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State, Davis And Elkins Pace All-WVIAC BaseballConference champion West Virginia State and playoff participant Davis and Elkins each landed three players on the All-West Virginia Conference baseball team announced Sunday.State, which won its first conference title this spring in posting an 18-13 record, placed first baseman Bobby Maxwell, shortstop Othello Washington and outfielder Jeff Wentz.DE. which was the runnerup to West Ijberty in the WV1AC Northern Division and took part in the three-team conference playoff with State and West Ijberty, placed both pitchers and an mfielder. The hurlers are lefthander Mark Deutsch, who had a 6-1 record and 1 57earned rtun average, and righthander Kevin Ixigan, who finished 4-0 with a 1.16 ERAWest Ijberty, which saw its five season conference reign snapped when it lost to State in the playoff after ending 18-2 in the regular season, landed utility player Mark 84 wertfeger, who won five games as a pitcher while hitting 364 Hounding out the team are second baseman John Evans of DE, outfielders John Gainer of Salem and Ron Combs of AldersonBroaddus, third baseman John Scotchie of Salem, Morris Harvey catcher Doug Samms and designated hitter Doug Higgins of ShepherdHiggins slammed four home runs and had 12 RBI m one game against Glenville State late in the season In the game, he had a grand slam homer, a three-run homer, a two-run homer, a solo homer and a doubleSamms was the top hitter on the all-conference team with a .423 batting average, 11 doubles and 21 runs batted in Higgins hit 375 with six homers and 31 RBI
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bluefield, West Virginia, US
Sun, Jun 04, 1978
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