SEC strips Gaspar of three titles after eligibility ruling
Zsolt Gaspar, 2000 SEC Swimmer of the Year, loses his individual titles in the 50 and 100 yard freestyle and the 100 yard butterfly after the Southeastern Conference declared him ineligible. Georgia began spring football practice in frigid Athens with temperatures near 36 degrees as coach Mark Richt noted a halfway event and announced senior long snapper Ben Lowe and linebacker Rod Davis will not return.
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Lolumbia
South Carolina
Zsolt Gaspar
SEC
Athens
Georgia
Bulldogs
Marc Richt
Richt
Ben Lowe
Rod Davis
Weekend High School Sports Schedule Across District 5
Baseball features Strom Thurmond at South Aiken and Southern Indiana at USC Aiken both at 6.00 and 6.30 pm. Basketball games include Ridge Spring Monetta versus Lewisville in Class A at White Knoll High Lexington at 7 pm and Silver Bluff against Allen Dal Fairfax in Class AA at Orangeburg Wilkinson at 8:30 pm. Golf hosts the Whip Off Classic at Houndslake CC at 12:30 pm. Soccer actions list Orangeburg Wilkins at South Aiken girls at 5:45 pm and South Aiken versus Silver Bluff at 6 pm with Wikston Ekko at 4:30 pm and Silver Bluff at White Knoll 6 pm. Midland Valley visits Barnwell at 7 pm.
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Strom Thurmond
South Aiken
Southern Indiana
USC Aiken
Ridge Spring
Silver Blut
Wikston-Ekko
White Knoll
Midland Valley
Barnwell
Nightly College Basketball Conference Tournament Showdown
ESPN televises Horizon Conference final at 7:30 p.m. ESPN2 covers the Sun Belt tournament title game at 9:30 p.m. ESPN2 also airs the Continent Conference final at 9:30 p.m. and NBA action features Magic at Pacers at 8 p.m. TBS carries Timberwolves versus Sonics at 10:30 p.m. with Big East women’s tourney on ESPN 7:30 p.m.
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Horizon
ESPN
Magic
Pacers
Tas
Sun Belt
ESPN2
Timberwolves
Sonics
TBS
Dogs Tigers to battle for title in high school clash
Silver Bluff and Allen Dale Fairfax meet in the Class AA Lower State final with strong defenses and雙 high scoring offenses. Coach Sam Lilly warns the winner hinges on defense as 8:30 p.m. tip at Orangeburg enhances the World War II metaphor and playoff stakes.
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Silver Bluff
Allendale-Fairfax
Scott Well
Beware OF the Dogs
Brandon Wallace
Bulldogs
Sam Lilly
Orangeburg
Lilly
Lady Trojans Eager For Class A Upper State Title Clash
Ridge Spring Monetta faces Lewisville High in the Class A Upper State championship at White Knoll High School Lexington. The Lady Trojans, 25-1 with 18 straight wins, seek a state finals berth after a dominant playoff run led by Gail Johnson. Lewisville aims to pull off an upset to reach Saturday’s state final.
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Ridge
Monetta
Lady Trojans
Gail Johnson
Lewisville High School
White Knoll High School
Lexington
Lewisville
Johnson
Blacksburg High School
Taf Phowvy Winny Sounwora
Ameliia Corley
Richardson to appeal university buyout verdict
Former Arkansas coach Nolan Richardson plans to appeal the university buyout of the remaining six years of his contract. His attorney said Richardson had until noon Monday to appeal to system President Alan Sugg. Letters were sent to Sugg and Chancellor John White with no disclosed content.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Nolan Richardson
Richardson
John A. White
Athletic
Frank Broyles
Alan Sugg
John Walker
Walker
Sugg and
White
University
Blue Devils sweep AP all-ACC first team honors
Duke leads with three players on the AP all-ACC first team as Jason Williams and Juan Dixon head the selections with unanimous first-place votes. Mike Dunleavy and Carlos Boozer join Williams, while Maryland’s top scorer Juan Dixon strengthens the Duke presence alongside NC State’s Anthony Grundy in the 84 first‑place vote lineup.
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Raleigh
N.C
Jason Williams
Juan Dixon
Associated Press
Duke
Williams
Dixon
Maryland
Atlantic Coast Sports Writers Association
Mike Dunleavy
Carlos Boozer
North Carolina State
Anthony Grundy
Blue Devils
ACC All-Conference First Team Adds Three Duke Players
Trifacc selections name Jason Williams of Duke Juan Dixon of Maryland and Carlos Boozer of Duke on first team marking a historic three players from one school. Williams leads ACC with 21.9 points per game and tops in scoring heading into the Charlotte ACC tournament.
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Jason Wiliams
Duke
Juan Dixon
Maryland
Mike Dunleavy
Anthony Grundy
N.C. State
Carlos Boozer
Lonny Baxter
Darius Songaila
Wake Forest
Ger Mason Jr
Virginia
Tony Akins
Georgia Tech
Travis Watson
Viginia
Josh Howard
Steve Blake
Edward Scott
Clemson
Chris Wilcox
Jason Capel
North Carolina
Williams
ACC
Charlotte
Crimson Tide captains SEC honors sweep on awards day
Alabama swept the SEC coaches awards with Erwin Dudley as player of the year Mark Gottfried as coach of the year and Maurice Williams as freshman of the year Dudley led Alabama with 9.1 rebounds per game while shooting 58.1 percent and averaging 16 points 14 double doubles and first Tide player to win the honor since 1987
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Erwin Dudley
Mark Gottfried
Maurice Williams
Crimson Tide
Derrick McKey
Dudley
Five rehired umps resume careers
HAINES CITY Fla Bill Hohn joked with Kansas City manager Tony Muser at home plate and stood on the green grass beyond second base marking his return to baseball 2 1 2 years after losing his umpire job. He is among 22 umpires who were let go in 1999 after a failed union plan and were rehired last week.
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Haines City
Fla
Bill Hohn
Kansas City
Tony Muser
Hohn
Ball
Umps
Baseball
Joe West
Larry Poncino
Gary Darling
Larry
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