Ottawa High grapplers pull off dramatic comeback win
Ottawa High turned a 23-13 deficit into a 31-25 victory over the Golden Bears as Roy Jackson pinned Craig Hatch in 11 seconds setting a new OHS record. Rex Pope secured a late fall after a disqualification, Randy Hughes pinned Jay Baker, and Turner JV won 36-21. Ottawa improves to 3-1 overall and 2-1 in league.
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Dan Mullen
Ottawa High
Ottawa
Golden Bears
Roy Jackson
Craig Hatch
OHS
Bruce Pearson
David Smith
Bears
Mark Nelson
Kurt Cassidy
Nelson
Cassidy
Cyclones
Turner
Larry Black
Phil Hatch
Jackson
Hatch
Russell Hughes
Ken Crozier
Hughes
Rex Pope
Roger Jones
Pope
OHL
Jones
Turner Grappler
Randy Hughes
Jay Baker
Ottawans
Terry Mohr
Mohr
Bishop Miege
Paola
Rosedale
West Damps OJHS Twice West Damps OJHS Twice
Lawrence West defeated Ottawa Junior High in two games at home scoring 40-20 in eighth grade and 65-51 in freshmen and ninth grade contests. Pollard led West with 18 points in the win. McMillen poured in 28 for Ottawa. Ottawa struggles continue as eighth graders drop to 2-7 and ninth grade to 1-8.
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Ottawa Junior High
OJHS
West
Polk
Ottawa Frosh
Lawrence
Ottawa
Alan McMillen
Pollard
Thompson
Schoonover
McMillen
Sellers
Leitaker
Ambler
Meier
McCutchen
Totals
Miller
Thomas
Walker
Wolf
Fox
Reynolds
Frazier to defend title on home TV in New Orleans
Heavyweight champion Joe Frazier faces Terry Daniels in a 15 round title bout at Rivergate Auditorium shown on a Century Telesports Network hookup. The bout, delayed by New Orleans blackout, marks the first heavyweight title fight on local TV since 1967. Frazier earned 2.5 million from his last win over Muhammad Ali.
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Terry Daniels
Las Vegas
Dallas Cowboys
Miami Dolphins
Daniels
Jack O’halloran
Doug Lord
O'Halloran
Rivergate Auditorium
Century Telesports
New Orleans
Muhammad Ali
Zora Folley
Ali
Area Cagers Busy Ahead of Next Week’s Tournament
A full slate of tonight’s high school basketball games features Baldwin at Eudora, Wellsville at Basehor, Lyndon at Pomona, Quenemo at Lebo, Central Heights at Prairie View, Mission Valley at Williamsburg, and Waverly at Gridley. Top scorers after Tuesday include Emery Lyndon 26.1, Oshel Wellsville 19.1, Weiss Quenemo 17.1, Dehn Williamsburg 16.9, Hermreck Williamsburg 15.4.
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Eudora
Wellsville
Basehor
Lyndon
Pomona
Quenemo
Lebo
Central Heights
Prairie View
Mission Valley
Williamsburg
Waverly
Gridley
Emery
Oshel
Weiss
Dehn
Hermreck
CHJHS Teams Sweep Prescott in Central Heights Junior High Battle
CHJHS swept a two game set from Prescott Thursday at CH claiming the B-team 56-13 and the A-team 39-30. Both CHJHS teams improve to 4-1. Next game at Pleasanton. Steve Lyons 11 for B-team Rod Schaub 12 and Tim Burkdoll 10 for A-team.
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Central Heights
Prescott
CHJHS
Pleasanton
Steve Lyons
Rod Schaub
Tim Burkdoll
Devaney Signals Retirement After Illustrious Nebraska Run
LINCOLN AP Devaney, 56, hints retirement after leading Nebraska to two straight national titles. He says decision not tied to Bryant award, weighing top sendoff and possibly passing the coaching reins to an aide. Regents have raised his pay to 35,000.
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Neb
Nebraska University
Bob Devaney
Devaney
Cornhuskers
Hollywood
Fla
American Football Coaches Association
Alabama
Paul ‘Bear” Bryant
Crimson Tide
Tye
D.B. Warner
Dev
Nebraska Regents
Grid
CITY LEAGUE DIVISION A SCORE SUMMARY
City League action lists Waymire's 59 Yingling 58 Sportsman 58 Ned Hiatt 44 Boise Cascade 55 Rex's Barber 45 Sikes 65 with team totals and key players' points, rebounds, and assists. The page records multiple teams and player lines, compiling final tallies for the matchups.
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Waymire's
Yingling
Lewis
Drumright
Mendell
Porter
Underwood
Totals
Sportsman
Horn
Burgoon
Thornbrugh
Dillon
Jameson
West
Driver
Ned Hiatt
Saffron
Stottlemire
Wallace
Hird
Crane
Shisler
Adamson
Shader
Boise Cascade
Foltz
Brown
Burkdoll
Gretencord
Robertson
Snow
Rex
Wieneke
Jackson
Kiem
Morton
Sikes
Davis
Michel
Dunn
Walburn
Kansas and Missouri open Big Eight race with wins needed
Kansas, the defending champion, hosts Oklahoma State as it seeks a turnaround after a 3-8 start. The 18th ranked Missouri also starts league play, while OSU is 2-11 after a tight 66-65 loss to Kansas State in the preseason tournament.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma State
Jayhawks
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