After a long search, Aiken High School finally has a new head coach of the football team. Brian Neal was hired in early June after longtime head coach Carey Johnson resigned in April.
A major shakeup in the USC Aiken women’s basketball program recently occurred after All-American forward Kayla Harris and All-Peach Belt Conference second-team selection Brittany Hill transferred to Wingate University. But their...
When the four Coaches Association for Women’s Sports All-Star teams take the field on June 18-20 at USC Aiken’s J.H. Satcher Field, area fans will have plenty of local faces to cheer for. The two-round event showcases the top senior...
COLUMBIA — Darin Hendrickson finished his college baseball career in 1992 as one of the best pitchers in the history of Southern Illinois-Edwardsville, just across the Missouri River from St. Louis. He knew...
CLEMSON — Liberty is hoping it isn’t just a formality. Clemson won’t take its first opponent for granted, even with a rivalry renewed with South Carolina perhaps just a day away.
CLEMSON — The owner of more ACC baseball tournament championships than any other school isn’t accustomed to clearing the memory banks and licking its wounds in between conference and national tournament time.
COLUMBIA — Tanner English, South Carolina’s center fielder of the future, stood alongside Jackie Bradley Jr. and Evan Marzilli, two of the Gamecocks’ best ever at the position.
Successful baseball seasons are nothing new at Silver Bluff High School, and this year was no different. Even brighter days could be ahead for the Bulldogs, especially for pitching ace Darius Washington.
By NOAH FEIT and ERIC RUSSELLnfeit@aikenstandard.com, erussell@aikenstandard.com
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 12:12 a.m.
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The USC Aiken women’s basketball program suffered a major blow recently when rising seniors and top players Kayla Harris and Brittany Hill transferred to Wingate University.
COLUMBIA — If you hung around the baseball field at Winter Haven (Fla.) High in the spring of 2008 and 2009, you would have seen the kid who wound up hitting more home runs in a year than any South Carolina player over the past four seasons.
COLUMBIA — South Carolina learned Sunday night that it would host an NCAA Tournament Regional for the third straight year, while Clemson learned it will travel for the second straight year. On Monday, both teams learned who they will play in...
SUMMERVILLE — The Ray Guy/ProKicker.com Kicking Academy announced that Strom Thurmond High School’s Cody Griffith has been named to its Top Prospect List.
COLUMBIA — In the end, but just as college baseball’s real fun begins, South Carolina did enough to open the NCAA tournament at home, while Clemson couldn’t overcome its late struggles and series loss against the...
A year ago, Paul “The Punisher” Williams was one of the most feared and respected boxers in the world. Then a motorcycle accident left the Aiken native paralyzed from the waist down, forever changing his world but not his...
