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Newspaper

Aiken Standard

Location

Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jan 23, 1979

Page

8

Double win caps big racing day at several tracks

Horses score in Philadelphia Bowery area as Kit’s Double wins the Clear Road Purse at Philadelphia and John’s Time defeats Lowell Premier at Keystone. Moorish Idol wins Lanham Purse at Bowie, Feisty Fighter beats Len’s Back at Gulfstream. Phoenix Open results list top money-winners and final scores.

Associated Press New York Kit Sue Me Not Philadelphia John Lowell Keystone Bowie Danger Bearing Lanham Bowie Race Hallandale Fla Len Gulfstream Phoenix I’macool Turf Paradise

College basketball scores round up from across divisions

A long list of college basketball results from regions nationwide. Army beat St Francis 81 65 and Boston University topped Brandeis, with many men and women teams posting scores including Syracuse Rutgers Temple Delaware Wagner Fordham North and South squads.

Associated Press Army St. Francis Boston U Brandeis Holy Cross Hofstra Mansfield St Pitt Johnstown Messiah W. Maryland Siena Marista& Syracuse Rutgers Temple Delaware Wagner Fordham South Alabama Florida Alabama State Alabama A&m Armstrong St Columbus Citadel Erskine Davidson Wake Forest Georgia St Morris Brown Grambling Oglethorpe Stetson South Florida Tennessee Vanderbilt Tenn Chattanooga Marshall Tennessee Tech Morehead St Virginia Tech Richmond Western Carolina Appalachian St Midwest Cincinnati Memphis St Evansville

Leaders Unchanged In Aiken County Scoring Races

Jimmy Wright of Langley-Bath-Clearwater leads the boys with 26.2 points per game. Sarah Curry tops the girls at 20.6, followed by Lailie Leaphart at 20.4 and Leigh Pagen at 18.7. Aiken High and RS-M show strong team marks as Graniteville leads girls scoring with 59.4.

Langley-Bath-Clearwater High Jimmy Wright Aiken County Sarah Curry Graniteville Ridge Spring- Monetta Sallie Leaphart Wright Lions Curry Rockettes Leaphart Aiken High RSM North Augusta Aiken Rs-M Jackson Indians Trojans Lailie Leaphart Leigh Pagen Sharon Gilmore Diane Glover L-B-C Dawn Weeks Pam Gates Karen Hightower Lyn William

Hornets Tie 1-1 With Fort Johnson In Overtime

Aiken High and Fort Johnson played to a 1-1 draw at Hagood Stadium after two overtimes. Phillip Waters put the Hornets ahead early in the second half, while Tommy Brown equalized with six minutes left. Andy Henshaw made 16 saves for Aiken as coach Buzzy Griffith praised his goalie and noted sporadic team play.

Aiken Buddy Bacot Fort Johnson Hagood Stadium Aiken High Charleston Hornets Phillip Waters Tommy Brown Buzzy Griffith Griffith Andy Henshaw Henshaw

Bird leads Indiana State past Southern Illinois 88 79 in Valley clash

Larry Bird stars for Indiana State with 31 points 17 rebounds and eight assists as the Sycamores extend their unbeaten stretch to 17 games by defeating Southern Illinois 88-79. Syracuse Texas Temple Alabama and Tennessee also posted wins in Top Twenty action.

Larry Bird Indiana State Bird Sycamores Southern Illinois Joe Gottfried Larry Bill Hodges Salukis Hodges Syracuse Rutgers Texas Texas A&m Temple Delaware Alabama Florida Nessee Vanderbilt Sycamore Milton Huggins Marty Head Hal Cohen Orangemen Jim Boeheim Manley Field House Tyrone Branyan Jim Krivacs Branyan Krivacs

Aiken Girl Qualifies for State Gymnastics Meets

Marsha Anne Mestepey nine year old daughter of Mr and Mrs James Mestepey earned more than thirty points across vault balance beam uneven bars and floor at the Greenville Sectional Qualifying Meet at Greenville Gymnastics Center. As a Columbia Academy of Gymnastics athlete she is slated to compete in USGF state meet March 23 24 at Carolina Coliseum and the AAU state junior Olympics in May.

Greenville Marsha Anne Mestepey James Mestepey Mestepey Greenville Gymnastics Center Columbia Academy of Gymnastics United States Gymnastics Federation

Fredrick Leads USC Past Florida Southern in Nonconference Victory

South Carolina guard Sam Fredrick, a former bench player, earned a starting role six games ago and scored a career high 31 as the Gamecocks topped Florida Southern 93 78. Wimbush Doyle and Strickland joined in double figures as USC hit 63.9 on the night and improved to 8 6 while Florida Southern fell to 8 9.

Columbia South Carolina Sam Fredrick St. Matthews High School Gamecocks Minnesota Fredrick Florida Southern Nets Independent Gamecocks Moccasins Tom Wimbush Mike Doyle Jim Strickland Lester Wright John Ebling Wright Doyle

Aiken Junior High Basketball Improves to 6-0

The Aiken Junior High boys win 65-49 over North Augusta Junior High to reach 6-0 with a late quarter shutdown. Robert Broadwater 20 points Alvin Lloyd 18 Rodney Waller 13 lead the balanced attack as coach Randy Counts hails a key half court press. The girls team also improves to 6-0 with Debra Folks scoring 15 in a 49-15 victory over North Augusta, ahead of Thursday's rematch at Kennedy.

Aiken Junior High North Augusta Junior High Randy Counts North Augusta Count Robert Broadwater Aiken Alvin Lloyd Rodney Waller Counts Kennedy Debra Folks

Kennedy Wins Fifth Game Over Graniteville JV

Kennedy Juniors beat Graniteville Junior Varsity to improve to five wins and one loss. Roy Cullum scored 20 points while Brian Minnick and Jeff Justice added eight apiece. Kennedy hosts Aiken Junior High Thursday in a potential rematch, coach Russell Culbertson says the winner will be the team that makes fewer mistakes.

Roy Cullum Kennedy Brian Minnick Jeff Justice Aiken Junior High Russell Culbertson

Foster First In Tournament

Foster finished first and Charlotte Coney second in the Midland Valley women's nine hole event in Graniteville. Mickey Newell recorded the fewest putts among the competitors.

Graniteville Val Foster Charlotte Coney Midland Valley Mickey Newell

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