Beckley Blue Eaglets edge Shady Spring in close junior high clash
Beckley Junior Highs Blue Eaglets remain unbeaten after a 37 36 thriller with Shady Spring Kittens. Bobby Short led Beckley with 15 points while Bob Poe paced Shady with 13 and Allen Skelton added 12 as the teams traded leads late.
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Shady Spring Junior High
Fayetteville Jr
Oak Hill
Imps
Oan
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Beckley
Kittens
Shady
Bob Manning
Beckleyans
Bobby Short
Bob Poe
Allen Skelton
Logan Junior High
Shady Spring Jr Allen Skelton
Charles Saunders
Mike Slade
Danny Calvert
Harold Griffith
Beckley Jr
Freddie Lewis
Buddy Hutchens
L. A. Gates
Roy Rogers
Ronnie Lilly
Shady Spring
Oak Hill Jr
Fayetteville
Mullens Invades Shady In Raleigh County League Action
In a packed tri county boys schedule 14 games led by top unbeaten clubs Sophia and Conley. Sophia High 14th in state hosts Marsh Fork as Jim Woodie and Doug Basham pace the Blue Hawks while Marsh Fork’s Stanley Cook Benny Milam guard play key. Mullens visits Shady Spring as Mount Hope Fayetteville and other C D games line the night.
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Blue Hawks
Marsh Fork
Conley
Aracama
Stotesbury
Stoco Indians
Mount Hope
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Fayette County
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Oceana
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War
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United Press International
Board of Coaches
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Jim Woodie
Marsh Ford
Doug Basham
Basham
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Hawks
Bob Douglas
Stanley Cook
Bulldogs
Marsh Forkers
Benny Milam
Raleigh
Mark Twain
Clear Fork
Glen Rogers
Mustangs
Pirates
Fayette County Memorial Auditorium
Summersville
Teddy Scott
Scott
Robert Stanton
Teddy Spadaro
Oceana High
Indians
Dancy Twins
Lonnie
Connie
Bill Workman
Ritchie Simmons
Tri-County
Pineville Minutemen
Minutemen
Simmons
Stratton High
Beckley
Park Central
Godfrey
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Lawrence Wiseman
Beckley Flying Eagles
Recreation Building
Wiseman
Highlanders
Rec
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Hinton
Bill Garten
Bobcats
South Charleston
New Raleish County Armory
Babe Riffe
Shady Spring Tigers
Billy Cochran
Jerry Taylor
Taylor
Tigers
Riffe
Mullens Rebels
Tom McLaughlin
Dayton Meadows
Wayne Anderson
McLaughlin
Shady
Dan Cochran
Two Raleigh County rivals set for Stoco vs Mark Twain clash
STOCO AT MARK TWAIN features former Byrd Prileman players now starring for Stoco and Mark Twain. Leonard Mullins and Harold Wiley lead their squads with Evan Maynard and Billy Seigler also expected to shine in a high stakes county showdown.
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STOCO
Mark Twain
Raleigh
Stotesbury
Byrd-Prilerman
Leonard Mullens
Harold Wiley
Mullins
Wiley
Tri-County
Evan Maynard
Stoce
Billy Seigler
Maynard
Seigler
Conley
Conley Blue Devils
Aracama
Sharples
Aracoma
Blue Devils
William Crews
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Eagles, Shady Win Wrestling Meets in Coalfield Conference
Beckley defeats Sophia 33 8 as Gary Floyd and Ronald Thompson win by falls. Shady Spring triumphed over DuPont 32 23 with seven falls led by Jimmy Bales and Roger Anderson. Woodrow Wilson tallies two falls in a close loss to Sophia, final 33 8. Shady set 6-3 season mark and faces Logan next. Beckley improves to 5 1 in conference and 5 0 in Coalfield.
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Shady Spring
Beckley Boys
Blue Hawks
Sophia
Shady
DuPont
Hawks
Gary Floyd
Ronald Thompson
Flying Eagles
Floyd
Keith Hartson
Thompson
Kenny Wood
Bob Arms
Andy Shrewsbury
Larry Ward
Frank Cochran
Ernie Caffee
Beckley
Donald Moore
Logan
Coalfield
Beaver School
Eagles
West Virginia Star Jerry West at Lakers Spotlight
Sports by George Will highlights Jerry West, Lakers guard from West Virginia, amid Elgin Baylor’s service. West sets an NBA record with 63 points in a game and follows with 50 points the next night, while debate over his career length and durability continues.
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Baylor
Uncle Sam
West
Arnold Hane
Sport
Jerry West
David
Goliaths
L. A
Hano
NBA
Hane
Elgin Baylor
Rod Thorn
Joe Donnelly
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