Gopher baseball upsets Horn in seven run win
Florence gains a 12 6 Central division win over Payson on the Longhorn field. Andy Celaya delivers a grand slam for Florence while Seth Stanni adds a seventh inning homer and a two base hit helps seal the victory. Payson suffers its first loss of the season in a key matchup.
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Florence
Nick McVicar
Payson
Longhorn Field
Alchesay
Hayden
Longhorns
Maricopa
Gophers
Andy Celaya
Seth Stanni
Longhorn
Ted Pottet
The
Diamond
Jimmy Ellis
Falcon
Martin
Steve Welker
Ellis
RBI
Tom Meek
Pottet
David Teeples
Pettet
Longhorns bow twice in 3 way and dual track meets
Mingus leads a three way meet with Wickenburg and Payson as Longhorns struggle due to illness. Payson tops Superior in a separate division, Bill Husse and Greg Loges post individual wins. State meet hopes rely on upcoming qualifier.
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Payson
Superior
Bill Husse
Greg Loges
Biden
Longhorn Girls Fall in Dual Meet at Superior
The Longhorn girls track team lost to Superior 46 2.532 and placed second with 37 points in a three way meet also featuring Wickenburg and Mingus. Eli Balstad set a 4 8 high jump school record, Amy Jones ran 6 29 for the mile and 2 56 for the 880.
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Payson
Mingus
Wickenburg
Greg Loges
Longhorn
Rick Biden
Eli Balstad
Amy Jones
Chere Martell
Cherry Herrera
Karen Whittle
Irene LaHaye
Leslie
Amy
Friday Saturday Tuesday Varsity Baseball Calendar
A compact calendar note lists upcoming events: Friday and Saturday varsity baseball games and junior varsity baseball, plus boys track and junior varsity CALENDAR entries, outlining soonest dates and venues.
Payson Golf Association Opens 1977 Season With Warm-Up
The Payson Golf Association began its 1977 season on March 19 with a Warm-up tournament and a business meeting. New officers were installed including President George Sutherland and Vice President Gene Quigley. Jean Coxey won first in the women's low net, Carl Kramer led the men with a 62, and awards went to Wilma Smith and Gene Livingston for closest to the pin. A wine and cheese tasting followed hosted by Joyce Daley.
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Payson Golf Association
George Sutherland
Roland Kruse
Gene Quigley
Jean Coxey
Neil Dugan
Joyce Daley
Eileen Elder
Gene Livingston
al Hull
Quigley
Carl Kramer
Tom Duggan
Wilma Smith
Longhorns Batting .408 in Early Payson Baseball Run
Payson High School Longhorns post a .408 team batting average and .694 slugging through five games. Brent Althoff leads with 10 hits in 17 at bats and a 1.118 slugging, Greg Leeds adds a .467 mark with 7 hits in 15 at bats and 1.267 power index.
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Alchesay
Payson High School
Longhorn
Diamond Nine
Arizona
Fredonia
Brent Althoff
Althoff
Greg Leeds
Leeds
Longhorns
Payson
Tucson
Adults meet to support Little League baseball
An adult meeting for those interested in helping and promoting Little League will be held at 7 30 p m tonight at First Federal Savings. Attendees may volunteer as officers coaches sponsors or in other roles by calling Chuck Crabtree. The season starts the second week of April with a team draft and practice, first games in the third week of May, and runs through July 4.
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First Federal Savings
Chuck Crabtree
Longhorn JV baseball extends win streak with 7-6 extra innings
Payson junior varsity edged Florence 7-6 in extra innings as Jerry Willis scored the deciding run in the eighth. Jeff Pettet pitched and batted three for four, with Russ LaForge adding three hits and two RBIs. Also beat Alchesay 1-0 and Hayden 14-6 behind strong mound work by Willis and Mike Youngcourt.
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Payson
Florence
Alchesay
Hayden
Longhorns
Jerry Willis
Jeff Pettet
Pettet
Russ LaForge
Mike Youngcourt
Bill Lee
Willis
Danny Fisher
LaForge
Grubbs
Beau Robier
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Welker
Ump
Gopher
Horn Diamond
LaHaye
Ray LaHaye
Albert Martinez
Leslie Jones
Blue Ridge
Superior Invitational
Camp Verde
Tom Meck
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