Norwalk Trucker Football Aims At Vermilion Test
Norwalk eyes its first win of the season as it travels to Vermilion to meet the Sailors, then hosts Willard a week later. Coach Leonard Hardman notes penalties and blocking errors in a 20-6 loss to Huron while naming Hilton and Burger players of the week. Vermilion’s John Griffin and Rick Spencer loom, with Mark Fowler a key defender in a program that last had a winning season in 1966.
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Willard
Truckers
Vermilion Sailors
Lakeland
Vermilion
Huron
Margaretta
Trucker
Leonard Hardman
Hilton
Hardman
John Griffin
Griffin
Jim Greenless
Russ Trinter
Greenless
Trinter
Four Weightlifters Disqualified for Drugs at World Championships
Four more top lifters were stripped of titles at the World Weightlifting Championships in Columbus bringing total disqualifications to nine. Featherweight podium finishers M Nowak and J Wojnowski of Poland and Japan's Yoshiyuki Miyake were stripped, with Hungarian Janos Bagocs among those affected.
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UPI
M. Nowak
J. Wojnowski
Poland
Yoshiyuki Miyake
Japan
Janos Bagocs
Hungary
World athletics disqualifications spark protests by Iron Curtain
In Columbus Ohio officials reported disqualifications of nine athletes after urine tests detected banned drugs. The expelled included the top three featherweight finishers and the third place lightweight, with participants from Russia Poland Hungary and Japan affected as protests from the Iron Curtain delegations followed the announcements.
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Poland
Hungary
Columbus, Ohio
UPI
J. Benedict
M. Kuchev
Bulgaria
P. Tanti
Italy
N. Dehnavi
Iran
Bagocs
Victor Kurentsov
Kurentsov
Doping Control Protest Forces Review of Procedures
Organizers failed to seal sample tubes and kept a second sample unlocked while a supervising official was absent. Doctors for positive cases were not allowed to recheck lab results, prompting a protest signed by Drs. Markos, Firsowitch, Georgiev, Apel, and Gyorgy.
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International Medical Committee
Drs. Markos
Spain
Firsowitch
Poland
Georgiev
Bulgaria
Apel
German Democratic Republica
East Germany
Gyorgy
Hungary
Mushett and Borgia Pace Firelands Conference Through Opening Game
St Paul quarterback Chris Mushett led passers with 215 yards on 15 of 25, while Jim Borgia topped receivers with 122 yards on seven catches after a 376 yard New London debut. Mark Mullins ran 132 yards for Wildcat, and Charlie Poths led the conference with 145 yards. Pat Conry scored 28 points for Western Reserve. The Flyers won, and St Paul’s reserve team beat Plymouth 16-0 with Chris Miller scoring all Saints points.
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Chris Mushett
Jim Borgia
Mushett
Lucas
Borgia
New London
North Baltimore
Wildcat
Mark Mullins
Monroeville
Charlie Poths
Lakeside
Pat Conry
Western Reserve
Flyers
Plymouth
Chris Miller
St. Paul’s
Saints
Truckers Win Scrimmage In Williamstown Event
Norwalk eighth grade football team the Truckers beat Bellevue Immaculate Conception 3 0 in a Wednesday scrimmage. Scott Tyson had a 20 yard fumble return for the first score followed by Mark Holtz 60 yard run and Herb Harkness 55 yard pass play. The team opens the regular season against Willard at home next Wednesday.
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Bellevue Immaculate Conception School
Scott Tyson
Truckers
Mark Holtz
Herb Harkness
Little Truckers
Willard
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