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Watson Leads Orange to Win in Spring Game

By: CU SID

Clemson,S.C. (CU SID) — Deshaun Watson played just four possessions, but threw two touchdown passes to lead the Orange Team to a 17-9 victory in Clemson’s annual Spring Football Game at Memorial Stadium.  A record crowd of 50,500 fans turned out on the perfect 58-degree day for football. It was Clemson’s first public appearance in Memorial Stadium since Dabo Swinney’s…

No. 16 Clemson Edges Duke 3-2

By: CU SID

DURHAM, N.C. (CU SID) — Chris Okey belted a two-out triple on an 0-2 pitch in the ninth inning to score two runs, giving No. 16 Clemson a come-from-behind 3-2 win over Duke at Jack Coombs Field on Saturday afternoon. The Tigers, who evened the series 1-1, improved to 23-8 overall and 8-6 in the ACC. The Blue Devils fell…

McIlwain Shines in Garnet and Black Game

By: USC SID

COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — The University of South Carolina Football team took the field at Williams-Brice Stadium on Saturday for the annual Garnet & Black Spring Game. The Black team earned the victory, 35-14, in front of 32,916 fans excited to see the first competition of the Will Muschamp era. Quarterback play was exceptionally strong on Saturday as the Gamecocks accounted…

Gamecocks Hold Garnet & Black Alumni Game

By: USC SID

COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — Over 140 University of South Carolina football alumni returned to campus Saturday and celebrated the beginning of the Will Muschamp era with the Garnet & Black Alumni Game. The Garnet team won the game on a last-second touchdown, 26-21, and Gamecock fans from all generations were delighted to see their favorite heroes of past seasons return to…

USC Holds Off Vols 7-6 In Series Opener

COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — Sophomore right-hander Clarke Schmidt allowed just two runs in six innings of work to earn his seventh win of the season and LT Tolbert homered and tied a career-high with three runs driven in as sixth ranked South Carolina held on to a 7-6 win over Tennessee on Friday night at Founders Park.  The Gamecocks…

NCAA Bans Satellite Camps

(AP) — The NCAA announced Friday it was barring football coaches from participating in camps on other campuses, siding with the Southeastern Conference in its high-profile dispute with Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh and others holding so-called satellite camps. The Division I Council approved a proposal requiring Bowl Subdivision schools “to conduct camps and clinics at their school’s facilities or at facilities…

Carrera, Chatkevicius Off To Pro Showcases

COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — South Carolina senior forward Michael Carrera has been invited to participate in the 2016 Portsmouth Invitational, set for next week, April 13-16, in Portsmouth, Va., while fellow senior forward Laimonas Chatkevicius is set to participate in the 2016 Gotham Hoops Invitational, set for Saturday, April 9, at St. Francis College in Brooklyn, N.Y. The duo…