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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1996
Page
8
The Falcons signed a four year contract totaling 13.6 million dollars with the player known as In The Spotlight. A five million dollar signing bonus accompanies the deal, making the recipient the highest paid player in Falcons history. See story on page 94 for full details.
Hornets forward Scott Bradford tallied six goals across three games in the Seahawk Soccer Classic preseason event at Hilton Head. Aiken opened with a 4-1 loss to Irmo as Bradford scored their lone goal with an assist from David Sentelle. They answered with a shootout win over Ridge View after a 3-3 regulation tie, Bradford notching two goals and Shaftner one, with multiple assists. Bradford then helped Aiken beat Sumter 4-2, scoring three goals and drawing further assists from Rood Sentelle Shaffner and Bradford.
In Columbia the under-14 CSnA team led by Amber Hiergesell Melissa Deason and Kirsten Boessneck finished second The under-16 squad led by Julie Krasnick and Jackie Murphy posted strong numbers Krasnick with 10 service points and eight kills Murphy five kills and three blocks The under-18 team placed fifth behind Kelly Linton's 22 kills and five aces and Kelly Jones 18 assists Also Augusta's Stiles Mitchell opened with a one stroke lead after round one of the Wisetaria Classic on the PowerBilt Tour at Woodside Plantation shooting nine birdies but dropping with a bogey at 12 and a double bogey at 14
Tuesday March 5 features Silver Bluff versus North Augusta at Midland Valley at 4 30 p m Barnwell hosts Midland Valley at 7 p m Softball Spartanburg Methodist plays USC Aiken JV at 3 p m Wednesday March 6 lists Southern Indiana at USC Aiken baseball at 7 p m and Softball Louisburg Junior College at USC Aiken WV at 1 p m
Television listings show Senior Slam golf on TBS at 7 p.m. Big Eight Championship basketball on SportSouth at 7 p.m. Mid-Continent Championship basketball on ESPN2 at 7 p.m. Midwestern Collegiate Championship basketball on ESPN at 7:20 p.m. Magic at Hornets basketball on TNT at 7:20 p.m. Princeton at Pennsylvania basketball on ESPN2 at 9 p.m. Marquez vs Morris boxing on USA at 9 p.m. CIAA championship basketball on SportSouth at 9 p.m. Sun Belt Championship basketball on ESPN at 7:30 p.m.
USC Aiken pitcher Matt Johnson struck out 13 over eight plus innings and teammates hit two homers to beat Ball State 31 on Monday night. Johnson held Ball State to four hits and moved to 10-0 on the season, tying a school record for strikeouts in a game. The win improves USC Aiken to 10-6, as coach Barry Given praised the team’s improved attitude and hard play.
Midland Valley High School moved to 2-0 in the Midland Valley Invitational after a 3-2 win over Aiken High School. Eric Lunsford drove in the decisive run in the fifth inning, as Langley stole second and scored to set up the game winner. North Augusta High School awaits the final after a 11-0 rout of South Aiken, led by Jacob Smith’s no-hitter. Aiken’s Dervin Withers pitched well in defeat.
Two of the top seeds reached finals in the Wacho Via Junior Spring Fling tennis tour. Marissa Irvin of Santa Monica won the Girls 18s title, while Dawaf of Western Springs won the Girls 16s. Elizabeth Sauerborn of Aiken advanced to the consolation finals before falling to Erin Burdette. Andy Roddick of Delray Beach fell in Boys 14s final. Sauerborn beat Emilia Anderson in consolation, then lost 7 5 6 3 to Burdette in the final. Dawaf came from behind to beat Kate Lutgert for the title. Irvin dominated five matches en route to her victory.
ACC expansion five years ago adding Florida State has yielded little for the league. FSU dominates football but fails to elevate ACC basketball, with on-campus facilities lacking and attendance declining. The columnist questions if the move truly benefited the ACC and notes regional apathy in North Florida.
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