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Wells new Buford AD
Robert Howey
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BUFORD – A familiar face at Buford High School is taking on a new role.
Jackets’ head football coach Mike Wells, a 28-year veteran of coaching at the Lancaster County Class AA high school, is BHS’s new athletic director.
Wells, a Ware Shoals native, takes over the Jackets’ athletic director duties after Buford High School principal Jonathan Phipps handled the chores last year.
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IL’s McIlwain signs with Falcons
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Former Indian Land High standout football player Kamaal McIlwain just signed to play with the Atlanta Falcons. McIlwain, who played for Newberry College, was one of 22 free agents who signed with the Falcons, according to the Falcons website.
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Ozone stars stay alive, advance
Staff Reports
The Lancaster Dixie Baseball Ozone all-stars made it three straight wins to stay alive in the Ozone state tournament at Patriots Park in Sumter on Wednesday night.
Lancaster scored a run in the bottom of the fifth inning to edge Greenwood, 5-4, to stay alive in the double-elimination state tournament.
The game Wednesday was originally set for Tuesday, but was postponed by rain.
Lancaster’s Ozone stars scored the winning run as hustling Spencer Funderburke dashed home from third base on a passed ball.
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NDRA Road Show at Speedway
Michael Knight
For The Lancaster News
Lancaster Speedway will host the NDRA Road Show for the NDRA GM Performance Late Models on Saturday night.
Leading the charge in the NDRA Road Show points will be “Kid Quick” Zack Mitchell. Mitchell captured the last Road Show win at Friendship Speedway on July 16. Coming in second in points is Steve Hendren seeking to capture the win Saturday and gain some ground on Mitchell in the points standings.
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Buford Bandit claims Pure Street win
Michael Knight
For The Lancaster News
There was plenty of racing action at Lancaster Motor Speedway on Saturday night. Here’s a recap of the night’s action.
Super Street
Heat race winners: “The Gambler” Brandy Baker and Brent Hodges
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Neff officially joins Giants
By Robert Howey
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Steven Neff is officially a member of the San Francisco Giants’ organization.
Neff, a former Lancaster High School and Lancaster American Legion Post 31 baseball star, joined the Giants’ organization Friday when he signed with the 2010 World Champions in Scottsdale, Ariz.
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Ozone all-stars stay alive in tourney
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The Lancaster Dixie Baseball Ozone all-stars stayed alive with their second win of the state tournament at Sumter’s Patriots Park where the locals topped Pine View of Columbia, 4-3 on Monday night.
Eric Hall, who worked five innings, was the winning pitcher with nine strikeouts. He allowed three hits. Christian Sinclair, who worked an inning, earned the save with two strikeouts.
Neal Taylor paced the Lancaster offense with a two-run home run and a double. Hall also drilled a double for the winners.
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Team honors top swimmers
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Following the annual Aquatics meet, the Lancaster County team, Makos and Tigers, honored their top swimmers for the 2011 season.
The Lancaster County swim team was split to have two teams this season.
“We had a great season and we felt it was a great decision to split the teams and form two teams,” said Lancaster County Aquatics Director Midenna Anderson.
The awards were presented at an ice cream party for both teams.
Listed below are the MVP swimmers for each team in each age group.
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23 CPTC athletes qualify for National Junior Olympics
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The Columbus Parker Track Club had 23 athletes to qualify for the National Junior Olympics at Lucy C. Laney Stadium in Augusta, Ga., on June 23-26.
The CPTC, a Lancaster area youth track club, earned 34 medals in the competition.
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Junior golfers visit Edgewater, Lancaster
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The Lancaster Chapter of the S.C. Junior Golfers Association split up this week to play at two venues.
The 18-hole players were at Edgewater Golf Course and the younger players were at their home course in Lancaster.
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