Ottawa High football season preview highlights veteran Cyclones
Ottawa High builds on 61 candidates with 40 holdovers from 1971. Coach Bud Wheeler touts experience across 63 years of staff while stressing size gaps. Key to success: Kornhaus at quarterback guiding a possible Wishbone offense complemented by a strengthened passing game and diversified backfield depth. Ottawa opens versus Wellington, Salina South, and Fort Scott as it weighs leadership and early form.
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Terry Ostmeyer
Ottawa High
Cyclones
Bud Wheeler
OHS
St. Joseph Shawnee
Ottawa
DHS
Wheeler
Harold Wallace
Charles Gentner
Harvey Drake
Darrell Bourque
Chris Kornhaus
Steve Hanes
Terry Wallace
Mark Seymour
Kornhaus
Chris VanFossan
VanFossan
Keith Kramer
Rudy Wilson
Rex Pope
Roy Jackson
Dale Dunkin
Russ Hughes
Greg Woods
Tony Stark
Ed Bloomer
Scott Grogan
Steve Latimer
Chris Gorton
David Beeman
David Thompson
Mark Strehlow
Jesse Korkames
van Fossan
Hanes
Seymour
Pope
Hughes
ERL
Bruce Waymire
Waymire
Randy Hughes
Alan McMillen
Letterman Joel Nichols
Terry Drake
Ed McCutcheon
OHL
Bruce Whitacre
Wallace
Beeman
Strehlow
Scott Bird
Jeff Schopaoer
Gary Leitaker
Wellington
Salina South
Fort Scott
Tigers
United States Triumphs Over Australia in Olympic Hoop Win
The United States offense surged in the second half to beat Australia 81 55, extending their Olympic basketball winning streak to 57 games. The victory followed a prior win as the young American team defends its Olympic title.
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Munich
United States
Australia
Nicklaus criticizes match play format at U S Pro Championship
Jack Nicklaus, after winning his sixth title of the season and $40,000, questions the U S Professional Match Play Championship format. He says a major tournament requires more than 16 players in the finals and that TV emphasis driven the setup.
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Pinehurst
N.C
Jack Nicklaus
U.S
Nicklaus
Frank Beard
Beard
United States wins first Olympic medal in Munich small bore
The U S earns a silver in small bore rifle shooting with Vic Auer of North Hollywood and Nicolae Rotaru of Romania taking bronze after Li Ho Jun of North Korea set a world and Olympic record. Mark Spitz and Gary Hall both break old swimming standards while Mitch Ivey and Mike Stamm post faster 100 back times. Seagren learns he'll be allowed to use his world record pole after a IA AF reversal.
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Munich
United States
America
Li-Ho-jun
North Korea
Vic Auer
North Hollywood
Calif
Nicolae Rotaru
Romania
Auer
Rotaru
Mark Spitz
Carmichael
Australia
Kevin Berry
U.S
Gary Hall
Garden Grove
Robin Backhaus
Redlands
East Germany
Roland Matthes
Mike Stamm
San Diego
Mitch Ivey
San Jose
Matthes
Bob Seagren
International Amateur Athletic Federation
Seagren
Stenerud Saves Chiefs in Arrowhead Exhibition Win
Kansas City defeated the Los Angeles Rams 19 13 in an NFL exhibition at Arrowhead Stadium with 77 764 fans in attendance. The Chiefs benefited from Stenerud’s kicking and solid defense despite mistakes typical of early-season play.
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Kansas City
Jan Stenerud
Chiefs
Los Angeles Rams
Arrowhead Stadium
Garlits Dominates AHRA Gran Prix at Olathe in Close Call
Don Big Daddy Garlits won his sixth feature of the season at the AHRA Gran Prix in Olathe Kansas, edging Chris Karamesines who fouled by a red light. Other winners included Tom McEwen and Jim Hayter with multiple class victors, while Karamesisines led early before the final. Garlits posted 237.46 mph in round one and a 6.21 elapsed time, the weekend best. Kansas City Chiefs and Rams notes follow, featuring Lenny Dawson field goals and Stenerud career-best 57-yard kick as preseason action opened.
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Olathe
Kan
Don
Big Daddy
Garlits
Seffner
Fla
Chris
Old
Olathe Naval Air Station
Tom McEwen
Los Angeles
Don Prudhomee
Jim Hayter
England
Ark
Don Nicholson
Atlanta
Harold Tomlinson
Dallas
Gary Kimball
Independence
Tim McDonald
Canton
Ohio
Billy Graham
Kansas City
Lenny Dawson
Stenerud
Felsund
Norway
Denver
Tom Dempsey
New Orleans
Wendell Hayes
Chiefs
Larry Smith
Roman Gabriel
Rams
David Ray
Dawson
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Bonner Springs
Chris van Fossan
RAZ
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St. Louis
Huarte
Stram
al Clark
Detroit
Clark
Elmo Wright
E. Wilson
Vitawa
Kansas
Bob Robbins
Duane Roush
Dan Kay
Kansas Farm Life Insurance Company
Bob Francis
Chuck
Mike Chuck
Auto Parts
120 N. Poplar
Lace
Robert L Shields
Abc-Tv
Northwestern
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Bob Dunn
Porter-Spears
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Tom Porter
George Spears
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