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TXJTTTJCtT-v -J. 1uuxvouai, DECEMBER 31, 1970 THE NEWS PALLADIUM, BENTON HARBOR, HIGH. PAGE FIFTEEN Stole Show lii Southwestern 5 Michigan Benton Prep racJkmfen returned this fall to lead the St. Joseph cross country team to another undefeated dual season and a winning streak of straight. But in the state-meet.

l' ft, Sullivan," who had won the Big in football was an eighth by Lawton (7-0-1) in Class D. 21.8 average led Benton Harbor. to an overall 17-5 record. Hopkins earned all-LMAC cage honors and went on to become the Berrien County Athlete of the Year before signing a professional baseball contract with the Montreal Expos. way when- South Haven became the first area team ever to win a state wrestling championship.

Roger West sparked the Rams with an individual state Class title in the 185-pound class. Benton Harbor and Eau Claire each reached, the state quarterfinals in basketball but the- highest final Associated Press poll ranking for the area bix and regional tmes, ran out of gas and placed 43rd as St. Joseph missed the Class A crown by just two points. One other state title came our v- It was the year of the runner on the southwestern Michigan sports scene. Benton Harbor and Covert tracksters won state championships in the spring 'and Joseph runners finished second fall in the state cross, country meet Paced by thej fastest in area history' Don Hopkins and Rodney Rhodes the Tigers won their first Class A state title since 1941.

It was Covert's seventh title in the past 15 years. Hopkins and Rhodes each ripped off 9.7 100-yard dashes during the season before teaming with Frank Atkinson and 1 Leroy Hunt for first place in the state meet 880 yard relay event. Hopkins, Rhodes and Hunt also combined with Al Williams for the fastest 880 relay in area history of 1:28.1. Quartermiler Arthur Smith Big Ray Bowerman took Eau Claire to a 22-1 campaign while earning Class all-state honors for the second straight year. He became the Red Arrow conference's all-time top scorer with a 28.4 league average.

And his overall 25.3 mark brought him a basketball scholarship to Western Kentucky. Area Class ranks produced two other all-staters in Berrian Springs' Denny Rusch and Bangor's Tim Cloud. Rusch won the southwestern Michigan scoring title and set all-time Blossom-land point mark while compiling a final 28.8 average. He was awarded a basketball grant to Ohio University. Cloud, like Bowerman a repeat all-stater, ended up with, a 25.6 mark.

He's now a star center for the Kalamazoo Valley junior college. Elsewhere on the college former South Haven great Kennedy Mcintosh is continuing i record-setting pace a Eastern Michigan. Former Bulldog star Jim Sarno finished his career at Northr western last winter and is now the Wildcat frosh coach. And former Benton Harbor and Bradley standout Chet Walker is still doing his thing with the Chicago Bulls in the National Basketball Association. In football, the area had two all-staters.

Lawrence's Barry Sisson won his second straight was an individual state cham pion in Covert's title run. Other area state champions crowned were Perry Richardson of Paw Paw in the Class 440-yard George Bennett of Cass- opolisin Class shot put and Ian Livock of Gobies the Class C. rinlp vault St. Joseph's Mike Parrett set all-time southwestern-Michigan records in, the mile and two- mile at 4:21.1 and 9:18.5 respec tively, but had to settle for an eighth in' the state meet two- PAIR OF ACES: Benton Harbor speedsters Don Hopkins (left) and hit the tape in almost a photo finish while running in Class 'A regional. 100-yard -familiar all spring as the two Tigers each ran the ,100 in ,9.7 'seconds fastest in southwestern Michigan history and led Benton Harbor tto Class A track championship.

(Staff photo) mile; Teammate John Sullivan was fifth in the same event and SUSPENSIONS BIGGEST STORY southwestern Micnigan scoring title and was selected for Class honors. Niles whiz Craig. Riley finished second in the point derby while being picked second team Class A Associated Press honors. Among conference champions was Coloma, which took the Blossomland for the school's first league championship in 16 years. Tods on thp rntlppp p-rirlirnn McLaim Toid Newsmaker JL -were south Haven's Don head at the University of Michigan's 1970 football season t.

DETROIT (AP) Denny Mc-j No. 1. He received 550 points of attack just hours before lain is now with the Washington a possible 560, with voting-done the Wolverines lost the Rose Senators, but he has left an in-; on a 10-9-8-7-etc. basis. i Bowl last Jan.

1 to Southern Cal which resulted in a 9-1 record and tough loss to Ohio State in the season finale, it received 261 points. delible mark on the minds of Second in the voting was the 10-3. -That item garnered 366 performance of the Detroit points, including one first and Lions this season in reaching four zeros. Last fiv sports stories in the the National Football 'League! of the two 1 remaining first top 10 were: playoffs for the first time since place votes, one went to the 6 Mayo Smith is replaced as 1957 and finishing with their Tiger coach by Billy Martin Michigan and Paw Paw's Ron Labadie at Adrian College. Moorhead set all-time Wolverine total offense records as the all-Big Ten quarterback.

Labadie was' an all-MIAA runner while finishing 16th in the ption in scoring and 25th in the nation in rushing. The semi-pro scene saw the Michiana Hawks obtain their first name player in Bill Feraco. The former Michigan State quarterback made the Hawks a challenger for the Midwest Football League title. The bowling season was more interesting than usual with Twin PEACH OF A SNOW: A heavy snowfall in the third quarter of Wednesday night's Peach Bowl game in Atlanta fails to stop Arizona State end Joe Petty (88) in his bid for a first down. He is chased by North Carolina halfback Greg Ward (21).

Arizona State 'defeated the Tar Heels 48-26. (AP.Wire- photo) million-plus contract signing of No. 1 draft choice Bob Lanier by the Detroit Pistons and their subsequent fine 1970-71 season Michigan newsmen. The brash, ex-Detroit Tiger pitcher's suspensions from baseball and the news they generated have been voted the No. 1 sports" story in Michigan for 1970.

Of 56 newspapermen and broadcasters returning ballots in the annual Associated Press poll, 48 voted the McLain suspension stories and his subsequent trade to Washington as best regular season! record (10-4) since 1962. The Lions ieceived 426 points, including five votes for first. start. Lanier totaled 284 points One ballot did. not list them for fourth.

Twelve persons felt the top 10. the signing, didn't deserve to be Third was Michigan football in the top 10. coach Bo Schembechler's heart Final first place vote went to Unbeateir Suii Devils City Recreation closing and the Tennessee M' Carolina Foe 6Snow' ATLANTA (AP) Arizona I complished it Bob Thomas, along with end State's Sun Devils may be ac- Arizona State's mission was to D' Hl1 kePl the bal1 moving GERSONDE BROS. CLASSIC Ken Granger 629 (225). Bill Pikey 627 (235), Bob Kasun 625 (232.

Jim Eggelston 617 (231). Doc Ozeran 611. Albert's Insurance 2918, Star StamiStog (1013). customed to run in the sun; but win its first bowl eame in five Jiiaiiova In Tourney HONOLULU (AP) The University of Michigan upset tournament favorite Villanova 103-87 for third place in the seventh annual Rainbow Classic Wednesday before a capacity crowd of 7,433. Eley.

was named the game's outstanding offensive player. Rush said sophomore Eley. snow doesn't seem to slow them tries and the Sun Devils over- narno a 9R.nnint cpPAnH nuarter ROARING 20'S Nancy Lord 456, down. think we've proven-now we can go on a football field with Blackman 437, Lovern Maier 437 196) Clemmie Wasd 429. by the Tar Heels to win going who yards Arizona State piled up a Wl1 a super athlete by 21-7 lead before North Carolina lim5 erupted for three touchdowns in I g1 the last five minutes of the sec-fe anyone in the nation," said Sun uevii coacn ranic ivusn atter his unbeaten eighth ranked The Wolverines, who ran their- team swamped North Carolina ond period foi a 26-21 halftime fZ? tfafw of hC owb.ou"d Peach edge- the Carolina attack, but he said Bowl Wednesday night.

The last hall was all Arizona the muddy field slowed him twin cities hosting the women's state bowling tournament, which drew the most entries in thp history of the event. Gene Omans threw a perfect 300 game at Gersonde's while compiling a 759 series. Tops among women was Pat Zie-bart with a 270 game and a 661 series. Highlighting summer activities was Berrien county's hosting the second annual-CANAMER Games-. Berrien county athletes beat their Brantford county counterparts from Ontario for the second straight time by winning the basketball, track and field, swimming, kickball and pistol and rifle events.

In baseball, St. Joseph Post 163 and Benton Harbor Post 105 shared the Blue-Qray. League crown with 10-2 records. St. Joseph also won the American Legion district title.

North Lincoln earned its second consecutive Connie Southwest League championship with a 9-4 mark. Former Benton Harbor star Dave Machemer played second base for the Grand Rapids Sullivan team which was the national champ in the National Baseball Congress. Golfers were treated to a Point O'Woods exhibition by Arnold Palmer. ine conaiuons weren i goou oiaie, uuwevei, aa uic xai Howh in the second half (252 pouits). 7.

basketball star Ralph Simpson quits Michigan State td join the Denver Rockets of the American Basketball Association (188). 8. McLain traded by Tigers along with Don Wert, Elliott Maddox, and "Norm McRae to Washington for Joe Coleman, Jim Hannan, Ed Brinkman and Aurelio Rodriguez (153). 9. The Tigers crumble in second half of the season and finish far out of running in the American League East Division.

10. i University of Detroif basketball team stages a preseason boycott to protest coaching policies of Jim Harding (100). Surprisingly, the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey LeaguVvfailed to place an item in the top 10, despite Hark-ness being namedlas head coach and their earlier trip to the quarterfinals of the Stanley Cup playoffsJhejtems finished 11-12 in the voting with 90 and 73 points respectively. Some voters apparently felt it unfair to vote for two newsmakers somewhat related but actually able to stand alone on merit thus the split in Red Wings votes. Although the McLain trade was worthy of a separate news story, some lumped it with the McLain suspensions.

Twenty-one persons did not vote for it but several high votes pushed it to eighth, tw Only 22 of 56 persons voted the Tigers crumble in the top' 18, yet it finished ninth. Rounding out the second item were the highschool basketball tournament, (54), Bump Elliott leaving Michigan to. become Iowa athletic director (50), Michigan Boxing Commission quashing a proposed Cassius Clay-Joe Frazier fight (42), the Frazier-Bob Foster heavyweight title fight in Detroit (38), death of famed tennis coach Jean Hoxie in a car accident (20), Dave Soutar wins $50,000 American Airlines bowling tourney in Detroit (3), Michigan State foot-hall continues to skid (2). Receiving one point each were Michigan International Speedway's financial troubles and the 1 i A 1 1 1 but it didn't stopus. "We had a mission and we ac- Heeis couiani geiumracKea De-, rec6rd crowd of 52 126 sat hind second-string quarterbak through the wintry weather to Mike Mansfield.

watcifMhe' Sun Devils, who to 6-4, were led bv Henry Wilmore, who scored 31 points and tied the high sewiing mark for this year's tournament. Howard Porter led Villanova with 29 points. 'Michigan led throughout thq game and was in front by 28 points at the half, Earlier the "University of Illinois won the consolation championship defeating St. Louis University 78-60. In Tourney LOS ANGELES (AP) Hot-shooting guards Jimmy England and Mike Edwards paced lOth-ranked Tennessee to an 81-70 victory over Michigan State Wednesday night for third place in the Trojan Invitational basketball tournament.1' Fourth-ranked Southern California beat Houston 77-64 to take the tournament crown.

England hit 12 of 22 shots fro4 the floor and led all scorers with 29-points fdr the 1 Volunteers. Edwards added .21 and 'forward Don Johnson had 22. The Volunteers went ahead to stay at 29-26 with 4:45 left in the first half on Johnson's hook shot and free throw. Michigan State, now 6-3, lost star guard Rudy Benjamin, who scored 19 points, when he picked up his fifth personal foul, an offensive charging call with 58 seconds to go. The officials then called, four, technical fouls on the' Spartan coach, bench and players and Tennessee converted those and five other free shots for a 13- Doint, 79-6 lefcd 51 seconds left.

Maijsne a eame in wnen siarwwound up the year u.0, and the er Paul Miller was knocked un- Tar Heels, who finished 8-4. Cavalieri Made Stadium Head AUSCO Elmer Jones 555, Geo. Ry-barczyk 535, Jim Nash 532 (221), Pete Mannino 526. -Ed. Joseph 520.

Maintenance 2505 (863). FACTORY L. Street 586 (223). T. Mix 561, A.

Nimtz 552. Base Plate 1481. WEDNESDAY LADD3S Betty Lingle 609 (234), Jean Brink 541 (201). Ruth Ann Smith 535 (196), Carol Klapp 528, Lois Quigley 526, Imogene Scott 517. Auto Clinic 2536.

BLOSSOM LANES FRUIT BELT Don Manley 605, Dee C-allert 506, Bill Thar 583, John Kotyok 562. Blossom Lanes Special 2703 (964). HEATH LADIES Sharon Curtis 552 (210), Joan Hann 492 (195), Erma Dokes 462. Donna Seddon 452. Bev Shands 423.

Left Outs 2036. Sassy Five (756). WHIRLPOOL UNITED Looie Boett-Cher 587, Dick Hahn 584 (265), Frank Nehring 574, Clyde Poole 568, Frank Bishop 567. (230). HEATH MEN Ron Bryans 638 (225), Jerry Grau 579 (226).

Dick Wissler 562. BLOSSOM BUDS Rosa Brown 471, Lee Sanders 465. Earlean Head 445. Kate Langley 424. Jean Hampton 422.

Big Three 1334 (504). MERRY MRS Eleanor WUder 484, Elnora Holmes 478, Ruth Suplee 454, Peg White 450. Strikers (1712). PIN HITTERS Connie Pierce 440, Shirley English 439, Pat Brown 433, Bernice Burbach 429. BLOSSOMETTES Corkte F'erry 558 (192), Betty Rosenthal 514 (180).

Shirley Hosner 493 (181). Diana Nower 486 (187). Joan Meek 484 (184). Babe'a Lounge 2374 (870). LADIES Lil Niephaus 513 (199), Marilyn Kraklau 512 (188).

Connie Deaner Statistics 5 Arizona State 7 14 20 7 4t North Carolina 0 26 0 026 ASU-Thomas run (Ekstrand kick) ASU Thomas 33 run (Ekstrand kick) NC McCauley. 1 run (Craven kick) Lincoln DETROIT (AP) Cavalieri, recently appointed Flrst Dtwns ASU NC 21 13 145 123 ASU Hill 67 pass from Spagnola (Ek Rushing yardage general" manager of Olympia VILLANOVA MICHIGAN strand kick F. NC Blarichard 36 pass from Miller 102 0 9-24-2 6-17-2 i (Craven kick) Hssing yardage Return yardage Passes -Punts -Fumbles lost Yards penalized NC McCauley 17 run (kick failed) 10-27 3-42 2 5 1 43 NC McCauley 4 run (pass failed) VfeU Eley run. (Ekstrand kick) ASU Holden 13 run (Kick failed) ASU Eley 5 run (Ekstrand kick) ASU Thomas 2 run (Ekstrand kick) Brad.v 4 2-2 10 Fox 10-0 2 Hywrd 10-0 2 Ingelsby 5 2-2 12 Fife -7 0-2 14Smntksk 7 0-114 Wlmr 9 13-16 31 Daly. 0 1-2 1 Jhnsn 'V 0-0 2 McDowell 2 1-2 5 Gradiec 6 1-2 13 C.

Ford 10 0-4 20 R.Ford 13 3-5 29 Smith .2 0-14 Hart 1 0-0'2 Porter 13 3-4 29 Totals 42 19-27 103 Totals" 40 7-16 87 Michigan 59 44103 Villanova 31 56 Total louls Michigan 12, Villanova 16. Fouled out none. A 7,433. cpnscious on a jarring tackle as he was firing a 36-yard touch Stadium in Detroit, will succeed the late Nicholas Londes as executive director of the facility. Cavalieri, who came to Detroit in 1957 as assistant general manager and building manager of Olympia, will be in charge of all promotions and operations of the stadium.

Cavalieri, a business associate of Olympia owner Bruce Njjrris, for 9ver 20 years, is vice 'president of the Detroit Hockey Club, president of the Olympia Travel Agency, vice president of down pass in. the second quar-1 ter. North Carolina's All-Ameri-can tailback Don McCauley, who scored touchdowns, said the team felt it was a "cheap shot" when Miller was hit by defensive end Junior Ah MICHIGAN STATE TENNESSEE Olympia Insurance Agency and You. who was named the Hwklns Johnson Woodall Englnd Ewrds Jotinstn Rlchrdsn 3 0-0 Gtkwskl 6-9 22 Breslln Kilgore 12 5-5 29 Bnimln 8 5-7 21 Miller 0 1-1 1 Ganaka 0 Ml Vndrlnd Dean S2 17-23 81 Tetals vino- rvrpciripnt nf Tntpr-StatA tic 10-0 2 5 3-413 7 7-7 21 9 1-1 19 5 2-3 2 1 1-1 2 0 0-6 0 0 0-0 0 28 14-1S 70 42 3981 36 3470 Named To Hula Bowl HONOLULU (AP) Three Michigan players and one from Michigan State will be among the members of the North squad in the 25th annual Hula Bowl football game Jan. 9.

U-M players are middle giferd Henry Hill tackle Dan Dierdorf and linebacker Marty Huff. End Gordon Bowdeiy is the Spartan on the team. game 2 must vaiuauie riayvi. Broadcast. Arjzona state's speedy back- The Detroit Tigers had a 2-3 field of quarterback Joe Spagno-record on family nights at Tiger la, halfback Monroe Eley, wing-; Stadium in 1970, back Steve Holden and fullback Totals 493 (187), Adeline Grinley 474 (181), Doris Frobel 472.

Planggers 2203, Zick's TEMPLE LANES ELKS 541 Lynn Van Der Aue- 628 233), Roy Hamblen 608, Erv Hoehne, 573, Ernie Selby Bob Winters 5o2 223). ELKS LADIES Marsha Hake 474 (201), Alice Johns 453, Kay Stanley. 444. LAKES 9PWL HITS AND MISS Ethel Mullins 549 (203). Elite Walker 522 (189.

Dorothy Conklin 492, Norine Arnt 490 (190), Rooms Sloan 460. Pitcher Plumbing 2239 (817). EMPLOYEES CLUB Men Jim Vail 548 220), Sam Polverente 481. Women Mamie Gonzales 437, Barb Barnaul 424. L.S.D.'s 1588 MONDAY KINGS Dennis Stewart 587, Bo Martin 586, Rocky.

Gulliver -563. Bill Everett 556, Jim Bartosch 546. Pabst 2089 (729). WIL-O-PAW LANES TWILIGHTERS Ada Wetzel 472. Frankie Lyons 465, Ruth Bauschke 457, high school football poll.

Tennessee Mlchlsran State Fouled out Benjamin. Total fouls Tennessee State 6, 12. Michigan SNOWMQBILING: Coach Tom Harp of Duke rated dunior Rich Searl of North Plainfield, N.J., one of the best defensive backs in the nation following the Blue Devils' Atlantic Coast Conference season. ii Frances Ashley 468. St.

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