Reminiscences on Aiken Sports Era and Figures
The writer recalls eight years in Aiken with memories of Johanna Gibbs and Dru McPherson at Aiken High, Pacer basketball stars like Lew Perkins era players, Coach Wall, Cleve Williams, and notable baseball and high school teams. He mentions USC-Aiken, Leavelle McCampbell, Graniteville, and a Gamecocks-DePaul basketball night, and hints at future Wichita State support with the Shockers chant.
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Scott Hunter
Dede Biles
Sheryl McAlister
Aiken
Johanna Gibbs
Aiken High School
Dru McPherson
Nessie Harris
Johanna
University of South Carolina At Aiken
Dru
Faye Ryans
PACER
Lew Perkins
Bill Weeks
Sid Gray
Keefe Walker
Billy Morris
Dennis Sieple
Zach Norris
Rob Marwick
Bill Noah
Pennsylvania
Perkins
Larry Wall
Wall
Chuck Orr
Terry Strickland
Kiwanis
Cleve Williams
Usc-Aiken
Randy Warrick
Eddie Buck
Aiken High
Cecil Atchley
American Legion
Citizen’s Field
Martha
Leavelle McCampbell High School
Graniteville
Bill Smith
Rocks
North Augusta
Duck Davis
Tommy Timmerman
Tommy Dunbar
Kenny Kirkland
Usc-A
Todd Brantley
Brian Strother
Pam Timmerman
Sharon Gilmore
Midland Valley
Wichita State
Elway Keeps No. 1 Drafting Rights With Colts
The Baltimore Colts retain John Elway as the first pick while Elway signals a baseball path with the New York Yankees system. San Diego, Dallas and Los Angeles pursued trading picks to land No. 1. Elway stated he does not want to play for Baltimore and preferred a West Coast or Dallas destination.
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Stanford
John Elway
Baltimore Colts
Elway
Baltimore
New York
New York Yankees
ESPN
Colts
Frank Rush
San Diego
Dallas
Los Angeles Raiders
Yankees
Iway
Kush
Houston Oilers
Dickerson
West Coast
Hollywood
Seattle Seahawks
Houston
Rams
Curt Warner
Penn State
Denver
Broncos
Chris Hinton
Northwestern
Hinton
Pete Rozelle
San Diego Chargers
San Francisco
Billy Ray Smith
Arkansas
Lawrence Taylor
Chicago Bears
Jimbo Covert
Pitt
Kansas City
Todd Blackledge
Philadelphia Eagles
Michael Haddix
Mississippi State
Earl Campbell
Bruce Matthews
Southern Cal
Trojans
Oilers
Matthews
Blackledge
Pittsburgh Steelers
New York Giants
Terry Kinard
Clemson
Mark Haynes
Giants
Green Bay Packers
Connerback
Tim Lewis
Lewis
Tar Heels Claim ACC Baseball Championship Over Clemson
North Carolina defeated Clemson 10 1 to capture the Atlantic Coast Conference baseball title and earn an automatic NCAA playoff berth. Pitcher Scott Bankhead improved to 8 0 and Kamiega belted his 11th homer as UNC extended its season dominance.
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Chapel Hill
N.C
Scott Bankhead
Pete Kumiega
Clemson
North Carolina
Tigers
Tar Heels
Kamiega
Mike Roberts
Bankhead
Tar Heel
Todd Wilkinson
John Pawlowski
Scott Johnson
Glenn Liacouras
Ricky Hester
Bob Paulling
Wilkinson
Hester
Jedziniak
Liacouras
Roberts
Pacers Lead District 6 Stats as USCAiken Competes at Wofford
USC Aiken Pacers top NAIA District 6 batting with .352 and strongest ERA at 13. Pitcher Bo Parks and David Brown rack up strikeouts while catcher Danny Frangos drives in 50 runs and 54 base hits. Kenny Kirkland scores 49, Randolph Raysor shines with 42 RBIs, and team records stand 31-9 overall, 11-5 in district.
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Usc-Aiken
Wofford
Pacers
Usc-A
Frangos
Pacer
Kenny Kirkland
USCA
Ron Fix
Randolph Raysor
Raysor
Bo Parks
David Brown
Parks
Brown
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Mike Strickland
Aiken Standard
Strickland
USC
South Carolina
Rod Elliot
The
Gamecocks
DePaul
Warner Seahawks
Dickerson Rams
Hunter
Hinton Broncos
Kinard Giants
Buffalo Bills
Tony Hunter
Notre Dame
Detroit Lions
James Jones
Florida
Jones
Buffalo
Cleveland
Tom Cousineau
Bills
Jim Kelly
Miami
Fla
Kelly
East Brady
New England Patriots
Illinois
Tony Eason
Eason
Alabama
Atlanta Falcons
Mike Pitts
Pitts
St. Louis Cardinals
Leonard Smith
McNeese
Smith
Louisiana
Walt Weiss
Pawlowski
Lynn Martin
Jeff Hubbard
Martin
B.J. Surhoff
Hubbard
Jeff Gilbert
Johnson
Surhoft
Gilbert
Bobby Laycock
Danny Frangos
Fishin’ Tackle Sale
Zebco
Daiwa
Shimano
Garcia Cardinal
Sainai
Kami
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