Indians return to Byrnes for showcase
By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Sports Editor larry@gaffneyledger.com
      The Gaffney Indians will return to Byrnes High School's Nixon Field, but it won't be during the regular season. And the Indians won't be playing the defending Class 4A champion Rebels. Byrnes has agreed to host the preseason Border Showcase Classic IV on Aug. 15, according to organizer and Polk County High School football coach Bruce Ollis.
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GHS hosts Cougars in tournament
By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Sports Editor larry@gaffneyledger.com
      Gaffney High baseball coach Tom Owens has high hopes for his team this year. No wonder - the Indians, who host York today at 5:30 to open the Frank Roach preseason tournament, return six talented starters and have been bolstered with several impact newcomers,
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Hot Pursuit
     HOT PURSUIT - A Wheeling Jesuit attackman tries to elude a Limestone defenseman during second-period action on Sunday. The Saints topped Wheeling Jesuit 18-6.
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Limestone shocks conference-leading Mount Olive
STAFF REPORTS
      No. 11 Mount Olive cut a 14-point second half deficit down to five points with two minutes left, but Limestone held on to upset the Trojans 75-65 in Conference Carolinas men's basketball Saturday at Kornegay Arena. Andrae Franklin led Limestone with 20 points and a game-high 15 rebounds.
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Saints win opener 5-3, drop nightcap against Pfeiffer
STAFF REPORTS
      The Limestone College baseball team split its doubleheader against Conference Carolinas foe Pfeiffer University on Saturday afternoon.
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BRIEFS
      Cherokee Speedway results YOUNG GUNS: 1. 92-Tyler Love (Rock Hill, SC) 2. J15-Jacob Carver 3. 13-Brayden Pruitt 4. 6-Tyler Felmet (Spartanburg, SC) 5. 22- Jonathan Petrea (Concord, NC) LIMITED SPORTSMAN: 1. 2-Nick Hoffman (Mooresville, NC) 2. 16- Joey Barker (Valdese, NC) 3. 02- Richard Smith 4. 12-Casey Porter (Rutherfordton, NC) 5.
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Wet weather causes postponement of race
ASSOCIATED PRESS
      FONTANA, Calif. - One of the longest days in NASCAR history ended with Jimmie Johnson out front and a long way to go. The two-time reigning Sprint Cup champion was leading Sunday when the Auto Club 500 race was stopped by rain after 87 of the scheduled 250 laps.
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Closing In
     CLOSING IN- Limestone's Will Mahoney closes in on a Wheeling Jesuit attackman during second-period action on Sunday. The No. 4-ranked Saints topped Wheeling Jesuit 18-6.
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Tiger rules the world again
ASSOCIATED PRESS
      MARANA, Ariz. - Not even the most unpredictable tournament in golf could keep Tiger Woods from an inevitable victory. There seems to be no stopping him.
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