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1980 All Area Baseball Team Named for West Virginia Region
A composite listing highlights top players across districts. Jeff Clayburne Richlands leads as top power hitter with .516 average, nine homers, a triple and five doubles while driving 34 runs. Other standouts include Steve Newberry Peterstown a .500 hitter and West Virginia all stater, Ken Lawson Beaver power with .371 average and 21 RBI, Bob Karnes Princeton .380 average and 8 stolen bases, and pitchers John Quintier Graham and Tim Brammer Mount View with strong ERA and win totals. Additional honorees span Graham, Mount View, Princeton, Northfork, Tazewell, Narrows, Giles, Grundy, Wytheville and Big Creek with long lists of honorable mentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeff Clayburne
Richlands
AHS
Steve Newberry
Peterstown
Urrows
Ken Lawson
Beaver
Ken
Bob Karnes
Princeton
John Quintier
Graham
Mickey Smith
Wytheville
Steve Hoops
Tazewell
Ted Oney
Narrows
Jeff Joyce
Mount View
Mark Owens
Craig Stiltner
Grundy
Mike Branham
John Lambert
Mike Davidson
Giles
Michael Boyd
Northfork
Robert Curry
Athens
Lee Heard
Big Creek
Lonnie Yates
Don Sharrod
Mark Epperly
Randy Penland
Danny Willis
Larry Mahaffey
John Spencer
Mark Sarah
John West
Kevin Meade
Todd Hedrick
Pineville
Mike Payne
Chris Jones
Mark Muncy
Barry Karnes
Jeff St.Clair
Tom Noble
Gene Duremdes
Marty Lytton
Mark Scott
Rusty Cook
Jeff Simmons
Bill Halsey
Nick Lopez
Jeff Light
John Smith
Mount View UT
Kenny Lawson
Beaver UT
Tim Brammer
Mount View O
Mike Hartzog