CHARLOTTE, N.C. (SID) — Today, Coca-Cola Consolidated announced the POWERADE® 7on7 Tournament will be coming to North Carolina, enabling athletes and coaches of select high school teams from 10 states to participate in a national tournament and a chance to win $25,000 for their high school athletic program. “We are thrilled to welcome such talented coaches and athletes to the…
CLEMSON, S.C. (CAC) – Head coach Monte Lee announced the signing of 13 players to the program on Monday. Assistant coaches Bradley LeCroy and Andrew See along with Lee all contributed to the signing class, which is rated No. 12 in the nation by Perfect Game. All 13 signees are slated to wear a Tiger uniform starting in the 2018 season. …
CHARLESTON, SC (Fireflies) – Ian Strom collected three hits and stole three bases on Sunday, but Columbia lost a tightly-contested game to Charleston, 3-2. It was Strom’s second career three-hit game. The outfielder also became the first Firefly in franchise history to swipe three bags in a game. Sunday’s game began similarly to the night before. Charleston (12-5, 46-41) opened…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — With SEC Media Days this week, the Gamecocks released a 2017 preseason depth chart Sunday night. No major surprises. USC has not named a starting running back. On the preseason depth chart, Rico Dowdle, transfer Ty’Son Williams and A.J. Turner are all listed as projected starters. Carolina will look at a whole new special teams unit,…
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays made a statement to the American League heading into the All-Star break: Don’t count us out of the playoff race. Brad Miller hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the eighth inning and the Rays took three of the four from AL East-leading Boston, beating the Red Sox 5-3 Sunday. “That felt…
ATLANTA (AP) — Brittney Sykes scored 12 points of her 18 points in the decisive third quarter and the Atlanta Dream beat the Dallas Wings 98-78 on Sunday. Sykes was one short of her career-high and the rookie had eight rebounds. Tiffany Hayes led the team with 19 points, Layshia Clarendon had 16 and eight assists and Elizabeth Williams had…
JUPITER, Fla. (Mets) – The St. Lucie Mets took a tough 2-1 loss to the Jupiter Hammerheads on Sunday at Roger Dean Stadium. The key sequence came in the eighth inning when the Mets loaded the bases with no outs and could not score. John Mora grounded to shortstop Cleulius Rondone, who made an off balance throw home to force…
CHARLESTON, SC (Fireflies PR) – Jay Jabs did a little bit of everything on Saturday night. The outfielder tallied a pair of hits, scored a run, drove another in, but his team fell to the RiverDogs, 13-2. Jabs has reached base safely in 20 of his last 21 games. The lopsided affair began in Columbia’s (6-10, 46-38) favor at Joe Riley Park. The home…
The United States earned a disappointing 1-1 draw in its opening match of Group B play at the 2017 Gold Cup. Bruce Arena’s squad is short on U.S. national team regulars and that reality was reflected in an experimental XI with the likes of Dom Dwyer, Dax McCarty and Kelyn Rowe all starting the match in Nashville. Rowe tested the…
LAS VEGAS (AP) — It took Lonzo Ball 20 seconds to get a near-capacity crowd off its feet in his first summer league game. There wasn’t much to cheer the rest of the game. Ball’s highly anticipated Los Angeles Lakers debut on Friday night started with a flourish on a perfectly timed lob pass to Brandon Ingram. But that was…
