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By Leon G. Russ
HOMETOWN NEWS

Photo by Leon G. Russ
Spartanburg Blue Eagle Brody Geer (USC Upstate) avoids the slide of Tennessee Tornado Tito Mendoza to turn a double play in action on Saturday.  The Blue Eagles swept the Tornado and went 6-0 on the week to climb into first place.
The Spartanburg Blue Eagles headed into the […]

By Michael Plemmons

Ms. Beth Broom tosses out the first pitch as play opens for the 2010 District 3 Dixie Youth Minors All-Star Tournament.
The District 3 Dixie Youth Minors All-Star Tournament opened play on Friday, July 2 in Whitmire.
Teams from Abbeville, Batesburg-Leesville, Clinton, Edgefield, Laurens, Mid-Carolina, and Saluda are participating in bracket play.
At 5 p.m., Abbeville […]

By Jed Blackwell
Sports Editor

Photo By Jed Blackwell
Federico Rossi (left) and Fabrizio Cupellini attended Bobby Bentley’s football camp last week. Cupellini hosted Bentley at an Italian camp in February, and visited Bentley’s camp last week in return.

When Bobby Bentley traveled to Rome last winter to participate in a football camp, he called it the opportunity of […]

Photo By Jed Blackwell
A Byrnes receiver hauls in a pass behind a Myrtle Beach defender during last week’s Southern Classic 7-on-7
tournament at Spartanburg High School. The Rebels beat Spartanburg in the tournament final to take the tournament title.
See story, page 1B in the Middle Tyger Times or any local Hometown News paper in the […]

First place winners Tommy Shields, Derrick Gilliam, Jack Gilliam, Heath Hood, Chase Hood, and Ken Dickerson were 14 under par and many called them “the family team.” Derrick and Ken are married to Tommy’s daughters. Jack is Derrick’s father, and Heath is Chase’s father. They know how to have fun and spend time together.

The second […]

• The following are sports camps being offered to youth this summer by the Dorman High School coaches and athletes.  Registration forms are available in the Dorman High School Athletic Department office or for more information you can call the Dorman Athletic Office during regular school hours. There is a fee for each camp.

Boys Basketball […]

Players from Chesnee and Spartanburg Christian Academy squared off in the first game of last week’s Chesnee Summer Shootout. Several area schools hosted or participated in shootout events last week, with more planned for this week including a boys event at Landrum and a girls event at Woodruff.

Photo By Jed Blackwell

Scott Taylor has been hired as Dorman’s new varsity girls’ soccer coach.
Taylor takes over for Joseph Lorenz, who retired from coaching at the conclusion of this season. Lorenz led the Lady Cavaliers soccer program for the past eight seasons, winning a state championship in 2006.  This year the Dorman girls lost to Mauldin 2-1 in […]

By Jed Blackwell
Sports Editor
 
Photo By Leon G. Russ
Chesnee’s Brandon Henderson will pitch for the South Carolina select team this weekend at Myrtle Beach.

 Senior athletes from around the area will get one last chance to show their stuff as high school players this week, as three all-star games will take place this weekend.
Spartanburg will play host […]

Photo By Jed Blackwell
A pitcher with the Carolina Thundercats fires toward the plate during Sunday morning action at the Memorial Day Hall of Fame qualifier held last weekend at the 295 complex. Teams from North Carolina and Georgia joined a strong in-state field at the tournament, one of many prestigious travel softball events to be […]