den Nelson and Dorothy Williams. Douglas Fir tied for first with 2729 points among two B teams McKay's Market and Curtiss Breeding each listed with members. Circulation figures note newspaper reach rose from 60 million in 1946 to 61.5 million last year.
At the regional Junior Olympic trials held last Saturday at South Umpqua Myrtle Point High School wrestlers dominated with Jim Mast and Jim Layton winning their weight classes while Steve Rayevich and Mark Mason finished second. Leon Rayevich of Bridge won the 70 pound class. Over 400 entries and more than 1,000 matches were tallied.
Myrtle Point Freshmen basketball beat Coquille Frosh 48 to 33 on Feb 26 to finish 12-5 led by John Walker with 15 points and Cal King and Jin Walker with 10 each Ron Ellis added nine. Myrtle Point went 10-0 in league play with both losses to Marshfield and North Bend.
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