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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1979
Page
15
In a Canyon Reef Tournament quarterfinal, Permian trailed Lubbock Monterey by two with two seconds left before a court-length pass from Duane Adams to Brad Kerley won 66-64. Permian had previously defeated Monterey 71-66 in Odessa in double overtime.
NBA commissioner Larry O'Brien announced new penalties for backboard damage after Dawkins incidents. A $100 fine for rim or backboard contact that shatters, immediate game ejection, and automatic suspension for at least one game. Dawkins contends the incidents were unintentional but accepts the ruling.
Andrews and Denver City square off at 7 45 tonight for the Denver City basketball tournament title. Andrews rolled past El Paso Cathedral 79 67 to reach the final as Brian Templeton poured in 28 points and Jerry Alaniz 17.
In Kingsville, Angelo State and Texas A&I clash for the second time this season with a possible City of Palms Bowl spot on the line. ASU aims to rebound from a loss while A&I, defending national champions, seeks a sixth title this decade. The game starts at 7 30 p.m. local time.
Odessa High girls beat Permian 54 to 49 and Ector girls defeated Lubbock Dunbar 65 to 36 in the Levelland tournament losers bracket. Odessa meets Coronado for seventh place at 3 pm, while Ector faces Snyder at 4 30 pm. Tammy Alexander led Ector with 19 points, Teresa Adams scored 24 for Odessa.
In the Amarillo tournament first round Odessa High drops a 54 to 52 game to El Paso Bowie. Rayford Wright scores 20 to lead Odessa with Danny Cruzan adding 10. Bowie’s Santiago puts up 14 and Aguirre 13 as Bowie holds on for the win.
Odessa College hosts Amarillo College tonight at 6 in OC gymnasium with both women and men in action. Lady Wranglers enter at 8 1 and 2 0 in the Western Junior College Athletic Conference following a 77 75 win over Western Texas College Dusters in Snyder and a 79 71 loss by the Wranglers to the Westerners.
Midland College tops the WJCAC with 30 wins, 2 losses. Amarillo College sits 2-0, followed by Frank Phillips 2-1 and Odessa College 1-1. Howard, New Mexico Military, New Mexico Jr. College, South Plains, and Clarendon trail at 1-2 or 0-3. Tonight’s games feature Amarillo at Odessa and Clarendon at NMMI.
In Austin the Semifinals set up finals for multiple classes. Class 3A Monahans defeated Beaumont South Park 15-7 15-9 to meet San Antonio Madison. Class 2A Seminole beat East Bernard to face Kountze. Class A saw Marfa fall to Wallace-Orchard-Brazos. 4A had Port Neches-Groves over Amarillo and San Antonio Jefferson over Cypress Creek.
Permian high school junior varsity earned an 87 76 win over Midland Lee to reach tonight s 7 30 pm final against 9 0 Midland High 84 62 semifinal victors over Odessa High Gail Smith led Permian with 27 points while Mike Wooley 21 Rusty Inter 16 and Kenneth Armstrong 11 also reached double figures OHS and Lee meet for third at 4 30 pm Other consolation results included Ector Big Spring Brownfield and Midland Christian advancing to later rounds in Midland also hosting a sophomore tournament with PHS defeating Big Spring 55 31 and Midland topping OHS 82 48.
Permian's junior varsity girls beat Greenwood 32-22 to reach the finals against Reagan County in the McCamey Invitational. Reagan County eliminated Crane 31-22 to join them. finals set for 2 p.m. with a third-place game 12:30 p.m. JV consolation games feature McCamey over Fort Stockton and Iraan over Ozona.
AP briefs report a set of trades and activations across MLB NBA NFL NHL and NASL. Key moves include Detroit Tigers trading Ron LeFlore to Montreal Expos for Dan Schatzeder, Phillies trading Pete Mackanin to Twins, Rockets activating Rudy Tomjanovich and placing Tom Henderson on injury list, Giants placing Ken Johnson on IR and signing George Franklin, Chargers placing Don Macek on IR and activating Louie Kelcher, North Stars signing Glen Sherpley, Islanders trading Mike Kaszycki for Gold Lane and Steve Tambellini to Canada Selects, Cosmos waiving Ron Atanasio.
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