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PLAYOFF BOUND

The Gaffney High boys tennis team qualified for the state Class 5A tournament and traveled to Fort Mill Tuesday for the first round. Fort Mill beat Gaffney 6-0. Gaffney coach David Reams said Will Phillips played well in the No. 1 singles match before losing 6-3, 6-4 in two sets. Calvin Cook, the Indians’ No. 2 singles player, also played […]

Gaffney softball blasts Boiling Springs, Wildcats make playoffs




Gaffney High softball players have scored at least 10 runs in nine wins this season. The impressive trend continued Tuesday in a 14-3 win over Boiling Springs. Gaffney scored three runs in the first inning and then added five runs in the second to jump out to an 8-0 lead. The Lady Indians scored three runs in the next two […]

Limestone men’s, women’s lacrosse advance to SAC championships




Senior attack Jason Thomfohrde scored a careerhigh eight goals Wednesday as the No. 1 Limestone University men’s lacrosse team picked up a convincing 24-13 win over No. 8 Newberry in the semifinal round of the SAC Men’s Lacrosse Tournament. Limestone junior attack Zachary Terry netted four goals while providing an assist for the Saints. Junior midfielder Austin Lamoureux posted a […]

Reddick steals Talladega win as last-lap mayhem unfolds



TALLADEGA, Ala. — Tyler Reddick prevailed in a typically frantic Talladega Superspeedway run to the checkered flag Sunday in the GEICO 500 NASCAR Cup Series race, narrowly avoiding a multi-car crash in the closing 400 yards and coming from third place out of Turn 4 to earn the win by 0.208 seconds when race leader Michael McDowell crashed trying to […]

All-STAR STRIKER

Gaffney High standout Adam Richards was selected to play in the North South All-Star soccer game June 22 at T.L. Hanna. Gaffney won 3-1 over Spartanburg Monday. David Mosquera and Israel Loazia both scored in the first half. Spartanburg scored on a penalty kick just before halftime. In the second half, Mosquera got his second goal to extend the lead […]

Gaffney golfers shine even when the sun doesn’t




What a difference a day makes — in the weather, but not in the golf for Gaffney’s Ben Smith. Smith won the South Carolina Junior Golf Association Players Series tournament at Cherokee National this past weekend shooting a 1-under 71 in Saturday’s gorgeous weather and a 3-under 69 on a cold, rainy Sunday. “We had 16 of our members’ children […]

Storrier named coach of year, nine earn all-conference nods


Nine members of the No. 1 Limestone University men’s lacrosse team have been named to the 2024 South Atlantic Conference Men’s Lacrosse All-Conference Team as announced by the league on Tuesday. Head coach Brendan Storrier has been named the SAC Men’s Lacrosse Coach of the Year. Storrier led Limestone to the country’s No. 1 ranking and its first undefeated regular […]

Tucker named coach of the year, eight Saints named All-SAC for women’s lacrosse


Nine members of the Limestone University women’s lacrosse team were named Tuesday to All-South Atlantic Conference teams for the 2024 season. After leading the Saints to a 15-1 overall record and a 9-1 mark in league play, Limestone head coach Scott Tucker was named South Atlantic Conference Coach of The Year. Tucker led a Limestone team that also finishes as […]

Dominant wins help Gaffney, Blacksburg postseason hopes




Gaffney and Blacksburg High softball teams continued their torrid offensive play Friday. Gaffney beat Spartanburg 10-0 in a game ended by the mercy rule. Gaffney pitcher Kourtny Caraway held Spartanburg to just two hits in 3 2/3 innings and had three strikeouts. Ashley Caraway pitched the last inning and struck out two. Mollie Byars led Gaffney offensively with three hits […]

Limestone lacrosse teams earn byes into conference semifinals


After finishing its first undefeated regular season since 2019, No. 1 Limestone University men’s lacrosse team received a bye into the semifinals in this week’s conference tournament. Limestone hosts its semifinal game Wednesday at 3 p.m. against Newberry, which beat Anderson 20-14 Saturday. Limestone comes into the contest at 15-0 after claiming the program’s second South Atlantic Conference Regular Season […]


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