Category: Sports

Billy Joe Burt, 73 221 Foot ST Central ,SC Died Sunday (January 19 2014) Funeral service will be held Saturday (January 25,2014) 3PM at the New Olive Grove Baptist Church . Burial will be in the New Poplar Springs cemetery. The body will be placed in the church at 2PM Saturday. The family will receive friends from 7PM until 8PM […]

Seneca High School has hired Greenwood’s Gene Cathcart to be its next football coach. Athletic Director Duke Lee says the community is invited to a meet and greet at 4:30 PM Wednesday for the coach’s introduction. It will be held in the Seneca High Media Center. Before Greenwood, Cathcart coached at Habersham Central in Georgia. He worked as as assistant at […]

WGOG has learned Seneca High School plans to present Greenwood’s Gene Cathcart to the Oconee County School Board Tuesday night as its choice for the next Bobcat head football coach. We’re told Cathcart has family ties to Seneca. He will replace Wayne Green who resigned in late 2013. ________________________________________________________________________________ The Clemson men’s basketball team heads to Pittsburgh Tuesday night for an ACC matchup […]

It’s going to be the Seattle Seahawks and the Denver Broncos playing for the NFL championship on February 2nd in New Jersey, after they won their conference titles Sunday. In the battle of premier quarterbacks, Peyton Manning and the Broncos defeated the Tom Brady–led New England Patriots 26-16 in Denver to win the AFC crown. The Seahawks won the NFC […]

Tre Bussey poured in 26 points and Angel Matias and Jelani Hewitt netted 21 apiece to lead Georgia Southern to an 88-81 overtime victory over Furman in Southern Conference men’s basketball action on Thursday night at Hanner Fieldhouse in Statesboro, Ga. The defeat dropped the Paladins to 6-12 overall and 0-5 in the SoCon. They get another chance Saturday night […]

With the game tied at 49, Clemson outscored Virginia Tech by a score of 7-0 over the final two minutes to earn its second straight ACC road victory by a 56-49 margin Wednesday night. The Tigers moved to 12-4 overall and 3-1 in the ACC. It’s only the 11th time in school history the Tigers have recorded back-to-back conference road […]

In high school basketball Tuesday, the Walhalla boys defeated Wren in a thrilling 62-61 game. Matt Rowland scored the winning bucket for the Razorbacks with 11 seconds left on the clock. The Walhalla girls fell to Wren 64-45. Elsewhere, Seneca’s boys were winners over BHP 66-52. Wesley Grant led the way with 17 points. Couple that with Wren’s loss to Walhalla, and […]

Red-shirt freshman Jaron Blossomgame has been named ACC Rookie of the Week. Pittsburgh forward Lamar Patterson was ACC Player of the Week recipient. In earning the honor, Blossomgame is the first Tiger freshman to be named ACC Rookie of the Week since Terrence Oglesby in the 2007-08 season. ______________________________________________________________________________ The Clemson men’s basketball team will return to action Wednesday night […]

NFL DIVISIONAL PLAYOFF RESULTS: Saturday, January 11th New England Patriots 43, Indianapolis Colts 22 (AFC) Seattle Seahawks 23, New Orleans Saints 15 (NFC) Sunday, January 12th Denver Broncos 24, San Diego Chargers 17 (AFC) San Francisco 49ers 23, Carolina Panthers 10 (NFC) (SF’s Andy Lee, of Westminster, had two punts for an average of 47.5 yards) In the conference finals this […]

Clemson committed a season-high 18 turnovers and Florida State converted them into 25 points in a 56-41 loss for the Tigers on Thursday at Littlejohn Coliseum. The loss dropped Clemson to 1-1 in the ACC and was the Seminoles’ first in two conference games. K.J. McDaniels led the way for Clemson with 14 points, but the Tigers turned the ball over […]