COLUMBIA, SC (Fireflies PR) – Eight South Atlantic League All Stars and six high schoolers (three local and three regional) are scheduled to participate in the Home Run Derby on June 19. The Derby will take place immediately following the conclusion of the Celebrities vs. Soldiers Softball Game, which starts at 6:15 p.m. at Spirit Communications Park. Gates will open…
Gamecock pitcher Clarke Schmidt (soon to be Yankees pitcher after he signs his contract) defended Chad Holbrook Tuesday afternoon in a phone call to ABC Columbia Sports. The first-round pick in this year’s MLB Draft believes the players, not coaches, were responsible for USC’s 2017 record, which ended in the Gamecocks missing out on the postseason for the second time…
Former Gamecock guard PJ Dozier worked out for the Charlotte Hornets Tuesday morning ahead of next week’s NBA Draft. The projected second-round pick has now showed off his skills for 10 teams this offseason (he’s met with 13 NBA teams total), but Tuesday morning’s workout was special. After growing up in Columbia growing his game with the hometown Gamecocks, Dozier…
GREENVILLE, SC (Fireflies PR) – Game one of Columbia’s series in Greenville did not disappoint. Tuesday featured another tight game, but the Fireflies fell, 5-4, at Fluor Field. Columbia’s franchise-record nine-game win streak came to an end and the club now trails the first-place Drive by a game and a half with five left in the first half. Greenville (39-25)…
SUMTER – Eight qualifiers found their way to the Singles Main Draw on Tuesday in the Palmetto Pro Open, a USTA Women’s Pro Circuit $25,000 event at the Palmetto Tennis Center. The top doubles seed team of Alexa Guarachi and Emina Bektas were upended by Ellen Perez and Luisa Stefani in the first round of the Doubles Main Draw, 7-6(4),…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) – South Carolina earned its first ranking in the final poll of a season under head coach Beverly Smith, as the Gamecocks tied for 25th in the final National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA)/USA Today Poll for 2017. Finishing the year with a 34-25 overall record, the Gamecocks took 32 points in the final vote, tying fellow…
CLEMSON, S.C. (CAC) – Two current Tigers and one Clemson signee were chosen on the second day of the MLB draft on Tuesday. Junior lefthander Charlie Barnes (Sumter, S.C.) was selected in the fourth round (No. 106 overall pick) by the Minnesota Twins and junior outfielder Chase Pinder (Poquoson, Va.) was taken in the seventh round (No. 214 overall pick) by…
CONWAY (CCU SID) – Coastal Carolina centerfielder Billy Cooke and pitcher Alex Cunningham were selected in the 2017 Major League Baseball draft Tuesday. Cooke was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the eighth round (243rd pick overall) and Cunningham was picked in the ninth round (258th overall) by the San Diego Padres. A Chanticleer has been selected within the first 10 rounds…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) – South Carolina junior right-hander Tyler Johnson was selected 147th overall in the fifth round of the 2017 MLB draft by the Chicago White Sox. Johnson went 1-2 with a 2.39 ERA and 10 saves in 19 appearances with 40 strikeouts in 26.1 innings pitched. Johnson is third Gamecock to be selected in this year’s draft…
Columbia, SC (CN) – Gatorade announced Cardinal Newman’s Wyatt Millard as its 2016-2017 Gatorade South Carolina Boys Soccer Player of the year. This is the third time in five years that Cardinal Newman has had a male soccer player earn this honor. Wyatt’s bother, Koty, earned the distinction in 2012-2013. It is the 32nd year Gatorade has honored the nation’s…
