All-KCAC Football Honors Go To Peery Shelton Eight Ottawa Braves
Eight Ottawa University players earned All-KCAC football honors led by Brad Peery and Steve Shelton. The pair repeated first-team status with Peery a unanimous pick and Shelton the top vote-getter among defensive backs. OU finished 2-8, with four players on second team and two honorable mentions.
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Peery named Ottawa Athlete of the Week after 27 16 loss
OU guard Brad Peery, 6-3, 235 pounds, closed his career strong with 387 yards of total offense in a 27 16 defeat to Sterling. Coach Glenn Percy called him a team leader and credited his motivation for lifting OU’s performance in a tough week.
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Preseason All-America Team Led by Robinson Ambition
AP names its first preseason All-America basketball squad led by David Robinson of Navy who topped 63 of 66 ballots. Also on the first team are Steve Alford of Indiana, Danny Manning of Kansas, Kenny Smith of North Carolina, and Pervis Ellison of Louisville, with extra votes for Williams and Miller.
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North Carolina
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Louisville
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Manning Leads Kansas Past Soviet Team in Exhibition
Kansas Jayhawks defeated the Soviet National Team 78 to 4 78 at Allen Field House as Danny Manning scored 28 points and Mark Turgeon added 17. The win closed Kansas’s 14 game U S tour, tying its series with the Soviets at 1-1 despite a 87 84 loss in 1978.
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Glover Signs With Kansas State Basketball
Rene Buster Glover, a 6 foot 160 pound guard from Allen County Community College, signed a national letter of intent to play for Kansas State University. He averaged 20 points per game this season and 15.3 points with four assists last year, with 54 percent field goals and 86 percent free throws. He played at Lew Wallace High School Gary Indiana and was a first team All-Jayhawk Conference selection. Kansas State coach Lon Kruger said Glover will fit the program well. This is the second signing for the Wildcats during the early period after Carlos Diggins from Butler County Community College.
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