Lakers End Celtics' Title Reign in Boston Clash
Lakers defeat Celtics 111-100 to claim their third NBA title of the decade and ninth overall, ending Boston's hold on the championship in a dramatic finish on the parquet. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar earns series MVP with 29 in the clincher as Magic Johnson posts a 14 point 14 assist game. Bird scores 28 but Boston struggles with depth and shooting, finishing 6-for-31 from the floor in key moments.
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Boston
Los Angeles Lakers
Lakers
Boston Celtics
Los Angeles
Celtics
Boston Garden
Pat Riley
NBA
Larry Bird
Bird
Kareem Abdul- Jabbar
Earvin
Magic
Laker
James Worthy
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Manhattan topples Rockies in twinbill sweep
Manhattan rookies, both 16, toppled Ottawa 9-3 in game one and 10-6 in game two. Ottawa led early in both games but miscues and walks enabled Manhattan to surge. Reynolds and Gollier had multi hit days for Ottawa while Laros led Ottawa with three singles in the nightcap. Matney took the loss. Ottawa returns to action Wednesday.
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Manhattan
Legion
Ottawa
Atchison
Barry Reynolds
Bo Gollier
Byron Goracke
Reynolds
Bug Laros
Darik Schmoe
Scott Ferguson
Kenny McLaughlin
Kevin Brewer
Steve Matney
Darin Schmoe
Matney
Olathe
Locals Take Top Honors in Garnett Lake Triathlon
Garnett and Ottawa athletes dominated the Lake Garnett Triathlon on Sunday with a sweep in both men’s team and women’s individual divisions. Steve Hasty and Jerry Peffly joined Randy Kinder to win the men’s team, finishing just over 1 hour 42 minutes, while Cindy Blakeley captured the women’s title in 2 14.46 with sisters Sharon Blakeley and Susan Latimer placing second and third. All participants swam 0.6 miles, biked 20 miles, and ran 6.2 miles. about 125 individuals and 25 teams competed in the Lions Club sponsored event.
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Peffly
Kinder
Hasty-Peffly-Kinder
C. Blakeley
Sharon
Susan Latimer
Blakely
Latimer
Garnett
Lions Club
Arrows’ slump hits four as rain spoils Topeka game
Ottawa Legion Arrows fall to 5-9 overall and 1-3 in Tri-District after two losses to Olathe AAAs 8-0 and 7-5. Wiley no-hits Ottawa in game one. Sunday’s contest vs Topeka Post 1 ends early due to rain, with Ottawa trailing 10-2. The team plans a doubleheader with Shawnee North Tuesday and a single game Wednesday at home.
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Ottawa Legion Arrows
Olathe
Arrows
Aaas
Ottawa
Skip Wiley
Topeka
Wiley
Keith Hodges
Charlie Rutter
Walt Dengel
Tim Thomasson
Phil Geist
Steve Andrews
Geist
Topeka Post 1
Post 1
Shawnee North
OBAL Still Having Its Troubles With Weather
The Ottawa Babe Ruth League ran four games Saturday and four more Sunday after last week’s rainouts. Lions beat Optimists 9 8 in a final inning thriller as Keith Walter delivered a game winning single. Elks edged Kiwanis 8 7 with a late rally, VFW topped Eagles 8 6, Rotary rallied past Sertoma 11 10, Elks again defeated Sertoma 13 6 after a rain delay. Makeups set for Saturday with Lions, VFW, and Kiwanis vs Optimists plus current standings shown.
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Gary Kuntz
Ottawa Babe Ruth League
LIONS
Optimists
Bryan Ferguson
Lewis
Doug Rich
Chris Gravenstein
Brian Janssen
Steve DeVore
John Heckert
Randy Bruner
Tony Stottlemire
Mark Lauver
Gravenstein
Bobby Nutt
Elks
Bart Swartz
Mike Aspinwall
Tom Reimer
Keith Weidner
Kiwanis
Matt Reusch
Ellis
Chad Payne
Billy Wingate
Aspinwall
Eagles
VFW
Ryan Meyer
Noah Sandstrom
Barry Clegg
Brian Espinosa
Steve Baylor
John Gooding
Espinosa
Daryl Spigie
Danny Hope
Jesse Griffin
Nick Campbell
Baylor
Rotary
Sertoma
Abelaker
Chad McClay
Jackson
Chad Seymour
Moses
Keith
Reimer
Tal Moses
Jesse Becker
Vance Finch
Wingate
Swartz
Finch
Ricky Jackson
Alan Keith
Mike Roush
Casey Cole
OBRL
Ells
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Danny Ainge
Riley
OBAL
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