Owens in spotlight at North-South
By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Sports Editor larry@gaffneyledger.com
      Tom Owens wants to make something clear - he may be spending the week in Myrtle Beach, but he's not in vacation mode. "It's not a vacation, we've been working hard," said Owens, who was tapped to be an assistant on Belton Honea Path head coach Wayne Greene's North staff at this year's North South All Star game. "When we're not practicing, we're at meetings.
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Hot Shots
Indians shooting 53 percent to start the season
By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Sports Editor larry@gaffneyledger.com
      The Gaffney Indians, missing the playoffs for the first time in nine years, have taken their frustrations out on their opponents. The Indians, ranked sixth in a preseason poll, have started the season 2-0, beating their opponents by an average of 20 points.
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BRIEFS
      Wildcats break into win column JJ Lattimore scored 15 points and Josh Elmore added 12 to lead the Blacksburg boys varsity basketball team to its first win of the season, beating the Scuth Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind, 77-65, on Thursday.
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Limestone gears up for debut of field hockey team next fall
By SCOTT POWELL Ledger Sports Writer spowell@gaffneyledger.com
      Lindsay Jackson spent the Thanksgiving holidays attending a national hockey festival in southern California. The world's largest amateur field hockey event featured 225 teams from 24 states, the District of Columbia, Canada and even a team visiting from Zimbabwe. More than 3,000 women athletes competed with various club and high school field hockey teams.
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Florida quarterback takes home Maxwell Award - again
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      Tim Tebow won the Maxwell Award for the second year, edging Texas' Colt McCoy and Texas Tech's Graham Harrell for the honor given to college football's best all-round player Thursday night at the college football awards. The Florida star joined Notre Dame quaterback Johnny Lattner as the only two-time winners of the Maxwell Award. Lattner won in 1952-53.
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