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Celebrate Memorial Day with ice cream, parade
5/25/2012 11:53 PM
Aiken's annual Memorial Day Parade, organized by the James L. Hammons Marine Corps League Detachment 939, will take place this afternoon in downtown Aiken. The event, which has been sponsored by the ...
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Group honors tombs with star-spangled banner tribute
5/25/2012 11:53 PM
To do their part in honoring veterans for Memorial Day, a trio of members of the Pinelawn Cemetery Committee visited the grounds to place American flags on more than 100 tombstones of known veterans. ...
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Career Center holds second kit-car race
5/25/2012 9:56 PM
The Automotive Technology team felt pretty good going into the championship finals of the Aiken County Career and Technology Centers's annual car-racing competition on Friday. A total of 12 teams - a ...
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Aiken Writing Project to host Summer Institute
5/25/2012 9:56 PM
Once again, the Aiken Writing Project is seeking teachers from Aiken, Edgefield, McCormick and Allendale counties to participate in the annual Summer Institute at USC Aiken in July. Teachers who have ...
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Local Auxiliary members attend national workshop
5/25/2012 9:12 PM
The 2012-13 American Legion Auxiliary National Membership Workshop was held May 5-7 in Indianapolis, Ind. The keynote speaker was Lt. Col. Steve Russell (ret.), who served 21 years in the U.S. Army a ...
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Moseley joins list of South Aiken football signees
By CAM HUFFMAN Sports editor 5/26/2012 12:14 AM
Brandon Moseley doesn't know exactly what he'll be doing at Charleston Southern University next year. He's undecided on a major, and he could play any number of positions on the Buccaneer football team. But the one thing he knows for sure is that he' ...
Burkhart adjusting to life away from pro golf
By CAM HUFFMAN Sports editor 5/25/2012 12:28 AM
Former USC Aiken golf teammates Scott Brown and Dane Burkhart have shared countless memories on the golf course together, and they'll go into the USCA Athletic Hall of Fame side-by-side as the only two members of the Class of 2012. But their current ...
USCA Hall opens up for Brown, Burkhart
By CAM HUFFMAN Sports editor 5/23/2012 11:32 PM
Scott Brown and Dane Burkhart will forever be linked in USC Aiken golf history. Brown, a North Augusta High School graduate, and Burkhart, a South Aiken High School product, won three NCAA Division II national championships together with the Pacers i ...
Standard showdown: Cam's answers
By CAM HUFFMAN Sports editor 5/23/2012 11:32 PM
Which was the best team in any sport this season? Although it fell one game short on a state title, I was extremely impressed with the Aiken High School boys' tennis team. The Hornets won 22 of 23 matches - the Class AAAA state championship against J ...
Aiken High hoops player signs to play college ball
By CAM HUFFMAN chuffman@aikenstandard.com 5/21/2012 11:39 PM
Devante Butler helped take Aiken High School all the way to the Class AAAA Lower State basketball championship game in February, and now he’s looking to take his family somewhere it hasn’t been before. The Hornet senior signed a letter of ...
High school softball, baseball players make All-Star teams
By CAM HUFFMAN chuffman@aikenstandard.com 5/21/2012 11:36 PM
The bats have fallen silent as high school baseball and softball has come to an end around the state, but when the honors were handed out for the recently-completed season, area players made plenty of noise. BASEBALL Taylor Hearn (Williston-Elko) ...
Dekoda Watson to teach youth discipline of sport
By CAM HUFFMAN Sports editor 5/20/2012 11:31 PM
Dekoda Watson said he never would be where he is today - living his dream as an NFL player - if it weren't for the Aiken community and South Aiken High School. Now the Tampa Bay Buccaneer linebacker wants to give back. Watson will host the Dekoda Wa ...
Rough start sinks Knights in first game
By CAM HUFFMAN Sports editor 5/18/2012 12:17 AM
Aiken Technical College's first trip to the National Junior College Athletic Association Division I Softball National Championships got off to a horrible start, but the finish of the first game was encouraging. The 16th-seeded Knights gave up seven ...
Aiken Tech preps for playoffs
By CAM HUFFMAN Sports editor 5/16/2012 1:00 AM
Aiken Technical College will play its first-ever game in the National Junior College Athletic Association Softball Championship in St. George, Utah today, but the schedule makers didn't exactly give the Knights a welcome present. ATC (33-29), the 16t ...
NeSmith wins state title, T-Breds finish third
By CAM HUFFMAN Sports editor 5/15/2012 11:40 PM
North Augusta High School's Matt NeSmith completed the job to capture a Class AAAA individual state championship Tuesday, but the South Aiken High School golf team couldn't close the deal on a team title. The Lower State champion Thoroughbreds, who e ...
Facts don't back claim that Pacers don't belong
By CAM HUFFMAN Sports editor 5/14/2012 11:46 PM
When speaking to USC Aiken head baseball coach Kenny Thomas Sunday night, minutes after he found out his team, ranked No. 13 in the country, was left out of the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional, I could almost hear the anger, disappointment and fr ...
SAHS, NeSmith in front at Class AAAA golf tourney
By CAM HUFFMAN Sports editor 5/14/2012 11:46 PM
With 36 holes in the books and just 18 left to play, the South Aiken High School golf team and North Augusta High School senior Matt NeSmith are in perfect position to bring back titles from the Furman University Golf Course. The Lower State champi ...
USC Aiken baseball team not selected for Southeast Regional
By CAM HUFFMAN chuffman@aikenstandard.com 5/14/2012 12:16 AM
The No. 13 team in the Division II Collegiate Baseball Newspaper poll will not be a part of the 48-team NCAA Division II Tournament. Almost exactly 24 hours after falling to Lander in the Peach Belt Conference tournament semifinals, USC Aiken (37-18) ...
No. 13 Pacers' defense lets them down
By CAM HUFFMAN Sports editor 5/13/2012 12:23 AM
After using up most of its starting pitching earlier in the week, pitching was the big concern for USC Aiken heading into Saturday's Peach Belt Conference Baseball Tournament semifinal against Lander. The arms did their jobs, but the gloves didn't. ...
No. 13 Pacers still fighting in tournament
By CAM HUFFMAN Sports editor 5/12/2012 12:30 AM
USC Aiken's two victories on Friday in the Peach Belt Conference baseball tournament at Golden Park in Columbus, Ga., put the No. 13 Pacers two wins away from a PBC championship and the automatic Southeast Regional berth that would come with that acc ...
Pacers' bats come alive behind Holt
By CAM HUFFMAN Sports editor 5/11/2012 12:28 AM
After a Wednesday filled with aggravation, USC Aiken's baseball team woke up in a foul mood Thursday morning, looking for a place to take out its frustration. North Georgia was the unlucky victim. The No. 13 Pacers belted out 11 runs on 16 hits, an ...
USC Aiken baseball on brink of elimination
By CAM HUFFMAN Sports editor 5/9/2012 11:33 PM
After battling back from a 4-0 deficit in the opening round of the Peach Belt Conference baseball tournament at Golden Park in Columbus, Ga., No. 13 USC Aiken appeared to have Montevallo right where it wanted it. Ahead 5-4 after a JJ Loker RBI sing ...
Corley named new football coach at RS-M
By CAM HUFFMAN Sports editor 5/9/2012 11:33 PM
When Heath Corley heard that Mark Rodgers was leaving Ridge Spring-Monetta High School to take over as head football coach at Wardlaw Academy, his wheels started turning. The longtime Williston-Elko High School assistant always had a goal to become a ...
Pacers' path to NCAA Tournament got tougher
By CAM HUFFMAN Sports editor 5/9/2012 10:20 PM
USC Aiken traveled to Columbus, Ga., for the Peach Belt Conference Baseball Tournament on Wednesday with a clear picture of what it needed to do to get into the NCAA Tournament. The Pacers, 34-16 entering the postseason, were ranked No. 5 in the So ...
Thoroughbreds finish run for state title with loss to White Knoll
By CAM HUFFMAN Sports editor 5/8/2012 12:12 AM
RED BANK -- Ahead 4-2 with only three outs to get and the bottom three hitters in the White Knoll lineup due up at the plate, South Aiken could taste a win on the road in the Class AAAA Lower State playoffs Monday. But the pill it ended up swallowing ...
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