Category: Sports

South Carolina was selected to finish in third place in the Eastern Division in the 2013 SEC Preseason Coaches’ Poll that was released on Tuesday, Feb. 12. Both the Gamecocks and Kentucky shared a tie for third place in the poll. The 2013 season begins on Friday, February 15 as the Gamecocks host a three-game series with Liberty at Carolina […]

Westminster – James Thomas “Tomy” Cox, Jr., 70, husband of Macie Norris Cox, of 588 Hope Street, passed away Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at Oconee Medical Center. A funeral service will be held 4 PM, Friday, February 8, 2013 from the chapel of Sandifer Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 2-4 PM, prior the service at the funeral […]

The Baltimore Ravens became the NFL champions last night (February 3rd) in one of the most exciting Super Bowls ever, holding on to pull out a 34-31 win in Super Bowl 47 after a game that was on its way to being a Ravens blowout suddenly had a big momentum swing after the lights went out in New Orleans’ Superdome […]

Starting tomorrow there’ll be a new Officer-in-Charge at the Mountain Rest Post Office. Vonda Beatty, a Walhalla Post Office employee for about the last eight years, is transferring to succeed the interim postmaster in the mountain hamlet. Beatty’s appointment was announced yesterday.  

The stormy weather on Wednesday postponed basketball make-up games around the area. West-Oak was set to face BHP, while Seneca was hosting Palmetto. Both games had been originally scheduled for last Friday, but were postponed when an ice storm threatened the area. Seneca will host the Mustangs Thursday night with the girl’s game beginning at 6:00 PM. West-Oak boy’s coach Tim Sheriff says […]

South Carolina (12-8, 2-5 SEC) fell to No. 4 Florida (17-2, 7-0 SEC) 75-36 in conference play on Wednesday night. Freshman forward Michael Carrera scored 13 and tallied a game-high nine rebounds to pace the Gamecocks. Junior guard Bruce Ellington added seven points and three assists. On the night, the Gamecocks were 14-of-45 (31.1%) from the floor for the game. […]

Seneca High School has hired a new men’s golf coach. Athletic Director Duke Lee says Louis Holleman will take over the program. Holleman is a lifelong resident of Seneca and most recently served in the Student Services Department of the School District of Oconee County. Prior to that, Holleman taught at Seneca Middle School where he coached C-team and Junior […]

K.J. McDaniels nailed a pair of free throws with 17.2 seconds left and Clemson forced a missed three-pointer on the other end to preserve a 63-60 victory over Georgia Tech on Tuesday in front of a crowd of 7,059 fans at Littlejohn Coliseum. The Tigers moved to 12-8 overall and 4-4 in the ACC, while Tech dropped to 11-8 overall […]

Clemson received career-high scoring efforts out of Milton Jennings (28) and Damarcus Harrison (19) to propel the Tigers to a 77-70 victory on Sunday over Virginia Tech in front of 7,980 fans at Littlejohn Coliseum. The win improved the Tigers to 11-8 overall, 3-4 in ACC play. Tech fell to 11-8 overall and 2-4 in the league. Jennings added 14 […]

The NFC hammered the AFC 62-35 in the Pro Bowl Sunday in Honolulu. Minnesota Vikings tight end Kyle Rudolph was voted the MVP of the NFL’s all-star game, with five catches for 122 yards and a touchdown. Still unknown, however, is if this will be the last Pro Bowl. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has said the game wouldn’t take place […]