West Texas teams miss state finals again this year
Sport shorts recount Lamesa and Monahans failing to reach the state finals as Cuero clinches the title. Don Walker of Pecos earns All South Plains Grid Team honors while Seminole’s Claude Chappel is named coach of the year. Also notes hunting, polo, Cowboys, coyotes and local curios from the area.
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Lamesa
Monahans
Cuero
Texas
Pecos
Don Walker
PHS
Don
All South Plains
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Walker
Monahans Lobo Pack
Lubbock
Claude Chappel
Eagles win district opener in double overtime thriller
Pecos Eagles outlast Andrews Mustangs 61-58 in a district opener marked by furious late drama. Ray Cameron and Maurice Bolton sparked a tense game that went to two overtimes before Pecos pulled ahead 61-58 as Don Walker and Turner added key plays and Andrews battled to the final seconds.
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Pecos Eagle
Andrews Mustangs
Pecos
Ray Cameron
Cameron
Andrews
David Terry
Bitzer
Don Walker
Roberts
Kenneth Williams
Mustang Country
Gregg
Eagle
Maurice Bolton
Turnagea
Bolton
Williams
Herod
Eagles
Ffort
Andrews Mustaught
Nig Pecos
Pro Bowl signal callers lead NFC roster selection
John Hadl and Roman Gabriel headline the NFC quarterback group for the Pro Bowl at Arrowhead Stadium on January 20. Five rookies join the 40 man squad including Charley Young, Lawrence McCutcheon, Chuck Foreman, Tom Wittum and Nick Mike-Mayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Hadl
Los Angeles
Roman Gabriel
Philadelphia
Charley Young
Lawrence McCutcheon
Rams
Chuck Foreman
Minnesota
Tom Wittum
San Francisco
Nick Mike-Mayer
Atlanta
Kansas City
Arrowhead Stadium
NBC
Dallas
NFC
Dave Wilcox
Blue Gray game ends with Blue tenacious field goals win
North defeats Gray 20-14 in the 36th Blue Gray game as John Phillips of Xavier nails two first career field goals and Freitas from San Diego State leads with 168 passing yards and a late 11 yard TD to Gerald Tinker.
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H.W. Johnson
Wendell Taylor
Montgomery
Ala
Jack Christiansen
Christiansen
Stanford
Blue
Gray
John Phillips
Xavier
North
Jes
Se Freitas
San Diego State
Freitas
Gerald Tinker
Kent State
Phillips
Houstonian leads at San Marcos Golf Classic
Houstonian Jon Cutshall holds a one-stroke lead at the halfway point of the 72-hole San Marcos Golf Classic in Chandler Arizona. After a five under par 67 in the second round, Cutshall has a 36-hole total of 137, one ahead of George Shortridge who shot 69 for a 138 total as play continues today. The $60,000 event ends the four week mini series sponsored by the National Golfers of America at San Marcos Country Club.
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Chandlers, Ariz
Jon Cutshall
Houston
Cutshall
George Shortridge
St. Paul
Minn
San Marcos Country Club
National Golfers of America
Eagles JV stall cage tilt as Pecos tops Andrews 72 69
Jarrell Riggins poured in 30 for the Eagle junior varsity in a 72 69 win over Pecos. Andrews had 16 of 24 free throws and benefited from 12 Pecos fouls to 21 by Pecos. Kenneth Terry added 19, Medford 22, and Bounds 19 for Andrews. scoring by quarter shows Pecos led early but Andrews pulled ahead late.
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Jarrell Riggins
Nets
Eagle
Andrews
Pecos
Riggins
Kenneth Terry
Medford
Bounds
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Lynn Webb
Dallas Cowboys
Harold Jackson
Uncle Tom
Auy City
Briday
Danny Herod
Mustang
Ecstacy
Harold Carmichael
George Kunz
John Zook
Gale Gillingham
Ken Ellis
Green Bay
Ed Flanagan
Detroit
Carl Eller
Jeff Siemon
Isiah Robertson
Lee Roy Jordan
Ken Houston
Herb Mulkey
Washington
John Brockington
Calvin Hill
McCutcheon
Merlin Olsen
Cowboys
Mel Renfro
Farmer
WM Smith Electric CO
Clovis Road
Lubbock, Tex
Pecos Enterprise
Midland
Tri-State Industries, Inc
Amarillo
Dalhart
Plainview
Clovis
N.M
Eagle Gym
Houstonian
Cage
Rexall
Yamaha
Gibson — Harmony
Kan John C. Stevens
Food Store
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