Area athletes named All-State across baseball and soccer teams
A combined 19 area high school players earned All-State honors from the state coaches association in baseball and soccer. Seven baseball players were named All-State including Seth Chestnut Barnwell Nick Clary North Augusta Brad Golden North Augusta Connor O'Rear South Airi ca Kelson Palmer Ridge Spring-Monetta Mike Ray Fox Creek and Payton Smith Strom Thurmond. Ray and Fox Creek will play for the state title after capturing the Class A Upper State championship while Clary and Golden helped North Augusta reach the Class AAAA Upper State final.
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Seth Chestnut
Barnwell
Nick Clary
North Augusta
Brad Golden
Connor O’rear
South Airica
Kelson Palmer
Ridge Spring-Monetta
Mike Ray
Fox Creek
Payton Smith
Strom
Palmer
Ridge-Spring Monetta
Chestnut
O’rear
Smith
Gracie Beeson
Haleigh Bollig
Marissa Lee
South Aiken
Tbreds
Chapin
Aiken
Ben Gilligan
Josh Brannon
Mitchell Myers
Gilligan
Hornets
T-Breds
Fox Creek team fights to reach first state title in baseball
Pitcher Phillip Colvin earned a relief win as Fox Creek held on to beat Latta and move within two victories of the Class AA state championship. Coach Lynn praised the team’s resilience and fighting spirit as they chase a historic title at home Saturday.
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Phillip Colvin
Fox Creek
Latta
Lynn
Neko Williams
Predators
Chesnee
Celtics hammer Wizards as Bradley posts playoff career high
Avery Bradley scored a playoff career best 29 points and the Celtics beat the Wizards 123-101 to take a 3-2 series lead. Al Horford added 19 points and 7 assists, while Isaiah Thomas had 18 points and 9 assists as Boston built a 26 point cushion and sank 16 three pointers. John Wall led Washington with 21 in the loss. The series moves to Washington for Game 6 with a potential Game 7 in Boston.
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Boston
Avery Bradley
Boston Celtics
Washington Wizards
al Horford
Isaiah Thomas
Washington
Wizards
Celtics
Cleveland Cavaliers
John Wall
Penguins Dominate Capitals in Game 7 for East Final
Marc-Andre Fleury made 29 saves as the Penguins blanked the Capitals 2-0 to reach the Eastern Conference finals. Bryan Rust and Patric Hornqvist scored, with Rust's goal marking his eighth in 12 elimination games. Washington, facing a franchise playoff drought, sees rivals advance while several veterans hit free agency.
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Washington
Marc- Andre Fleury
Bryan Rust
Patric Hornqvist
Pittsburgh Penguins
Washington Capitals
Penguins
Ottawa Senators
Capitals
Alex Ovechkin
Rust
Pittsburgh
Fleury
Braden Holtby
Matt Niskanen
Sidney Crosby
Guentzel
Holtby
Ovechkin
North Augusta Stays Alive With Walk-Off Grand Slam
Shircora Basket hit a walk-off grand slam in the eighth to lift North Augusta over Wren 6 2 in eight innings. North Augusta advances to face Union County Friday in the Upper State final, needing two wins to reach the state championship. Caroline Cockrell pitched all eight innings, fanning nine and adding a double.
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Shircora Basket
Yellow Jackets
Union County
North August
Caroline Cockrell
North Augusta
Wren
Local Results: Yellow Jackets Lead, Bayonet Blast Ends North Augusta Run
Local Results had Yellow Jackets up 2-1 in the third before Wren tied it. Basket’s blast in the eighth sent Barnwell, 22-5, out of the Class AA playoffs a game shy of the Lower State final. North Augusta fell to South Pointe on a wild pitch in the bottom of the seventh, as South Pointe erased a 7-4 deficit to win.
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Yellow Jackets
Wren
Barnwell
North Augusta
South Pointe
Players eye Players Championship as Johnson shines amid rivals
The field at The Players includes Jason Day returning since his 2013 start-to-finish lead, Tiger Woods aiming for more than two wins, and Johnson riding a surge with no worse than a third in five events. McIlroy and Garcia attend Masters mood while Johnson grapples with back injury and a six week layoff. Wedges and composure define his climb as rivals eye a chance to catch him.
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Jason Day
Tiger Woods
Sergio Garcia
McIlroy
Garcia
Johnson
Woods
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Nick Terry
Otto Porter
Thomas
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Otto Porter Jr
Kevin Shattenkirk
Hornqvist
Brooks Orpik
Scott Wilson
TJ. Oshie
Karl Alzner
Shattenkirk
Daniel Winnik
South Pointer
Chris O’meara
Bernd Wiesberger
Austria
Wayne Heath Automotive CO
Aiken County
WayneHeathAutomotive.com
Richland Ave
W. Aiken
Sam’s Club
New
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