Trio of County Coaches Accept Georgia Positions
Aiken County loses three high school coaches to Miller County High in Colquitt Georgia. Buzzy Griffith becomes head football coach, Mark Crawford and Buddy King join as assistants with Crawford directing boys basketball and King overseeing track. Crawford cites higher pay and better prospects, Griffith praises Miller County facilities and support, King seeks public school system and proximity to home.
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Aiken County
Aiken High
Buzzy Griffith
Graniteville High
Mark Crawford
St. Angela
Buddy King
Miller County High
Colquitt
Griffith
Crawford
King
Eddie Buck
East Tennessee State
Aiken
Graniteville
Miller County
Albany
Panama City
Fla
Endangered zebras of sport face electronic eye challenge
Bob Wortman of Findlay Ohio a veteran NFL and NCAA official reflects on the abuse and identity loss faced by sports referees while noting the impracticality of full electronic officiating. He calls for preserving human judgment in football and basketball amid debate over technology.
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Bob Wortman
Findlay
Ohio
Wortman
Augusta
Bob Settlemire
Bob
White House
Big Eye
AAU Champion Heads U S Team to Pan Am Games
Tracy Caulkins who set five national records at the AAU Championships leads the U S squad to the Pan American Games in San Juan Puerto Rico July 1 15 Caulkins set marks in the 100 and 500 yard freestyles 100 breaststroke and the 200 and 400 individual medleys Jesse Vassallo won three AAU events and will swim in three Pan Am competitions.
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Los Angeles
Tracy Caulkins
U.S
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Caulkins
Jesse Vassallo
United States
Women’s Softball Meeting Slated
An organizational meeting for the Aiken Women’s Softball League is set for tomorrow night at 7 30 at the H Odell Weeks Building. Teams entering this year’s league must have a representative present. players must be 14 by May 14 to be eligible.
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Aiken
H. Odell Weeks
Clark Fires L B C To Win Over Rocks
Jeff Clark pitched a one hitter through six innings and Langley Bath Clearwater High built a five run lead in the seventh to beat Graniteville High 9 4. Graniteville squandered chances in the first and sixth frames as Clark rode offense from Johnny McGee and Kenny Criswell for the Lions.
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Graniteville
Jeff Clark
Langley-Bath- Clearwater High
Graniteville High
Clark
SEC
The
Rocks
Bill Smith
Lions
Johnny McGee
Kenny Criswell
RBI
Larry Coleman
McGee
Rocks rally past L B C with seven run burst
L B C beat Graniteville 7 9 in a seven run rally as Criswell doubled driving in two. Kenny Criswell and Coleman each had two hits and two RBIs while Smith struck out 11 in a four walk shutout. Graniteville hosts Aiken on Thursday at 7 30 p m while Keenan is suspended and unavailable.
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Criswell
RBI
Charles Parrish
Coleman
Keith Smith
Rocks
David Coursey
Marty Reeves
Kenny Kirkland
Jeff Lowe
Lowe
Smith
Brian Strother
McGee
Teammate Smith
Johnny McGee
Clay Pearson
Kenny Criswell
Jeff Clark
Billy Hamilton
Larry Coleman
Darrell Meyer
Robert Morris
Graniteville
Ricky Lucero
Mike Sanders
Carl Silas
Deiton Hand
Herbie Padgett
Larry Bryant
Pat McDowell
Clay Holley
Brad Howell
David Couweau
Rodgers Could Taste Third Boston Marathon Victory
Bill Rodgers of Melrose Massachusetts won the 83rd Boston Marathon in 2 hours 9 minutes 27 seconds to claim his third title, breaking the U S record and finishing 45 seconds ahead of Toshihiko Seko. Joan Benoit won the women’s race in 2 35 15 amid a large field and Canadian Jerome Drayton finished 11th.
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Boston
Bill Rodgers
Japan
Toshihiko Seko
Melrose
Mass
Seko
U.S
Payal
Rodgers
Jeff Wells
Dallas
Newton
Fukuoka
New York City
Rustic Hopkinton
Connecticut
Robert Hodge
Rogers
Tom Fleming
Bloomfield
N.J
Joan Benoit
Bowdoin College
Brunswick
Maine
Ken Archer
Akron
Ohio
Canada
Jerome Drayton
Frank Shorter
Boulder
Colo
Blind Columbian professor completes Boston Marathon
George Hallman, 44, a blind Columbia College educator from Columbia, South Carolina, finished the Boston Marathon in 3 hours 23 minutes 9 seconds. He trained after a girl’s letter inspired him and ran much of the course by sound, enduring two falls and a punch to the stomach.
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Ken Archer
Akron
Ohio
Boston
George Hallman
Columbia
S.C
Hopkinton
Mass
Hallman
Korea
Illinois
Eileen
Carol Wall
Park Plaza
Columbia College
Jack Martin
Charles Carson
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S.A
Grimsley
Will Grimsley
L-B-C
Keenan
South Carolina High School League
the Rocks
Gary Bjorklund
Minneapolis
New Zealand
Kevin Ryan
Bobby Doyle
Central Falls
R.I
Randy Thomas
Wellesley
Greater Boston
Herman Atkins
Everett
Wash
Richard Mahoney
Weymouth
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