Australia II ends America's Cup era with stunning win
Australia II defeated Liberty 4-3 in the 1983 Americas Cup final, ending America’s 132-year winning streak. John Bertrand led the rally from a 3-1 deficit to clinch the decisive seventh race by 41 seconds, launching a new era for Australian sailing and revealing the winged keel design.
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Newport
R.I
Australia
Liberty
U.S
Bertrand
Perth
Western Australia
Dennis Conner
New York Yacht Club
Ottawa High JV Drops Heartbreaker to Bonner Springs
The Ottawa High junior varsity fell 20-14 in triple overtime to Bonner Springs Braves. Tim Burrichter scored and added a two point try, Darin Weatherbee blocked a punt for a tying TD, but two end zone drops and a late third overtime rushing score doomed the Cyclones. OHS heads to Olathe North next Monday.
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Bonner Springs
Ottawa High
OHS
Tim Burrichter
Cyclone
Burrichter
Bonner
Darin Weatherbee
Cyclones
Paydirt
Olathe North
Winners Crowned In Ottawa Open Horseshoe Tourney
Winners in seven divisions were crowned Sunday at Forest Park in the Ottawa Open horseshoe pitching tournament. Marshall Allen of Ottawa won the Class A title, Todd Allen of Topeka topped the Junior class, and trophies went to several father son and grandfather pairs among 42 competitors.
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Forest Park
Marshall Allen
Ottawa
Todd Allen
Topeka
Bot Kinder
Brian Harkins
Cofferville
Ron Allison
Chad
Marshall Alien
Bus Green
Olathe
Boo Shaw
Emporia
John Dunkley
Williamsburg
Fran Pinneo
Garnett
Bob Kinder
Coffeyville
Eldon McCurdy
David Hershey
Bob McCurdy
Chad Allison
Forsch Twirls Second Career No Hitter
The 33-year-old Bob Forsch of the St. Louis Cardinals no hit the Montreal Expos 3-0 for his second career no hitter. He struck out six, improved to 9-12, and tied his personal milestone to a season of struggle, with praise from teammates and Montreal manager Bill Virdon noting the rarity of such an achievement.
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Forsch
ST. Louis
Bob Forsch
St. Louis Cardinals
Montreal Expos
Philadelphia Phillies
Kenny
Ken Forsch
Houston Astros
Atlanta Braves
Dave Raghetti
New York Yankees
Montreal
Philadelphia
Cards
Expos
Tim Raines
Willie McGee
Gary Carter
Angel Salazar
Chris Speier
Ken Oberkfell
Cardinals
Bill Virdon
Steve Rogers
Rogers
David Green
Ozzie Smith
Lonnie Smith
McGee
Raines
Nohitter
Busch Stadium
Gene Roof
Terry Francona
Manny Trillo
Dave LaPoint
Splittorff and Quisenberry Stop Mariners In Royals Win
Kansas City Royals beat Seattle 6-2 as Paul Splittorff pitched six strong innings and Dan Quisenberry earned his 43rd save. Darryl Motley homered for KC in the pivotal seventh inning, while Seattle’s Bryan Clark was beaten after a 2-1 lead slipped away. The Kingdome crowd of 3,864 marked a season-low turnout.
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Seattle
Kansas City Royals
Dick Howser
Paul Splittorff
Howser
Splittorff
Dan Quisenberry
Seattle Mariners
Royals
Darryl Motley
Kansas City
Bryan Clark
Motley
Spike Owen
Darnell Coles
John Wathan
Clark
Onix Concepcion
Willie Wilson
Mike Stanton
Butch Davis
Owen
Mariners
Kingdome
Baltimore Orioles
Nebraska Unanimous No 1 In AP Poll After Bruins Win
The Nebraska Cornhuskers secured all 60 first place votes to remain the top team after a 42-10 win over UCLA. Texas moved to second place, Arizona climbed to third, with Iowa fourth and North Carolina fifth. Southern California and Notre Dame dropped from the Top Twenty.
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Texas
Arizona
Southern California
Notre Dame
Associated Press
Nebraska
UCLA
Cornhuskers
North Texas State
Iowa
Ohio State
North Carolina
William & Mary
Alabama
Ottawa and Williamsburg Athletes of the Week Named
Ottawa High running back Darren Johnson and Williamsburg High volleyball star Teresa May earn Herald Athletes of the Week honors for standout performances last week. Johnson rushed 225 yards on 34 carries and scored both touchdowns in a 13-7 win over Bonner Springs, while May led Williamsburg with 27 spikes and 15 kills to seal a Uniontown Invitational title and lift the Panthers to a 10-2 season.
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Ottawa High
Darren Johnson
Williamsburg High
Teresa
Herald
Johnson
Cyclones
Bonner Springs
May
Panther
Uniontown
Bonner
Ottawa
OHL
Cyclone
Williamsburg
Panthers
Central Heights
Marais Des Cygnes Valley
Marais Des Cygnes
Roger Driver
Burlington
Fort Scott
Jayhawk-Linn
Scott Starks
Starks
Trent Lancaster
Jason Edwards
Bryan Kelley
Steve Hasty
Lancaster
Edwards
Kelley
Hasty
Nancy Matney
Sharilyn Whiteford
Toni Widler
OHS
DeeDee Lewis
Janet Netherland
Highland Park
Topeka
Robert Newson
Wellsville
Bobby Brown
Baldwin
Daryl Reichard
Newson
Brown
Kuntz Re-Elected As State Officer
At the Kansas Babe Ruth Leagues annual meeting in Emporia Gary Kuntz of Ottawa was chosen again as assistant state commissioner for the 14 15 year old division. John Villar of Topeka was named state commissioner. Arkansas City will host the 14 15 year old state tournament and Kansas City Kansas will host the 16 18 year old event. The 13 year old site and district tournament venues will be announced later.
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Emporia
Kansas
Ottawa
Gary Kuntz
John Villar
Topeka
Arkansas City
Kansas City
Kan
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