Dyersburg Bucks Defeat Sikeston Nine 11-6 in Slugfest
Dyersburg built a lead with big seventh and eighth innings to beat Sikeston 11 to 6 Sunday. Sikeston rallied with two tallies in the eighth but Dyersburg answered with four hits and four runs to seal the win. Errors and disputed calls colored the contest as Sikeston protested umpire decisions and canceled the return game.
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Sikeston Travels to Time for Night Game
Sikeston heads to Time for a high school football clash under lights tomorrow night as wet field conditions forced the postponement of the Tuesday game.
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Red Demon to Clash With Bill Steddum in Local Card
The Red Demon hooded wrestler will face Bill Steddum of Texas tomorrow, joined by Herb Welch in a 195-pound bout against Billy Brooks of Detroit. Welch and Steddum each scored wins last week over Chico Cortez and Wild Bull Canny, while Canny and Steddum endured a long bout with Canny knocked out briefly and Steddum late.
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Junior High Track Meet Tomorrow at High School Track
The seventh and eighth grade track meet is set for tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. behind the high school. Events include sprints, distance races, relays, hurdles, jumps, and shot put with coaches Ned Tanner Bud Clayton Dick Young Edward Lewis Bob Smith Bill Hodges Travis Jackson Howard Weekley and Mr Travelstead among the volunteers.
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Edward Lewis
Bob Smith
Bill Hodges
Travis Jackson
Howard Weekley
Mr. Travelstead
Bulldog track star elected team captain
Wayne Lee Clayton, senior and Bulldog track standout, was elected captain by teammates. He last season led state Class B meet in points with 174, was double event winner as Sikeston placed second, and holds Southeast Missouri records in the 100 and 200 yard dashes set at Cape Girardeau and Columbia.
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City Loop Softball Card Is Announced
Paul Cannon announces the City Loop softball schedule with play starting June 7 at the high school field. An invitational runs May 31 to June 4, two leagues form the American and National with ten teams, and a detailed schedule lists games through August 5 plus playoffs.
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Sikeston Second in State Track Meet at Columbia
Sikeston high school bull dog track team coached by Dean Owen and Lou Bona finished second in the state class B meet at Columbia last Saturday, narrowly losing the medley relay to Crystal City by half a point. Wayne Lee Clayton won the 100 and 220 yards, the meet’s only double winner, and led Sikeston with 17.5 points.
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Letters Awarded to Bulldog Track Men
The Bulldogs awarded 13 track letters yesterday with three provisional awards. Senior letters went to Wayne Clayton Ned Tanner Dick Young Bill Hodges Howard Weekley Ed Lewis Dick Smith Curtis Bryant Bob Hambrick and Travis Jackson. Provisional numerals went to Franklin Moring Bob Smith and Larry Turner. Eugene Johnson and Jerry White received manager letters. Clayton was named captain. Six seniors are in their last season. Moring and Smith are sophomores. Turner is a freshman.
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