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Today's Sports

  • AJ Lady Vols looking to continue...

    KERSHAW The Andrew Jackson Lady Volunteers hope a blend of five seasoned seniors and first-year softball players leading nine returning players is a staple for diamond success this season.

    The Lady Vols, 20-11 last season while winning their 10th straight conference title, return five seniors who have a sterling four-year record of 114-25.

    Senior Tristan Faile starts at shortstop. She batted .430 last season when she drove in 17 runs. An all-region pick last season, Faile also earned Class AA all-state honors.

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  • IL Warriors honor fall, winter...

    INDIAN LAND A host of Indian Land High School athletes were honored Thursday night at the school’s annual fall-winter sports awards night in Warriors’ gym.

    Warriors’ senior athlete Thomas Harris reaped  honors in two sports.

    Harris, a Class A-AA Lower State champion, earned the Coaches Award and was honored for the team’s most pins, 30.

    Harris also earned the Indian Land boys cross country MVP.

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  • Lancers hope to rebound

    The University of South Carolina at Lancaster Lancers will look to get back on track and for favorable weather today.

    The Lancers, 9-6, dropped a pair of games to Florence-Darlington Tech on Saturday at the Lancaster High baseball field.

    USCL, after being swept, was rained out of its Sunday afternoon home twin bill with the FDTC Stingers.

    “It wasn’t a good weekend for us,” USCL coach Steve Williams said. “We were swept and then we were a rain casualty Sunday.

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  • Lady Bruins post first soccer...

    CHESTER Under wet conditions, the Lancaster High School girls soccer team brought sunshine to its program in the Chester High School preseason soccer tournament with a championship trophy on Saturday.

    History was made in the Cyclone Cup tournament as the Lady Bruins captured their first-ever tournament title.

    The three-day event was played Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

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  • LHS Bruins sweep Cyclones at home

    The Lancaster High School Lady Bruins’ soccer team stretched its shutout string to five matches, highlighting a LHS booters’ sweep with a 5-0 win over Chester on Wednesday night at Lancaster Memorial Stadium.

    The LHS girls, who won the preseason Cyclone Cup championship, have outscored five foes 34-0.

    The LHS boys, 3-1, capped the sweep with a 3-0 win over Chester.

    In the LHS girls’ win, Anna Funderburk scored two goals. Sidney Teague, Rebecca Sizemore and Lena Pringle each added a single goal for the Lady Bruins.

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  • Creed has tough finish in all-...

    Indian Land High School senior 145-pound wrestler Dillon Creed’s mat career ended in an elite setting, but not the way he wanted.

    Creed dropped both his matches in the North-South All-Star Classic at North Myrtle Beach High School over the weekend.

    Creed, a Class A-AA state runner-up, lost to Mark Patterson of Bluffton on a pin in his first match.

    He then fell to Ryan Sparks of Hilton Head, losing by a decision. Sparks was the Class AAA 140-pound state runner-up.

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  • Vols seek to defend title in 2nd...

    The second annual Lancaster County Red Rose Classic is set for Friday and Saturday at Andrew Jackson High School’s Volunteer Stadium.

    The Vols earned the right to host the tournament, which features all four Lancaster County boys soccer teams, by winning the inaugural tournament last season at Lancaster Memorial Stadium.

    The Vols defeated 2008 host Lancaster High School 2-1 to capture the title in the first tournament.

    The Volunteers’ win capped a 3-0 run in the two-day tournament.

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  • Lady Jackets spark Pitch-Off...

    The Buford Lady Jackets’ softball team ventured to soggy Freedom Florence to play in the annual Pee Dee Pitch-Off preseason tournament over the weekend.

    The BHS girls’ highlight in the rain-shortened event was an exciting 2-1 win over Class AA foe Cheraw.

    Buford used solid defense and clutch pitching to post the win over the highly-touted Lady Braves.

    Carley Bailey, who had a hit, scored twice. She scored her first run when Lyndsey Pressley delivered a clutch triple to tally Bailey and tie the game.

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  • Lancers sweep Limestone JVs

    The University of South Carolina at Lancaster notched its second doubleheader sweep of the baseball season, taking two from the Limestone College junior varsity, 6-3 and 10-4 on Thursday.

    The host Lancers, 5-1, opened play with a 6-3 win, with Ben Pinckney belting a three-run homer  in the bottom of the sixth to lift USCL to victory.

    Corey Wines, who went 1.1 innings and allowed a walk, was the winner.

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  • Red Rose Classic play kicks off...

    Andrew Jackson will seek to defend its title as the Volunteers host the second annual Red Rose Classic tonight and Saturday.

    The Vols, who face county rival Buford in the opening round, won the right to host the tournament as AJ captured the inaugural crown last season at Lancaster.

    The Vols downed then host Lancaster 2-1 to take the title in the tournament which features all the county’s boys soccer teams.

    AJ kicks off play today as the Vols face BHS at 6 p.m.

    The 7:30 nightcap pits Lancaster, the 2008 runner-up, against Indian Land.

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