Ottawa High Wrestlers Qualify Four For State Meet
Ottawa High School wrestlers earned four state berths at the regional in Shawnee Mission. Darin Weatherbee placed second at 167 pounds, while Phil Murray 105 pounds Wayne Knight 126 and Rich DeLaTorre 138 all finished third. Weatherbee faces Bonner Springs in a tight final while Murray Knight and DeLaTorre advance through consolation rounds. The state meet in Wichita’s Kansas Coliseum begins Friday at noon.
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Shawnee Mission
Ottawa High
Wichita
Darin Weatherbee
Cyclones
Phil Murray
Wayne Knight
Rich DeLaTorre
OHL
Darrell Bourque
Sumner
Bill Norris
Jerry Ritchie
Miege
DeLaTorre
Ritchie
Murray
Weatherbee
Knight
Jim Wallace
Trevor Riley
Washburn Rural
Bonner
Sumner Academy
Turner
Maur Hill
Ottawa
Ward
Kansas Coliseum
Iowa State Nips Jayhawks in Big Eight Thriller
Iowa State, after three losses, upset 10th ranked Kansas 72-70 as guard Jeff Hornacek hit a late bank shot with eight seconds left. Hornacek scored 20, Barry Stevens reached 2,014 career points, aiding ISU to 17-9 and a push for NCAA bid while Kansas drops to 20-6.
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Ames
Jows
Mark Twain
Iowa State
Cyclones
Oklahoma
Kansas
David Moss
Jeff Hornacek
Hornacek
Wayhawks
Marrto
Barry) Stevens
Ron Kellogg
Missouri
Jayhawks
Sooners
Larry Brown
Cyclone
NCAA
Stevens
Barry
Towa State
Greg Dreiling
Moss
Town State
Mark Turgeon
Kellogg
Brown
Calvin Thompson
Danny Manning
Dreiling
Kansas State Stuns Nebraska 68 62 in Manhattan
Kansas State defeats Nebraska 68-62 to halt a slide, with Tom Alfaro scoring a season high 23 and Eddie Elder adding 16. Tyrone Jackson and Ben Mitchell contribute, while Hoppen reaches 1,600 career points for Nebraska. Wildcats stay winless in Big Eight cellar.
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Nebraska
Kansas State
Wildcats
Winston
Tom Alfaro
Eddie Elder
Ben Mitchell
Jackson
Hoppen
Big Eight
Huskers
Alfaro
Braves Rout Coyotes In ECAC Showdown At Ottawa
Ottawa University defeats Kansas Wesleyan 82 to 69 at Wilson Field House to improve to 7-14 overall and 6-10 in ECAC play. Rob Noel leads OU with 24 points and 13 rebounds as KWU struggles with 20 turnovers and 39 percent shooting.
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Braves
Coyotes
Kansas Wesleyan
Ottawa
Kwu
Rob Noel
Eric Gault
Prevost
Clint Stancil
Russ Pleiman
Pleiman
doingUavas
Jay Fields
David Frederick
Gus Deering
Sterling
Friends
Pittsburg State
KWU Women Handle Ottawa 78 59 in KCAC Showdown
Kansas Wesleyan defeated Ottawa University 78 to 59 as KWU outrebounded OU 34-24 and shot 50 percent overall. Brenda Holman led OU with 26 points and 10 rebounds while Letha Farwell added 16 as OU fell to 4-17. KWU improved to 11-10 with the win and Ottawa's ECAC record fell to 1-14.
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Rick Peterson
Ottawa University
Lady Braves
Kansas Wesleyan
KWU
Kansas College Athletic Conference
Brenda Holman
Letha Farwell
Wesleyan
Coyotes
Holman
Farwell
Braves
Tommie Simpson
Joedy Zimmerman
EWU
Renae Rensberger
Angela Gaxiola
Kim Reitz
Deena Yargocko
Brown
Vargacko
Beltz
Camp
Zimmacman
Heber
Ransbarger
Gaxiela
Marostica
Warren
Fessenden
Campbell
Ottawa
So Holm
Moore
Dolman
Stroud
Weber
Elliott
Elliott dominates Daytona 500 for fifth Grand National win
Elliott controls the 27th Daytona 500 as Cale Yarborough falters with a piston failure on lap 63 and Bill Elliott pulls away past Lake Speed to win by seven car lengths. Bennett and Waltrip support, 18 of 40 finishers, 18 cautions for 18 laps.
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Fla
Bill Elliott
Tim Brewer
Neil Bennett
Elliott
Daytona International Speedway
Cale Yarborough
Yarborough
Bennett
Bonnett
Lake Speed
Lennie Pond
Tim
Richard Petty
Bobby Allison
Speed
David Pearson
A.J. Foyt
Benny Parsons
Allison
Petty
Baker
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Lance Smith
Jim Schuetz
Bonner Springs
Dan Burns
John O'Neal
Bishop Ward
Carl Laughlin
Marc Winkler
Greg Hochenberger
David O’brien
Tim Ballou
DeLa Torre
Joe Avelluto
Stan Harden
Damon Broadus
Mike Wilson
Nips
Manhattan
Kan
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Iba
Darryl Winston
Dave Hoppen
Elder
Tyrone Jackson
Kansas Stae
Ottawa University Braves
Kansas College Athletic
Wilson Field House
Bob Cole
Southwestern
St. Mary, Bethany and Friends
Cole
Baron Prevost
Gault
Stancil
Fields
Noel
Totta
Schallenberg
Pratt
Franklin
Wyatt
Frederick
Phox
Bingesser
Gray
Deering
Smith
Upehan
Trip Braves
Tabor
Riverside
Calif
Darrell Waltrip
Buddy Baker
Ricky Rudd
Ford
Greg Sacks
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