Category: Sports

The West-Oak High baseball team played a game Saturday afternoon in Truist Park, the home field of the Atlanta Braves.  And the Warriors won the game, 9-7, over Elbert County, Georgia.  The teams from the two schools played one of the games during a day of high school baseball on the Braves field.  The park was available as the major […]

Final score this afternoon:  Marlboro County Bulldogs 71-Seneca Bobcats 60, and thus an exciting Seneca basketball season ends in the finals of the state 3-A championship.  Seneca today made its first ever appearance in a boys state final.

Late in the first half the Bobcats trail Marlboro County 25-16, in the playoff final for the state basketball championship.  You can catch the action live on WSNW 94.1 The Lake.

94.1 The Lake WSNW is pleased to announce a special addition to the crew that have the broadcast tonight of Seneca and Belton-Honea Path basketball.  A former Clemson Tiger basketball player, Terrence Oglesby, will provide guest commentary, as Tony Medlin provides play-by-play of tonight’s doubleheader.  The twin bill starts at 5:45 tonight with the girls contest.

A University of South Carolina student from Walhalla, Cade Crenshaw, will spend the summer next year as an intern for the Fond du Lac, Wisconsin collegiate baseball team.  The team comprises college players from across the country.  For Crenshaw, a former part-time WGOG announcer, this will be an opportunity to pursue his love of sports broadcasting.  As an intern in […]

A prospect for major league baseball, who has ties to Seneca, is staking his chances with another club.  Tis the season of free agents, and Michael Gettys has left the San Diego Padres’ organization for the Boston Red Sox.  He’s an outfield prospect with power capability, having clubbed 31 home runs in the minor leagues’ last season, 2019.  Gettys’ grandparents […]

The entire West-Oak wrestling team is in quarantine after the discovery of three positive cases within the Warrior program.  They may return to school Monday, November 30.  “This is certainly not ideal,” says Dr. Blackwell, West-Oak High principal, “but it is what’s best for the health and safety of our students and coaches.  We look forward to the team returning […]

Los Angeles Lakers will start their new season without allowing fans at their arena, at least for the start of the season.  But, if you want to watch a basketball game or a wrestling match at any of Oconee’s three high schools, you will be able to do that in limited numbers only.  Here’s what Steve Hanvey, associate superintendent, is […]