Category: Sports

*The Palmetto State’s top-rated high school football star for the recruiting class of 2015 will miss the remainder of his senior season. Defensive end Shameik Blackshear of Bluffton High School, who has already committed to play college ball at South Carolina, is out for the season after an MRI of his injured knee revealed a torn ACL, according to sources. […]

The Clemson Tigers and South Carolina Gamecocks are still part of college football’s Top 25, but not by much.The Gamecocks dropped two spots to #23 in the latest Amway/USA Today Coaches Poll, following the 33-23 win over East Carolina Saturday night in Columbia. Earlier in the day, Clemson trounced S.C. State, 73-7, to hold on to their #24 ranking. In […]

For the first time since 2006, the West-Oak Warriors have defeated the Pendleton Bulldogs. The Warriors collected a thrilling, 42-41 victory in double-overtime at Warrior Field on Friday, a win that gave the school its first 2-0 start to a season since 2005. Coach Josh Pierce’s Warrior team trailed by 28-7 at one point in the second half before mounting […]

Clemson Head Coach Dabo Swinney said after practice Wednesday that freshman wide receiver Kyrin Priester is no longer with the team.  Priester, who entered Clemson in January as a true freshman, played on special teams in the opener against Georgia last weekend in Athens. Swinney said the dismissal stemmed from an attitude that was not acceptable to Clemson standards. Swinney […]

Cole Hamels, together with three Philadelphia Phillies’ relievers,  no-hit the Atlanta Braves Monday, winning 7-0. Hamels went six innings and threw 108 pitches; he struck out seven, walked five, and hit one batter.  Then, relievers Jake Diekman, Ken Giles and Jonathan Papelbon each pitched a perfect inning to close out the 11th combined no-hitter in big league history.  It was the fourth no-hitter of the […]

Seneca’s Austin Ernst won the LPGA Tour’s Portland Classic on Sunday with a par on the first hole of a playoff against South Korea’s I.K. Kim. It was the first professional victory for the 22-year-old Ernst, who shot a 5-under 67 in the final round to get to 14 under at Columbia Edgewater. Kim, the first- and second-round leader, carded […]

In a performance that will surely cast him as an early favorite for the Heisman Trophy, Georgia’s Todd Gurley scored four touchdowns and set a school record with 293 all-purpose yards, leading No. 12 Georgia to a 45-21 victory over No. 16 Clemson on Saturday night at Sanford Stadium in Athens. Gurley ran for 198 yards and three touchdowns. He […]

In 96.3 WGOG’s High School Football Game of the Week Friday, the West-Oak Warriors opened the season with a 21-7 victory over inter-county rival Walhalla at Warrior Field in Westminster. Landon Owen led the way for the Warriors by scoring all three of his teams touchdowns. Walhalla scored its only points on a 15 yard scoring run late in the third […]