Davidson and Barrow Win Aiken Tennis Tour Singles
USC Aiken professor David Davidson won the men's singles crown at the Aiken Tennis Association Closed Tournament defeating Terry Poore in the final. Connie Barrow edged Karen Schultz for the women's singles title as the two week event concluded at Virginia Acres courts along with several other championship decisions.
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Bill Davidson
Usc-Aiken
Terry Poore
Aiken Tennis Association
Davidson
Poore
Virginia Acres
Connie Barrow
Aiken High
Karen Schultz
John Wise
Eugene Zader
Ginny Teague
Teague
Ruby Long
Mary
Henry Honeck
Ron Shady
Jean Stewart
Joe Cunningham
Pax Gillingham
Shady
Gillingham
Steve Boyd
Greg Pitts
Barrow
Brown's 30 Leads Sonics Past Bullets in Game 1
Seattle guard Fred Brown poured in 30 points, 16 in the final 92 minutes, sparking a dramatic comeback from a 19-point deficit to beat Washington 106-102 in the NBA final series opener. Motta praised Brown as the league's purest shooter as Seattle threatens a series turnaround. Game 2 heads to Landover, Md, Thursday night.
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Freddie
Motta
Washington Bullets
Seattle
Fred
Brown
Bullets
SuperSonics
Wasington
Landover
Sonics
Iowa
Who Will Coach Aiken Legion Team This Year
Aiken Post 26 opens tryouts at USC Aiken field at 5 p.m. with coach uncertainty as Willie Bell is unavailable. John Boyle will direct first week, with plans to find a long term coach if needed.
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Aiken American Legion
Usc-Aiken
Willie Bell
John Boyle
Willie
Boyle
Cayce
Irmo
Dixie Youth Minor League Tourney Opens With Top Teams In Play
Dixie Youth Minor League post season opens with eight teams. Wyman vs Thomas Laundry at 5 45 p m and South Carolina National vs Servpro at 7 30 p m Tuesday features Triangle Pontiac against Leverett and Sertoma versus SOC. Winners advance Wednesday while losers are eliminated. double elimination follows. In local leagues Piggly Wiggly leads Aiken American League after two wins while Drink and Drive and Scorpio top National League at 7 1 records with Pizza Villa 6 2 follows. Recent results include Piggly Wiggly 15 4 over Thermo Disc and Drink and Drive 9 6 over Pizza Villa.
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Dixie Youth
Wyman
Thomas Laundry
South Carolina National
Servpro
Triangle Pontiac
Leverett
Sertoma
SOC
Piggly Wiggly
ThermoDisc
Tutts
Walker
John Colson Dodge
Thermo-Disc
Pizza Villa
Pro-South Sporting Goods Nipped O.R.A. 9-8 and Scorpio
Harvey Hubbell
O.R.A
Scorpio
Leverett's
Brian Caskey
Stacy Phillips
Tony Knudson
SCN
Pontiac
Knudson
Craig Lasier
Layton McClendon
John Richardson
Brian Murrell
Phil Joyner
Callahan
Chuck Watts
Erwin Stanley
SCC
Fred Wade
John Meldrum
David Lilly
Brad Kaufman
Triangle
Sertome
Servoro
Wymen
Thomas Laundry Soc
Major League Dixie Youth action highlights two undefeated teams
Mid-South Mortgage and Williams-Sheen Realty each posted two wins without a loss. Highlights include Dave Peterson winning on the mound for Mid-South over George Funeral Home and Randy Smith fanning 15 in the Leminick's win. Williams-Sheen rolled past Shaffer Builders 13-4 and Williams-Hair-King 16-6 with Tim Eargle winning despite Corky Emrich’s two homers by the losers.
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Mid-South Mortgage
Williams-Sheen Realty
Dixie
Mid-South
George Funeral Home
Leminick's Pharmacy
Dave Peterson
Bill Roach
Randy Smith
Leminick's
Williams-Sheen
Shaffer Builders
Williams-Hair-King
Tim Eargle
Shaffer’s
Corky Emrich
Warren Ashley
Williams-Skeen
Robert Mullins
Jerry Knudson
John McCrosson
Holley Fuel
Tastee-Freez
Knudson
McCrosson
Hutson-Etherredge
Belk
Jeff Kline
Mike Weaver
Mike Hutto
Travis Tyler
Telford Holmes
Bradley
Mike Bowen
Byron Bishop
Mike Mahoney
Schaffer
Becker Wins One Ties One To Hold Pony League Lead
Becker connects in late seventh to tie Pro South 7 7 in a game called for time. May 31 standings show Becker leading Kaolin Coca Cola Pro South Underwriters after a week of results with Becker 11 0 over Plaza and Coca Cola 18 Over Underwriters 10.
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Becker
Kaolin
Coca-Cola
Thomas Gifford
Patrick Lowe
Darryl Shealy
Charles Eubanks
David Young
Plaza
Chip Lawrence
David Kantner
Jeff Herron
Mark Stevens
Troy Murphy
Marsh Burkhalter
Kaplin
Jeff McKay
Pete Herring
Brian Seigler
Underwriters
Bill Lawson
Lyle Stone
Alvin Lloyd
Stone
Coastal Carolina Opens NAIA Series Versus Point Park
Defending champion Lipscomb and Point Park, entering with the best NAIA record, start play in first round games. Lipscomb meets St Francis Illinois at 5 p.m. while Point Park, 31 1, faces Coastal Carolina in the late game. The tournament begins Friday with Lewis and Clark and William Curry. Nearby Emporia is also in the field.
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Coastal Carolina
Point Park
ST. Joseph
David Lipscomb
Lewis and Clark
William Curry
Emporia
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Dick Motta
Aiken
Aiken Legion
By Mike Boykin
Lexington
Columbia
Aiken County
North Augusta
Ridge Spring-Monetta
Wagener-Salley
Post 26
Thomas
Eddie Johnson
Mike Lott
Chris Driggers
Hriters
Lipscomb
John Brown
St. Francis
Ill
State
Missouri Southern
Joseph FE. Levine Peu
Uqua
Mark
Newberry Street
Virginia Russell
Plum Pudding
Laurens N.W. Aiken
S.C
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