Reid has another

double double

Former Gaffney High star AZ Reid had a team high 23 points and 11 rebounds to lead High Point over Liberty 67-53 on Wednesday. Reid is only one of three players in the country to average double figures in both points and rebounds.

USC has solid

recruiting year

Ayear after what some praised as South Carolina's best recruiting class ever, coach Steve Spurrier was content Wednesday with a less glitzy group he repeatedly called ''solid.''

''We were probably laughing and giggling a lot more last year at this time,'' Spurrier said.

Spurrier knows his team's flop to the finish last season - the Gamecocks lost their last five games after starting the season 6-1 and No. 6 in the country - surely didn't help his staff's sale pitch to prospects.

Just look at how things ended up. Highly regarded receiver Tommy Streeter out of south Florida stuck close to home, signing with Miami instead of Spurrier's Gamecocks.

South Carolina was ranked in the low 30s according to Scout.com. Another recruiting service, Rivals.com, had the Gamecocks ranked No. 22.

It could've been worse, too. D.L. Moore, the only receiver listed in Spurrier's class, had backed off his pledge to South Carolina and considered attending Colorado. But Moore sent his letter of intent to South Carolina on Wednesday.

The Gamecocks then got a late surprise when defensive lineman Chaz Sutton of Savannah, Ga., once a Florida commitment, signed with Spurrier's club. Spurrier said Sutton has some academic work to do to be eligible, ''but so do a lot of players

who everyone has signed.''

Bowden snags

No. 2 recruiting class

Clemson coach Tommy Bowden already had the country's top defender in Da'Quan Bowers enrolled and working out. So there was probably little that could happen on signing day to better that, right?

Try these: Landing a tight end who was pledged to Georgia and slipping another Sunshine State tailback from the backyard of that state's power trio to finish with one of college football's top classes.

Terry Sanford High's Dwayne Allen, a 6-foot-4, 243-pounder from Fayetteville, N.C., had originally committed to the Bulldogs. On Wednesday, the first day high school football prospects could officially sign with colleges, Allen decided to join the Tigers. About two hours later, Clemson got the binding letter of intent from coveted tailback Jamie Harper of Jacksonville, Fla.

Harper, a Trinity Christian Academy prospect who had offers from Florida, Florida State and Miami, followed the example of Clemson star C.J. Spiller and left his home state to play for Bowden's Tigers.

Clemson brought in 26 recruits in its latest class, rated No. 2 on ESPN/Scouts Inc.'s rankings behind Miami.

''And I didn't even mention Da'Quan,'' Bowden said of the Bamberg-Ehrhardt defensive end. ''Out of sight, out of mind.''

Not for long.

Bowden dismissed the No. 2 ranking for the class, calling it nice like being ranked high in a preseason poll. He said what matters more is to see who else was after Clemson's incoming players like Antoine McClain, a 6-6, 305-pound offensive lineman from Anniston, Ala., who turned down his home state powers in Alabama and Auburn, along with

national champ LSU to play for

Bowden.

Church softball league

to meet Feb. 18

The Cherokee County church softball leagues annual meeting is Monday, Feb. 18 at Central Baptist Church. The leagues include men, women and youth age 12 and under. For more information, call Shannon Phillips at 864-812-5353.