BlackOut for

Dorman game

In a show of support, Gaffney fans are encouraged to wear black when the Indians host state champion Dorman at 8 p.m. Friday at The Reservation.

Businesses can

view ads

Local businesses that bought advertising from the Gaffney High football Booster Club can view their ad on the stadium's big screen on Wednesday at noon.

Davidson throws

pair of TD passes

Shaquille Davidson threw two touchdown passes to Tee Hardy to lead the Gaffney junior varsity to a 20-0 victory over Boiling Springs on Thursday.

Dominique Wilkins scored the team's other TD on a 15- yard run.

Strickland blanked

vs. Pats

Former Gaffney High standout Andy Strickland was held without a catch in the Atlanta Falcons' loss to New England this past Thursday.

For the preseason, Strickland has one catch for six yards. Strickland was signed as a free agent last sping.

Piniella's career ends

on sour note

After all the wins, all the losses and all those arguments, Lou Piniella clearly felt it was time to leave.

Saying the final goodbye after a half-century in baseball, that was the hard part.

"I cried a little bit after the game. You get emotional. I'm sorry, I'm not trying to be," the Chicago Cubs manager said Sunday, his eyes tearing up again and his voice cracking.

"This will be the last time I put on my uniform," he said.

The 66-year-old Piniella announced before the Cubs- Atlanta game that he was retiring immediately after it was over and planning to spend more time with his ailing mother.

"My mom needs me home and that's where I'm going," Piniella said.

The Cubs didn't do him many favors on the field in his wrapup, losing 16-5 to the Braves. He was in the dugout when it ended, and he waved his hat across the field to his friend, longtime Atlanta manager Bobby Cox, who has said this is his last season.

The Cubs gave up 11 runs over the final three innings to fall 23 games under .500. Many in the crowd of 37,518 had already left Wrigley Field when Sam Fuld grounded into a game-ending double play.

Gallman ties

for fifth place

Former USC Upstate standout golfer and Gaffney, S.C., native Josh Gallman fired the second-lowest round of the day, a 5-under-par 67, in the final round to finish in a tie for fifth at the Cabarrus Country Club event on the Carolinas Pro Golf Tour Thursday afternoon.