Brett and Royals deliver 5-0 shutout at Arlington wall
George Brett belts two two run homers aided by Arlington Stadium wall as Kansas City Royals top Texas Rangers 5-0. Bud Black allows five hits in nine innings to earn the win while Jim Sundberg adds a homer and Ranger starter Frank Tanana suffers a five run setback.
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Arlington, Texas
Arlington Stadium
Texas Rangers
George Brett
Kansas City Royals
Brett
Jim Sundberg
Royals
Frank Tanana
Sundberg
Bud Black
Tanana
Rangers
Willie Wilson
Lonnie Smith
Schultze Ninth At Nationals
Ottawa High graduate Todd Schultze finished ninth in the National Junior College Track Championships decathlon in Odessa Texas, despite a bruised radial nerve in his elbow late in day two. Now a freshman at Allen County Community College he totaled 5887 points, narrowly missing all America honors and finishing as the region's top national finisher.
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Ottawa High
Todd Schultze
Odessa
Tex
Schultze
Allen County Community College
OHS
Campbell
Ottawa High Athletes of the Week Shine at State Meet
Scott Starks of Ottawa High tops area honors with a fourth in the 54 3200-meter run at the state meet in Wichita, while Mike Chilton and Tim Thomasson of Wellsville earn the area nods. Chilton wins the 300-meter intermediate hurdles and places second in the 110 high hurdles. Thomasson captures the 3A javelin title and helps two relays finish strong as Wellsville Eagles place third in team standings.
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Scott Starks
Herald
Ottawa High
Mike Chilton
Tim Thomasson
Wellsville
Starks
OHS
Chilton
Thomasson
Wellsville High
Wichita
Eagles
OHL
Greg Herschel
Central Heights
Royce Powelson
Cindy Scott
Pomona
Williamsburg
Darin Reichard
Lyndon
Ben Asbury
Waverly
Carol Skillman
Bill Fleming
Powelson
Medford Runner Baldovino Invited on International Trip
Demie Baldovino of Medford Oregon grandson of Manuel and Mrs Baldovino earns a place on an American track team to travel to Hong Kong and Canton China for an International Sports Exchange meet. The squad of about 100 athletes trains in Hong Kong then competes in Canton from July 7 to 19 with a Hawaii stop on return. The senior at Medford High School runs distance events and will race in the Oregon state meet May 30 to 31. Participants cover part of the nearly $2000 trip costs.
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Damie Baldovino
Medford
Ore
Manuel Baldovino
N. Poplar
China
Hong Kong
Canton
International Sports Exchange
Oregon
Washington
Hawaii
Baldovino
Medford High
Louis Baldovino
Ottawa High
Ottawa University
Powelson Signs With ACCC for Basketball and Track
Central Heights star Royce Powelson, 63, signed a basketball letter of intent with Allen County Community College after leading the Vikings in scoring and earning All-Area and All-3A honors. He also excelled in cross country and track, winning regional titles and state medals, and plans to study agriculture at ACCC while pursuing both sports.
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Central Heights
Royce Powelson
Allen County Community College
Powelson
Vikings
Hutchinson
Hesston
Herald
Royce
Parsons
ACCC
Neil Crane
Ottawa University
Roger Campbell
Campbell
Allen County
Scott Powelson
Com- Powelson
Carol and Munity College
Iola
OSU Star Heads All-Big 8 Team
Pete Incaviglia of Oklahoma State leads the 12 member All-Big Eight baseball team with a season of 44 homers and 133 RBIs set in a .457 average. Kansas City reports Incaviglia, joined by Cowboys Doug Dascenzo and Kevin Fowler, as the conference’s top players as Oklahoma State aims for the NCAA Midwest regional with a 54-13 record.
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Kansas City, Mo
Pete Incaviglia
Oklahoma State
Incaviglia
Monterey
Calif
Doug Dascenzo
Kevin Fowler
Cowboys
Fri
Florida State
Jeff Ledbetter
RBI
Russ Morman
Wichita State
Ledbetter
Oklahoma
Rusty McGinnis
Bobby Witt
Bill McGuire
Nebraska
John Teal
Larry Mims
Paul Meyers
Dave
Mims
Otto
Missouri
Cascenzo
Baker Netter Advances At Nationals
Steve Kennedy, the top seeded freshman from Lander South Carolina, won 6 2 6 2 over Robert Klein Emportia State Kansas in the fourth round singles. He faces Kevin Brady of Baker Kansas in the fifth round as quarterfinals approach. Brady, a Baker sophomore, won 7 4 7 3 over Krister Eriksson Atlantic Christian North Carolina in the fourth round.
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Kansas City, Mo
Steve Kennedy
Lander
S.C
Robert Klein
Emporia State
Kan
Kevin Brady
Baker
Brady
Kansas
Krister Eriksson
Atlantic Christian
N.C
Flyers Shut Down Gretzky In 4-1 Cup Finals Opener
Wayne Gretzky was held scoreless as the Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Edmonton Oilers 4-1 to open the Stanley Cup finals. Ron Sutter and Ilkka Sinisalo scored early, Sutter added the decisive goal, and Tim Kerr added a tally on a knee brace comeback. Pelle Lindbergh stopped 26 shots as Edmonton managed only 26 total attempts.
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Philadelphia
Ron Sutter
Wayne Gretzky
Gretzky
National Hockey League
Philadelphia Flyers
Edmonton Oilers
Flyers
NHL
Edmonton
Sutter
Oilers
Pelle Lindbergh
Dave Poulin
Ilkka Sinisalo
Lindbergh
Grant Fuhr
Nets
Edmonton Blue
Fuhr
Tim Kerr
Kerr
Willy Lindstrom
Mark Messier
Glen Sather
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