Norwalk Trucker Duo Earns All-NOL Baseball Honors
Norwalk players John Christopher and Gary Wilde land first team spots on the Northern Ohio League all star squad. Christopher repeats on the all-NOL team with records in hits and RBIs and will pursue baseball at Morehead State. Wilde leads in slugging and runs, with plans for Ashland College.
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John Christopher
Norwalk High
Christopher
Gary Wilde
Paul Stafford
Norwalk
Trucker
Wilde
Columbus
Truckers
John Derver
Shelby
Bill Adam
Adam
Morehead State
Kentucky
Ashland College
Willard
Kevin Steinmetz
Greg Drummer
Steinmetz
John Armstrong
Kevin Calver
Pat Rose
Thursday Night Major League Baseball Schedule and Results
The schedule lists multiple games with teams and pitchers including Chicago versus San Diego and San Francisco versus Pittsburgh. It notes Houston at New York and Montreal at Cincinnati among other matchups with times and pitchers for some contests. The next day features a full slate with Houston at New York and San Francisco at Pittsburgh, plus Chicago at Milwaukee and Detroit at California among others.
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San Diego
San Francisco
St. Louis
Los Angeles
Hooton
Krukow
Curtis
Pittsburgh
Robinson
Houston
Niekro
New York
Zachry
Atlanta
Solomon
Philadelphia
Ruthven
Montreal
Rogers
Cincinnati
LaCoss
Owchinko
Forsch
Minnesota
Boston
Kansas City
Toronto
Oakland
Texas
Baltimore
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Cleveland
Seattle
Detroit
California
New
Seattle li
Areneater
Flanagan
Wortham
Travers
Figueroa
Gate
Lemanczyk
Johnson
Rozema
Garland
Parrott
Norwalk Duo Earns Honors In All-NOL Tennis Team
Norwalk players Willard's Mike Cok and John Rosso joined first team doubles along with Tiffin Columbian duo Scott Colbert and Charlie Hill. Norwalk's Griffiths and Hinckley earned honorable mention in doubles while Willard pair Gus Secor and Phil Wilson also received doubles honors. In singles, Willard's Mike McClendon, Galion's Tim Babcock, Shelby's Jeff Adam and Jamie Elliott, Tiffin Columbian's Guy Hills and Jim Hoffman, and Upper Sandusky's Steve Brown were all cited with honorable mention.
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Willard
Mike Cok
John Rosso
Cok
Rosso
Tiffin Columbian
Scott Colbert
Charlie Hill
Norwalk
Chris Griffiths
Paul Hinckley
Gus Secor
Phil Wilson
Mike McClendon
Tim Babcock
Galion
Jeff Adam
Jamie Elliott
Shelby
Guy Hills
Jim Hoffman
Steve Brown
Upper Sandusky
Jenkins Finds Rainbow In Rangers Win After Rain Delay
Ferguson Jenkins twisters a two hour twenty minute rain delay into a masterful two hitter. John Ellis drives in six runs with two homers and a two run double powering the Texas Rangers to a 7-1 win over the Milwaukee Brewers. Ellis homered twice in the first, added a fifth homer in the sixth, and a two run double in the eighth. Johnny Grubb extends his hitting streak to 20 in the ninth. Other scores: Minnesota over Yankees 4-1, Cubs over Padres 4-3, Orioles over KC 3-1, Red Sox 9-2 over White Sox, Giants 12-10 over Cardinals.
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Jenkins
Texas Rangers
Milwaukee Brewers
Ellis
Bill Sample
Johnny Grubb
Rangers
Indians Aim to Extend Winning Streak in Seattle Series
The Cleveland Indians arrive in Seattle for a three game set with the Mariners hoping to reach the .500 mark for the first time since early in the season. A sweep would cap their West Coast road trip as they seek more power and cautious plans at the trading deadline with GM Phil Seghi weighing options and talking to several clubs.
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Seattle
UPI
Cleveland Indians
Kingdome
Mariners
Indians
Tribe
Cleveland
Oakland A’s
Phil Seghi
Seghi
VFW 12 Triumphs As Meyer Harkness Hitters Lead
Bob Meyer and Chris Harkness paced the VFW in a five inning win. Harkness struck out 14, homered and doubled, while Wayne Mushett added a triple and a homer for the winners, with Harkness retiring the final batter on a bouncer to the mound.
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VFW
Bob Meyer
Chris Harkness
Harkness
Wayne Mushett
Camp Earns All-NOL Honor for Norwalk Truckers
Norwalk sophomore Teri Camp was the sole Truckers player named to the All Northern Ohio League girls softball team. Camp led the team with a .438 batting average and played both third base and pitcher for coach Ralph Ritzenthaler.
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Norwalk
Teri Camp
Camp
the Truckers
Ralph Ritzenthaler
Norwalk Legion Seeks First Win at Elyria Tonight
The Norwalk American Legion team aims for its first victory after a 10-7 season opener loss to Marion. They travel to Ely Stadium for a 6:15 start, then host Mansfield at McGuan Park Saturday in a league clash.
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Norwalk American Legion
Ely Stadium
Elyria
Legionnaires
Marion
Norwalk
McGuan Park
Mansfield
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