South Carolina held its 2011 Baseball Banquet on Thursday evening at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center. The team received their 2011 National Championship rings as well as the 2011 Southeastern Conference Championship rings.
DeVonte Holloman likely will not play on Saturday. Holloman suffered a concussion in last Saturday’s loss at Arkansas. Redshirt freshman Brison Williams will likely get the starting nod in place of Holloman.
In his Wednesday teleconference, Gamecock head football coach, Steve Spurrier announced that his starting quarterback Conner Shaw passed all required concussion tests and is cleared to participate fully in practice.
Irmo stand-out, Jordan Roper will play basketball next season with Clemson. Roper is a 6-foot guard with 1,219 career points. Roper, who was the Midland’s 4A player of the year in 2011, led his Irmo team last season to a 27-3 record and a 4A state championship.
CLEMSON, S.C. (WOLO) — The Clemson Tigers are ranked 9th in the latest BCS Standings, but after suffering its first loss of the season a week and a half ago at Georgia Tech, national title hopes are getting a bit more fuzzy. However hopes are still alive for an ACC Atlantic Division Title.
Former South Carolina running back Derek Watson has been arrested on a marijuana distribution charge. Authorities said Watson was arrested in Greenville County around 2 a.m. Sunday. An arrest warrant says Watson sold about 100 grams of marijuana to an undercover Anderson County officer in March.
The South Carolina women’s soccer team earned its fifth consecutive NCAA Tournament bid as the 2011 selections to the 64-team tournament were announced Monday afternoon. The Gamecocks (15-6-0) will host the first round of the tournament with the University of Texas Longhorns (11-8-1) traveling to Columbia for the first meeting between the two teams. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday night at Eugene E. Stone III Stadium in Columbia, S.C.
South Carolina will twice be a part of ESPNU’S Thursday Night SEC Baseball Game of the Week, as announced by the league office and ESPN on Monday afternoon. The rematch of the 2011 National Championship Series at the College World Series between South Carolina and Florida will open the league package on Thursday, Mar. 22 from Carolina Stadium. In addition, the series opener between the Gamecocks and Alabama at Carolina Stadium will also be broadcast on Thursday, April 26.
Furman’s upset against 3rd-ranked Appalachian St. highlights a busy day for SC colleges in the FCS and Division II. Check out scores and highlights in the latest edition of ABC Columbia’s weekly college football wrap-up show, Gamecock Saturday Night.
Tyler Wilson threw for 299 yards and two touchdowns as No. 7 Arkansas held on for a 44-28 win over No. 9 South Carolina on Saturday. Conner Shaw had a pair of second-half touchdown runs and left the game late in the fourth quarter with concussion-like symptoms.
