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Construction on the $16.5 million streetscaping project for Manning Avenue and North Main Street could begin in mid-2018 Sumter Planning Director George McGregor told city council at Tuesday’s regular meeting at Sumter Opera House. McGregor said the project was approved by Sumter Urban Area Transportation Study board and will go before the State Transportation Improvement Program board in the coming weeks. He said approval of those boards is re-
BY BRUCE MILLS bruce@theitem.com Student test results sparked a lengthy school board discussion Monday night at Sumter School District’s regularly scheduled board meeting held at High Hills Elementary School on Shaw Air Force Base. When presenting district test results to the board of trustees Monday, Superintendent Frank Baker initially discussed various changes to standards and assessments at the state level in recent years that have negatively affected scores locally and statewide. Baker then discussed measures being taken — or soon to be undertaken — to improve district achievement relative to the state scores. Regarding BAKER comparisons, Baker then advised board members that it was better to compare Sumter’s district scores and South Carolina Department of Education Report Cards, which contain full summary test results, with districts of similar demographics and poverty levels, instead of state averages. “Regarding trends and analysis of the district, Sumter continues to perform below the state average, but look more closely at districts with similar poverty indexes as a main base of comparison,” Baker said. “We mirror their scores and trends, and we are right there like districts like ours.” To these various points, one board member — the Rev. Ralph Canty — took exception. “First, I’m frustrated by these test scores,” Canty said. “Dr. Baker, you spoke for 35 minutes on changing standards.” Canty and Baker then discussed how assessment stanCANTY dards have increased nationwide because of the global economy we live in. Canty said the district’s performance shows it’s not making adjustments to meet the new standards. “While standards have inclined, our scores are declining annually,” Canty said. “We can’t be apologetic and make excuses. The first 35 minutes of your discussion, Dr. Baker, seemed like an apology. Our mission as a district is to equip our students to be successful in a global society.” Baker then defended his comments and work, including various professional development opportunities that are available to teachers at all district schools. “We can never be satisfied with our performance,” Baker said. “For improvement, it will be painful, yes — but we cannot be satisfied. We must have our students career- and college-ready.” Next, Canty wanted to know how the district’s performance compared to neighboring counties, such as Kershaw and Florence, and not particularly Lee and Clarendon counties.
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quired because 75 percent of the cost is being paid with federal funds. The remainder of the money will come from the city’s Penny For Progress sales tax. After that process is complete, the city will work with the Department of Transportation to select an engineering and design firm, McGregor said. Designing the project should begin in 2017 and take nine to 12 months, he added. The planning director also told council the Manning Avenue bridge rehabilitation program should reach the construction stage by the fall of 2017.
That project is being paid for with penny sales tax money, McGregor said. The DOT is currently reviewing the rehabilitation plan before the six- to nine-month design process begins, he said. “Both of these projects are now moving,” McGregor said. City Manager Deron McCormick said the Manning Avenue-Main Street project has been planned for a long time. “This is long overdue,” he said. “It’s going to be exciting, not just for those two areas but for the whole city.”
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Millwood Elementary fourth graders learn about making hoe cakes from Frank Baker during Colonial Days on Thursday at the school. The students learned about how children ate, made clothing and played during Colonial times.
Local foresters fight Pinnacle fire BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com Firefighters continue to fight a fire on Pinnacle Mountain in Pickens County that has grown to more than 7,500 acres. However, the South Carolina Forestry Commission said the growth was mostly due to burnout operations on the west side of the fire as well as fire backing down slopes in the Panther Gap area between Pinnacle Mountain and Table Rock. Among the Forestry Commis-
sion personnel fighting the fire are four employees from Manchester State Forest in Sumter County, including Director James Douglas, who said Tuesday he is working as a geographic information systems (GIS) specialist to help map the fire and develop plans to control the blaze. “We are getting most of it under control, but there is one part that is in really rough terrain and it is hard to get the people and equipment in to cut it off,” Douglas said. He said the fire is being fought
mainly with Forestry Commission personnel from across the state. “We have some Pickens County Fire Department and South Carolina Department of Natural Resources has some representatives on the fire,” he said. Partly due to many Forestry Commission personnel working the fire, a State Forester’s Burning Ban has been in effect for all of Piedmont counties since Thursday. The counties covered by the ban
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SC READY 2016 Middle schools’ percentage of students meeting and exceeding standards Grade Curriculum S.C. avg local avg. 6 English/LangArts 41.0% 25.9% Math 39.5% 24.4% 7 English/LangArts 40.7% 24.0% Math 34.7% 16.5% 8 English/LangArts 44.7% 26.3% Math 32.4% 13.0% Source: S.C. Department of Education
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Caregivers recognized with luncheon BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com Many of Sumter’s most caring, but often underappreciated, residents were honored Thursday with a special luncheon and program co-sponsored by The Pilot Club of Sumter and Palmetto Health Tuomey. Representatives of both spoke, and all had high praise for unpaid caregivers. Sixteen caregivers, chosen by Pilots and Palmetto Health Tuomey’s Home Health/Hospice team, were present and received copious thanks, as well as a variety of gifts. Caregivers’ physical and emotional sacrifices were recognized with poetry and music during the program hosted by Mary Smith, chairwoman of the event and a Pilot Club member, who began by reading the eight Beatitudes for Caregivers, which include the words: “Blessed are those who have the ability to listen — they will lighten many a burden. ... “Blessed are those who, when nothing can be done or said, do not walk away, but remain to provide a comforting and supportive presence —
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Man gets 40 years for killing woman CONWAY — A 49-year-old man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for killing a 32-year-old woman and dismembering her body. Multiple media outlets report Randy Robinson pleaded guilty Monday to voluntary manslaughter and obstruction of justice. He got the maximum sentences for both crimes. Prosecutors say Robinson beat Angie Pipkin to death in January 2014 at his home in Murrells Inlet. Only Pipkin’s torso was found near the Great Pee Dee River in Florence County.
Tabulation dry run set for city Ward 4 runoff The Sumter County Registration and Election Commissioners will have their Tabulation Test Run of the M100 for Sumter City Ward 4 runoff election on Thursday in Sumter County Courthouse Room 114. The public is invited to attend.
CORRECTION An article in the Thursday, Nov. 10 edition of The Sumter Item listed incorrect hours for the Sumter Military Museum, 129 S. Harvin St. The museum is open from 9 a.m. to noon Fridays and 2 to 4 p.m. Sundays.
they will help the sufferer to bear the unbearable.” Smith and others spoke not only of the caregivers’ sacrifices, but also of their own need for comfort and support, which they provide but often do not themselves receive. “There are more than 65 million Americans — young and old — devoting their time and resources to caring for loved ones at home,” Pilot Club member Carolyn BishopMcLeod said. “Just as they struggle to tend to the daily needs of an ailing parent or grandparent, a chronically ill spouse, younger siblings or a child with special needs, the daily needs of the family caregiver often go unmet. Their time is no longer their own; their future plans are put on hold. Some are forced to quit their jobs or school, and their homes — once a place of respite and relaxation — can sometimes feel more like a nursing home.” Susan Arrants, the clinical manager for Home Health for Tuomey, noted that caregivers’ hands-on care often allows their loved ones to remain in their own homes, rather than in a long-term care facility.
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Mary Golden speaks with local caregivers Bobie Jenkins, right, and Annette Adams during the Pilot Club of Sumter’s Caregiver Luncheon at Palmetto Health Tuomey on Thursday afternoon. The luncheon is held to honor unpaid caregivers for their hard work and dedication in caring for their loved ones throughout the community. on care, emotional support ... . “It takes all of us together as a team to provide the care and compassion these patients need and deserve.” The luncheon offered its hosts a way to show “appreciation for (caregivers’) sacrifices and (provided) them the opportunity to take a little time out for themselves to fellowship with others in similar
Rebecca Kimbrell, manager of Hospice and Palliative Care, noted that the caregivers’ work extends to serving as surrogates for nurses “when we are not there. We count on them to recognize and let us know when a patient’s ... condition has changed. They are dedicated to staying by their loved one’s bedside and providing hands-
circumstances,” said Michelle Logan-Owens, Palmetto Health Tuomey’s Chief Operating Officer and a registered nurse. Mary Golden, Pilot Club president, agreed, adding acts of kindness “can affect a person’s life in a positive way. Our club recognized that many of our members, friends and families selfishly care for those we love without asking for anything in return. We wanted to use this week to recognize” them. The program featured a catered lunch, music by the duo From the Morning, which comprises vocalist Ashley Holloman and guitarist Kevin Jarvis, and the opportunity for caregivers to share their experiences with each other. International Care and Kindness Week was created by Pilot International as a way to encourage people to perform good deeds and to bring awareness to just how important acts of kindness can be. Thursday’s luncheon was the second joint program of Palmetto Health Tuomey and the Pilot Club of Sumter; it is planned as an annual event.
South Carolina churches burned by British topic at Genealogical Society BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com Contractor and author Bill Segars will be the speaker for the Nov. 21 meeting of the Sumter County Genealogical Society. He specializes in restoring historical churches and has cowritten with James A. “Jim” Neal “Churches in South Carolina Burned During the American Revolution: A Pictorial Guide.” The book’s title is also Segars’ topic for his 7:30 p.m presentation at Swan Lake Presbyterian Church, 912 Haynsworth St. After seeing the film, “The Patriot,” in which the British burn a church, Segars said he wondered if churches really were burned during the war and if so, how many and which ones. After some research, he discovered no com-
prehensive list existed and began to seek more information. The result is his well illustrated book. According to his official biography, Segars is a native of Darlington County’s Kelleytown Community near Hartsville. His work as a licensed contractor and his interest in history was the impetus for his “retirement” career restoring historical buildings, especially churches. Many of the churches he has restored are listed in the National Register of Historic Places, including Salem Black River Presbyterian Church, also known as “Old Brick Church,” on which he worked in the summer of 2015. Segars has been married for almost 40 years to Debbie Hirshberg Segars, the daughter of the late Dr. Robert Hirshberg, a longtime Sumter veterinarian.
Segars’ book will be available for purchase at the 7:30 p.m. Monday program and at the Sumter County Genealogical Center, 122 N. Washington St. It is also available at Amazon.com. The price is $25. The Sumter County Genealogical Society meets monthly from September through May. Visitors are welcome and encouraged to attend. Admission is free to the public, and refreshments are served following the presentations. Interested persons can join the Society. Membership includes nine monthly newsletters during the year and free use of the Sumter County Genealogical Society Research Center. Annual dues are $30 for an individual membership and $35 dollars for family. Readers can call the Society’s Research Center for more information at (803) 774-3901.
Board meeting details clean-up efforts at Shaw FROM STAFF REPORTS The 20th Fighter Wing held its annual Restoration Advisory Board meeting Monday at the New Beginning Banquet Facility, 5155 Patriot Parkway Road. The purpose of the RAB is to promote community awareness and obtain constructive community review, comment and input on current and proposed environmental remediation actions in association with Shaw AFB, according to
a news release. The meeting provided a forum for neighbors and local governments to openly discuss the environmental clean-up actions of Shaw AFB and any recent changes to the base’s environmental restoration program, the release said. In November 2014, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act permit listed Shaw AFB as having 123 groundwater clean-up sites, according to the release, and in two years, 99 of the original sites have
been closed in accordance with RCRA permit requirements. Of the 24 remaining active clean-up sites, three sites effect off-base locations, the release said. These sites continue to have no effect on the drinking water on or surrounding Shaw AFB. To date, $105 million has been spent on the environmental restoration program and nearly 1,400 treatment and monitoring wells have been installed on and around Shaw AFB, ac-
cording to the release. “Shaw AFB remains focused on improving its environmental programs and is constantly monitoring policy changes, working with stakeholders, and implementing new technologies to hasten our clean up,” said Jane Allen, 20th Mission Support Group director for installations. “We are committed to being a good neighbor to the people of Sumter.” For more information, call (803) 895-1620.
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Pair facing contraband charges after heroin sent to jail BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com
old Aubri Morra, of the same address, reportedly sent him heroin through the mail. Simon Major, SumterLee administrator, said Aubri Morra allegedly sent the drug one day last week. Incoming mail at the detention center is N. MORRA checked before it is given to inmates and one of the officers noticed that the stamp on one of Morra’s letters looked a little abnormal, he said.
Sumter County Sheriff’s Office, with the assistance of Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center, arrested a husband and wife on Monday during a joint operation conducted to stop illegal drugs from coming into the detention center. According to a news release from the sheriff’s office, 23-year-old Nicholas Morra, of 6350 Legendary Lane, Wedgefield, was incarcerated at the detention center for a contempt-ofcourt charge when his wife, 26-year-
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12-step program dedicated to helping people with addictions, relationship problems, self-esteem issues and more — to collect coats. Clean, gently used coats will be collected through Nov. 30 and can be brought to the following locations: • Sumter Police Department, 107 E. Hampton Ave.; • Salt and Light Church, 360 Miller Road; and • For Pet’s Sake, 1155 N. Guignard Drive. For more information, contact Sumter Police Department at (803) 436-2700.
Sumter Police Department is helping to end hunger and keep those less fortunate warm this fall and winter with the Pursuit to End Hunger food and coat drive. The drive will be held at Walmart, 1283 Broad St., from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Thursday. Residents can drop off non-perishable food items at the department’s mobile command center outside or at collection boxes inside the store. Also, the department is partnering with Celebrate Recovery — a local
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Amanda D. Powell, 36, of 946 E. Fulton St., was arrested Monday and charged with second degree burglary for allegedly taking ceiling fans, light fixtures, a television and a microwave oven, totaling about $525 in value, from a residence in the 2500 block of Ard Lane on Sept. 29. According to a news release from Sumter County Sheriff’s Office, Powell allegedly committed the crime with a codefendant. STOLEN PROPERTY A black and silver .380-caliber Sig Sauer P238 valued at $700
and $100 in cash were reportedly stolen from a vehicle while it was parked in the 6100 block of Ramsey Road about 9:30 a.m. on Nov. 9. A black .22-caliber firearm, unknown make, valued at $200; a black .243-caliber CVA single shot firearm valued at $400; and a brown Marlin .30-30 lever-action rifle valued at $400 were reportedly stolen from a residence in the 7400 block of Fullard Street in Lynchburg about 4 p.m. on Nov. 9. A 42-inch flat-screen Vizio TV valued at $400; a 32-inch flatscreen Sony TV valued at $200; a 48-inch flat-screen TV,
Major said an officer at the detention center checked under the stamp and found a powered substance. The detention center then notified the drug unit at the sheriff ’s office, which analyzed the substance and determined it was heroin, he said. Major said that one letA. MORRA ter was the only piece of mail that seemed unusual. That was a good observation on their part, he said, referring to officers at the detention center.
People always come up with interesting ways to try to transport drugs, he said. Sumter County Sheriff’s Office charged Nicholas and Aubri Morra with bringing contraband to the detention center and distribution of heroin, according to the news release. Aubri Morra was held at the detention center on Monday until she was released after posting a $5,000 personal recognizance bond. Nicholas Morra posted a $7,500 surety bond on Monday but is still being held at the detention center, pending bond for other charges.
Man charged with attempted murder for chasing victim with butcher knife FROM STAFF REPORTS Sumter County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 50-year-old man on Monday for allegedly chasing after another individual with a knife after damaging the victim’s vehicle two days before. According to a warrant from the sheriff’s office, Legrand Canty, of 1843 Kolb Road, kicked and punched the victim’s vehicle, causing approximately $4,700 in damage, while in the 1800 block of Kolb Road on Oct. 27.
unknown brand, valued at $700; $3,200 in cash; $3,500 in assorted gold necklaces, ropes, chains, watches and rings; and an Xbox One valued at $200 were reportedly stolen from a residence in the 1400 block of Eagle Road about 3:30 p.m. Nov. 10. A camouflage .30-06 Savage
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Marchers carry a banner in January in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington during the March for Life 2016 annual rally on the anniversary of 1973 ‘Roe v. Wade’ court decision that legalized abortion. gynecologist. Grimes was alluding to the fact that many states under Republican control already have forced closure of some abortion clinics, confronting some women with the need for longdistance travel in order to obtain an abortion. While affluent women might be able to afford such travel, it can be an insurmountable burden for some low-income women. “Is that the world we want, where women’s ability to get the care she needs depends on her ability to go to another state?” asked Jennifer Dalven, director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Reproductive Freedom Project. Anti-abortion leader Clark Forsythe, acting president and
senior counsel for Americans United For Life, predicted that the states would break into three basic categories if Roe were overturned: Perhaps a dozen states would continue to make abortion widely accessible, another dozen or so would ban virtually all abortions unless the mother’s life were at stake, and roughly two dozen more states would thrash out their response with debate among the public and in the legislatures. Forsythe suggested that some of those states might allow abortions in the first trimester of pregnancy, while restricting or banning later abortions. Among the states likely to maintain full access to abortion are those on the Pacific
Coast and in the Northeast. South-central and southeastern states would be among those likely to impose bans, potentially leaving women in a huge, contiguous chunk of the United States with no nearby access to abortion providers. “For many women, it’s not possible to traverse across multiple state lines,” said Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights. “This could have tragic consequences.” She said one consequence
might be an increase in the number of women seeking to self-induce an abortion. In the decades since the Roe decision, several states have kept or added anti-abortion laws that could take effect immediately if the ruling were overturned. Among them is Wisconsin. Nicole Safar, director of government relations for the state’s Planned Parenthood affiliate, said a statute has been on the books since 1849 making it a felony for a doctor to perform an abortion in Wisconsin. Abortion is likely to remain legal in neighboring Illinois, but Safar said even that trip might be out of reach for many low-income women in Wisconsin. “Illinois is and should remain an oasis for abortion care, but we can’t be complacent about that,” said Brigid Leahy, director of public policy for Planned Parenthood in Illinois. “I don’t think our legislature is poised to pass a ban should Roe be overturned. But things can always change.” Vicki Saporta, president of the National Abortion Federation, said a reconfigured Supreme Court might address an abortion case by leaving some aspects of Roe in place, but chipping away at it to allow a broader range of restrictions. “It’s not so easy to overturn Roe,” she said. “Women in this country would not stand for it.”
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Northeast next year. The drug’s manufacturer hopes prisons will be the gateway to a larger market. Also known as extended-release naltrexone, the medication won Food and Drug Administration approval for alcohol dependence in 2006 and in 2010 to prevent relapse in post-detox opioid users. The evidence for giving Vivitrol to inmates is thin but promising. In the biggest study, sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, about 300 offenders — most of them heroin users on probation or parole — were randomly assigned to receive either Vivitrol or brief counseling and referral to a treatment program. After six months, the Vivit-
rol group had a lower rate of relapse, 43 percent compared with 64 percent. A year after treatment stopped, there had been no overdoses in the Vivitrol group and seven overdoses, including three deaths, in the other group. The results, published in March in the New England Journal of Medicine, have been promoted by the drugmaker, Ireland-based Alkermes, as it markets Vivitrol to U.S. correctional systems. Yet addiction is stubborn. When the injections stopped, many in the study relapsed. A year later, relapse rates looked the same in the two groups. “It does suggest six months wasn’t enough,” said Lee, the lead author. Advocates argue that inmates have a constitutional right to all FDA-approved addiction medications throughout their incarceration. “Treatment should be offered from the moment they are brought into the system,” said Sally Friedman, legal director of the New York-based Legal Action Center, which is looking for a test case to bring to court. Physicians have learned to be cautious about pharmaceutical company marketing, said Andrew Kolodny, senior scientist at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University. Not so for criminal justice officials, who may be too trusting, Kolodny said. “When the drug company sends someone in to give them a talk and buy them pizza, they think they’re getting a scientific lecture,” he said.
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Russia launches new offensive aimed at Aleppo BEIRUT (AP) — Russia launched new strikes in Syria on Tuesday involving carrierborne jets and long-range missiles as opposition activists on the ground reported that the first airstrikes in nearly a month struck the besieged, rebel-held parts of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. According to activists, between four and 10 people were killed in the strikes on Aleppo, raising concerns of a return to daily deadly bombardment in Syria’s largest city. The Russian blitz began hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump discussed Syria over the phone and agreed on the need to combine efforts in the fight against what the Kremlin called their No. 1 enemy — “international terrorism and extremism.” The Obama administration has been trying for months to negotiate a cease-fire in Alep-
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FBI: Hate crimes against Muslims increase in 2015 ATLANTA (AP) — Reported hate crimes against Muslims rose in 2015 to their highest number since the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, according to FBI statistics released Monday. Overall, the total number of hate crimes against all groups reported by law enforcement agencies to the FBI increased from 5,479 in 2014 to 5,850 last year. That remains far lower than the numbers seen in the early 2000s, but the FBI release comes amid numerous reports of attacks nationwide based on race and religion after last week’s presidential election. The most recent reporting covers calendar year 2015, which included the terror attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, California, as well as Republican Donald Trump’s call for a ban on all Muslims entering the U.S. All of those, however, did not occur until the final two months of the year. It’s not yet known whether Trump plans to implement such a ban now that he has won the presidency. Critics say his pledge has contributed to anti-Muslim sentiment. “We’ve seen how words from public figures like Donald Trump translate into violence,” said Mark Potok with the Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks hate groups in the U.S. Last year, there were 257 reported incidents of antiMuslim bias compared to 154 the year before, a 67 percent increase. The number of reported hate crimes against Muslims peaked at 481 in 2001. Ibrahim Hooper, spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said he was not surprised to see the large increase in 2015 and said he expects the trend to continue. “We saw a spike in antiMuslim incidents nationwide beginning toward the end of 2015. That spike has continued until today and even accelerated after the election of President-elect Trump,” Hooper said. There have been reports of racist and anti-religious incidents around the country since the Nov. 8 election. Two students at a vocational school in York County, Pennsylvania, held a Donald Trump sign in a hallway as someone shouted “white power,” an incident captured on video and widely shared on Facebook. In Silver Spring, Maryland, a banner advertising a Spanish-language service at
an Episcopal church was slashed and the words “Trump nation. Whites only” were written on the back. Authorities on two California State University campuses, in San Diego and San Jose, were investigating reports that two women wearing headscarves were attacked. At San Diego State University, authorities said a Muslim woman had her car keys and vehicle stolen by two men who targeted her while she wore a hijab and made comments about Donald Trump’s election. At the same time, a videotaped assault in Chicago showed black men beating a white man as onlookers screamed, “You voted Trump!” On Sunday, Trump said he had not heard reports that some of his supporters might be harassing minorities. “I am so saddened to hear that,” Trump said during an interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes.” ‘’And I say, stop it. If it, if it helps, I will say this and I will say right to the cameras: Stop it.” According to the FBI report, the majority of hate crimes were motivated by bias against race or ethnicity. Of the 4,216 victims of a hate crime motivated by race or ethnicity, 52 percent were black, 18.7 percent were white and 9.3 percent were Hispanic or Latino. Crimes against Jews increased about 9 percent, while bias incidents involving sexual orientation were up 3.5 percent. Civil rights groups have expressed concern that a Trump administration could radically reshape the U.S. Department of Justice, particularly when it comes to policing but also in terms of
the priority placed on hate crimes. Those concerns were compounded over the weekend after Trump named as his chief White House strategist Steve Bannon, who came to his campaign from Breitbart News. Under his leadership, the Breitbart website became one of the leading outlets of the so-called altright, a movement often associated with far-right efforts to preserve “white identity” and oppose multiculturalism. Michael Lieberman with the Anti-Defamation League said there have been “unprecedented efforts” to address hate crimes in recent years, from outreach to law enforcement, community meetings and an emphasis on cooperation among federal agencies. Any increases, including the ones seen in anti-Muslim crimes, could be due in part to more reporting by victims as well as better reporting and tracking by law enforcement agencies. The number of law enforcement agencies sending data on hate crimes to the FBI decreased by about 3 percent in 2015. An AP investigation earlier this year found 17 percent of local law enforcement agencies had not submitted a single hate crime report during the past six years as part of the FBI’s tracking program, prompting concerns that an undercount was masking the true scope of hate and bias crimes in the U.S. “Gaps in participation and incomplete reporting demonstrate materially that this work must continue, and we will be pressing the Trump Justice Department and U.S. attorneys so this important work will be ongoing,” Lieberman said.
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COLUMBIA (AP) — A group of artists said it left black nylon stockings resembling human figures hanging from trees outside a South Carolina university hall to protest that the building is named for a post-Civil War-era racist. The 18 stockings filled with dirt were found Sunday morning outside Tillman Hall, with a sign reading “Tillman’s Legacy” taped over the plaque with the building’s name, according to a police report from Winthrop University in Rock Hill. A group called the Association of Artists for Change said each stocking represented a lynching victim when “Pitchfork” Ben Tillman was governor from 1890 to 1894 and was intentionally placed after Donald Trump won the presidential election last week because of the climate of racial distrust he has created, according to a statement posted on Twitter. “One should question, why this artwork is offensive and not the building itself ?” the group said. University officials ac-
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After a public hearing, council approved the first reading of an ordinance amending development standards to allow off-site directional signs. The ordinance was requested by the Building Industry Association of South Carolina. A request to allow pennants and fluttering devices was withdrawn by the applicant and removed from the proposed ordinance. Earl McLeod Jr. of BIA said many potential real estate buyers have difficulty finding newly constructed houses because GPS systems usually are not updated to include streets in new subdivisions very quickly. “We think this is a practical, reasonable approach that is allowed in most municipalities,” McLeod said. Mack Kolb, a local representative for Mungo Homes, said he receives a lot of feedback from people who have difficulty finding his company’s model homes. He reminded council of the effect new home builders have on the local economy. “These builders are probably investing $40 million a year to increase your tax base,” Kolb said. The ordinance would allow the signs for purposes other than real estate as well. Council also held a hearing and approved first reading of an ordinance to amend a planned development for 612 Maney St. to allow a catering service as an allowed use.
include Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Edgefield, Fairfield, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens, Lexington, McCormick, Newberry, Oconee, Pickens, Richland, Saluda, Spartanburg, Union and York. Douglas said he and the three other Manchester State Forest employees expect to be working the fire until Saturday or Sunday. He said the other three employees from Sumter County were working the front lines of the fire using rakes and Pulaskis, a combination axe and pick. “Those are used to cut down to bare soil,” he said. Meanwhile, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control is warning residents smoke being generated by the Pinnacle fire and others in the region can be hazardous to some people’s health. DHEC said elevated levels of particulate matter have been found in several areas of the state, mostly in Upstate counties. Areas of the state north of I-20 and west of I-77 are at risk, DHEC said in a press release. “Smoke from these fires can irritate the eyes and respiratory system, as well as aggravate or exacerbate chronic heart and lung diseases,” said Rhonda Thompson, Chief of the S.C. Bureau of Air Quality. Smokey conditions could be pres-
SCHOOLS FROM PAGE A1 “The Report Cards will only compare us with district like ours with the same demographics,” Baker said. “For example, the Report Cards will not compare us with Richland-Lexington District 5 (split between Richland and Lexington counties).” Canty then asked the superintendent to address Sumter’s middle schools’ scores. On the South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Assessments (SC READY), taken by sixth through eighth graders last spring, the district’s highest achievement level in math or English/Language Arts was 8th grade English with 26.3 percent of students meeting or exceeding standards. By comparison, 44.7 percent of the state’s eighth graders overall met or exceeded standards in English/ Language Arts on the test. Baker started his remarks by saying that at the middle-
school level, the state has changed assessments three times in the past five years, from PASS to ACT Aspire and now to SC READY. “Our percentage drops are on par with the state,” Baker said. “But it’s not something we are proud of. We always must push for more.” Baker added that achievement often decreases in middle school since it’s a different environmental and developmental setting for children as they approach the teenage years. “Our middle schools have the greatest concern,” Baker said. “Oftentimes, students don’t continue with that follow through in middle school. That issue may not have been seen at the elementary-school level.” Canty then added that the district needs to have accountability measures at every level. “We, in Sumter, only want
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to get to the top of South Carolina,” Canty said. “We only do that if there’s a concerted effort at all levels in the schools and district. If we are to compete in the global market, we must come out of high school ready to go. “We can’t settle for less. I don’t think we can continue to just say, ‘We have a high index of poverty.’ We have got that all over the state. And we can’t continue to lament over the number of African-American males we’ve got. We’ve got them; so, let’s teach them. Let’s equip them for service. We have got young black boys in these schools who can do as well as anybody else. But our teachers have to commit to teaching them. It’s about teaching them. If we keep everybody ill-equipped, then we
cause of dry conditions in the area, he said. “The weather, it’s been really, really dry up here,” he said. Douglas said a lot of controlled burning is done in the Manchester State Forest, and there are a lot of small wild fires in the Midlands, but they are usually contained quickly. “We all have three or four years of experience fighting fires,” Douglas said.
keep everybody else broke and poor. We must train every child to be productive.” Baker went on to explain that he felt there’s a need to cut back on the number of changes and assessments to give more teaching time to teachers. “When we make so many changes with standards and assessments, it makes it very difficult,” Baker said. “I think our district and our state are trying to do too much. The teachers say the district and the state have us moving in too many directions at once. At the state level, we stop and start on various subjects too much, such as writing. We must find a balance for things.” In other business at the board meeting, the Rev. Daryl McGhaney, Canty and Barba-
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Conservative flame-thrower to get key White House position WASHINGTON (AP) — Stephen Bannon, a leading force of the farright, a flame-throwing media mogul and professional provocateur, a man who made a career out of roiling the establishment from the outside, just landed squarely on the inside. Donald Trump’s pick for chief strategist and senior counselor signals the president-elect has no intention of abandoning his brash, outsider instincts as he puts together his new government. Trump didn’t give Bannon the top White House job — that went to Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus. Still, Trump made clear Sunday that a man many credit with righting the businessman’s campaign — and one others accuse of amplifying a bigoted fringe — would have a plum position in the West Wing. Bannon joined Trump’s election team as chief executive late in the campaign, following the departure of Trump’s second campaign team in August. He quickly became a member of Trump’s inner circle, frequently traveling with the candidate and working to re-shape his message to emphasize Trump’s populist and outsider appeal. Bannon came from Breitbart News, an unabashedly pro-Trump outlet that had declared war on GOP leaders, including House Speaker Paul Ryan, with whom Trump will have to work to pass his agenda if Ryan retains his role.
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Stephen Bannon, campaign CEO for President-elect Donald Trump, leaves Trump Tower in New York on Friday. Trump on Sunday named Republican Party chief Reince Priebus as White House chief of staff and conservative media owner Bannon as his top presidential strategist, two men who represent opposite ends of the unsettled GOP. But other elements of Bannon’s tenure are getting more attention. Under his leadership, the site pushed a nationalist, anti-establishment agenda and became one of the leading outlets of the so-called alt-right — a move-
ment often associated with far-right efforts to preserve “white identity,” oppose multiculturalism and defend “Western values.” The site specializes in button-pushing, traffic-trolling headlines, including one that called conservative commentator Bill Kristol a “Republican spoiler, renegade Jew.” Others asked, “Would you rather your child had feminism or cancer?” and “Birth control makes women unattractive and crazy.” Priebus on Monday said “That wasn’t his writing,” referring to Bannon, although he did not specify which, if any were Bannon’s work. In the months Priebus has known Bannon, the media mogul “has exhibited none of those qualities,” the Republican chairman told NBC’s “Today.” “Here is a guy who is very, very smart, very temperate, and together we’ve been able to manage a lot of the decision making in regard to the campaign along with Kellyanne (Conway),” he added. “And it’s worked very, very well.” Bannon has been personally accused of prejudice. His ex-wife said in court papers obtained by The Associated Press that Bannon made anti-Semitic remarks when the two battled over sending their daughters to private school nearly a decade ago. In a sworn court declaration following their divorce, Mary Louise Piccard said her ex-husband had objected to
sending their twin daughters to an elite Los Angeles academy because he “didn’t want the girls going to school with Jews.” Alexandra Preate, a spokeswoman for Bannon, denied he’d ever said such things. Bannon also faced domestic violence charges following an altercation the pair had on New Year’s Day 1996 following a spat over money. He was charged in 1996 with misdemeanor witness intimidation, domestic violence with traumatic injury and battery. The charges were dropped after Piccard didn’t show up at trial. A Harvard MBA, Bannon began his career as a Goldman Sachs investment banker. He later capitalized on an entertainment industry deal that left him with a share of “Seinfeld” royalties, founded the Government Accountability Institute to ferret out “crony capitalism” and government corruption, and created a number of his own films, including paeans to former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the tea party movement and Ronald Reagan. Breitbart’s founder, the late Andrew Breitbart, once admiringly described Bannon as the Leni Riefenstahl of the tea party movement, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek profile. Riefenstahl was a filmmaker vilified after World War II for her propaganda pieces about Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany.
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Blacks and politicians D onald Trump’s surprise win has millions of Americans, many of whom are black, in a tizzy. Many, such as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, are writing about what it means to be black during a Trump administration even though Trump’s presidency has yet to begin. My argument has always been that the political arena is largely irrelevant to the interests of ordinary black people. Much of the 1960s and ’70s civil rights rhetoric was that black political power was necessary for economic power. But the nation’s most troublesome and dangerous cities, which are also cities with low-performing and unsafe schools and poor-quality city services, have been run by Democrats for nearly a halfcentury — with blacks having significant political power, having been mayors, city councilors and other top officials, such as superintendents of schools and chiefs of police. Panic among some blacks Walter over the upcoming Trump Williams presidency is unwarranted. Whoever is the president has little or no impact on the living conditions of ordinary black people, even when that president is a black person, as the Obama presidency has demonstrated. The overall welfare of black people requires attention to devastating problems that can be solved only at the family and community levels. Mountains of evidence demonstrates that outcomes are not favorable for children raised in female-headed households. Criminal behavior is greater, and academic achievement is much less for such children. This is a devastating problem, but it is beyond the reach of a president or any other politician to solve. If there is a solution, it will come from churches and local community organizations. Education is vital to upward mobility. Most schools labeled as “persistently dangerous” are schools with predominantly black populations. At many schools, students are required to walk through metal detectors and place their book bags and purses on a conveyor belt that goes through an X-ray machine. Armed police patrol the school to try to stem school violence. But even with a police presence, teachers, staff and students are assaulted. A policy that permanently removes troublemakers would make a greater impact on black education than anything a U.S. president could do. The fact that black parents, teachers and civil rights organizations tolerate and make excuses for the despicable and destructive behavior of so many young blacks is a gross betrayal of the memory, struggle, sacrifice, sweat, tears and blood of our ancestors. The sorry and tragic state of black education is not going to be turned around until there’s a change in what’s acceptable and unacceptable behavior by young people. That change could come only from within the black community. Using 2012 data from the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Law Street Media offers some sobering statistics in an article titled “Crime in America: Top 10 Most Dangerous Cities Over 200,000” (http://tinyurl.com/qeusjj4). The nation’s most dangerous big cities are Detroit, Oakland, St. Louis, Memphis, Stockton, Birmingham, Baltimore, Cleveland, Atlanta and Milwaukee. The most common characteristic of these cities is that they have predominantly black populations. Another common characteristic is that for decades, all of them have been run by Democratic and presumably liberal administrations. Some cities — such as Detroit, Buffalo, Newark and Philadelphia — haven’t elected a Republican mayor for more than a half-century. Here are some indisputable facts: Crime imposes a huge cost on black communities in the forms of human suffering and economic wellbeing. It matters little whether the U.S. president is black or white, Democrat or Republican. It also matters little whether local politicians are black or white or Democrats or Republicans. What will matter is an unyielding black intolerance for crime, along with a willingness to allow policing authorities to do what is necessary to stop criminals from preying on the overwhelmingly law-abiding people of the community. In light of the many difficulties within black communities, focusing energy and resources on the election of Donald Trump is gross dereliction. Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University. © 2016 CREATORS.COM
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Democrats — with friends like Obama BY WASHINGTON EXAMINER
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n his first news conference since Donald Trump’s election victory, President Obama spoke about his own party’s
loss. “When your team loses, everyone gets deflated,” Obama said Monday. Democrats, he noted, must do some soul-searching in defeat and added, “I think it’s a good thing for me not to be bigfooting that conversation.” That sounds like he is humbly stepping aside after his eight years in the White House. But it is also an evasion of responsibility for the wreck he leaves behind. If Obama were a trucker, you might expect him to say something similar as he walked away from the flaming hulk of a semi he had just crashed. Obama isn’t just leaving political life, but he is also leaving the Democratic Party a smoldering ruin. He took office on a wave that turned America blue. Since then, Democrats have have lost (pending some outcomes) 63 seats in the House and 12 in the Senate. They have gone from controlling 62 of the nation’s 99 state legislative chambers to just 30. They have also lost a net 12 or 13 governorships, depending on how North Carolina is eventually tallied.
The last four elections point toward a massive miscalculation by Obama. He confused his own electoral strength as a candidate with popular support for his ideas. In the end, his transformative policies proved so unpopular that far too many other Democrats could not survive them. From the beginning, Obama decided that he couldn’t be bothered to cultivate a working relationship with the opposition. “I won,” he famously said. And he was, himself, able to survive the total war he sparked over Obamacare, the stimulus package and other like legislation. He could also weather the blowback from his executive orders and regulations essentially declining to enforce immigration laws. He got away with making war on coal country, and intensifying the culture wars by obliging elderly Catholic nuns to pay for contraceptives and abortifacients, and issuing a diktat confusing the distinction between girls’ and boys’ bathrooms in schools. But while Obama’s personal popularity has remained strong, his fellow Democrats have been cut down in huge swaths whenever their leader was not on the ballot. Obama led House Democrats like sheep to the slaughter in 2010 and 2014. In the Senate, Democrats who voted for Obamacare were
wiped out as well. The stunning 2016 result puts an exclamation point on all this. Hillary Clinton was crushed even though her experience, demographic trends and expectations were on her side. Not only that, but she also faced an opponent apt to overload Democratic opposition researchers with juicy material. Yet she was routed in six states that Obama had carried twice. This all happened despite exit polls showing that the same electorate that chose Trump still had a favorable opinion of Obama himself. There are perhaps two main lessons to draw from this. First, it is possible that the chaos surrounding Trump’s campaign, and his struggles with party leaders, hid the fact that the GOP has grown much stronger as an electoral force since Obama’s return to power four years ago. Second, it demonstrates that Obama’s personal strength fooled not only him, but also the entire pundit class into thinking that a crippled Democratic Party, just as unappealing as it had been in 2004, was thriving under his stewardship. Obama has the luxury of walking away from this wreck, but other Democrats are going to have to pick up the pieces.
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There is no ‘Trump’s America’ or ‘Obama’s America’ BY DAVID FRENCH This is an old and tired game, but let’s play it anyway. It’s the week after the presidential election, and Hillary Clinton just squeaked out an Electoral College win after losing the popular vote. Across the country, furious Trump supporters are blocking roads, smashing windows, setting fires and even attacking police. Shock videos show young white men delivering terrifying beatings to black men, denouncing Clinton as they go. Petitions demanding that electors defy the will of their states’ voters gain millions of signatures. Secession talk roils Texas. Can you imagine the coverage? This would be deemed proof positive of the dangers of Trumpism. The riots would be called acts of “insurrection.” Some would be calling them the first shots of a second civil war. Pundits across the land would bask in self-congratulation. “We told you these people were dangerous. We always knew they were deplorable.” Each of these things is happening right now, but in reverse. In Oakland and Portland, antiTrump protesters rioted, starting fires, smashing cars and attacking police. In Chicago, young black men beat and robbed a 49-year-old white Trump supporter, cursing him and the president-elect. A
Change.org petition asking that electors vote for Hillary Clinton on Dec. 19 has gained almost 2.4 million signatures. And what about secession? Yep, talk of #Calexit and “Wexit” (California, Oregon and Washington) is bubbling up online. All of this is premised on a very particular, dystopian vision of a place CNN calls “Trump’s America.” Even as smoke rises from Democratic cities, liberals are forwarding around proof of the horror that awaits in a Trump administration. Small knots of Klansmen have gathered here and there. Vandals have tagged some public spaces with bigoted graffiti. In a middle school, a widely shared video shows kids chanting “build the wall.” The Klan is despicable, the altright is evil, and bigoted vandalism is disturbing and wrong, but if these acts are evidence of “Trump’s America,” then what are the riots and beatings? Is that Obama’s America? Is it Hillary Clinton’s America? No. There’s no such thing as “Trump’s America” or “Obama’s America” or “Clinton’s America.” There is just “America,” and right now all too many of its citizens are roiled by a senseless hysteria, convinced that their communities most represent the American ideal, and the failure of that ideal at the polls presages doom.
As I wrote when it appeared that Hillary Clinton would be elected, that is silly. America is built from the ground up to be resilient and resistant to authoritarianism. The checks on President Trump’s powers will be immense. He couldn’t transform Portland or Oakland into a dystopian nightmare if he wanted to. Indeed, if a GOP House and Senate can pass reforms that reinvigorate federalism, Portland and Oakland will find themselves with more autonomy, not less. If liberals want to know about the thing they so derisively call “Trump’s America,” then they should get out more. I’m weary over the battle to define “real” America. America is the only real America. I argued against both Trump and Clinton because I love this country. I’m praying that Trump will be an extraordinarily successful president because I love this country. I’ll offer whatever help I can (if anyone wants it) because I love this country. The overwhelming majority of Trump voters don’t hate anyone in the blue states. Indeed, the majority of Trump voters believe that his policies will improve the lives of all Americans. They may not ever get your support, but they do deserve your respect. — David French is an attorney, and a staff writer at National Review.
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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Check out your options before making a physical move. Having all your ideas and plans verified and ready to roll out will give you the optimum chance to reach success or reclaim something that someone took from you. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Turn any negative situation into a positive. Don’t fight what can’t be changed when working within the existing circumstances will bring you plenty of opportunities. If you work hard, you’ll be able to make valuable contributions. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Making physical improvements will boost your confidence, but don’t let it deplete your bank account. A romantic suggestion will give you the advantage when it comes to getting something you want. Personal and professional improvements will pay off.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Turn negativity into positivity by being willing to let go of whatever isn’t working for you. It’s time to purge and begin all over. With an open mind and passionate approach, you can achieve your dreams.
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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Confusion regarding family and money matters is apparent. Don’t go into debt without knowing the consequences. Manage your financial, legal and health matters cautiously. Don’t be afraid to do things differently. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Size up whatever situation you face. Question partnerships that appear suspicious. Focus on the changes you can make through hard work, discipline and desire. Call the shots instead of following someone else’s lead. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Emotional ups and downs will cause confusion. Get to the bottom of any problem that keeps surfacing, and put matters to rest. Once you find a clear passage, the gains and opportunities that come your way will astound you.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Look for alternative ways to bring in cash. Networking events or getting LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Don’t mix together with people you’ve worked business with pleasure. Look for a with in the past will help you revise way to explore your interests without upsetting someone you love. Sharing the way you do things, reducing overhead and easing stress. what you want to pursue will help PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Don’t you convince others to join in. give in to changes that are being VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Expect to forced on you. Make adjustments to face problems when it comes to protect your assets and future. changes you want to make to your Deception and ulterior motives will home. It will be difficult to please everyone, so concentrate on pleasing be used to persuade you to indulge yourself first. A social mishap can be in something that isn’t in your best interests. avoided if you’re progressive.
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Harvin, Johnson, Fulton, White earn POTW honors BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com Carolina Forest High School had a difficult job doing anything offensively in its football game against Sumter High School last Friday. The Panthers managed just 121 yards of total offense and spent the better part of the evening operating in the shadow of their own goal posts. The result was a 23-0 victory for the Gamecocks, who
clinched the Region VI-5A title outright with the win. SHS’ ability to limit CF was twofold: the continued strong play of a smothering defense a tremendous kicking game on special teams that allowed it to win the battle for field position. Because of their outstanding efforts, Sumter defensive end Raymond Johnson and punter Pressley Harvin have been selected as The Sumter Item Defensive Player of the
Week and Special Teams Player of the Week, respectively. They are joined by Manning wide receiver David Fulton as the Offensive Player of the Week and C.E. Murray offensive tackle Shyhiem White as the Offensive Lineman of the Week. The quartet will be honored on Friday at the Sumter Touchdown Club’s final weekly breakfast meeting at Swan
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PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
DAVID FULTON
RAYMOND JOHNSON
SHYHIEM WHITE
PRESSLEY HARVIN
OFFENSIVE PLAYER
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Peak performance After back-to-back losses early in the year, senior-laden Cavaliers defense regroups in time for another run at state championship
BISHOPVILLE — It was after a 35-20 defeat at the hands of Dillon Christian that Robert E. Lee Academy had to do some soul searching — especially on defense. The Cavs had gone undefeated and
PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press
weren’t tackling right, we weren’t playing our responsibilities, and really we weren’t doing what we were supposed to be doing. “After that, we settled down and matured a little bit and starting playing better.”
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captured the SCISA 1A state title the year prior, but the loss to the Warriors dropped them to 1-2 after back-to-back games on the short end of the scoreboard. It was also the first time REL had given up more than 21 points in a game since 2014. “We weren’t playing good ball,” senior DL/LB Kody McCutchen said. “We
USC looking to become bowl eligible COLUMBIA — South Carolina linebacker Jonathan Walton has one goal on his mind — qualify for a bowl game. “We’ve got something to fight for,” Walton said Tuesday. The Gamecocks (5-5) hope to extend their season this week against struggling Football Championship Subdivision opponent (2-8) at Williams-Brice Stadium on Saturday. It may not be as easy a task as it sounds, given the MUSCHAMP last time South Carolina faced an FCS opponent, Citadel walked out with a 23-22 victory. “That makes me nuts, every day,” left tackle Mason Zandi said. Walton, Zandi and the Gamecocks say those memories from last year drive them at practice this week, particular with a chance to extend their season into the holidays. South Carolina coach Will Muschamp began talking up a bowl bid several weeks ago as his team rallied from a 2-4 start to win three in a row before last week’s 20-7 defeat at Florida . “I talk to these guys all the time,” the first-year coach said. “These seniors want to go to a bowl game. That’s very important for our program.” Especially for the additional month or so of workouts, film breakdowns and practices leading up to a postseason game given how young South Carolina is. That youth showed last week at The Swamp as freshman quarterback Jake Bentley was swarmed by the Gators’ strong defensive line most of the game. He threw his first college interception and was
Robert E. Lee Academy’s Brent King (58) tackles St. Andrew’s running back Cole Becker during the Cavaliers’ 28-7 victory last Friday in Bishopville. King is one of nine seniors starting on the defense that returned from last year’s 1A state championship team. They’ll look to close out their final seasons with another ring on Saturday in Columbia against First Baptist in the SCISA 2A state title game.
BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS justin@theitem.com
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Ohio State up; Michigan, Clemson still top 4 in CFP RALPH D. RUSSO The Associated Press Ohio State moved into second in the College Football Playoff rankings behind Alabama, with Michigan and Clemson still in the top four after losing for the first time this season. Louisville was fifth and Washington dropped from fourth to sixth after its first loss. Clemson, Michigan and Washington — the Nos. 2, 3 and 4 teams in last week’s rankings — all lost to unranked teams on Saturday. The Wolverines, who have three victories against teams in the selection committee’s top 10, did not move after los-
CFP TOP 10 1. Alabama
6. Washington
2. Ohio State
7. Wisconsin
3. Michigan
8. Penn State
4. Clemson
9. Oklahoma
5. Louisville
10. Colorado
ing to Iowa. The Tigers ended up dropping two spots to No. 4 after losing to Pittsburgh. Louisville was ranked fifth. Wisconsin was seventh and Penn State eighth, giving the Big Ten four teams in the top 10. Oklahoma was the highestrated Big 12 team at nine and Colorado was 10th.
THE OHIO STATE PROBLEM Michigan’s loss to Iowa created a potential predicament for the selection committee with the Buckeyes. Because Ohio State lost at eighthranked Penn State, the Nittany Lions would win a tiebreaker for the Big Ten East if both finish 8-1 in the conference, shutting out the Buckeyes from the conference championship game. In two years of the playoff, all the participants have been conference champions and the committee is instructed to give some preference to league champs and head-tohead results when teams are similar.
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Clemson tight end Jordan Leggett (16) and the Tigers remained in the SEE CFP, PAGE B4 College Football Playoff top four in Tuesday’s rankings at No. 4.
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Cleveland manager Terry Francona, who led the Indians to the World Series, was named American League Manager of the Year on Tuesday.
Indians’ Francona, Dodgers’ Roberts managers of the year BEN WALKER The Associated Press NEW YORK — Long before they were honored for guiding teams with depleted rosters to first-place finishes, Dave Roberts and Terry Francona were forever linked. Fans in Boston and beyond will always remember that signature stolen base. It was Roberts’ daring swipe as a pinch-runner in the bottom of the ninth inning that helped the Red Sox — managed by Francona — rally from the brink of being swept in the 2004 AL Championship Series and sped them toward ending their 86year World Series curse. Francona went on to win two titles with Boston, and on Tuesday he earned his second AL Manager of the Year award with Cleveland. But what if Roberts had been thrown out, could that have altered a path that might someday land Francona in the Hall of Fame? “The truth of it is, it probably would’ve been com-
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Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was named NL Manager of the Year.
pletely different,” Francona said on a conference call. “There’s always a Dave Roberts-being-out from being the other way,” he said. The 44-year-old Roberts won the NL Manager of the Year honor in his first season as a skipper, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to the NL West crown. Roberts and Francona each won handily. The voting figures to be much clos-
er Wednesday for the Cy Young awards. Boston’s Rick Porcello, Detroit’s Justin Verlander and Cleveland’s Corey Kluber are up for the AL prize. Chicago Cubs teammates Kyle Hendricks and Jon Lester and Washington’s Max Scherzer are competing for the NL honor. Roberts got 16 first-place votes to top Joe Maddon, whose Cubs won the World Series. Maddon, who earned the award last year, was picked first on eight ballots. Washington’s Dusty Baker was third and got four firsts. Terry Collins of the New York Mets had the other two firsts. Roberts was the lone NL manager chosen on every ballot. The 57-year-old Francona drew 22 first-place votes and was the only manager chosen on all 30 ballots. Banister was second and got four firsts. Baltimore’s Buck Showalter, who was third, and Boston’s John Farrell both drew a pair of firsts.
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FIU hires Davis as new football coach MIAMI — Butch Davis wanted to return to Miami last year, when the Hurricanes needed a new coach. FIU is bringing him back instead. Davis was hired Monday as the new coach at FIU, agreeing to a five-year contract. FIU executive director of sports and entertainment Pete Garcia said Davis will be introduced Tuesday afternoon. “We’ll tell you how it happened then,” Garcia said. Garcia — who has a long history with Davis, including stints working together with the Miami Hurricanes and then the Cleveland Browns — used Davis as a consultant the last time he hired a coach, that being Ron Turner in 2013. When Turner got fired after an 0-4 start this season left him 10-30 at FIU, Garcia didn’t want to consult with Davis this time. He was widely considered to be the immediate frontrunner for the position, and now the deal is done.
NFL PLAYERS MEET WITH LAWMAKERS WASHINGTON — A group of NFL players were on Capitol Hill to discuss ways to improve relations between police and the communities that they serve. The players met Tuesday morning with members of the Congressional Black
Caucus and Rep. Patrick Murphy, a Florida Democrat. They were also scheduled to meet with House Speaker Paul Ryan’s staff and Rep. Daniel Webster, a Florida Republican. Anquan Boldin, a Detroit Lions wide receiver, organized the meetings. Boldin earlier this year received the NFL’s Walter Payton Man of the Year award for his off-the-field volunteer and charity work. Joining Boldin were Lions safety Glover Quin, Philadelphia Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins, Cleveland Browns quarterback Josh McCown and Browns wide receiver Andrew Hawkins.
BASKETBALL PLAYER SUES OVER TRANSFER CHICAGO — A Northwestern University basketball player is suing the school and the NCAA in federal court, claiming the association’s transfer regulations violate antitrust laws. In the federal lawsuit filed Monday, John Vassar said Northwestern harassed him and made other efforts to force his transfer and take away his athletic scholarship. Vasser’s lawsuit is seeking class-action status and wants the NCAA to change rules preventing players from transferring to other Division I schools without losing eligibility to
sit out for a year. Vasser said he received offers but only if he could play right away, which he couldn’t due to NCAA rules.
THREE CITIES MAKE 2024 OLYMPICS PITCH DOHA, Qatar — Los Angeles sought to allay concerns over Donald Trump’s election, Paris played up its glamorous venues and Budapest set itself apart as a mid-sized alternative as the three cities made their first public pitches Tuesday in the race to host the 2024 Olympics. With 10 months before the vote, the three candidates had a chance to deliver their message in 20-minute presentations to the general assembly of the Association of National Olympic Committees, a gathering of more than 1,000 delegates from around the world.
SUMTER JV FOOTBALL TEAM FINISHES AT 8-0 The Sumter High School junior varsity football team finished its season with a perfect 8-0 record after beating Carolina Forest 36-20 on Thursday at Sumter Memorial Stadium. Jonathan Henry and Justice Wells both scored two touchdowns for the Gamecocks. Ontre Harvin had the other score. From staff, wire reports
7 a.m. – Professional Tennis: ATP World Tour Finals Doubles RoundRobin Matches from London (TENNIS). 9 a.m. – Professional Tennis: ATP World Tour Finals Singles Round-Robin Matches from London (TENNIS). 11 a.m. – Professional Golf: Asian Tour Resorts World Manila Masters Final Round from Maila, Philippines (GOLF). 1 p.m. – Professional Tennis: ATP World Tour Finals Doubles RoundRobin Matches from London (TENNIS). 3 p.m. – Professional Tennis: ATP World Tour Finals Singles Round-Robin Match from London – Stan Wawrinka vs. Marin Cilic (TENNIS). 5 p.m. – PGA Golf: RSM Classic ProAm from Sea Island, Ga. (GOLF). 6 p.m. – Women’s College Volleyball: Texas A&M at Tennessee (ESPNU). 6 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Baseball Writers’ Association of America Cy Young Awards (MLB NETWORK). 6:05 p.m. – Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). 7 p.m. – College Football: Ball State at Toledo (ESPN2). 7 p.m. – College Basketball: Northwestern at Butler (FOX SPORTS 1). 7:30 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Pittsburgh at Washington (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 8 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Golden State at Toronto (ESPN). 8 p.m. – College Football: Northern Illinois at Eastern Michigan (ESPNU). 8 p.m. – College Basketball: New Orleans at Oklahoma State (FOX SPORTSOUTH). 8 p.m. – Professional Golf: PGA Tour of Australasia Australian Open First Round from Sydney (GOLF). 8 p.m. – NFL Football: Pro Football Hall of Fame Gold Jacket Semifinalists (NFL NETWORK). 8 p.m. – Women’s College Volleyball: Mississippi at Mississippi State (SEC NETWORK). 10:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Memphis at Los Angeles Clippers (ESPN). 12:55 a.m. – Women’s International Soccer: FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Match from Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea – Mexico vs. Germany (FOX SPORTS 1). 12:55 a.m. – Women’s International Soccer: FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Match from Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea – Ghana vs. France (FOX SPORTS 2). 3 a.m. – Professional Golf: European PGA Tour DP World Tour Championship First Round from Dubai, United Arab Emirates (GOLF). 3:55 a.m. – Women’s International Soccer: FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Match from Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea – United States vs. New Zealand (FOX SPORTS 1). 3:55 a.m. – Women’s International Soccer: FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Match from Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea – Venezuela vs. South Korea (FOX SPORTS 2).
NFL STANDINGS By The Associated Press
AMERICAN CONFERENCE EAST New England Miami Buffalo N.Y. Jets SOUTH Houston Tennessee Indianapolis Jacksonville NORTH Baltimore Pittsburgh Cincinnati Cleveland WEST Kansas City Oakland Denver San Diego
W 7 5 4 3
L T Pct PF PA 2 0 .778 241 163 4 0 .556 204 206 5 0 .444 237 203 7 0 .300 179 244
W 6 5 4 2
L T Pct PF PA 3 0 .667 161 188 5 0 .500 264 251 5 0 .444 239 256 7 0 .222 174 239
W L T Pct PF PA 5 4 0 .556 182 160 4 5 0 .444 214 206 3 5 1 .389 187 210 0 10 0 .000 175 301 W 7 7 7 4
L T Pct PF PA 2 0 .778 205 168 2 0 .778 245 223 3 0 .700 239 189 6 0 .400 292 278
NATIONAL CONFERENCE EAST W Dallas 8 N.Y. Giants 6 Washington 5 Philadelphia 5 SOUTH W Atlanta 6 Tampa Bay 4 New Orleans 4 Carolina 3 NORTH W Detroit 5 Minnesota 5 Green Bay 4 Chicago 2 WEST W Seattle 6 Arizona 4 Los Angeles 4 San Francisco 1
L T Pct PF PA 1 0 .889 258 170 3 0 .667 182 184 3 1 .611 212 209 4 0 .556 226 160 L T Pct PF PA 4 0 .600 320 283 5 0 .444 216 242 5 0 .444 265 263 6 0 .333 221 226 L T Pct PF PA 4 0 .556 205 206 4 0 .556 175 152 5 0 .444 223 234 7 0 .222 141 215 L T Pct PF PA 2 1 .722 193 158 4 1 .500 202 160 5 0 .444 139 173 8 0 .111 187 283
MONDAY’S GAME
N.Y. Giants 21, Cincinnati 20
THURSDAY’S GAME
New Orleans at Carolina, 8:25 p.m.
SUNDAY’S GAMES
Baltimore at Dallas, 1 p.m. Chicago at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m. Jacksonville at Detroit, 1 p.m. Tennessee at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. Arizona at Minnesota, 1 p.m. Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 1 p.m. Buffalo at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. Tampa Bay at Kansas City, 1 p.m. Miami at Los Angeles, 4:05 p.m. New England at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m. Philadelphia at Seattle, 4:25 p.m. Green Bay at Washington, 8:30 p.m. Open: San Diego, Atlanta, Denver, N.Y. Jets
MONDAY’S GAME
Houston at Oakland, 8:30 p.m.
NBA STANDINGS
By The Associated Press
EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION W L Toronto 7 2 Boston 5 5 New York 4 6 Brooklyn 4 6 Philadelphia 1 9 SOUTHEAST DIVISION W L Atlanta 7 2 Charlotte 6 3 Orlando 4 7 Miami 2 7 Washington 2 7 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Cleveland 8 1 Chicago 6 4 Milwaukee 5 4 Detroit 6 5 Indiana 5 6 WESTERN CONFERENCE SOUTHWEST DIVISION W L San Antonio 8 3 Houston 6 4 Memphis 5 5 Dallas 2 7 New Orleans 2 9 NORTHWEST DIVISION
W L Portland 7 4 Utah 7 5 Oklahoma City 6 5 Minnesota 3 6 Denver 3 7 PACIFIC DIVISION W L L.A. Clippers 10 1 Golden State 8 2 L.A. Lakers 6 5 Sacramento 4 7 Phoenix 3 8
Pct GB .636 — .583 ½ .545 1 .333 3 .300 3½ Pct GB .909 — .800 1½ .545 4 .364 6 .273 7
MONDAY’S GAMES
Indiana 88, Orlando 69 Detroit 104, Oklahoma City 88 New York 93, Dallas 77 Houston 115, Philadelphia 88 New Orleans 106, Boston 105 San Antonio 94, Miami 90 Memphis 102, Utah 96 L.A. Clippers 127, Brooklyn 95
TUESDAY’S GAMES
Toronto at Cleveland, 7 p.m. Atlanta at Miami, 7:30 p.m. Charlotte at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Chicago at Portland, 10 p.m. Brooklyn at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY’S GAMES
Cleveland at Indiana, 7 p.m. New Orleans at Orlando, 7 p.m. Washington at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Dallas at Boston, 7:30 p.m. Detroit at New York, 7:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. Golden State at Toronto, 8 p.m. Houston at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. Phoenix at Denver, 9 p.m. Memphis at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m. San Antonio at Sacramento, 10:30 p.m.
NHL STANDINGS By The Associated Press
EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 16 13 2 1 27 53 34 Boston 16 10 6 0 20 41 38 Ottawa 15 9 5 1 19 35 35 Tampa Bay 16 9 6 1 19 50 42 Detroit 16 8 7 1 17 41 43 Florida 15 7 7 1 15 40 39 Toronto 15 6 6 3 15 44 55 Buffalo 15 5 6 4 14 29 37 METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA N.Y. Rangers 16 12 4 0 24 65 36 Pittsburgh 15 10 3 2 22 47 39 Washington 14 9 4 1 19 37 34 New Jersey 14 8 3 3 19 35 30 Columbus 13 7 4 2 16 45 32 Philadelphia 16 7 7 2 16 55 59 N.Y. Islanders 16 5 8 3 13 40 51 Carolina 14 4 6 4 12 38 46
WESTERN CONFERENCE CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 16 11 3 2 24 54 39 Winnipeg 17 8 7 2 18 50 50 Minnesota 14 8 5 1 17 41 28 St. Louis 16 7 6 3 17 37 47 Dallas 16 6 6 4 16 44 55 Nashville 14 6 5 3 15 39 37 Colorado 14 6 8 0 12 27 41 PACIFIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Edmonton 16 9 6 1 19 46 41 San Jose 15 9 6 0 18 37 35 Anaheim 16 7 6 3 17 41 40 Los Angeles 16 7 8 1 15 39 41 Vancouver 16 6 9 1 13 33 48 Calgary 16 5 10 1 11 39 59 Arizona 14 5 9 0 10 38 49 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
MONDAY’S GAMES
Tampa Bay 4, N.Y. Islanders 0
TUESDAY’S GAMES
Washington at Columbus, 7 p.m. San Jose at Carolina, 7 p.m. Ottawa at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Tampa Bay at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Florida at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Nashville at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. Chicago at Winnipeg, 8 p.m. Buffalo at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Calgary at Minnesota, 8 p.m. New Jersey at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Colorado, 9 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Edmonton at Anaheim, 10 p.m.
WEDNESDAY’S GAMES
Pittsburgh at Washington, 7:30 p.m. Arizona at Calgary, 10 p.m.
DIVISION II PLAYOFFS
By The Associated Press
FIRST ROUND SATURDAY Indiana (Pa.) (9-1) at Fairmont State (10-1), Noon Winston-Salem (9-2) at LIU-Post (110), Noon Assumption (9-2) at Shepherd (10-0), Noon UNC-Pembroke (9-1) at Valdosta State (8-2), Noon Tuskegee (8-2) at Newberry (10-1), Noon North Greenville (7-4) at Florida Tech (8-2), Noon Midwestern St. (Texas) (8-2) at Ferris State (9-2), Noon Minnesota-Duluth (10-1) at Emporia State (10-1), 1 p.m. Azusa Pacific (9-2) at Sioux Falls (110), 1 p.m. Central Missouri (9-2) at Harding (110), 1 p.m. Colorado Mesa (9-2) at Texas A&MCommerce (10-1), 1 p.m. Colorado School of Mines (9-2) at Southwest Baptist (10-1), 1 p.m.
SECOND ROUND SATURDAY, NOV. 26 Indiana (Pa.)-Fairmont State winner at California (Pa.) (10-0), Noon Winston-Salem/LIU-Post winner vs. Assumption-Shepherd winner, TBA Minnesota-Duluth-Emporia St. winner at NW Missouri St. (11-0), 1 p.m. Azusa Pacific-Sioux Falls winner vs. Cen. Missouri-Harding winner, TBA UNC-Pembroke/Valdosta State winner at North Alabama (8-1), 1 p.m. Tuskegee-Newberry winner vs. North Greenville-Florida Tech winner, TBA Colorado Mesa/Texas A&M-Commerce winner at Grand Valley St. (11-0). Noon Midwestern St. (Texas)-Ferris State winner vs. Colorado School of MinesSouthwest Baptist winner, TBA
TOP 25 SCHEDULE
Pct GB .778 — .500 2½ .400 3½ .400 3½ .100 6½
By The Associated Press
Pct GB .778 — .667 1 .364 4 .222 5 .222 5
No. 22 Boise State vs. UNLV, 9 p.m.
Pct GB .889 — .600 2½ .556 3 .545 3 .455 4 Pct GB .727 — .600 1½ .500 2½ .222 5 .182 6
THURSDAY
No. 3 Louisville at Houston, 8 p.m. No. 25 Troy vs. Arkansas St., 9:30 p.m.
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
No. 1 Alabama vs. Chattanoga, 7 p.m. No. 2 Ohio St. at Michigan St., Noon No. 4 Michigan vs. Indiana, 3:30 p.m. No. 5 Clemson at Wake Forest, 7 p.m. No. 6 Wisconsin at Purdue, Noon No. 7 Wash. vs. Arizona St., 7:30 p.m. No. 8 Okla. at No. 10 W. Virginia, 8 p.m. No. 9 Penn State at Rutgers, 8 p.m. No. 11 Utah vs. Oregon, 2 p.m. No. 12 Colorado vs. No. 20 Washington State, 3:30 p.m. No. 13 Oklahoma State at TCU, Noon No. 14 W. Mich. vs. Buffalo, 3:30 p.m. No. 15 Southern Cal at UCLA, 10:30 p.m. No. 16 LSU vs. No. 21 Florida, 1 p.m. No. 17 Florida St. at Syracuse, 3:30 p.m. No. 18 Auburn vs. Ala. A&M, 7:30 p.m. No. 19 Nebraska vs. Maryland, Noon No. 23 Texas A&M vs. UTSA, Noon No. 24 San Diego State at Wyoming, 3:30 p.m.
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Dozier’s jumper lifts South Carolina in OT WILLIE T. SMITH The Associated Press COLUMBIA — P.J. Dozier scored all six of his points in overtime, including a 10-foot, baseline jumper at the buzzer to give South Carolina a 70-69 win against Monmouth on Tuesday night. Sindarius Thornwell had 23 points, nine rebounds and six assists, Duane Notice scored 15 points and Chris Silva added 10 with 10 rebounds for USC (3-0). Dozier’s game winner came after Monmouth’s Je’lon Hornbeak converted a 3-point play to give the Hawks a one-point lead with 1:02 remaining. Chris Brady led Monmouth (1-1) with 17 points. The Gamecocks opened the game with a 13-0 run and a layup by Thornwell gave them their biggest
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Kentucky’s Isaiah Briscoe (13) passes around Michigan State’s Nick Ward (44) to Edrice Adebayo during the Wildcats’ 69-48 victory on Tuesday in New York.
Kentucky rips Michigan State NEW YORK — Freshman Malik Monk scored 23 points on 7-for-11 shooting from 3-point range, and Isaiah Briscoe added 21 to lead No. 2 Kentucky to a 69-48 victory over No. 13 Michigan State on Tuesday night in the State Farm Champions Classic at Madison Square Garden. The Wildcats (3-0) averaged 90 points in their first two games but this time it was defense that did it as the Spartans (0-2) shot 32.8 percent from the field (20 of 61) including 5 for 26 (19.2 percent) from beyond the arc. Relying on another talented freshman class, Kentucky was able to up the tempo enough and keep the tenacious defense going that the Spartans committed 21 turnovers which the Wildcats turned into 24 points. Kenny Goins and Cassius Winston led the Spartans with nine points each. Freshman
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So well in fact that REL has rattled off 10 straight wins — earning a spot in Saturday’s 2A title game where the Cavs will take on First Baptist at Charlie W. Johnson Stadium in Columbia at noon. It is a goal that REL set at the beginning of the year, and one it thought it could achieve based on how many players were coming back. The Cavs lost just four starters on either side of the ball, but on defense, they returned nine seniors who were starters at one point or another and a 10th who rotates in for a lot of playing time. “With all those seniors, you aren’t supposed to be losing (the way we were),” senior linebacker Nick Stokes said. “Coach (David) Rankin told us we’d better pick it up if we wanted to have a long senior year that we’d remember. We had to leave the two losses from Dillon Christian and Wilson Hall behind us and that’s what we did. We started playing as one.” Robert E. Lee’s defense has righted the ship, and for the season is allowing an average of 17.5 points per game — but that number doesn’t tell the whole story, either. In their last 10 wins, the Cavs have given up 22 points or more four times, but in many cases the firstteam defense was taken out after REL got a big lead. “We’ve been able to take some of the starters out fairly
Miles Bridges was held to six points on 2-for-11 shooting but he grabbed 12 rebounds. BAYLOR 66 (4) OREGON 49
WACO, Texas — Johnathan Motley scored 17 points in his season debut and Baylor got a big early-season victory over the Oregon team playing without preseason All-American Dillon Brooks. The Ducks (1-1) quickly had a 3-0 lead when Chris Boucher hit from long range on the game’s first shot, before they missed their next six shots. After Motley made his first shot of the season and Manu Lecomte’s buzzer-beating 3-pointer, Baylor (2-0) never trailed again. Dylan Ennis led Oregon with 16 points. (8) VIRGINIA 72 ST. FRANCIS BROOKYLN 32
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early in about seven or eight ball games,” Rankin said. “A lot of them play on offense and defense, so that’s given them some opportunities to rest and to heal from injuries. “We’ve been able to rotate some of the young guys in, so we’re building for the future, too.” It’s kept the team fresh down the stretch -- and it shows. The Cavs have only given up a lone touchdown in each of their last three games. “The depth helps a lot,” senior DL/LB Sidney Arledge said. “Kody and I get a good bit of breaks during the game, and it helps on defense because we’re able to make a lot more tackles. We’re fresher, and we can go out there and play defense the whole game. “Defense is really key. We can score as many points as we want, but if we don’t stop them, there’s no point.” McCutchen and Arledge have been two key cogs in a defense that also includes Parker Beasley at nose guard, Brent King along the front and Hunter McGee alongside Stokes at linebacker with Mark Dinkins among others. In the secondary, quarterback Bryce Barrett and wide receivers Matthew Tidwell, William Corbett and Nick Laney all pull double duty. “They’ve played well,” Rankin said. “We haven’t been beaten by the long ball all year but maybe once. Our defense keeps everything in front. We’ve given up some yards, but we make teams drive on us.”
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Andrew White scored 19 points, Tyler Lydon had 17, and Syracuse went on a 14-0 run in the first half to take control and overpower Holy Cross (0-2). Syracuse (2-0) shot 61 percent from the field and was 13 for 23 on 3-pointers. White, a fifth-year transfer from Nebraska, went 5 of 12 from beyond the arc after going 2 of 7 in the Orange’s season opener against Colgate. From wire reports
Not giving up the big play will be one of the turning points against a prolific offense like First Baptist, who likes to run and throw the ball much in the same way the Cavs do. The Hurricanes are averaging 45 points a game and have scored at least 54 points in each of their last three games. “We’re going to go through our coverages a lot this week,” said Barrett, who plays free safety. “We’re focused on the pass. We totally trust our linebackers and our defensive linemen to stop the run. We just have to make sure we don’t give up the big pass plays — the touchdown passes.”
lead, 40-22, with 15:23 left in regulation but Collin Stewart answered with a 3-pointer, sparking a 16-3 run that pulled the Hawks within four fewer than five minutes later. Diago Quinn’s putback with 6:52 left gave Monmouth its first lead, 52-50. Thornwell answered with a 3-pointer and, after an offensive foul by the Hawks’ Austin Tilghman, a putback layup and USC didn’t trail in regulation again. Monmouth’s Micah Seaborn hit two free throws with 19 seconds remaining to send it to overtime. Sindarius Thornwell, Duane Notice and P.J. Dozier entered averaging 46.5 of the team’s 83-point average. Although Dozier was held scoreless in regulation, Notice and Thornwell scored 34 of USC’s points before OT.
Lake Visitors Center, located inside the gates of Swan Lake-Iris Gardens on Liberty Street, beginning at 7:15 a.m. The guest speaker will be Phil Kornblut, a longtime sports talk show host and recruiting reporter. “Playing strong defense and winning field position is what we try to do,” said Gamecock head coach Mark Barnes. “That’s a combination that can help you win a lot of games.” Harvin, who is rated as the top punter in the country, has been selected for the Shrine Bowl and is committed to Georgia Tech, had a tremendous performance against Carolina Forest. He only punted three times, but averaged 45.0 yards a punt. He had a long of 55, but more importantly two of his three punts were downed inside the Panthers’ 20-yard line. On five kickoffs, he averaged 57 yards a kick. Though none went for a touchback, the CF deep men were pulling the ball in inside their 5 on average since teams kickoff from their 40. “That’s a big void he filled for us on kickoffs,” Barnes said of Harvin, who had never kicked off prior to this season. “It’s something that we needed and he’s steadily gotten better at it. What he’s gotten better at is he’s not squibbing the kicks as much as he was. If he’s not kicking it into the end zone, he’s kicking it deep and giving
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Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson has all but wrapped up the Heisman Trophy award, but Oklahoma wide receiver Dede Westbrook (11) is starting to get some attention.
Westbrook catching up, but Jackson leads Heisman race RALPH D. RUSSO The ASsociated Press Wide receivers have rarely won the Heisman Trophy. Desmond Howard of Michigan was the last in 1991. Tim Brown of Notre Dame did it in 1987. And that is the complete list. A receiver will not be winning the Heisman Trophy this season either. Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson has all but wrapped up the award, but Oklahoma’s Dede Westbrook is starting to get some attention. Westbrook began the season slowly, with 17 catches for 154 yards in the first three games. Since then he has been all but unstoppable. He had six straight 100yard games before last week against Baylor when he had four catches for 88 yards and two touchdowns in a rout of the Bears. Alabama’s Amari Cooper was the last receiver to be a Heisman finalist back in 2014. He finished third in the voting. The last receiver to do better than that was Pitt’s Larry Fitzgerald, who finished second to Oklahoma’s Jason White in 2003. The AP’s Heisman panel is still locked in on Lamar Jackson at the top of the charts, but more players are getting attention down-ballot:
LAMAR JACKSON, QB, LOUISVILLE (21 POINTS) Numbers to know: Jackson is sixth in the nation in
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FROM PAGE B1 sacked five times. Fellow freshman Rico Dowdle, who ran for over 100 yards in his two previous games, was held to 18 yards on nine carries before missing the fourth quarter due to injury. Still, the Gamecocks are the only Football Bowl Subdivision team with freshmen as leading passer (Bentley) and rusher (Dowdle). Football’s not a sport where you can improve on your own, Muschamp said, like playing one-on-one in the backyard or heading to a batting cage. “You’ve got to go play the game and we need to be able to have these practices to continue to develop our youth,” the coach said. South Carolina didn’t figure to be in the mix for any
rushing (133.4 yards per game), leads in touchdowns with 19 and is averaging 7.25 yards per carry. If he never threw a pass, he would be a Heisman contender. Next: at Houston, Thursday night. The Cougars have the best defense in the American Athletic Conference at 4.64 yards allowed per play.
DESHAUN WATSON, QB, CLEMSON (10 POINTS)
D’ONTA FOREMAN, RB, TEXAS (2 POINTS) Numbers to know: Foreman tied a Texas record with his 11th straight 100yard rushing game last week, matching 1977 Heisman winner Earl Campbell. Next: at Kansas. Jayhawks allow 5.27 yards per carry, second-worst in the Big 12.
DEDE WESTBROOK, WR, OKLAHOMA (2 POINTS)
Numbers to know: Watson ran for 1,105 yards last season. This season he’s at 378. Next: at Wake Forest. The Demon Deacons gave Jackson and the Cardinals trouble for three quarters last week.
Numbers to know: Westbrook is tied for second in the country in yards receiving per game at 125.4 and in touchdown catches with 14. Next: at No. 10 West Virginia. The Mountaineers have allowed the fewest yards per pass attempt (6.5) in the Big 12.
DONNEL PUMPHREY, RB, SAN DIEGO STATE (3 POINTS)
BAKER MAYFIELD, QB, OKLAHOMA (1 POINT)
Numbers to know: Pumphrey is 221 yards away from becoming the 27th player in FBS history to run for 2,000 yards in a season. He is also No. 4 on the career rushing list with 6,051 yards. Next: at Wyoming. The Cowboys are sixth in the Mountain West in run defense at 4.43 yards per carry allowed.
Numbers to know: Mayfield leads the nation in passer efficiency rating (195.7) and yards per pass (10.9). Next: at No. 10 West Virginia. The Mountaineers are eighth in the Big 12 in sacks with 17.
JAKE BROWNING, QB, WASHINGTON (1 POINT)
Numbers to know: Allen is second on the team with 7.5 sacks and leads with 13 quarterback hurries. Next: Chattanooga. Allen probably won’t play much this week.
Numbers to know: Browning is coming off by far his worst game of the season at USC. He completed 47 percent of his passes and was picked off multiple times in a game for the first time. Next: Arizona State. The Sun Devils are last in the Pac-12 in pretty much every pass defense category.
bowl given the start to their season. Three straight losses to Kentucky, Texas A&M and Georgia left the Gamecocks staggered at 2-4 heading into a bye week without much hope to continue past November. But Muschamp brought true freshman Bentley in off the bench for co-starters Perry Orth and Brandon McIlwain and South Carolina began to take flight. The surprise was a 24-21 win over previously ranked Tennessee on Oct. 29 that put the Gamecocks in sight of a six-win season after going 3-9 last year. South Carolina’s upperclassmen know that it’s like going to a bowl. Last year’s losing mark — longtime head coach Steve Spurrier walked away in midseason with the team struggling — was South Carolina’s first since going 5-7 under Lou Holtz in 2003.
Spurrier led the Gamecocks to seven straight bowl games from 2008 through 2014, winning the last four postseason games including the 2014 Independence Bowl the last time South Carolina qualified. “I know what it’s like to miss a bowl,” said Zandi, among 20 seniors who’ll be honored in their final home game. “I’m not watching bowl games from my house this year.” The Gamecocks have had a couple of good, strong, focused days of work prepping for Western Carolina, which has lost seven of its past eight games. The Catamounts problems this season don’t matter, said center Alan Knott. There’s only one goal the players discuss. “We’ve got to get our sixth win this week, we’ve got to get bowl eligible,” Knott said. “That’s what we’re working for.”
JONATHAN ALLEN, DL, ALABAMA (2 POINTS)
CHARLOTTE — Cam Newton said NFL players are “owed” the opportunity to celebrate after big plays. The reigning Most Valuable Player said Tuesday he has no idea if the NFL’s sinking TV ratings early this season are tied to the league’s crackdown on celebrations, but the man who made “the dab” famous agrees with others players that they should be allowed to express themselves. “The league has to understand it’s entertaining to see that,” Newton said. Newton, whose Panthers host the New Orleans Saints on Thursday night, said he tuned into Monday night’s game to see how New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. would celebrate if he scored a touchdown. Beckham didn’t disappoint, doing his best impersonation of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” dance, prompting a giddy Newton to imitate Beckham’s dance from behind the podium. Beckham wasn’t flagged for excessive celebration, but some players have been this season. “If it was up to me, there would be no type of....” Newton said, before breaking into a wide smile. “You’re asking a person who celebrates. But it’s fun. It’s like when a person gets a sack, I try not to look to see what they do, but it’s all in the game.” Newton grew up in Atlanta watching Deion Sanders highstep into the end zone and still remembers wanting to wear a bandanna like the old Miami Dolphins so he could look cool. Given how hard NFL players work leading up to games — “we’re here until 10 at night and back in at 6 a.m.,” he said — they deserve to let loose when a play goes as planned. “All of that bottled up inside of you and being able to do exactly what you planned
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FROM PAGE B1 There is little question that Ohio State would have the best overall resume in the Big Ten, and maybe one of the best resume’s in the country, if it wins out. But would not winning the conference keep the Buckeyes out the way it did last season? A Penn State loss in the next couple of weeks would clear things up, but the Nittany Lions play Rutgers on Saturday and finish at home against Michigan State. They will be heavy favorites in both games. A possible solution for the Buckeyes and the selection committee: If Oklahoma wins the Big 12 and Wisconsin wins the Big Ten, the Buckeyes would have a victory over both. Problem solved. If Penn State wins the Big Ten and the other Power Five conferences have champions with one-loss or less (i.e. Clemson in the ACC, Washington in the Pac-12, West Vir-
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Carolina quarterback Cam Newton (1) celebrates a touchdown against Kansas City on Sunday in Charlotte.
and foresaw yourself doing, you are owed something,” Newton said. “Some people let it out with a celebration. Some people let it out in different way. It’s a give and take thing. But it’s kind of reciprocated feeling when a fan goes to see their favorite player and sees them celebrating.” Newton said people stop him all of the time out when he’s out in public and want to talk about his first down celebrations or doing the “dab” after a touchdown — mostly stuff that doesn’t involve actual plays on the field. “The little nuances of the game, people can’t get enough of,” Newton said. “I know I can’t.”
NOTES Panthers center Ryan Kalil and linebacker Shaq Thompson were full participants in practice Tuesday after missing the last two game with injuries. Left tackle Michael Oher remains out with a concussion.
ginia in the Big 12 and Alabama in the SEC) we’ll see just how much that conference championship is worth.
THE LOUISVILLE PROBLEM The Cardinals’ hurdle could be even more difficult to clear than the Buckeyes’. Without a Clemson loss at Wake Forest on Saturday, Louisville can’t get to the ACC championship game because of its loss to the Tigers in early October. Unlike the Buckeyes, who could have wins over Oklahoma, Wisconsin and Michigan, Louisville will put forth a resume that would include one marquee victory: a demolition of Florida State in September that might have been the most impressive performance of any team this season. A possible path the Cardinals: The Pac-12 picks itself apart and produces a champion with at least two losses and the Big 12 does the same. Even then Louisville might have to make a case against a Wisconsin team with a Big Ten championship and a victory against 16th-ranked LSU.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF RANKINGS Team Record 1. Alabama 10-0 2. Ohio State 9-1 3. Michigan 9-1 4. Clemson 9-1 5. Louisville 9-1 6. Washington 9-1 7. Wisconsin 8-2 8. Penn State 8-2 9. Oklahoma 8-2 10. Colorado 8-2 11. Oklahoma State 8-2 12. Utah 8-2 13. Southern Cal 7-3 14. West Virginia 8-1 15. Auburn 7-3 16. LSU 6-3 17. Florida State 7-3
18. Nebraska 19. Tennessee 20. Boise State 21. Western Michigan 22. Washington State 23. Florida 24. Stanford 25. Texas A&M
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Goose Creek DL Kinlaw decommits from USC Longtime University of South Carolina football commitment DL Javon Kinlaw, the Shrine Bowler from Goose Creek who played this season for Jones Junior College in Mississippi, announced on Twitter on Monday that he is decommitting and opening his recruiting back up. Kinlaw committed to South Carolina head coach Will Muschamp last December and the Gamecocks devised a plan for him to enroll early at Jones so that he could get out this May and only use one year of eligibility. All along the expectations by all have been for Kinlaw to go to USC, and he repeatedly reaffirmed his commitment over the season, but he said on Monday those expectations are what drove him to decommit. “When I was on the phone with coach Muschamp, he was just making feel like I owe him something,” Kinlaw said. “Just talking like, we sent you here, we did this and we did that, that’s what really just drove me away from them. I didn’t like the way he was stating stuff. I understand they definitely did a lot of things for me but I’m just saying you can’t just rub it in my face like that.” Kinlaw said he first texted Muschamp with the news of his decommitment and then the two had a long conversation about it. Kinlaw said the push from those he knows about going to USC ultimately got to him. “It’s the same thing with certain people just making me feel like I owe coach Muschamp and them something, I owe South Carolina something. Just a lot of people driving me away, making me feel like they own my life or something. People back home. I didn’t really feel bothered by it until I told coach Muschamp how I felt about it and he just talked to me the way he did.” Despite all that, Kinlaw said he “definitely” will still consider USC, but he’s not sure at this point if Muschamp will continue to recruit him. “We’re just not seeing eye to eye right,” he said. “I definitely care (that Muschamp continues to recruit him).” Kinlaw has not set up any official visits yet but he has said that along with USC he wants to visit Alabama, Maryland, Tennessee and Louisville. Former USC commitment OL TJ Moore of Charlotte is
once again considering the Gamecocks. Moore committed to the Gamecocks in August and decommitted in Phil Kornblut October saying at that RECRUITING time he needCORNER ed to take a step back and re-evaluate his recruiting. For a while, the relationship between Moore and the Gamecocks cooled off, but as the Gamecock football team has heated up with three straight wins before Saturday, so has the relationship with Moore. He has been keeping in touch with the coaching staff and has scheduled an official visit for Jan. 13. “I have to talk with Coach Muschamp but I have been talking with the coaching staff frequently,” Moore said. “Nothing’s really changed. They still want me there, they still want me to be a Gamecock and everything is still the same.” As for his other offers, many schools have been reaching out to Moore. He said some new schools are in the mix that were not there before, including Oregon, Louisville and Virginia Tech. Moore knows he will take official visits to Louisville and Tennessee. He’s planned to take an unofficial visit to Virginia Tech on Saturday for the Georgia Tech game. Several players from Stockbridge, Ga. were at South Carolina for the Missouri game including defensive backs Yusuf Corker and Shakur Brown. Both have held USC offers for months and both have the Gamecocks high up on their lists. In fact, Corker said the Gamecocks are leading for him. Corker has visited USC over five times unofficially and he rated this last visit a 9.5 out of 10. Corker is still talking to coaches at Tennessee, Michigan State, Virginia, West Virginia, Vanderbilt and Kentucky. He has official visits planned to Michigan State on Nov. 19, Vanderbilt on Nov. 26, and Kentucky on Dec. 3. He said South Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia are recruiting him the hardest right now. Corker is still planning to announce his decision on his birthday, Dec. 26. Brown said he also got the chance to walk with defensive coordinator Travaris Robin-
OBITUARIES THADIS ROGER REED Thadis Roger Reed, 57, died on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, at his residence in Sumter. Born in Sumter County, he was a son of the late Vermelle Cain Reed and Samuel Reed. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be placed on his tribute page found at www.PalmerMemorialChapel. com.
SPILMAN J. SHARPE Spilman Jarome Sharpe, 52, departed this earthly life on Friday, Nov. 11, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey. Born on July 26, 1964, in Brooklyn, New York, he was a son of the late Richard Sharpe and Wilhelmenia Young Dinkins-Sharpe. He was educated in the public schools of Brooklyn. Upon the death of his mother, he moved to Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, to live with his sister Earnestine. After a short period of time, he returned to New York. During early 2014, he moved to Sumter to be with his family. He leaves to cherish his memories: two brothers, Henry (Rosemaria) Dinkins of Dalzell and Richard (Carol) Sharpe Jr. of Brooklyn; four sisters, Christina Young (Charles) Weedon of San Angelo, Texas, Rose Marie Sharpe-Colter of Brooklyn, Earnestine (Isaac) Dinkins of Rembert and Deborah Sharpe of Sumter; one uncle, Robert (Elizabeth) Young of St. Albany, New York; three aunts,
Bernice Young-Chadwick and Millie Young Pratt, both of Brooklyn, and Agnes L. Young of Sumter; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Memorial services will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday at John Wesley Williams Sr. Memorial Chapel, Williams Funeral Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., Sumter, with the Rev. Frank Williams Jr. officiating. The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home of his brother, Henry Dinkins, 2920 Crest Haven Drive, Dalzell. Services directed by the management and staff of Williams Funeral Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., Sumter. Online memorial messages may be sent to the family at williamsfuneralhome@sc.rr. com. Visit us on the Web at www. WilliamsFuneralHomeInc. com.
MELBURN JONES Melburn Jones departed this life on Nov. 7, 2016. He was born on March 5, 1951, to the late Mulburn and Bernell Singleton Jones. He was educated in the public schools of New York, New York, and Sumter. After graduating from high school, he joined the United States Marines Corps, serving 23 years of service. During his tour, he served in California, Philippines and in Jacksonville, North Carolina. While he was stationed in Jacksonville, he
son and head coach Will Muschamp during his visit for the Missouri game. “They were saying I would be a great asset to them and I also would be playing both sides of the ball,” said Brown, who added that the Gamecocks would take a commitment from him whenever he’s ready to give one. Brown has not scheduled any official visits and he’s looking at USC, Virginia Tech, North Carolina, West Virginia, Kentucky and Alabama for potential visits. He’s also been to Tennessee for a game this season. Brown said right now he favors Virginia Tech pretty big over West Virginia with USC third on his list. USC target OL Jerry Drake Jr. of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., was scheduled for an official visit to Oklahoma over the weekend. He has taken officials to USC and Tennessee and is scheduled for one to Mississippi State this weekend. DB Naytron Culpepper of Miami has been favoring USC ever since his official visit on Oct. 22 and the Gamecocks remain the team to beat for him as he prepares to take other official visits. He is set to visit Michigan State on Nov. 19. He’s also looking at Maryland, Utah, Mississippi State and Indiana for his other official visits.
CLEMSON DB Xavier McKinney of Roswell, Ga., made his official visit to Clemson during the weekend. That was his first official visit and he is now Clemson’s top safety target left on the board. McKinney also visited Clemson unofficially earlier in the season. He is scheduled to visit Alabama this coming weekend and Ohio State on Nov. 26. He also has Georgia and Florida in his top five. Also taking official visits to Clemson over the weekend were commitments DE Logan Rudolph, DB Baylor Spector and OL Blake Vinson. Clemson also had on campus for an unofficial visit committed RB Cordarrion Richardson of Memphis, Tenn., who made his first appearance since his visit last March when he committed. One of the most coveted targets left for Clemson this recruiting season is LB Drew Singleton of Paramus, N.J. The highly touted Singleton, who missed most of the season with a torn ACL, had thought about visiting the Ti-
retired and was employed with Camp Lejeune as a wastewater treatment specialist for more than 20 years. Melburn was married to Nellie Lang and to that union one child was born, Sherriel Jones (Mailo) Stitch of Douglasville, Georgia. Survivors also include one adopted daughter, Desiree Jones of Jacksonville; two granddaughters, Asia Williams and Sunday Jones; two sisters, Dorothy Ann Jones Gillard and Pamela (Fred) Wilder; four brothers, James (Dorothy) Maple, George (Virginia) Maple, Gregory (Charlie Mae) Jones and Roger Jones, all of Sumter; two sisters-in-law, Maggie Jones of Summerville and Norma Maple of Sumter; best friend / caregiver, Patricia Peray Johnson of Jacksonville; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Shirley A. Jones and Valeria Jones Fields; three brothers, Frank W.L. Jones, Freddie Pringle and Thomas Maple; and one nephew, Alvin Fields. Public viewing will be held
gers officially during the season, but his coach said Singleton won’t make it down until January. “It’s always a positive conversation when we discuss Clemson,” coach Dan Sabella said. “I don’t think a ton has changed since the summer. There’s been a couple of schools at the top of Drew’s list that he thinks very highly of and it’s probably going to be a tough decision for him.” Singleton will also take an official visit to Michigan probably in December and possibly one to California according to Sabella, who added that Singleton’s rehab of the knee is ahead of schedule. As for his defensive tackle Corey Bolds, Sabella said Clemson does not appear to be much of a factor at this point. He had a good official visit to Penn State last weekend and is also looking at visiting California with Singleton. He’s also looking hard at Rutgers.
2018 RECRUITS LB Alim McNeill of Raleigh, N.C., visited Clemson Saturday. He was at Duke Thursday night for the North Carolina game. He has offers from Boston College and Tulane and is also hearing from Ole Miss, Appalachian State, Washington State and Florida Atlantic. Also making unofficial visits to Clemson Saturday were RB Lyn-J Dixon of Butler, Ga., DL Josh Belk of Lewisville, LB Eriq Gilyard of Jacksonville, Fla., DB Israel Mukuamu of Berkeley, and OL Blaine Scott of Portsmouth, Ohio. Also at Clemson Saturday was 2019 OL Kameron McCray of Fort Dorchester. DB Tyler Gore of North Myrtle Beach planned to be at Clemson on Saturday. DE Xavier Thomas of Wilson visited Florida on Saturday for the USC game. TE Gavin Schoenwald (6foot-5, 225 pounds) of Nashville now has three SEC offers after picking one up from USC. WR Jordyn Adams of Blythewood made an unofficial visit to Clemson for the Syracuse game. TE Brandon Shellnut of Snellville, Ga., was at Clemson for the Syracuse game. He’s also hearing from USC but hasn’t visited there yet. TE Josh Lifson of Louisville, Ky., was at Clemson for the Syracuse game. Lifson has an offer from Tennessee Tech.
from 2 to 6 p.m. today at Job’s Mortuary. Mr. Jones will be placed in the church at noon on Thursday for viewing until the hour of service. Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday at Salem Chapel & Heritage Center, 101 S. Salem Ave., Sumter, with Elder Dorothy Maple officiating. Interment will be held on Friday at Coastal Carolina Veterans Cemetery, Jacksonville. The family will be receiving friends at 4160 Patriot Parkway, Sumter. Job’s Mortuary is in charge of arrangements, 312 S. Main St., Sumter.
JOSEPH OSBORNE JR. Joseph Osborne Jr., 51, husband of Eula Dinkins Osborne, died on Monday, Nov. 14, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey. Born on Aug. 25, 1965, in Sumter County, he was a son of Joseph E. and Christine Ellerbe Osborne. The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home, 3265 Deer Track Circle, Dalzell. Funeral arrangements are
OL Collyn Richardson of Airport was at Clemson for the Syracuse game. He has not been offered. P/PK Camden Wise of Blacksburg, Va., was at Clemson for the Syracuse game. The Tigers have not offered but are showing interest, and likewise, he’s interested in them. DE Drew Tuazama of Knightdale, N.C., was at Clemson for the Syracuse game. LB Zakoby McClain of Valdosta, Ga., is getting some interest from Clemson and USC. His offers included Maryland, Nebraska, Tennessee, Wisconsin, South Florida and Cincinnati. USC offered 2020 OL Jake Wray of Franklin, Tenn.
BASKETBALL USC gained the signature of 6-3 guard David Beatty of Philadelphia to close out the four man early recruiting class for Frank Martin. Beatty picked the Gamecocks over Indiana, Georgetown and Maryland. Beatty made his official visit to USC in late October and said he knew after that visit there was a good chance he would be returning for good. “It’s just an amazing feeling knowing I can be part of something special,” Beatty said Monday night. “Frank Martin is a great guy and he’s planning big things for Columbia.” Last season Beatty averaged 21 points, six rebounds and six assists per game. With the Gamecocks losing their starting backcourt after this season, Beatty also was attracted by the opportunity for early playing time. Beatty joins 7-1 Jason Cudd, 6-10 Felipe Haase and 6-7 Ibrahim Doumbia as Martin’s early signees. Clemson head coach Brad Brownell filled out his early signing group last week by inking 6-4 Clyde Trapp Jr. of Lower Richland. He chose the Tigers over USC, Charlotte, Georgia Tech and Rice. Also joining the Tigers will be 6-6 Malik William of Orlando, Fla., 6-7 Aamir Simms of Dyke, Va., and 6-3 AJ Oliver of Daniel who will enroll in January and redshirt the second half of the season. The South Carolina women signed 6-1 Elisia Grissett of Durham, N.C,. 6-2 LaDazhia Williams of Bradenton, Fla., 5-11 Bianca Jackson of Montgomery, Ala., and 5-9 Haley Troup of Gadsden, Ala.
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HERMAN M. MCCOY Herman Marion McCoy, 88, died on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016, at her home. Born on Feb. 7, 1928, in Rembert, she was a daughter of Wallace Atkinson and Nancy Green. The family will receive friends at the home, 2422 Peach Orchard Road. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Williams Funeral Home Inc.
DORENTHA A. BURGESS Dorentha Ann Burgess, 48, died on Monday, Nov. 14, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey. Born on Feb. 2, 1968, in Sumter County, she was a daughter of Ruth Alston Burgess. The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home, 350 Harmony Court, Apartment 41, Sumter. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Williams Funeral Home Inc.
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It’s Hall of Fame for Second Nature band Beach music group originated in Sumter BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com
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music band that has its origins in Sumter, was inducted into the Carolinas Beach Music Association Hall of Fame in Myrtle Beach Friday night. Tommie "TJ" James, the sole remaining member of the original group, was inducted as an individual in 2004. James, the manager, keyboardist and the only original member still with the band, now lives in Camden with his wife, Barbara Freed James, but he said he still loves performing in Sumter, where he, Hank Martin, Buzz Arledge and Charles Stafford, all
members of Edmunds High School's Class of 1962, played together and ultimately formed Second Nature in 1971. Archie Jordan and Tom Graham, a Columbia native, were also original members. The list of bands the various musicians played in, both together and separately, starting in high school, should be familiar to local beach music lovers. They include The Sensational Epics, The Cobras, The Marquis, The Duprees, The Nomads, The Villagers, The Footnotes and others. James recounted the band's history last week in preparation for the Hall of Fame ceremony. He said Second Nature started when he was in the 11th grade at Edmunds (Sumter) High School, singing in the school chorus with Hank Martin, who was also in his homeroom. Martin "was playing in a band from Bishopville and wanted to start a new one in Sumter and asked me if I would consider joining it on
piano and vocals," James said. "After school one day in September 1960, I watched his Bishopville band perform live on a Columbia TV station where they sang 'In the Still of the Night,' covering a hit version by The 5 Satins, and thought that was very cool. So I told Hank I would give it a try." That first Sumter-based band was The Marquis, comprising James on piano and vocals, Martin on guitar and vocals, John Andersen on guitar and vocals and David Mims on drums. James said some of the group's "most memorable (gigs) were on Friday nights after home football games attended mostly by our friends and fellow students." The Marquis disbanded when Andersen graduated high school and joined the military, but Martin and James joined The Nomads their senior year; by their final semester of high school in 1962, the name had been changed to The Duprees,
The Marquis, a Sumterbased band that played around town for dances and other occasions in the 1960s, was a precursor of Second Nature, which was inducted into the Carolinas Beach Music Academy (CBMA) Hall of Fame in North Myrtle Beach. This photo of several of the Marquis was taken at an Edmunds High School class reunion in 2003. From left are Tommie “TJ” James, Hank Martin, John Andersen and David Mims.
The original members of Second Nature pose for a publicity shot in 1971. From left, they are Buzz Arledge, Charles Stafford, Tommie James, Hank Martin, Archie Jordan and Tom Graham. James is the only original member still with the band, playing keyboards, singing and as manager.
which played through the summer and also disbanded, after playing two three-night bookings at the Myrtle Beach Pavilion on the big stage often called The Magic Attic. Most of the musicians "continued to hone their musical and vocal skills with other bands during college and later," James said. In the summer of 1970, when he was playing with another group, he said, "Hank and guitarist Archie Jordan approached me ... about starting a new group. ... Archie said he used to ride his bicycle over to Hank's house on Baldwin Drive and listen outside while we rehearsed and eventually started a Sumter group called The Cobras." It was almost 46 years ago, in January 1971, that Second Nature began performing at private events, also recording extensively; the band's 1973 cover of "Sixty Minute Man" was a regional hit, and two years later they released their first album, "Second Nature, Volume 1." James said the decade ended with three of the band members having moved to
Nashville and establishing successful music careers. James has continued his association with Second Nature as keyboardist and manager, keeping the band going with new musicians, adding horns and new Rhythm and Blues songs, now often called beach music. Other significant recordings include the 1982 collaboration with Warren Moise and General Johnson, the hit "Christmas, The Best Time of the Year." It was the first beach music-style Christmas song ever recorded. The single "Who's That Guy" was a top 10 hit in 1985, as was "Only You Will Do" in 2002; this song was written by Jordan and received seven CBMA award nominations. Second Nature's 2007 top 10 hit "Just Another Day in the Breeze" featured vocalist April Amick Caughman, whose 2012 song "Missing You" was no. 1 on the beach music chart. You can learn more about Second Nature on its website, www.secondnature-sc.com and find lists of the CBMA Hall of Fame at www.cammy.org.
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BBC America’s ‘Undercover’ is all over the place BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH Even fans of slow-building dramas may find the six-part “Undercover” (8 p.m., 9 p.m. and 10 p.m., BBC America, TV-14) a bit of a challenge. For starters, it’s all over the place. We first see passionate lawyer Maya Cobbina (Sophie Okonedo) racing to avert an execution in what looks like Louisiana. Not only do we have the ticking clock of a death row appeal, she has a cellphone mishap in the middle of the highway and doesn’t see a tractor-trailer heading straight for her car. These narrative tensionbuilders might distract us from some obvious questions. Why does American prisoner Rudy Jones (Dennis Haysbert) have a London-based lawyer? Just as Maya avoids the onrushing truck, Rudy miraculously survives a lethal injection and lives to fight another legal battle. So naturally, Maya returns to London. Huh? Here the real story begins. It seems she’s been fighting to find the killer of a political activist. We soon learn that her defense work on behalf of antiracist organizers inspired a secret police group to insinuate an undercover agent into her life. And it turns out the sleeper cell is in her own bed. How will she react when she learns that her husband, Nick (Adrian Lester), has been lying to her for two decades? And how will it affect her case? And what does this have to do with a death row case in the American South? “Undercover” is a smart show that fleshes out the conspiracy with many human touches, like Nick’s relationships with his autistic son and with his dying father, a man who doesn’t even know about Nick’s wife and family. Nick has certainly invested in his story for the long haul. Will viewers feel the same? • As in sitcoms of old, a popular character gets his own spin-off show. “Going Si-ral” (9:30 p.m., A&E, TV-PG) continues the shenanigans from “Duck Dynasty” (9 p.m., A&E, TV-PG). It’s like “Rhoda” in camo. • Ali Wentworth (“In Living Color”) returns in “Nightcap” (8 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., Pop, TV-14). She plays the overworked talent booker for a talk show. Not
as smart or as subtle as “The Larry Sanders Show,” which worked this territory two decades ago. • The new six-part series “Polar Bear Town” (8 p.m., Smithsonian) takes a fairly lighthearted documentary approach to remote Churchill, Manitoba, home to 1,000 migrating polar bears and a magnet for throngs of adventurers and tourists. • The concluding episode of “NOVA: Treasures of the Earth” (9 p.m., PBS, TV-G, check local listings) examines the science behind fossil fuels. • Set in the high-end art world, “The Art of More” begins streaming a second season on Crackle. The AT&T Audience Channel on DirecTV premieres “ICE” (8 p.m., TV-14), a family melodrama set in some of the darker corners of the diamond business.
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LATE NIGHT Wesley Lowery is booked on “The Daily Show With Trevor Noah” (11 p.m., Comedy Central) * Marion Cotillard, Dev Patel and Dwight Yoakam are
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Filmmaker Bruce Brown documents two Californians as they surf all over the world in the 1966 hit “The Endless Summer” (8 p.m., TCM). A very profitable surprise hit, the film demonstrated how nonfiction films tightly focused on a particular subculture could attract a wide audience. Music by The Sandals.
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eaves are changing, the weather is cooling, and the smell of fall lingers in the
air. Pumpkins are appearing on doorsteps and families are beginning to plan their Thanksgiving menus. Pecan pie should always be on the list. Pecan pie can be difficult to describe. It's not a fruit pie or a cream pie, and it's not a traditional custard. It falls into a loosely defined category most familiar to our Southern friends — the sugar pie. Sugar pies can be found in many styles and variations, but at its roots, a sugar pie is a single-crust pie with a baked filling of sugar, eggs and flavorings. The sugar used can be granulated sugar, brown sugar, corn syrup, maple syrup, honey or molasses, depending on what you want your standout flavors to be. Pecan pies are commonly made with corn syrup, which lends a neutral flavor that helps the nuttiness of the pecans shine through, but substituting maple syrup can give richness and complexity without altering the texture. Because the filling of sugar pies can be very soft, the pecans play an important textural role. These nuts can be added whole, chopped or a combination of both. They will soak up some of the filling, which will make them tender enough to cut with a fork, but with enough bite to contrast the soft, creamy filling. And what are rich pecans and a sweet filling without a flaky, buttery pie crust? Our all-butter crust is partially baked before filling, which helps keep it crisp despite the wet interior. Experiment with decorative borders and crimping to make your pie stand out on a crowded table. Pecan pies are simple to prepare (easy as pie!), but it can be tough to determine when your pie is done. Sugar pie fillings won't always look perfectly firm when they are still hot in the oven. You will notice that the edges of the filling, just along the crust, will be a little bit puffy — like a soufflé — even when the interior still appears slightly wet and jiggly. This is a good indicator that your pie is ready.
PECAN PIE Makes one single-crusted 9-inch pie Active time: 40 minutes. Inactive time: 1 1/2 hours to overnight. 1 recipe single-crust pie dough 1 1/2 cups toasted pecan halves 1/2 cup tightly packed light brown sugar 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour 3/4 cup light corn syrup 3 large eggs, lightly beaten 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, melted and cooled 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1/4 teaspoon salt Preheat the oven to 400 F. Roll out the pie dough and use it to line a 9-inch pie pan. Partially blind bake the crust. Let cool to room temperature in the pan on a rack before filling. Keep the oven temperature at 400 F. Spread the nuts in an even layer over the bottom of the partially baked pie shell. Stir the brown sugar and flour together in a mixing bowl until well blended. Add the corn syrup, eggs, butter, vanilla extract and salt and blend well. Pour the mixture over the nuts, disturbing the nuts as little as possible. Place the pie on a baking sheet and bake until the center is softly set, 30-35 minutes. Let the pie rest for at least 20 minutes before slicing. Serve warm or at room temperature.
ALL BUTTER PIE CRUST An all-purpose buttery and flaky pie pastry made with all butter. The key to the flakiness is threefold — the size of the butter pieces; the proper mixing of the dough, which prevents the fat from completely blending into the flour; and keeping the butter cold throughout mixing. Makes two 11-inch rounds. 3 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon granulated sugar 11 tablespoons unsalted butter, cold, cut into 3/4-inch cubes 1/2 cup water, ice cold, more as needed To make by hand: Combine the flour, salt, and sugar in a large bowl and scatter the butter pieces over the dry ingredients. Using a pastry blender, or, rubbing the mixture between your fingers, work quickly to cut or rub the butter into the dry ingredients until it is in pieces the size of small hazelnuts. Sprinkle half the ice-cold water over the butter mixture. Using your hands or a rubber spatula, lightly toss the dry mixture until the dough just begins to hold together. Continue to add water in small amounts until it becomes a rough but pliable dough. The dough should just hold together when pressed to the side of the bowl. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured work surface and divide into two portions. Shape the dough into 5- to 6-inch diameter flat, round disks and wrap them tightly in plastic wrap. Chill the dough in the refrigerator for at least 45 minutes to two hours or preferably overnight. To make using a food processor:
Combine the flour, salt, and sugar in the bowl of the food processor fitted with the steel cutting blade and process for a few seconds to combine. Place the bowl in the freezer for 30 minutes, or until the ingredients and the bowl are well chilled. With the food processor off, add half of the cold butter and pulse 3-5 seconds, or until rough and pebbly. Add the remaining cold butter and pulse 4-5 seconds, or until the mixture appears rough, with irregular pieces of butter approximately the size of small walnuts. Sprinkle approximately half of the ice-cold water over the dry mixture with the food processor off. Pulse the processor for 3-5 seconds, or until just combined. Check the dough by pressing it to the side of the bowl; if it does not hold together, add a small amount of the water and check again. When the mixture is pressed to the side of the bowl and it presses together and stays together, remove it from the bowl and turn it out onto a lightly floured work surface. Do not allow the mixture to form a ball or mass of dough in the bowl; if you allow this to occur, you have overmixed the dough and it will be tough. Divide the dough into two portions and shape it into 5- to 6-inch diameter flat, round disks. Wrap the disks tightly in plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for at least 45 minutes to two hours or preferably overnight, or until firm. To make using a stand mixer: Combine the flour, salt, and sugar in the bowl of the mixer and place in the freezer for 30 minutes, or until the bowl and ingredients are well chilled. Remove the bowl from the freezer and place on the mixer. Using the paddle attachment, blend the dry ingredients on low speed for 15 seconds, or until combined. With the mixer off, add the butter pieces to the mixing bowl and then combine on medium speed for 1-2 minutes, or until the butter is in pieces no larger than small walnuts, but no smaller than peas. Sprinkle approximately half of the ice-cold water over the dry mixture and blend on low speed for 30-60 seconds, or until just combined. Continue to add the liquid in small amounts until the mixture transitions from a slightly powdery appearance with chunks of butter, to a gravelly rough dough. When the dough just holds together when pressed to the side of the bowl, remove from the bowl and turn out onto a lightly floured work surface. At this stage, do not add too much liquid or overwork the dough, as it will cause your crust to become tough. Divide the dough into two portions and shape it into 5- to 6-inch diameter flat, round disks. Wrap the disks tightly in plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for at least 45 minutes to two hours or preferably overnight, or until firm. Nutrition information per serving: 703 calories; 353 calories from fat; 40 g fat (6 g saturated; 1 g trans fats); 138 mg cholesterol; 416 mg sodium; 80 g carbohydrate; 4 g fiber; 40 g sugar; 10 g protein.
This article was provided to The Associated Press by The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York. This recipe also can be found in The Culinary Institute of America's cookbooks, "Baking at Home" and "Pies and Tarts."
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