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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1996
Page
10
The Spotlight coach won the NBA Coach of the Year award after securing 82 votes from 113 ballots. The honor recognizes leadership and strategic pull during the season, confirming the team’s ascent and the coach’s pivotal role in their success.
Laurens High School beats North Augusta 2-1 in Class AAA Upper State baseball as Lauren Barksdale bases loaded fielder's choice drives in the final run. He also fanned six while limiting North Augusta to three hits. With bases loaded in the seventh, North Augusta forced the play at second but Barksdale reached first for the decisive run. Jackets advance to face Mauldin at 7:30 p.m. in an elimination game.
South Aiken High School's boys soccer team clinched the Region 3-AAAA championship on Tuesday after Brookland Cayce High School lost 3 1 to Lexington High School eliminating the Bearcats from the title chase. The Thoroughbreds earn a bye into the Class AAAA Upper State playoffs.
Calendar shows baseball and softball playoff games including North Augusta at Maulin in Class AA AAAA, Powerhouse Field events at 4 p.m, and Softball Bluff at Swansea. Tennis Akon at Northweste, Track State meet at Columbia at 9 a.m, USC Aiken versus Columbus finals at Kennesaw Ga. 3 p.m. Classifications Bank Cup of Aiken at Powerhouse Field 2 p.m.
Telecast list for Wednesday May 8 includes Tour du Pont on ESPN at 5 30 pm Rockies at Braves on ESPN at 7 pm Hawks at Magic NBA Playoffs on TNT at 8 Red Wings at Blues NHL Playoffs on ESPN at 10 30 Indians at Athletics baseball on ESPN
Clemson coach Tommy West spoke to the Aiken County Clemson Club about last season’s 8 4 record and the 41-0 Gator Bowl loss to Syracuse. He emphasized progress from 1994, noting youth on offense led by Nealon Greene and Raymond Priester, and said bowl defeat would not derail the program’s plans.
Fifth seed Aiken edges top seed Thoroughbreds 4-3 in a rain-delayed Class AAAA Upper State semifinal at Odell Weeks. Jordan Goetzman and Neil Li gon clinched the doubles tiebreaker 1 4-6 7-2, giving Aiken a 43 win and a place in today’s final against Northwestern High in Rock Hill.
Greg Maddux struggled, surrendering a seventh inning homer as Vinny Castilla. The Braves tied in the ninth on an RBI single by Dwight Smith and Marquis Grissom as Curtis Leskanic faltered. Javy Lopez delivered a two run double in the tenth to cap a 6 5 win.
USC Aiken clung to a one shot margin entering the final round of the NCAA Division II South Region tournament at Harbor Club. The Pacers posted 290 in round two for a 578 total, with Florida Southern second and North Florida third at 580. Travis Perkins led individuals with 67 for Florida Southern, while USC Aiken players Jamie Stanley, Ben Warren, Brian Kassel, and Jukka Huuska chased top honors as Jacksonville State and Valdosta State pursued more.
Tom Wyatt lifted South Aiken High School to the Region 3-AAAA golf title at Woodside Plantation Jones Course. He fired an even par 72 final 18 to win medalist honors by six strokes, finishing 149, as North Augusta’s Bryan Covar tied for second after a 77 first round. Covar and South Aiken’s Russ Padgett were two back in second, with Midland Valley's Michael Polk and Airport's Tim Dupree tied for fourth. The Thoroughbreds led North Augusta by two after four holes and finished 10 ahead of the Yellow Jackets, earning a trip to the Class AAAA state tournament next week at Furman.
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