Category: Sports

National Day of Prayer will be marked in Seneca with a rally at 6 o’clock downtown in the Norton-Thompson Park. Special speaker will be Dan Scott, radio announcer and the voice of Furman University athletics. Scott has started a foundation to help children who have been sexually, physically and mentally abused. Mayor Dan Alexander will have a part in tonight’s […]

In high school sports on Monday, Seneca’s softball team earned a playoff win over Blue Ridge by a 7-6 score, thanks to a walk off RBI single in the 8th inning from Britton Young. The win puts Seneca in good shape as they need only one win now to capture the District I championship. The Cats will play on Friday, […]

Westminster – Randy Lee Moore, 54, of 214 Antler Drive, passed away Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at Oconee Medical Center. A funeral service will be held 11 AM, Friday, April 26, 2013 from the Chapel of Sandifer Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Heritage Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 6-8 PM, Thursday, April 25, 2013 at Sandifer […]

In high school sports on Thursday, Walhalla’s softball team is headed the playoffs following a 1-0 win over rival West-Oak. Taylor Crawford earned the win after throwing a complete-game two-hitter. In baseball, Daniel defeated Seneca 5-4. Walhalla’s boys soccer team downed West-Oak 7-0. Henley Cothran and Thad Estes with two goals each. The Walhalla girls also shut out West-Oak 8-0 […]

Clemson Hall of Fame Women’s Basketball Coach Annie Tribble passed away on Thursday, April 18 after a battle with cancer. Tribble, 80, died in hospice care in a facility in Anderson, SC. Tribble served as Clemson’s women’s basketball coach from the 1976-77 season through the 1986-87 season. In her 11 years she led the Lady Tigers to at least 20 […]

Clemson Hall of Fame Women’s Basketball Coach Annie Tribble was presented with two awards on Tuesday, one from the city of Clemson and one from the Clemson Athletic Department. First, Tribble was presented with the Key to the City of Clemson. Then she was presented with a plaque that named the Clemson Head Women’s Basketball Coaches Office in her honor. […]

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 […]