Gaffney track team sets sight on bigger competition
By SCOTT POWELL Ledger Sports Writer spowell@gaffneyledger.com
      When Gaffney track coach James Davis was making this year's schedule, his team requested a return trip to Union for the McDonald's Classic. The McDonald's Classic will be held April 18 at 5 p.m. in Union. The track meet will feature Clinton, Orangeburg- Wilkisville, and several teams from the Low...
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Gamecocks have their man in Horn
New coach promises program's rise to national prominence
BY SUSANNE M. SCHAFER Associated Press
      COLUMBIA - South Carolina's new basketball coach Darrin Horn said Tuesday he intends to win the Southeastern Conference and make the Gamecocks a force nationally. Horn said he'll waste no time in trying to improve South Carolina, who finished last season 14-18, has made the NCAA tournament just o...
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Bruins outslug Gaffney
By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Sports Editor larry@gaffneyledger.com
      The Lancaster Bruins kept coming back on Thursday. The Bruins rallied several times in the game and eventually tied it with a solo home run in the bottom of the seventh before earning a 14-13 eightinning victory over the visiting Gaffney High baseball team.
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Carson-Newman silences Limestone bats in 8-2 victory
STAFF REPORTS
      Carson-Newman beat Limestone College 8-2 on Wednesday afternoon at Bob Prevatte Field in a non-conference baseball contest. The Saints slip to 20-23 with the loss as the Eagles climb to 27-12. Carson-Newman's Corey McGinnis (Morristown, Tenn.) drove in the game's first run on a sacrifice fly in t...
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Lady Saints take down Belmont Abbey
      BELMONT, N.C.- The No. 2-ranked Lady Saints lacrosse team increased its win streak to nine with a 16- 10 win Belmont Abbey Wednesday. The Lady Saints improve to 6-0 in the conference (9-1 overall). Belmont Abbey falls to 4-3 in league play (7-6 overall).
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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. The guest speakers will be Steve Spurrier and admini...
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SUPER sophomore
Driver Paul Menard builds relationships, experience at DEI
By RICK MINTER Cox News Service
      Paul Menard, driver of the No. 15 Chevrolet for Dale Earnhardt Inc., is hoping to continue the pattern of Cup drivers managing to avoid the sophomore slump.
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Rick Minter's OBSERVATIONS
Key story lines as the Cup Series heads to Texas.
      Two firsts at Martinsville The Sprint Cup Series' newest manufacturer got its first victory at NASCAR's oldest track, and a home-state driver got his first Cup victory at one of the tracks where he once raced Late Models. Denny Hamlin of Chesterfield, Va.
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Stremme's ready when the call arrives
Driver seen as top prospect when a Cup ride opens up
By RICK MINTER Cox News Service
      David Stremme, displaced from Chip Ganassi's Dodge after last season to make room for Indy racing veteran Dario Franchitti, is emerging as one of the top "free agents" in NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series. Stremme, 30, is spending this season helping start a second Nationwide Series team for car owner R...
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