Braves Face Pitching Hurdles in 1982 Pennant Race
A 1982 Braves preview by Mike Strickland notes Atlanta clings to Dodgers in September with strong batting from Chambliss and Washington and rising Sinatra while pitching remains a concern. Bedrosian and Garber anchor the bullpen as Niekro ages and others falter.
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Atlanta Braves
Los Angeles Dodgers
America
Atlanta
Braves
Georgia
Bruce Benedict
Matt Sinatra
Sinatra
Biff Pocoroba
Chris Chambliss
Bob Watson
Chambliss
Watson
Glenn Hubbard
John McGraw
Pete Rose
Bob Horner
Horner
Rafael Ramirez
Dave Concepcion
Hubbard
Ramirez
Claudell Washington
Ted Turner
Jerry Royster
Royster
Joe Torre
Dale Murphy
Murf
Brett Butler
Bob Porter
Rufino Linares
Pocoroba
Larry Whisenton
Phil Niekro
Rick Camp
Pascual Perez
Tommy Boggs
Rick Mahler
Bob Walk
Steve Bedrosian
Gene Garber
Dodgers
Yogi Berra
Ridge Spring Monetta Suffers Second Football Loss at St George
The Ridge Spring Monetta Trojans fell 12 6 to St George in a tight game with yardage margins of two. Marvin Robinson led RS M rushes with 101 yards while Gary Smith scored from a yard out in the third period. St George improved to 2 0 with RS M dropping to 0 2 and the Trojans travel to Mid Carolina for an 8 p m kickoff.
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ST. George
Ridge Spring
Monetta High
Ridge Spring-Monetta
Marvin Robinson
Eagles
Trojans
St. George's
Gary Smith
John Mason
Charlie Lott
Rs-M
Mid-Carolina
Mustangs Rally Past Evans 27 25 in Friday Thriller
Midland Valley High defeats Evans High 27 to 25 as Rusty Charpin directs with 106 passing yards 76 rushing yards and three TD passes. Norman racks 200+ rushing yards four TDs with two wiped by penalties. JoJo Brown adds two TDs. Coach Charpin hails line play and defense.
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Clearwater
Sherman
Atlanta
Midland Valley High
Rusty Charpin
Mustangs
Evans High
Evans
Frank Norman
Midland Valley
Reed Charpin
Norman
Mustang
Charpin
Vance Coleman
JoJo Brown
Dana Leaverette
Brown
Leaverette
Double Trouble
Jéro Brown
Ginny Southworth
Saints Fall to Branchville in Narrow High School Football Loss
St. Angela Academy quarterback Donnie Griffith connected with Matt Park on a 14 yard pass and Billy King scored for a brief Saints lead. Branchville answered with Mike Derrick diving over the stack to seize the lead and the Yellow Jackets won 29 18. Saints totaled 120 rushing yards and 123 passing yards with Griffith going 8 of 19 with two touchdowns.
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Branchville
St. Angela Academy
Donnie Griffith
Matt Park
Billy King
Saints
Yellow Jacket
St. Angela
Mike Derrick
Griffith
Calhoun Falls
Lydon Brown
St. A
Donnie St
David
St. A — Park
North Augusta Eagles top Butler 19 0 to stay unbeaten
North Augusta High defeated Butler 19 0 behind a swarming defense that intercepted four passes and held Butler to 88 yards. Kenneth McKie scored twice and Eddie Burr returned a 57 yard interception for a TD as North Augusta improved to 2-0, while Butler dropped to 0-1. The Yellow Jackets face Evans next Friday at 8 p.m.
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North Augusta
Hubert Morris
North Augusta High
Butler
Richmond Academy
Yellow Jacket
Morris
Yellow Jackets
Clevon Stewart
Kenneth McKie
Jimmy Crawford
Eddie Burr
Evans
Jimmy Ord
Biff Jones
McKie
Etncontn Selene
Ice Meret
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Mike Strickland
Aiken Standard
Aiken
RSM
Naiadal
Smith
South Africa
Richard
South Aiken
Cam Ball
E— Norman
Wyman
Rusty Charpia
JoJo — Norman
E—Norman
Vanceman
Charpia
Augusta
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