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McCaskill With U.S. U-23 Team For Nordic Tournament

By: Bryson Allen-Williams

South Carolina women’s soccer standout Savannah McCaskill has been named to the U.S. U-23 National Team that will travel to Sweden for a trio of matches in next week’s Nordic Tournament. The Gamecocks’ rising senior is one of 12 collegiate players named to the 22-person roster. The Chapin, S.C., native boasted a historic junior campaign for the Gamecocks last fall….

South Carolina announces time for Missouri Game

By: Stephen Wise

Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) – South Carolina announced Wednesday that it will open its SEC schedule in Columbia, Missouri at 7:00, September 9th. The game against the Missouri Tigers will be televised on ESPN2. South Carolina’s first game will be at Bank of America Stadium against the N.C. State Wolfpack at 3:00, September 2nd, and televised on ESPN. The last time…

ACC releases 2017 football television schedule

By: Stephen Wise

Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) – Wednesday morning the Atlantic Coast Conference officially released the television schedule for the 2017 football season. The defending national champion Clemson Tigers will, unsurprisingly, have multiple games televised during prime time. One of those matchups is against Auburn at 7:00, September 9th. The game will be televised on ESPN, as the teams rematch from Clemson’s 19-13 win…

Blowfish home-opener set for 7:05pm

It’s the Season of the Total Eclipse! The Blowfish Home Opener is Thursday June 1st. Gates open at 6pm and fans will be entertained by the Lexington Community Band during pre game festivities. It’s the first Thirsty Thursday of the season with half off Bud/Bud Light and Stella till 8. 7:05pm game time when the Blowfish take on the High…

Stephen Davis Jr. to join Gamecocks

By: Stephen Wise

Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) – Stephen Davis Jr., a native of Dutch Fork, S.C., is set to join South Carolina this season as a walk-on. Davis, a standout player at Dutch Fork, left Auburn during the offseason. At Auburn, Davis redshirted his freshman year due to a knee injury suffered during his senior year of high school. Davis was a former three-star recruit…

Fireflies top Greenjackets, 8-2 Tuesday night

COLUMBIA, SC (Fireflies) – Columbia’s bats sizzled for a second straight night and the home team ripped through Augusta, 8-2. The Fireflies have outscored the GreenJackets 22-4 over the first two games of the series and have compiled 24 hits. Furthermore, Columbia has outscored the GreenJackets 58-16 in six games at Spirit Communications Park this year. Columbia is 6-0 at…

Holbrook confident he can lead USC baseball

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Chad Holbrook is confident he’s the coach to lead South Carolina back to its NCAA Tournament success, despite missing the postseason for a second time in three seasons. “I met with the team,” Holbrook said Tuesday. “We’re making progress and making plans to make sure that this doesn’t happen again in 2018.” Because it has already…

Fireflies look to follow up offensive explosion

By: Bryson Allen-Williams

The Fireflies have another home game tonight against the Augusta GreenJackets. The Fireflies tied a franchise record Monday scoring 14 runs in seven-innings in a rain-shortened game. The star of Mondays game was Dash Winningham who set multiple team records Monday.Winningham finished the day with 2 homers, 6 RBI’s, 10 extra bases, and tied the franchise mark with 3 extra…

Wayne Gallman signs rookie deal with Giants

By: Stephen Wise

New York, N.Y. (WOLO) – Wayne Gallman has officially signed his rookie deal with the Giants, which will earn him a base salary of 2.819 million dollars over four years. In addition to that, Gallman received a $419,644 signing bonus. With the signing of Gallman, only one of New York’s picks remains unsigned: former Ole Miss TE/WR Evan Engram. Gallman…

Kirk Botkin leaves S.C. State

By: Stephen Wise

 Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) – South Carolina State has confirmed that defensive coordinator Kirk Botkin is no longer with the football program. Botkin was the linebackers coach at South Carolina under Steve Spurrier for four seasons, and left after the hiring of Will Muschamp. Botkin spent one season as the defensive coordinator before leaving SC State. Per the Baytown Sun, he…