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Newspaper
Oelwein Daily Register
Location
Oelwein, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1972
Page
1
WAUKON Oelwein girls defeated Waukon 47-33 in the varsity game as Deb Angle and Jeni Meyer led rebounding with 38-23 edge while the junior varsity cruised 50-32. Coach Steve Sanders credited guard court for carrying early offense and noted a need for more scoring from forwards.
Eight rebounds by Janet Britten and six by Nancy Homewood pace Oelwein as guards limit Waukon to five first half field goals. Homewood scores 25, Peterson adds eight, Werdell 10, Seegers four. Oelwein commits 17 turnovers, leads 25-14 at halftime and travels to North of West Union next.
Niland Potato Chips captured the team title in the Oelwein Men's City Bowling Tournament at Sunnyside Lanes over the weekend with 3,1027 pins. First National Bank took second with 3,063. Paul Leueke earned top handicap series at 713, Ken Olson top handicap game at 281, and Mike Gonzales led all events with 1,895 handicap pins. Ted Jelinek won the scratch all events at 727. Remaining money finishers listed.
Upper Iowa opened its wrestling season with a 29 to 11 victory over Dubuque. Doug Guilford Barry Hughes and Henry Banke posted pins, Guilford fastest at 1 57. Other matches included several decisions and draws with UIC and D participants.
Iowa 49 56 Kansas. Iowa State 88 Southern Colorado. Drake 86 DePaul 75. Scores reflect college nonconference play with Iowa and Drake securing wins while Iowa State tops Southern Colorado.
Elkader defeated Postville 71 to 70 in USC play to earn their first win after four losses. The Elkader lead 16 to 6 faded as Postville outscored them the next three quarters. Jill Moon and Rhonda Rosberg each scored 22 points for their teams.
Green Bay clinched the NFC Central crown after a 23 7 beatdown of Minnesota as John Brockington rushed for 113 yards and MacArthur Lane added 99. Willie Buchanan sparked the defense with two key plays including a 25 yard interception return. Ken Willard scored twice for the 49ers who kept Atlanta at bay with early field goals. Roy Gerela led the Steelers into their first playoff berth with three field goals as Terry Bradshaw was sidelined by a dislocated finger. The Dolphins tied a league record by winning 13 games as they chased the title of the league’s only perfect season since 1942.
Jim Bushkofsky, a 6 6 junior from Elkader, scored 39 points and grabbed 15 rebounds to lift USC to a 104 74 win over Cornell. Dan Smith added hot scoring off the bench as USC built a big first half and held off Cornell’s rally late. The loss leaves Cornell at 2 2.
Mar. Mac at MFL 3S Winn at Valley Tripoli at Sumner Genver at Grundy Center West Central at Fredericksburg Jesup at LaPorte TV Valley at Fayene Bays Basketball North at Oelwein Waukon at Postville 5. Winn at Valley Wrestling East Buchanan at Eskader Tripoli at Turkey Valley Stormont at Wapsie Valley Gon Bosco at Denver LaPorte at Jesup Bostville at Watake
East Waterloo Trojans pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat Oelwein Huskies 57 45 on Saturday. Sam Menton scored 10 of Waterloo's 20 fourth quarter points after the game had been tied at 37 33. Menton led Waterloo while Bill Rosenstiel left early with an ankle injury and Oelwein struggled with rebounding and foul trouble.
Cincinnati Reds catcher Johnny Bench underwent removal of a lung lesion with no malignancy detected. Dr George Ballou, team physician, said barring complications he should have a quick and complete recovery.
North Fayette hosts Oelwein in a girls matchup as Ochs travels to North with Oelwein holding a height edge. North Fayette's girls are 4-1 while Oelwein sits 1-4 and the Huskies seek victories after losses to West Central MFL and Garnaville Nashua.
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