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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 […]

Number of Upstate players among A-Sun’s best

After winning 41 games and advancing to the championship game of the A-Sun Tournament, the USC Upstate softball team ended the season by topping the league in seven statistical categories.
Upstate finished the year with a .980 fielding percentage to top all A-Sun teams. The percentage is tied with East […]

By Jed Blackwell
Sports Editor

Photo By Travis Jenkins
Chesnee’s Zack Miller clears the last hurdle on the way to a victory in the 110 hurdles at the 2A state track meet on Saturday. The victory was the Eagles first-ever state title in a sport other than baseball.

On Friday, Chesnee track and  cross-country coach Eric Ludeman announced that […]

By Jed Blackwell
Sports Editor

File Photo By Stan Olenik
Byrnes’ Torrey Johnson is one of three local golfers to be named to next week’s North-South All-Star matches in Myrtle Beach.
Five local athletes and one coach have been selected for the North-South All-Star games for their respective sports.
Byrnes’ Torrey Johnson, Dorman’s Arran Setro and Gaffney’s Adam Goins were […]

Eagles one win from 2A title; Byrnes, Dorman postponed
By Jed Blackwell
Sports Editor
The Chesnee Eagles used an outstanding performance on the mound by Brandon Henderson and an 11-run outburst at the plate to take control of the 2A baseball championship series Monday night.
Chesnee defeated Hanahan 11-0, and now needs a win at home on Wednesday to […]