Williams Sparks Ottawa Heights Lions? Braves Past Cavaliers 23-6
Ottawa Braves beat St Marys of the Plains 23-6 at Cook Field as Elijah Williams rushed for 213 yards and two touchdowns and Eddie Tanner set up two scores. The Braves gained 390 yards total, limited the Cavaliers to 124, and improved to 3-2 while St Marys fell to 0-5.
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Dodge City
Ottawa Braves
St. Mary of the Plains
Braves
Cavaliers
St. Mary's
Elijah Williams
Eddie Tanner
Williams
LMP
Tanner
Ottawa
Toal
St. Mary
Jan Salge
Cavalier
David Miller
Mike Wagner
Bailey
Salge
Garo Yepremian
Nacho Bueno
Tim Riegel
Jim Bruce
Ricky Johnson
Steve Tybor
Geter
Eric Stephens
Cardinals Clinch NL Pennant Behind McGee's Big Night
Willlie McGee, a rookie out of the minors, homered and doubled in a two run triple to pace the St Louis Cardinals to a 6 2 victory over the Atlanta Braves to sweep the NL Championship Series and reach the World Series. Darrell Porter earned MVP honors with three doubles and two singles in nine at bats and five walks. Whitey Herzog praised the club while noting missed chances as St Louis claimed their pennant and prepared to host Milwaukee in the World Series opener.
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Willie McGee
McGee
St. Louis Cardinals
Atlanta Braves
Phil Niekro
St. Louis
Ozzie Smith
Andujar
Sutter
Braves
Darrell Porter
Porter
Missouri
Bogue
Mike Wallace
Chris Erickson
Wallace
Kansas State
Colorado
Bill McCartney
Boulder
Nebraska
Cornhuskers
Mike Rozier
Brewers Rally Past Angels To Win 4-3 In ALCS
The Milwaukee Brewers edged the California Angels 4-3 to clinch the American League pennant and advance to the World Series against the St Louis Cardinals. Cecil Cooper delivered a bases loaded single in the seventh inning for the tying and go ahead runs as Bob McClure and Peter Ladd closed out the win.
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California Angels
Cecil Cooper
St. Louis
Cardinals
Cooper
Charlie Moore
Rollie
Peter Ladd
Brewer
Harvey Kuenn
Angels
Fred Lynn
RBI
Doug DeCinces
Grich
McClure
Pete Vuckovich
Reggie Jackson
Marksall Edwards
Ron Jackson
Ladd
Ledbetter lifts Oklahoma past Texas in Dallas upset
Oklahoma fullback Weldon Ledbetter rushed for 144 yards and scored on 59 and 15 yard runs to spark a 28-22 upset of rival Texas in Dallas. Freshman Marcus Dupree added a 63 yard run as Oklahoma snapped a losing skid and improved to 3-2, 1-0 in the Big Eight.
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Oklahoma
Weldon Ledbetter
Sooners
Texas
Dallas
Weldon
Barry Switzer
Longhorns
West Virginia
Southern California
Ledbetter
Switzer
Tye
Marcus Dupree
Kansas
Oklahoma State
Missouri
Kansas State
Nebraska
Colorado
Iowa State
Kent State
Cowboys
Jimmy Johnson
Stillwater
Johnson
Frank Seurer
Bob Johnson
Don Fambrough
Ernest Anderson
Rozier
McCartney
Tom Osborne
Donnie Duncan
Ed Chlebek
Chlebek
Cyclones
Ames
al Watson
Duncan
Boosters Set Meeting After Ottawa High-Turner Film
The Ottawa High School Boosters will meet after Wednesday’s 7 p.m. screening of the Ottawa High-Turner football film. The gathering around 7:30 p.m. will cover Homecoming plans, especially the downtown parade slated for the evening of October 27.
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Cyclone
Ottawa
Cyclone Girls Win Shawnee Aquinas Invitational Cross Country
Ottawa High girls sweep the Shawnee Aquinas meet finishing 1-2-3-4-8 in scoring as Cindy Blakeley wins her fifth straight individual title in 11:51 over 2 miles. Blue Valley tops boys with 74 points, while Ottawa places in the middle of the pack. Paola Invitational and East Kansas League follow.
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Shawnee
Ottawa High
Cyclone
Cyclone Gals
Ottawa
Tonganoxie
OHS
Tongy
Blue Valley
Tigers
Tongy’s
St. Pius X
Hogan
Clathe North
Ward
Bonner Springs
Turner
Aquinas
Cindy Blakeley
Shawnee Mission Park
Jeri Cole
Connie Frank
Krista Crenshaw
Sandra Ansley
Hope Moeller
Clay Dickerson
Chuck Stewart
Kurt Skiles
Bruce Starks
Brad Greiner
Todd Crenshaw
Merlin Carroll
Cyclones
Bishop Miege
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Boone
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