Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Gamecocks By ^ Jeff Rogers^ vicKery mov< secutive singles 0 . Jones. Larry Price Neither team Wins sixth game established its w Dunbar standoi amona recruits to join Carolim From Staff Reports Three girls' and two boys' high school bask doneri nntinn.il letters of intent Mondav to atte o ? ? ? - USC men's head coach Bill Foster announced guards Keith James and Derrick Lewis, both High School in Baltimore, Md. The Lady Gamecocks signed 6-3 center L Hagerstown, Md., and 6-2 twins Laura and P< Long wood, Fla. THE SIGNEES bring the Gamecocks' number ...UIIq 1 P.nmprnftc havp fni live, Wllliv* U1L L.UU; v^uuivvv/vi%u ..m . v W.0..vw "We are extremely pleased to be able to sig caliber of Keith James and Derrick Lewis," "They are players who gladly sacrifice persor order to help the team. "They are total players who see the entire fl and who have excellent quickness and instincts f< i?.?oe o fr?iir_v#??r starter and Lewis a tw< J CUllt~3 vv UJ U 1VUI ^ v?.. for Dunbar, which won three consecutive sta ships. Dunbar won the national championship was national runner-up in 1982 and this past se IN THE past three years, Dunbar had a 93-2 30-2 record this past season. *"* ?? U/illiamcnnrJ Hieh School ?\OVt v v'UiilC!) 11 uiu t* iiiiuiiiupv/. ? - - -<-p - - cd 22-2 after advancing to regional playoffs. T played at Lake St. High School, where their te record this past season. The 6-7, 190-pound James was named this ] one of the nation's top 40 high school players b Basketball Yearbook and honorable mention A Street and Smith's Basketball Yearbook. In ad named All-State and All-Metro. Jarnes averaged 19 points, nine rebounds ant game and was recruited by Connecticut, Georg Louisville and several schools from the Big Ea ~ #v, James played in the uapper uan mi. in Pittsburgh, Pa., where he was one of 11 pi; ting the nation's best prep basketball talent, against the Pennsylvania high school all-stars, he scored nine points, grabbed eight rebounds, seven assists. James' brother, Frank, is a guard at Nevad LEWIS, A 6-4, 185-pound point guard, was Metro and honorable mention All-America. H points, six rebounds and four assists a game t He was recruited by Tulsa, Kansas and Seton Rowe averaged 10.7 points, nine rebounds i shots per game. Laura Glass, a center, average 11 rebounds, and Peggy averaged 12 points am ? r ur?r?<;ition. it &UII1C llUIU 1ICI iui vtuim Laura was named first team All-Five Star ? Peggy was named to the conference's second LAURA HOLDS 21 of 31 school records, points scored in one game (25), most rebour (22), and highest field goal percentage for a i She was named to the 1984 All-Five Star ( team and to the all-star squads ot tne urium the Sanford Herald. The three signees join Dawn Raab of Iri guard who signed with the Lady Gamecocks Raab average 15.6 points and 6.8 assists a the Yellow Jackets into the state playoffs. JAMES AND Lewis join USC's previous ThnrJrtn a 2rtS-nound forward from PI averaged 20 points, 12 rebounds and five as< Tony Shaw, a 6-4, 180-pounder from Li school record in points scored in a career w< of the year in South Carolina by The Green John Breckenridge, a 6-9 1/2, 195-pounc from Salem, Ohio, signed April 11. He av< nine rebounds, five blocked shots and four Spor H dk <* I I 4 name oacK i Scott Mack with three runs in the sixth inning and John Sulli earn a come-from-behind 5-3 a bunt, but wj :r The Citadel at Sarge Frye Field. batter's box d r Larry Price raised his record to Carolina co 1, and Glenn Jenkins came on in ejected from t rH nffpr arouino IV* JU T V. vvi ?? o * ' O ed the first run of the game in the rh * R 1 >cott Mackie singled, stole second Mackie Pete' >leil Fox's two-out single. right-center 'fi ame back in the following inning . , . i four hits. Rick Hardwick led off , 's ^ , r- j . j starter David nd was sacrificed to second. He f. ? P pickery's single to left. [ecord 'o l-l ;d to second and scored off conby Jimmy Nicholson and Tim Price was r fhp piolitli inn l,,v w&..?... ..... scored until the sixth, when USC ped third stri 'inning margin with three runs. Jones' single. 3 H etball players i _ 'z : 11 X nd USC. the signing of I !';: from Dunbar I ,, Ni " ' ori Rowe of ; _--ggy Glass of or recruits to | lal honors in > very ar mc game. T o-year regular I ..? ft* te champion- ^ ason. ' jjjjr~ he Glass twins " '?f past season as . : ' y Blue Ribbon America his past season. Hall. md 3.4 blocked Smash-up alley :d 14 points and Stock cars driven by Rusty Walk d nine rebounds at Darlington International Racewa' Conference and including most From footl ids in one game . , ? season (.540). BV JohnnV BoBflS conference first- DARLINGTON ? Bob Ma io Sentinel and said he has always enjoyed stoc racing. But it wasn't until he south that he began to appreciai mo, S.C., a 5-6 sport. in November. Marcum, USC's athletic dii game in leading since 1982, was at the Darlingtc ternational Raceway Sunday fc 28th running of the TranSouth i signees Tarone formerly called the Rebel 500. tiiladelphia, who "I've been really interested sists a game. coming to Carolina," Marcun tmar, who set a shortly after Darrell Waltrip w< is selected player ia^ville News. "When I was up in Ohio and I forward/ccnter Virginia, I used to go to a lot c rraged M\points, races," Marcum said. assists a game., But the 46-year-old West Vi tS n tamo Rullr imiiiv ms& ?mi lit ie led off the inning with a double seven strike ivan walked. Neil Fox followed with four of the is called out for stepping out of the The Gan uring the play. torn half ol ach June Raines protested and was stole secom :he game. Fox was also thrown out to deep rig with the home plate umpire. "Everytl coach I^ict : then reached on an error, scoring wejj ancj p Fisher followed with a single to deep "Larry j iplH Qcnrino Sinllivan and Rnvle. . . ' - ? ?./? swucn. gle led to the replacement of Citadel cjtacj< Prosser, who gave up five hits and gjve them 'rosser took the loss, dropping his USC pi eplaced after facing three batters in Tfie'citadol3 ing. Vickery reached first on a drop- usc ke and scored two batters later on Tho Citadel: I Price left the game with seven hits, USC: Price (W JSr i, ... ..... ^ ;L' ,^1 df))jt|iifefe^ri i atf *' \ujHHI .. HHP ggglgjSI - _ j CMt aSM^KMHHLili&tj^lLlr* ice (No. 88) and Geoff Bodine (No. 5) collide during Sund: / jail to NASCAR I native said there is a big difference rcum between dirt races and the National k-car Association for Stock Car Auto Raccame ing circuit. te the "Well, for one thing, there is a lot more money put into it down here," ector Marcum said. "And I'm really im>n In- pressed with the drivers. They are >r the quite some athletes, i 500, "Few people can drive 500 miles, let alone at 150 miles an hour, since They're just good athletes, and there ? ?aid is a lot of teamwork involved. )n the "There is a lot of hard work going on in the pit crews." West Among his favorite NASCAR )f dirt drivers, Marcum said, are Harry Gant, Neil Bonnett and Tiin rginia Richmond. B C 1 luys, it-a :outs and one walk. Jenkins struck out six batters he faced in relief. lecocks scored its last run in the botf the inning when Chris Boyle walked, d and scored off Rob Rinehart's single ht field. ling worked out well," USC assistant c Sofield said. "Rinehart hit the ball ete Fisher also had a key hit. jot a little sticky, so we went with the :nn did a good job out of the bullpen. 11 has a good program and you can t much room." ays host to Western Carolina at 7:30 nn?nnnnin -.171 010003 01* - 5 6 1 3rosser (L, 1-1), Bengel (6), Mills (7) and Hardwick. , 6-3), Jenkins (S3, 8) and Fox, White (7). nannm MK -, * * .' -- - |jj - - --r' yi- ''/ -. , P*r~ ...^mm Photos by Chip Lowell jy's 28th running of the TranSouth 500 for Marcum "We make a lot of races during the season. We usually make the two here, and the ones at Charlotte, Atlanta and Rockingham. Those are some of the biggest around, Marcum said." USC football coach Joe Morrison also attended the TranSouth 500. "We've ont hirn hooked, too." Mar cum said. "The people down here really treat us right, especially the people in the public relations department," Mar- I cum said. "And every now and then, j we see them at the Carolina football games." The next scheduled NASCAR race is the Sovran Bank 500 in Martinsville, Va., on April 29.