Page 6. West Craven HlghUghta, July 22; 1982
Sports Highlights
Two out of town teams and two local teams
qualified for the state tournament as a result of
placing in the top four spots in last weekend’s USSS A
sanctioned First Annual VSL Invitational held at
Farm Life Field.
The two local teams were the Senators and Pugh’s,
finishing third and fourth respectively.
The tournament was won by Uniworth of
Greenville and Phillip-Dunn of Bayboro came in
second.
It was disappointing to see two out of town teams in
the finale and several area residents said they would
rather have rooted for their worst enemy playing on a
local team.
Details on the four out of town teams that played
are as follows:
Antioch is in second place in the New Bern League
with a record of 10-4. The Antioch coach called the
Senators just another team before they played in the
opening game and lost to the Senators by 13-4.
Bill’s of Morehead City did not show and were
disqualified because they had placed in a class C
WON GAME, LOST MARBLES-Garris #2 player
David Finer was literally driven up the wall after his team
won an extra inning game against Ron’s by the score of 4-3
during the weekend VSL Tournament. When asked to
explain his behavior David said he was just pickin’ at Jim
Madures who was sitting in the bleachers.
tournament previously and the VSL Invitational was
class D.
Phillip-Dunn Logging of Pamlico County has a
regular season record of 13-3 and is in second place in
their league.
The tournament winner was Uniworth of
Greenville and they are strictly a tournament team,
VSL Tournament(Double Elimination)
DOUBLE YOUR PLEASURE, DOUBLE YOUR
RUNS—Gator’s baserunners Eddie Garris and A1 Wade
score one right after the other in a tournament game
against Hatteras of New Bern. Both were safe but the
G^rs eventually lost the game.
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Contest for week of
July 12th. Stop by
Highlights office
for your $5 check.
Win $5
Picking Winning Teams for the
week of July 26, 1982
VANCEBORO
SOFTBALL CONTEST
In case of ties money will be split.
Name.
Phone
Address.
City.
ENTRY FORM
I Pick To Win
July 26:
C & E vs Ron’s
Pugh vs Senators.
M & B vs Garris #1
July 27:
Senators vs V & J
Cayton vs Kites
July 22:
"Caton vs Garris #2
. V & J vs Ron's
Pugh vs Kite's
July 26:
_ C & E vs Ron's
Pugh vs Senators
• M & B vs Garris #1
Garris #2 vs Ron’s
July 28:
Pugh vs Garris #1
Garris #2 vs V & J
C & E vs Cayton_
• July 27;
Senators vs V & J
Caton vs Kite’s
Garris #2 vs Ron's
July 28:
’ Pugh vs Garris #1
, Garris vs V & J
C & E vs Caton
Tie Breaker - Pugh .
Kite’s
Place your choice to.win in the Blanks. Mail to Highlights,
P.O. Box 404, Vanceboro or place in Highlights Mailbox at
office by Noon Saturday, July 24, 1982.
Entry must be postmarked no later than Sat. of week
before above games.
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not a league playing team, and their tournament
playing record including five wins her? is 26-7.
Uniworth tries to play in a tournament every
weekend, raising money in different ways, for
example, by raffling off a shotgun.
Hatteras of New Bern is also a strictly tournament
team, made up of players off of two league teams, and
they have won two of the eight tournaments they have
played in this year.
The MVP award went to Uniworth pitcher Keith
“Wolfman” Gould of Greenville.
Before his first game coach Ron Beaman said, “I
am using a different strategy for this tournament
than I use during regular season play by picking up
other ballplayers and shifting around my regular
team members.”
After Caton won their first round game coach
Milan Ipock said, “We shoulda been hittin’ like this
all year and we coulda easily been a .500 ballclub.”
Caton beat M&B by 15-5 but then lost their next
two games in the double elimination tournament.
Tournament Director Bobby Cole said that a VSL
all-star team would probably do quite well in any
class C tournament.
Bobby also announced a class D tournament
coming up in New Bern and he can be contacted at
244-0059 for information.
Just before the tournament began Umpire Don
Ahlers picked the Senators to win the tournament
but added that Bill’s would be his choice if they had
showed up.
Don went to high school in Quebec, Canada and at
the age of 16 in 1942 he was signed by the Cincinati
Reds to play professional baseball but soon after an
auto accident left his leg damaged and he turned to a
career with the U.S. Marines.
U.S.S.S.A. rules require a slow pitch to have an arc
between three feet and ten feet. Several illegal
pitches were thrown during the tournament and
automatic balls were called.
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TWO PODS IN A PICKUP-By Sunday afternoon, all
tournament director Bobby Cole and umpire Pat Patrick
could do was to lay out. It was either a case of softball
overdose (29 hours worth) or the hot, humid weather.
Player of the Week Winner
The Player of the Week is based on return of tally
forms returned after all games for the week have
been played. The player with the highest number of
points in any game played during the week is Player
of the Week. Player is not eligible to be Player of
the Week again afte winning Player of the Week.
Week #7 Guy Warmack, 31 points for Senators
receives from Clancy O’Hara’s their Best Ribeye
Steak Dinner for two with tea or coffee.
Week #8 Incomplete at press time. Only one tally
sheet turned in at press time. Player of the Week
will receive a $20 Gift Certificate for a dinner for two
at Harborside Family Restaurant, Broad Creek
Rd.
Week #9 will receive from Berne Restaurant,
Neuse Blvd., New Bern a dinner for two.
Week #10 will receive a seafood meal for two from
Friday’s 1890 Seafood, Neuse Blvd., New Bern.
Pugh Team Statistics (15 games)
By Shelia Cayton
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVE
PO
A
E
Lynwood Fulcher
50
16
30
1
16
.600
34
8
Ty Powell
4
1
2
1
.500
2
1
1
Gary Gaskins
41
8
17
16
.415
3
5
1
Robert Fielder
51
14
21
1
14
.412
59
11
10
Ronnie McLawhorn
5
1
2
2
.400
2
2
Roy Harris
44
9
17
1
15
.386
24
5
Jackie Combe
48
13
18
10
.375
16
71
6
Dennis McLawhorn
42
11
15
1
10
.357
31
6
Robin Harrison
31
13
11
8
.355
15
2
4
Randy Baker
40
11
14
2
17
.350
34
29
16
Kenneth Sawyer
47
10
15
4
.319
25
1
Darren Kite
33
7
4.
4
.121
31
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