Floyd Wins TPC in Sudden Death Playoff at Inverrary
Ray Floyd beats Curtis Strange and Barry Jaeckel in a storm-delayed sudden-death playoff to win the Tournament Players Championship and claim a $322,000 prize, part of a $440,000 purse plus a $250,000 bonus for two consecutive Florida event titles. Floyd’s 14th career win comes after a 72-hole total of 285, with Strange finishing tied for second and Jaeckel two strokes back in a dramatic final.
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Ponte Verde Beach
Fla
Ray Floyd
Jaeckel
Floyd
Curtis
TPC
Florida
Jaeckel and
Strange
Miller Barber
Jim Colbert
Bruce Lietzke
Jim Simons
Barber
Colbert
Lietzke
Simons
Lee Trevino
Jack Nicklaus
Seve Ballesteros
Spain
Ponte Vedra Beach
Tom Purtzer
Arnold Palmer
Dave Stockton
Jerry Pate
Barney Thompso
Mark McCumber
John Mahaffey
Ed Fiori
Danny Edwards
D.A. Weibring
Wayne Levi
Bill Rogers
Dave Eichelbergr
Irwin
X Ray Floyd
Mark O'Meara
Lee Elder
Jay Haas
Rex Caldwell
Barry Jaeckel
Calvin Peete
Tom Jenkins
Keith Fergus
Charles Coody
Skip Dunaway
Mark Pfeil
Jim Dent
Peter Oosterhuis
Leonard Thmpso
Jerry McGee
Mark Hayes
Mick Soli
Gary Hallberg
Mike Sullivan
Frank Conner
Bud Allin
Ben Crenshaw
Dan Halldorson
Hubert Green
Bob Gilder
Grier Jones
Bull Krat
Ert
Len Nielsen
Wadkins
John Schroeder
Gil Morgan
Johnny Miller
Don Pooley
Ron Streck
Howard Twitty
Andy North
Jack Renner
Scott Hoch
Mike Gove
Mike Morley
Joe Inman
Bruce Douglass
Pat McGowan
Lou Graham
Tom Weiskopf
Dan Pohl
Bobby Walzel
Roger Maltbie
Jim Thorpe
Williamson Wolfpack Favored To Win WV AAA Title
Rival coaches hail Williamson's Wolfpack as the state’s team to beat in Class AAA as they enter the West Virginia tournament at Charleston Civic Center. Unbeaten at 23-0, coach Allan Hatcher says Williamson is the favorite, with South Charleston awaiting in the quarterfinals and St. Albans out of the field.
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W.va
Williamson
Wolfpack
Huntington East
Lonnie Lucas
Highlanders
Wheeling Park
Sam Andy
Patriots
Andy
West Virginia
Charleston Civic Center
Allan Hatcher
Hatcher
Princeton
Huntington
Logan
Virgie
Kentucky
South Charleston
Fairmont East
Greenbrier East
Paul Greer
Oceana
St. Albans
Bill Walton
Stonewall
John
Mawyer
Brian
Hall
Cavaliers Eye Third Win Over North Carolina This Season
Virginia, fresh from a spot in the NCAA Final Four, faces North Carolina in a semifinal after two regular-season victories over the Tar Heels. Ralph Sampson, Jeff Lamp, and Lee Baker star as Terry Holland’s Cavaliers seek a third win, aiming for a flawless performance to reach the championship.
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Charlottesville
Virginia
North Carolina
Cavaliers
Tar Heels
Chapel Hill
N.C
Dean Smith
Ralph Sampson
Jeff Lamp
Lee Baker
Terry Holland
Philadelphia
Smith
Lamp
Terry Gates
Gates
Ralph (Sampson
Villanova
Brigham Young
Holland
Sampson
Baker
Othell Wilson
Jeff Jones
BYU
Jones
West Virginia star signs with Tennessee Tech
Dee Davis the 5 foot 7 guard named WV girls basketball player of the year signs to play at Tennessee Tech. She was courted by Maryland Georgia Notre Dame and NC State. Final choice narrowed to Tennessee Tech and NC State. Tyrone Curtis Wittenberg All American named to Division III team. Curtis top vote getter among D III guards and led Wittenberg in career scoring with 1,739 points.
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W.va
Dee Davis
West Virginia
Tennessee Tech University
Miss Davis
Maryland
Georgia
Notre Dame
North Carolina State
Tennessee Tech
N.C. State
Springfield
Ohio
Tyrone Curtis
Bluefield High School
Wittenberg
Bluefield
Curtis
Pressey lifts Tulsa past WVU in NIT semifinal thriller
Tulsa defeats West Virginia 89-87 to advance to the 44th NIT final behind Paul Pressey’s late scoring surge. Pressey, Tulsa’s standout guard, scored 11 points in the final minutes, steering Tulsa while coach Nolan Richardson praised his leadership. Greg Jones and Mike Anderson added key scoring for Tulsa, as WVU’s Diego McCoy topped the Mountaineers with 30 points before a late miss sealed the win.
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University of Tulsa
Greg Stewart
West Virginia University
New York
Madison Square Garden
WVU
Greg Jones
Dennis Hosey
Greg Nance
Tulsa
Mountaineers
Paul Pressey
West Virginia
Nolan Richardson
Pressey
Richardson
Golden Hurricane
Western Texas
Diego McCoy
McCoy
Mike Anderson
Nance
Golden Hurricanes
Ty Nilsson
Todd
Collins
Jones
Gipson
Hosey
Herbert
King
Kearney
Brown
Stevenson
Stewart
Anderson
Stradling
Opening Day Exhibition Roundup in NORWOOD area
Exhibition results from multiple teams in spring training across Florida Arizona and California including notable games: A's beat Giants 4-3 on an unearned ninth inning error by Bill North. White Sox 5-4 over Reds on an 11th inning sacrifice fly. Astros 3-2 over Red Sox with Alan Ashby RBI. Orioles 9-3 over Expos with Doug DeCinces three RBI. Angels 11-2 over Mariners highlighted by Beniquez three hits and three RBI. Blue Jays 12-4 over Pirates with two homers by Velez and Bell. Cubs 6-2 over Indians featuring Dilone and Pagel. Phillies 5-1 over Cardinals led by Christenson five innings.
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A's
Phoenix
Ariz
Oakland A’s
San Francisco
Bill North
Giants
North
Jeff Newman
White Sox
Sarasota
Fla
Bill Almon
Leo Sutherland
Chicago White Sox
Cincinnati Reds
Wayne Nordhagen
Paul Moskau
Gary Redus
Mike Proly
Reds
Harold Baines
Moskau
Phillies
Clearwater
Larry Christenson
Garry Maddox
Larry Bowa
Philadelphia Phillies
St. Louis Cardinals
Christenson
Philadelphia
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Weaver
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