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Post 109 manager Jeff Osment was pleased with his team's pitching and defense. Offense and focus were another matter, though. Bobby Jackson pitched and Jake Watson pitched well but the offense mustered just eight hits in a season-opening 8-3 home loss to Cherryville on Wednesday. More ... Shrine Club golf tourney June 7 The 21st annual Cherokee Shrine Club Golf Tournament will take place on June 7 at the Gaffney Country Club. The format will be a shotgun start, captain's choice-blind draw (a,b,c,d players). More ... The Blacksburg football team will scrimmage themselves today at 7 p.m. in a spring game at T.A. Campbell stadium. New coach Mickey Moss will let his 70 players run a limited form of the new offense and defense in the full contact scrimmage. More ... Ledger photo by LARRY HILLIARD LAND OF THE GIANTS - A pair of Gaffney High linemen engage in a drill during a spring practice session on Thursday. The Indians will conclude spring drills next Wednesday. More ... Summer basketball team camps don't generate the hype of regular-season games, but they go along way in determining the team's fortunes. That's the reason the Gaffney Indians boys varsity team will have a busy summer - as usual. More ... The newly-formed Gaffney Post 109 Junior American Legion team struggled at times at the plate in its seasonopener at Rock Hill on Thursday. Rock Hill had no such problems. Rock Hill broke open a tight game with four runs in the sixth to earn an 8- 3 victory. More ... Matthew Overton went 3 for 3 and Jordan DeStaffino had a triple and two RBIs to lead the Burger King Red Sox to an 11-5 victory over First Piedmont Federal in a Minor League matchup. The winning coaches also praised their team's defensive effort. More ... BOSTON- The Detroit Pistons proved that a visiting team can win in Boston. Now they can reach the NBA finals without having to do it again. More ... Most of the media and fan focus this Sprint Cup season has been on points leader Kyle Busch and his dominant Joe Gibbs Racing team and the three superspeedway victories by Carl Edwards in his Roush Fenway Racing Ford. More ... Kahne shines at All-Star Race No new tires, no problem for Kasey Kahne, who chose track position over fresh rubber on the final pit stop of Saturday's Sprint Cup All-Star race at Lowe's Motor Speedway and used the positions gained on pit road to take the victory. More ... Sports RSS feed |
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