Blasts from the Past – Compiled by Dennis Cox, GNM sports editor
Jan 25, 2012 | Sports & Recreation |
Editor’s note: Hope you are enjoying this new series featuring Daviess County sports news pulled from the headlines of the North Missourian from years past. Dates given are actual print dates for the NM.
Jan. 23, 2002
Jan. 27, 1982
Jan. 27, 1972
Jan. 25, 1962
Jan. 24, 1952
Jan. 29, 1942
-Gallatin is to be the site for the Class B regional basketball tournament. Teams to compete here are Amity, Coffey, Eagleville, Gallatin, Gilman City, Grayson, Hamilton, Hatfield, Jameson, Jamesport, Kingston, Martinsville, Maysville, Ridgeway, Smithville and Weatherby.-H.J. (Junior) Caldwell of Coffey fireballed his team, the Fire Department Fireballs of Naval Hospital, Guam, M.I., to the hospital softball league championship.-Gallatin A and B basketball teams continue to roll right along in their best seasons in many years. Their season records so far are 11 wins and three losses.-For the first time in four years, the Gallatin girls team defeated a team in basketball, albeit by only one point over Union Star.-Coffey walloped Martinsville, 77-65, behind 34 points from Victor Nelson. He bettered his 30-point performance earlier this season against Cainsville.-Austin Story captured the 152-pound title with a 3-0 record during competition in the Brookfield Wrestling Tournament.
