Aiken booster meet and youth soccer wins noted
South Aiken High School Athletic Booster Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the commons. The Aiken Flames U11 girls beat CCGSA Nightmares White 3-1 and Lexington Waves 3-0 to open the season. Jennifer Johnson scored twice against Nightmares. Johnson Cassy Thomas and Jackie Hart each tallied against the Waves. Jessie Abney added two assists. Hart and Liz Victor shared goalkeeping duties.
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Aiken Flames
Ccgsa Nightmares
Lexington Waves
Jennifer Johnson
Mary Brooke Quarles
Nightmares
Johnson
Cassy Thomas
Jackie Hart
Waves
Jessie Abney
Hart
Liz Victor
Korda Captures Australian Open Title at 30
Petr Korda won his first major with a 6-2 6-2 6-2 victory over Marcelo Rios in Melbourne. He fought back tears to thank his father Petr Korda Sr. in Prague, crediting him for guiding his career and giving him the racket.
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Australia
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Korda
Marcelo Rios
Petr
Prague
Calendar Basketball Matchups Across Local Middle Schools
Aiken Middle visits Schofield and Kennedy hosts New Ellenton as a slate of 5 30 p.m. starts. JV games include Barnwell Silver Bluff Aiken South Aiken and more with 5 to 6 30 p.m. tipoffs across Aiken Ridge Spring Monetta North Augusta Strom Thurmond Wagener Sailey and Wagener Sailey.
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A.L. Corbett
Kennedy
New Ellenton
Paul Knox
Leavelle
Ware Shoals
Ridge Spring- Monetta
Silver Bluff
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South Aiken
Aiken
Midland Valley
Strom Thurmond
North
Wagener-Sailey
Ridge Spring
Monetta
Midland Valley High School
Barnwell High School
North Augusta High School
Wagener Valley High School
Blackville-Hilda High School
TV Sports slate with key college and NHL games tonight
Tonight features Wake Forest at Duke women’s basketball on Fox Sports South at 7 p.m. A 7 30 p.m. Villanova at Connecticut women’s game. ESPN airs Texas at Texas A&M basketball at 9 30 p.m. and Rangers at Sharks hockey at 10 30 p.m. Fresno State at Hawaii basketball starts midnight on ESPN2.
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Fox Sports South
Villanova
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Texas A&m
Rangers
Sharks
ESPN2
Fresno State
Hawaii
Rivalry Week Highlights Aiken South Aiken Basketball Showdown
Rivalry week features city clashes as Aiken hosts South Aiken with girls at 6 30 p m and boys at 8 p m Aiken leads regions in girls action while South Aiken pursues first regional win In college USC Aiken hosts Augusta State with Pacers riding an eight of nine stretch and holding a 102 81 win over the Jaguars this season
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South Aiken High
Strom Thurmond High School
USC Aiken
Augusta State
South Aiken
Aiken Girls
Power
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Blackville-Hilda
Blackville
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Jaguars
Augusta
Torrid Pacers crush Cougars in Peach Belt showdown
USC Aiken snapped Columbus State's eight game streak with a 95-77 victory as Kendrick Smith led with 26 points. Derek Moore and Juan Wiley dominated inside with 41 points and 27 rebounds helping the Pacers move to 8-3 in the conference and 15-6 overall while ending Columbus' run atop the division. Wiley added nine offensive boards after a previous Peach Belt record effort.
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USC Aiken
Juan Wiley
Pacers
Columbus State
Mike Roberts
Cougars
Columbus
Francis Marion
Roberts
Kendrick Smith
Derek Moore
Moore
Wiley
Herbert Greene
Clayton State
Smith
Corey Faggins
Columbus women endure rough win over USC Aiken
Columbus State stays unbeaten in conference at 11-0 after a 79-65 victory over USC Aiken. Coach Jay Sparks blasted the team in the locker room for poor effort, saying they coasted and stunk the ballgame. USC Aiken, led by Gail Johnson, contended they can beat top teams if they play to potential.
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Jay Sparks
USC Aiken
Columbus
Lady Pacers
Sparks
Aiken
Gail Johnson
Grant saves Gamecocks with last second 3 against Cincinnati
South Carolina rallied from a 23 point deficit to beat No. 18 Cincinnati 67-65 as Antonio Grant drilled a 25 foot game winning three at the horn. Grant matched a key prior tip in while Aaron Watson added 21 points in the comeback. The Gamecocks moved to 16-3, 7-1 in close games, while Cincinnati saw its 10 game win streak end.
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BJ McKie
Melvin Watson
South Carolina
Antonio Grant
North Augusta
Gamecocks
Cincinnati
Grant
Press Row
Florida
Larry Davis
Watson
Bearcats
Bob Huggins
Juan Baker
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