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Five Tigers Placed on AP All-America Teams

The 2016 Associated Press All-America college football teams: FIRST TEAM OFFENSE Quarterback — Lamar Jackson, sophomore, 6-foot-3, 205 pounds, Louisville Running backs — D’Onta Foreman, junior, 6-2, 249, Texas; Dalvin Cook, junior, 5-11, 213, Florida State Tackles — Cam Robinson, junior, 6-6, 310, Alabama; Ryan Ramczyk, junior, 6-6, 314, Wisconsin Guards — Cody O’Connell, junior, 6-8, 354, Washington State; Dan…

Gamecock Women Host Minnesota Sunday

COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — No. 6/6 South Carolina returns to Colonial Life Arena for the first time in nearly three weeks for a showdown with Big Ten foe Minnesota. The Gamecocks (6-1) had a week between games for exams and are looking to bounce back from their first loss of the season. SOUTH CAROLINA NOTABLES •  The Gamecocks are…

Watson Finishes Second in Heisman Trophy

Clemson, S.C. (CAC)—Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson finished second to Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson in the Heisman Trophy balloting released Saturday night by the Heisman Trust in New York City.   It marked the second consecutive year the Tiger signal caller finished in the top three of the voting of over 900 media from around the nation. Watson finished with 1524 points…

Clemson Defeats Mercer, 90-47

CLEMSON, S.C. (CAC)— Clemson knocked down 13 three-pointers and held Mercer (5-5) to a 30% field goal percentage as the Tigers advance to 6-2 on the year and remain undefeated in the newly renovated Littlejohn Coliseum. Five players scored in double-figures to fuel Clemson’s 90-47 victory, the team’s largest margin of victory this season. Donte Grantham paced the Tigers with a…

WATCH: Final Day of Bojangles Bash

Here are the scores from Saturday’s finale of the 2016 Bojangles’ Bash at Ridge View High School: Ben Lippen 62 – Olympic (NC) 58 Cardinal Newman 53 – Byrnes 75 22 Ft. Academy 81 – Dutch Fork 62 Trinity Christian (NC) 56 – West Florence 42 Abraham Lincoln (NY) 65 – Dorman 62 Huntington Prep (WV) 93 – AC Flora…

Heisman Trophy: The statistical case for the finalists

A linebacker is among the 2016 Heisman Trophy finalists, but a running back is not. That is among the storylines heading into Saturday’s ceremony (8 p.m. ET, ESPN/WatchESPN). Record-setting season for Louisville’s Jackson Lamar Jackson passed for 3,390 yards and 30 touchdowns with nine interceptions. The sophomore was valuable running the ball, too, accumulating 1,538 yards and 21 touchdowns on…

Clemson Basketball Hosts Mercer Saturday

GAMEDAY SETUP CLEMSON (5-2) vs. MERCER (5-4) Date: Saturday, Dec. 10 Tipoff: 4 p.m. ET Arena: Littlejohn Coliseum (9,000) Radio: CTSN (Tony Castricone-pbp; Tim Bourret-color) Web: ACC Network Extra (Don Munson-pbp; Bob Mihalic-color) • Clemson returns to action following final exams to take on Mercer. It is the first meeting between the two programs since 1994-95. • The Tiger offense has averaged 76.9…

Chapman Edges Newberry in 3A Semis

Chapman came away with a 34-27 win over Newberry Friday night in the 3A Upper State Championship. The Bulldogs season comes up one win short of another state championship appearance. Click the video to watch highlights. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: SCHSFB