OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — TCU freshman star Luken Baker continued his hot hitting, going 3 for 3 with a home run, and the Horned Frogs took control of their College World Series bracket with a 6-1 victory over Coastal Carolina on Tuesday night. The Frogs (49-16) have won their first two CWS games for the first time in four appearances…
Former Gamecock 2nd baseman Max Schrock went 2-3 with 2 RBI and earned MVP honors at the South Atlantic League All-Star game in Lexington, Kentucky Tuesday night. Schrock’s North team knocked off the South division team 2-1. The Hagerstown Suns slugger got a first inning RBI double off Columbia Fireflies pitcher P.J. Conlon. Conlon ended up the losing pitcher, giving…
MIAMI (AP) — Jace Peterson has not hit a lot of home runs in his brief career. However, he has hit some memorable ones at Marlins Park. Peterson hit a game-tying two-run home run in the eighth inning and a go-ahead RBI single in the 10th to lift the Atlanta Braves to a 3-2 victory over Miami on Tuesday night….
HOUSTON (AP) — Lionel Messi was too much for the United States to contain, as Argentina beat Jurgen Klinsmann’s team 4-0 to reach the Copa America final. The five-time world player of the year set up Ezequiel Lavezzi’s opening goal in the third minute, then scored on a free kick to break Argentina’s career scoring record and assisted on the…
CLEMSON, S.C. (CAC) — Stephen Behr has been named the Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year. He is one of four Clemson golfers who were named to the All-ACC Academic Men’s Golf team on Tuesday. The Scholar-Athlete of the Year award is named after Rod Myers, Duke’s men’s golf coach from 1973-2007. A graduate student studying financial…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — Former South Carolina goalkeeper Sabrina D’Angelo (2011-14) will represent Canada at the 2016 Summer Olympics after being named to its 18-player roster by Canadian women’s soccer coach John Herdman on Monday. D’Angelo is one of two goalkeepers for the Canadians, who open play in the group stage of the Rio Women’s Olympic Soccer Tournament against…
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (USC SID) — South Carolina’s Jordan Gotro finished 34th on Monday in the 3-meter dive at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Diving Trials. Competing alongside the best divers in the nation, the rising senior posted a score of 288.15 at IU Natatorium. “Just getting to Olympic Trials is a huge achievement; it’s very, very difficult just to get here,” South Carolina head…
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — College of Charleston athletic director Joe Hull is leaving the school when his contract expires at the end of the year. College President Glenn McConnell released a statement Monday that did not say why Hull was leaving after nine years. Hull was athletic director when College of Charleston opened 5,100-seat TD Arena, which helped to attract…
OAKMONT, PA — Click the video to watch Irmo native Dustin Johnson’s comments after winning the 2016 U.S. Open, his first major title. Categories: Local Sports, National Sports, Sports
Coastal Carolina pitcher Andrew Beckwith who pitched a complete game against Florida in an NCAA men’s College World Series baseball game in Omaha, Neb., Sunday, June 19, 2016, acknowledges fans . Coastal Carolina won 2-1. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik) OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — No. 1 seed Florida sent to the mound two first-round picks, a second-rounder, third-round and 10th-rounder against Coastal…
