Akron girls win state softball titles in three classes
Akron St. Vincent St. Mary beat Dayton Chaminade Julienne 2-1 in Class AAA after taking two runs in the fourth inning on Dayton errors. Kim Friend earned the win with 4 hits allowed and two strikeouts. In Class AA, Manchester beat Valley View 6-1 behind Renee Vance and six first inning runs. In Class A, Susan Hardy no-hit Portsmouth Clay then Hillsdale beat Clay 4-1 for its first title.
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Akron St. Vincent St. Mary
Dayton Chaminade Julienne
Akron
Kim Friend
Judy Garritano
Dayton
Ginny Miller
Theresa Paitney
Friend
Chris Linley
Akron Manchester
Germantown Valley View
Manchester
Renee Vance
Susan Hardy
Jeromesville Hillsdale
Portsmouth Clay
Hardy
Hillsdale
Bombo's blasts spark Twins past Boston 8-2
Bombo Rivera drove in four runs with a single a double and a homer and Rob Wilfong added a two run double as the Minnesota Twins defeated the Boston Red Sox 8-2. Dave Goltz pitched six hits while Chuck Rainey took the loss. Rivera and Castino provided early runs and Wilfong extended the lead with a key fourth inning double.
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UPI
Bombo Rivera
Rob Wilfong
Dave Goltz
Minnesota Twins
Boston Red Sox
John Castino
Rivera
Chuck Rainey
Minnesota
Boston
Carl Yastrzemski
Carlton Fisk
Dwight Evans
Wilfong
Twins
Castino
Goltz
Boston Minn
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Bi Henry
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Burleson
Sol
Lynn
Smalley
Rice Daggo Landreax
Solo Ystremsk
Adams
Ieee
Morales
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Casiino
Boston Rainey
Jasster
Burgmeyer Ae
Gollz
LeFlore Leads Tigers Past A's With Three Steals
Ron LeFlore went 4-for-5 and boosted his AL leading stolen base total to 26 with three steals as the Detroit Tigers beat the Oakland Athletics 9-3 in Oakland. LeFlore had hits in the first, fifth, and sixth innings and added another in the ninth, supporting pitcher Jack Morris who held a four-hitter into the eighth.
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Ron LeFlore
Detroit Tigers
Oakland A's
LeFlore
Jack Morris
Morris
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A's
UTEP foreign legion wins NCAA track team title
UTEP captured the NCAA Track and Field team title led by five first place finishes totaling 48 points, while Villanova's Don Paige won both the 800 and 1,500 meter national titles, the first double since 1958. Sydney Maree also won the 5,000 for Villanova as new college records and strong national marks shaped the meet in Champaign.
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Jim “Jumbo
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Sydney Maree
Rudy Chapa
Oregon
Harry Bono
Washington State
Villanova
UTEP
Miners
University of Illinois’ Memorial Stadium
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James Walker
Auburn
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Maryland
Renaldo Nehemiah
Greg Foster
UCLA
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LaMonte King
Cal-Irvine
Bruin
Southern Cal
Trojans
Billy Mullins
Trojan
LSU
Texas
Franklin Jacobs
Farleigh-Dickinson
Missouri
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