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One of the Upper State’s premiere 1A baseball teams has a new leader.
Landrum High School named Dennis Brown head coach on Monday, ending a search that began at the end of the 1A playoffs. Don Landrum had held the job on an interim basis last season.
“As everybody knows, baseball is #1 in Landrum,” Athletic Director […]

 By Jed Blackwell
Sports Editor
The Boiling Springs High School football team will miss all scheduled jamborees and will not be allowed to participate in the 4A playoffs this season due to rules violations resulting from playing an 8th grader in contact drills during spring practice.
The South Carolina High School League’s Executive Committee voted 12-0 last week […]

By Stan Olenik
For Hometown News
Josh Gallman led wire to wire to claim the Palmetto Amateur Championship at the Palmetto Golf Club in Aiken. The victory gives the rising senior at USC Upstate a victory in one of the most prestigious amateur events in the country.
“This was very exciting and I really enjoyed it, I had […]

By Leon G. Russ
HOMETOWN NEWS
The Blue Eagles, your local wooden bat collegiate level baseball team, has opened its second season in the Southern Collegiate Baseball League.
The Blue Eagles kicked-off their second season on Monday.  The home opener at Wofford College’s Russell C. Johnson Field is slated for Saturday versus the Asheville Redbirds.  Baseball purists will […]

By Jed Blackwell
Sports Editor
Gaffney pitcher Michael Wright wasn’t entirely focused on his exams last week. The freshman pitcher was a little preoccupied once he found out he would be starting the Indians’ state championship game against Wando last Thursday night.
“I didn’t sleep a whole lot,” Wright said after the contest. “Driving to school today, it […]

By Jed Blackwell
Sports Editor
Chesnee pitcher Brandon Henderson turned in his usual magnificent performance Monday night in game one of the 2A State Championship series.
Henderson climbed the mound against Bishop England and surrendered just four hits, striking out 15 in seven innings of work.
Unfortunately for the Eagles, those four hits were enough for the Bishops to […]

With wet weather and postponed games causing some uncertainty about playoff matchups this week, eight area teams can rest easy in the fact that no matter who they play, the task for the opponent will be a tough one.
Baseball teams from Chesnee, Dorman, Boiling Springs, Spartanburg and Landrum all lead their District playoff brackets, while […]

By Jed Blackwell
Sports Editor

Byrnes junior third baseman Chasity Davis didn’t exactly dream about her strong performance in the Lady Rebels’ win over Boiling Springs last Thursday.
The Lady Bulldogs were very much on Davis’ mind, however.
“Usually I don’t go to bed thinking about what will happen,” Davis said. “Last night, though, Boiling Springs […]

By Jed Blackwell
Sports Editor
Broome senior pitcher Shelbey Spencer had a request for her teammates before last week’s Region II-2A game against Chesnee.
“I asked them to get me five runs,” she said. “I told them I’d be comfortable then.”
Spencer’s wish was granted by the end of the second inning. And true to her word, she settled […]

By Jed Blackwell
Sports Editor
Across the area last week, the teams changed, but the story was the same.
Rain washed out the high school sports schedule for the week, sending teams into Spring Break with what will amount to a week-and-a-half of time off for teams who won’t play over the break.
That presents an interesting set of […]