Thursday and Friday High School Track and Nearby Meets
Schedule lists Thursday track events for Central Heights at Prairie View at 4 p.m. Wellsville visits Gardner at 3 30 p.m. Friday features Ottawa at Shawnee Heights and Williamsburg Invitational at 3 30 p.m. plus Anderson County at Osawatomia. Ottawa vs Friends in ECAC softball in Salina. Saturday Ottawa at Gardner Edgerton Invitational 8 30 a.m. Monday Ottawa Invitational golf at 3 p.m. OCC.
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Astros, Mets make moves as Pirates pick up players
Baseball moves include Mark Small activated by Houston and sent to Jackson. Mets trade John Carter and Erick Ojeda to Pittsburgh for Wes Chamberlain and Ramon Espinoza, with Chamberlain and Espinoza sent to Norfolk. Pirates recall Chris Paters from Calgary. Cardinals place Tom Pognozas on a five day DL. Celtics dismiss M L Carr as coach while keeping him in basketball operations. Pacers announce Larry Brown resignation as coach. Spurs opt not to extend Vernon Maxwell contract. Bears sign James Williams and Mark Butterfield to one year deals.
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Clemens Outduels Appier in 1-0 Jays Win
Roger Clemens pitched eight shutout innings and allowed three hits while striking out seven as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Kansas City Royals 1-0. Carlos Delgado hit a 430 foot homer in the second inning to provide the only run.
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Brown Leaves Pacers After Four-Season Run
Larry Brown resigned as Pacers coach amid frustration over not winning an NBA title and growing player discord. He finished 190-138, the franchise’s winningest coach, with 52-30 seasons in 1994-95 and 1995-96, and led Indy to two Eastern Conference finals before a 39-43 finish and missing the playoffs. Pacers president Donnie Walsh said talks with Larry Bird were preliminary as he began gauging replacements.
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Kansas sets 1997 big game hunting rules
Kansas Wildlife and Parks Commission approves 1997 big game regulations for deer elk antelope and turkey. Changes allow lighted sights and rangefinders without projecting light and require big game tags and meat notices to be kept until consumption. Upcoming seasons span fall archery turkey and deer windows with specific bag limits and deadlines.
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McGwire belts longest Jacobs Field homer at 485 feet
Mark McGwire hit the left field scoreboard at Jacobs Field with a 485 foot two run homer in the third inning off Orel Hershiser, giving Oakland a 5-2 lead over Cleveland as the A's went on to an 11-9 victory. It surpassed Texas' Juan Gonzalez who held the previous 460 foot record.
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Bulls complete three game sweep of Bullets rally win
Chicago Bulls erase a nine point deficit in the final minutes as Michael Jordan helps set up the late rally and Scottie Pippen dunks with 7.4 seconds left to seal a 96 95 victory and the series sweep over Washington Bullets in LANDOVER Md AP game summary
Kansas names five captains for 1997 season
Kansas football coach Terry Allen announced five seniors as team captains for 1997. They are defensive back Tony Blevins of Kansas City Missouri, linebacker Jason Thoren of Lawrence, running back Eric Vann of El Dorado, quarterback Matt Johner of Costa Mesa California, and outside linebacker Ron Warner of Independence.
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Kansas Tornados reach finals in Missouri Valley tourney
The Kansas Tornados under 13 girls basketball team from Ottawa earned a finals berth in Emporia after a 4-1 Saturday, upsetting ranked foes and facing the Kansas Twisters who beat them 63 46. Winner advances to a national Florida tourney. coach Randy Vance leads the squad.
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Physicals scheduled for CH students before sports
Central Heights junior and senior high students must have a physical on file. Dr. Thomas Jackson visits May 13 at 1 p.m. in the big gym for the 1997-98 school year, cost $10 per physical. Sixth grade starts, then other grades. call 869-3555 for details.
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