Handley Track Debut Looms Against Broadway Clarke Warren
Handley High opens 1968 with a quadrangular track meet tomorrow at Hilltop facing Broadway Clarke County and Warren County at 1 p.m. The roster blends 12 seniors with notable losses from last year including Snarr Strance and Pierce while new prospects aim to fill sprint and field events.
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Dave Strance
Handley
Snarr
Virginia Tech
Strance
William and Mary
Broadway
Clarke County
Warren County
Handley-Broadway
Warren Co
Carpers Valley Opens Saturday with Banquet
The Carpers Valley County Club opens its golf season Saturday with a shotgun tournament, buffet, and dance. Featured speaker is BILL Strausbaugh, head pro at Columbia Country Club, who won the 1966 Outstanding PGA Pro nationwide award and has a storied career with Villanova Loyola and Marine service.
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Carpers Valley County Club
Bill Strausbaugh
Columbia Country Club
Chevy Chase
Bill
Valley Club
Villanova
Loyola
U.S. Marine Corps
Found Head Country Club
Ip Turf Valley Club
Fat Columbia Country Club
Strausbaugh
Mid-Atlantic
PGA
Carpers Valley
Giants hammer Angels in 18-3 spring win in Phoenix
San Francisco unleashed a 22 hit attack to rout the Angels 18-3 in Phoenix as Jim Davenport collected four hits including a triple. Camilo Pascual and Bill Denehy limited California to five hits in six innings. Jim Kaat flew to Minnesota for elbow X rays amid a looming DL start. Rico Carty undergoes tuberculosis tests in Santana hospital.
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Cleveland
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Giants
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Boston
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Twins
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Colonels' Golfers Hip Clarke in 17-1 Debut Win
James Wood golf team opened 1968 with a 17-1 victory over Clarke County at Shenandoah Retreat. Led by Doug Dailey and Roger Luttrell with 39 points each in the nine hole match. Next, James Wood plays Loudoun County on Monday.
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Berryville
James Wood
Shenandoah
Clarke County
Kenneth Smallridge
Doug Dailey
Roger Luttrell
Loudoun County
Copp Prolific Linebacker Eyes Shepherd College Offer
James Wood star linebacker Jay Copp, who led a 9 1 season, may join Shepherd College on a football scholarship. He has also drawn offers from Glenville and Concord College as Shepherd rebuilds under Coach Roger Parker in Shepherdstown West Virginia.
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James Wood
Shepherd College
Glenville
Concord College
Shepherd
Roger Parker
Shepherdstown
W. Va
Stover Brothers Shine as Techmen Wrestlers Rival
Virginia Tech junior George Stover led the Gobblers in Winter wrestling after starring at James Wood. He was the lone Gobbler to score at the NCAA meets. His younger brother Jim led Northwestern League champions Colonels in varsity wrestling.
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George Stover
Virginia Tech
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Gobblers
George
Stover
Jim
Col
Smokey’ Stover
Col. Stover
Evening Star
Brother George
Church League Plans 12-Team Season With 22-Game Schedule
Church League softball will expand to 12 teams this year. To preserve its Monday and Thursday format, a two-game round robin against each opponent is proposed, yielding a 22-game season per team instead of a 33-game full triple round robin.
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Church League
Richardson Praises Unitas as Colts Star Grows
Willie Richardson credits John Unitas for his breakout season with the Baltimore Colts. Richardson, who caught 63 passes for 860 yards and 8 touchdowns, plans to study game films to improve further and expects tougher coverage in 1968. He refines his craft after four years as a backup receiver.
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Willie Richardson
Baltimore
John Unitas
Willie
John
Colts
Richardson
You All Come Line Sparks Outcry at Alderson Visit
West Virginia coach Jim Carlen drew ire with his taunting line You all come to Morgantown now and see us play next season during a talk to female inmates at Alderson Prison in West Virginia. The incident triggered debate over sports rhetoric and prison outreach.
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West Virginia
Jim Carlen
Morgantown
Mountaineer
Alderson
Waters Heads from NIT to NJC Tournament Ambitions
From New York, basketball coach Bucky Waters and assistant Sonny Moran traveled to Hutchinson Kansas after the NIT final to scout the National Junior College Tournament and plan the team’s next moves.
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Bucky Waters
New York
Sonny Moran
Hutchinson, Kans
TACS Beat YMCA To Reach Gold Medal Tour Second Round
The Teen Age Club defeated the host Cumberland YMCA 71 to 52 to advance to the tournament’s second round. Bill Maphis led with 21 points, Roscoe Dean added 19, while Jim Rapson topped the YMCA with 19. Scott Douglas had 9 for TACS.
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Romney
Roscoe Dean
Jim Rapson
Paul Green
Bob Pence
Scott Douglas
Helker
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Walford
Douglas
Lyden
Hamas
Pence
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Rapson
Perkins
Foley
Green
Culbert
Holland
J. Dean
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