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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1968
Page
10
Handley and James Wood meet in the Northwestern League basketball final at Handley Gym with past finals history and 2,500 plus expected. Wood seeks title continuity while Handley aims its first since 1963 as districts crown berths loom atop the field.
A regional berth is secured for a local quint in Charlottesville next weekend marking first regional appearance since 1965 when James Wood advanced. Tonight at Handley Gym promises an hour of madness as the team and town rally.
Bowl league results show Northside Lanes leading several matchups with top scores like V F W gold players 1015 high team game and 2857 high team series, B Sirk 202-573, Snyder's Locke 212-500, Groves 224-551, Grubbs 179-490, Ramey 199-540, Peake 190-511, Dickerson 191-550, Simesons 198-538, Buyers 228-581, Haun 164-475, Good 185-506, Cornell 168-472, Sealock 191-548, Cartwright 193-497, Coffman 194-578, Guess 201-510, across multiple matchups including V F W Blue and Trucker's Lions and others.
Donut Diner 0 and Road Runners 4 lead the bowling card with McCleary 168 480 and Shull 169 470 topping frames. Other results include Busters 0 over Daisy Reds 4 with Sheeley 207 537, Buckley Lages 3 over Jennings Spurs 1, Doll 177 521, Bandits 4 over Northside Lanes 0, Singhas 192 510, Spastics 0, Szymanski 220 491 and Rolling Rocks 3, Fogle 222 491, Strikers 3 over Batchedler 194 557. Mixed Nuts 1 over Argenbrights Shoe Store 0 with Wisecarver 179 481 and Voter 163 458 Locke 165 458, plus F M Bank 4 over unknown opponent with Renner 184 541 and Dofflemyer 202 541.
Miami AP reports Bold Ruler a leading sire for five years with seven sons declared eligible for the Flamingo Stakes to be run on March 2.
Wardensville High School captures the Potomac Valley Conference basketball championship by defeating Mathias 87 to 74. Danny Rudy scores 27 points with a perfect 13 of 13 from the free throw line as Wardensville earns a West Virginia Scholastic tournament berth and a 6 p.m. game at Potomac State College against Mathias on Wednesday.
Columbia University extends its win streak to 14 with a 73-45 road victory over Brown to stay tied for first in the Ivy League behind standout performances from Jim McMillian and Dave Newmark. Princeton beat Harvard to stay in pursuit.
No games scheduled. Today's games include New York at Montreal Boston at Toronto Minnesota at Detroit. Oakland at Pittsburgh after noon. Sunday's games feature Toronto at New York Pittsburgh at Philadelphia Oakland at Minnesota St. Louis at Los Angeles Monday's games.
Richmond report highlights six Group I-A teams and three lower classifications advancing to next week's regional playoffs for state scholastic basketball. Defending Group III champion Auburn defeated Bland 78-69 to claim District S. Harrisonburg overwhelmed Lexington 82-58 for Valley District final. Chinoteague won Group III District A 36-30 over Onancock. Regular season leaders fall in Group I-A districts Great Falls and Northern.
Princeton defeated Harvard 84 to 72 while Penn bested Dartmouth 60 to 55. Columbia won 73 to 45 over Brown. Rhode Island crushed Western Maryland 122 to 112. Yale beat Cornell 83 to 76. Air Force edged Denver 94 to 89. Stanford downed Oregon State 70 to 67. California tied Oregon 76 to 64. Los Angeles Loyola defeated the University of Pacific 85 to 82.
Wilt Chamberlain scored his 25000th career point on a free throw in Philadelphia's 138 117 victory over the Detroit Pistons. He also passed Bob Pettit for the all time scoring leadership on a free throw, and had previously reached 20000 on a charity shot. Other NBA results included St Louis over Baltimore 118 110 and Los Angeles over Cincinnati 131 115.
High weight Chetwynd carries 125 pounds in the Berkeley Springs Purse at Charles Town tonight aiming for a repeat, with Karen's Hostess at 115 on the lead and Astounded set to press behind the pace. Thripenny Bit and Roman Lighting complete the six horse field as jockeys Grove Davidson Seldomridge ride the top weights.
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