WESAC Rolls To Easy Win In Softball League Action
WESAC built an eight run first inning and rolled to a 15-5 victory over Maria Brand Food as Marisa Allen Linda Stewart and Tamara Mitchell led the offense with homers. Lan Gilmore also homered for the winners in a dominant girls 12-18 slo pitch showcase.
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Marisa Allen
Linda Stewart
WESAC
Maria Brand Food
Tamara Mitchell
Lan Gilmore
East Side
Villanova Inn
Cindy Mielke
Jim McCall
McCall
Patty Jones
Rose Albertini
Renee Capatti
West Pittsburg
Sons of Italy
Dottie Allegro
Patty Marcantino
Laurie Hajec
Dianna Cappati
Polish Falcons
Community Auto 124
Luann Grybowski
Sandy Jones
Jones
Grybowski
Sharon Hemming
Falcons
Cindy Cwynar
Seventh Ward Warriors
Veronica Funera
Warrior
Janet Brigham
Frank leads Church League with torrid 32 at Castle Hills
John Frank fired a three under par 32 on the front nine to pace the Church Golf League at Castle Hills Golf Course. Randy Beck shot 34 and several players posted 35 to 39 as teams tally nightly results and standings.
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John Frank
Castle Hills
Church Golf League
Randy Beck
Charles Ramsey
Tom Gunther
Wayne Messner
Messner
Fred Palmer
Henry Plonka
Bob McCreary
Larry Mumford
George Henderson
Roy Mumford
Bill Boston
Randy Frank
Tom Lepisto
Bob Kwiat
Bob Casalandra
Bill Ebitts
John Lockley
Holy Trinity
Savannah Methodist
Clen Moore
United Brethren
Epworth Methodist
St. Marys
First Methodist
St. Phillips
James
First Presbyterian
St. Johns
Highland
St. Camillus
St. John's
St. Phillip and James
Second
Third
Dave Clingensmith
Sylvan Heights
al Bucci
Fifth Ward Blues Rally Past Fourth Ward Giants In League Play
The Fifth Ward Blues defeated the Fourth Ward Giants 14 7 powered by five doubles and three hits from Frank Ventura. Don Isabella pitched a complete game with eight strikeouts on five hits.
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Ward Blues
Ward Giants
Frank Ventura
Don Isabella
C. Venturella
F. Merlino
Isabella
M. Toscano
Bozar
Natale
Seventh Ward
Ward Pirates
Pirates
Anthony Petrotta
Nick Majorano
Ward Rams
Ward
Yankees
Keith Wheale
Pud LaMarco
Gall
USC Clinches College Baseball Title In Omaha Showdown
Southern California defeated Southern Illinois 7-2 at Rosenblatt Stadium to win the College Baseball Championship. Craig Perkins and Frank Alfano hit back to back homers, Busby pitched 11-2 with six strikeouts, Calafetti earned the batting title at .532, as USC finished 53-13 and clinched the title for the seventh time in 25 years.
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Omaha
Neb
UPI
Southern California
Trojans
Rosenblatt Stadium
Southern Illinois Salukis
Californians
Saluki
Craig Perkins
Frank Alfano
Steve Busby
Southern Illinois
Larry Calafetti
Calufetti
Perkins
Alfano
Busby
Dick Langdon
Langdon
Southern Cal
Salukis
Seton Hall
Brigham Young
Tulsa
Pan American
Rare doubleheader set at Flaherty Field between Volant and Bingo's
Volant holds first place in the North County League after a single loss, while Bingo's hopes to rebound from a slow start. The teams drew in both prior meetings, and unbeaten John Munnell will start for Volant in one game after winning his first seven outings.
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Flaherty
Volant
Bingo
North County Baseball League
John Munnell
Munnell
Cardinals and Giants roll to wins in Connie Mack action
Gary Lutz starred for the Cardinals, pitching and collecting two hits in a 6-2 victory over the Indians. Rick Clovelli added two hits, Ron Greco doubled, and Tony Villani's bases loaded triple in the fourth broke the 3-3 tie. The Seventh Ward Giants downed the Fifth Ward Royals 12-4 as Don Runyon and Steve Jaworski added hits and Runyon allowed four to win his second in a row. Ricky Tony homered for the Royals.
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Gary Lutz
Cardinals
Indians
Rick Clovelli
Ron Greco
Tony Villani
Ward Giants
Ward Royals
Giants
Don Runyon
Steve Jaworski
Ricky Tony
Royals
Runyon
Villanova Forfeits Honors Over Porter Pro Contract
Villanova University forfeits honors from the 1971 NCAA season after evidence shows Howard Porter signed an ABA contract offer for 15,000 dollars in 1970. Porter later repudiated the ABA deal and joined the NBA, while Villanova sought an affidavit from him denying rule violations.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Villanova University
Howard Porter
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Porter
U.S. District Court
New York
American Basketball Association
Jack Dolph
ABA
Pittsburgh Condors
Chicago Bulls
National Basketball Assocition
Windy City
Condors
Dolph
Villanova
Wildcats
St Joseph stays unbeaten in YMCA loop with 5 4 win
SEVENTEEN St Joseph remains top after defeating Wampum 5-4 as Bob Senko covers two innings of shutout relief. Kings Chapel blasts eight in first to top Clen Moore UP 13-6. Epworth edges Lutheran 10-3 as Ankeny homers and Junkin wins with four hitter. New Wilmington Churches shocking Highland UP 12-5 with McGary grand slam. All star game set July 1 at Gaston Park with 7:30 p.m. start and league meeting tonight to pick all stars.
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Bob Senko
YMCA
St. Joseph
Wampum
Senko
Joe Toscano
Kings Chapel
Clen Moore
Gary Gillette
Dave Booth
George Manos
Epworth
Lutheran
Aaron Ankeny
Greg Hunt
Ankeny
John Junkin
L. Thomas
Gaston Park
New Wilmington
Highland
John Harrigan
Lyman Ringbloom
John Pifer
Scott McGary
Jay Albert
Ritz Bar Keystone Split In Flaherty Slo Pitch Doubleheader
Ritz Bar defeated Keystone 12-5 in game one as Larry Walters and Jim Jarrett each had four hits and six runs in the sixth inning sealed the win. Keystone Inn came back to win 9-8 in game two with Don Glen earning the win and Jarrett homering for the losers.
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Keystone Inn
Bar
The
Inn
Larry Walters
Jim Jarrett
Ron Hill
Bruce Genkinger
Jarrett
Don Glen
Keystone
Goldy McEwen
Larry Dean
Crescent Cafe breezes to win in Seventh Ward slow-pitch
Crescent Cafe defeated Penn-Ohio Maintenance 17 to 7 in the lone Seventh Ward Slo-Pitch game at Mahoningtown. Chet Boak powered the win with two home runs a double and a single. Lombardo and Kubik added three hits apiece as Crescent jumped six runs in the first inning setting up a 7:30 p.m. showdown with Iron Dukes.
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Mahoningtown
Crescent Cafe
Penn-Ohio Maintenance
Chet Boak
Boak
Crescent
Lou Lombardo
Rich Kubik
Case
Iron Dukes
Shoaff's Fly Catchers extend win streak in slow-pitch league
Shoaff's Fly Catchers beat the Polka Dots to run their win streak to three and their last six games at Girls Over 18 Slo-Pitch. Jean Speight hit two home runs as the Fly Catchers led 6-5 after the first inning and pulled away with six runs in the fifth.
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Shoaff
Jean Speight
JoAnn DeCarbo
Carol Gizesivk
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