Holiday Cage Tourneys Spark Wide Holiday Action
Holiday tournament play dominated the week with multiple marquee results. St Josephs beat Rhode Island 89 64 in Philadelphia while LaSalle edged Southern California 77 72. New Mexico State defeated Princeton 61 56 as Duquesne beat Georgia 71 66. St Johns edged Tennessee 56 59 and Manhattan beat Niagara 62 61. Long Beach defeated Mississippi 87 68. Oklahoma City topped St Francis 109 81. Missouri beat Colorado 98 78. Iowa State downed Nebraska 75 64. Arizona topped Purdue 83 80. UNLV defeated Duke 89 83. Minnesota stayed undefeated 41 35 over Washington State. Oregon routed Columbia 81 56. Jacksonville won the Gator Bowl tourney 84 71 over Rutgers. Miami of Ohio beat Florida 88 72 in the consolation. Ohio State and Marquette, Drake and others posted notable scores in non tournament play.
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Jack Wedrowski
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Larry Jenkins
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Harry Rogers
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Drake
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Buurma pushes Willard past Ashland in double OT thriller
Mike Buurma nailed two late outside shots in the second overtime to lift Willard to a 56-54 win over Ashland. Buurma scored 32 as Willard improved to 7–0, while Marquette led Ashland with 15 and Burns and Hess added 13 and 10. Willard outshot 44 to 35 percent and dominated rebounding 39–27. Willard hosts Upper Sandusky on January 5.
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Buurma
Arrows
John Marquette
Flashes
Bourma
Terry Ludban
Marquette
Joe Burns
Doug Hess
Upper Sandusky
Tiffin Hands Upper Sandusky First Defeat
Tiffin Columbian upset Upper Sandusky 64-61 to tie for second in the Northern Ohio League. Marty Thallman held Upper star Gary Nelson scoreless in the final period as Alan Seitz and Brett Bozarth each scored 20 for Tiffin. Upper’s 7-1 start ends with 1 loss. Tiffin moves to 5-3 and hosts Kenton next.
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Marty Thallman
Tiffin Columbian
Upper Sandusky
Tornadoes
Upper
Rams
Thallman
Gary Nelson
Ram
Alan Seitz
Brett Bozarth
Nelson
Jerry Snodgrass
Don Schwenning
Mark Conrad
Kenton
Weekend Cage Schedule for St Paul Holiday Tournament
Weekend high school basketball schedule lists Norwalk St Paul, Sabian, Black River, Bellevue, Port Clinton, Kenton, Upper Sandusky, River Valley, Galion, Huron, Norwalk High, Margaretta, Monroeville, South Central, Plymouth, Seneca East, Willard, Edison, Firelands, Bucyrus and Wynford across Thursday to Saturday with multiple games and a consolation and championship setting.
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Norwalk ST. Paul
Sabian
Spencer Sharples
New Rieges
Black River
Keystone
Bellevue
Port Clinton
Kenton
Upper Sandusky
River Valley
Galion
Huron
Norwalk High
Margaretta
Monroeville
South Central
Plymouth
Seneca East
Willard Edison
Firelands
Bucyrus
Wynford
Blake White Secures Second Norwalk Start On Truckers
Norwalk coach Leonard Hardman confirms Blake White will start against unbeaten Huron after earning his second starting chance. White, a 6-3 junior, scored nine points in his first start and is averaging 5.2 points over six games as Norwalk aims to end a two-game skid while facing a tall Huron squad led by Lou Wargo and Jim Boyes.
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Norwalk
Dan Kerkhoff
Truckers
Huron
Blake
Leonard Hardman
White
Kerk
Doug White
Tom Ott
Galion
Hardman
Tigers
Jess Hagg
Lou Wargo
Perkins
Wargo
Harris Rookie of the Year near miss in AFC
Franco Harris, Penn State product turned Steeler rookie, nearly won the AFC Rookie of the Year with 38 of 39 votes. He rushed for 1,056 yards despite earlier limited action, while Otis Sistrunk got the lone vote. Oakland A's released Cepeda Brown and Harlan to trim roster.
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UPI
Franco Harris
Penn State
Harris
Lydell Mitchell
Pittsburgh Steelers
Frenchy Fuqua
Preston Pearson
Jim Brown
Green Bay
John Brockington
United
Oakland
Carlton Oats
Pittsburgh
Steelers
NFL
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