Wrestling club to host tournament

Team Indian Youth Wrestling Club is hosting an AAU Tournament this Saturday, Jan. 10 at Gaffney High School.

This tournament will be for ages four years through high school, with wrestlers participating from all over South Carolina. This is the third year we have hosted this tournament, however, for the first time ever it will be held at Gaffney High School. Team Indian is a youth wrestling

club in Gaffney with about 40 members.

The tournament will begin at 9 a.m. The cost is $5 per adult, $1 for kids and kids under free are admitted free of charge.

Gonzalez earns player of week honor

Limestone College's Blanca Gonzalez was named Conference Carolinas women's basketball Player of the Week by the league office on Tuesday.

She scored 29 points to lead Limestone to a huge 73-60 Conference Carolinas win against Mount Olive on Saturday.

She also posted 5 rebounds and 3 steals.

Lady Indian jayvees top Spartanburg

Gaffney High School's Junior Varsity Girl's Basketball team improved to 5-0 on Monday night after downing Spartanburg 50-33. Leading scorers for Gaffney included: Shaquisha Dawkins, 18 points; Dashaonna Conley, 14 points; and Kia Lowery, with 8 points.

Spartanburg ran neck and neck with Gaffney early in the game but Gaffney's full court, man to man pressure defense and press broke the game open.

"That press seemed to work well for us last night," coach Susan Wade said. T

Point guard Shaquisha Dawkins turned several steals into lay-ups.

Byers leads Indians past Spartanburg

Snoop Byers scored 14 points to lead the Gaffney ninth-grade basketball team to a 37-31 victory over Spartanburg on Monday.

Wright scores 16 in jayvees' win

Michael Wright had a team-high 16 points as the Gaffney junior varsity improved to 7-2 with a 60- 55 victory over Spartanburg on Tuesday.

Saint signal-caller receives award

Drew Brees understood what breaking a record set by Dan Marino would mean to the New Orleans Saints.

So coming up 15 yards short was disappointing to the Saints quarterback, who won The Associated Press 2008 NFL Offensive Player of the Year award Tuesday.

Brees threw for 5,069 yards, 15 fewer than Marino's 1984 mark.

"The only reason I still even think about it is because I know how much it would have meant to the offensive line and the skill position guys," Brees said.

Gaffney grapplers top East Meck

The Gaffney wrestling team improved its record to 18-5 with a 55-18 victory over Charlotte's East Meck High School on Tuesday.

Gaffney's Gabriel Owens, Blake Phillips, Dillion Haney, Cody Thompson, Brian Sullivan, Randy Hopson, Ty Jennings, Matt Varner, Jared Barnhill and Stan Easterling all won their matches by pins.

Gaffney opens its region schedule Thursday at York before traveling to the Bearcat Invitational at Rock Hill High School on Saturday.