Ricky Barnes birdied six of the last eight holes Thursday at rain-softened TPC Louisiana to take a one-stroke lead at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans after the first round. Boo Weekley and former Clemson Tiger Lucas Glover were a stroke back, and D.A. Points and Morgan Hoffmann each shot 66.
South Carolina (31-11, 11-7 SEC) begins a three-game series at LSU (38-4, 15-3 SEC) on Friday night. First pitch for the opener is at 8 p.m. ET. Game two of the series is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ET on Saturday. First pitch for Sunday’s series finale is 3 p.m. ET with the game televised live on ESPN.
Due to the threat of inclement over the weekend, the Clemson vs. Georgia Tech baseball series will now have the following schedule: Game 1 Friday 2:30 PM, Game 2 Friday 7:00 PM (CSS), Game 3 Saturday 6:30 PM (forecast calls for rain on Saturday, so an updated decision on this game time will be made on Friday).
The NFL Draft starts Thursday on ESPN at 8 p.m. with the first round of the draft, while the second and third round will be Friday at 6:30 p.m., and the final rounds (four through seven) will be on Saturday at noon. While there are no former Gamecocks are projected to go in the first there are several that have been projected to be selected through out the entire draft with the highest projection to be safety D.J. Swearinger in the second round.
Former Gamecock Michael Roth gave up 5 earned runs to the Texas Rangers in his first major league start Wednesday night.
The #13 Clemson Tigers totaled a season-high 17 hits in their 12-1 win over Western Carolina at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Wednesday night. The Tigers, who earlier defeated the Catamounts 12-9 in Cullowhee, NC on April 9, improved to 28-13 on the season. Western Carolina fell to 27-17 in 2013. The loss snapped the Catamounts’ eight-game winning streak that started after Clemson’s win in Cullowhee.
Josh Stepp is the new head football coach and athletics director at Lexington High School. The school district made the announcement Wednesday.
The Frank Martin makeover continues for Carolina basketball. Wednesday, 6’9 Brandon, Florida forward Demetrius Henry committed to the Gamecocks.
Former Gamecock Michael Roth will get his first Major League start Wednesday night for the Los Angeles Angels.
South Carolina sophomore catcher Grayson Greiner has been invited to the 2013 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team, it was announced on Wednesday afternoon. Greiner was also invited to last year’s squad but was unable to participate due to his recovery from a knee injury.
