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Clemson NFL Draft Recap

CLEMSON, S.C. (CAC) — Five former Clemson football players were selected in the National Football League Draft on Saturday, giving the program nine selections overall for the three-day event that took place in Chicago. The nine selections are the second most in one season in Clemson history and the second most in the nation this year. Only Ohio State, with…

Gamecocks NFL Draft Recap

COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — Three University of South Carolina football players were selected in the NFL Draft on Saturday. Pharoh Cooper was the first Gamecock to hear his name called. The 5-11, 205-pound junior from Havelock, N.C., went to the Los Angeles Rams with the 19th pick in the fourth round, the 117th player selected overall. Cooper earned first-team…

Ivan Wilson Homers in Saturday Night Loss

  COLUMBIA, S.C. (Fireflies) — Ivan Wilson smashed his third home run of the season on Saturday night but it wasn’t enough to defeat Kannapolis — the Intimidators took down Columbia, 7-2, at Spirit Communications Park. Wilson’s mammoth long ball in the eighth inning cleared the left-field wall and nearly left the park entirely on the fly. The outfielder has…

Gamecocks Edge Gators 2-1, Even Series

  COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — Junior outfielder Gene Cone broke a 1-1 tie in the bottom of the seventh with a solo homer to right field and freshman right-hander Braden Webb allowed just one run on five hits in 7.1 innings pitched with seven strikeouts as second-ranked South Carolina evened the series with top-ranked Florida with a 2-1 victory…

Clemson Baseball Tops (3) FSU, 10-3 in Game One

By: CU SID

CLEMSON, S.C. (CU SID) — Weston Wilson hit a homer with four RBIs and Chris Okey went 3-for-5 with a homer and five RBIs to propel Clemson to a 10-3 win over No. 3 Florida State at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The Tigers, who took a 1-0 lead in the series, improved to 27-14 overall and 10-12 in…

SC State Tight End Drafted in Sixth Round of NFL Draft

By: SC State Athletics

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (SC State) — South Carolina State All-American tight end Temarrick Hemingway was selected by the Los Angeles Rams, formerly of St. Louis, in the sixth round of the 2016 National Football League Draft. The Rams selected Hemingway with the 177th pick overall. The 6-foot-5, 244-pound Loris, S.C. native was the second player from South Carolina State University and…

Frank Martin Adds New Assistant Coach

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — Frank Martin announced Saturday that he’s hired Towson’s Bruce Shingler to fill a coaching vacancy on Carolina’s staff. Let’s all give @CoachBruceTU a big time Gamecock welcome as our new Assistant Coach. Also I have 2 quote @CoachWMuschamp again #SpursUp — Frank Martin (@FrankMartin_SC) April 30, 2016 Shingler served as an assistant under Martin for one…

Rain postpones Braves-Cubs

By: AP

CHICAGO (AP) — If there’s any question about his first-place team, Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon says it has to do with its untested relief corps. The answer had to wait at least a day after the Cubs’ scheduled game Saturday against the Atlanta Braves was postponed because of rain. While no makeup date was immediately announced, the game likely…

Fireflies Host Intimidators in Saturday Night Contest

Columbia Fireflies (13-9) vs. Kannapolis Intimidators (8-14) RHP Tyler Badamo (1-1, 5.09) vs. RHP Zach Thompson (0-2, 6.23) Saturday, April 30, 2016 — Spirit Communications Park — First Pitch 7:05 p.m. — Game 23 LISTEN: WGCV 620 AM, 105.1 & 96.3 FM / ColumbiaFireflies.com / TuneIn Radio App   ABOUT LAST GAME: Columbia used two big innings to cruise past…