Category: Sports

West-Oak High School has a new head football coach.  After a two-month search, West-Oak High School Athletic Director Tim Sheriff announces that Josh Pierce will lead the Warrior football program.  Pierce is a former Newberry College standout.  Playing running back at Newberry, Pierce garnered two-time all-conference recognition and MVP honors.  He has nine years coaching experience, the past six spent […]

Former Daniel High School student Shaq Lawson joins the Clemson Tigers football squad.  Lawson had 99 tackles, including 23 tackles for loss at Daniel High as a senior in 2011. He was ranked as the top prep school player in the nation this year, playing at Hargrave Military Academy. Lawson enrolled for spring semester classes at Clemson this week and […]

Junior guard Bruce Ellington scored a season-high 18 points for South Carolina, but it was not enough for the Gamecocks as they fell 74-71 in a back-and-forth SEC matchup with Auburn on Saturday afternoon at Colonial Life Arena. The contest featured 27 lead changes and 13 ties. With the loss, South Carolina falls to 10-5 overall and 0-2 in SEC play.

Clemson seniors Devin Booker and Milton Jennings led the Tigers to their first ACC victory of the season on Saturday, a 59-44 triumph over Virginia at Littlejohn Coliseum. Jennings scored a season-best 21 points on 7-of-13 shooting.  Booker added 15 points and nine rebounds for the Tigers.  With the win, Clemson improves to 9-6 on the season and 1-2 in the […]

Clemson Head Coach Dabo Swinney will present the first Brian Dawkins Clemson Lifetime Achievement Award to Brian Dawkins at the team’s Football Banquet on Saturday evening. Dawkins recently retired from the NFL after 16 years with the Philadelphia Eagles and the Denver Broncos. He was a nine-time Pro Bowl selection and played 224 games overall. He was a three-time All-ACC selection […]

Clemson All-America wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins has decided to forego his senior year and will enter the 2013 NFL draft. Hopkins told his teammates at a team meeting late Thursday afternoon. The native of Central and nearby Daniel High School had 82 receptions for 1,405 yards and 18 touchdowns this season.  He established ACC records for touchdown receptions in a season, […]

Clemson quarterback Tajh Boyd announced Wednesday that he will return to the program for his senior year.  Boyd has quarterbacked the Tigers to consecutive seasons of at least 10 wins, a first for the program since the 1987-90 seasons. Clemson had an 11-2 record this year, the program’s highest win total since 1981.  Clemson finished the season ranked ninth by USA […]

The South Carolina men’s basketball team dropped their conference opener on the road to Mississippi State 56-54, Wednesday night. Junior guard Brian Richardson netted 20 points on seven made shots and five made 3s, all career highs. Richardson also led the Gamecocks in rebounding, coming down with a game-high eight. However, the Bulldogs scored 28 points off 24 Gamecock turnovers and […]

The Seneca High School varsity basketball teams earned wins over the BHP Bears Tuesday night at Bobcat Gym.  The varsity girls came from behind to defeat the Lady Bears, 63-50.  Seneca’s Kianna Holland scored 23 points to break the school career point record with 1,851 points.  The varsity boys dominated BHP, 61-35 to remain undefeated in region play at 5-0 […]

The Clemson Tigers fell to the No.1  Duke Blue Devils, 68-40 Tuesday night on the road at Cameron Indoor Stadium.  Clemson falls to 8-6 overall, 0-2 in ACC play.  The 28-point margin was Clemson’s worst defeat of the season. Devin Booker led the Tigers with his second straight double-double, posting 12 points and a career-high 15 rebounds.