Frazier Fights Holmes in a One-Sided Caesars Bout
Las Vegas scene as Marvis Frazier, 23 with ten pro fights, faces unbeaten WBC champ Larry Holmes. Holmes knocks down Frazier in 2:09 of the first round and wins 177 seconds action, improving to 45-0 with 32 KOs. Frazier earns 500,000, Holmes 2.7 million, while postfight comments mix pride and caution about future plans.
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Nev
Marvis Frazier
Frazier
Caesars Palace
World Boxing Council
Larry Holmes
Holmes
Mills Lane
WEC
Lane
Joe
Marvis
WBC
Greg
Gerrie Coetzee
Coetzee
Joe Frazier
Larry
Eddie Futch
Futch
Boston College pulls off 20 13 win over Alabama in rain
In a stormy game at Foxboro Massachusetts Boston College coach Jack Bicknell watched as Alabama led 13 6 with nine minutes left. The 15th ranked Eagles forced two fumble returns for touchdowns in 83 seconds and held off a late Tide drive to win 20 13.
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Mass
Boston College
Jack Bicknell
Bicknell
Alabama
Span
Eagles
Crimson Tide
Elyria Catholic Clinches D III Title After 14 9 Win
Elyria Catholic defeated Urbana 14 to 9 to win the Division III state championship as Al McKinney pushed his season total to 178 points beating the single season school record. Panthers quarterback Keith Rybarczyk starred with key throws and a 70 yard rushing TD. The crowd at Ohio Stadium reached about 22 000 as Amherst Connection tailgaters led by Larry Schuler celebrated a historic title run for EC.
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Joe Klinec
Bob Jacob
Columbus
Elyria Catholic
Urbana
al McKinney
Bryan Thomas
Amherst Connection
St. John Arena
Larry Schuler
Panthers
Steve
Gary
Guy
Larry
Sandy
Larry Jr
Ken Renner
Bill
Cathie Jacobs
Phil
Venessa Allgretto
Jack
Kathy Kahmann
Jane
Mike
Linda Camera
Michelle
Linda Radca
Bridgett Fiala
Elyria
Lorain County
George Daniel
Akron
Finnie
Urbana coach gracious in loss despite TD controversy
In a tense D II title game, Urbana fell 14-9 to Elyria Catholic. Coach Ray DeCola praised the effort, defended the close end zone call, and cited Elyria Catholic’s size as a deciding factor while lamenting a few late plays that could have flipped the outcome.
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Ken Gottlieb
C-T
Columbus
Ray DeCola
Elyria Catholic
DeCola
Paul Manuel
Manuel
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Greg Mesaros
Mesaros
Ron
Paul Yeager
Gus Chan
Steve Schuler
Randy
Greg Rogan
Hillclmbers
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McKinney
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Randy Ridder
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Brian Bailey
Rogan
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