Indians roll to first region win
Culp shines on mound in first start
By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Sports Editor larry@gaffneyledger.com
      The Gaffney High baseball team mixed in some gutty pitching by Cameron Culp and some timely hits from Dylan Jolley and Michael Hughey to pick up its first region win with a 7-4 victory over visiting Mauldin on Friday. Culp allowed just five hits and struck out six in his first varsity start.
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Chesnee blanks Wildcats
By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Sports Editor larry@gaffneyledger.com
      Chesnee's biggest weapon was the Blacksburg defense on Friday. The Eagles took advantage of three consecutive Wildcat errors to score all five of its runs in the fourth inning in a 5- 0 victory over Blacksburg. Blacksburg ace Dustin Byars deserved a better fate, allowing just four hits and five ...
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     Ledger photo by LARRY HILLIARD HIGH AND TIGHT Limestone's Drew Lydon and his teammates were swept in a 3-game series this weekend by No.1-ranked Mt. Olive.
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Region-leading Mauldin shuts down Lady Indians'bats
By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Sports Editor larry@gaffneyledger.com
      The Gaffney High softball team has probably seen enough of Mauldin this season. The Lady Indians mustered just two hits in falling to the region-leading Lady Mavericks 6-0 on Friday.
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Gaffney holds its own at T.W. Memorial tourney
By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Sports Editor larry@gaffneyledger.com
      The Dorman golf team feasted on the rest of the field during the final round Friday of the T.W. Memorial Tournament. After starting the day tied with Gaffney at 315, the Cavaliers shot a final round 280 to beat first-round leader Bythewood by 16 strokes.
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     STATE CHAMPION - Zack Clary, son of Tommy and Gene Clary of Gaffney, won his weight class in the South Carolina AAUW Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, March 8, at Eastside High School in Greenville. Zack was the champion in the 65-pound, 9- to 10-year-old Midget Class. A member of Team Indian Wrestl...
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BRIEFS
      Local Gamecock Club meeting April 8 The Spartanburg-Cherokee- Greenville Gamecock clubs will hold its spring meeting at the Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium Tuesday, April 8, with dinner starting at 5:30 p.m. and the program starting at 7 p.m.
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All top seeds move on in NCAA tournament
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      All the top seeds made it through. So did a couple of the country's top freshmen. Stanford's coach will be back on the sidelines. Duke will watch the rest of the tournament from the couch. George Mason is gone, but three double-digit seeds with George Mason-like dreams remain.
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Wimmer wins in Nashville
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      GLADEVILLE, Tenn. - Scott Wimmer passed Richard Childress Racing teammate Clint Bowyer with 21 laps to go and held on to win the Nationwide Series' Pepsi 300 on Saturday at Nashville Superspeedway. The Childress cars took the top two spots, six days after the team swept the top three positions i...
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