Ukiah and Willits Trackmen Spark NCS Qualifier Meet
Ukiah and Willits track teams posted strong showings at the NCS divisional qualifier in San Rafael. Ukiah won multiple events led by Felix Riggs in the mile and Wayne Thornton in the B high hurdles. Willits, led by Gordon Baechtel, claimed top finishes and qualified at Berkeley in key events including Thornton, Richardson, and Douthit.
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Ukiah
San Rafael
Berkeley
Willits
Gordon Baechtel
Felix Riggs
Ken Rowley
Gary Smith
Vallejo
Sid Nicholas
Ukah
Ukiah Nine Ends Season With Three Wins Fight Fort Bragg Sonoma
Ukiah varsity baseball closed 1960 with three weekend wins two in Fort Bragg on Friday and a 4-0 Saturday victory over Sonoma in Anton Stadium. Pat Finnegan drove in three Ukiah runs while Gary Borgna pitched strongly in the finale, with two players contributing multiple hits and Ed Turner, George Weger, and Larry Myers among the players boosting team batting averages. Ukiah finished roughly 12-7, led by seniors Borgna Weger and Argraves with solid defense and timely hitting as Parducci earned his first varsity win on the Jayvee to boost Ukiah’s late-season surge.
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Ukiah
Fort Bragg
Pat Finnegan
Sonoma
Anton Stadium
Gary Borgna
Hays
Randy Hays
Larry Myers
Larrry Parducci
Borgna
Eddie Turner
Charlie Tollini
George Weger
Finnegan
Homer
Weger
Are Borgna
Bob ‘Argroves
Paducci
Tollini
Parducci
Jayvees
Orié
RBI
Jayvee
Joe Gulyash
Bobby Argroves
Doug
Mondrell
Bebt FC Brage
Mel Martin
Ukiai
Ukiah High Golf Team Dominates Sonoma in League Showdown
Ukiah High Varsity Golf swept Sonoma in a North Bay League meet 44 to 14 on the Ukiah course. Don Crawford Franz Schwarm and Pat Damon won 3-0 while Dave Thornton prevailed 24 to 4. Schwarm earned medalist honors with a 70, showcasing late season driving and putting.
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Ukiah
Sonoma
Don Crawford
Franz Schwarm
Pat Damon
Dave Thornton
Chris Philbrick
Schwarm
Pirates bench proves strong in late game win over Giants
Pittsburgh wins 8-7 over San Francisco to clinch the rubber game of a three game series as Hal Smith delivers a two-out, bases-loaded hit in the 11th. Bob Skinner homer ties the score in the ninth, while Danny Murtaugh hails the bench’s impact on the comeback. The Pirates jump NL lead to 144 games over the Giants while other league results include Milwaukee over Chicago and Dodgers over Philadelphia. Joe Adcock drives in two for the Braves in a 4-2 win over the Cubs aided by Juan Pizarro seven-hitter.
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Danny Murtaugh
Pittsburgh
Murtaugh
Pittsburgh Pilot
Hal Smith
San Francisco
Smith
Mike McCormick
Pirates
Giants
Bob Skinner
Billy Locs
Milwaukee
Chicago
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Senators
White Sox
Orioles
Indians
Peer
Red Sox
Yankees
Athletics
Braves
Cubs
Glenn Hobbie
Joe Adcock
Juan Pizarro
Track meet shows Sonoma beats Ukiah in sunlit clash
Ukiah loses 69 2/3 to 43 1/3 to Sonoma despite several firsts by Ukiah stars not competing. B team dominates, with strong placings by Sandona and Sanderson, Duncan and Collins among others, while pole vaults and sprints showcase rising Ukiah talent on a busy Sports Day.
Hopland Beats Potter Valley In League Championship
Hopland crushed Potter Valley 14 to 2 to win the league playoff championship. Jerry McCain hit a two run homer and Tommy Holmes added a triple while going 3 for 4. Dave Walker earned the win as Jim Wirt hit a two run triple for Potter Valley in the sixth.
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Hopland
Potter Valley
Jerry McCain
Tommy Holmes
Dave Walker
Jim Wirt
North Ukiah Little League opens with standout performances
Opening day of North Ukiah Little League featured a dominant showing from Tim Béchtél of the Lions Club and strong play from Box Plumbing led by Jan Williams who clouted a two run homer and struck out ten as Box Plumbing defeated Ukiah Cleaners 5-0. Pot shots and errors marked the setback for Ukiah Cleaners with two games scheduled tonight and play continuing through July 11.
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Dennis Salisbury
Box Plumbing
Ukiah Cleaners
Hugh McEvoy
Don Parducci
Erickson
Tim Béchtél
Lions‘Club
Arthur Slack
NLWA
Ormé
Baughn
Connolly
Réyval
Brown
Potter
Austin
Jan Wiliams
Johnny McAlister
Box
Jonan McAllister
Joe Brown
Lions Park
Pearce Presses For NCS Record In Swimmer Chase
Ukiah freshman Bob Pearce fell short of the North Coast Section finals in the 100 yard breaststroke at Santa Clara yet pushed a top San Leandro rival to a national and state record time of 1 06.3 in heat action. Kit Cleland also swam well in the 200 free, clocking 2 20.2, six seconds faster than last week, but missed finals in a huge NCS field.
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Tom Richardson
Thornton
Ukiah B
Richardson
Ukiah
Dave Douthit
Douthit
Bob Pearce
Santa Clara
San Leandro
Larry Pears
Pearce
Kit Cleland
NCS
Toler
Wong
Gervals
Sarita
Rosa
Byawittimers
Frank Noorton
Montgomery
Gary
Ith
Santa Rosa
Gérvais
Hal Galier
Okiah
Cle Jang
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George Forvier
Tam
California
Raechtel
Iffort
Earl Burton
Clive Adams
Rich Norris
Beahm
Wally Jay
Larry Panducci
Doug Modrell
Ukiah High
Sonomans
Sun
Dragons
Sandona
Doug Slaven
Rod Palmer
Byron McLernon
Pat Collins
Terry Sanderson
Ron King
Frey
Raffety
Terry Dykeman
Warren Luce
McMahan
Hunt
Fred Duncan
Duncan
Howard Chambers
Terry
Goodwin
Mike Sedenko
Chambers
Ron Locatelli
Butterfield
Locatelli
Seson
Sedenko
Turner
Flores
Perrine
Nixon
Milwauke
Hopland Beats
Brownie
Hayes
Eversole
Henry Streets
Caer
Aires Teel O
Ee Cae
Lis
Mack Lake Mining Corp. Ltd
Yellowknife, N. W.T
Canada
Paul W. Poulos
Paul
Nelmes Smith
Harry Hildebrand
Don Farnsworth
Ed Gillespie
Roy Wagner
Leonard Nix
Henry Dohring
Miles Stoddard
George Parducc
Walter Sandelin
Cowan
Oldsmobile
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Corvair
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