Vince Gibson Energizes K State Faithful In Football Revival
Kansas State football coach Vince Gibson rallied a large Ottawa Country Club crowd with a sermon like pitch, promising change after nine straight losses and touting recruiting, facilities, and Lynn Dickey as the mapmaker for a rise in the Big Eight. His optimism followed a KU game motive, and he declared the KU embarrassments were over as fans pledged support for a dogfight future.
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Terry Ostmeyer
Kansas State University
Vince Gibson
Gibson
Kstate
Purple Pride
Rome
Ottawa
Country Club
University of Kansas
Wildcat
K-State
Tex Winter
Manhattan
Kansas State
New York Life
E. State
Kansas
James McCain
McCain
Lynn Dickey
Osawatomie
Bowling Scores From Monday Night Ladies And Mixed Leagues
A summary of scores from Ottawa bowling alleys showing high game and series leaders across multiple leagues. Notable performances include Meador 180 high game and Penn 492 high series, with Everson 168 and Heckman 418 for 30-game totals, and Doman 138 high for 30. Leaders span Lee's Cafe, Osburn's Flowers, Brunswick League, Hubbard Lumber, and more.
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Lee’s Cafe
Meador
Penn
Doman
U.G.W.U
Everson
Heckman
Osburn’s Flowers
Dodd
Nitcher
Stevenson
J. Hettler
Ottawa Savings & Loan
Hoffman
Brunswick League First National Bank
Liegerot
Braves Ready To Host Warriors In ECAC Clash
Ottawa University eyes a bounce back at Wilson Field House after a 84-73 setback to McPherson. Sterling sits 0-7 in ECAC and 0-10 overall as 7:30 p.m. tipoff looms, while OU stands 5-2 in ECAC and 7-4 overall with a lineup change pending.
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Ottawa University
Kansas
Wilson Field House
Sterling
Braves
McPherson
Area Player Of The Week Rex Foltz Handles Central Heights
Rex Foltz of Central Heights earns Heralds Area Player of the Week for guiding the Vikings to two ECAC tournament wins at Pleasanton before a 58-52 finals loss to Crest. The 6 3 junior averaged 21.3 points and 17 rebounds in three games, with 34 points and 18 rebounds against Moran in the first round. Coach Bill Frear weighs lineup changes as Sterling and ECAC rivals prepare for upcoming games amid a young Warriors squad.
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Rex Foltz
Central Heights
Heralds
Foltz
Vikings
Pleasanton
Crest
Moran
Bill Frear
Tom Stanley
Greg van Ert
Roy Dunn
Ron Guest
Ron Dunham
Tony Judenis
Bob Olberding
Dave Hale
Braves
McPherson
Sterling
Warriors
Frear
Lonnie Kruse
Mark Joosse
Henry Cooper
Les Wilson
Bill Thayer
Open OCL tournament opens with first round wins
In Osage County League action at Lyndon three teams posted first round victories as Lyndon beat Pomona 88 39 to extend its win streak to 11 while Williamsburg edged Burlingame 61 57 and Melvern defeated Quenemo 50 41. Tonight’s schedule features two more opening round games in the nine team festival.
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Williamsburg
Melvern
Lyndon
Pomona
Burlingame
Quenemo
Wichita State coach resigns to pursue doctorate
Boyd Converse, 35, head football coach at Wichita State University for one year, resigned effective immediately to resume work on a doctorate at Baylor University. Wichita's athletic director Noah Allen and three assistants had already resigned amid an NCAA football recruiting investigation at WSU.
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Wichita, Kan
Boyd Converse
Wichita State University
Converse
Baylor University
Wichita
Noah Allen
Ebb
National Collegiate Athletic Association
WSU
Presbies Slam Mac 102 78 in KC conference clash
College of Emporia shot 13 of 19 to start and built a 26 point lead en route to a 102-78 victory over McPherson in a Kansas Conference game. Bruns led Emporia with 20 points, Linhart 19, while Woodcock scored 22 for McPherson. Emporia sits fifth at 5-3, McPherson eighth at 2-6.
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Emporia
Kan
Colege
McPherson
Kansas
Bob Bruns
Bill Linhart
Presbies
Don Woodcock
OHL Player of the Week Dennis Wieneke shines for Ottawa High
The Herald selects Dennis Wieneke as Ottawa High’s Player of the Week raising his scoring to 15 points a game. He sank 21 points with eight rebounds against Rosedale in a 71-41 win and added 16 points against Atchison in a 57-53 loss, as the team’s five game run ended.
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Ottawa
Dennis Wieneke
Wieneke
Rosedale
Wildcats
Atchison Redmen
Cyclones
Ottawa Sophs Rout Olathe 62 26 In High School Tilt
Ottawa High sophomores overwhelmed Olathe 62 to 26 at the OHS gym. Ottawa led 10-8 after a rough first quarter and widened the margin to 28-14 at halftime then outscored OT in the second half. Top scorers: Bill Stauffer 15, Steve Kloster 13, Lee Tetwiler 11. Wilmer Thompson added all 7 points in a late-quarter burst. The 2-2 sophs travel to Bonner Springs Saturday at 10 a.m.
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Bearcats
Max Broyles
Tom Young
Burlingame
Max Britschge
Larry Ganong
Panethers
Melvern
Quenemo
Terry Lightle
John Patterson
Panthers
Buffaloes
Dennis Weiss
Lyndon
Pomona
Tigers
Overbrooke Scranton
Williamsburg - Carbondale
Ottawa High
Olathe
OHS
Ottawa
Otttawa
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Steve Kloster
Lee Tetwiler
Wilmer Thompson
Bonner Springs
Ottawa Sophs
Kloster
Sheldon
Termiler
Woolard
Stauffer
Morton
Shisler
Cox
Cole
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