Upset bids loom as Houston, Louisville, St Bonaventure, Columbia chase NCAA bid
Houston and UCLA are tipped as the favorites in the 1968 NCAA bracket as Louisville eyes an upset in Wichita while St Bonaventure and Columbia surge to the Eastern regional. Louisville, missing guard Reynolds for the tourney, faces top-ranked Houston in the Midwest opener. St Bonaventure and Columbia both triumphed in first-round showings and push for semis. North Carolina clinched ACC in rout of NC State.
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Louisville
St. Bonaventure
Columbia
Houston
UCLA
Purdue
Iowa
Ohio State
Los Angeles
Cardinals
Wichita
Kan
Texas Christian
Kansas State
Midwest
George Reynolds
North Carolina
Davidson
Raleigh
N.C
Loyola of Chicago
Marquette
Bowling Green
East Tennessee State
Florida State
New Mexico State
Weber State
St. Joh’s
North Carolina State
Tourney opens Wednesday Co-favorites in girls meet
Des Moines reports Union-Whitten and Everly are co favorites as players, coaches and fans gather for the girls state high school basketball tournament at Veterans Auditorium. Everly and Union-Whitten are noted scorers aiming for a championship clash this weekend.
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Des Moines
UP1
Union- Whitten
Everly
Iowa
Union-Whitten
Veterans Auditorium
Jea
Abby columns mixed with high school state meet notes
Dear Abby advice spans mother daughter conflicts and manners at the dinner table. The piece also reports on high school basketball state meet contenders led by Bette Olson of Cattlefeeders and star Denise Long of Union-Whitten, with team matchups, records, and tournament prospects.
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Bette Olson
Miss Olson
Union-Whitten
Denise Long
Miss Long
Union- Whitten
Mediapolis
Union Whitten
Everly
Southeast Warren
Paton-Churdan
Barb Welander
Wapsie Valley
Woodbine
Villisca
West Monona
Nevada
Montezuma
Rockwell City
Paton- Chardan
Bennett
Guthrie Center
Fort Dodge Upsets Ellsworth 82 78 in Region 11 Final
Fort Dodge, the second seed, defeated tournament favorite Ellsworth 82-78 in Webster City IA to claim Region 11 Junior College honors and a berth in the national junior college tournament. Fort Dodge connected on 51 percent of shots and 20 of 25 free throws while Ellsworth hit 38 percent and 16 of 27 free throws. Fort Dodge’s Bill Brickhouse scored 17 points, Ellsworth’s Sam Samuel led scoring with 27. All tournament team featured one player from each of Burlington Ellsworth and Clarinda plus Fort Dodge and Ellsworth.
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Webster City
Iowa
UPI
Fort Dodge
Fishing licenses expiring in 20 days in Iowa
The Fire House Gang recalls spring as they imagine the big catch while licenses for resident fishing expire March 31. New licenses can be bought from dealers, Iowa Conservation Officers, or Washington County Recorder’s office.
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Fire House
Iowa
Iowa Fish and Game Laws
Washington County Recorders Office
Dickinson Wins Wild Finish at Doral Open
Miami UPI Gardner Dickinson captured the $20,000 first prize at the Doral Open on Sunday in a dramatic finish. He refused to sympathize with runner up Tommy Armour, saying he felt no pity for the man who challenged him until the final hole.
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Miami
UPI
Gardner Dickinson
Dickinson
Professional Golf Association
Tom Weiskopf
Weiskopf
Women's Bowling Pin Queen League Scores and Standings
The week's results show Mode O Day leading in team high scores with 2126 in the team series and 773 in team games. Individual leaders include Betty Ward with 557 in series and 225 in games, and Shirl Robertson 201. Other top teams and players like Question Marks and Amway Products posted strong scores as Washington Transfer and Washington Accounting also appear in standings.
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Washington Transfer
Amway
McCleery - Cumming
Furises
Densc Ie
RIOGG
Washington Accounting
Ae Woggatel
Arup Cewe Usc Secccen
McCleery
Amway Products
Western Auto
Washington Accing
Ross
Betty Ward
Lucy Smith
Shirl Robertson
Fourettes Triumph Over Polka Dots In Team Match
In a close team contest Fourettes scored 681 to Polka Dots 668. Individual leaders were Karen Allen with 554 and Pauline Brown scoring 200 in games while Pat Carson posted 494 in series.
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Fourettes
Karen Allen
Pat Carson
Pauline Brown
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Evening Journal
Washington
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Columbus Junction
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Georgia
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