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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1976
Page
12
James Wood arrives for the Commonwealth District track meet facing questions about improvement. Gar Field seeks progress while Charlottesville eyes a state championship. Tomorrow's meet tests the Black Knights and rivals in a field limited by numbers.
Gar Field faces key hurdle as Paula Girven sits out district meet at Osbourn Park with Gar Field favored to win despite her absence. James Wood eyes regional slots led by Jay Kelchner and Jeff Chumley while Albemarle Charlottesville and Stonewall Jackson also compete for spots in Charlottesville.
Ed Figueroa and Mickey Rivers paced the Yankees in a 4-2 win over the Angels, completing a three game sweep. Rivers triple and two singles led a nine hit attack while Figueroa allowed four hits and struck out eight.
Albemarle led by Neil Stamp with a two over par 74 defeated Handley and James Wood at Carpers Valley. Albemarle totaled 486, Handley 510, James Wood 517 as top players included Bill Haugh 79 Tom Pace 80 Marcus Stamp 82 and Mark Wade 83. James Wood coach Jerry Tingle noted counting the best four would help.
Charles Town-RE Aylor won 11 of 15 events and beat Charles Town 87 to 37. Mark West and Lloyd Newman each won two events for the Spartans with West taking discus 127-0 and high jump 5-2, Newman winning long jump 17-454 and 220 26-2. Joe Hardesty added 440 in 59.2 and 120 low hurdles. Ayler won mile relay with Alan Patterson Tim Welch Jim Casey Tim Kettlewell. Ayler 3-3 hosts North Martinsburg and Warren County Monday.
Dorothy Hamill the 19 year old Winter Olympic figure skater joined Ice Capades for two years and will perform about half the year debuting Sept 15 in Pittsburgh. Terms were not disclosed and she joins two ABC specials not tied to the show.
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