Category: Sports

The women’s NCAA basketball tournament field was announced on Monday, and defending champion Baylor, along with Connecticut, Notre Dame and Stanford, all earned Number One spots, the first time the same four teams got the four top seeds in consecutive seasons. The tournament will get underway on Saturday. South Carolina’s women’s basketball team (24-7) earned a No. 4 seed in […]

Kathleen Grace Garrett Williams, 93, wife of the late William Roy Williams, of 151 Winstead Road, West Union, SC, died Monday, March 18, 2013 at Cottingham Hospice House in Seneca, SC. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, March 20, 2013 from the College Street Baptist Church with burial to follow at Evergreen Memorial Gardens in Walhalla, SC. […]

Florida State utilized a 17-5 run midway through the second half on its way to a 73-69 victory over Clemson on Thursday in the opening round of the ACC Tournament at Greensboro Coliseum. The Tigers, down by as much as 14 in the second half, battled to within two late only to see the Seminoles seal it from the free […]

Twelve-seed South Carolina (14-18, 4-14 SEC) fell to 13-seed Mississippi State (10-21, 4-14 SEC) 70-59 on Wednesday night in the SEC Tournament at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. Junior guard Bruce Ellington led South Carolina with 13 points. Clemson will open play in the ACC tournament at the Greensboro Coliseum Thursday night by taking on Florida State in a 9:00 PM tip-off.

Freshman lefthanders Matthew Crownover and Zack Erwin along with sophomore righty Kyle Schnell, all first-year Tigers, combined to allow just five hits, one unearned run, and no walks with four strikeouts to lead Clemson to a 3-1 win over Charleston Southern at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Wednesday afternoon. The Tigers, who improved to 17-0 all-time against Charleston Southern, upped their […]

Three Oconee County residents have been arrested in Georgia on charges that they allegedly dragged a machine weighing approximately 1500 pounds down the roadway from North Carolina into Georgia.On March 2nd, deputies with the Rabun County Sheriff’s Office noticed drag marks on the pavement behind vehicle with a flat tire on Highway 28 just south of the North Carolina line. […]

A viral-type outbreak, suggesting stomach bug or possible flu, broke out within the last 24 to 36 hours in an open dorm section at the Oconee Detention Center. As many as eight of 20 male inmates housed there have been affected, according to Captain Steve Pruitt, jail director. Pruitt says the ill inmates have the services of an in-house nurse […]

College basketball tournament play gets underway in earnest this week. Clemson, the 11th seed, will face sixth-seeded Florida State in the opening round of the ACC Tournament on Thursday, March 14. The game will be televised by both ESPNU and the ACC Network and is slated to start at 9:00 PM, or 20 minutes after the conclusion of the Maryland […]

High school softball on Wednesday saw Seneca get a win over Walhalla 1-0 in the season opener. Sydney Smith gets the win on the mound going 7 innings, striking out 4 and allowing two hits. Next up, Seneca heads to Wren and Walhalla visits Belton Honea Path. Both games will be played on Friday.

South Carolina (14-16, 4-13 SEC) used an 18-5 run through the first 10 minutes of the second half to secure a 79-72 victory over Mississippi State (8-21, 3-15) at Colonial Life Arena on Senior Night in Columbia. Junior guard Brenton Williams scored a career high 38 points to lead the Gamecocks in the victory, which marked a new South Carolina […]