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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1972
Page
11
The West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission approved a four team football playoff for all classes after the 1972 regular season. Top four rated teams enter, with a tiebreaking procedure including a coin toss for ball position. The policy counts only the first game’s bonus points in the rating when teams meet twice.
The Beckley Recreation Board forms a committee to locate property for a softball field and parking. A meeting of the League and all interested persons will be held tonight at Caseino Stadium after the second game.
In Clarksburg the Secondary School Activities Commission Board of Control endorsed minor constitutional amendments including banning girls from tennis against boys, allowing junior high basketball scrimmages, and extending preseason football scrimmage options. Final adoption awaits State Board of Education approval.
Raleigh Motors opened with four runs in the first inning and added two in the fourth to power a 6-0 victory over Blue Ridge. Silver Brand defeated Harry's 3-1 as the curfew shortened game left Harry Lewin Field in Beckley.
Butch Smith scored 44 points to lead team six past team three 90 55. Richard Swan led team three with 16. Cedric Robertson and Lawrence Henry combined for 48 in team five 82 60 win. Freddie Wright top scored for team four with 27.
Fred Hill of WWHS leads after week one of the Woodrow Wilson summer weightlifting program with a total of 1,190 pounds. Class results show Darrell Foley 545 pounds, Mike Sawyers 570, Jose Rodriguez and Sam Monroe tied at 930, Dennis Sanderson 1,030, Mike Misiti 620, Joe Saunders and Paul Wheeler tied at 1,060, Hill at 1,090 in 242-pound class. Exercises included press bench press squat and drift.
Former Woodrow Wilson star Tom Reid travels with his father and coach to Lakewood Colorado for the USA National Junior Track and Field Championships. He will run the 100 yard dash and 220 after winning both events at Fairmont.
LUBBOCK Texas All-Star football coaches game features West led by Bill Butler and Jeff Kinney from the Big Eight with quarterbacks Jerry Tagge and Jack Mildren. The 12th annual game aims to showcase timing and film study gains before a 45000 crowd at Jones Stadium and TV audience. Kinney notes peak form and safety over prep, while Butler emphasizes familiarity from league play aiding West offense.
Pittsburgh veteran Bill Mazeroski announces plans to retire at season's end amid limited action this year. He notes past 1960 World Series heroics and holds a major league record with 1,682 double plays. A key ninth inning flip against the Dodgers shows he remains a potential late-game contributor.
Bobby Allison finished sixth in the Golden State 400 at Riverside to extend his lead in the Winston Cup Grand National standings. He sits at 1,319.75 points versus Cecil Gordon's 1,226.75 in the second phase chasing a $10,000 top prize.
Howard Cosell urged Congress to create a federal commission to regulate professional sports and ban TV blackouts. He testified before the Senate Commerce Committee on a bill shaping control of franchises contracts drafts and telecasts while warning against government involvement in player disputes. Jack Dolph of the ABA warned merger delays threaten pro basketball as losses mount from bidding wars.
United Press International reports Rochester beat Peninsula 3-2 before 12 237 fans. Dale Spier pitched eight innings for the win with Terry Wilshusen finishing and Larry Johnson driving in the decisive run in the eighth. Chico Rodriguez added an eighth inning homer to back the relief effort.
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