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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1976
Page
4
The Western Tar Heel Conference champions Surry Koights announce Greg Mickes will join Surry next year as a member of the HHT tennis team. Coach Jim Heeves praised the transfer as a tremendous worker with a 16 2 record at Marmount High School.
Six of North Carolina’s top high school coaches were chosen to lead the North and South all star squads for the NC Jaycees Boys Home All Star Game. July 4 at East Carolina University Ficklen Stadium. The selection followed a screening committee evaluating leadership and coaching experience.
The Mount Airy Tee Baseball League began with two Friday games at Mount Airy High School Field. The Braves beat Pine Late 9 2 as Gerald Culler drove in five runs with a double and a homer while Brien Key and Robert Stanfield added power hits. McDonald’s defeated Speedy Chef 8 4 led by Kerry Collins with a double triple and homerun. John Jones belted a grand slam and a triple for Speedy Chef. Four teams form the new league for boys and girls ages 8 to 12, with games every Friday and Monday for six weeks.
Al Unser dominate the Schaefer 500 at Pocono Raceway leading 73 of 80 final laps to beat Mike Moseley by 4.2 seconds after a rehabbed season since 1974. The triumph follows a string of Indianapolis wins and confirms Unser as United States Auto Club champion.
The United States will decide its Montreal Olympic boxing representatives in runoff bouts before July 10 in heavyweight middleweight and welterweight divisions. This weekend’s events draw a capacity crowd of 4 000 at the University of Burlington with top contenders aiming to secure spots.
Helen's Nips Helen's Beauty Shop defeated Comfort Service 25-23 Thursday in Franklin Womens Softball League action. Jamie Butcher hit a grand slam in the first inning for Helen's. Vermont's Patrick Gymnasium set US team representation after regional matches in Burlington and Cincinnati results influenced weight-class qualifications.
Forty women golfers from Cedarbrook Elkin and Yadkinville clubs competed in a Guest Day bunny hop hosted by the Ladies Golf Association of Mount Aury. An 18 hole round opened the event followed by four special hours and luncheon. Winners include Billie Miller Pat Draughn Sara Vestal Madie Early Fitts Shark Pete Martin Betty Rector Janet Dixon Rachel Jones Polly Reece La Vera Dugger Sally Davis. Sis Elder received three golf balls for closest to the new hole.
Fragmentary OCR notes show standings and results from a Thursday meet. Names such as Siownt and Procter appear with partial team and score details unclear due to damaged text. Further readable facts are unavailable in the supplied snippet.
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