40 Years Ago – March 1980
SALINA — A member of the Council Grove High School basketball team slapped in a layup with three seconds left here to lift Council Grove to a 56-54 victory over Iola High in the third place game of the class 4-A state tournament.
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Bryan Lawrence, an Iola eighth-grader and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bret Lawrence, correctly spelled astringent and champagne to win the Allen County spelling bee. Bryan will participate in the state spelling bee on the campus of Washburn University in…
