2021 SPG's State Guide to Sports in North Carolina

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SOUTH CAROLINA IS YOUR PLACE FOR GREAT OUTDOOR SPORTS From South Carolina’s coast to the mountains, you’ll discover a varied landscape and wide variety of venues that will fit any outdoor sport By David Bodle

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outh Carolina Sports Alliance members are professionals dedicated to the success of your outdoor competitions and have the venues and sites to assure that achievement. Here’s a sampling to get you started.

BASEBALL/SOFTBALL

You could spend far too much time trying to count all the diamonds in South Carolina. In Myrtle Beach, there’s the Grand Park Athletic Complex, Ned Donkle Field Complex and The Ripken Experience. Add to the mix the North Myrtle Beach Park & Sports Center and Central Park Sports Center along with Georgetown and Horry County fields and the state is capable of hosting the largest tournaments. Which it often does. There are also championship venues at TicketReturn.com Field and Coastal Carolina University. Aiken is no stranger to big-time baseball and softball with 15 lighted fields and eight batting cages. Spartanburg’s Tyger River Park welcomes events with 12 fields, a championship stadium and all the necessary amenities. With 15 parks operated by the parks & recreation department, Beaufort has no problem hosting your event. Baseball, softball and the accompanying amenities are a part of the 64-acre Anderson Sports and Entertainment Center. The Shipyard Park in Charleston has 5-field youth facility with water on all-sides. They host tournaments 46 weekends a year. Carolina Softball Stadium at Beckham Field and Founders Park in downtown Columbia are on the University of South Carolina campus. Columbia’s minor league stadium, Segra Park, will also host a championship game. Easley’s JB “Red” Owens Park and Seneca’s Shaver Complex have hosted some major championship tournaments as well. Easley’s JB “Red” Owens Park has 4

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hosted some major championship tournaments as well. In Greenville, Furman University has multiple baseball options while Flour Field downtown is a top minor league stadium. Elsewhere in Greenville County, David Jackson Park, Northwest Park, Conestee Park and Corey Burns Park are all baseball/softball ready. In Greenwood County, baseball and softball are played at Wilbanks Sports Complex and Lander University’s Jeff May Recreation, Wellness and Sports Complex. Lexington features baseball and softball facilities at Lexington Sports Complex, Pine Grove Softball Complex and Oak Grove Sports Complex. A South Carolina suburb of Charlotte, Rock Hill plays baseball and softball at Cherry Parks Sports Complex, South Pointe High School Sports Complex and Winthrop University’s Recreation Complex.

SOCCER & LACROSSE

Many of the multi-purpose fields that follow are easily set up for quidditch, ultimate Frisbee, rugby and others. In Rock Hill, Manchester Meadows features regulation and championship fields. Myrtle Beach’s Grand Park Athletic Complex welcomes competitors to its multi-purpose lighted FieldTurf fields. North Myrtle Beach Park and Sports Complex features multiple all-purpose fields. Greenwood County features soccer at its Wilbanks Sports Complex and Lander University’s Jeff May Recreation, Wellness and Sports Complex. Bush Creek Soccer Complex has multipurpose fields, as do Pavilion Recreation Complex, MeSA Soccer Complex, Herdklotz Park, Gary L. Pittman Memorial Park, and Piedmont Athletic Complex in Greenville County. Furman University in Greenville also has multi-purpose fields. Lexington County Soccer Complex features lighted, natural grass fields. @SportsPlanGuide #SportsPG


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