State Outdoor Meet tough for Cyclones at 3A Kansas carnival
Ottawa High failed to surge in early Friday action at the 65th Kansas prep outdoor championships. Rod Sharpe earned a bronze in the broad jump, Keith Whitacre placed sixth in both the broad jump and pole vault, and Julie Burch led Ottawa’s running entries with a heat win. A few field event placers and the boys mile relay youngsters posted the day’s best effort for the Cyclones as rain threatened finals.
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Alan Keefer
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Garnett
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Quenemo
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Williamsburg
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Baldwin
Jim Leek
Central Heights
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Sherie Giffin
Waverly
Timmons recalls tornado-like opening at Big Eight track
Lincoln, AP. Kansas coach Bob Timmons said Friday's opening day of the Big Eight track and field championships felt like a tornado, as he watched 14 Kansas runners advance to Saturdays finals. The Jayhawks aimed for a record 10th straight conference crown with three finalists in the day’s events.
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Larry Jackson
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Jackson Shoots Hunters Pitch For Orioles In 6-2 Win
Reggie Jackson belted Catfish Hunter’s pitch into the right field seats for a two run homer as the Baltimore Orioles defeated the New York Yankees 6-2. Jackson said it would quiet Oakland fans and noted Hunter remains a top pitcher. In other AL games, Red Sox beat Brewers 2-1, Indians 6 Tigers 3, Royals 7 White Sox 1, Twins 6 Angels 4, and Rangers 4 A’s 3 in 10 innings.
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City Schedule Softball and Sports Events Weekend
Schedule lists multiple events across softball tournaments with men's and women's brackets, including game times and matchups for Monday through Friday. Also notes baseball exhibition, track and field practices, tennis court status, and playground hours at Forest Park with evening sessions.
Celtics, Suns edge in NBA playoffs as series tighten
In Friday playoff action Cleveland beat Boston 106 87 to knot the series at 2 2 while Phoenix narrowly defeated Golden State 105 104 to pull even at 3 3 Sunday schedules list Cleveland at Boston and Phoenix at Golden State with potential games set for May 21 in Boston.
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City Scores Armstrong Cabinet-19 Wadking
Basketball scoring table lists multiple teams and players with points and assists across a museum gym scoreboard. Armstrong cabinet Wadking Hart McAdoo Marconone Sharlay Archer Hough Pacheco Latimer Mute OM Pope Siders Gorton Donn Foltz Brown Stockard Domnanish Patton Sheffield Oslo Renaud Haris Belcher J Barnett Saffron Adams Watts Ward Knight Cole Thompson Cole Pence North Beats King Radio DeJarnette Wilson Gaye Baxter Anderson Jacobs Brentana Wells Short VanCleave Johnson Fox totals.
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OHS Golf Suffers Setback in 3A Championship
Ottawa High School golf slid from second after the first round to finish eighth in the four man division. Wichita Kapaun Mt Carmel won the four man title with 619 strokes. Stanley Blue Valley took second with 671, followed by Abilene and Parsons. Colby won the two man title with 317 as Chris Gebert aced a hole in one and Scott Park led with 144.
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Baseball title decided in district playoffs at Hays and Jewell
William Jewell defeated Missouri Western 5-2 and 3-2 to win the district title and advance to the area playoffs as Missouri NAIA District 16 representative. Emporia State crushed Fort Hays State 7-3 to claim Kansas NAIA District 10. Fort Hays earlier eliminated Benedictine 18-2 but fell to Emporia in the championship game after Bob Schmidt hit a sixth inning homer. Fort Hays had beaten Benedictine, then faced Emporia for the crown.
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Big Eight Plans To Conduct Medical Study
The Big Eight Conference voted to form a committee studying medical aspects of sports, with athletic directors appointing a doctor or trainer from each school. The meeting also moved the inaugural post season basketball tournament dates to Feb 26 and Mar 3-4 at Kemper Arena in Kansas City. The league restated a cap of 48 baseball games, moved the indoor track meet to Nebraska, and set 198? spring meeting dates at the University of Kansas. Robert Snell was elected conference chairman and Ray Chapel was named secretary.
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Ali Norton III fight set for September 27 at Yankee Stadium
New York AP reports the third Muhammad Ali Ken Norton heavyweight title bout will be held September 27 in the renovated Yankee Stadium. Norton previously fractured Ali's jaw and won the first encounter, while Ali won the rematch. Yankee officials cite field protection and timing as reasons for venue selection.
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