Simmons Textile Division hosts Petersburg in big Saturday clash
Petersburg High School Crimson Wave led by Coach Roland Day travels to Simmons Park to face Cranford and the local Yellow Jackets in a Virginia Class A showdown. Day weighs starter options for three ace pitchers while Cranford backs a strong Southern high school lineup amid the Lions Club Big Six series. Roanoke Rapids clinches Eastern Class B Conference title.
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Roland Day
Petersburg High School
Crimson Wave
Simmons Park
Cranford
Yellow Jackets
Vusitors
Virginia
Lions Club
Jax
Wilson
Raleigh
Roanoke Rapids
Finishers Top Rosemary Long In Rosem Softball Action
Finishers lead the Rosem Softball League standings with a 5 1 record after a 10 3 win over the Weavers highlighted by Moose Parrish and Peanut Midgette. Spinners split results with two 6 1 and 7 4 outcomes as Finishers and Spinners trade wins and losses in daily games at Dormitory Field.
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Rosemary Long
Roland Pridgen
Weavers
Fins
Moose
Parrish
Deberry
Moye
Wright
Williams
Whitby
Capt
Ryals
R. Everette
Crouch
Lee
Mills
Neal
Merritt
Lefty Everette
Doug Worsham
Louis Outland
Hall
Jones
Miller
Hale
George Outland
Rosemary Girls Lead Classy Infield. Rosemary Tops Patterson
Softball notes from the town column highlight Rosemary’s double header win over Patterson at Dormitory. Mentions include Curt Gore and Patterson horseshoes, Rosemary’s strong infield, new tennis courts, a junior diamond for boys on Dormitory field, and a girls prairie field as the scene shifts to next week.
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Spiners
Rosemary
Patterson
Curt Gore
Mason
Wright
Grissom
Lee
Prairie
Deberry
Wright—Miller
Jones
Jackets Beat Raleigh 9 6 in Roanoke Rapids Baseball Game
Deaver Shell struck out 14 in a 9 6 victory for Roanoke Rapids over Raleigh as the Jackets exploit 14 hits including four triples. Boyd led with two triples and a single, while Jordan and Carter added two safeties each for Raleigh.
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Deaver Shell
Roanoke Rapids
Raleigh
Shell
Capitals
Yellow Jackets
Arthur Edward Raleigh Hurler
Jackets
Boyd
Starks
Sin
Newsome
Aseu Byrd
Pope
D. Shell
Topping
W. Shell
Wood
Jordan
Ferrell
Byrd
Walters
Weldon Ball Team Makes Good
Weldon is very proud of its baseball team this spring four games have been played Weldon team winning each game Wimbrow and Stephenson are doing good work.
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Weldon
Wimbrow
Finishers Defeat Opponents as Pitcher Deberry, Catcher Moye Hit
Deberry pitched and Moye caught for the Finishers while Powell pitched and Pitched for the losers. The brief game saw the Finishers prevail with solid pitching and defense indicated by the worn OCR lines.
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Powell
Deberry
Moye
Also Mentioned on This Page
Simmons Textile Division
Petersburg
Hoyle
Adams
Sewell
Harper
Moose’ Parrish
Muddy’ Waters
Jeff Matthews
Matthews
Bill
By Sam McDonald
John Walters
Cutie Carter
Charlie Jordan
Roanoke Rapids Lions Club
Raleigh Ab
Roanoke
Ab. R. IL
A. E. Boyd
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