Decisive playoff push for area basketball teams
With four playoff spots in each league, Arcadia faces Tempe at home tonight in a pivotal game as two starters nurse injuries. Tempe sits 3-0 atop the A League while Arcadia trails 1-1 before a Saturday trip to Yuma. Saguaro, Scottsdale, Coronado, and McClintock also chase wins as Saguaro hosts Casa Grande and Coronado hosts Kota in key Saturday matchups.
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Jerry Ford
Spi Ean Thain
Arcadia
Tempe
Titans
Yuma
Saguaro
Casa Grande
Scottsdale
Chandler
Coronado
McClintock
Dons
Kofa
Paradise Valley
Washington
Buckeye
Gerard
Sam Odell
Brad Schwab
Odell
Jim Hanson
Labers
Bill Owen
Cliff Sprinkle
Greg Bartels
Roger Alarie
Jeff Riddle
Bart Bradley
Kota
Trojans
Rick Bartell
Larry Fleischer
Redcoats
John Glenn
Garlits Breaks Record in Beeline Qualifying at Winter Nationals
Don Garlits of Tampa set a new AHRA elapsed time mark with a 6.09 second run at Beeline Dragway in the Winter Nationals qualifying. He clocked 235.60 mph in a 488 cubic inch Dodge. Dennis Baca previously held the record with 6.18 seconds.
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Don Garlits
Tampa
Fla
American Hot Rod’ Association
Beeline Dragway
Garlits
Fremont
Calif
Dennis Baca
San Francisco
Bob Glidden
Greenwood
Ind
Circle Edges Bible In Tight Winter Hoops Bout
In city Parks and Recreation Men's Winter Basketball League action Circle topped Bible 63-48 as Bill Exham led all scorers with 22 points Aaron Kearney added 12 for Circle while Bob Mathews led Bible with 17 and John King added 10.
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Circle Insurance
Scottsdale Bible
Bill Exham
City Parks and Recreation
Terry Kearney
Circle
Bob Mathews
John King
Bible
Hormel Hams
Cal Ryan
Clyde Maddox
Rick Jansen
Hunkers
Solid State Devices
Dave Hamlett
Rob Cornell
Solid State
Rick Zipf
Red Eye Express
Gino
Randy Yancey
Alan Yancey
Bill Nelly
Jim Schultz
Jim Brady
Motorola No
Gigi
Mitch Borota
Ray Lill
John Mason
Milt Summerfield
Motorola
Jack Salteck
Jim Stepanic
Ed Boyle
Don Sundry
Paiutes
Dennis Stringfellow
Mike Bonahoom
Drovers Edge Monsters in Tough Road Victory
Scottsdale Community College defeats Eastern Arizona 73 64 to secure their seventh conference win and stay tied for first in the Arizona Junior College race. Lawrence Williams led SCC with 16 points while Neil Farrington added 14 and Tom Jones 13 as the Drovers shot 55 percent and practiced strong late defense.
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Bill Allingdon Daniels
Scottsdale
Arizona
Willie Scroggins
Thatcher
Monsters
Bob Snider Thatcher
Ivan Duncan
Scottsdale Community College Drovers
Gilas Monster Squad
Mesa Community College
Arizona Junter College
Duncan
Eastern
SCC
Lawrence Williams
Neil Farrington
Tom Jones
Williams
Doovers
Robert Lucas
L. Williams
D. Daniels
T. M. Davis
R. Lucas
N. Farrington
T. Jones
E. Crump G. Violet
Sam
Casper Grabs Lead in Crosby Pro Am at Pebble Beach
Billy Casper fired a six under 66 at Cypress Point to take a two stroke lead in the Crosby National Pro Am second round. Jack Nicklaus, after a rain delay, finished one under 71 at Pebble Beach as Bruce Crampton stumbled to 77.
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Pebble Beach
Calif
UPI
Bing Crosby
Jack Nicklaus
Billy Casper
Nicklaus
Crosby
Casper
Cypress Point
PGA
Tom Welskopf
Don Massengale
Cypress
Grosby
Pebble
Orville Moody
Cesar Sanudo
Jerry Heard
Mason Rudolph
Spyglass ‘Hill
Arnold Palmer
Rod Funseth
Bruce Crampton
Basketball Evening Slate Matches Across Tempe Arcadia and More
Tonight's schedule features Tempe at Arcadia and five other eight oclock games including Coronado at McClintock Washington at Paradise Valley Casa Grande at Saguaro Buckeye at Gerard Scottsdale at Chandler and Chaparral versus Tempe IVs at Tempe plus a 7 30 p m start at Scottsdale Community and Arcadia at Yuma Yavapai at Scottsdale Community Kofa at Coronado Apollo at Paradise Valley also on the docket.
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Bob Snider
Brad Schwab
Arcadia
Titans
Tempe High
Scottsdale
Chandler
Washington
Paradise Valley
Casa Grande
Saguaro
Coronado
McClintock
Buckeye
Gerard
Chaparral
Tempe Ivs
Tempe
Apollo
Suns Top Sonics As Scott Paces Phoenix To 112 109 Victory
Phoenix Suns beat the Seattle SuperSonics 112 109 as Charlie Scott outscored Spencer Haywood with 34 points. The win ends Phoenix four game skid and sets up a home and home with the Portland Buckaroos starting tonight in Portland. Scott hit 13 of 25 from the floor and 8 of 8 at the line.
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Phoenix
UPI
Charlie Scott
NBA
Phoenix Suns
Seattle SuperSonics
Suns
Portland Buckaroos
Portland
Scott
Seattle
Spencer Haywood
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