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Pyt -The Gaffney Ledger, Monday, Feb. 20, 1978 'fffmey Matrnen Finish Whitmire Tumbles Blacksburg Richardson (H); 185 Mullinax (G), Wiggs (RH), Wofford (SP), Zimmerman (N); Unlimited R. Elliott (G), Connell (RH), Moran (N). (SP), McFadden (SU); 145 Griffin (RH), Johnson (N), McKinney (SU), Ervin (CH); 155-Henderson (SP), Blankenship (RH), Goitin (N), Blanton (G); 167 Harris (RH), Thorpe (CA), OTHERS HAVE PROBLEMS Duval I Takes Eighth In Daytona Modified i 7i BLACKSBURG Whitmire outscored Blacksburg 18-6 in the final quarter to claim a 54-42 Conference II A win Friday night at the BHS Gym. The game had been a close one until the final period when Whitmire came on strong.

The Wolverines held a 26-24 lead at the half, but Blacksburg came back to knot the score 36-36 going into the final quarter. Stan Boyd led Whitmire with 20 points. The Wildcats, who had only four scorers, were led by John Bradley's 18 points. The win pushed Whitmire's mark to 8-5 in the conference. The Wolves now stand 9-8 overall.

Blacksburg fell to 5-7 and 6-12, and dropped into a tie for fifth in the conference standings. In the girls' game, Whitmire claimed a 52-47 win. Betty Parker's 13 points led the Blacksburg girls, who dropped to 5-7 and 5-10. In a JV game, Blacksburg defeated Clover 44-36. The Wildcats return to action Tuesday against Lewisville.

WHITMIRE (54) Sanders 1, Ramsey 2, Crocker 11, Boyd 20, Johnson 10, Smith 4, Hunter 6. BLACKSBURG (42) Hames 10, Bradley 18, Bennett 2, Camp 12. Halftime: Whitmire 26, Blacksburg 24. The Gaffney High wrestling team placed second in the Upper State Piedmont Qualifying Tournament Saturday at Rock Hill and eight team members qualified for the state tournament this weekend. Rock Hill won the tournament with 1654 points, Gaffney was second with 140, Northwestern was third with 120 and Chester was fourth with 87 points.

Camden placed fifth with 69Vi points, Spartanburg with sixth with 63, Sumter was seventh with 55 and Hartsville placed eighth with 32 points. The first four positions in each weight class will advance to the state tournament Friday and Saturday at Westside High School in Anderson. Gaffney had three first-place winners. Ronnie Elliott was first in the unlimited class, Ricky Mullinax won the 185-pound class, and Johnny Elliott was first in the 135-pound class. Other Indians qualifying for the state event are Casey Bennett, who was second in the 105-pound class; Dennis Truluck, second in the 112 ckss; David Cook, second in the 119 class; Michael Shippy, third in the 126-pound class; and Bryan Blanton, a ninth-grader, who was fourth in the 155-pound class.

The Indians closed out the regular season with a 12-3 mark, finishing second to Rock Hill in the Region 2-A AAA Tournament. Johnny Elliott was named the Most Valuable wrestler in that competition. Upper state representatives in the state tournament include: 98 Hallman (RH), Spann (CH), Hutchinson (SU), Keating (SP); 105 Neely (N), Bennett (G), McFadden (SU), Connell (CA); 112 Gist (N), Truluck (G), Hughes (CH), Gainey (CA); 119 Brock (RH), Cook (G), Hutchison (SU), Williams (CH); 126 Dye (CH), Arledge (CA), Shippy (G), Ward (SP); 135-J. Elliott (G), Ballard (RH), Blake (N), Pendergrast (CH); 141 Parish (RH), Sims (CH), Driver GOES HIGH Gaffney center Richard Teague goes up high to shoot over a Spartanburg defender in Friday's game at the Red Dobson Gym. Teague struck for 15 points as the Indians won 81-67.

(Photo by Tommy Allison) National Basketball Association Western Conference Washington 130, New Orleans Eastern Conference Midwest Division Atlantic Division Denver 37 21 .438 Denver 118, Boston 115 Pct.GB Chcgo 30 29 .508 7Vj Detroit 110, Kansas City 107 Phila 40 16 .714 Mlw 30 29 -508 712 Seattle 108, Milwaukee 103 NYork 29 28 509 ll'j Detroit 26 31 .456 ll'j Los Angeles 115, Golden State Boston 20 33 .377 18V, K.C. 23 36 .390 14V, 93 Buffalo 19 34 .358 19V, lnd 21 38 356 16Vj Portland 127, Indiana 104 NJrsy 13 45 .224 28 Pacific Division Monday's Games Port 45 10 .818 Cleveland at Chicago Tues- Central Division Phnix 37 19 .661 8V, day's Games SAnton 35 21 .625 Seattle 30 26 .536 15V, Phoenix at Buffalo Cleve 29 27 .518 6 Los Ang 30 27 .526 16 Seattle at New York Wash 29 27 .518 6 GldnSt 28 30 .483 18V, Philadelphia at Cleveland Atlanta 26 31 .456 9V, Sunday's Games Los Angeles at Chicago NOrlns 26 32 .448 10 Philadelphia 120, New Jersey Portland at San Antonio Houstn 22 35 .386 13V, Bosto af Housfon I Gaffney sportsman driver Mike Duvall was the only one of three local drivers to finish in races at Daytona International Speedway over the weekend. Duvall piloted his modified Camaro to an eighth-place finish in the Permatex 200 for modified cars Friday afternoon. He was three laps down to the winner, Darrel Waltrip, who edged Donnie Allison at the finish line. It was only the second time that Duvall has competed on the 2.5-mile tri-oval.

Mike Humphries, also driving a Camaro, fell out early with water pump problems and wound up 20th in the modified standings. Tommy Robbs had problems with Gamecocks Sign Gridders COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) South Carolina Football Coach Jim Carlen announced Saturday he has signed 24 high school seniors to football scholarships. Eight of the players are from South Carolina and seven are from Georgia. They are: Backs Jerry Aubin, Albany, Terry Bishop, Thomson, Pat Bowen, Cumberland Valley, Karey Johnson, Athens, Tracy Langrehr, Greenville, S.C; Chip McMillian, Newnan, Tim Rhino, Atlanta, Rip Rollins, Sparta, N.C.; Harry Skipper, Baxley, Carl West, MacClenny, Fla.

Receivers Robert Perlotte, Fork Union Military Academy, and Greenwood, S.C; Horace Smith, Boston, Ga. Linemen Mark Austin, Union, S.C; Kevin Crocker, Hampton, San Dodgen, Columbia, S.C; Tim Dyches, Charleston, S.C; Ken Elliott and Scott Sinclair, Miami, Phil Ellis, St. Petersburg, Gregg Jennings, Lexington, S.C; Al King, Dayton, Ohio; Tommy Smoake, West Columbia, S.C; Mike Vargo, Upper Arlington, Ohio; Phillip Vickery, Spartanburg, S.C. (Mt? ITtertls JP- 'if'. Sign on church lawn: "Attend now and avoid the Easter rush." Heredity is what makes the parents of teen-agers wonder a little about each other.

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Bonaventure 82, Duquesne 80 St. Francis, 78, Old Dominion 73 Seton Hall 76, Holy Cross 74 Syracuse 77, St. John's, N.Y. 65 Temple 72, American 67 Tufts 118, Curry 86 Vilianova 92, La Salle 79 Wayne St 87, Pittsburg St 76 Virginia 101, St. Francis, N.Y.

84 Widener 47, Phila. Textile 42, OT SOUTH Auburn 92, Mississippi 67 Austin Peay 66, Kentucky 64 Columbus Col 80, Georgia 76 Duke 81, Maryland 70 Tennessee St 70, Ken Indians (Continued from Page 8) turnovers and good free throw shooting in the final period. Billy Davidson led the team with 20 points, followed by Darrell Fowler with 18. The Gaffney JVs, now 11-6, open Tuesday's play with Dorman at 5 p.m. (81) Hollis 13, Teague 15, Coleman 22, Gaffney 4, Johnson 15, Scott 12.

SPARTANBURG 7) Thompson 19, Miller 10, Martin 6, Welch 8, Fuller 16, Rogers 4, C. Miller 2, Bradshaw 2. Half time: Gaffney 33, Spartanburg 33. JV Game GAFFNEY (55) Davidson 20, Fowler 18, Littlejohn 8, Tate 4, Hicks 4, Wallace 1. SPARTANBURG (53) Yex 17, Sarratt 11, Smith 11, Wardlaw 8, Duvall 4, Coleman 1, Johnson 1.

Halftime: Gatfney 28, Spartanburg 21. THE MIKOTA CLINIC OF CHIROPRACTIC 111 W. RUTLEDGE AVE. CHIROPRACTIC PHYSICIANS PHONE (803) 489-2444 (AP) Bad Luck Still Haunts Baker both of his rides and failed to finish the 125-mile Daytona 500 qualifying race Friday and the Permatex 300 for sportsman cars Saturday. Robbs ran just 10 laps in the Danny Queen Laguna and finished 29th in the Grand National qualifying race.

He started 13th In the Permatex 300 and had hopes of a good finish, but fell out after only five laps with oil pressure problems in the Chevy Monte Carlo owned by Johnny Newman of Memphis, and maintained by the Queen crew. Duvall, after starting 12th, ran in the top five most of the race and at one point was running second. He was forced to pit with a flat tire with only three laps remaining and dropped from fifth to eighth. He picked up $1,500 for his efforts. I HE UAFFNEY LtDOtK- Sports State Local National' Cale Leading Winston Cup DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.

(AP) -Cale Yarborough's second place finish in the Daytona 500 Grand National stock car race Sunday, coupled with a win in the only other race so far this season, has boosted the two-time national champion's lead in the Winston Cup points standings. Figures' released today by the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing showed Yarborough leading Benny Parsons, 360 points to 345. Parsons was third Sunday and second in the other race. Daytona 500 winner Bobby Allison jumped to fifth overall. Yarborough is trying for an unprecedented third consecutive national title.

"What have I got to do to win here?" Baker said in anguish after congratulating winner Bobby Allison. "Once I almost had a lap on everybody. Then late in the race, even with the motor skipping and messing around, I could outrun Bobby and everybody else. "I saw the oil pressure going down and down and down. Oh, if it would just last a few more laps.

Then, wham. All of a sudden. I felt like crying. "When that oil pressure needle started dropping, so did my heart." As the number of laps left diminished, there seemed to be an expectant air in the crowd of they were waiting to see how Baker and Allison, another hard luck case here, were going to lose it. "It's so tough to have a car that strong and have something like that happen when you're so close to winning," Baker said.

"But I guess I should be used to it by now. This sure isn't the first time this has happened." The popular, quick-quipping veteran from Charlotte, N.C. has been in 16 Daytona 500s since 1961. He has led 10 of the last 11 and, by unofficial count, run into bad luck while leading most if not all of them. A year ago here, Baker was leading about the halfway point when a slower car drove him into the wall; he still limped home third.

Early in the race two years ago, his car's motor exploded in flames while he was in front. It's always been something like that. Once Baker had a lead of more than a lap on the entire field, with only a handful of ft NO ONE DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. There is no record of 1 GATFIjfVJgST nJiMyka But there's hope. Baker was able to see something positive in the way things ended Sunday.

"If Bobby's luck can change, so can mine," Baker said. "Bobby's the only guy I know with luck anywhere near as bad as mine." DAI DAILY 7:00 :00 7 STARTS the many ways Buddy Baker has found or how many ways have found him to lose the Daytona 500 auto race. But if there were, it would be hard to convince people it was fact, not fiction. Baker, one of the seven million-dollar career winners in Grand National stock car racing, suffered the heartbreak of a blown engine Sunday as he was fighting for the lead just 15 miles from the finish of the 20th running of stock car racing's biggest race. It kept alive his record of excruciatingly bad luck at Daytona International Speedway.

AICnMCCPAAV AMI By The Associated Press Saturday EAST Adelphi 86, C.W. Post 75 Army 77, Niagara 65 Cent Conn. 82, Maine 71 Colgate 85, New Hampshire 1 81 Columbia 88, Yale 71 Cornell 84, Brown 66 Delaware St 74, Mad Shore 62 Detroit 124, Canisius 89 Hartford 119, New Haven 101 Harvard 93, Penn 87 Lehigh 83, Bucknell 74 LIU 87, Boston 78 Massachusetts 77, Geo. Washington 57 Navy 86, Manhattan 71 Caro Charlotte 81, Buffalo St 65 Penn St 75, Pittsburgh 68, OT Princeton 62, Dartmouth 47 Providence 63, Campbell, laps remaining. They were getting Victory Circle ready for him.

The engine blew. His luck in the Firecracker 400, the other Grand National race run here in the summer, has been at least as bad. Furman Names Sheridan GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) Dick Sheridan, an assistant football coach at Furman University for the past five years and a former South Carolina high school coach of the year, has been named the Paladins' new head coach. The announcement came a little more than a day after Art Baker announced he was resigning as Furman head coach to take the same position at The Citadel.

Sheridan was the unanimous choice of a search committee, and Furman Athletic Director John West said when the players learned of the appointment, "they all stood and applauded for over five minutes. We finally had to ask them to stop." An Augusta, native and 1964 graduate of the University of South Carolina, Sheridan has coached Furman's quarterbacks and receivers since 1973. His high school coaching record was 37-8-1. Sheridan spent three years at Orangeburg-Wilkinson, where he won the state Class AAAA title in 1971 with a 13-0 season, and a year at Airport High in Cayce before rejoining Baker, his former boss at Eau Claire High in Columbia. vain 'J Pall you can eatiC SHOWS: 7 9 miii Si.ffSitftm STP MOTOR OIL quart ygo a.

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