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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1981
Page
12
Aiken High coach Randy Counts hopes for an at-large bid to the Class AAAA state playoffs after a 63 50 semifinal defeat to Brookland Cayce. Aiken’s fate hinges on the region tournament results and the state selection process which awards automatic berths to region winners and runners up, with four at-large bids determined by a point system.
Brookland-Cayce edged Aiken 63 to 50 as Al Washington led BC with 15 points and Stephan Holmes topped scorers with 16. Aiken, 14-8, saw Archie Adams score 14 and Alan Odom 10, while BC built a 46-37 fourth-quarter lead and held on after a rocky second period.
Orangeburg Wilkinson defeated North Augusta 93 to 61 in the Region 3 AAAA semifinals to advance to the championship against Brookland Cayce. Greg Mack led O W with 24 points and 15 rebounds while Glenn Corbitt added 20 points and 21 boards. North Augusta ends their season 12 10.
In the Region 3 AAAA Girls' Tournament semifinals Midland Valley and Aiken, the top seeds, host Brookland-Cayce and Orangeburg-Wilkinson respectively. Both games start at 7 30 with a potential Saturday final at Langley at 7 30 if both win.
Aiken High’s Hornets seek a second straight Irmo Invitational crown at Cold Stream Country Club after winning the Furman Tip-Off Tournament in Greenville. Frank Townsend led Aiken with 78 while Craig Beckwith 79, Chris Sipe 80 and Bill Jones 81 helped post 318 as Spring Valley and Camden-Lancaster trailed.
Virginia center Ralph Sampson leads a packed Atlantic Coast Conference opening round at the Capital Centre in Landover Maryland as top seed Virginia faces Georgia Tech and others seek early upsets. North Carolina battles NC State while Duke meets Maryland as round one unfolds across multiple conferences.
USC Aiken baseball aims to extend a four game win streak as they host Baptist College of Charleston at 3 p.m. despite forecast rain. The Pacers, fresh from a 4-3 and 10-1 doubleheader sweep of Piedmont College, piled up 18 hits.
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