Demons and Trojans battle to scoreless tie in rain
Washington Demons meet Iowa City West Trojans on a wet gridiron Friday night and settle for a 0 to 0 tie. Rain dominated the game with no passes until late in the final quarter. Descriptions note hard running by Tim Hanrahan, key scrambles, and a defensive, hard-hitting effort by both teams.
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Iowa City West
Iowa City
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Daryl Braun
Joe Gebhardt
West 25
Washington Territory
Trojan
Tim Hanrahan
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Highland Huskies Dominate Morning Sun 30-0 Homecoming
In pouring rain Highland Huskies throttled Morning Sun 30-0 on Homecoming Friday. Bill Watkinson scored twice including a 3 yard run and a 6 yard run, Jim Herdlicka connected on a 37 yard PASS to Jerry Dutler, Alan Mapel added a 16 yard TD run and conversions. Highland totaled 252 yards to Morning Sun’s 12, surging to 6-0 atop the Southeast Iowa Conference.
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Huskies
Highland
Bill Watkinson
Alan Mapel
Watkinson
Larry Yoder
Jim Herdlicka
Jerry Dutler
Mapel
Morning Sun
Ron Sweeting
Orioles favored in 1969 World Series opener
The Orioles 8-5 favorites face the New York Mets in the 1969 World Series opener at Memorial Stadium. Mike Cuellar (23-11) starts for Baltimore against Tom Seaver (25-7) for the Mets. Both teams swept their league playoffs in three straight games to reach the final.
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Cuellar
Atlanta Braves
Minnesota Twins
Mid-Prairie clinches league lead with homecoming win
Mid-Prairie Golden Hawks moved into sole first in their league with a 22 to 8 homecoming victory over Mt. Vernon. Dan Jirsa scored on a 3 yard run and a 16 yard Spreacker run, plus a 44 yard pass to Jirsa for another score. Mt. Vernon’s points came on a fourth quarter one yard run by Steve Ford and a conversion by Mike Havill.
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Mike Havill
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Panthers and Trojans win in Southeast Seven
Fairfield Trojans stay perfect in league with a 27 to 7 win at Centerville as Nick Clements and Rinabarger score on drives. Mt Pleasant Panthers take first seven points at Bloomfield highlighted by Mark McCoy and Bill Upton as they limit Davis County to 7 yards passing. Fort Madison ties Oskaloosa 6 to 6 after a 62 yard Mike Pickford rush. Oskaloosa answers with Dennis Moore rushing in for a score.
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Mixed Bowling High Scores From Local League Night
Holy Rollers led team series with 2059 totals and 709 698 game splits while Nuggetts posted 1867. Lucy Smith achieved 542 in series and 215 in a game. Jerry Fisher 532 in series. Pat Burroughs 188 in a game.
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Jerry Fisher
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Football scores Iowa high school prep football roundup
United Press International reports scores from many rural and city matchups across Iowa. Fairfield beat Centerville 27 to 7 while Mount Pleasant defeated Davis County 21 to 6 and Oskaloosa and Fort Madison tied 6 to 6. West Burlington won 0 against Eldon Cardinal 7, Cedar Falls defeated Ames 26 to 0, Waterloo Columbus 32 Grinnell 0, and several other late season results feature numerous small towns and high school teams across the state.
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van Buren
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Clay vows comeback fight with Joe Frazier in Mississippi
Cassius Clay announced a license to fight in Jackson on December 15 and challenged Joe Frazier. Mississippi officials called the license tentative pending a future meeting, while Frazier dismissed the idea, joking he would fight elsewhere.
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