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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1985
Page
6
Local slate lists L B C facing Mid Carolina at New Ellenton for the Dixie Youth District Two tournament with a 7:35 p.m. first pitch. Other national sports broadcasts air at 8 p.m. on ESPN CBN and TBS.
L B C blanked 3-0 by Mid Carolina as Tim Kirkland threw a two hitter to force a final tournament game in New Ellenton. Leon Kibler homered and Sidney Lake doubled for two of Mid Carolina’s four hits. Losing pitcher Shawn Lucas allowed two other singles. Both teams have one loss entering tonight’s 6 30 p m contest at the New Ellenton Youth sports field. Greenville Aiken swimmer Richard Sturm won five first place medals at the South Carolina Long Course Championships and earned USC grant in aid. He was a 1983 South Aiken graduate and helped the Gamecock swim team rank top twenty two straight seasons. The New Ellenton Fire Department will sponsor a slow pitch softball tournament August 8 10. entry is 75 per team with two gold stitched balls. eight teams max. D League or Church League teams should contact Joey Morris or Ricky Foster. South Aiken High School set meetings for football volleyball and tennis. football Aug 1 9 a m in the auditorium. volleyball Aug 5 9 a m 12 p m. tennis Aug 5 8 a m 10 a m at the H O Weeks Center. St Angela Academy football begins Aug 5 8 a m. bring birth certificate. Midland Valley High School offers athletics physicals Aug 1 6 p m for the 1985 86 school year at 5. call 593 9276 for details. OCEANPORT NJ AP Kentucky Derby winner Spend a Buck’s Travers Stakes trip was canceled. he’ll stay at Monmouth Park after losing to Skip Trial in the Haskell Handicap.
Charlie Simpkins, a 1982 Aiken High graduate and Baptist College junior, leaped 56 feet 11% inches to win gold at the National Sports Festival in Baton Rouge. He defeated 1984 Olympic champion Al Joyner and world record holder Willie Banks as coach Howard Bagwell predicts a rise to world No. 1.
Darrell Pace, 29, of Hamilton Ohio, regarded as archery's greatest, speaks of archery as a mystic experience. He trains with mental visualization and personal ritual rather than a formal regimen, recalling his first step into archery on May 2 1970 at age 13.
Boston reports claim Larry Bird injured his right hand in a May 16 bar scuffle near Chelsea and State Street Merchants Row. Lawyer statements confirm contact but no criminal charges. a separate suit targets Bird and Chelsea’s with possible out of court settlement. Celtics led 2-0 in the Eastern Conference final after a May 14 win over the 76ers.
CSRA senior golf tourney at Cooper's Creek crowned winners across four flights. Armour led flight one with Goggins and Whitehurst second and third. Stagan won flight two with Rodes and Porter second and third. Cook topped flight three with Walters and Owens second and third. Ott claimed flight four with Lasher and Wessel third.
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