By: Robert G Hester
BladenOnline is creating a series of articles listing the names of players and coaches of Dixie Youth teams in the county, years ago. The Southeastern Times newspaper highlighted 50 teams from all over the county.
Continuing the list of teams, players and coaches in 1977:
Dublin T-Ball Yellow Team
Michael Butler, Sidney McKeithan, Corey Smith, Gena Collins, Corey King, Michael Pait, Pam Coltrane, Ralph Hemingway, Jeff Smith, Coach Gordon Hester, Sheldon Butler, Marty Davis, April Barnes, Joey Brisson, Robert Brisson, Cynthia Dove, Wayne Hearse.
Dublin T-Ball Green Team
Billy Hemingway, Mark Summerlin, Tommy Smothers, Meredith Butler, Wayne Williamson, Rene Hester, Coach Gayle Brown, Jenifer Moree, Toyna Dove, Regional Lessane, Zino Shipman, Sarah Lee, Bryan Veeder, Danny Bordeaux, Jeffery Lucas.
Dublin Blue Team
Andy Walters, Rodney Jones, Roby Wyatt, June Brisson, Jimmy Atkinson, Mathew Brown, Darrin Davis, Denise Taylor, Michael Kinlaw, Coach Linda Davis, Coach Doris Hill & Thomas Butler, Bessie Atkinson, Sylvia McKoy, Mike Gilmore, Darby Carroll, Joy Tedder, Stewart Pait, Rusty Hill , Joe Callihan.
Bladenboro Tigers
Paul Penninger, Jr., Mark Barnett, Detesi Norris, Michael Davis, April Storms, George Lewis, Karen Storms, Paula Batten, William Miller, Cathy Cain, Jacky Deaver, Millis Evans, Gary Thompson, Shelton Miller, Robbie Hester, Coaches Paul Penniger, Jim Blackmon, Eddie Cheshire.
Bladenboro Rays
Eddie Toth, Wayne Russ, James Hargrove, Mike West, Boyce White, Joe Baldwin, Glen Walters, Jim Allen, Robin Hester, Danny Brown, Ray Lewis, David Clewis, Janice Hines, Nathan Allen (coaches were not identified)
Elizabethtown Jaycees
Neil Gooden, Bruce McKoy, Greg Tatum, Jeffrey Futrell, Cynthia Lesane, Ronnie Bordeaus, James Reeves, Ronald Thomas, Jamie Lein, Craig Smith, Mitchell McKiver, Dale Brennan, John Inman, Coaches were Breece Horton, Richard Green, Ron Huggins.
Bladenboro Spinners
Morris Connor, Donnie Deaver, Jimmy Taylor, Joey Hester, Craig Storms, Otis Brooks, Ricky Yandle, Timmy Walters, Boogie Hill, Greg Parker, Ricky Brisson, Franky Evers, Ed Singletary, Winston King (coaches were not identified)
Council Dixie Boys
Ricky Lennon, Tommy Peterson, Sammy Burney, Horace Baldwin, Tonza McKoy, Greg Terry, Jeffery McLean, Teffery McLean, Tony McLean, Timothy McLean, Coaches Henry Burney and James Mitchell, Sr.
Sponsors of the publication included Robeson’s Superette of Dublin, Hilton Britt Insurance & Realty Agency in Dublin, Waccamaw Bank and Fowler-Simmons of Elizabethtown.
Names and sponsors are listed as they were in the special edition of the Southeastern Times in 1977.
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