Rice Boss Conover Turns Rice Football Into Spotlight
Rice University Owls head coach Al Conover, once obscure, earned fame after a 5-5-1 season. He boosted team morale with ice cream breaks and wild stunts, then spoke of modernizing college football and recruiting Texas players while expanding Rice facilities ahead of the 1974 season.
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Big al Conover
Rice University Owls
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Conover
Arkansas
West Texas
Rice
Texas
Boys Club YMCA Seek Cagers For Four Leagues
Odessa Boys Club and Odessa Family YMCA invite boys ages 10 to 16 to join four basketball leagues with divisions 10 and under through 16 17. Teams span Odessa area from Ross to Zavala and include Kiwanis and Lions Club funding for the 12-and-under league. Play begins through Feb 9 with playoffs Feb 12 19. regional Brownwood and Baylor University opportunities await winners.
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Odessa Family Ymca
Kiwanis Club
Downtown Lions Club
Jack Hardy
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YMCA
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Pease No. 2
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Dowling
Alamo
Fannin
Pease No. 1
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Sam Houston
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Lamar
Austin
Odessa Christian
Gonzales
Carver
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Church of Latter Day Saints
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Reagan County Invitational Cage Event Comes Down to Final Day
The 42nd Reagan County Invitational basketball tournament in Big Lake finishes its final day with semifinals and decisive games. Stanton beat Coahoma 87-76 to reach the semifinals, led by Rick Wilson's 23 points while Roland Beal scored 25 for Coahoma. Rankin faces Stanton at 1 p.m. for a finals berth, and Reagan County hosts Ozona vs. Reagan County Owls at 2:30 p.m. in the other semifinal.
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Reagan County
West Texas
Stanton
Coahoma
Roland Beal
Rick Wilson
Buffalos
Rankin
Red Devils
Devils
Crane
Ozona Drill McCamey
Reagan County Owls
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Comstock
Ray Skiles
Lions
van Horn
Sonora
Buena Vista
Sanderson
Brady
Bill Mott
Seagraves Beats Sundown In Big Win On Friday Night
Seagraves overwhelmed Sundown 84-32 in a non district boys game. Maurice Evans led the Eagles with 23 points, Bob Hill 20, and Sammy Williams 14 as Seagraves improved to 13-2. In the girls game Seagraves won 59-46 with Tooti Stevenson scoring 25.
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Seagraves
Sundown
Maurice Evans
Eagles
Bob Hill
Sammy Williams
Tooti Stevenson
Volleyball Teams Post Victories In Local League
In Floyd Gwin Auditorium action Texas Janitorial defeated Permian Enterprises 12-15 15-6 15-11. Albert Jacques beat Transmission Service and Supply 16-14 10-15 15-12. Darville Co. won two forfeit games from Stewart Welding and then defeated Andrews 15-2. Play resumes Tuesday at Floyd Gwin. CHATTANOOGA Tenn Chip Kell named offensive line coach at UT Chattanooga. Kell is a former All American lineman from Tennessee Knoxville.
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Texas Janitorial
Permian Enterprises
Floyd Gwin Auditorium
Albert Jacques
Transmission Service and Supply
Darville Co
Stewart Welding
Andrews
UT Prof Warns Fake Fodder Harms Schoolboys Football
UT Austin professor Karl Klein warns high school players face higher knee injury risk on artificial turf due to added traction and speed. He compares high school knees to college knees, recommending more preseason conditioning, hamstring work, sprinting and cutting technique, heel-cleat removal, stricter player selection, and thorough ligament checks.
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Austin, Tex
University of Texas
Karl Klein
Ut-Austin
Stockton Grabs Lead In Campbell Golf Play
AP report from Los Angeles notes Dave Stockton shot 69 to lead the Glen Campbell Los Angeles Open after 36 holes with a 136 total at Riviera CC. Julius Boros sits one back at 137 after a 70, while David Graham Buddy Allin and Don Bies share third at 138. Jack Nicklaus Bruce Devlin Mac Hunter also near the lead as Devlin tied the course record with 66 and Hunter posted 69.
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Los Angeles
Dave Stockton
Lee Trevino
Stockton
Riviera Country Club
Julius Boros
Boros
David Graham
Buddy Allin
Don Bies
Allin
Kling
Bies
Graham
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Mac Hunter
Bruce Devlin
Devlin
Hunter
Indians Scalp Fort Stockton in district basketball clash
Seminole edged Fort Stockton 61 60 as free throws powered a one sided night. Seminole shot 88 percent from the stripe while Fort Stockton converted 57 percent. Donald Roberts led with 27 points for Seminole, Charles Wrenn 12, Kim Hughes 10. Steve Reid had 20 for Fort Stockton.
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Seminole
Indians
Donald Roberts
Panthers
Charles Wrenn
Kim Hughes
Steve Reid
Jed Arnett
Charles Roberts
Ramon Vasquez
Rowling Results Big Women's Series Highlight
Aline Gore leads with 504 in the Big Women's Series. Rosie Langston converts splits at 5 10 and posts 50 pins over average. Jean Huckabee finishes with 157 on 96.
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Rosie Langston
Jean Huckabee
Goldi Igeers
Doones
Doozies
Virginia Bennett
Donna Russell
Paterno weighs Patriots offer amid Penn State ties
STATE COLLEGE Pa AP Mrs Joe Paterno says I like it here when asked about her husband possibly leaving Penn State for the New England Patriots dual coach general manager post with stock reportedly worth 1 million The 46 year old Paterno is away and undecided about ending a 23 year Penn State run Lincoln Neb AP Nebraska board of regents to consider Rick Duval former Colorado assistant as recruiting coordinator and tight ends and wingbacks coach He will also be listed as Jerry Moore former SMU assistant as Nebraska wide receivers and quarterbacks coach
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Joe
Penn State
Patriots
Lincoln
Neb
University of Nebraska
Board of Regents
Rick Duval
Colorado
Nebraska
Tom Osborne
Duval
Jerry Moore
Southern Methodist
Permian Capitalizes On Scout Frenzy At Odessa Camp
In Odessa high school football notes a revolving door for college talent scouts opens as Texas universities and far flung programs converge. Spike Dykes visits to check prospects while Howard Payne Sul Ross Oklahoma Texas A&M Tulane Houston SMU USC all signal interest. Pug Gabrel of SMU covers the scene as Gil Bartosh fields questions and gests at future coaching clinics. A&M’s John Paul Young notes 11 Permian games seen since Sept. 1 and predicts state title potential by December 1971.
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Spike Dykes
Howard Payne
Sul Ross
Oklahoma University
Texas A&m
Tulane
Houston University
Texas Tech
SMU
University of Southern California
Aggie
PHS
Gil Bartosh
Bartosh
Kodak
Dallas
Panthers assistant coach Gene McCanlies and his many superstitions
The article outlines coach Gene McCanlies rituals and quirks during the Panthers season. It notes his coin superstition placing 67 cents in his right shoe, staff involvement in hiding coins, daily routines such as a fixed chair, red gelatin lunches, specific shower rooms, morning light routines, a weekly handshake, and pregame punting accuracy contests.
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Gene McCanlies
McCanlies
Mojo
Panthers
Mike Neeley
Bob Stanley
Tom
Panther
Neeley
Superstitions and the Permian staff in the spotlight
McCanlies sparks laughs as staff debate his ritual routines while Permian’s state title run is linked to superstition. Coach Wilkins wears the same pants game to game and Jack Jacobson keeps pattern cards. McCanlies plans a new set of rituals for baseball season after the title run.
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McCanlies
John Wilkins
Jack Jacobson
Permian
PHS
Rankin Rips Iraan 65 40 in district clash
Rankin used a balanced attack to defeat Iraan 65 to 40 in District 6-A boys basketball Friday night. Randy Mobley 14 Steve McSpadden 14 and Bodie Bennett 12 led the Red Devils, who improved to 10-5 overall and 3-1 in league play. Iraan dropped to 0-2 in district and 6-13 overall. In JV, Iraan won 38-15.
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Red Devils
Randy Mobley
Steve McSpadden
Bodie Bennett
Scott Dickerson
Braves
Eubaldo Elguea
Brad Winn
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