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Lady Vols rolling in prep volleyball play

The Andrew Jackson High School volleyball team improved to 5-1 in region play with four straight wins, including a road victory over region and county rival Buford High School on Sept. 15.
The Lady Vols topped the defending region champion Lady Jackets, 25-11, 25-14 and 25-21.
AJ, earlier in the week, downed Lee Central, 3-0 – 25-6, 25-4 and 25-10.

Seniors mixed doubles team state champ

For the second time in three years, a Lancaster area senior mixed doubles tennis team, age 65-over, has netted a coveted state championship.
The Lancaster area senior mixed doubles tennis team captured the state championship at the Florence Tennis Center where the tournament was held Sept. 9-12.
The Lancaster area team, which included five of the 11-team members from Lancaster County, qualified for the state tournament after winning the Mid-Carolina Regional championship.
The Mid-Carolina Regional League includes Rock Hill, Lancaster, Chester and York.

Vols seek to extend streak

Midseason finds Lancaster County high school football teams dealing with streaks.
Surging Andrew Jackson, on a three-game win string, hopes to keep it going.
The three other county teams – Buford, Indian Land and Lancaster – are bidding to see their skids end.
AJ, 1-0 in region play after a convincing 26-0 road win over rival North Central High School, is hoping to stay unbeaten in the league as the 3-1 Volunteers host Central of Pageland. AJ received votes in balloting for the Class AA top 10 this week.

Letter: We should abolish legislative ‘tenure’

Jaime Harrison’s Sept. 7 column about the passing of S.C. Sen. John Drummond misses one vital point that I will declare here.
First, my condolences to his family, and this is not a derogatory letter about the man, for I knew him not. But it is about the actions of our state and federal lawmakers who believe in making a lifetime out of public office.

Lady Vols charge, topple Knights

Andrew Jackson rallied from a 2-0 deficit to net a stirring  3-2 win over North Central on Tuesday at the AJ gym.
North Central opened with a 25-20 win and the Lady Knights took a 26-24 win to take a 2-0 edge in the match.
“The match, as usual, was a battle from start to finish,” AJ coach John Verdugo said.
“What’s interesting is that losing the second game didn’t dampen our girls’ spirit, but just the opposite,” Verdugo said. “A fire and sense of determination came out. My girls just got pumped.

Column: Case studies on S.C.’s 3 fundamental faults

Nothing is more infuriating than seeing another news story about the arrogance, incompetence or corruption that characterizes politics as usual in South Carolina. There were three such stories in only the last few weeks.
What’s most infuriating is that none of this needs to happen and there are a few simple solutions that could prevent many of these problems or fix them once they occur.

Letter: Why can’t Kershaw get its roads fixed?

We have three roads out in Kershaw. There is one in Taxahaw and two below Kershaw, and the state won’t offer to fix them because they don’t have the money.
Well, where did they get the $14 million to widen Highway 160 in Indian Land?
The state is just like the county. All they do is tell you lies when you ask a question. Everyone waits till everything tears up before they try to fix it. Then it costs much more.
Everything Indian Land wants, Indian Land gets with no problem.

Bub Faile
Kershaw

Slide into fun this Saturday

Julie Graham
For The Lancaster News

‘Daddy’s Dyin’ and sparks are flyin’ for Texas family

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Column: Black people often treated like a cancer on America

Editor’s note: Malik Mackey grew up in Lancaster. He is a 2015 graduate of Lancaster High School and a former class president. He is a sophomore political science major at Morehouse College in Atlanta.

I get so tired of turning on the news and feeling as though my blackness is a handicap that is hindering America. As if we’re a cancer that is killing this country.