By: Robert G. Hester
The Southeastern Times newspaper published a special edition in 1977 that included names of players, coaches and advertisers from throughout the county.
We are providing a sports flashback. We are using the names as they were published in the paper.
Elizabethtown Dodgers
Tony Murchison, Billy Everett, Joey Schultz, Albert Boler, Donald Wayne, Obie Ross, Frederick McDonald, Santos Mateo, Edward Lanier, Mike Mateo, Michael Fields, Jimmy Schultz, Reginald McDonald, Coaches Don Wayne, Albert Boler, Sr.
Dublin Reds
Emerson King, Darrell McCoy, Kenneth Hester, Stuart Carroll, Tammy Riggins, Kenneth Roberts, Doug Sessoms, Lonnie King, Kenneth Brission, Sonya King, Rebecca Norris, Robert Kinlaw, Jennifer Butler, Coach R.C. Kinlaw, Melanie Thompson, Coach Wayne Thompson.
Council Dixie Youth
Ricky Mitchell, Devon Lennon, Bernard Burney, Wayne Lennon, Allen Burney, Jimmy Mitchell, Eddie Andrews, Ellis Williamson, Tim Washington, Ronnie Atkinson, Carl Andrews, Coach James Mitchell, Sr., Eugene Shaw, Olanda McKoy, Chris Clark, Durwood Clark.
Dublin 13-14 Year Olds
Earl Suggs, Mike Ballard, Jerry Burden, Jeffrey Taylor, Hughlon McDaniel, Alex Bordeaux, Jimmy Brisson, Paul Franklin, Russell Cromartie, Ronald Fields, Robert Veeder, Richard McKeithan, Dewitt Rice, Gary Thompson, Darrell Taylor, Coach Jack Franklin.
Oak Grove Team
Joe Peoples, Steven Cain, Douglas Adams, Billy Smith, Gary Hungerford, Mathew Bryan, Teddy Deaver, Buster Jordan, Timmy Cain, Henry Davis, Eddie Bryan. (Coaches were not identified)
Green Hornets Team of Dublin
Denine Hester, Lori Collins, C.L. Carter, Timmy Taylor, Ricky Smith, Keith Butler, Rocky Norris, Barbara Sue Johnson, Denine Hancock, Hope McMillian, Robert McDaniel, Terrace Crumb, Tommy Dove, Timmy Taylor, Coaches Stuart McDaniel, Ken Bordeaux.
Elizabethtown Major
Coach Mel Melvin, Randolph Reeves, Scott Edwards, Richard Kinlaw, Ricky Hester, Harold Murchison, Hank Ross, unidentified batboy, Ricky Tatum, Rudy Williams, Ronald Williams, Robert Mazur, Kent Porter, Terry Smith, David Morgan, Batboy Tony Murchison.
Sponsors of the special edition of the Southeastern Time included Quality Auto Parts in Elizabethtown, Bladen Oil Company of Bladenboro, Walane Gas of Bladenboro, Billy Kinlaw Ins & Realty of Dublin.
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