Logan and Lancaster into winners' bracket final in Legion tourney
Logan (18-10) and Lancaster (34-3) won weekend games to reach the winners' bracket final of the Eighth District American Legion tournament. Meigs (16-20) and Glouster (17-13) stay alive in the losers' bracket as Athens and Wellston exit the meet. Action resumes next Saturday with three games and two title games on Sunday.
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Tom Metters
Messenger
Logan
Lancaster
American Legion
Meigs
Glouster
Athens
Wellston
Lithopolis
Athens High School
West State Street
Logan-Lancaster
Meigs-Glouster
Meigs - Lancaster
Harold Peppers
Mark McDaniel
Scott Gasser
Brian Hawk
Jan Myers
Paul
Artis) Smith
al Green
Jack Wagner
Hawk
Smith
Steve Lavery
al Walton
Lavery
Jeff Bush
Logan Lavery
Ed Bush
Bush
Matt Turbett
Jerry Stover
Meigs narrowly defends. Athens baseball struggles in multiple games
Meigs defeated Athens 4-3 at the West State Street field as Steve Baird pitched for Meigs while Athens’ pitcher mix faltered. Meigs rallied from a 0-4 hole, Dub Sayre and Art Chenko led Athens with multi-hit days, and Logan edged Athens 12-5 in a 12-inning marathon at the same site. Glouster swept Lithopolis 4-3, then blanked Wellston 10-0 as Mike Turrill homered grand slam in ninth.
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Tim Wooten
Mark Hunter
Don Poston
Jay Gardner
Phil Faires
Glouster
Lithopolis
Jim Destadio
Steve Turley
Kevin Meade
David Rowland
Gardner
Faires
Meigs
Athens
West State Street Field
John Sayre
Art Chenko
Steve Baird
Rick Pierson
Wellston
Mike Turrill
Glouser
Rick Maerker
Trevino Wins Canadian Open in Comeback Triumph
Lee Trevino wins the Canadian Open at Glen Abbey by four strokes finishing 8 under par 280 after a dramatic return from back surgery. Peter Oosterhuis takes second at 284, Tom Kite 285, with Nicklaus in a four-way tie for fourth.
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Oakville
Ont
Lee Trevino
Trevino
Glen Abbey Golf Club
Peter Oosterhuis
England
Tom Kite
Jack Nicklaus
Ray Floyd
Mike McCullough
Bill Kratzert
Mike Morley
Charles Coody
Lopes Delivers Three-Run Shot Gives Dodgers Win
Dave Lopes hit a three-run homer after Bruce Boisclair dropped a foul fly in the ninth inning, lifting the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 5-3 victory and stopping a three-game slide. The win widened the Dodgers' NL West lead over the Reds to 10 1/2 games.
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Associated Press
Dave Lopes
Bruce Boisclair
Lopes
New York Met
Los Angeles Dodgers
Boisclair
Hero
Mets
Dodger
Cincinnati Reds
Reds
St. Louis Cardinals
Tom Lasorda
Houston Astros
Chicago Cubs
Philadelphia Phillies
Astros
Cubs
Art Howe
Enos Cabell
Cesar Cedeno
Houston
Chicago
Howe
Cabell
Ed Herrmann
Philadelphia
San Diego
Phillies
Pirates
Bench
Rose
Sheriff's Team Victorious in Athens Softball Clash
The Athens County Sheriff's Office defeated the Athens Police Department 14 to 10 in a Sunday softball game in Athens.
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Athens
Athens County Sheriff's Office
Spartan Club Set To Meet At Alexander High School
The Spartan Club of Alexander High School will meet at 7 30 p m today at the high school. In other news sailmaker Ted Hood on Independence beat Courageous in an America's Cup observation trial race then Courageous led the June and July trials.
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Albany
Alexander High School
Newport. RI
Ted Hood
Independence
Ted Turner
Courageous
Hood
Enterprise
Columbia Gas
Bench Rose Predict Pirates Win NL East in Tight Race
Johnny Bench and Pete Rose of the Reds say the Pirates will surge in the final two months and win the NL East. Bench cites Pittsburgh's bullpen and middle lineup with Parker Stargell Oliver. Rose adds no team in baseball has a better bullpen.
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ST. Louis
Johnny Bench
Pete Rose
Cincinnati Reds
Pittsburgh Pirates
Pirates
Reds
Atlanta Braves
Dave
Dave) Parker, (Willie) Stargell
Oliver
Cincinnati
St. Louis Cardinals
Pittsburgh
Rose
Elks Golf Final Standings First Half Draw
Final standings list pairs and scores for the Elks golf event. Low gross and low net honors go to Randy Guthrie with 35 and 30 respectively, followed by Pat Eddy 35. multiple pairings noted including Guthrie-Baker and Eddy-Jewel among others.
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Guthrie - McCall Bolin - Sweeney
Nisely
Eddy - Jewel
Ridenour - Baker
Gilmore - Taylor
Rogers -Keirns
Low Gross
Randy Guthrie
Pat Eddy
Storer - Childress
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Brent Johnson
Rob Rose
Jay Jeffers
Terry Wall
Hamilton
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Jeff Montgomery
John Royster
Doug Barr
Nils Boyer
Kevin Persons
Lopes Homer
Dodgers
San Diego Padres
San Francisco Giants
Montreal Expos
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Ted Simmons
Paul Moskau
Keith Hernandez
RBI
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Tony Scott
Simmons
Rasmussen
Padres
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Phils
Luzinski
Braves
Jim Fregosi
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Expos
Jim Barr
San Francisco
Tim Foli
Derrel Thomas
Montreal
Jack Clark
Giants
Sheriff’s Team
Spartan Club
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Wilmington
Ohio
Cincinnati Bengals
Bob Brown
Brown
West Memphis
Ark
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Vail. Colo
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Tommy Jacobs
Bob Hope
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Jack Lemmon
Clint Eastwood
Larry Brown
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Vail Charities
Wardware and Building Supply
Putnam Howe Drive
Belpre
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