Schofield Teams Go 5-0 With County Title Clincher
The Schofield Middle School boys improved to 5-0 by beating North Augusta Junior High 48-29 as Jim Dudley led with 12 points. Tracy Wilson Bo Crenshaw and Nate Smith added seven each. The girls won 37-22 led by Vonda Brown with 12 and Keri Chavous eight. Next game is Thursday January 16 at Graniteville against Leavelle McCampbell.
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Schofield
North Augusta
Jim Dudley
Aiken County
Tracy Wilson
Bo Crenshaw
Nate Smith
Vonda Brown
Keri Chavous
Travis Hall
A.L. Corbett
LBC Middle School
Craig Barnes
Corbett
LBC
Lavonia Williams
Randall Staley
Thurs
North Augusta Junior High
Leavelle McCampbell Girls Fall to Jackson amid 32 18 Score
Leavelle McCampbell Middle School girls fell 32-18 to Jackson Middle School. Carla Mealing led with 14 points, Francis Braswell added 10, and Melissa Johnson grabbed seven rebounds as Leavelle dropped to 4-2. Jackson led 20-8 at the break.
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Graniteville
Carla Mealing
Francis Braswell
Leavelle McCampbell
Jackson Middle School
Tammy Ergle
Melissa Johnson
Mary Chavous
Jackson
Bey
South Aiken JV boys rout Strom Thurmond 54 to 29
Steve Franklin led South Aiken with 21 points as the junior varsity boys defeated Strom Thurmond 54 29. Ryan Brown added 11 for the 1 1 Thoroughbreds. Denise Thurmond led Thurmond with nine points for the Jayvee.
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Steve Franklin
South Aiken
Varsety
Strom Thurmond
Navratilova dominates Shriver for Washington title
Top seed Martina Navratilova defeated Pam Shriver 6 1 6 4 to win the $150,000 Virginia Slims of Washington tennis tournament and claim the title.
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Washington
Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver
Ohio grants first female professional boxing license
Bethany Ann Torres, 18, becomes the first woman approved to box professionally in Ohio by the Ohio Boxing Commission. Torres holds a Tae Kwon Do yellow belt and has no prior pro or amateur boxing bouts. In Kentucky, Lucky Lucky Lucky, Oaks winner, sold for 3 million to Shadwell Farm owned by Hamdan Al Maktoum, a Keeneland record for January sales.
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Youngstown, Ohio
Ohio Boxing Commission
Bethany Ann Torres
Ohio
Torres
Lexington, Ky
Keeneland Horses
No Pass No Play Rule Impacts Aiken County Athletes
The Education Improvement Act of 1984 requires students in extracurriculars to pass four courses with at least 68 percent to participate next semester. Coaches in Aiken County mostly back the rule, noting it affects few players and emphasizes academics, though some worry about double eligibility during fall basketball season.
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Aiken County
South Carolina
Texas
James I. Green
Green
Silver Bluff
Rick Knight
Knight
Aiken
Mark Crawford
Crawford
Wagener-Salley
Duane Morris
Morris
Phil Strickland
Strickland
Roberts
EIA
Erskine Edges USC Aiken 57 41 in Rough Match
Erskine defeats USC Aiken 57 to 41 as interim coach Hoover Johnson debuts after Chris Faust resignation. Scheeringa scores 19 for Erskine. Bowers 13 and Barnes 10 lead USC Aiken. Johnson praises effort while Dawson cites turnovers and zone adjustments.
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Chris Faust
Usc-Aiken
Hoover Johnson
Glen DeHart
Faust
Erskine
Johnson
Usc-Lancaster
Jean Dawson
USCA
Lady Pacer
Dawson
Sandra Scott
Jackie Dean
Aiken
Lady Pacers
Jackie
Coralee Scheeringa
Nior
Bradenton
McCaskill
Dunlap
Prince
Scheeringa
Miller
Davis
Dickerson
Watford
Arrant
Elliott
Frye
Scott
Barnes
Ingram
Bowers
Dean
Trammell
Fennell
Havily
Swearingen
Tar Heels Still Top AP Team
North Carolina 16 0 remains No 1 in the AP poll for an eighth straight week with 46 first place votes and 1280 points while Michigan 16 0 sits second. Duke 15 0 holds third as Syracuse Georgia Tech Memphis State and Oklahoma complete the top seven with Kansas entering the top ten.
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North Carolina
Associated Press
Michigan
Illinois
Purdue
Duke
Syracuse
Georgia Tech
Memphis State
Oklahoma
Kansas
St. John’s
Boston College
Georgetown
Nevada
Las Vegas
Kentucky
Alabama
Birmingham
Notre Dame
Louisiana State
Virginia Tech
Texas
Honolulu
Fighting Illini
Michigan State
Tennessee
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Scorches
South Aiken Jayvees
New York
Ivan Lendl
ATP
Association of Tennis Professionals
Martina
Shriver
Lucky Horse
Nets
Randy Hall
Aiken High
Mike Roberts
Bob Stoner
Cora Scheeringa
Tar Heels
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