DURHAM, N.C. (CAC) — Chase Pinder’s sacrifice fly in the ninth inning lifted No. 15 Clemson to a 5-4 win over No. 8 Virginia in the ACC Tournament at Durham Bulls Athletic Park on Thursday. The Tigers, who improved to 1-0 in the tourney, upped their record to 39-18, while the Cavaliers, who fell to 0-1 in the tournament, dropped…
Courtesy: Valporaiso Athletics CLEMSON, S.C. (CU SID) — David Skara, a 6-8 forward who played two seasons at Valparaiso University, has signed a financial aid agreement to transfer to Clemson. Head coach Brad Brownell made the announcement today. Skara will sit out 2016-17 and have two seasons of eligibility remaining. “David is a versatile forward that we feel can be…
EUGENE, OREGON (CAC) — Stephen Behr, Jr., a senior graduate student at Clemson University, is the recipient of the Elite 90 Award for the 2016 NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championships. Behr Jr., who holds a 3.93 cumulative grade point average while majoring in financial management, was presented with the award during the Men’s Golf Championships banquet on Thursday, May…
CLEMSON, S.C. (CAC) — Clemson Athletics announced today the hires of Owen Godfrey and Jason Lazar. Godfrey takes over as Assistant AD for Ticket Operations/Sales, while Lazar is the new Director of Littlejohn Coliseum. Godfrey comes to Clemson following a three-year stint as Director of Ticket Sales and Operations at Georgia Tech. There, he oversaw ticket sales and related Tech…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Fireflies) — On Thursday, June 9, the Columbia Fireflies will party like it is 1999. The game against the West Virginia Power will celebrate the life of the late singer and Grammy-award winner, “Prince” Rogers Nelson, just two days after what would have been his 58th birthday. Prince, who passed away on April 21st of this year, has…
Milwaukee Brewers outfielders Ryan Braun, left, Kirk Nieuwenhuis (10) and Keon Broxton celebrate after the Brewers defeated the Atlanta Braves 3-2 in 13 innings in a baseball game Wednesday night, May 25, 2016, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) ATLANTA (AP) — Jonathan Villar’s run-scoring single in the 13th inning gave the Milwaukee Brewers a 3-2 victory over the Braves, sending Atlanta…
BOSTON (AP) — Boston Red Sox outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr. has extended his hitting streak to a career-best 29 games with a single Wednesday night against the Colorado Rockies. It’s the longest hitting streak in the majors this season and tied with Johnny Damon (2005) for the fourth-longest in Red Sox history. Dom DiMaggio holds the franchise record with a…
CLEMSON, S.C. (CAC) — Clemson golfer Lauren Stephenson shot a three-under-par 69 in her second round of the day and qualified for the 2016 United States Women’s Open. The women’s national championship conducted by the USGA will be held July 7-10 at CordeValle in San Martin, Calif. Stephenson was one of two qualifiers from the Carolina Trace Country Club course…
BLYTHEWOOD, S.C. (WOLO) — Longtime Blythewood High School baseball coach Barry Mizzell is moving up to the athletic director role for the Bengals. Tuesday the Richland District Two School Board approved Mizzell to be Blythewood’s second athletic director. He takes over for Vince Lowry, who has served as the Bengals AD since the school opened in 2005. Mizzell ends up…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Drivers Benny Parsons and Mark Martin and car owner Rick Hendrick, Richard Childress and Raymond Parks were inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame on Wednesday. Parsons, the 1973 NASCAR premier series champion, was the first driver first driver to eclipse 200 mph. Parsons, also a longtime broadcaster, died in 2007 at age 65. Martin won…
