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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 23, 1981

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WV boys track meet results spark regional intrigue

Charleston WV AP reports Friday results in Class AAA boys track with top marks across multiple events. Standouts include athletes from Montreal Chicago Los Angeles Pittsburgh and New York competing in finals, while NASCAR contexts and county softball champions appear in the same statewide summary. Minnesota Islanders and World 600 race qualifiers feature in the scattered results.

Charleston W.va Associated Press Ache New York Milwaukee Toronto Texas Seattle U Lik Kansas City Minnesota Boston California Baltimore Cleveland Chicago Oakland Flanagan Detroit Rozema Lerch Bormback Keough Waits Righetti WEST Los San Francisco Atlanta San Diego St. Louis Houston Cincinnati Montreal Los Angeles Philadelphia

Bill Meeting Set Thursday

A meeting of McDowell County coaches, band directors and cheerleader sponsors is scheduled for Thursday at 6 p.m. at the county vocational school to discuss Senate Bill 462 which would require teacher coaches to sign separate contracts and face transfer or termination if they stop coaching.

McDowell County

Generals Defeated In Tourney

MOUNDSVILLE It was a bad day for Montcalm's Generals in the first-ever girls state softball tournament. They were no-hit by Martinsburg's Missy Bullett in the opener and then lost the consolation game to John Marshall. Martinsburg defeated Bishop Donahue 14-5 for the championship.

Moundsville Montcalm Generals Martinsburg Missy Bullett John Marshall Bishop Donahue

BHS Twins Marcus and Sarver Lead Regionals Bid

Bluefield High swimmers Mariantha Sarver and Leslie Addington dominated sectional tennis earning Regional Tournament berths and potential State appearance in Charleston May 26 27. Sarver beat Booth 8-0 Crotty 8-1 Steffey 6-0 Kiser 6-2 6-1. Addington defeated Arbau gh 8 1 Arbogast 6-0 Green 6-0 Monday 6-1 6-0. Both closed 10-0 in regular season.

Bluefield High Mariantha Sarver Leslie Addington Charleston Sarver Booth Big Creek Crotty Mullins Steffey Pineville Kiser Shady Spring Addington Arbaugh Arbogast Green Greenbrier East Princeton

Matoaka Hosts Two-Day Men’s Slow-Pitch Softball Tourney

Matoaka High School sponsors a men’s double elimination slow-pitch softball tournament May 30-31 at Bluefield City Park. Entry is 60 dollars. teams provide their own balls. Trophies awarded to top three teams and top two players. proceeds fund Matoaka basketball summer camp. For details call 467 8282 weekdays or 487 3254 or 325 6806 at night.

Matoaka Matoaka High School Bluefield City Park

Lea Sails Expos Past Cubs 6 3 In Chicago

Montreal Expos beat Chicago Cubs 6 3 as Charlie Lea allowed four hits in seven shutout innings and Chris Speier drove in three with a third inning double. Andre Dawson homered in the fifth, Warren Cromartie and Tim Wallach added runs, while Mike Krukow took the loss.

Chicago Charlie Lea Chris Speier Montreal Expos Chicago Cubs Lea San Francisco Giants Woodie Fryman Expos Mike Krukow Gary Carter Tim Wallach Warren Cromartie Speier Andre Dawson Willie Montanez Joe Strain Leon Durham Cromartie Montanez Wallach Bill Buckner Durham Steve Henderson Jerry Morales Cubs Strain Elias Sosa Ken Reitz Tim Blackwell Reitz

Dusty Bakers 12th inning hit powers Dodgers past Reds 4 2

Dodgers win 4 2 in 12th inning as Dusty Bakers two run single breaks 2 2 tie. Ken Landreux walked and Rick Monday singled then Bakers caps the rally with his third homer of the season.

Reds Mike LaCoss Steve Garvey Ron Cey Pedro Guerrero Dodgers Orioles Detroit Ken Singleton Baltimore Orioles Detroit Tigers Singleton Milt Wilcox Gary Roenicke Wilcox Tigers

Mount View Knights Rally To Capture West Virginia Title

Mount View Golden Knights came from behind to beat Princeton 3-2 at Bowen Field and win the Class AAA Region III Section II baseball crown. Dale Kitts scored the eventual winning run in the eighth after John West’s sharp single and a late Princeton error, as Mount View advances to the Region III semifinals to face Beckley Woodrow Wilson. Pitchers Kevin Meade and Jerry Vestal starred for their teams in a closely contested game before a large crowd.

Nick Shaffron McDowell County Bowen Field Princeton Tigers West Virginia Mount View Beckley Woodrow Wilson Bowen Knights Dale Kitts John West Kitts Princeton Mark Brooks Donald Johnson Brooks Todd Browning Johnson West Vestal Jaeger Bluefield ITI Meade Tiger St. Clair Gary Stover Bryan Mahaffey Louis Bacho Mahaffey Larry Mahaffey Cecil Hardin Hardin Eddie Sarah RBI Davidson Thompson Barnette Karnes Williams Hubbard Browning B.mahaffey Boyer L.mahaffey Sarah Stover Bacho Mount View Meade

Fergus Leads Memorial with 68 for One-Stroke Lead

Keith Fergus shot a 4 under par 68 to reach 139 and grab a one stroke lead in the Memorial at Muirfield Village. Lanny Wadkins and Dan Halldorson share second at 140, while Nicklaus sits 143 after a 71 as Rory Watson and Craig Stadler chase in sunny conditions.

Dublin Ohio Keith Fergus Fergus Jack Nicklaus Muirfield Village Golf Club Lanny Wadkins Dan Halldorson Halldorson Wadkins Craig Stadler Mark Hayes Tom Purtzer Purtzer Nicklaus Tom Watson Bruce Lietzke David Graham An &Iron Ben Crenshaw Keith F Stadler Hayes Tom Kite Bob Mi Jack Ni Bill David D.A. Weibring Crenshaw Jerry Pate Jerry McGee Tom Weiskopf Mike Sullivan Gil Morgan Tom Jenkins John Mahaffey Fuzzy Zoeller Vance Heafner Scott Sim Jack Renner Edwards Jim Holtgrieve Alan Tapie Lee Elder Jim Simons Ed Fiori Larry Nelson George Burns Roger Maltbie Mike Reid Gary Hallberg Bruce Fleisher Jeff Matchell J.C. Snead Jack Newton Isao Aoki Victor Regalado Don Pooley Lou Graham Bruce Peter Jacobsen Bruce Devlin John Schroeder Andy North Bob Tway Brad Bryant Jay Haas Mark Lye Rex Caldwer Peeks

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