South Carolina pitcher Michael Roth has been named the co-pitcher of the week in the SEC. Roth pitched seven innings, allowing zero earned runs, and seven strike-outs in the Gamecocks 8-1 victory over Elon on Friday night.
The Newberry College Wolves wrestling team earned the Super Region I championship for the fifth consecutive season with 131 team points, sending seven wrestlers to the 2012 NCAA Division II National Tournament.
COLUMBIA, S.C.(USC Athletics) – South Carolina closed its regular season with a 53-47 win over Arkansas, behind a defensive effort that shut down the Razorbacks’ leading scorer in the second half and a rebounding effort that yielded 18 of the 36 on the offensive glass.
Second ranked South Carolina raced out to a 5-0 lead in the first two innings and behind 5.2 scoreless innings from junior right-hander Colby Holmes, the Gamecocks defeated Elon 6-0 on Sunday afternoon to sweep a three-game baseball series.
The Dreher girls will play for a class 3A championship. Newberry boys will play for the class 2A state title, and the Columbia girls will play for a class 2A state title.
Andre Young scored 12 points, including the go-ahead 3-pointer with 11.5 seconds left, to help Clemson beat North Carolina State 72-69 in overtime on Saturday.
Trae Golden had 21 points and Jordan McRae added 16 points and eight rebounds to lead Tennessee to a 73-64 win over South Carolina on Saturday night,
Three South Carolina pitchers combined for 16 strikeouts and the second ranked Gamecocks held off a late Elon rally to earn a 3-2 win on Saturday afternoon in front of 7,606 fans at Carolina Stadium.
Three local high school basketball teams have advanced to state championship games. The Lexington boys, Dutch Fork and Orangeburg-Wilkinson girls won class AAAA games Friday night. Tim Hill has the story from the Friday ABC Columbia News at 11.
Maine scored all six of its runs on two-out hits and held on to edge #16 Clemson 6-5 at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Friday afternoon. Maine improved to 1-0 on the season and took a 1-0 series lead, while the Tigers dropped to 2-2 in 2012.
