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North Augusta wants to keep '09 season alive
11/20/2009 12:16 AM
A few weeks ago, North Augusta High School head coach Dan Pippin lit up like a homecoming bonfire when discussing the possibility of his team practicing on Thanksgiving Day. After a 42-21 win over No. 12 seed Conway last Friday, his fifth-seeded Yell ...
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11/20/2009 12:15 AM
It's déjà vu all over again.
At least that's what the Williston-Elko faithful are hoping tonight when their Blue Devils play Ware Shoals in the Class A, Division II Upper State finals for the second consecutive year.
Playing at Riege ...
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11/20/2009 12:15 AM
COLUMBIA -- The play seemed innocuous enough. Especially in September's first days.
South Carolina middle linebacker Rodney Paulk turned one way, his left leg went the other and he had to be helped off the field in Raleigh, N.C.
"I thought ...
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11/20/2009 12:15 AM
Strom Thurmond and Pageland Central played in a 2008 Class AA Upper State semifinal playoff game. Although it's a new year and both teams feature many new faces, the two schools will face each other again tonight with a berth in the Upper State champ ...
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11/20/2009 12:15 AM
Ben Anderson's breakthrough season seems to keep getting better and better.
The South Aiken High School graduate is making a major impact playing defensive line for Georgia Tech - a team ranked No. 7 in the nation with a berth in the Atlantic Co ...
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11/19/2009 12:01 AM
Dicky V is bullish on Devan D. and Co.
Jay Bilas thinks North Carolina and Michigan State coming to town "is great." For all sides, that is.
Clemson is ranked and South Carolina might not be far behind.
The College of Charleston is fav ...
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11/19/2009 12:01 AM
CLEMSON - Clemson's season has been brought back from the brink again and again.
Dabo Swinney has no accredited training in crisis management, yet he might receive speaking offers on the subject after taking the Tigers from the verge of disaster ...
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11/19/2009 12:01 AM
CLEMSON - The No. 18 Tigers can guarantee their first Atlantic Division title with a win against Virginia at 3:30 p.m. Saturday (ABC). But the Tigers can clinch their first ACC title game appearance before even taking the field at Memorial Stadium.
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11/19/2009 12:00 AM
It didn't happen the way most of the 2,136 fans who filled the USC Aiken Convocation Center Wednesday night expected it would, but when sophomore Sterling Council hit a midrange jumper with one second left in overtime - his first field goal of the ev ...
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11/17/2009 11:28 PM
The exhibitions are over, and it is time for the season to get off to its official start tonight as USC Aiken's men's and women's basketball teams will both take the floor. The men will be at home against Life University at 7:30 p.m., while the women ...
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11/17/2009 11:27 PM
FOOTBALL
Coaches on the hot seat because of their results on the field has been a popular topic in recent weeks, but at least one coach is feeling some warmth on his backside that is not a result of wins and losses.
According to the Lawrence Jour ...
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11/17/2009 11:27 PM
Aiken Trials alumnus Darley's Sea Chanter won the 11âÑ16-mile Sabin Stakes on the turf Nov. 12 at Aqueduct by half of a length.
The daughter of the 2000 Breeders' Cup Mile winner War Chant won her fourth stakes race, her second of 2009, as ...
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11/17/2009 11:27 PM
COLUMBIA -- In August, as South Carolina offensive line coach Eric Wolford surveyed his prospects, it's safe to say Garrett Chisolm wasn't penciled in as an eventual starter.
But, showing natural strength and the ability to learn on the fly, the wa ...
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11/17/2009 11:23 PM
CLEMSON -- The No. 18 Tigers are saying all the right things about not overlooking Virginia (3-7, 2-4 ACC) Saturday.
In addition to playing for the program's first Atlantic Division title, and the added emotion of the 3:30 p.m. kickoff marking the ...
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11/17/2009 12:36 AM
BASKETBALL
Augusta Christian B-Team 33
Aiken Prep 24
Aiken Preparatory School lost its first basketball game of the season Monday, falling to the Augusta Christian B-Team. Jonathan Rodgers scored 15 points in the Prep loss, while Julian W ...
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11/17/2009 12:06 AM
FOOTBALL
Most of the coaching speculation at this point all surrounds one job that isn't even vacant yet - the head spot at Notre Dame. With a loss to Pitt on Saturday, Charlie Weis' seat heated up a little more - although if it gets any warmer ...
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11/17/2009 12:06 AM
CLEMSON -- Overshadowed by C.J. Spiller and Kyle Parker is the role played by the Tigers' line in the offensive surge.
Through the first five games, Clemson averaged 24 points per game and scored seven offensive touchdowns. In the last five game ...
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11/17/2009 12:05 AM
If Shawna Harding's performance in the 2009 Great American/United States Dressage Federation's Region 1 Dressage Championship is a harbinger of what's to come this winter in Wellington, Fla., the Aiken-based rider has a lot to look forward to in 2010 ...
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11/17/2009 12:02 AM
USC Aiken head softball coach Jerry Snyder announced the signing of three student athletes to a national letter of intent on Monday.
India Kornegay joins the Pacer softball program out of Eufaula, Ala. and Samantha Lemm comes to Aiken from Berlin, ...
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11/17/2009 12:02 AM
USC Aiken volleyball player Samantha Lukralle was selected as the USCA athletic department Student-Athlete of the Week on Monday.
Lukralle concluded the 2009 USCA volleyball campaign with a school-record 523 digs. Lukralle broke the record in USCA' ...
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11/17/2009 12:00 AM
North Augusta High School's football team has a powerful offense. The more than 34 point and 380 yards of offense it is averaging per game is more than enough evidence to support that claim. But while Loranzo Hammonds and Matt Hazel hooking up on ano ...
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11/17/2009 12:00 AM
COLUMBIA -- South Carolina's basketball team didn't get a punch in the mouth Monday night. But it did get an elbow to it.
A crushing screen midway through the first half on freshman Ramon Galloway was an illustration of what kind of evening the Gam ...
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11/16/2009 12:35 AM
Seven area high school football teams played at least one extra game this season, as only three local squads fell short of the postseason. North Augusta, Aiken, South Aiken, Midland Valley, Strom Thurmond, Silver Bluff and Williston-Elko all made it ...
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11/15/2009 11:17 PM
COLUMBIA -- Minutes after a pretty devastating loss to the No. 1 team in the country, South Carolina quarterback Stephen Garcia brought up Clemson. He did it without being asked about the Tigers. They were already the talk in the locker room, he said ...
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11/15/2009 11:17 PM
Crestview scored half of its goals in regulation in the first chukker, staking themselves to a 4-1 lead, but had to rally against Winfield to tie the game at 8-8 with 39 seconds remaining to force overtime.
Alan Martinez, the game's most valuable ...
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11/15/2009 11:17 PM
Seven area high school football teams played at least one extra game this season, as only three local squads fell short of the postseason. North Augusta, Aiken, South Aiken, Midland Valley, Strom Thurmond, Silver Bluff and Williston-Elko all made it ...
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11/15/2009 11:13 PM
CLEMSON -- The Tigers improved their ranking Sunday as they approach their first Atlantic Division title. Following a convincing win at North Carolina State, the Tigers (7-3, 5-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) jumped to No. 18 in the new Associated Press ...
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11/14/2009 11:54 PM
COLUMBIA -- For three quarters Saturday, South Carolina played some of its finest football of the season.
And it didn't matter after the first play of the fourth quarter. A deflected interception and a long return set up No. 1 Florida's game-se ...
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11/14/2009 11:54 PM
RALEIGH, N.C. ¬-- Hazy title prospects on the horizon have often teased the championship-thirsty Tigers as nothing more than mirages. After a 43-23 rout at N.C. State on Saturday, they have become tantalizingly real for No. 24 Clemson.
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11/14/2009 11:54 PM
North Augusta High School's softball program has sent several players into the college ranks over the past few years, but Aubrey Lamar is poised to hit the highest heights yet, having signed her paperwork to compete in the Southeastern Conference as ...
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11/14/2009 11:51 PM
It could have been considered a worst-case scenario when Peach Belt Conference volleyball tournament host USC Aiken was eliminated on the first day of the three-day event. It didn't help that fellow CSRA school Augusta State was also knocked out in t ...
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11/14/2009 11:51 PM
The best players always seem to step up big at playoff time, and that is exactly what happened this week. Five area players stepped up big with their seasons on the line. Four of them helped their team stay alive for one more week, while the other le ...
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11/14/2009 11:46 PM
COLUMBIA -- For three quarters Saturday, South Carolina played some of its finest football of the season.
And it didn't matter after the first play of the fourth quarter. A deflected interception and a long return set up No. 1 Florida's game-seali ...
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11/14/2009 12:57 AM
Top-seeded Berkeley scored 42 first-half points and cruised into the second round of the Division II-AAAA lower state playoffs with a 56-14 win over visiting Aiken at Bonner Stadium on Friday night.
Fullback Lance Simmons rumbled 63 yards on Berkel ...
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11/14/2009 12:57 AM
A familiar outcome was achieved by the Williston-Elko Blue Devils Friday night. The means by which they accomplished it was anything but typical.
Despite trailing early, Williston-Elko defeated Hunter-Kinard-Tyler, 38-18, to keep the Blue Devil ...
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11/14/2009 12:57 AM
JOHNSTON -- Behind another strong performance by Strom Thurmond's defense, the Rebels defeated the Broome Centurions 31-12.
The Rebels made two key stops in the red zone in the first quarter as Marcelis Thompson blocked one field goal, and Broome' ...
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11/14/2009 12:57 AM
Midland Valley traveled to Myrtle Beach for the second round of the playoffs and came up short in a game where the Sea Hawks showed why they have a chance to repeat as AAA state champions. Myrtle Beach won 38-7.
Midland Valley scored on the first d ...
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11/14/2009 12:20 AM
For the third straight year, Silver Bluff High School's season ended with second-round tears. Down 26-21 late in the fourth quarter of the Class AA playoff game, the Bulldogs drove deep into Cheraw territory, but a sure touchdown pass from Austin Pol ...
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11/14/2009 12:20 AM
Staff reports
North Augusta is ready for the playoffs.
Following a 10-1 regular season, the Yellow Jackets cruised to a 42-21 win over Conway in the Class AAAA, Division II opener. With a 42-point lead, North Augusta head coach Dan P ...
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11/14/2009 12:09 AM
Fifth-seeded USC Aiken fell 3-1 to fourth-seeded Montevallo in the third quarterfinal match of the opening day of the 19th Annual Peach Belt Conference Volleyball Championship at the USCA Convocation Center.
Montevallo won the four-set match 25-18, ...
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