Wildcat jayvee

practice Aug. 2

Blacksburg jayvee football practice will begin Aug. 2, at 9 a.m.

Players are expected to wear shorts, T-shirts and cleats. Physicals are required before the player is cleared to practice.

GHS football tickets

on sale Aug. 2

Gaffney High reserve season football tickets will go on sale Monday, Aug. 2, through Thursday, Aug. 5, for current ticket holders. The tickets will be sold at the school from 8:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m.

Remaining season tickets will go on sale Monday, Aug. 9.

Current reserve ticket holders who will be out of town and unable to pick up their tickets can send a check (BUT NOT CASH) with another person or call the school and speak with school ticket officials.

All-stars seek

donations

Individuals and businesses wishing to help fund the Gaffney Major League all-star state champions' trip to the Southeast Regional in Lakeland, Fla., can contact Brenda Eubanks at 864- 491-0506, Anita Morris at 864- 316-4156, Tammy Humphries at 864-761-6228 or Christy Overton at 864-490-2333.

Spurrier: 'Player did nothing wrong.'

South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier says tight end Weslye Saunders has told him he didn't do anything wrong in a trip to an agent's party in Miami.

Spurrier says he doesn't know all the details but that the question is who paid for the trip for Saunders and other players, including Alabama defensive end Marcell Dareus.

The NCAA is also conducting an investigation at Georgia and North Carolina connected to the same party.

Alabama coach Nick Saban wants the NFL and the NFL Players Association to punish rogue agents. Spurrier says they “ought to be a little bit more active and help out in that regard.”

He says coaches can't monitor players 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and sometimes have to trust them to wait until after their final game to take money.

Georgia star

not at agent party

A party on Miami's South Beach and sports agents were once again hot topics at the Southeastern Conference media days, with South Carolina and Georgia taking center stage on Thursday.

Georgia receiver A.J. Green insisted he's never even been to Miami.

The party at Club Liv in the Fontainebleau hotel in May has been the subject of investigations by the NCAA and several schools, including defending national champion Alabama and North Carolina.