Petersburg Culpeper win state group titles in tight finals
Petersburg secures its first state Group AAA crown with a 59 51 win over Halifax County after a defensive hold on Moses Malone. Culpeper defeats Kennedy 82 78 for Group AA, while West Point falls to Luray in Group A as Duke Thorpe dominates Arrington with 32 points and 21 rebounds.
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Charlottesville
Carl Peal
Petersburg
Moses Malone
Halifax County
Comets
Harold Jones
Culpeper
John Averett
Jones
Blue Devils
Kennedy
Suffolk
Wolverines
Luray
Jimmy Arrington
Norman Dinwiddie
West Point
Duke Thorpe
Duke
Dinwiddie
Arrington
Thorpe
Malone
Jerry Brooks
Tommy Burleson
State
ACC
David Thompson
Thompson
Wolfpack
Maryland Loses In ACC Faces NCAA Challenge
In Greensboro Maryland falls 76 74 to undefeated North Carolina State in the ACC final while awaiting the NCAA tournament bid. Coach Lefty Driesell rests Len Elmore for the NCAAs. Tom McMillen and John Lucas pace the Terps as State earns a 27 0 mark and No. 2 ranking.
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Maryland
Greensboro
N.C
Lefty Driesell
Terps
North Carolina State
Len Elmore
Driesell
Elmore
Wake Forest
Seph
Tom Roy
Tom McMillen
John Lucas
Tim Stoddard
Howard White
Southeastern 500 at Bristol Resumes March 25
The Southeastern 500 Grand National stock car race at Bristol International Speedway will resume Sunday March 25 with Cale Yarborough of Timmonsville S C leading the field. Yarborough was three quarters of a lap ahead when rain halted the race at lap 52, with Coo Coo Marlin second. Top finishers at stoppage were Bobby Isaac Richard Petty and Bobby Allison, with Cecil Gordon and Buddy Baker among the leaders after qualifying.
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Bristol, Tenn
Cale Yarborough
Timmonsville
S. C
Yarborough
Junior Johnson
Coo Coo Marlin
Columbia
Tenn
Bristol International Speedway
Bobby Isaac
Catawba
N. C
Ford
Richard Petty
Randleman
Dodge
Bobby Allison
Hueytown
Ala
Chevrolet
Cecil Gordon
Horseshoe
Warriors Win Region 4 Tourney
Wardensville Warriors defeat Mathias 58 47 in the West Virginia Region 4 basketball tournament. Coach Pete Vance lauds defense as the deciding factor while Eric McKeever scores 21 and Tara Rinard adds 13. Mathias’ Dennis Jenkins leads with 18 points. Warriors advance to face Piedmont.
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Romney
W.va
Wardensville Warriors
Mathias
Eric McKeever
Tara Rinard
Dennis Jenkins
Alvin Foltz
Warriors
Piedmont
Wardensville
F Haun
Miller
McKeever
D. Rinard
Sager
T. Rinard
F Moyers
Tusing Shipe
Lewis
Jenkins
Foltz
Idensville
UCLA Seeks Seventh Straight National Title Run
UCLA Bruins aim for a seventh straight national crown as John Wooden expresses strong optimism before NCAA playoffs. The team carries a 71 game streak over 2% seasons and 32 straight NCAA Tournament wins. Arizona State, Long Beach State, San Francisco, and Weber State were active in regional play.
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Ucla Bruins
John Wooden
Bruins
Wooden
Arizona State
Long Beach State
University of San Francisco
UCLA
San Francisco
Free Movement Wins George P Greenhalgh Memorial Jumping Race
Free Movement ridden by Randy Rouse won the George P Greenhalgh Memorial three mile event at Blue Ridge Hunt before 3,000 spectators. Keel Boat and Hard Apple led early with Free Movement seizing the lead after the 14th jump to finish first in 6 48. Other results include Sandy Baldwin Memorial Novice and Blue Ridge Ladies races with listed placements and times.
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Berryville
Rouse
Keel Boat
Hard Apple
Sandy Baldwin
Bruce Fenwick
W. Duncan Patterson
Carlo
Dave Warsher
George P. Greenhalgh
Randolph Rouse
Turney McKnight
Lamb
George Strawbridge
Blue Ridge
Mrs. Strawbridge
Vivian Ball
Susan Green
John Ruhsam
J. M. Rogers
Moon Silver
Louis Nelson III
Soviet American indoor dual track meet features star cast in Richmond
Name athletes from both nations include Olympic champions Valeriy Borzov Ludmilla Braghina Nadezhda Chizhova Faina Melnik Rod Milburn Randy Williams and others. Russians seek revenge after last year as Americans defend title in two nations showdown with events including new pentathlon for Avilov and 600 yard run.
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Richmond
U. S
Munich
Yevgeniy Arzhanov
Ludmilla Braghina
Nadezhda Chizhova
Faina Melnik
Niola Labaite
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Winchester Evening Star
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Virginia
Kenalyta Associated Press
Team Pride
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Providence
Penn
St. Louis
Frank Frisch
Wilmington
Del
Frankie Frisch
Wilmington Medical Center
Frisch
Elkton
St. Louis Cardinals
Stoddard
Southeastern
Buddy Baker
Donny Allison
Benny Parsons
Ellerbe
Lennie Pond
Pete Vance
Jeff McAndrew
New York Mets
Jim McAndrew
Ken Rappoport
Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Long Beach
Pacific Coast Athletic Association
Big Sky
Weber State
Free Movement
Randy Rouse
Greenhalgh Memorial
Valeriy Borzov
Yuri Tarmak
Anatoli Bondarchuck
Viktor Saneyev
Nikola Avilov
Bondarchuk
Avilov
Rod Milburn
Southern University
Randy Williams
Southern California
George Woods
Los Angeles
Milburn
John Craft
University of Chicago Track Club
George Frenn
North Hollywood
Calif
Jesse Stuart
Western Kentucky
Ivan Ivanov
Nikolay Smaga
Yevgeniy Tananika
Patty Johnson
Seattle
Wash
Iris Davis
Pompano Beach
Fla
Debbie Heald
la Mirada
Martha Watson
Kathy Hammond
Sacramento
Antonia Lazareva
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