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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1979
Page
9
The listing covers jan 13 results and jan 23 24 playoffs across multiple gyms and divisions. Notable notes include north augusta senior boys scores holy trinity 47 first baptist 33 and player of the week jeffrey thomas mealing grove with 15 points.
A busy scoreboard lists scores from Clemson over NC State 86 to 73 and S Carolina Aiken over Baptist 92 to 59 among others. It also covers race results at Gulfstream Aqueduct and Bowie and notes college and professional teams across the nation with numerous men and women’s basketball results.
Wagener-Salley head coach Moye praised players at the awards banquet held in the elementary cafeteria. Steve Carver earned the MVP after passing for 1150 yards, leading Aiken County. Citadel coach Art Baker urged continued championship effort as War Eagles went 10-3 and reached state semifinals.
Aiken beat Greenwood 2-1 in a tense soccer match at Hagood Stadium. David Mullins opened from the top of the box, Dennis Kelly tied it, and Buddy Bacot scored the winner as Aiken moved to 2-4-1 while Greenwood dropped to 6-2-1.
New Ellenton Junior High boys beat Jefferson 76 38 to improve to 3 2 with Jimmy Neahons scoring 23 points and John McCray 12. Jefferson’s Timothy Wright and Charles Hightower led scoring with 12 and 6. The girls won 46 29 to move to 5 0 as Sherri Green 11 and Connie Glover 9 led New Ellenton while Tammy Reames had 14 for Jefferson. Both teams next play North Augusta Paul Knox Junior High Thursday.
The Aiken junior varsity boys won 41-37 and the girls 41-6 at Irmo. Michael Robinson scored 10 points, Melvin Fair eight, Russell Davenport 12 rebounds for the boys. Elizabeth Jewell 14 points 10 rebounds led the girls, with Sandy Rogers Angie Young and Marie Wheeler adding six each. Both teams host North Augusta on Monday at 6:30 p.m.
Cleveland Indians sign 19 year old first baseman outfielder Brad Carlson the No 1 choice in the secondary phase of the draft Carlson hit .492 with five homers and 25 RBIs in 25 games last season at Edison Community College in Fort Myers Fla He will report to Waterloo the Indians Class A affiliate in the Midwest League
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