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18 The Index-Journal, Greenwood, Sept 10, 1993 horn 1- I II 4 II 1 iSSJ 7" f' 1 ft RiSjri L-ic2 L.LJ Staccy Ledvina Brant Long 0-0 0-0 Suddeth, Simmons join panel Ed Suddeth of the Greenwood City Police Department and Hugh Simmons of the Greenwood County Sheriffs Department are this year's guest pickers on The Index-Journal Pigskin Pick'ems panel. Suddeth, a master patrolman; and Simmons, a sargeant who is also the DARE officer for Greenwood County, joined six Index-Journal staffers. The panel includes David Hays, sports editor. Brant Long, staff sports writer, Jason Peevy, Patricia Edwards and Stacey Ledvina of the news staff; and Joseph Sitarz, graphics editor. There is one notable difference in this year's panel.

Jay Siltzer, the 1992 champion, won't be able to defend his title. He is now public relations director at the Connie Maxwell Children's Home. Patricia Edward 0-0 David Hayi 0-0 Gaffney Abbeville Calhoun FalU McCormick Saluda Dixie Gaffney Abbeville Ninety Six Elbert County Saluda Dixie Oenuon Arkansas Georgia Tech Florida AAM The Citadel Wofford Presbyterian Newberry Georgia LSU Notre Dame Texas AAM Ohio Stale Michigan Slate Florida State South Carolina Georgia Tech C. Stale Georgia Southern Wofford Presbyterian Lenoir-Rhyne Tennessee Mississippi St. Michigan Texas AAM Washington Kansas Ford (Continued from page 17) and very sound in all areas," he said.

ord said Soulh Carolina's 23-21 victory at Georgia on Brandon Bennett's 1-yard run with two seconds remaining would do wonders for the Gamecocks' confidence. Taneyhill completed (wo passes for 48 yards in the 52-yard drive for the winning touchdown. "You don't go to Athens and win many times in a lifetime," Ford said. Woods said the Razorbacks showed poise and confidence when they beat Southern Methodist University 10-6. Down 6-3.

Arkansas took over at the SMU 49 with 3:17 to play and went the distance. Softball scores Fall Co-Ed Open Live Wire 10, Greenwood Health Care 0 Bottom Line 38, Piedmont Tech 8 Showtime 13, Roberts Co. 2 Ardis Rooting IS, Self Memorial Hospital 5 Sports Briefs Jaaon Peevy 0-0 Hugh Simmons 0-0 Gaffney Abbeville Calhoun Falls FJbery County Saluda Dixie Gaffney Abbeville Ninety Six Elbert County Saluda Dixie Florida State South Carolina Georgia Tech C. State Georgia Southern Wofford Presbyterian Lenoir-Rhyne Tennessee Mississippi St Michigan Texas AAM Washington Kansas Florida Slate South Carolina Georgia Tech C. Stale Georgia Southern Wofford Presbyterian Lenoir-Rhyne Tennessee Mississippi Sl Michigan Texas AAM Washington Michigan Sl Lady Cougar The Cambridge Academy girls tennis team dropped its first match of the season, Thursday, losing 5-3 to Thornwell at the Greenwood Country Club.

Lady Cougar winners were Courtney Lyles, Jennifer Hutchinson and the team of Margaret Lanford and Hutchinson. Cambridge is 0-1 and has its next match Thursday against Newberry Clemson (Continued from page 17) will make his first career start on Saturday at strong tackle. The 6-3, 277-pounder from Miami replaces Juan Laureano along the offensive line. Outside linebacker Eric Black, a redshirt freshman, underwent tests Thursday on his injured right knee. He was found to have a partial dislocation of the patella and bone contusion.

Noseguard Ben Mayer is scheduled for back surgery Monday to repair a bad disk. Martin (Continued from page 17) The question, as Martin sees it, is whether his luck has run its course. The more you win in a row," he said, "the more likely you are to have something go wrong that will prevent you from winning." Either way. Martin said, he's trying to take a low-key approach to the streak and not get overwhelmed by the hype. "There are certain things out there that you can't control." he said.

"So we'll just keep doing the same job that we've been doing and see how the cards fall." First-round qualifying is scheduled for tonight for Saturday's race, which is to begin at 7:35 p.m. EST. It will be televised by cable station WTBS. Greenwood JVs lose Gaffney Abbeville Ninety Six Elbert County Whitmire Dixie Gaffney Abbeville Ninety Six Elbert County Saluda Dixie Florida State Arkansas Georgia Tech Florida AAM Georgia Southern Wofford Presbyterian Newberry Tennessee Mississippi Sl Michigan Texas AAM Ohio Stale Kansas Florida Stale South Carolina Georgia Tech Florida AAM Georgia Southern Wofford Presbyterian Newberry Tennessee Mississippi Sl Michigan Texas AAM Ohio Slate Michigan Sl U.S. Open (Continued from page 17) Today, the women uxk the stage for their semifinals, with second-seeded Arantxa Sanchez Vicario of Spain meeting No.

12 Helena Sukova of the Czeh Republic, followed by No. 1 Steffi Graf of Germany against No. 1 1 Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere of Switzerland. Sukova on Thursday teamed with Todd Woodbridge to win the mixed doubles, defeating Martina Navratilova and Mark Woodforde 6-3, 7-6 (8-6). The men's doubles final today pitted Ken Flach and Rick Leach against Martin Damm and Karel Novacek.

Pioline, a 24-year-old righthander from Paris, has yet to win a professional tournament. If he were to win Sunday's men's final on the hardcourts of the National Tennis Center, he would become the first man to have a Grand Slam title in his first pro victory since Mats Wi lander captured the French Open in 1982. Moton deflected an Indian pass and William Collyar intercepted it and ran it in for a 40-yard score. Both conversions were missed. Gaffney took a 6-0 lead in the second and added another touchdown in the third and fourth.

Greenwood will play its home opener next Thursday at 7:30 p.m. against Chester. teams, both young and strong. This was a good way to start off the season." The Lady Eagles play their first home match Tuesday against Aiken at Gatewood Club. QraeiMOod 4, CUnton 2 Singh Na 1 Hilary Wayra (C) Wind Elton-bery 6-3, No.

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7-4. Dotttec No. 2 Qayle SuttwriindOwra Thompson (G) Ada RammageAahtoy Copsland 6-0. 6-1. get first win they just realize that they have to work harder." The Greenwood junior varsity volleyball squad won its match against Westside by forfeit The Lady Eagles' next match is Monday at Hillcrest Greenwood returns home Wednesday for a 5:30 p.m.

match with Laurens. ADVANTAGE I AndA Whole Lot Morel GAFFNEY Gaffney overcame Greenwood quarterback Willie Spencer's 93 yards rushing to beat the junior varsity Eagles 20-12 Thursday. Greenwood (0-2) scored all its points on defense. In the third quarter, Fred Covington picked up a fumble and ran 35 yards for a touchdown. In the fourth, Ernest Graves paces No.

6 Syracuse By The Associated Press Syracuse teaches ball security in its complex offensive attack, and they are pleased to trust with the ball to Marvin Graves. The senior quarterback had arguably the best game of his career Thursday night, accounting for a career-high five touchdowns as the sixth-ranked Orangemen (2-0) defeated East Carolina 41-22. "He was the difference. Every time you need a play he makes it, either with his feet, his hands or bis mind," East Carolina coach Steve Logan said. "He's a Heisman guy." Graves staked his team to a 14-0 first-quarter lead with TD passes of 27 and 57 yards, then took the game over in the second half after the Pirates (0-1) closed to 21-16.

He completed all 10 of his passes in the second half, and his 38-yard scoring run with 7:37 left had East Carolina gasping for air. Graves finished 20 of 27 for 329 yards, the second-highest total of his career. In addition to his long fourth-quarter run. Graves also scored on a pair of perfectly executed option runs from the 3 and 4. Junior Smith rushed for a career-high 164 yards on 28 carries as East Carolina had 421 yards of total offense in a losing effort.

G-BRAVES FALL BEHIND IN SERIES: Joe Ganote scattered six hits over 7 2-3 innings Thursday to lead the Knoxville Smokies to a 2-1 victory over Greenville in the third game of the Southern League's Eastern Division playoffs. The Smokies lead the best-of-five series two games to one. Knoxville can finish it off with another victory today at home. Knoxville scored both its runs in the bottom of the first. Greenville scored its only run in the eighth, on a Pedro Swann home run.

Kevin Lomon allowed five hits and two runs over six innings for Greenville. RICHMOND BRAVES ELIMINATED: Sam Horn's single in the ninth inning scored the winning run Thursday and brought the Charlotte Knights an 11-10 win over the Richmond Braves and the International League West championship. The Braves came back after a 7-1 deficit going into the sixth inning, with Chipper Jones, Boi Rodriquez and Ryan Klesko all hitting home runs. Rodriguez tied the game in the ninth inning with an opposite field shoL FURMAN HIRES ASSISTANT BASEBALL COACH: Former minor league pitcher Derek Stroud has been hired as an assistant baseball coach at Furman, coach Ron Smith said Thursday. Stroud, 27, will be the Paladins pitching coach.

A 21st round draft pick by the Chicago Cubs in 1987, Stroud pitched for six seasons for the Cubs organization and advanced as high as AA Charlotte before being released in 1992. He then pitched one season in the California Angels organization before being released this past June. A native of Pas Robles, Stroud pitched at the College of Se-quoyahs for two seasons and for one season at Fresno State before joining the professional ranks. lBBal Joaeph SiUrz 0-0 Ed Suddeta 0-0 Gaffney Abbeville Ninety Six Elbert County Saluda Dixie Gaffney Abbeville Ninety Six Elbert County Saluda Crescent Florida State South Carolina Georgia Tech S.C. Stale Georgia Southern Wofford Presbyterian Lenoir-Rhyne Tennessee LSU Michigan Oklahoma Ohio Stale Michigan St Florida Slate South Carolina Georgia Tech C.

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Fred McGriff went 0-for-5 in his first game at Jack Murphy Stadium since he was traded from the Padres to the Braves on July 18. The Braves are 37 games over .500 for the first time this century. The Braves matched their club record with 47 road victories. They have 13 more road games. San Diego's Ricky Gutierrez struck out in all four at-bats.

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MDavk Hrffnaa L.4-6 0 0 I 0 0 LOCATION New Store Of These Specials: Styrofoam kBroadHead Target' $1 A OC Beman Arrows 60 00 Without Points uoz. tag specials This week 's games HIGH SCHOOL Giffaey i Greenwood Abbeville it Wire Shoals Calhoun Falli al Ninety Six McComuck al Elbert County, Ga. Whjtnure at Saluda Crescent at Dixie COLLEGE Clemson at Florida State South Carolina at Arkansas Furman at Georgia Tech C. State vs. Florida AAM in Columbia The Citadel at Georgia Southern Wingate al Wofford Presbytenao al Charleston Southern Lenotr-Rhyne al Newberry Georgia at Tennessee LSU at Mississippi State Notre Dame al Michigan Texas AAM at Oklahoma Washington al Ohio State Kansas at Michigan State "We're a young, struggling football team that's going into a hostile environment," Citadel coach Charlie Taaffe said.

"Our young guys will have to learn from their mistakes. They'll also have to keep their poise in front of a big crowd." Wofford tries to go 2-0 against Wingate. Quarterback Adams Wiles accounted for 185 yards against The Citadel. He left the game with less than 10 minutes remaining with a sprained ankle. However, Wiles was cleared to start against Wingate.

Charleston Southern and Presbyterian will both try and rebound from opening week losses. The Bucaneers, who stepped up to Division 1-AA from Division III this season, led Morgan Stat? 14-3 before losing by 34 points. "I think our defense was a little shellshocked at the end of the game," Charleston Southern coach David Dowd said. "It has been our strong point for the past two years. The squad was a little embarrassed and should come out fired up against Presbyterian." The Blue Hose lost to Fairmont Stave 20-17 a week ago, despite Presbyterian running back Marcus Gordon gaining 137 yards.

Newberry will be looking for its first victory against Lenoir-Rhyne, which beat the Indians 26-11 last season. Lenoir-Rhyne beat Guilford 56-0 in its opener. GHS girls9 tennis team opens season with win Whitaker, Chavez fight tonight SAN ANTONIO (AP) Pemell Whitaker weighed in at 145 pounds for his WBC welterweight tide fight against Julio Cesar Chavez, who will be three pounds lighter for tonight's card at the Alamodome. You're Invited fe To Our Football IN OUR NEW CLINTON The Greenwood High School girls tennis team opened its season with a win Thursday, 4-2 over Clinton. Emily Anderson, Ashley Harrison, Sunnie Harmon and the team of Gayle Sutherland and Jenna Thompson all registered victories as the Lady Eagles avenged their only regular season loss of last year.

"It's a pretty big win for us," Greenwood coach Kathryn Whitmire said. "We're very similar Lady Eagles The Greenwood Lady Eagle volleyball team won its first match of the season Thursday, defeating Westside three games to none. Shannon Peeler led the way with eight blocks and three kills as Greenwood easily won the first game 15-5. The Lady Rams put up a fight in the second game, which Greenwood won 15-11, and West-side even led in the final game before the Eagles served out the match at 15-9. Keba Posley and Amy Still had three aces each for Greenwood while Tonya Kelley had seven Mocks and Jessica Mitchell had two kills.

"The girls played really hard and took control from the very beginning," Lady Eagle bead coach Rebecca Anderson said. "We had good enthusiasm and good spirit The girls have been working hard. rr--. ncXlE rIELD Sports Cards, Comic Books SATURDAY 811 Montague Ave. Lower Level, Open 10 am to 6 pm dally Closed Wedndays 229 NOW '93 '93 RETURN 560 Bypass 72 West, Greenwood (Next To St.

Mark Churchf (Continued from page 17) Tech 23-15 in their opener last week. Furman tries to break a string of failure against NCAA Division I-A teams against the Yellow Jackets. The Paladins also hope to erase the bitter memories from two years ago. Then, Furman led Georgia Tech 17-16 with less than two minutes left. However, quarierback Hugh Swilling fumbled after being hit by Yellow Jackets' defensive end Marco Coleman.

Scon Sissons hit a 37-yard field goal with 21 seconds left for a 19-17 victory. "We were really fortunaie to be in that situation to begin with, but it was a touch one to lose because our guys played so hard." Furman coach Jimmy Satterfield said. "You really have to fear them and how they can wear you down with their talent." Furman opened with a 26-17 win against Connecticut, while Georgia Tech begins its season. The Citadel, a surprising 20-6 loser to Wofford last week, tries to rebound against Georgia Southern. The Eagles, playing their first season in the Southern Conference, tied The Citadel as the top-ranked team in the Division I-AA.

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