Keenan’s teams each going to State finals
Keenan moved up a class to 3A this season, but both the Raiders girls and boys teams have had no issue with the jump up in competition.
Dustin Johnson was cruising along Saturday in the Mexico Championship until one swing put him in a bad spot, and the next shot made it even worse.
Ronald Jackson registered 10 points as NC A&T won its seventh consecutive home game, narrowly beating South Carolina State 63-62 on Saturday.
Jordan Greene’s two-run homer in the seventh inning broke a 6-6 tie and lifted No. 14 Clemson to an 8-6 victory over Virginia Military in the first game of a doubleheader at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
Sophomore Noah Campbell took a 2-2 pitch over the wall in right field for a two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth as the University of South Carolina baseball team walked off Utah Valley, 6-5, Saturday afternoon (Feb. 23) at Founders Park. Campbell helped the Gamecocks win their second game of the year in walk-off fashion.
No. 14 South Carolina softball used an eight-run fifth earning to earn its fifth-run rule win in its last six games in a 10-1 victory over Youngstown State on Saturday at Carolina Softball Stadium at Beckham Field. Jana Johns blasted a three-run home run, her third of the year, to end the contest via run rule with two outs in the bottom of the fifth.
Marcquise Reed turned in a career-best 31 points on a career-high-tying 11 made field goals, including nine of Clemson University men’s basketball’s last 16 points in a 76-66 victory over Boston College on Saturday afternoon.
Eight Mississippi players kneeled during the national anthem in response to a Confederacy rally near the arena before the Rebels’ 72-71 victory over Georgia on Saturday.
Keenan moved up a class to 3A this season, but both the Raiders girls and boys teams have had no issue with the jump up in competition.
Spring Valley will get their chance to repeat at 5A State Champions as they defeated Sumter 58-40 Saturday at Bon Secours Wellness Arena.
Bailey Harris’ hall of fame career coaching basketball at Lexington High School came to a close Saturday night as the Wildcats’ perfect season ended in the SCHSL 5A Lower State Championship, falling to Berkeley 47-42.