Benton Wins Centralia Classic Title Over Thornton 70-63
Benton Rangers beat Thornton of Harvey 70-63 to capture the 23rd Centralia holiday basketball classic title. Adkins 30 points led Benton with Yunkus 19 and Woodland 10. Thornton’s Ard 18 and Thomas 15 paced the runner up. Benton finished 10-0. Thornton suffered its first loss of the event.
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Bentons Rangers win Centralia tournament title
Bentons Jim Adkins scored in a 104 point tournament as he led Bentons Rangers to the Centralia holiday basketball title. Rich Yunkus and Terry Heard added strong totals for Bentn while Paul Gilliam and Lamarr Thomas led Thornton with double digit scores.
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Terry Heard
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Paul Gilliam
Lamarr Thomas
Thornton
Russians Top Czechs For Tourney Crown
Russia defeated Czechoslovakia 3 0 in Colorado Springs to win the second consecutive international hockey tournament. The Russians finished 3 0 for the event after previously losing 5 3 to Czechoslovakia.
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Russia
Czechoslovakia
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Carterville Wins Tourney On Scorekeeper Decision
Carterville beat Johnston City 67 66 to win the Black Diamond Conference holiday tournament at Elkville after officials corrected the score in a late review. Crain top scored with 31 points as Carterville erased a 54 40 deficit in the fourth quarter and coach John Kent guided a dramatic comeback.
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Imhoff
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Russell Stars In Celt Win
Russell lifts Celtics to a 116-113 victory over the Warriors in Providence Rhode Island as he pushes his career rebound total beyond 16000 with 28 boards. Havlicek scores 32, Sanders and Nelson add 25 each while Rodgers tops Warriors with 23. Pistons edge Lakers 117-114 and Hawks beat 76ers 130-113.
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Bill Russell
Boston Celtics
Celts
National Basketball Association
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San Francisco Warriors
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Tom Sanders
Don Nelson
Celtic
Youth from 13th to win junior golf tourney
Pensacola High School senior Allen Miller rallied from 13th to win the Junior Orange Bowl Golf Tournament. He shot 71 in the final round for a two day total of 146, beating Bruce Fleischer and Arthur Russell by one stroke in a sudden death playoff.
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Fanfare Ace Aces 9th and 18th Holes at Greenbrier and Old White
John C. McCormack of Washington watched Donald West ace the 9th at Greenbrier New Orleans course. The next day McCormack, in a foursome, holed out at the 18th on the Old White course with a 5 iron for a 149 yard shot.
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Horse Racing Logs A Very Profitable Year Nationwide
AP survey shows near 600,000 in attendance and about 4.46 billion in wagering across 24 states for thoroughbreds and 16 for harness racing. New York leads in governors’ revenue with harnesses edging runners in attendance. total handle and state shares are detailed for 1964 comparison.
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Woods Sets Shot Put Mark At Bowl
In New Orleans at the Sugar Bowl meet, Southern Illinois star George Woods boosted the shot put record to 60 feet 5 1 4 inches. The event featured several record performances including Lawson in the 5,000 meters and Davenport in the 110 meter hurdles, with multiple marks falling across the track program.
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Aces Bring In Challenge In Small College Poll
Evansville tops the AP small college basketball poll with 101 points and six first-place votes, while Southern Illinois moves to second with 97 points after a 6-1 start. Evansville beat Toledo 97 82 and San Diego State 89 76. SIU crushed Wichita State 89 68 to improve to 6 1. The Top Ten also includes Central St. Ohio Grambling North Dakota Akron Youngstown Ark State Abilene Christian Mt. St. Marys.
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California rivals reach 16 and under singles final
Jeff Borowiak of Lafayette faces Steve Cornell of Oakland in the 16 and under boys singles final of the Sugar Bowl Junior Tennis Tour. They then team with John Smith of San Antonio and Ephrian Walker of Mobile against Borowiak and Cornell for the doubles title.
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Benton, Collinsville eye Champaign run after Centralia tourney
Coach Vergil Fletcher of Collinsville and Benton coach Rich Herrin praised their teams after Benton beat Thornton for the Centralia title. All-star selections included Jim Adkins, Rich Yankus, Lamarr Thomas and Paul Gilliam. Attendance set a Trout Gym record as the 1966 field was announced. Jim Grabowski set a Big Ten rushing mark for Illinois.
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MSU Star Guy Busch Shines with St Louis Kulls Juniors
Michigan State sophomore soccer standout Guy Busch played for the St. Louis Kulls Juniors champions of the U.S. national title for a second straight year. He helped the team defend the national crown as part of the Kulls junior program.
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