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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1967
Page
8
Washington High School wrestlers beat Mt Pleasant 31 to 15 in a flu weakened dual meet at the local gym Thursday evening. Demons head to Muscatine for the invitational Journey, with varsity results in multiple weight classes and reserves winning 18 to 10.
Iowa holds a 3-1 start and travels to Berkeley for a California clash before games at Stanford and the Los Angeles Classic. Sam Williams leads with 16.2 ppg, Chad Calabria at 12.7, as Coach Ralph Miller aims to learn from Drake and UTEP tests on the trip.
Washington ninth graders defeated Mid-Prairie 93 to 40 at Kalona on Thursday. The Demons built a 30-5 first quarter lead and led 43-24 at halftime as they shot 35 percent from 112 attempts. Denny Hennigan and Scott Swartzendruber led rebounding with 12 and 11 boards respectively. Joe Gebhardt scored 23 points and Hennigan 1.
The Los Angeles Rams and Green Bay Packers clash in Milwaukee on Saturday for the right to host the division winner for a shot at the NFL title and a Jan 14 Super Bowl berth. Rams favored. Packers battered by injuries with several key players uncertain.
DePaul halted the Cyclones 67-63 as Al Zetzsche scored 26 points, equalling his previous three game total. Bob Zoretich was limited by early fouls with 11 points. Don Smith led Iowa State with 17 as he chased a scoring record. De Paul shot 53 percent to Iowa State 37 percent.
In the MEME SE ek ps 45 Farm Bureau league a Farm Bureau team led with a 2821 series and 1008 game while Mobil Oil trailed at 2715 and 939. John Hough earned 574 in series and Nick Lange top game with 222. Harold Sinclair led Five Towners with 34 points. Dutch Tonsorial and Home Lumber posted strong Dutch 2665 and 936 games.
Washington writer Dick West revises Christmas favorites to fit football season. He riffs on Deck The Halls with Green Bay Packers and Twelve Plays of Christmas with football terms, then hints at romance divided by Lombardi and a coach’s influence during the holiday weekend.
Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union’s second ratings keep Everly at No 1 after a two point win over Hartley. Union-Whitten, led by Denise Long, rises to No 2 with a 9-0 mark, while Logan-Magnolia, Paton-Churdan, and Maquoketa Valley follow. Elk Horn-Kimballton falls to 14 after a loss to Tri-Center. Top 20 list includes Waco Mediapolis Woden Crystal Lake and Southeast Warren among others.
Kansas held on through two overtimes to upset ninth-ranked Louisville 84-76 on the Cardinals’ floor. Louisville had won at Lawrence earlier, and Kansas dominated the second OT 12-4 as Louisville tired and committed key turnovers.
The Oakland Raiders place nine players on the AFL Western All Stars for the January 21 Gator Bowl clash in Jacksonville. Daryle Lamonica leads the West at quarterback with Mike Garrett and Hewitt Dixon joining him, while ten other Raiders fill starting spots on offense and defense alongside stars from Kansas City, San Diego, Denver and Houston. The East features Joe Namath for New York and Jim Nance for Boston among others.
The San Francisco Forty Niners dismissed head coach Jack Christiansen five days before Christmas, shocking the coach and his family after a 7-7 season. The club has already signed a successor, with an official announcement pending.
Thursday results list C and J 4 Martin 0 Fort 3 Tindall Journal 3 Coast 1 Falk 3 Worley 1. Falk leads team series 2641 to 2538 with 932 and 913 games. Top individual totals include Jerry Fisher 588 and Earl Rae 582. high games Jack Dodgin 230 and Jerry Fisher 221.
Carl H Guther and wife convey to John J Mattes and wife starting 66 ft south of NW corner of lot 4 block 19 OP Washington. Estate of Mary A Parcell to Karl Parcell—land in section 34. Henry E Bender and wife to Sibyl Bender—land in section 34. TF Ford E Skola to Joseph Vodicka—land in sections 26 27 28 and 29 77 78.
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