Johnson Earns MVP Honors At Jackson High Banquet
Jackson High in New Ellenton celebrated a 5-4 season at Carolina Barbecue with coach Dwight Smith promising a better future. Danny Johnson won MVP and a county scoring leader plaque. Rudy Lindsay and Van Mason earned multiple awards. Hut Arnold, Lawrence Boyd, and Eric Lindsay received top honors. Mike Ayers urged faith courage and enthusiasm as keys to winning.
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Jackson
Mike Ayers
Rudy Lindsay
Hut Arnold
Danny Johnson
Jackson High
Johnson
New Ellenton
Dwight Smith
Carolina
Smith
Aiken County
van Mason
Lawrence Boyd
Eric Lindsay
Newberry College
Ayers
Pagan and Wright Lead County Scoring Early Season Races
Jimmy Wright of LBC and Leigh Pagan of North Augusta top the county scoring charts after two weeks. Wright has 127 points in five games for 25.4 ppg, while Pagan has 74 in three for 24.6 ppg. Aiken and North Augusta remain undefeated in boys play at 5-0 and 3-0. Ridge Spring Monetta leads girls at 4-0 with Graniteville at 3-0.
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Jimmy Wright
Leigh Pagan
North Augusta
Wright
Pagan
Aiken
Ridge Spring Monetta
Graniteville
Dolphins Beat Patriots For Home Field In Playoffs
Bob Griese led the Miami Dolphins to a 23-3 win over the New England Patriots as the defense forced three interceptions and a fumble. Miami secured home-field advantage for the wild card game against Houston on December 24.
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MIAMI
Bob Griese
Miami Dolphins
New England Patriots
Patriots
Chuck Fairbanks
Dolphins
Houston
Griese
Patriot
Nat Moore
Dukel Harris
Dolphin
New England
Don Shula
Shula
Washington
Oakland
USC Aiken Women Defeat Augusta College 66 58 for Fourth Straight
USC Aiken, 5 1, toppled Augusta College 66 58 as Dru McPherson Faye Ryans and Jan Rikard sparked the win. Ryans grabbed 17 rebounds and Rikard scored 22 points while McPherson keyed defense on Beth McKie and amassed steals and assists.
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Usc-Aiken
Augusta College
Dru McPherson
Faye Ryans
Jan Rikard
USC
Johanna Gibbs
McPherson
Beth McKie
Pacers
North Augustan
Ryans
Rikard
McKie
Pam) Grissom
Gibbs
North Augusta High
Aiken County
Grissom Leads Lady Pacers Past Augusta 66 58
Grissom a 6 1 sophomore scored 25 for Augusta as the Lady Pacers held a 39 20 halftime lead then withstood late push by USCA Faye Ryans scored 14 for USCA and Ann Jennings added 21 The next game is January 6 at Augusta College.
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Grissom
Reponsa Williams
Usc-Aiken
Faye Ryans
Kim Thomas
Karen Mathis
McPherson
Pacers
Pacer
Augusta
LuAnn Parks
Lady Pacer
Augusta College
Cheating Recruiting Violations Across College Basketball
A historical look at how recruiting cheaters operated in college basketball. It cites Nevada Reno Centenary Southwestern Louisiana Duke N C State Kentucky and Centenary as high profile cases touching on transcripts, gifts, and boosters. It notes players such as Edgar Jones Robert Parish and David Thompson and includes quotes from coaches and players about the pressures and temptations in recruiting.
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Edgar Jones
Hubie Brown
Atlanta Hawks
Jones
Brown
University of Nevada-Reno
Barringer High School
Newark
N.J
Nevada-Reno
Centenary College
Robert Parish
Golden State
Centenary
Parish
NCAA
Southwestern Louisiana
David Thompson
Duke
Thompson
North Carolina
Jeff Ruland
Kentucky
Ruland
Elvis Peacock
Wildcats
Nico van Thyn
Louisiana
Bo Lamar
Larry Fogle
N.C. State
Tates Locke
Clemson
Bob Ibach
Basketball Weekly
Joneses
Ceat
Ricky Marsh
Michigan State
Marsh
Kevin Grevey
Washington Bullets
Ned Walk
Arizona State
National Association of Basketball Coaches
NABC
Jim Harrick
UCLA
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Danny Mahoney
St. Angelo
Tor Thornton
P Jonnson
Ron McKie
Leon Childs
James Hagin
Sherman McKie
Steve Weinie
St. Angela
Seren Curry
Sallie Leaphart
RSM
Diane Glover
Dawn Weeks
Par Gates
Sharon Glimore
Ette Timmerman
Norma Leaverette
Keren Hightower
L-B-C
North Auguste
Wagener -Selley
Alken
Wagener-Selley
LBC
Wagener-Seliey
Wagener-Salley
St. Angele
RSM OS Jackson
Usca
Ann Jennings
Lise Cowart
Oru McPherson
Pam Grissom
Bonita McNeal
Brendes Potts
Lu Ann Parks
Sheree Tesch
Auguste
Jeannie Lancaster
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