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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1987
Page
6
ESPN airs a college baseball matchup between Mississippi and Mississippi State at 8 p.m. local time. The game features intrastate rivals competing for dominance on the diamond.
South Aiken plays Strom Thurmond in softball and tennis at 4 30 p.m. Calhoun County meets Silver Bluff in baseball and softball at 4 30 p.m. USC Aiken hosts Wofford in baseball at 7 p.m. Friday USC Aiken visits Piedmont College for a doubleheader at 1 p.m.
The Aiken Rebels defeated Camden 7 0 at Whitney Field in the season’s top polo match. Tom Biddle Jr led the Rebels with four goals, Tiger Kneecgee added two, Grayson Brown scored one. Camden’s Alan Corey III scored three. Jonathan Sheppard and W J Durett added one each. In other action, Aiken Saddlery beat No View Farm 5 4 as Charlie Herrick and Doug Batchelor each had two goals and Steve Carr scored once. Ivor Stoddard led No View with two goals, Gene Kneece and Kim Nickerson added one apiece.
USC Aiken golf wins third of four invitational events this season with team total 623 636 over SC State 636 and Wofford 640. Medalist honors went to SC State’s Chris Carr 152 as players from USC Aiken, Wofford and USC Aiken’s Harbin top scoring list.
Major League Umpires Association general counsel Richie Phillips urged reporting for Opening Day despite no contract agreement. Phillips cited progress after a Sunday conference call with the union’s executive board as Brown and Giamatti continued talks. The strike threat prompted substitutes to be prepped, mirroring past walkouts in the last decade.
USC-Aiken will name Larry Epperly as its next men's basketball coach at a 2 p.m. press conference, replacing Glen DeHart who resigned Feb 18 with four games left in the season. Epperly, then an assistant at Virginia Commonwealth University, has coached at James Madison, Richmond, Ohio and Emory & Henry, with head coaching at Allegheny County HS.
USC Aiken pitcher Kerry Avery earned a three hit complete game as the Pacers beat Gardner-Webb 6-2. A rough seventh inning featured several errors that allowed two Bulldog runs, spoiling the otherwise smooth performance. Avery improved to 3-0 as USCA overcame the lapse and kept the lead.
Cincinnati Reds veteran players view Opening Day as routine, yet fans and city celebrate the event as a spring sign. Tom Browning starts for Cincinnati while Pete Rose calls the 1987 team the best he has managed, amid a day of parades and full Riverfront Stadium. Montreal visits Cincinnati in the NL opener, with other league games listed across the majors.
Scott Simpson wins the Greater Greensboro Open by two strokes at Forest Oaks C C with a 2-under 70 to finish 6-under 282 and earn $108,000. He edges Chip Beck and Clarence Rose as Tom Byrum slips from the lead. Simpson eyes Augusta and the Masters with renewed confidence.
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