Demons Begin 1973 Track Season Under Coach Rosien
Washington High School's Demon track team, led by coach Jim Rosien with 41 athletes, opens the 1973 season at Case Field on April 3 with a triangular against Mt. Pleasant and Fairfield. The schedule includes the Washington Relays on April 6 and a series of invitationals and relays through May, with the state meet set for late May.
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Dave Green
Larry Hysell
John Lund
Bob McConnell
Denny McAllister
Drew McAvoy
Jim Owen
Randy Payne
Bob Proll
Richard Shephard
Lester Worley
Denny Witthot
Washington High School
Case Field
Mt. Pleasant
Fairfield
Washington Relays
Jim Rossen
Ninth grade track A squad reporting to Coach Speece
A 36 member ninth grade track A squad has begun early workouts under Coach Skip Speece. The group, larger than last year, includes Tim Evans Jim Ross Steve Hackbarth Gary Crawford Jim Scheeler Randy Lowe Greg Hagensick Doug Arbogast Marty Miller Bill Nicholson Tom Marie Matt Sojka Chris Scheldrup Randy Knerr Owen Gamon John Turner Steve Vandenburg Lee Gray Mike Mings David Barnes Russell Davis Dan Renoux Mark Ballard Rodney Job Lee Kephart Mark Heisdorffer Jeff Rossen Tom Harvey Jim Evans Randy Russell Dennis Franzen Perry Stannard John Grim Joe Moretti Tony Peck Dan Greiner. Managers are Kenny Barnes and Larry Bohlen.
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Jim Rosien
Washington Demon
Rosien
Don Adams
Demons
Dave Green
Larry Hysell
Lester Worley
Ron Mullikin
Denny Mcallister
Bob McConnell
Randy Payne
Denny Wittholt
Doug Joslin
John Davis
David Booth
Gary Connelly
Doug Farrier
Jack Gilmore
Phil Hyde
Steve Jaspering
Mark Keedy
Jeff Libe
Dick Martin
Kevin Orris
Brian Romine
Dale Sayre
Arnold Smith
Mike Vandenburg
Gary Wagler
Richard Wood
John Whale
Skip Speece
Tim Evans
Jim Ross
Steve Hackbarth
Gary Crawford
Jim Scheeler
Randy Lowe
Greg Hagensick
Doug Arbogast
Marty Miller
Bill Nicholson
Tom Marie
Matt Sojka
Chris Scheldrup
Randy Knerr
Owen Gamon
John Turner
Steve Vandenburg
Lee Gray
Mike Mings
David Barnes
Russell Davis
Dan Renoux
Mark Ballard
Rodney Job
Lee Kephart
Mark Heisdorffer
Jeff Rossen
Tom Harvey
Jim Evans
Randy Russell
Dennis Franzen
Perry Stannard
John Grim
Joe Moretti
Tony Peck
Dan Greiner
Kenny Barnes
Larry Bohlen
Carlton Seaver Ready for Opening Day Showdowns
The article notes Steve Carlton and Tom Seaver in spring form as they prepare for opening day. Carlton twirled eight innings of one-run ball against Atlanta for a 2-1 Phillies win, while Seaver blanked Cincinnati over six innings in the Mets 8-0 rout, with Cleon Jones delivering a three-run homer. Other spring results include Wilbur Wood’s 60 win pace with a 6-0 White Sox win, Doug Rader three hits for the Astros, and Bob Uecker?
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Cy Young
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Cowens Named NBA MVP In Wide Margin Win
New York UPI reports Boston center Dave Cowens won the NBA Most Valuable Player award by a wide margin, earning the honor over Kareem Abdul Jabbar of Milwaukee. The red haired star returns the trophy to Boston for the first time in eight years.
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UPI
Dave Cowens
National Basketball Association
Boston
Milwaukee
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Highland Huskies Open Summer Baseball Schedule at Solon
The Highland Huskies begin their summer baseball slate on May 30 at Solon with an updated schedule. Conference games start at 8 p.m. The list includes games at Solon, L-M, Morning Sun, Wapello, Danville, Lone Tree, Mediapolis, New London, Winfield Mt. Union, and Columbus Junction through late July.
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Acupinch touted as cure for night leg cramps
In a Cherokee Daily Times reprint, Paul Struck describes acupinch a facial pinch method claimed to stop leg cramps. A Decatur businessman promotes it via ads with 90 percent success, though physicians have shown little interest and skeptics question its efficacy.
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Decatur
Taylor keeps Ohio State coaching job after Northwestern offer
At a Wednesday news conference in Columbus Ohio State basketball coach Fred Taylor announced he had declined Northwestern University’s offer to become head coach. After about two weeks of deliberation he chose to remain with Ohio State and focus on recruiting top players from the state.
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Growth of Girls Basketball Accelerates Across Iowa
In Iowa 33 of 508 high schools have not yet started girls basketball while 382 schools competed for this year’s state title, up 52 in two years and 16 from last year. Cedar Rapids leads in development, Des Moines began last fall, and experts expect five years before a Des Moines team may win a title.
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Iowa
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Iowa Girls Athletic Union
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Women's Bowling High Scores at Hy-Vee and Willows
Hy-Vee posted a team series 2110 and team game 755 while Willows finished 1988 and 717 respectively. Individual standout Mary Randall 505 and Fairy Sampson 495 led series scores with Sampson also top game at 198 followed by Randall and Ren Ella Sanders 179.
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Washington High Demons Open Golf Season April 17
Washington High School golfers begin the 1973 season with a home opener at 4 p.m. on April 17 against Iowa City West. Athletic director Tom English set a schedule including Mt. Pleasant, the Washington Invitational, Muscatine, Fairfield events, and the conference, sectional, district, and state tournaments through May 26.
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Washington High Girls Track Open Season With Planned Schedule
Washington High School girls track opens outdoor season with a Pekin triangular on April 4 at 4 30 p m and a sequence of meets including Pekin Invitational April 9 Oskaloosa dual April 17 Keota Keokuk April 19 Mt Pleasant April 24 Waco Wayland April 26 Washington Invitational May 1 district May 10 conference at Fairfield and May 18 state meet.
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Mustang
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Drake
Trojan
DeWitt Central
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Pekin
Oskaloosa
Keota
Keokuk
Mt. Pleasant
Wayland
Hawkeyes pursue Dave Green commitment and summer jobs
Joan Jermier of the University of Iowa visited Washington to discuss Dave Green a Washington High School senior and top Iowa lineman candidate for football. The visit also targeted Crane Company officials for possible summer employment for University athletes. Green is set to sign a Big Ten tender with national letters of intent on April 4 and Iowa officials remain hopeful about his choice.
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Dave Green
Crane Company
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Evening Journal
Don
Crane Co
Iowa Athletic
Keith Shaffer
Green
University Athletic
Iowa City
Dave
State of Iowa
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