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GREENVILLE, S.C. — The South Carolina High School League has released the start dates for fall sports. The league voted Wednesday morning. Football: Practices start Sept. 8 Seven game regular season begins Sept. 25 State Championship set for first week of December Girls Golf: Start date Aug. 17 First contest Aug. 31 Championship Oct. 26-27 Swimming: Start date Aug. 17 […]
Read moreA Columbia area school district has given up its hope to delay the fall athletic season for South Carolina high schools to the spring. And the word in Oconee County today is that the SCHL will push back the official start of fall practice until August 31. “That would mean,” in the estimation of Oconee’s Steve Hanvey, “that the first […]
Read moreThe athletic director at Clemson University, Dan Radakovich, is scheduled to testify during a Senate hearing this week in Washington. The title of the hearing is “Protecting the Integrity of College Athletics.” Radakovich is among several witnesses who are to being quested on Wednesday by the Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. Another hearing witness will […]
Read moreBaseball’s Chicago Cubs signed an outstanding collegiate player this year from Texas whose parents are former Westminster residents. He is Ausley Burl Carraway IV, son of Freda Herring Carraway and Burl Carraway. According to Baseball America, Carraway’s signing bonus amounts to more than $1 million. The 20-year old has been described as an elite left-handed short reliever with a dominating […]
Read moreAn 11-year old Seneca girl competed during the weekend in the regional motorcross competition in Tennessee. Carmen Robertson was one of the youngest girls in the racing competition. The daughter of Ryan and Ashley Robertson was attempting to place in the national competition planned later at the Loretta Lynn Ranch in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee.
Read moreA 50th year reunion planned next month for the Clemson class of 1970 has been called off by COVID-19. That class hopes to re-assemble next year as part of a combined reunion with the 1971 class. The ’70 grads included Charlie Waters, a football star from N. Augusta who went onto the pros and was part of the Dallas Cowboys […]
Read moreSeneca High School has announced that assistant baseball coach Matt Crowe has been named Head Baseball Coach for the 2020-2021 school year. Coach Crowe is a 2009 graduate of Seneca High School and was a member of the Varsity Baseball team. Coach Crowe has taught in Seneca area schools since 2015. He taught Physical Education at Blue Ridge Elementary from […]
Read moreThe State newspaper is reporting that West-Oak High School won its final appeal today with the S.C. High School League to move from Region 1-3A to Region 1-2A for football only. However, as a trade-off for the appeal being granted, they won’t be eligible for the playoffs in 2020-2022 realignment.
Read moreWeekdays security officer Hugh Gorie watches over the Oconee Nuclear Station. On selected weekends, Gorie helps keep alive a South Carolina tradition of community baseball. South Carolina likely will never have a Major League team, but the state has a long tradition with the sport. At 52 years old, Gorie is one of the oldest players in the Community All-Star […]
Read moreA former standout softball player at Seneca High School can claim her part in the sports record books. Addie Pate was credited with the first RBI in the first game at the new Clemson University softball stadium. Pate’s Western Carolina team yesterday won the first game of a doubleheader with the Lady Tigers. She is the daughter of Andrea and […]
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