Category: Sports

At Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, the South Carolina Gamecocks scored on their first-four possessions as Connor Shaw threw for three touchdowns and Jadeveon Clowney forced a third-quarter fumble Saturday night to aid in a 35-25 win over SEC East foe Vanderbilt. The win was the 13th straight at home for the Gamecocks, who are tied with Georgia for the second-longest active streak in the […]

Clemson commit Jae’lon Oglesby rushed for 162 yards on 14 carries and found the endzone one time in Daniel’s 49-6 win over the Columbia Capitals Friday night. Oglesby rushed for 143 first-half yards in WGOG’s Game of the Week, and was played only sparingly in the early stages of the third quarter. That is when he tallied his only score […]

In college football on Saturday: At Sanford Stadium in Athens, Aaron Murray threw for 309 yards and four touchdowns, Georgia’s beleaguered defense finally came up with a stop, and the 11th-ranked Bulldogs defeated No. 6 South Carolina 41-30 for an early edge in the Southeastern Conference East. At Memorial Stadium in Clemson, quarterback Tajh Boyd and backup Cole Stoudt saw time to […]

The Walhalla Razorbacks are 0-2 following a 49-34 loss to the Landrum Cardinals in 96.3 WGOG’s high school Game of the Week on Friday. WGOG’s Player of the Game honors went to Landrum quarterback Aaron Bryant, who rushed for 306 yards and 5 touchdowns. Bryant also passed for 226 yards and another score, to tally 532 total yards on the […]

*The Seneca Bobcat JV football team will open the 2013 season at home Thursday night. The young Bobcats will host Easley. The game is set to kickoff at 6:00 PM. *Furman continues its early season road stretch this Saturday when it travels to Conway to take on the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers. Kickoff at Brooks Stadium is set for 6:00 p.m. […]

*Clemson is ranked fourth by The Associated Press and fifth in the USA Today Coaches poll this week. It is the highest ranking for the Clemson program by the Associated Press since September 12, 1988 when the Tigers were ranked third by AP. The Tigers also received a first-place vote this week by the Associated Press, the first time Clemson […]

*Clemson nabbed a pair of football commitments in attendance at Saturday night’s 38-35 win over Georgia. Pledging to play football for the Tigers were defensive back Jefferie Gibson of Hope Milles, North Carolina and defensive back Van Smith of Charlotte. *In the majors on Monday, Freddie Freeman homered, doubled and tied a career high with five RBIs, powering the Atlanta […]

*Georgia not only lost its season opener against Clemson, but they also lost their best wide receiver for the season. Sunday Mark Richt confirmed Malcolm Mitchell tore his ACL and will miss the season as he recovers. Mitchell was injured celebrating the Bulldogs first touchdown of the game with a teammate. He jumped to high-five and landed wrong, according to […]

Tajh Boyd threw three touchdown passes and ran for two others as #8 Clemson defeated #5 Georgia 38-35 on Saturday night. Boyd recorded a 77-yard TD pass to Sammy Watkins and a 24-yard scoring throw to Zac Brooks, but it was a nine-yard TD pass to tight end Stanton Seckinger that sealed the deal in the fourth quarter. Boyd also compiled touchdown runs […]

Senior kicker Chandler Mays booted a 40-yard field goal as time expired to lift West-Oak past Walhalla 17-14 Friday night at Razorback Stadium. Mays’ kick came after the Warriors scored 14, unanswered, fourth-quarter points to capture their first win over the Razorbacks since 2010. Following a scoreless first quarter, Walhalla controlled the second quarter with drives that resulted in Israel […]