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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1974
Page
6
The NFL players and owners clash over revenue and veterans crossing picket lines amid sagging exhibition crowds. Exhibitions drew 280 513 fans versus 521 882 last year as talks break until Tuesday. Bill Curry leads the NFLPA in a tough stance.
Coronado and Chaparral qualified for the national Senior Boys Summer Basketball Tournament at Scottsdale Community College August 15-18. Coronado beat Phoenix Western Recreation 62-60 in OT to reach the final, then lost to Chandler Recreation 69-62. Chaparral beat Tucson Model Cities 75-69 after a Saturday loss to Chandler. Todd Davis fouled out late, altering Coronado’s defense.
Chandler rallied from a two point deficit with 5:41 left to beat Chaparral by a late game surge led by Ian Allen with 23 points 10 in the fourth. Chaparral standout Mark Stevens scored 38 in the loss and was named outstanding player while Coyle Fisk Moore Allen Rutledge earned all tournament honors.
Heavy thunderstorms cancelled Saturdays Beeline Dragway stunts with plans rescheduled for Wednesday. Hungary’s Joe Gerlach will attempt a 110 foot balloon jump into a sponge and Oklahoma Wild Man Larry McNiname will try to clear 12 pickup trucks in a go cart. Arizona funny cars Vulture and Sundance join a three race showdown plus Gerlach’s second stunt on a unicycle for a world record.
Vic Regalado, 26, of Tijuana, captured the $200,000 Pleasant Valley Classic by one stroke over Tom Weiskopf, securing an automatic PGA invitation. Regalado’s late surge featured birdies on the final four holes, including a 20-foot curler on 15, while Weiskopf finished a stroke back and Dave Hill faded.
Scottsdale diver Danny Plant won the 13-14 three meter title with 366.45 points and the open diving crown at the Yuma Invitational. He heads to Lincoln, Nebraska for the national Junior Olympics to face world champion 13-14 Greg Lagunis, a foe Plant has never beaten.
Scott Watkins of Coronado High tied for 13th at the Junior World Championship on Torrey Pines in San Diego with 301 over 72 holes. Nicky Price won the boys 15 17 title with 287 while Randy Berenaba and Arthur Diaz tied for runner up at 298. Scott will be eligible again next year. City champion Mark Johnson missed the cut after 36 holes.
Arcadia’s Pony League All-Star team finished runner-up in the state Pony championships in Tucson. South Mountain defeated Arcadia 7-2 and 5-3 in two games with defensive errors aiding the victories. South Mountain then won the title game Sunday after Arcadia scored in the second inning.
Comer Construction from Coronado fell to Sierra Vista 4 2 in the state American Legion title game. Larry Heckathorn pitched well allowing seven hits but Sierra Vista’s Mike Rave limited Comer to three safeties. Comer led 2 0 after the first inning as Vista committed two errors but Rave shut down the offense, with Rusnak throwing away a relay and a passed ball aiding Vista’s fifth inning. Heckathorn suffered the loss after a standout Legion season.
Gary Wells, 17, of Phoenix, holder of the world motorcycle jumping record, cleared 16 cars in Elgin Illinois on Sunday and did it again before about 10 000 spectators. The stunt promoted the Balsis Whales Firefighters Memorial Trust Fund at a shopping center event.
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