Roofers edge Metal Finishing in VL thriller
Halstead Wray Roofers comeback from 5-2 deficit beats Metal Finishing 7-6. Rob Stramp delivers the decisive hit in the ninth after a series of rallies led by Phil Smith and Jere Peterson. Fred Gaede picks up the win in relief as Halstead improves to 8-4 in league play and 14-8 overall.
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Halstead
Rob Stramp
Jim Chellis
Halstead Wray Roofers
Metal Finishing
Wichita
Hastead
Roofers
Hutchinson
Coors of
Kansas
Hays
Chellis
Stramp
Ben Bounous
Fred Gaede
Newton
Randy Shade
Gaede
Jere Peterson
Mike Marr
Stelly
Valadez
Simon
Wray Roofers
Wendt
Smith
Winfield club advances to quarterfinals in softball tourney
Winfield gains the quarter finals while Newton and Wichita teams headline a long Newton 11th Annual State Preview Invitational schedule. Eagan's Lounge and Search Drilling slated for Saturday action at Athletic Park and Our Lady of Guadalupe Field. State Hospital and Maize Mills pace early round upsets with strong showings, including a 12-0 Winfield win over Pete's Sheet Metal and a 16-8 New Blues victory over Eck-Ray Ford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Partridge Auto Salvage of
Newton
Copeland
Wichita
Dyson Electric
Eck-Ray Ford
Mitchner Insurance
Ace of Clubs
Lee T. Moore Const. Co
Loser Graves Just Desserts
Wichita Merchants
Eagan’s Lounge
Kansas City
Kan
Search Drilling of
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Athletic Park
Eagan
Central
Idle Hour Club of Clay Center
Our Lady of Guadalupe Field
State Hospital
Seeker’s Food Stores
Winfield
Pete
McPherson Merchants
Fahnestock Air Conditioning
Steve Alrey
Merchants
Mike Lindley
Scott Lemon
Maize Mills
Partridge Auto Salvage
Lindley
Partridge
Hugh Nicks
Doug Yoder
Brubacher
Matt Eck
Doug Coons
Don Stockemer
New Blues
Mark Jones
Mike Spaney
Blues
Jerry Helm
Mike Larkin
Marlin Decker
Eck-Rau
Lester Unruh
Galva
Gray’s Sporting Goods
Morris McVicker
Pizza Hut of
Graham leads Western Open with 65 in opening round
Australian David Graham shot a course record 65 and holds a three stroke lead over Arnold Palmer at the Western Open at Butler National Golf Club. Palmer, the runnerup, opened with a 68 as the event began in Oak Brook Illinois.
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Graham
Oak Brook, Ill
David Graham
Lou Graham
Arnold Palmer
Palmer
Butler National Golf Club
Denver Fattens Division Lead In 12 Inning Win Over Wichita
Denver edged Wichita 8 to 7 in 12 innings to widen the American Association West lead. Oklahoma City beat Tulsa 9-7, Indianapolis topped Igwa 12-1, and Evansville at Omaha was postponed by a Japan U S exhibition. Tom McMillan delivered the late go ahead double for the 89ers as Mike Brooks went 4 for 4. Joel Youngblood homered for Indianapolis and Rich Hinton pitched five strong innings for the Bears in relief.
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Associated Press
Denver
Wichita
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Indianapolis
Igwa
Evansville
Omaha
89Ers
Tom McMillan
Oilers
Bill Parsons
Mike Brooks
Santa Alcala
Indians
Oaks
Joel Youngblood
Bears
Rich Hinton
Jim Lyttle
Lyttle
Jerry Hairston
Tonight's Pee Wee and Youth Sports Schedule
The schedule lists games across multiple leagues tonight at several venues including Zion Lutheran Burrton Hesston Sedgwick and Moundridge. Matches cover Pee Wee Rookie Knothole and higher divisions with teams such as Zion Lutheran Bible Baptist Tigers Jayhawks Hornets Halstead VFW Hesston Sedgwick Indians Moundridge J C Reds and women's slow pitch teams Mean Machine Naughty Nine Bede Aircraft and Odds and Ends.
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Pee Wee
Zion Lutheran
Bible Baptist
Burrton
Hesston
Tigers
Jayhawks
Hornets
Halstead
Oak
VFW
Sedgwick Indians
Moundridge
Sedgwick
Centennial Middle
Bede Aircraft
Rhoades Const
Odds and Ends
Bench tops million in all star voting
Johnny Bench of Cincinnati becomes the first NL player to exceed 1 million All Star ballots, leading with 1,660,229 votes with ten days left in voting. Cincinnati’s Joe Morgan and Dave Concepcion lead at second base and shortstop, while Pete Rose tops the outfield race and Steve Garvey leads at first base.
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New York
Johnny Bench
Cincinnati
Baseball Commissioner’s Office
Reds
Joe Morgan
Rennie Stennett
Red
Dave Concepcion
Larry Bowa
Philadelphia
Ron Cey
Los Angeles
Joe Torre
Pete Rose
Reggie Smith
St. Louis
Steve Garvey
Tony Perez
Garvey
Wrong name listed in Newton Country Club semi final pairings
The second flight Newton Country Club golf tournament semi final will feature Bob Davis against Bob Parks. Pairings were printed incorrectly on Thursday.
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Bob Davis
Bob Parks
Newton
Royals sweep Angels as injuries plague California club
Kansas City pastes the Angels 7-1 behind Marty Pattin as Anaheim’s injury-hit roster limps. Dick Williams lists seven healthy players and eyes a three-game set with Oakland while Nolan Ryan remains questionable with a groin issue. Brett leads KC with a 4-for-5 night as Angels endure four errors and added absences.
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Anaheim
California Angels
Dick Williams
Angels
Williams
Marty Pattin
Kansas City Royals
Oakland A’s
Nolan Ryan
Kansas City
Jerry Remy
Dave Chalk
Dave Collins
Joe Lahoud
Lahoud
Bruce Bochte
Ryan
Don Kirkwood
Audy Meoli
Remy
Andy Etchebarren
Lee Stanton
Mickey Rivers
Orlando Ramirez
Colombia
Royals
Bobby Winkles
Angel
George Brett
Brett
Pattin
Ed Figueroa
Meoli
California
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the Newton Kansan
Fri
Bowers
Phil Smith
Roofer
Brad Bradshaw
Buddy Grobe
Tom Stelly
Bill Simon
University of Texas
I Grobe
Cf Bradshaw
Rf Wendt
Ss Stramp
Dh Smith
Winfield Club
Graves Just Desserts
Salina
Culver’s Sporting Goods of
McPherson
Riner’s
Camper Sales
Graves
Lee T. Moore
Culver’s Sporting Goods
Wenger Oi
Matt Eck Realtors
Sporting Goods
Ace of Clubs of
Mitchner Insurance of
Leopard Spots of
Gray‘s Sporting Goods Co. of
Copeland of
Dyson Electric of
New Blues of
Leopard Spots
Midland National Bank of Newton
Seeker’s Food Stores of
Fahnestock Air Conditionig of
Galva Grain and Feed
Kite’s of Manhattan
Farmers National Bank of Victoria
State Hospital of
Iowa
Medinah Country Club
Carter Pharmacy
Bench
Bell
Memphis Star
Philadelphia Bell
J.J. Jennings
Memphis
Rudy Sims
Jennings
Rutgers University
Chevrolet
Holstine Motors, Inc
West Sth St
W. 7Th
Boston
Milwaukee
Baltimore
Cleveland
Detroit
Oakland
Texas
Minnesota
Chicago
Goltz
Blyleven
Hands
Hargan
Walker
Grimsley
Gura
Wise
Bibby
Sprague
Fitzmorris
Jefferson
Blue
Hassler
Gibson
Reed
Montreal
Rogers
Stanhouse
Burris
Zahn
Pittsburgh
Ellis
San Diego
Friesieben
C. Carroll
Twitchell
Matlack
Atlanta
Easterly
Houston
Dierker
Hooton
San Francisco
Falcone
Philphia
West Cincinnati
S.francisco
U. S. Gov
E. Broadway
American Flours Company
Ross Industries, Inc
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