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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1980
Page
9
Buddy Baker wins the Daytona 500 with a record 177.602 mph average, breaking a long streak of misfortune. He secures the pole for the fourth time, leads most of the race, and faces a tense finish after a strategic pit stop depleting fuel.
Buddy Allin edged back toward his tour form with a 69 to sit three strokes behind leader Jim Colbert and two behind Tom Purtzer after two rounds of the Tucson Open. Colbert moved to 12 under after a 68, while Purtzer fired a 67 as rain delayed the first round.
Basketball games listed for USC Aiken and nearby schools across Tuesday to Saturday. Notable matchups include Aiken TEC at Florence Darlington TEC and USC Lancaster at Aiken TEC with both men and women teams featured.
USC Aiken coach Larry Wall aims to rebalance the Pacers 14 17 season with three straight home games starting tonight at 8 in the Student Activities Center against Coker College. A 73-68 loss to Lander at Greenwood Civic Center followed a string of near wins as Alonzo Harrison led Lander with 22 points while Pacers Terry Strickland and Chuck Orr each scored 16.
Dennis Seiple led USC Aiken with 22 points while Keefe Walker added 16 as the Pacers battled to a 68 73 loss to Lander. Alonzo Harrison hit a late jumper for Lander after turnovers cost USC Aiken several possessions, with Wall noting key gambles to prevent inside scoring by Cobb. USC Aiken next hosts Coker then Central Wesleyan and Presbyterian as they chase a playoff spot.
USC Aiken nips Lander 70 67 at Greenwood as Kim Thomas sinks both ends of a one and one with 10 seconds left. Barbara Williams tops with 28 points and USC Aiken earns a likely home playoff date.
Austrian star Annemarie Moser Proell finally wins Olympic downhill gold ending eight years of Olympic drought. Leah Mueller secures her second silver in the 1000 meters speed skating. Soviet Natalia Petrusheva takes 1000m silver as Rodnina and Zaitsev win pairs figure skating amid Gardner Babilonia absence. Thomas Wassberg edges Juha Mieto by one hundredth of a second in the 15 km cross country. Anton Innauer takes the 70 meter ski jump. USSR and East Germany lead medals as Austria and the United States stack golds near the Games’ end.
Dennis Johnson hit a baseline jumper with 11 seconds left to give Seattle a 109 108 victory over Boston in a clash of NBA powerhouses. Several other NBA results follow, including Lakers over Bullets 111 107 and Spurs over Bucks 135 134.
Coverage of Winter Olympic events on channel 6 and channel 25 highlights men s giant slalom and other sports amid Whiteface Mountain frigid conditions. Annemarie Nadig of Sweden delivers an upset threat before Moser-Proell finally clocks 1 38.36 and secures gold after a tense finish.
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