BRIEFS

Blacksburg Middle

improves to 2-0

Treyvon Parker scored 14 points and Nick Hames added 12 to lead Blacksburg Middle School to a 51-30 win over Jonesville on Thursday.

Timothy Stevenson chipped in nine for Blacksburg, which is now 2- 0.

Anderson tops

Limestone, 20-17

The Limestone wrestling team fell to Anderson College, 17-20, on Wednesday evening. The Saints, ranked No. 16 in the NCAA Division II wrestling poll, fall to a record of 0-3 overall.

Limestone was led by Trey Moss, Dustin Baynes, Dan Scanlan, and Jeremy Parker, who all notched victories on the night. Moss, the sixth ranked heavyweight nationally, pinned the Trojans' Jonah Adams in 1:32, while 149-pounder Baynes claimed a 10-7 victory over Tony DiCarlo.

Scanlan, the top ranked 184- pound wrestler nationally, defeated Jordan Denmark by technical fall, 18-1. Parker, a freshman in the 141- pound division, defeated Ron Lofton

by an 8-1 decision.

Gaffney golfer finishes 8th in tourney

Gaffney's Trey Taylor shot a 36- hole total of 165 to finish eighth in the 40th annual George Holliday Memorial Junior Golf Tournament on Nov. 27-29.

The 13-year old competed in the Boys 12 - 13 year-old division of the two-day junior tournament, sanctioned by the South Carolina Junior Golf Association with golfers from 14 states participating.

Two hundred forty-five junior golfers competed with a record 50 female junior golfers in the 2008 tournament field.

Seventeen-year-old Caulder Moore of Isle Palms made par on the second sudden death playoff hole to defeat 17-year-old Aidan Javed, of Liberty Township, Ohio, who bogeyed the hole, to capture the 40th Annual George Holliday overall title.

LPGA golfer and Grand Strand native, Kristy McPherson, was on hand at the opening ceremonies to encourage the tournament participants. Traditionally a three-day tournament, the 40th annual George Holliday Memorial Junior Golf Tournament was shortened to a 36-

hole event due to inclement weather.

Davidson leads Gaffney Middle to win

Gaffney Middle defeated Ewing on Thursday 52-45 to go to 2-0 on the season.

O'Bryant Davidson paced the Chiefs with 16 points and Quan Weeks scored 13 while Justin Thompson added 8. Darryl Peak scored 20 points and Dominique Wilkins added 13 for Ewing.

Gaffney Middle hosts Granard on Tuesday.

Chargers snap

losing streak

LaDainian Tomlinson can still run the ball and his San Diego Chargers finally looked like world-beaters.

It might not matter, though, because the Chargers still need a miracle to get to the playoffs.

Tomlinson scored on a 3-yard run against his favorite punching bag and Philip Rivers threw three touchdown passes, including a 59-yarder to Vincent Jackson, to give the Chargers a 34-7 victory against the Oakland Raiders on Thursday night.

The Chargers beat their archrivals for the 11th straight time in a series dating to the birth of the AFL in 1960.

The Chargers (5-8) snapped a three-game losing streak and won for just the second time in seven games. Once considered favorites to reach the Super Bowl, they're still in deep trouble, trailing Denver by 2 1/2 games in the AFC West. The Broncos have four to play.

"It was desperately needed but it was one win for us," Tomlinson said.