Two Aiken high schools face budget crunch after split
Aiken High and South Aiken fail to meet athletic funding needs as football gate receipts drive revenue. The combined total for football this fall was about twenty-one thousand six hundred eighty-one dollars with basketball expected to add only a few thousand. The two schools must cover future athletic costs from gate receipts as district funds do not supplement athletics.
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South Aiken High
Aiken
South Aiken
Aiken County
Phillips
Aiken High
Aiken South Aiken face budget squeeze for next athletic year
Aiken and South Aiken schools anticipate deficits as athletic spending nears 30 000 with rail of 5 000 surplus short. Footballgate revenue fell from 1979 and basketball income lags, prompting talk of budget cuts. District leaders stress prudent scheduling and local rivalries to sustain programs.
Original Budget Estimates For 1980 81 Aiken South Aiken
Original athletic budgets for 1980 81 at Aiken and South Aiken high schools show spending and revenue outlines. Figures include projections for basketball and adjustments at South Aiken reducing the total from 60 200 to about 50 000 and possibly to around 41 000.
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Aiken
South Aiken
South Aikicn
Area Superintendent Says Spinks Was Not Asked To Resign
Wagener High School searches for a new head football coach after Randy Spinks resigning. Area 4 Superintendent Marion Webb says no pressure from the area nor community led to the decision, calling it mutual and citing attitudes and participation issues as factors. Webb notes the school will likely hire someone with several years of assistant coaching experience.
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B. E. Morton
Area I
Aiken
South Aiken
Aiken High
Morton
Way High School
Area 4
Marion Webb
Randy Spinks
Spinks
Webb
Randy
North Augusta High
War Eagles
Wagener-Salley
Central
Pageland High
Rock Hill High
Ernest J. Matheson Jr
Steve Dufour
Eddie Wagner
Lady Pacers rout Augusta College for first win in weeks
USC Aiken women's basketball defeated Augusta College 77 65 at Augusta College gym. Sophomore guard Sandra Collins led with 16 points, Dawn Weeks added 12 and nine rebounds, Vern Davis sparked second half run with 12 points and seven boards. The win improves USC Aiken to 5 2 and sets up tomorrow at Benedict College in Columbia.
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Augusta College
Lady Pacers
Lady Jags
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Benedict College
Columbia
Johanna Gibbs
USCA
Sandra Collins
South Carolina State
Kim Thomas
Vern Davis
Davis
Vera
Gibbs
Dawn Weeks
North Augusta
Beth McKie
Lady Jag
Emily Jones
Pla
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Williams
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Thomas
McPherson
Weeks
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Skedsvold
Jennings
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Pagan
Broadway
Augusta Copes
R. McNeal
McKie
Larsen
Jones
Real
Ogies
Howar
Pacer Playoff Hopes Dimmed in OT Loss at Limestone
USC Aiken fell 89 86 in overtime at Limestone College to drop to 10 7 overall and 8 6 in NAIA play. Terry Strickland scored 30 while Chuck Orr added 24 as Limestone rallied after a six point halftime edge. Wyatt Benton led Limestone with 22 and Charles Webb scored 16 in the Saints OT victory.
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Kansas City
Usc-Aiken
Limestone College
Saints
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Limestone
USCA
Terry Strickland
USC
Wyatt Benton
Don Hayes
Anthony Mabry
Chuck Orr
Dennis Seiple
Willie Minor
William Lrick
Phil Leighty
Keefe Walker
Robert Moses
Jay Dewart
Harrison Foster
At Drummond
Curtis Wright
Mai Hammond
Bob Findley
Forest Morris
Midland Valley Opens New Gym Tonight for Home Opener
Midland Valley High Mustangs boys and girls welcome Wagener Valley to a new home gym in their first home game after weeks on the road due to construction. Other games feature Aiken at Butler of Augusta, Jackson at Cardinal Newman, Ridge Spring Monetta at Gilbert, C A Johnson at South Aiken, and St. Angela Academy hosting North with girls at 6 30 and Aiken Westside at 7.
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Mustangs
Midland Valley
Bill Smith
Wagener-Valley High
Aiken
Butler
Augusta
Jackson
Cardinal Newman
Ridge
Monetta
Gilbert
C.A. Johnson
Columbia
South Aiken
St. Angela Academy
Westside of
Augusta Prep
St. Angela
Westside
Hearing Delayed in USC Football Player Assault Case
A preliminary hearing for USC defensive end Phil Ellis charged with assaulting Raymond Hudson and his son Larry after the Oct 11 game in the Williams-Brice Stadium area was postponed a second time. Hudson suffered a skull fracture and Larry minor eye injury. A new date has not been set.
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Columbia
University of South Carolina
USC
Phil Ellis
Raymond Hudson
Larry
Carolina
South Carolina
5Th Circuit
Joe McCulloch
Ellis
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