Ledford Downs Jaybirds to Cap Season on High Note
Ledford Panthers close the season with a 10 4 win over Allen Jay as Shannon Wall hurls a four hit game with five strikeouts to secure a 12 9 overall and 7 7 league record. Carl Jacobs takes loss while Embler Pope and Stutts pace Ledford with three hits each. Blaine Foy supplies Jaybird extra base hit with a two bagger.
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Ledford
Allen Jay
Panthers
Shannon Wall
Carl Jacobs
Steven Embler
Randy Pope
David Stutts
Blaine Foy
Jaybird
Ragsdale Captures District 7 Crown
Ragsdale girls softball defeated Cummings 14 11 to clinch the District 7 Conference title with an undefeated 12 0 league record. The Tigers had 22 hits led by Lisa Culler and Jackie Deaton. They finish 13 1 overall and will idle until next Friday to face the Central Carolina Conference Tournament winner.
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Burlington
Ragsdale
Cummings
Tigers
Medley Warren
Jeannie Augustine
Erix Cox
Augustine
Jackie Deaton
Lisa Culler
Deaton
Judy Bridges
Terri Colquitt
RBI
High Point Central
Piermont Oaks Tennis Moves To Last Round
Haroon Ismail the unseeded survivor after a marathon three hour 30 minute match at the Piermont Oaks Open. The Salisbury Rhodesia player beat Howard Schoenfield 4 6 7 4 7 6 to reach the final round as 16 players remain in the $18 500 Southern Circuit event in Shreveport. Ismail, SMU economics student, won the final set tiebreaker 8 6 after trailing 6 1, with a 12 point tiebreaker used. Ian Guerry and Deane Joubert advanced with ease as the tournament heads to its final rounds.
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Shreveport
Haroon Ismail
U.S. Tennis Association
Ismail
Salisbury
Rhodesia
Howard Schoenfield
Southern Methodist University Economics
Tennessee-Chattanooga
SMU
Ian Guerry
Houston
Tex
Deane Joubert
Pretoria
South Africa
Outdoor Page Moves to Friday this Week
The outdoor page normally published on Thursday is moved to Friday for this week and will return to its regular Friday publication schedule next week.
Dantley Named NBA Rookie of the Year
Adrian Dantley of the Buffalo Braves wins NBA Rookie of the Year after averaging 20.3 points per game. The award caps a standout debut season for the guard in New York.
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New York
Adrian Dantley
Buffalo Braves
National Basketball Association
Hoopes Joins Cardinals as Free Agent Punter
Mitch Hoopes 23, ex Cowboys and Chargers punter, signs with the St. Louis Cardinals along with Jeff Blanc 22 a BYU running back Wayne Carmody 23 a defensive back with no college football, and David Headstream 22 from SMU at the NFL team’s Wednesday signing. Hoopes was drafted by Dallas in 1975 and traded to the Chargers before 1976, then released mid season.
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ST. Louis
Mitch Hoopes
Dallas Cowboys
San Diego Chargers
St. Louis Cardinals
National Football League
Jeff Blanc
Brigham Young
Wayne Carmody
David Headstream
Southern Methodist University
Hoopes
Dallas
Chargers
High Point Wins Second Hawn Cup in Carolinas Conf
High Point University clinched the Joby Hawn Cup for the second straight year, scoring 51 points to top Guilford by half a point. Guilford placed second, Elon third, Pembroke State fourth, followed by Atlantic Christian, Pfeiffer, and Catawba. High Point claimed titles in women’s volleyball, women’s basketball, women’s tennis, soccer and baseball, with runner up finishes in men’s tennis and track.
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High Point
Joby Hawn
Panthers
Hawn
Guilford
Elon
Pembroke State
Atlantic Christian
Pfeiffer
Catawba
Guiltora
MY Elon
Acc
Pleiffer
West Liberty Edges Atlantic Christian In NAIA Clash
West Liberty West Virginia rallied with two in the ninth to beat Atlantic Christian College 4-3 in the NAIA Area 7 baseball tournament. West Liberty advances to face Newberry while Atlantic Christian meets Elon in today’s double elimination schedule with the loser of that game facing elimination.
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Bulldogs
West Liberty
Newberry College
Atlantic Christian
Elon
Northeast Wins Final Triad Track Meet
Northeast clinched the Triad Conference track meet with 104 points, Knox 98, Ferndale 78, and Asheboro 67. Winners included Donald Campbell in the 880, Michael Golden in the broad jump, Dennis Robinson in the triple jump, plus a school-record 440-relay with Golden Gainey Robinson Norton, and mile-relay on Quick Fairly Williams Morris. Ferndale took three titles James Stewart 180 hurdles Quinn Cottle pole vault William Dawkins shot put. Eleven teams competed over four and a half hours as the league plans two conferences next year.
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Asheboro
Northeast
Knox
Ferndale
Griffin
North Asheboro
Lexington
Thomasville
Trinity
Jamestown
Albemarle
Donald Campbell
Michael Golden
Dennis Robinson
Golden
Willie Gainey
Robinson
Larry Norton
Willie Quick
Jim Fairly
Tommy Williams
Ronald Morris
James Stewart
Quinn Cottle
William Dawkins
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Ledford Alien
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World Boxing Council
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Miguel Cuello
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Ujulf Paris
David Suddards
Tom Watson
Los Angeles Dodgers
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University of Tennessee College of Engineering
National Football Hall of Fame
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