Charleston Defeats USC Aiken 87 59 In Mid Atlantic Game
Charleston jumped to a 33 25 halftime lead and pulled away 87 59 over USC Aiken as Glen DeHart’s Pacers slump continued. Johnson led the Cougars with 20 points while Hamond and Joseph paced USC Aiken with 14 and 10.
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Pacers
David Letterman
Hoover Johnson
Usc-Aiken
College of Charleston
Glen DeHart
DeHart
Charleston
Francis Marion
Cougars
Kresse
de Hart
Usc-Spartanburg
Ed Neirstedt
Stephen Johnson
Johnson
Dwayne Grace
Mike Bosch
William Hammond
Charles Joseph
Lady Pacers
Jackie Bowers
USCA
Lisa Washington
Missy Rowe
Bowers
Simpkins Shocks World With Indoor Triple Jump Record
Charles Simpkins a 21 year old junior at Baptist College and former Aiken High graduate surged on his sixth jump to post a world indoor triple jump record of 57 feet 5 inches at the Sunkist Games in Los Angeles. He moved to No 3 in the world rankings after earlier 56 1 4 and 58 7 4 jumps at Kobe and Kobe Japan.
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Aiken
Perry
Los Angeles
Mr. Perry
New England Patriots
Charles Simpkins
Aiken High
Simpkins
Charleston's
Baptist College
Track & Field News
Japan
U.S
Mike Connelly
ESPN
Kobe
McMahon Seeks Acupuncture for Rump Pain Before Super Bowl
Bears quarterback Jim McMahon complains of butt pain from an injury and presses for acupuncture before the Super Bowl. He urges availability of acupuncturist Hiroshi Shibashi, offering to fly him in if needed, after taking a helmet hit in the NFC title game.
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New Orleans
Jim McMahon
McMahon
Chicago Bears
Bears
Hiroshi Shibashi
Shibashi
Los Angeles Rams
New England Patriots
Tony Eason
Four Aiken-Trained Horses Die in Belmont Park Barn Fire
A Monday fire at Belmont Park killed four of trainer John Campo's horses from Aiken, with 36 of his 38 horses lost overall. Pleasant Sea survived with smoke inhalation. several deceased were sired by Pleasant Colony, including Irish Castle, Cheerful Colony, and Pleasant Motion.
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Belmont Park Racetrack
Aiken
John Campo
Campo
Pleasant Colony
Pleasant Sea
Irish Castle
Cheerful Colony
Pleasant Motion
Allen Darlington
Buckland Farm
Darlington
Aqueduct
Keyport
Key To the Mint
Rotating Trick
Torsion
William Gutersloh
Nassau County
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John Kresse
Lander
Lady Cougars
Bob Stoner
Darrel Bowens
Mr. Simpkins
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