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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1976
Page
8
The Highland Park Country Club Women’s Golf Association celebrates its 25th anniversary with a spring luncheon on Tuesday May 18 at noon. All past members are invited and reservations by May 11 are required at $3. Reserve through Mrs H A Larson or Mrs B P Moseley in Aiken.
L B C High School will host the district softball tournament Friday at 11 a.m. at the school field. Teams from L B C Graniteville and Crescent High Schools compete in a double elimination event with admission set at 50 cents.
Graniteville High School will hold its athletic awards banquet at 7 p.m. Monday at the Gregg Park Civic Center. Cal Shealy, offensive coordinator at the University of Tennessee, will be the guest speaker. Tickets are $3 and available at the door.
The Aiken Recreation Department will hold an organizational meeting for the Men’s Summer Basketball League at 7 p.m. on Tuesday May 11 at the H Odell Weeks Activities Center. All league games will be played at Weeks.
The Aiken Recreation Department announces an organizational meeting for the Church League softball program on Tuesday May 11 at 7 p.m. at the H Odell Weeks Activities Center. Open to boys and men 14 and older. Rules fees and information to be discussed.
Graniteville High School golfers placed third in the Conference 4-AA tournament with a total of 826 points. Barnwell led with 663, while Mid Carolina was second at 740 and Allendale-Fairfax shot 878 to finish last.
The Aiken County Gamecock Club sponsors Gamecock Night on Thursday May 13 with a 7 30 p m dinner at Houndslake Country Club. USC coach Bobby Richardson and assistant football coach Richard Bell speak. 1975 season highlights shown. Tickets $3, reservations by mail to Johanna Gibbs P O Box 101 Aiken.
Helen Davis tops the High land Park Country Club Women s Golf Association Club Championship after two rounds with 134 total, one stroke ahead of Donna Peterson. Pairings and tee times for the third round include H Davis L Kight A Cunningham at 6:00 and D Petersen VY Sheldon J Napier at 8:07, with other groups listed.
The Aiken Swim Association will hold a 9 am to 1 pm meeting at Westcliff Swimming Pool this Saturday for swimming and cleanup. Its first practice is Tuesday May 11 from 4 30 to 5 30 pm. Open to ages 6 to 18. Lew Perkins USC Aiken coach. Contact Gladys Schumacher or Carol Timmerman or Ann Garvin for details.
Jackson High School will hold its athletic awards banquet tomorrow night at 7:30 at the school. USC-Aiken athletic director Lew Perkins will speak, with tickets priced at 2.50 available at the school or from Wayne Marchant and Lyman Puette.
Two Clemson University coaches will speak at the Aiken IPTAY Club banquet tomorrow night at 7 30 p m. Bill Foster basketball coach and Charley Pell defensive coordinator will headline the event at the H Odell Weeks Activities Center with tickets priced at 4 50.
Janet Aulisi of Caldwell New Jersey shot 72 to take a one stroke lead after day one at Midland Valley Country Club in Graniteville. Tony Black Marko Sasaki Patty Snyder and Mickey Walker sit within one shot as Marko and Snyder each carded 74 while Walker posted 75. The $5000 event runs 36 holes as a satellite to Hilton Head's Women International Tournament with play to finish today.
Clearwater matchup sees L B C High Lions shut out Saluda High 8-0 and 11-0 in a conference twin bill. Freshman Keith Smith earned the opener win, with Vernon Watkins and Pat Murphy driving five RBIs. Kenneth Williams won the second game to lift the Lions to 8-5 on the season and 5-1 in 3AAA.
Jeff Newman delivered the winning hit for the Hornets in the seventh inning, driving home Russ Parrish after an error kept the inning alive. Aiken's Tommy Whitfield went 4-for-4 with two RBIs as Elmo Roundtree and Joe Anderson added runs, while Mike Pendleton earned the win on the mound.
Graniteville High, led by Vernon Lunsford, Tommy Dunbar, and Chet Rains, defeated Williston-Elko 9-5 in a Conference 4-AA clash. Lunsford homered and tripled, driving in two. Dunbar added two hits and earned the win on the mound as Graniteville improves to 3-1 in division play.
Rodger Sharpe powered Wagener Salley High School with a home run and a triple and two RBIs as the War Eagles beat North High 11 to 0 in 4 A A play. Sharpe earned the win on the mound while George Robert Young and Ned Milhouse added two hits each. Wagener Salley improves to 6 9 1 and hosts Ridge Spring Monetta at 4 p m.
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