Category: Sports

Jason Heyward, Justin Upton and Dan Uggla homered in the 8th inning and Juan Francisco hit a pair of solo shots early in the game to help the Atlanta Braves win their 10th straight with a 6-3 win over the Kansas City Royals at Turner Field Tuesday night. The two game interleague series wraps up Wednesday with a 12:00 PM start. […]

In high school sports on Wednesday: Walhalla’s softball team defeated Daniel 4-3 at Nettles Park. Taylor Crawford notched 21 strikeouts for the Razors. Elsewhere, it was West-Oak getting past Seneca 3-1. It’s the first conference loss of the season for the Cats. In Baseball, Walhalla downs Daniel 2-1. David Medlin with a two run single in the third. Seneca defeated […]

Sports broadcaster Pat Summerall died Tuesday of cardiac arrest at age 82. Over his four-decade career, which began after he played in the NFL for 10 years, Summerall broadcast football, including 16 Super Bowls, as well as golf’s PGA Tour, including the Masters, and the U.S. Open tennis tournament. Fellow NFL broadcaster John Madden said in a statement yesterday, “Pat […]

Adam Scott has become the first Australian to win the Masters, beating Angel Cabrera on the second hole of a playoff on a rainy Sunday at Augusta National. The tournament went to a sudden-death playoff for the second year in a row when Scott and Cabrera made matching birdies on the 72nd hole. They both made par on the first extra […]

Both Clemson amd South Carolina wrap up spring football on Saturday by hosting annual spring games. At Clemson, the Tigers’ Orange & White game will commence at 4:00 PM in Memorial Stadium. Earlier in the afternoon, South Carolina will host its Garnet & Black game at Williams-Brice Stadium at 1:00 PM. Admission is free to both games.

Day One of the Masters at Augusta National in Georgia ended Thursday (April 11th) with Spain’s Sergio Garcia and Marc Leishman of Australia tied for the lead at 6-under 66. Number One-ranked Tiger Woods ended the day at 2-under 70, tied for 13th place, as he tries to win a fifth career green jacket and his first major in five […]

The South Carolina baseball team defeated The Citadel Tuesday night 6-5. Sophomore Joey Pankake hit a ninth inning walk-off homerun to seal the victory. The Gamecocks will open up a 3-game series at Florida Thursday night.

In college baseball on Wednesday, Griffin Davis’ pinch-hit RBI double in the eighth inning scored Alex Abrams from first base to break a 5-5 tie and lift Furman to a 6-5 victory over 11th-ranked South Carolina  at Fluor Field in Greenville’s West End.  The win gave Furman (17-11) a season split with South Carolina (23-7) and marked the Paladins’ second […]

Westminster – Charles “Chuck” William Mauldin, Jr., 53, husband of Pamela Elaine Freeman Mauldin, of 641 Poplar Springs Road, passed away Tuesday, April 2, 2013 at Duke University Hospital. A funeral service will be held 2 PM, Saturday, April 6, 2013 from the Chapel of Sandifer Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Oconee Memorial Park. The family will receive friends […]

In area high school sports on Tuesday, West-Oak’s softball team defeated Emerald 3-2. Sophomore Hannah Price took the win on the mound, striking out 11 while allowing 9 hits and two runs. The Warriors are on the road at Belton-Honea Path on Thursday. Tamassee-Salem defeated Whitmire Tuesday 11-6. The Eagles baseball team also defeated Whitmire by a 5-4 final. T-S will […]