High School Football Pairings for Saturday Games
The schedule lists Silver Bluff vs Wagener Salley and Aiken vs Midland Valley at three sites. St Andrews faces South Aiken with Ridge Spring Monetta meeting Batesburg Leesville, Strom Thurmond hosts Ninety Six, Dorchester plays St Angela, and Batesburg Leesville returns to play Strom Thurmond on Saturday December 14.
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Silver Bluff
Wagener-Salley Aiken
Midland Valley
St. Andrews
South Aiken Ridge
Spring-Monetta
Batesburg- Leesville
Strom Thurmond
Ninety-Six
Dorchester
St. Angela
Batesburg-Leesville
Knight shoots hole in one at North Augusta course
Benny Knight of North Augusta aced the 160 yard No. 2 hole at North Augusta Country Club this week using a 6 iron. He was joined by Kim Ledford Allison McDaniel and David Mobley as witnesses.
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Benny Knight
North Augusta
Knight
Kim Ledford
Allison McDaniel
David Mobley
Aiken High to Host Football Awards Banquet
Aiken High School will hold its football awards banquet on Monday December 16 at 7 p.m. in the Millbrook Baptist Church Gymnasium. The event costs five dollars per person and features Jerome Province, former University of South Carolina strength coach, as guest speaker.
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Aiken High School
Millbrook Baptist Church
University of South Carolina
Jerome Provence
Becker Earns National Honor
Wimbledon champion Boris Becker was named West Germany's Sports man of the Year after a 3,763 point tally in a writers poll. Olympic swimmer Michael Gross was runner up with 2,722 points, while Cornelia Hanisch led the 1985 Sportswoman honor race ahead of Claudia Kohde Kilsch and Steffi Graf.
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Stuttgart
West Germany
Boris Becker
Michael Gross
Cornelia Hanisch
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Steffi Graf
Gottfried to Coach Pitt Panthers Five Year Deal
Pittsburgh AP reports Mike Gottfried agreed to a five year contract to coach at the University of Pittsburgh. The Panthers faced two straight non winning seasons after nine straight bowl trips. Gottfried, an offensive minded coach, previously led Cincinnati and Murray State. He follows Foge Fazio whose last two seasons were 8 12 2 and who had Pitt in major bowls in 1982 and 1983.
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Pittsburgh
Mike Gottfried
University of Pittsburgh
Panthers
Gottfried
University of Cincinnati
Murray State
Fage Fazio
Pitt
Tarpley
Frieder
Louisville
Richard Bellford
Antoine Joubert
Michigan
Wolverines
Chippewas
Central Michigan
Jim Murray
DePaul
Houston
Joey Meyer
Cougar
Guy Lewis
Ricky Winslow
Michigan and DePaul Win In Cupcake State
Michigan stays undefeated at 8-0 after beating Central Michigan 82-61 as Roy Tarpley scores 13. DePaul, 5-0, defeats Houston 84-78 with Lamone Lampley and Dallas Camegys contributing 19 and 18 points respectively.
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Michigan
DePaul
al McGuire
Roy Tarpley
Wolverines
Central Michigan
Marquette University
Cupcake State
Blue Demons
Houston
Jockey Steve Cauthen Enters Alcohol Treatment
Cincinnati AP report says Steve Cauthen 25 seeks help for alcohol dependency during holiday visit home. Family friends doubt seriousness, noting he quit drinking months ago and entered Christ Hospital program on his own initiative.
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Cincinnati
Steve Cauthen
George
Tex
Cauthen
Walton
England
Christ Hospital
Cincinnati Post
Tom Bischoff
Bischoff
Slip Anchor
River Downs
Yankees and White Sox Swap Burns for Cowley and Hassey
On the winter meetings final day the Yankees acquire Britt Burns and minor leaguers Mike Soper and Glen Braxton from the White Sox in exchange for Joe Cowley and Ron Hassey. The deal keeps Fisk and Baylor trade talks active as both sides seek bigger moves.
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San Diego
New York Yankees
Chicago White Sox
Britt Burns
Yankees
Joe Cowley
Ron Hassey
White Sox
Ken Harrelson
Chicago
Carlton Fisk
New York
Don Baylor
Fisk
Baylor
Jerry Kapstein
Harrelson
Burns
Britt
Mike Soper
Glen Braxton
Cowley
Hassey
Butch Wynegar
Scott Bradley
Juan Espino
Lou Piniella
NFL and USFL discuss possible merger in Washington talks
Newsday reported that eight days apart NFL and USFL lawyers met in Washington at the league’s request to discuss a merger. NFL spokesman Browne said no response was given and USFL Commissioner Usher downplayed the talks as teams prepared for trial on antitrust issues.
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New York
National Football League
United States Football League
Newsday
USFL
Harvey Myerson
NFL
Paul Tagliabue
John Vanderstar
Washington
Myerson
Joe Browne
Harry L. Usher
Browne
Los Angeles Raiders
Congress
Donald Trump
New Jersey Generals
Gamecocks Rout Jays as Dozier Leads With 22 Points
South Carolina defeated Augusta College 81 to 51 behind Terry Dozier 22 points and Linwood Moye 14 with 10 rebounds. coach Marvin Vanover blamed a midgame defense switch from man to zone for the Jaguars’ woes as they fell behind early and could not recover.
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Columbia
Augusta College
Marvin Vanover
South Carolina
Jaguars
Terry Dozier
Gamecocks
Linwood Moye
Augusta
Eric Rogers
Moye
Michael Foster
Dozier
Foster
Eric Jurath
Carl Brown
Rogers
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Oklahoma City
Mike Ruth
Boston College
Norristown
Volney Meece
Football Writers Association of America
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Kennedy
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G. Wright
Shawn Patterson
Craig Heath
Tabitha Butler
A.L. Corbett
James Edwards
Sammy Barnes
Leavelle-McCampbell
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Scooter Proctor
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Winslow
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Dallas Camegys
Lampley
Cougars
Skip Barry
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John Edgar
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Kevin Hurley
Stephen F Austin
Oklahoma State
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Gio
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Yanks
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Mike Krukow
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