Early junior high hoops tips and Buckeye area notes
The piece surveys opening basketball weekends across Elyria Catholic, Elyria High, and nearby schools. It highlights Elyria Catholic's strong debut against Clearview, South Amherst and Firelands performances, and Ashland’s dominance. It also discusses a third official experiment in Elyria-North Olmsted play and recalls Sandusky football stats from the 1960s.
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Elyria Catholic
Panthers
Bob Guinta
Clearview
Clippers
Westlake
Panther
South Amherst
Cavaliers
Lorain Catholic
Keystone
Firelands
Elyria High
Pioneers
North Olmsted
Elyria
Admiral King
Four county players named regional picks in northern Ohio
Lorain County earns four berths on the all regional football team chosen by coaches in Ashland. Elyria Elyria Catholic Amherst Lorain players named with Lippert of Sandusky as top honoree earning Canton game berth. Other regional names include Wasiniak Scott Reynolds and Amato with honorable mentions Yacobozzi Green Haas Thomas Bogden Moore.
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Lorain County
Ashland
Ohio
Elyria
John Husband
Elyria Catholic
Mark Straka
Amherst
Steve Polansky
Lorain
Ray Felton
Elmer Lippert
Sandusky
Huron
Larry Dees
Chris Amato
Norwalk St. Paul
Mike Wasiniak
Tom Scott
Mansfield
Jim Reynolds
Mapleton
Ron Yacobozzi
Gary Green
Highland
Rick Haas
Mac Thomas
Ken Bogden
Gary Moore
Shelby
Doug Thompson
Tony Munafo
UCLA Leads 1969 70 Preseason Coaches Rating
New York UPI reports UCLA is the No 1 preseason pick for 1969 70 with 14 first place votes and 259 points despite Lew Alcindor absence South Carolina is close behind with 231 points Coaches from 30 programs set the rankings Kentucky Purdue New Mexico State Colorado North Carolina and others also listed in the top tier with several first place votes reflected in the voting breakdown
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New York
UPI
South Carolina
UCLA
Uclans
United Press International Coaches Rating Board
John Wooden
Bruins
Lew Alcindor
Kentucky
Mike Casey
Wildcats
Purdue
Rick Mount
Boilermakers
New Mexico State
Colorado
North Carolina
Davidson
Southern California
Duquesne
United Press International
New Mexico St
Southern Cal
Santa Clara
Kansas
Marquette
St. John's
Villanova
St. Bonaventure
Arizona
New Mex
Louisville
LaSalle
Browns face Packers as playoff mood grows
Cleveland Browns begin practice for the final home game of the season against Green Bay after clinching the Century Division with a 28 24 win over Chicago. Fred Hoaglin says the best is ahead and the team can go all the way to the Super Bowl, while coach Blanton Collier urges continued hard play and consideration of rest only on medical advice.
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Cleveland
UPI
Cleveland Browns
Browns
Green Bay
Fred Hoaglin
Touchdown
Hoaglin
Chicago
St. Louis
New York
Blanton Collier
Collier
Erich Barnes
LeVan Posts 609 Series Leads Local Keglerettes
Lois LeVan bowled 609 in the Triple 8 Classic League at the Bowling Center to top the area for women this season. Gretchen Vitovitz rolled 646 in an Amherst exhibition. other high scores from the night include Kathy Brown 246 and Arline Krucinski 244.
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Lois LeVan
Keglerette
Gretchen Vitovitz
Amherst
LeVan
Kathy Brown
Arline Krucinski
Earnie
Yeomen host Otterbein in OAC season opener
Oberlin College opens the season against Otterbein at the Field House. Senior guards Al Wellington and Vic Guerrieri anchor a veteran backcourt, with Ken Bryant at center and Randy Miller and Earl Singleton at forwards. Otterbein's Lorenzo Hunt leads the Cardinals after a 9 11 season, aiming to rebound tonight.
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Oberlin College
Otterbein Cardinals
Ohio
OAC
Oberlin
Julian Smith
Okies
al Wellington
Vic Guerrieri
Wellington
Guerrier
Admiral King
Lorain
Guerrieri
Yeoman
Ken Bryant
Sophoense
Randy Miller
Earl Singleton
Miller
Singleton
Hunt
Cardinals
Terry Arnold
Don Sullivan
Don Manly
Jim Augspurger
Midview Freshman Basketball Edges Clearview 31 28
Midview freshman team overcame a 20-10 halftime deficit to beat Clearview 31-28. Ken Does scored nine after entering in the third period while Otis Johnson led Clearview with 13 points. The Middies travel to Wellington on Dec. 9.
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Grafton
Midview
Clearview
Middies
Ken Does
Otis Johnson
Welington
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Women's Business League
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Otterbein Tonight
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