Columbia, S.C. (USC SID) – Junior right-hander Clarke Schmidt, junior right-hander Wil Crowe and sophomore right-hander Adam Hill will headline the Opening Weekend rotation for the Gamecocks as announced by head coach Chad Holbrook Monday afternoon. Schmidt will start Opening Day vs. UNCG with Crowe taking the mound in Saturday’s contest for the Gamecocks and Hill getting the ball for…
Columbia, S.C. (USC SID) – South Carolina junior right-hander Tyler Johnson and junior right-hander Clarke Schmidt earned Preseason All-America accolades as announced by D1Baseball on Monday afternoon. Johnson was a first-team selection with Schmidt earning second-team selection honors. South Carolina opens the 2017 season on Friday, Feb. 17 hosting UNCG. Last season, Johnson went 3-2 with a 2.42 ERA and…
Clemson, S.C. (CAC) — Ana Paula Valdes, Sydney Legacy and Kennedy Swann all had rounds of two under par 70 to lead Clemson to a five-under-par team score of 283 in the second round of the UCF Challenge at Eagle Creek Golf Club near Orlando, Fla. on Monday. Clemson improved from seventh to fourth with the performance on the par…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Fireflies) — The Columbia Fireflies are hosting a job fair in the club level of Spirit Communications Park on Saturday, February 11, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. The Fireflies are aiming to fill over 300 seasonal and part-time positions for the upcoming season. The positions include: ushers, ticket takers, parking attendants, ticket office sales, merchandise store, field…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) – University of South Carolina co-offensive coordinator/wide receivers coach Bryan McClendon has been named one of the nation’s top 25 recruiters for the 2017 cycle by Rivals.com, it was announced today. Here’s what Rivals had to say about McClendon: “The former Georgia assistant has always handled the city of Atlanta, and he had success once again in…
NEWBERRY – Saturday’s South Atlantic Conference men’s and women’s basketball doubleheader between Newberry and Lincoln Memorial will now be played at Noon and 2:00 p.m. at Eleazer Arena. The men will go first at Noon followed by the women at 2:00 p.m. The contests were originally scheduled to start at 2:00 and 4:00 p.m. Newberry’s next games will be at Catawba…
Gonzaga is No. 1 for a second straight week in The Associated Press college basketball poll following a week in which all but four of the top 10 teams lost at least one game. The Bulldogs (24-0), the only remaining unbeaten team in Division I, received 59 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel on Monday. Villanova (22-2) moved…
NEW YORK — UConn remains No. 1 in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll while Tennessee re-enters the Top 25. The Huskies (22-0) continue to run through opponents, as their record winning streak is at 97 and counting. UConn is followed by Baylor, Maryland, Mississippi State and Florida State on Monday. South Carolina fell to sixth after losing to the…
Super Bowl LI delivered a record-setting amount of craziness, as evidenced by the number of Super Bowl records set or tied. Super Bowl records set Most games: 7, Tom Brady Most games, head coach: 7, Bill Belichick Most games won, head coach 5, Belichick Most points, game: 20, James White Most passes, career: 309, Brady Most passes, game: 62, Brady…
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (USC SID) – Senior center Alaina Coates posted a monster stat line that included a career-high 19 rebounds to lift No. 4/6 South Carolina over Arkansas 79-49 Sunday afternoon at Bud Walton Arena. The performance marked her second-straight game with at least 15 boards for the Gamecocks, who moved to 20-2 overall and 10-1 in conference play with the…
