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Sumter man gives 12-year-old weed Sheriff ’s office says 20-year-old wanted middle school student to sell marijuana

BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com A Sumter man is charged with supplying marijuana to a sixth-grade Furman Middle School student for distri-

bution turned himself in at Sumter County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday.

Kenneth B. Clark, 20, of 4190 Jennifer Court, is charged with distribution of a controlled substance to a person under the age of 18 and contributing

to the delinquency of a minor for his connection in the distribution of marijuana between two sixth-grade female students. The charges were filed by the sheriff’s office and a Furman Middle School resource officer, respectively.

Clark has been transported to Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center.

According to a report from the middle school’s resource officer, Clark

provided the marijuana to one of the sixth-grade students who in turn gave the drug to a fellow schoolmate on March 22. Both students are 12 years old.

The resource officer’s report states the investigation started after a third student informed the seventh-grade assistant principal that a sixth-grade

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Volunteer puts in 40-hour week at local hospital

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Zaria Baker, 9, keeps the sun off while roller skating on her grandfather’s driveway on Victory Drive on Wednesday. Baker is staying with her grandparents during spring break.

As a volunteer at Palmetto Health Tuomey, Tim Tidwell averages about 40 hours a week. He is the first one in at work in the morning and oftentimes the last one out at the hospital’s Wound Healing Center.

April is National Volunteer Month, and Tidwell is one of 210 volunteers at the Sumter hospital. He is the only volunteer, however, who works a week that is equivalent to a full-time employee, said Beth Fordham, manager of patient relations and volunteer services.

Fordham said it is unusual for a volunteer to put in as many hours a week as Tidwell does, averaging about 1,000 hours per year.

“I get paid each day not in money but in the personal reward I receive in helping people,” Tidwell said. “If I can put a smile on one person’s face, I know that I’ve done something good for somebody.”

Tidwell, 69, works with the staff at the Wound Healing Center, which specializes in the treatment of chronic wounds and nonresponsive conditions, offering hospital-based outpatient wound care and hyperbaric oxygen therapy, disease management and diabetes care.

His duties include keeping the rooms clean, stocking the shelves with linen and supplies and greeting and guiding patients to the examination rooms.

The center sees about 150 patients per week, and Tidwell knows most of

them by name. He helps keep the office running smoothly and knows exactly which nurses are in which room at any given time, said Stacie Bryant, clinical coordinator of the center.

“Mr. Tim is a major part of our team,” Bryant said.

“He has everything ready for us when we start and helps to keep us organized.

If he’s not here, which is rare, patients start asking where he is. He is loved here.”

Tidwell moved to Sumter as a child. His father was in the Air Force stationed at Shaw Air Force Base. He was raised on a farm in the Wedgefield area, and that is where, he said, he learned what hard work is all about.

After graduating from Hillcrest High School in 1965, Tidwell attended Nashville Auto Diesel College. He spent most of his career working as a machine operator for Crescent Tool, later renamed Cooper Tool, and today Apex Tool, in Sumter.

Punctuality and hard work has always been his motto, Tidwell said. In his 35 years at the job, he said he was late only one time and by only one minute.

After retiring in 2012, Tidwell said he had to find something productive and rewarding to do, so he decided to become a volunteer at the hospital.

He has brought his hardworking ethic to volunteering. In the four years he’s been a volunteer, Tidwell has only missed work when he had health issues, he said. The first one was

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Chamber Gala set for Thursday at Sunset Country Club

BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com Ray Tanner, athletics director for University of South Carolina will be the keynote speaker at the Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Gala from 6 to 10 p.m. Thursday, at Sunset Country Club, 1005 Golfcrest

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Road. Chamber Vice President of Operations Nicole Milligan said the chamber decided to have the awards presentations at a local event so it would be more accessible to members and the community.

“In addition to our established awards such as Outstanding Achievement and the coveted Business Person

of the Year, we added some extras to help us give more back and recognize more of our members who make important contributions to the community,” Milligan said. “We’re excited to add the Young Professional of the Year and the Non-Profit of the Year to our lineup.

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preciation presentation as well, she said.

“Plus, we have a great keynote speaker, especially for us Gamecock fans,” Milligan said. “Ray Tanner, head of the athletics department at USC, will be joining us for the evening.”

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Policing with patience and encouragement

BY TONYIA M. MCGIRT Sumter Police Department When students return to school Monday, they’ll likely have lots of stories to tell.

Stories about where they went, what they did, new experiences, boyfriend and girlfriend drama, family fun and crises — whatever several days off from school might have rendered.

Some of those stories will be shared in the classroom; some in the hallways or school grounds. Other students will take a more private approach. And, a few might act out in ways that might not be considered appropriate.

At Sumter High School, there are at least two adults outside of faculty and staff who students can trust to listen and offer sound advice and, when necessary, take appropriate action.

The primary role of School Resource Officers Fransetta Gadson and

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Senior Cpl. Ben Stiles and Patrolwoman Fransetta Gadson serve as School Resource Officers at Sumter High School, where they maintain a safe environment as well as encourage students.

Ben Stiles is to maintain safety to the students and the adults charged with their education and wellbeing.

Equally important, they provide a positive, more realistic view of po-

lice officers.

“It’s giving them another look at police officers instead of (the image of) taking them to jail,” said Gadson, who has been at Sumter High for the past three years. “You can work with them before getting to that point.”

“It’s a different style of policing,” said Stiles, a veteran officer who is in his first year. “Patience is a huge part.”

“Here it’s working one-on-one with kids; it’s more about having an open door,” Stiles said. “Hey, what can we do to make your life better? It’s about building relationships.”

Gadson, Stiles and Pete Schmid, who serves as an SRO at Bates and Alice Drive Middle schools, will tell you they serve as counselors, aunt, uncles, parents and grandparents to some of the youth they encounter.

Even outside of work, they can be found at afterschool activities, such as sporting events, to support the students.

“We’re here to encourage them,”

Gadson said. “Sometimes they need to talk but can’t talk to momma or can’t talk to daddy, but we do advise them to talk to their parents.”

“Their presence goes a long way,” dsof Sumter High Principal Nicholas Pearson.

“We see people on their best days and worse days,” he said. “They (SROs) do a good job explaining that part to kids and parents.”

As parents, the officers bring their own experiences to the workplace.

Stiles is in the precarious position of having two of his own now attending Sumter High, and Gadson is mother to two adult daughters.

Since becoming an SRO, she has been able to watch students grow and mature from freshmen to seniors.

“They become more serious about school work and more focused about where they’re going,” Gadson said.

“That’s a lifetime bond,” Gadson said. “It’s a good feeling dealing with these kids because you know you’ve helped them in one way or another.”

Signs of hope in spring after dismal year Before Friday’s rains, a farmer on East Brewington Road was cutting last year’s cotton crop Thursday evening. The October 2015 flood wiped out most of the cotton harvest, and many fields have been too wet to plow. This farmer may have been preparing it for a new crop, but he certainly wasn’t harvesting the cotton.

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LOCAL BRIEFS FROM STAFF REPORTS

Brother and sister die in Richland County crash Two elderly siblings from Sumter County were killed in a motor vehicle wreck at about 4:46 p.m. Thursday on U.S. 601 in Richland County about 5 miles north of Eastover.

According to Lance Cpl. Matt Southern of the South Carolina Highway Patrol, the victims were in a 2013 Toyota minivan stopped at Community Pond Road. After stopping at the sign, the minivan failed to yield to a 2015 Freightliner tractor trailer southbound on U.S. 601.

Both occupants of the minivan were entrapped and died on scene. According to the Richland County Coro-

ner Gary Watts the victims were a brother and sister.

The driver, James Arthur Peagler, 79, of Dalzell, and his passenger, Jonell Peagler Weatherly, 78, of Oswego, died from blunt force trauma, Watts said. Both were wearing seat belts, according to the highway patrol.

The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating the incident.

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Man arrested for hitting woman in the face

Sumter County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 23-year-old man on Thursday pursuant to a warrant issued on March 28 alleging he hit a woman in the face.

Hospital reps to speak According to the warrant, at Visioning meeting Kevin R. Dixon, of 866 ManvilleThe regular monthly meetDIXON Wisacky Road in ing of Visioning in Progress Bishopville, will be held at 10 a.m. struck the victim Wednesday at the James Clyon the right side of her face burn Transportation Center during an argument while at a on South Harvin Street.

Representatives of Palmetto residence in the 2000 block of North Main Street in Sumter Health Tuomey will present on March 22. information that will benefit Dixon is charged with third Sumter and surrounding communities. The meeting is open degree domestic violence.

Group wants in on nuke fuel suit COLUMBIA (AP) — An economic development group is seeking to be part of South Carolina’s lawsuit against U.S. Department of Energy for the agency’s failure to meet a Jan. 1 nuclear fuel deadline.

South Carolina Alliance filed papers in federal court Thursday seeking to intervene. The group is a nonprofit that represents impoverished areas near the Savannah River Site and says it will be affected financially if the mixed-oxide project is completed or not.

The plant — which is behind schedule and billions over its original budget — is intended to turn weapons-grade plutonium into commercial nuclear reac-

tor fuel. It’s intended to help the United States fulfill an agreement with Russia to dispose of at least 34 metric tons apiece of weapons-grade plutonium, an amount of materials government officials say is enough for about 17,000 nuclear warheads.

Since the plant isn’t operating, by law the federal government was supposed to remove 1 metric ton of plutonium from South Carolina by Jan. 1 or pay $1 million a day for “economic and impact assistance,” up to $100 million yearly, until either the facility meets production goals or the plutonium is taken out of state for storage or disposal elsewhere.

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Hiring spurs more job hunts, jobless rate ticks up WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers shrugged off signs of weak growth and extended their long stretch of steady hiring in March, adding 215,000 jobs.

The unemployment rate ticked up — to 5 percent from 4.9 percent in February — but mostly for a good reason: More Americans came off the sidelines to look for work, though not all found jobs.

That is the fifth time in the past six months that the proportion of Americans working or looking for work has increased, an encouraging trend after that figure fell to four-decade lows last year. Many Americans, discouraged by a lack of available jobs, had given on their job hunts since the recession, while others stayed home to take care of family members. Many baby boomers have also been retiring.

“This is a vote of confidence on the part of workers regarding the health of the U.S. economy,” said Nariman Behravesh, chief economist at IHS. The data suggests that employers remain confident enough in their business prospects to add staff, even as overall growth has slowed since last winter. Many analysts estimate that the economy grew at a 1 percent annual rate or below in the first quarter.

Continuing job gains indicate that employers may see the slowdown as temporary.

The proportion of Americans with jobs rose to 59.9 percent, the fifth straight increase and highest level since March 2009 during the depths of the Great Recession. Still, that figure

remains far below its pre-recession level of 62.7 percent.

Kevin Wilson, CEO of Buzz Franchise Brands, says the growing economy is helping him expand. He plans to add eight more employees to his headquarters staff of 22 by the end of this year.

The company operates Mosquito Joe, a pest-control provider, and Pool Scouts, which provides pool-cleaning services. Wilson expects to hire more workers at the existing 113 Mosquito Joe franchises and open 58 new ones.

Those steps should create about 450 new jobs.

Wilson said both franchises are benefiting from retirements by wealthier baby boomers.

“With this aging population, a lot of these home services they are going to want to find people to do it for them,” he said.

Investors were initially unimpressed by the jobs figures, but stocks picked up in mid-day trading. The Dow Jones industrial average increased 27 points to 17,712.

Steady hiring is also contributing to somewhat higher pay. Average hourly wages rose 2.3 percent from a year earlier to $25.43. Annual wage gains have improved since the early years of the recovery, but they are below a peak of 2.6 percent reached in December.

Sluggish wage growth has been a weak spot in the economy and a source of frustration for many workers since the Great Recession ended in 2009. Paychecks typically grow at a 3.5

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That frustration has spilled into widespread demands for a higher minimum wage. California approved a measure this week to lift its minimum to $15 an hour by 2020, more than double the federal minimum of $7.25. New York lawmakers have also approved a $15 minimum that will phase in during many years.

Heavy hiring by low-wage employers is likely one driver behind the demands for greater pay. Retailers added 47,700 jobs last month and have created 358,000 in the past year. Hotels and restaurants gained 26,000 jobs in March.

That hiring has been offset by some higher-paying positions, including in construction, financial services and

professional and business services, which include engineers, accountants and architects.

Manufacturing, hit by slower growth overseas, posted another month of job losses. Mining, which includes the oil and gas drilling sector, also cut jobs. Low oil prices have cost the industry 185,000 jobs since September 2014.

With more Americans flooding into the work force, employers likely have more people to choose from when filling jobs. That takes the pressure off them to offer sharply higher wages.

Greater hiring can help fuel consumer spending, which is a critical source of growth this year. Other potential drivers of the economy, such as exports and business investment, have weakened.

Yet consumer spending has faltered since last winter after healthy gains in 2015. Spending ticked up just 0.1 percent in February for the third month in a row. That tepid trend caused many economists to slash their growth estimates for the first quarter.

Other economic data has been mixed.

Several reports suggest that manufacturers may be stabilizing after a difficult 2015, when weak overseas growth and the strong dollar hurt production.

Meanwhile, Americans have pulled back a bit from home-buying. Sales of existing homes fell a sharp 7.1 percent in February, held back by a lack of available supply that has pushed up prices.

Medicare opens new push on hip, knee replacement Florence, Charlotte among cities in which program will roll out WASHINGTON (AP) — From Akron to Tampa Bay, from New York City to San Francisco, Medicare on Friday launches an ambitious experiment changing how it pays for hip and knee replacements in an effort to raise quality and lower costs.

The idea is to follow patients more closely to smooth their recovery and head off unwanted complications that increase costs.

Hip and knee replacements are the most common inpatient surgery for beneficiaries, and Medicare will be using financial rewards and penalties to foster coordination among hospitals, doctors and rehab centers. Improved care should also reduce costs, the government says.

Hospitals are on board, but orthopedic surgeons have some qualms. Consumer groups will be watching closely.

The new system goes into place in 67 metro areas across the country that are home to millions of beneficiaries and around 800 hospitals. Similar experiments may be in store for other procedures, such as heart bypass surgery. It’s part of a broader effort under President Obama’s health care law to align traditional Medicare with changes pushing the U.S. health care system toward greater accountability.

Initially patients and families may not notice much beyond additional forms to sign from participating providers.

Patients can still choose their doctors and hospitals.

ONLINE List of participating metro areas: http://tinyurl.com/j7zbjpq

If the concept works, patients will see smoother coordination as they leave the hospital and take on the challenges of recovery and rehab, with measurably better results overall.

“There’s likely to be greater emphasis on communication and support to ensure that patients, once discharged, aren’t left to fend for themselves,” said Joshua Seidman of the consulting firm Avalere Health, which has been working with hospitals.

Hospitals are supportive, but surgeons have raised concerns.

Over time surgeons fear there will be indirect pressure to discourage joint replacement for patients seen as having less chance of a smooth recovery. Picture an obese, lifelong smoker hobbling around on a painfully deteriorated knee, for example.

“The overall goal is a good one — they want to see where you can cut the waste out,” said Dr. Alexandra Page, a San Diego clinician representing the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons. But “one of the unintended consequences is going to be cherry-

picking ... hospitals are only going to want to have the patients who are going to do well.”

Medicare says that’s unlikely because the experiment was designed so hospitals can keep treating a wide range of patients. Nonetheless, consumer groups say they’ll be watching.

“While we are generally supportive because we think it can increase quality and decrease costs, we really think that monitoring providers is going to be important,” said Joe Baker, president of the Medicare Rights Center, an advocacy group based in New York.

Medicare paid for more than 400,000 hip and knee replacements in 2014, at a cost of $7 billion to taxpayers for the hospitalizations alone. For some patients, recovery may be arduous, but surgery can relieve pain and add years of mobility.

Though such procedures are the most common inpatient surgery for Medicare recipients, officials say quality can still vary greatly. The average expense for surgery, hospitalization and recovery ranges from $16,500 to $33,000 across geographic areas.

Research indicates that a patient generally fares better if he has his operation with a

surgeon who does a high number of such procedures at a hospital that also handles a high volume.

But it’s often difficult to get information on particular doctors and facilities. Medicare’s experiment might encourage hospitals to publicize their results to compete for patients.

The experiment is called “Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement.” It focuses on costs and quality for a 90-day period that starts with a patient’s hospital admission. The mechanics are complicated.

Doctors, hospitals, rehab centers, therapists, home health agencies and other providers will continue to get their regular reimbursements from Medicare. But at the end of the year, hospitals will be held accountable for the total cost of care during the 90-day period.

The cost for a hospital’s patients will be measured

against a target set by Medicare, which factors in savings to the program. Then, depending on how a hospital performs on its cost and quality targets, it could get a bigger payment from Medicare, or it may have to pay back money. For this year, Medicare will not be demanding repayment.

Hospitals will be able to share bonuses with rehab centers and other providers, creating an incentive to work together.

For many years, Medicare basically just paid bills as they came in. Now that approach is seen as a faster route to bankruptcy for the program serving more than 55 million beneficiaries, including seniors and disabled people of any age.

The joint replacement experiment is projected to save Medicare $343 million during its five years and could be expanded nationwide.

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Freeman travels the world to study ‘The Story of God’

BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH He’s played the big roles and asked the big questions.

Now he hosts “The Story of God With Morgan Freeman” (9 p.m., Sunday, National Geographic, TV-14).

“God” will air over the next three Sundays, sending Freeman, who portrayed the Big Guy in “Bruce Almighty,” to holy sites and shrines the world over to converse with scholars and robed clerics about the nature of death and return; the notion of an Apocalypse; and the creation stories of various faiths.

As a National Geographic special, this makes for a very nice travelogue. But the series’ emphasis on the ecumenical also leaves one with the feeling you’re watching “Around the World in 80 Generalities.” For all of its seeming weightiness, “The Story of God” has all the heft of an inoffensive coffee-table book.

Freeman’s similarly mindbending Science Channel series, “Through the Wormhole,” offers a more focused and substantive approach than this wide-eyed odyssey. It may seem silly to accuse a globe-spanning series of being “all over the place,” but that about sums it up.

• Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley host the “51st Academy of Country Music Awards” (8 p.m., Sunday, CBS, TV-PG).

Performers include Miranda Lambert, the six-time reigning ACM Female Vocalist of the Year. She’ll sing with both Keith Urban and ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons.

The many presenters include Betty Cantrell, better known as the current Miss America. The next Miss America pageant (no. 96!) will air on ABC, live from Atlantic City on Sept. 11.

• Inspired by the excellent FX drama “The People vs. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story,” the Esquire Network will go back to the future and devote 12 hours to “The Real O.J. Simpson Trial” (9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Sunday). If you think 12 hours is a bit much, remember that obsessive coverage of the trial lasted nearly a year, from Nov. 9, 1994, until the announcement of the verdict on Oct. 3, 1995. Live coverage of the trial put the Court TV net-

work on the map. It has since become TruTV, better known now for comedy-themed reality programming.

The “trial of the century” has also inspired an episode of “Oprah: Where Are They Now?” (10 p.m., Saturday, OWN), glancing at the lives of Marcia Clark, Kato Kaelin, Kim Goldman and Chris Darden since their very extended 15 minutes of fame.

• The Ovation Channel introduces “Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries” (8 p.m., Saturday) to its lineup. The stylish Australian detective show follows flapper-era sleuth (Essie Davis) as she drops witticisms and uses a pearl-handled revolver in the good and bad sections of 1920s Sydney.

“Fisher” debuts after eight episodes of the network’s most popular series, “The Artful Detective” (noon through 8 p.m., Saturday).

• Baseball season may arrive this weekend, but indoor sports abound. And we’re not talking about the Final Four.

NBC devotes Saturday night to the ISU World Championships: Ladies Free Skate (9 p.m.), live from Boston. Reigning and two-time U.S. champion Gracie Gold, three-time U.S. champion Ashley Wagner and 2008 U.S. champion Mirai Nagasu will represent the United States on the ice.

The action will be hosted by Johnny Weir, Tara Lipinski and Terry Gannon, along with reporter Andrea Joyce. Weir is a three-time U.S. champion, and Lipinski scored Olympic gold in 1998. Their shared experience and repartee rank them among the most popular color-commentary teams in sports.

SATURDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS • Oklahoma and Villanova (6 p.m., TBS) and Syracuse and North Carolina (8:30 p.m., TBS) battle to reach the finals of the 2016 NCAA Basketball Tournament.

• The 2012 fable “Mirror Mirror” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) offered a variation on the Snow White story that most felt was more style than substance.

• New beginnings on “Deadliest Catch” (8 p.m., Discovery).

• Parents of a newborn fear that their pet may endanger

their child on the seventh season premiere of “My Cat From Hell” (8 p.m., Animal Planet, TV-PG).

• A child’s erratic behavior raises concerns in the 2014 shocker “Deadly Daycare” (8 p.m., Lifetime, TV-14).

• “The Eighties” (9 p.m., CNN, r) begins with “Raised on Television,” a glance at the decade’s most notable series, the rise of prime-time soap operas and the role of technology (cable and VCRs) in changing viewing habits.

SUNDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS • Scheduled on “60 Minutes” (7 p.m., CBS): Germany’s prison system; profiles of dancer/ choreographer Christopher Wheeldon and golfer Bubba Watson.

• The period medical melodrama “Call the Midwife” (8 p.m., PBS, TV-14 check local listings) enters its fifth season.

• “The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth” (8 p.m., Showtime) anticipates April primaries.

• The National League pennant-winning New York Mets and World Series champions Kansas City Royals open up the Major League Baseball (8:30 p.m., ESPN) season.

• New neighbors receive a mysterious package on “The Carmichael Show” (9 p.m., NBC, TV-14).

• A sting goes awry on “The Family” (9 p.m., ABC, TV-14).

• Government agents thwart an investigation on “Grantchester” on “Masterpiece Mystery” (9 p.m., PBS, TV-14, check local listings).

• A dangerous rescue mission changes everyone involved on “The Walking Dead” (9 p.m., AMC, TV-MA).

• Richie needs a cash infusion on “Vinyl” (9 p.m., HBO, TV-MA).

• Hannah and Alex collaborate on “Quantico” (10 p.m., ABC, TV-14).

• Harry doubles his pleasure on “Mr. Selfridge” on “Masterpiece Classic” (10 p.m., PBS, TV-PG, check local listings).

• Disciplined by the principal on “Girls” (10 p.m., HBO, TV-MA).

• A costly stumble for Axe on “Billions” (10 p.m., Showtime, TV-MA).

• Michelle needs help on

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNELS / SETH NEJAME

Morgan Freeman and Swami Varishthananda walk down a “ghat” or steps down to the Ganges River in Varanasi, India. Freeman travels to various holy sites and shrines throughout the world to host “The Story of God With Morgan Freeman,” airing at 9 p.m. Sunday on National Geographic.

“Togetherness” (10:30 p.m., HBO, TV-MA). HBO has not renewed this series.

Buddy cops clash on “Rush Hour” (8 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14) * Opposing testimony on “Rosewood” (8 p.m., Fox, r, TV-14) * Strange bedfellows on “Lucifer” (9 p.m., Fox, r, TV-14).

of blues and a mystical road trip on two episodes of “Bob’s Burgers” (8:30 p.m. and 9 p.m., Fox, TV-14) * A setup backfires on “Crowded” (9:30 p.m., NBC, TV-14) * Carol wants to repopulate in the worst way on “Last Man on Earth” (9:30 p.m., Fox, TV-14) * Natalie Morales appears on the season finale of “Hollywood Game Night” (10 p.m., NBC, TV-14).

SUNDAY SERIES

CULT CHOICE

A string quartet stays in a minor key on “Little Big Shots” (8 p.m., NBC, TV-G) * Homer wants to find a love connection for Smithers on “The Simpsons” (8 p.m., Fox, TV-PG) * Gold creates a magical exit on “Once Upon a Time” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) * Bounce house

A laboratory potion gives a bodyguard the powers required to battle neighborhood bigots in the 1977 fantasy “Abar, the First Black Superman” (2 a.m., early Sunday, TCM).

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‘Miles Ahead’ stylishly evokes jazz legend

BY LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer “Miles Ahead,” an ambitious, experimental biopic about jazz legend Miles Davis, actually states its mission twice during the course of the movie.

Basically: “If you’re going to tell a story, come with some attitude. Don’t make it all corny.”

The person saying it is Miles Davis, played by Don Cheadle, who also co-wrote and directed.

In the context of the film, he’s speaking to a fictional music writer named Dave Braden (Ewan McGregor), who has conned, charmed and strong-armed his way into Miles’ orbit for a few days in hopes of writing a comeback story that would end the eccentric musician’s half decade of dormancy.

While a little on the nose to be repeated, it’s a good line, and an even better goal in the murky and generally unrewarding territory of the dreaded biopic — especially for someone as elusive, multifaceted and just downright giant as Miles Davis was.

As Cheadle’s Miles cheekily says to Dave in that whispered rasp, “I was born, I moved to New York, met some cats, made some music, did some dope, made some

more music, then you showed up at my house.”

Knowing well how a tell-itall approach can be duller than a Wikipedia page, Cheadle eschews the cradle to grave approach and instead focuses in on two moments — a crazy few days in Davis’ “Howard Hughes of jazz” phase and much earlier during the romantic beginnings and fraught endings of his relationship with the dancer Frances Taylor (Emayatzy Corinealdi).

The story jumps from the past to the present very suddenly, employing an interesting visual technique that links the two moments in time through a character, let’s say, falling in the present and another continuing the motion in the past.

It’s a unique take on the fluidity and imprecision of memory; but, more precisely, it’s indicative of Cheadle’s ambitions to make the film feel as unpredictable and freestyle as Miles’ jazz.

Cheadle as an actor is not afraid to show Miles Davis for all his contradictions — his genius, his charm, his ego and his mania. His bold, studied and fully lived-in portrayal has attitude to spare, too.

The “present” part shows a hyper-active Davis, hopped up on painkillers and hob-

bling with a deteriorating hip trying to collect a payment from the record company that he’s long since stopped producing for.

It’s sort of a kitchen sink approach to the escalating events story that takes Dave and Miles everywhere from a college dorm room to score some cocaine to a high-speed shoot out. It’s particularly odd then that this portion is duller than the more traditional portrait of the past.

That section plays more like a languid, melancholy ballad as we peer into his courtship of Frances and the insanity, danger and obsessiveness that drove her away.

Cheadle and Corinealdi’s palpable chemistry is an undeniable force here and is a striking contrast to the occasional awkwardness of many of Cheadle and McGregor’s interactions in the present. In theory, it’s probably meant to be another evocation of jazz stylings, but in execution, it feels more like dead air.

Cheadle has an interesting vision here and his ambitions pay off on a number of levels — especially in his performance — but it doesn’t really come together as a coherent composition. Unlike in jazz, the disparate moments, sounds and styles struggle to BRIAN DOUGLAS / SONY PICTURES VIA AP coalesce in service of a whole Don Cheadle plays Miles Davis in a scene from “Miles Ahead.” that’s bigger than its parts.

‘Total Package’ delivers heartfelt romance

BY LINCEE RAY The Associated Press Stephanie Evanovich delivers another swoon-worthy romance with “The Total Package.” She reunites the heroine of her story with her long-lost love in the most unlikely of settings — a football field.

Dani Carr is an aspiring sports journalist with big dreams of becoming a television analyst. She’ll stop at nothing to prove that a woman is capable of doing the job well. She’s sacrificed a lot to get this far in her career, and a job with the Austin Mavericks may be the break she

needs to make it into the big time.

Dani never expected her world to come crashing down when her first true love, Tyson Palmer, doesn’t recognize her when he joins the team as the new star quarterback. Palmer, a first-round draft pick, was a winning quarterback, heartthrob — and painkiller addict. He was kicked off his team and hauled off to rehab. Fortunately, the Mavericks see beyond the drugs and take a chance on Palmer to lead them to the Super Bowl.

All he has to do is remain focused. Although pills are no longer a distraction, Dani may be a problem.

After a few days of working together, Tyson finally realizes that the smart, sexy woman in the front office is the girl who had a crush on him in college. He has no idea why she insists that they keep their relationship professional.

“The Total Package” is a will-they-orwon’t-they love story set in the exciting world of NFL football. Evanovich weaves a story that spans more than a decade, chronicling the challenges of young love.

Readers will root for the quarterback who deserves a second chance and cheer for the journalist trying to claw her way to the top.

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Timothy Tidwell, a volunteer at Palmetto Health Tuomey, can clean and sanitize an exam room in about 3 minutes.

VOLUNTEER FROM PAGE A1 when he had his appendix removed. He worked the day before and went into surgery the next morning, he said.

The second was when he broke one of his ankles.

“Mr. Tim goes above and beyond in everything he does,” said Lisa Bratton, a case manager and registered nurse.

Bratton said Tidwell spoils the staff with his homemade ice cream and various treats.

“He functions like two people with the amount of work he does,” said Dr. Michael Naylor, a surgeon, and one of the doctors at the Wound Healing Center.

“He seems to show up before anyone

else does and interacts well with all of the patients coming in. He improves the flow of the office.”

His mother, Rose Tidwell, 85, is also a volunteer at the hospital. She’s been at it for about 20 years, after retiring as a ward clerk.

Tidwell said he would like to encourage others to volunteer.

“One day you may need a little encouragement from someone, a helping hand,” he said. “And someone will be there to help you out, without being asked. There is much reward in that.”

For more information on Palmetto Health Tuomey’s volunteer program, call (803) 774-8668 or visit http://bit. ly/1RRJCw2.

Volunteer week will be celebrated at the hospital April 10-16.

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CHARGES FROM PAGE A1 student may have had marijuana.

The seventh-grade assistant principal, sixth-grade assistant principal and the resource officer escorted the sixth-grade student to her locker where a clear plastic baggie containing approxiCLARK mately 0.4 grams of marijuana, worth about $10, and a cigarette were located.

According to the resource officer’s report, the girl said she received the baggie from another sixth-grader.

The student who distributed the drug wrote in a statement that Clark gave her the substance in order to sell at school.

Ken Bell, public information officer for the sheriff’s office, said investigators are still trying to determine a connection between Clark and the 12-year-old who distributed the drug.

He said no money was exchanged between the girls.

Bell said this is Clark’s only drug charge to date and his previous charges involve traffic violations such as speeding and driving without a seat belt.

Clark has been very cooperative, he said.

He said the sheriff’s office has also filed a petition with Sumter County Family Court to have a judge charge the students because they are too young to be arrested.

based on their overall commitment to business and the community,” Milligan said. “Recipients need to stand out from the Tanner, a North Carolina nacrowd for business practices, tive, was head baseball coach success and service to the comfor 16 years before being named munity.” athletic director in She said award winners must 2012, according to also be chamber members in www.gamecocksongood standing, with the winners line.com. He was a chosen by committees generally three-time National made up of the sponsor and Coach of the Year. past recipients of the award.

Tanner has a “We really want everyone to bachelor of science TANNER come out and help us celebrate degree in recrethe chamber’s accomplishments ational administration and a for the last year and to help us master’s of public affairs, pubrecognize some of our wonderlic administration from North ful members,” Milligan said.

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OR REGISTER? Economic Development The Minority/ Board at their barbeWoman Owned BusiVisit cue and Bluegrass ness of the Year www.sumterchamber.com event in May. The Award will be preTeacher of the Year sented by SAFE FedAward will be presenteral Credit Union, ed by Kevin Johnson of Becton and the Outstanding AchieveDickinson at an educational ment Award will be presented event to be determined and the

by Mitch Williams and the Military Persons of the year Chamber of Commerce.

Award were presented at chamThe Business Person of the Year Award will be presented by ber’s annual retreat.

The deadline to register is Palmetto Health Tuomey. Last Monday, and may be done onyear’s award winner was John line at www.sumterchamber.com.

Brabham Jr. Late registrations may be Awarded for the first time will be the Young Professional of the available, Milligan said.

Registration for members is Year Award presented by Chip $50, and they can register themChase of Farmers Telephone selves and a guest at the memCompany and the Non-Profit of ber rate. Registration for nonthe Year Award presented by members is $60.

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CLIFTON THOMAS BISHOPVILLE — Deacon Clifton “Dock” Thomas, 89, affectionately known as “Mr. Dock,” widower of Lucille Simon Thomas, died on Tuesday, March 29, 2016, at McLeod Hospice House, Florence.

Born on July 27, THOMAS 1926, in Lee County, he was a son of the late Willie and Annie Peoples Thomas.

Mr. Thomas was the husband of Lucille for 54 years.

To this union, eight children were born, with five who are surviving: two sons, Howard Lynn (Mary) of Cassatt and Bruce of Bishopville; three daughters, Brenda Addison Furman (Jerome), Sophia Holloman (Darrell) of Bishopville and Dr. Cynthia Thomas of Lansing, Michigan; a host of grandchildren, greatgrandchildren and great-great grandchildren; two sisters, Willie Mae Williams of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Ruby Carroll of Ninety-Six; and a daughter-in-law, Lucile B. Thomas. He also leaves two sons, Anthony and Donald Jenkins, and a daughter, Sheila Jenkins, all of Philadelphia.

Besides his wife, he was preceded in death by two sons, Levern Thomas and Clifton (d.,Eather) Thomas Jr.; one infant daughter, Stephanie; and a daughter-in-law, Eather Thomas.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday at Lee Central High School, 1800 Wisacky Road, Bishopville, with the Rev. Alexander Davis, pastor of Gum Spring Baptist Church, officiating. Interment will follow in the Gum Spring Baptist Church Cemetery.

Visitation will be held from 2 to 7 p.m. today at Gum Spring Baptist Church, 32 Boxwood Lane, Bishopville, with Masonic rites at 6 p.m.

The funeral possession will form at his home, 103 Deerfield Lane, Bishopville.

Online condolences can be sent to the family at esquaredealfun@sc.rr.com.

Square Deal Funeral Home, 106 McIntosh St., Bishopville, has been entrusted with these arrangements.

THREASA ANN BUTLER Apostle Threasa Ann Butler went to see her king to meet him face to face on Sunday, March 27, 2016, at Mountainside Hospital in Glen Ridge, New Jersey.

Apostle Threasa Ann Butler was born on Feb. BUTLER 6, 1954, in Sumter, to the late Herbert L. and Corine McCleary Butler. She was a designer’s original, fashioned by God to be radiantly beautiful.

In her youth, she attended Allen Chapel AME Church, where she sang with the Robinson Singers and the Ever Ready Gospel Choir. Threasa was a graduate of Sumter High School Class of 1973. In 1975, Apostle Butler accepted Jesus as her Lord and Savior, was baptized in the holy spirit, and was taught how to live holy and to live by faith. She immediately began a life of prayer and fasting, becoming a prayer warrior and intercessor.

Her spiritual father, the late Apostle Ernest Leonard of Provision of Promise Ministries in Newark, New Jersey, saw the plans God had for Apostle Butler and personally groomed and thrust her forth into ministry. In 1991, Apostle Butler founded the Believer’s Love Fellowship ministry when she came to teach three women how to pray and get results. From her faithfulness, and the healing and deliverance anointing that she operated under, new believers were added weekly. She was in full-time ministry since 1993, when God made a covenant with her that if she would teach and shepherd his people, he would supply all her needs. She was faithful to

her call and God was faithful to his promise. Apostle Threasa A. Butler was an apostle, a sent one as an ambassador of Christ that was the chief servant of Believer’s Love Fellowship ministry in Irvington, New Jersey, for 25 years.

Apostle Butler’s memories will be cherished by her daughter, Ronda Corine Butler of Belleville, New Jersey; her sister, Hattie M. Butler of Sumter; her brother, Sammie Lee Butler of Sumter; three aunts, Tisby Billup of Chesapeake, Virginia, Susanna (Josh) Charles of Sumter and Hattie Mae Corely of Fort Lauderdale, Florida; one sister-in-law, Gloria Butler of Sumter; a host of nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews that she loved dearly; and many cousins, friends, and her church family of the Believer’s Love Fellowship ministry of Irvington.

Threasa was preceded in death by her brothers, Herbert Butler and Daniel Brunson; and her sisters, Cynthia and Brenda Butler.

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday at Allen Chapel AME Church, 471 Lynam Road, Sumter, with the Rev. James Sutton, pastor, Pastor Mabel R. Lallo, eulogist, assisted by the Rev. Sammie Marshall, Elder Dorothy Williams and Elder Patricia Perry.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home of her sister, Hattie M. Butler, 130 Winn St., Sumter.

The remains will be placed in the church at 1:30 p.m.

The funeral procession will leave at 1:50 p.m. from the home of her sister.

Floral bearers will be Sumter High School Class of 1973.

Honorary floral bearers will be Partaker of Believer’s Love Fellowship Church.

Pallbearers will be nephews and cousins.

Burial will be in Allen Chapel AME Churchyard cemetery.

These services have been entrusted to 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.

PAULA HOWELL Paula Gayle Aldous Howell, 75, died on Thursday, March 31, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey.

She was born in Montevideo, Minnesota, and raised in Aberdeen, South Dakota. She was a daughter of the HOWELL late Lloyd and Mary Helen Aldous.

She is survived by her husband of 51 years, George C. Howell; two sons, Martin St. George Howell of Greenville and Ashley Philip Howell and his wife, Ashley Vassilaros, of James Island; a sister-in-law, Gloria Aldous, and nephews Jason and Kyle; and a brother-in-law, Rolfe Ludtke, and nephew, Paul Daly.

She was preceded in death by a brother, William Aldous of Surprise, Arizona; and a sister, Linda Ludtke of Webster, South Dakota.

She worked in Charleston and Sumter public schools, where she was a media specialist at Hillcrest High School and Garret Academy. Paula also volunteered at Tuomey Regional Medical Center for eight years. She was a graduate of Central High School, Northern State University, Aberdeen, and the University of South Carolina. Paula participated in the English as a Second Language Program, teaching in the Ukraine for 12 years, where she made many great friendships that gave her enormous happiness in her life as all became part of her extended family. She dearly loved her family and friends, was a world traveler, and avid tennis player. No adventure was too big of an un-

dertaking and she was unafraid to go anywhere, even by herself.

A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday at Fort Jackson National Cemetery in Columbia. Memorial reception immediately to follow at Travinia Restaurant in Columbia.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in her name to Aberdeen Public Schools Foundation Inc., 1224 S. 3rd St., Aberdeen, SD 57401 — Rising Scholars Endowment.

You may go to www.bullockfuneralhome.com and sign the family’s guest book.

The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home for the arrangements.

SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 2016 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386.

SAMMIE COLEMAN Sammie Coleman, 64, departed this life on Friday, April 1, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey.

He was born on Nov. 11, 1951, in Sumter, a son of Ellen Glisson Coleman and the late CW Coleman.

The family will be receiving friends at the home, 665 Duffie Drive, Wedgefield, SC 29168.

Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced later by Job’s Mortuary Inc. of Sumter.

JOHNNIE M. THOMPSON ROSA BELL B. EVANS GREELEYVILLE — Rosa Bell Brown Evans died on Wednesday, March 30, 2016.

She was a daughter of the late Joe H. and Leah McBride Brown.

Funeral services for Mrs. Evans will be held at 2 EVANS p.m. on Sunday at Apostolic Faith Church, 44 Holywoods Road, Kingstree, with Pastor Eugene Segars Jr. officiating. Burial will follow at Old St. John Baptist Church Cemetery, S.C. 261, Greeleyville.

The family is receiving friends at her residence, 2609 Easler Highway, Snow Hill section of Greeleyville.

These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

ERNEST C. HILL BENNETTS POINT — Ernest C. Hill, 73, husband of Susanne Aull Hill, died on Thursday, March 31, 2016, at Colleton County Hospital in Walterboro.

Born in Columbia, he was a son of the late Ernest Carrigan Hill and Lillian Hamm Hill. Mr. Hill was a member of Salem Methodist Church. He was a Marine Corps veteran of Vietnam and a retired turbine inspector with Seiman Westinghouse in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Surviving are his wife of Bennetts Point; a daughter, April Musser and husband, Brian, of Seattle, Washington; a brother-in-law, Dan Tolbert of Las Vegas, Nevada; and several nieces and nephews.

Graveside services will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Monday at Sumter Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 10 to 11 a.m. on Monday at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to Bennetts Point Interdenominational Chapel or Salem Methodist Church in Hendersonville.

Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals. com Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386.

RITA ANN TIMS O’REILLY Rita Ann Tims O’Reilly, 95, widow of Dennis Charles O’Reilly, passed away on Friday, April 1, 2016, at a local nursing home.

Committal services will be held at 3 p.m. on Monday at Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery.

Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals. com Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221

Johnnie McArthur Thompson, 37, entered eternal rest on March 29, 2016.

Born on Aug. 28, 1978, in Clarendon County, he was a son of Elsie Wilson Thompson and the late Junior Lee Hodge.

Survivors are a daughter, Renisha Thompson; mother, Elise W. Thompson; two sisters, Cassandra Hodge and Lutisha Hodge; material grandmother, Easter Brown; a host of uncles, aunts, nephews, nieces, other relatives and friends.

Viewing will be held from 2:30 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday at Greater Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church with the Rev. Dr. Marvin Hodge. Burial will follow in Bradford Cemetery.

The family is receiving visitors at the home, 843 Murray St. Online memorials can be sent to comfhltj@sc.rr.com.

Community Funeral Home of Sumter is in charge of these arrangements.

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Dinkins Mill Road, Rembert.

The procession will leave at 1:20 p.m. from the home.

Floral bearers and pallbearers will be family and friends.

Burial will be in Mt. Carmel Cemetery, S.C. 441, Dalzell.

Online memorial messages may be sent to the family at williamsfuneralhome@sc.rr. com.

Visit us on the web at www. williamsfuneralhomeinc.com Services directed by the staff and management of Williams Funeral Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., Sumter.

JAMES A. PEAGLER James Arthur Peagler, 80, died on Thursday, March 31, 2016, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.

Born in Sumter, he was a son of the late Eddie Lee Peagler and Maude Jordan Peagler. Mr. Peagler was the retired owner and operator of Kwik-E-Print Shop. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran.

Surviving are a son, James Terry Peagler of Manning; a daughter, Sherri Peagler of Manning; a sister, Betty Jean Lee of Sumter; and a number of nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by a brother, Edward Lee Peagler Jr.; a sister, Jonell Peagler Weatherly, who died with him; and a grandson, Christopher Peagler.

Double graveside services will be held for him and his sister at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday at Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery with the Rev. Andrew Basham officiating.

The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. on Sunday at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to the SPCA, 1140 S. Guignard Drive, Sumter, SC 29150.

Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals. com Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386.

DIANE D. SWENSON Diane Wrenn Dettman Swenson, 75, beloved wife of the late Ralph E. Swenson, died on Friday, April 1, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey.

Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by Bullock Funeral Home.

WENDELL L. GRANT Wendell L. Grant, 50, departed this life on Wednesday, March 30, 2016, at Palmetto Health Richland, Columbia.

Born on Jan. 16, 1965, in Sumter County, he was a son of the late Ray Sr. and Elease McCall Grant. He was educated in the public schools of Sumter County.

He leaves fond memories of his life to be cherished by one brother, Ray Grant Jr. of Rembert; one sister, Joann Vaughn of Rembert; five uncles, Elder Clarence (Athelia) McCall, Elder Jerry McCall and Edward Jenkins, all of Rembert, Olion (Elaine) McCall of Virginia and Willie Robinson of New Jersey; five other aunts, Annie McCall, Bertha Alston of Rembert, Sharon Jenkins of Connecticut, Elizabeth McCall of New York and Mary (Earl) Singleton of Sumter; three nephews, Reggie Bennett, and Atwaun and Tyler Vaughn; and a host of other family members and friends.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today at the John Wesley Williams Sr. Memorial Chapel, Williams Funeral Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., Sumter, with Elder Jason McCall, eulogist, assisted by Elder Jerry McCall and Elder Clarence McCall.

The family is receiving friends and relatives at the home of Annie McCall, 6420

JONELL P. WEATHERLY Jonell Peagler Weatherly, 78, widow of Hubert Alexander Weatherly, died on Thursday, March 31, 2016, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.

Born in Sumter, she was a daughter of the late Eddie Lee Peagler and Maude Jordan Peagler. Mrs. Weatherly was retired from Becton-Dickinson.

Surviving are a daughter, Beverly Degen (Timothy) of Sumter; a grandson, Paul Degen (Rachel) of West Columbia; a great-granddaughter, Leah Degen of West Columbia; her twin sister, Betty Jean Lee of Sumter; and a number of nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by a brother, Edward Lee Peagler Jr. and a brother, James Arthur Peagler, who died with her.

Double graveside services will be held for her and her brother at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday at Evergeen Memorial Park cemetery with the Rev. Andrew Basham officiating.

The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. on Sunday at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to the SPCA, 1140 S. Guignard Drive, Sumter, SC 29150.

Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals. com Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386.

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SUPPORT GROUPS tation Hospital, 121 E. Cedar AA, AL-ANON, ALATEEN: St., Florence. Call (843) 661AA — Monday-Friday, noon 3746. and 5:30 p.m.; Saturday, 8 Support Groups: April 2, 2016 Amputee Support Group — p.m.; Sundays, 10:30 a.m. and Fourth Tuesday each month, 7 p.m., 1 Warren St. (803) 7755:30 p.m., Carolinas Rehabili1852. tation Hospital, 121 E. Cedar AA Women’s Meeting — St., Florence. Call (843) 661Wednesday, 7 p.m., 1 Warren 3746.

St. (803) 775-1852.

EFMP Parent Exchange Group — AA Spanish Speaking — Sunday, Last Tuesday each month, 11 4:30 p.m., 1 Warren St. (803) a.m.-noon, Airman and Family 775-1852.

Readiness Center. Support to AA “How it Works” Group — service members who have a Monday and Friday, 8 p.m., dependent with a disability or 1154 Ronda St. Call (803) 494illness. Call Dorcus at (803) 5180.

895-1252/1253 or Sue at (803) 847-2377.

441 AA Support Group — Monday, Tuesday and Friday, 8:30 p.m., Hair Force, 2090-D S.C. 441.

WEDNESDAY MEETINGS: AA Summerton Group — Sickle Cell Support Group — last Wednesday, 8 p.m., town hall. Wednesday each month, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., South Sumter ReManning Al-Anon Family Group — Thursday, 7:30 p.m., Behav- source Center, 337 Manning Ave. Call Bertha at (803) 774ioral Health Building, 14 6181.

Church St., Manning. Call Angie at (803) 435-8085.

Divorce Care — Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m., Bethel Baptist C/A “Drop the Rock” Group — Church, 2401 Bethel Church Thursday, 9:30 p.m., 1154 Road. Call (803) 481-2160.

Ronda St. Call Elizabeth at (803) 607-4543.

Grief Share — Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Bethel Baptist Church, 2401 Bethel Church Road. Call (803) 481-2160.

MONDAY MEETINGS: Sumter Vitiligo Support Group — second Monday of each month, 5:45-6:45 p.m., North HOPE Center, 904 N. Main St. Call Tiffany at (803) 316-6763.

Find the group on Facebook.

TUESDAY MEETINGS: Sumter Connective Tissue Support Group — 1st Tuesday of Jan., March, May, July, Sept. and Nov., 7 p.m., 180 Tiller Circle. Call (803) 773-0869.

Mothers of Angels (for mothers who have lost a child) — First Tuesday of each month at noon and third Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m., Wise Drive Baptist Church. Call Carol at (803) 469-9426, Betty at (803) 469-2616, Carolyn at (803) 469-6059 or Margaret at (803) 469-6887.

Sumter Combat Veterans Group Peer to Peer — Every Tuesday, 11 a.m., South HOPE Center, 1125 S. Lafayette Drive. Veterans helping veterans with PTSD, coping skills, claims and benefits.

Parkinson’s Support Group — Second Tuesday each month, 5:30 p.m., Carolinas Rehabilitation Hospital, 121 E. Cedar St., Florence. Call (843) 6613746.

Sumter Amputee Support Group — Second Tuesday each month, 6:30 p.m., Sumter Prosthetics & Orthotics, 259 Broad St. Call (803) 883-4356.

Sumter Chapter Parents of Murdered Children (POMC) — Third Tuesday, 5:30-7 p.m., Birnie HOPE Center, 210 S. Purdy St. Open to families or friends who have lost a loved one to murder in a violent way.

Multiple Sclerosis Support Group — Third Tuesday each month, 5:30 p.m., Carolinas Rehabili-

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Charm, EUGENIA LAST sentiment and having an impact will be your best plan of attack when it comes to getting things done and soliciting the help you need to make a difference.

Shortcuts will lead to bureaucratic setbacks. Abide by the rules.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Think matters through before you proceed. It’s important not to step on someone’s toes. An emotional battle will portray you as being insensitive. Do something nice for someone you love and you’ll improve your reputation and your relationships.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): A visit to a place you’ve never been before will inspire and enlighten you. Sign up for a retreat or pick up a new interest, and you will meet someone intriguing. Trust in what you know, not what you hear.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Take a break and enjoy your home and family. Plan something you can do to improve your surroundings or bring the ones you love closer together. The family that plays together stays together. Make an effort to please your significant other.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Participate in activities that encourage you to show off your skills, and it will help you decide what you want to pursue next. Work on cultivating your talents and presenting them to the world.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): An unusual opportunity will develop through a conversation that offers new ways to use your skills and educational background to earn more money. Make space at home to work toward putting your plans in motion. Romance is encouraged.

THURSDAY MEETINGS: TOPS S.C. No. 236 (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) — Thursdays, 9 a.m., Spectrum Senior Center,1989 Durant Lane. Call Diane at (803) 775-3926 or Nancy at (803) 469-4789.

Alzheimer’s Support Group through S.C. Alzheimer’s Association — Every 1st Thursday, 6-8 p.m., National Health Care, 1018 N. Guignard Drive. Call Cheryl at (803) 905-7720 or the Alzheimer’s Association at (800) 636-3346.

Journey of Hope (for family members of the mentally ill), Journey to Recovery (for the mentally ill) and Survivors of Suicide Support Group — Each group meets every 1st Thursday, 7 p.m., St. John United Methodist Church, 136 Poinsett Drive. Call Fred at (803) 905-5620.

FRIDAY MEETINGS: Celebrate Recovery — Every Friday, 6 p.m. dinner, 7 p.m. program, Salt & Light Church, Miller Road (across from Food Lion). For help with struggles of alcohol, drugs, family problems, smoking, etc.

Wateree AIDS Task Force Support Group — Every third Friday, 11:30 a.m., 508 W. Liberty St. Call Kevin at (803) 7780303.

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AccuWeather® five-day forecast for Sumter TODAY

TONIGHT

SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

Breezy with clouds breaking

Clear and cooler

Plenty of sun

Pleasant with plenty of sun

Plenty of sunshine

Partly sunny

73°

45°

66° / 44°

76° / 52°

67° / 39°

66° / 51°

Chance of rain: 40%

Chance of rain: 10%

Chance of rain: 10%

Chance of rain: 5%

Chance of rain: 0%

Chance of rain: 10%

W 8-16 mph

W 8-16 mph

NW 6-12 mph

SW 7-14 mph

NNE 8-16 mph

SSE 7-14 mph

TODAY’S SOUTH CAROLINA WEATHER

Gaffney 66/40 Spartanburg 67/40

Greenville 66/41

Columbia 72/44

Temperatures shown on map are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

IN THE MOUNTAINS

Sumter 73/45

Aiken 68/42

ON THE COAST

Charleston 74/49

Today: A shower, but downpours in southern parts. High 70 to 74.

Sunday: Plenty of sun. High 65 to 71.

LOCAL ALMANAC

LAKE LEVELS

SUMTER THROUGH 4 P.M. YESTERDAY

73° 65° 71° 45° 91° in 1974 25° in 1964 0.85" trace 0.11" 12.33" 14.73" 11.53"

NATIONAL CITIES City Atlanta Chicago Dallas Detroit Houston Los Angeles New Orleans New York Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix San Francisco Wash., DC

Today Hi/Lo/W 64/44/pc 44/26/pc 70/45/s 43/25/sn 70/43/s 76/56/pc 70/52/pc 58/36/sh 83/59/t 62/37/sh 83/60/s 66/49/pc 64/38/sh

Full pool 360 76.8 75.5 100

Lake Murray Marion Moultrie Wateree

SUN AND MOON 7 a.m. yest.

357.73 75.16 74.77 97.18

24-hr chg +0.02 +0.12 -0.01 -0.49

RIVER STAGES

Precipitation 24 hrs ending 4 p.m. yest.

Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date

Sun. Hi/Lo/W 65/45/s 61/34/c 77/52/s 43/31/pc 74/48/s 77/56/pc 73/54/s 43/32/pc 77/55/pc 47/35/pc 88/60/s 66/52/pc 53/42/s

Myrtle Beach 72/51

Manning 70/46

Today: Partly sunny. Winds west 7-14 mph.

Clear and cooler.

Sunday: Plenty of sunshine. Winds southwest 3-6 mph.

Temperature High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low

Florence 70/45

Bishopville 69/43

River Black River Congaree River Lynches River Saluda River Up. Santee River Wateree River

Flood 7 a.m. 24-hr stage yest. chg 12 7.52 -0.02 19 4.30 -0.62 14 6.21 +0.46 14 4.58 +0.40 80 78.73 -0.15 24 11.55 +3.01

Sunrise 7:08 a.m.

Moonrise 3:41 a.m.

Sunset Moonset

7:44 p.m.

2:40 p.m.

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TIDES AT MYRTLE BEACH

Today Sun.

High 5:01 a.m.

5:22 p.m.

6:05 a.m.

6:25 p.m.

Ht. 2.9 2.7 3.1 3.0

Low 12:08 p.m.

--12:21 a.m.

1:06 p.m.

Ht. 0.3 --0.2 0.0

REGIONAL CITIES City Asheville Athens Augusta Beaufort Cape Hatteras Charleston Charlotte Clemson Columbia Darlington Elizabeth City Elizabethtown Fayetteville

Today Hi/Lo/W 60/36/pc 65/42/pc 69/42/pc 74/50/sh 68/50/t 74/49/c 68/41/pc 69/43/pc 72/44/pc 67/45/pc 67/42/sh 68/47/sh 69/44/sh

Sun. Hi/Lo/W 62/35/s 68/41/s 68/39/s 71/50/s 58/49/s 70/49/s 64/43/s 69/44/s 68/44/s 64/40/s 59/44/s 62/40/s 64/43/s

Today City Hi/Lo/W Florence 70/45/sh Gainesville 76/50/t Gastonia 68/41/pc Goldsboro 68/44/sh Goose Creek 71/49/c Greensboro 66/38/pc Greenville 66/41/pc Hickory 64/37/pc Hilton Head 73/51/sh Jacksonville, FL 77/50/t La Grange 66/44/pc Macon 68/42/pc Marietta 63/43/pc

Sun. Hi/Lo/W 65/42/s 75/47/s 64/43/s 61/42/s 68/45/s 62/43/s 66/43/s 62/40/s 67/49/s 73/47/s 67/38/s 68/39/s 65/42/s

Today City Hi/Lo/W Marion 64/36/pc Mt. Pleasant 73/51/sh Myrtle Beach 72/51/sh Orangeburg 70/44/pc Port Royal 73/51/sh Raleigh 66/40/sh Rock Hill 66/41/pc Rockingham 68/43/pc Savannah 74/50/sh Spartanburg 67/40/pc Summerville 71/48/pc Wilmington 72/47/sh Winston-Salem 64/40/pc

Sun. Hi/Lo/W 63/34/s 67/49/s 66/51/s 66/42/s 68/49/s 60/44/s 63/41/s 64/39/s 71/48/s 66/42/s 67/44/s 65/44/s 61/44/s

Weather(W): s–sunny, pc–partly cloudy, c–cloudy, sh–showers, t–thunderstorms, r–rain, sf–snow flurries, sn–snow, i–ice

SATURDAY MEETINGS: Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy/ Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Support Group — 1:30 p.m. every third Saturday, 3785 Blackberry Lane, Lot 7.

Call Donna Parker at (803) 481-7521.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Travel, socialize and explore new activities or pastimes with someone you enjoy being with. Making changes at home to accommodate a lifestyle change is encouraged.

Children will play a role in helping you achieve greater fulfillment and happiness.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Don’t let emotional matters ruin your plans or your day. An opportunity to try something unusual or to attend a function that offers wisdom, enlightenment and personal growth will convince you to make positive changes to the way you live.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Work from home whenever possible. Start a home improvement project that will encourage you to spend more time there. You will be misinterpreted if you rely on someone else to take care of your personal matters.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Don’t fight change. Accept the inevitable and do your best to make it work for you one way or another. An opportunity to get involved in a joint venture should be considered carefully. A romantic evening will improve your personal life.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You’ll gain recognition for your input and ability to bring about positive changes. Rely on experiences from your childhood to help you make decisions that will influence how you earn your living and handle your cash.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Emotional energy will give you the push you need to accept a challenge and strive to come out on top. A partnership will leave you feeling uncertain and questioning how you should move forward. An unexpected encounter will offer an alternative.

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SPCA CAT OF THE WEEK Leiland, a housebroken and neutered 2-year-old black and white domestic long hair, is available for adoptionLeiland at the Sumis aHe friendter SPCA. is an exlyfriendly boy who tremely boy likes evwho adores love and eryone attention.

Leiland likes everyone he meets and would fit in well with any family that already has other cats, children or even dogs. The Sumter SPCA is located at 1140 S. Guignard Drive, (803) 773-9292, and is open 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. every day except Wednesday and Sunday. Visit the website at www.sumterscspca.com.

The Sumter SPCA will hold a Mardi Gras April Fools dance from 7 to 11 p.m. today at the Elaine D. Korn Memorial Center, 1100 S. Guignard Drive. Music will be provided by Recollections Band. Cost is $25 per person (must be 21 years or older). Event will feature Cajun cuisine. Dance your paws off while helping to support the Sumter SPCA. For information, call (803) 773-9292.

The SPCA relies heavily on community support and donations. Currently, the biggest needs are for dry puppy and kitten food; wet cat food; cat litter; and cleaning supplies. The following are also appreciated: Newspapers; stuffed animals; heavy duty trash bags (30 gallon or larger); dishwashing liquid; laundry detergent; bleach; paper towels; sheets and comforters; baby blankets; canned dog and cat food; dry dog food; treats; leashes and collars; disinfectant spray; all-purpose cleaner; air freshener; no scratch scrubbers; two-sided sponges for dishes; litter freshener; and, of course, monetary donations are also gratefully accepted.

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KAT’S SPECIAL KNEADS

Call: (803) 774-1241 | E-mail: sports@theitem.com

Small Animal Shelter “help the pets” For details contact Mike Ardis 803.775.1902 or Kathy Stafford 803.469.3906

USC Sumter Baseball

Region X-leading Fire Ants begin ‘pivotal’ stretch Today’s DH with USC Lancaster moved to 4 p.m.

BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS justin@theitem.com

X crown.

At 10-2, the Fire Ants find themselves atop the region standings ahead of Spartanburg Methodist College (9-3), Pitt Community College (8-4) and this weekend’s opponent, USC Lancaster (7-5).

The Lancers come to Riley Park for a pair of doubleheaders beginning today. First

Today and Sunday will mark a “pivotal” weekend for the University of South Carolina Sumter baseball team, head coach Tim Medlin said.

In fact, the next three weekends could likely determine who winds up with the Region

pitch has been pushed back to 4 p.m. due to weather concerns. Sunday’s games are still scheduled for 1 p.m.

The Fire Ants then hit the road for matchups at Pitt next weekend followed by a showdown with the Pioneers on April 16-17. Pitt and SMC go head-to-head this weekend.

USCS is 24-10 overall and

riding a 13-game winning streak after back-to-back Region X sweeps of Louisburg College and USC Salkehatchie. USC MEDLIN Lancaster is 23-12 overall and split with SMC last week.

“I think this weekend sets up a lot of things for the next few weeks,” Medlin said. “USC Lancaster is a great club,

Familiar foes Men’s College Basketball

Final Four teams UNC, Syracuse vastly different but well-acquainted

By STEPHEN HAWKINS The Associated Press HOUSTON — North Carolina likes to run, and Syracuse prefers to walk.

These two teams that do things very differently are also very familiar with each other, having already played twice this season.

Except this isn’t another ACC game. The conference rivals, with their veteran coaches who have both been here multiple times before, are playing each other in the Final Four.

While the stage and the stadium are much bigger, with a spot in the national championship game on the line, don’t expect Roy Williams’ Tar Heels (32-6) or Jim Boeheim’s Orange (23-13) to start altering what they do in the national semifinal game Saturday night.

“We just try to do what we do better. That’s all,” said Boeheim, whose team and its 2-3 zone made it to Houston as a No. 10 seed. “It’s a little too late in the year to be experimenting.”

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11 Michigan (22-12)

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Men’s Division I Basketball Championship Sweet 16

Sweet 16

March 19-20

March 24-25

Elite Eight

Thurs., 7:20 p.m.

9 Providence (23-10)

12 Chattanooga (29-5)

Houston

Mar. 19

4 Kentucky (26-8) Thurs., 9:40 p.m.

13 Stony Brook (26-6) 6 Notre Dame (21-11) Fri., 9:40 p.m.

11 Mich./Tulsa Mar. 20

3 West Virginia (26-8)

Brooklyn, N.Y.

Today April 2 Oklahoma vs. Villanova, 6:09 p.m.

EAST SOUTH North Carolina vs. Syracuse, Philadelphia Louisville, Ky. Mar. 27 Mar. 268:49 p.m.

Championship Monday North Semifinal winners, 9 p.m.

The Associated Press

Fri., 7:10 p.m.

Carolina 14 forward Brice Johnson (11) and the Tar Heels face ACC rival Syracuse in the Final Four SF Austin (27-5) semifinals today7 Wisconsin in Houston at approximately 8:49 p.m.

Mar. 25 (20-12) Fri., 6:50 p.m.

10 Pittsburgh (21-11) Mar. 20

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2 Xavier (27-5)

St. Louis

National Championship

5 Indiana (25-7) Thurs., 7:10 p.m.

Final Four Semifinals

Des Moines, Iowa

Mar. 25

Mar. 24

8 USC (21-12)

Thurs., 9:50 p.m.

March 26-27

Mar. 24

March 17-18

1 North Carolina (28-6) 16 FGCU (21-13)

Mar. 19

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March 26-27

First Round

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March 24-25

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Oklahoma, Villanova face NRG shooting woes Fri., 9:20 p.m.

15 Weber State (26-8) 1 Virginia (26-7)

Mar. 19

8 Texas Tech (19-12) Thurs., 12:40 p.m.

9 Butler (21-10)

Mar. 24

Mar. 25

By JIM O’CONNELL The Associated Press

Raleigh, N.C.

Thurs., 3:10 p.m.

16 Hampton (21-10)

5 Purdue (26-8)

Thurs., 4:30 p.m.

12 Little Rock (27-4)

Denver

RegionalMar.— 12 teams com19 the 4 Iowa State (21-11) Thurs., 2percent p.m. bined to shoot 27.6 (59 13 Iona (22-10) WEST MIDWE ofS T214) from 3-point range.

Anaheim, Calif.

6 Seton Hall (25-8) Chicago Plenty of teams have bad Mar. 26 HOUSTON — Oklahoma is Mar. 27 Thurs., 9:57 p.m.

(26-7) 11 one of the nation’s best 3-point games, but onlyGonzaga three teams in Mar. 19 3 Utah (26-8) All times EDT shooting teams. Villanova is all of college hoops shot 27.6 Thurs., 7:27 p.m.

(25-9) 14 Fresno no slouch, either. percent or worse onSt.3s this Mar. 24 Mar. 25 Dayton (25-7) GramTheir numbers don’t lie but season: Robert7 Morris, Fri., 12:15 p.m. neither do NRG Stadium’s. bling State and Prairie View (19-13) 10 Syracuse That’s where the Sooners and A&M. Mar. 20 2 Michigan St. (29-5) Fri., 2:45 p.m.

Wildcats will play their nationOnly one team playing Tenn. (24-9)at 15 Middle AP al semifinal game on Saturday NRG — Duke last year — shot and also where a lot of 3-point better than 33 percent, and shots have just not gone in the that was 42.1 percent (8-19). basket.

Oklahoma (29-7) is coming There have been six NCAA into the Final Four shooting Tournament games played in 42.8 percent on 3s — second in the home of the NFL’s Housthe nation — and Villanova ton Texans, but sizable crowds (33-5) hits at a 35.4 percent clip. of 70,000-plus have seen misses Both teams had chances to at unusual rates for big-time shoot in the stadium on The Associated Press college basketball.

Thursday and Friday and the Oklahoma’s Jordan Woodard (10) and the Sooners face fellow No. In the six games — the 2011 See shooting, Page B3 2 seed Villanova in the Final Four semis today in Houston at 6 p.m.

Final Four and the 2015 South

they’ve got a lot of athletes that can run and they pitch it well. It’s going to be a challenge — and if we’re still in first place after this weekend, we’ll be very fortunate.”

USCL was the other Region X team that played in last year’s Eastern District tournament with the Fire Ants, and the Lancers return a number of experienced players, Medlin said.

See USCS, Page B5

USC Basketball

USC gives Martin 4-year extension

By Willie T. Smith III Greenville News

Denver

St. Louis

COLUMBIA — The University of South Carolina board of trustees on Friday approved a 4-year contract extension for men’s basketball coach Frank Martin.

“We have been working on this for quite a while,” said Ray Tanner, USC athletics director. “His agent and I had a great relationship throughout this process. … With the extension this is an opportunity for MARTIN him to continue to recruit with six years in front of him.”

The four-year extension binds Martin to the program through the 2021-2022 season. His current contract was due to end after the 2017-18 season.

Martin becomes one of the four highest-paid coaches in the 14-team Southeastern Conference based on this season’s figures.

He will make $2.45 million next season. That number increases by $50,000 in each of the contract years, $2.7 million in 2021-22.

Martin, in Houston for the Final Four, could not be reached for comment but has scheduled a news conference for Monday afternoon.

There had been reports that other schools were interested in Martin, but he never appeared to have a serious interest in leaving the Gamecocks. Tanner said he did not believe Martin entertained offers from other institutions.

Martin has called Tanner the best boss for which he has ever worked, and Tanner has expressed that he is a fan of the coach and hoped he would remain at South Carolina for a long time.

“When he got here, not to be critical of any coaches in the past, it wasn’t a great situation to inherit,” said Tanner. “He had to build in a quick manner. He had some challenges along the way with culture.

“There are so many positives. We’ve increased our ticket sales. We’ve increased in so many ways.

The popularity of Coach Martin in this community and the way the fan base has embraced men’s basketball is very special.”

The Gamecocks have improved under Martin. USC finished 2015-16 with a 25-9 record. The win total equals the most in Carolina history.

Martin’s squads won 14 games in each of his first two seasons, and that was followed by a 17-16 record in 2014-15. That was USC’s first winning season since 2008-09.

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auto racing

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Joey Logano, right, is congratulated by a crew member after wining the pole for Sunday’s STP 500 at the Martinsville Speedway on Friday in Martinsville, Va.

Logano wins Martinsville pole for 3rd straight time

By HANK KURZ Jr. The Associated Press

the race with 46 laps remaining.

The action earned KensMARTINSVILLE, Va. — eth a two-race suspension, Joey Logano won the pole one of the stiffest in NASfor Sunday’s NASCAR CAR history.

Sprint Cup race at MartinsLogano said he watched ville Speedway on Friday. the race Thursday night and It is the third consecutive went to sleep “not very pole for Logano on the happy.” smallest and oldest track in “We have a little extra mothe premier series. He’s the tivation coming up here this first driver to do that on the week to really show what 0.526-mile oval since Jeff we’re made out of,” he said.

Gordon won three in a row “It’s nice to be able to come in 2003-04. up here and do what we Logano, the fastest in all know how to do and execute three rounds of qualifying, qualifying like we know to.” barely edged Kasey Kahne Brian Vickers will start with a speed of 97.043 mph third in Tony Stewart’s while Kahne’s best lap was Chevrolet, with Paul Menat 97.033 mph. Logano ran ard alongside him, followed five laps in the last session,

by Ryan Newman, AJ AllKahne ran just three. mendinger, Kyle Busch and “We don’t have one of defending champion Denny those trophies yet,” Logano Hamlin, a five-time winner said in the infield media cen- at the track. ter, pointing at the grandfaKahne thought he had a ther clock that will be chance at the pole, but was awarded to Sunday’s winner. pleased to get a front row “We’ve figured out the quali- starting spot. fying part really well.”

“I think it gives me a lot of The last time the series momentum. It gives us some visited Martinsville, Logano confidence that we can go had perhaps his best chance fast,” he said. to win, but a simmering feud WHAT TO EXPECT: with Matt Kenseth boiled Jimmie Johnson, an eightover and Kenseth took out time winner here, qualified Logano while he was leading 24th. Johnson and Jeff Gor-

don shared the lead among active drivers with eight victories until Gordon won for a ninth time here last November.

Hamlin’s five victories are second most among active drivers.

BACKUP CAR: Trevor Bayne qualified 32nd in a backup car after crashing his primary car in Turns 1 and 2 in the last minute of the day’s first practice session.

WELCOME BACK: Ryan Blaney qualified 12th in the Wood Brothers’ No. 21 Ford.

It’s the first time the Wood Brothers are racing at the track about 20 miles from their home since the 2011 season.

LAST MAN IN I: Johnson earned the 24th and final spot in the second round of qualifying, despite Carl Edwards’ persistent effort to surpass him. Edwards ran nine laps trying to advance out of the first round.

LAST MAN IN II: Rookie Chase Elliott claimed the 12th and final spot in the third round of qualifying when Kahne made a sizzling late lap to earn the fourthfastest time, bumping Ricky Stenhouse to 13th place.

Auto Racing Lineup STP 500 Lineup

By The Associated Press After Friday qualifying; race Sunday At Martinsville Speedway Ridgeway, Va. Lap length: .526 miles (Car number in parentheses) 1. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 97.043 mph.

2. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 97.033.

3. (14) Brian Vickers, Chevrolet, 96.864.

4. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 96.854.

5. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 96.736.

6. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 96.676.

7. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 96.657.

8. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 96.642.

9. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 96.44.

10. (24) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 96.224.

11. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 96.205.

12. (21) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 96.171.

13. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 96.637.

14. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 96.622.

15. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 96.617.

16. (78) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 96.568.

17. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 96.474.

18. (13) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 96.47.

19. (4) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 96.362.

20. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 96.244.

21. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 96.049.

22. (23) David Ragan, Toyota, 95.981.

23. (41) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 95.796.

24. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 95.714.

25. (19) Carl Edwards, Toyota, 96.083.

26. (44) Brian Scott, Ford, 95.917.

27. (95) Michael McDowell, Chevrolet, 95.912.

28. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 95.888.

29. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 95.874.

30. (15) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 95.84.

31. (98) Cole Whitt, Chevrolet, 95.757.

32. (6) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 95.612.

33. (38) Landon Cassill, Ford, 95.593.

34. (7) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 95.545.

35. (83) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota, 95.295.

36. (34) Chris Buescher, Ford, 95.252.

37. (32) Joey Gase, Ford, 94.817.

38. (46) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 94.246.

39. (30) Josh Wise, Chevrolet, 94.218.

40. (55) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet.

area scoreboard GOLF PAR 4 PETS TOURNAMENT The fourth annual Par 4 Pets golf tournament will be held on Saturday, April 23, at Crystal Lakes Golf Course. The format will be 4-man Captain’s Choice.

The entry fee is $160 per team or $40 per player. The fee includes golf cart, lunch and beverages.

The field will be limited to the first 20 teams.

The money raised will go K.A.T.’s Special Kneads.

For more information, call Kathy Stafford at (803) 4693906, Teresa Durden at (803) 917-4710 or Mike Ardis at (803) 775-1902.

St. Francis Golf Classic The 21st Annual St. Francis Xavier High School Golf

TODAY 7 a.m. – Major League Exhibition Baseball: Baltimore at Philadelphia (MLB NETWORK).

7:40 a.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – Chelsea vs. Aston Villa (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

9:20 p.m. – International Soccer: Bundesliga League Match – Eintracht Frankfurt vs. Bayern Munich (FOX SPORTS 2).

9:55 a.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – Watford vs. Arsenal (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

10 a.m. – Girls High School Basketball: Dick’s Sporting Goods National Championship Game from New York (ESPN2).

10 a.m. – NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup Series STP 500 Practice from Ridgeway, Va. (FOX SPORTS 1).

10 a.m. – Major League Exhibition Baseball: Chicago Cubs vs. New York Mets from Las Vegas (MLB NETWORK).

10 a.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – Norwich City vs. Newcastle United (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

11 a.m. – College Lacrosse: Denver at Georgetown (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

11 a.m. – Formula One Racing: Bahrain Grand Prix Pole Qualifying from Sakhir, Bahrain (CNBC).

11 a.m. – NASCAR Racing: Camping World Truck Series Alpha Energy Solutions 250 Pole Qualifying from Ridgeway, Va. (FOX SPORTS 1).

Noon – High School Basketball: Dick’s Sporting Goods National Championship Game from New York (ESPN2).

Noon – College Softball: Tennessee at Missouri (ESPNU).

Noon – College Baseball: Alabama at Georgia (SEC NETWORK).

12:30 p.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – Tottenham vs. Liverpool (WIS 10).

12:30 p.m. – International Soccer: Bundesliga League Match – Werder Bremen vs. Borussia Dortmund (WACH 57).

1 p.m. – College Basketball: NABC AllStar Game from Houston (WLTX 19).

1 p.m. – Professional Tennis: Miami Open Women’s Championship Match from Key Biscayne, Fla. (ESPN2).

1 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup Series STP 500 Practice from Ridgeway, Va. (FOX SPORTS 1).

1 p.m. – College Softball: Marshall at Alabama-Birmingham (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

1 p.m. – PGA Golf: Houston Open Third Round from Humble, Texas (GOLF).

1 p.m. – Major League Exhibition Baseball: Boston vs. Toronto from Montreal (MLB NETWORK).

1:30 p.m. – International Soccer: Dutch League Match – PSV vs. Alkmaar (UNIVISION).

2 p.m. – College Baseball: Texas Christian at Wichita State (ESPNU).

2 p.m. – College Softball: Kansas at Oklahoma (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST).

2 p.m. – International Figure Skating: World Championships from Boston – Pairs Free Skate (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

2:30 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: Camping World Truck Series Alpha Energy Solutions 250 from Ridgeway, Va. (FOX SPORTS 1, WEGX-FM 92.9).

3 p.m. – PGA Golf: Houston Open Third Round from Humble, Texas (WIS 10).

3 p.m. – Women’s College Basketball: WNIT Championship Game (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

3 p.m. – Senior PGA Golf: Champions Tour Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic Second Round from Biloxi, Miss.

(GOLF).

3 p.m. – College Baseball: South Carolina at Vanderbilt (SEC NETWORK, WNKT-FM 107.5).

3:30 p.m. – College Softball: Alabama at Florida (ESPN2).

4 p.m. – College Baseball: Texas at Oklahoma (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST).

4 p.m. – Major League Exhibition Baseball: San Francisco at Oakland (MLB NETWORK).

4 p.m. – College Baseball: Pittsburgh at Clemson (WPUB-FM 102.7).

5 p.m. – College Lacrosse: Notre Dame at Syracuse (ESPNU).

5 p.m. – LPGA Golf: ANA Inspiration Third Round from Rancho Mirage, Calif. (GOLF).

6 p.m. – College Softball: Arkansas at Texas A&M (SEC NETWORK).

6 p.m. – College Basketball: NCAA Tournament Final Four Semifinal Game from Houston – Villanova vs.

Oklahoma (TBS, TNT, TRUTV).

6:55 p.m. – International Soccer: Mexican League Match – Pachuca vs. Cruz Azul (UNIVISION).

7 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Columbus at Carolina (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

7:30 p.m. – College Baseball: Texas A&M at Florida (ESPNU).

7:30 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: K&N Pro Series East from Greenville (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

8 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Detroit at Chicago (NBA TV).

8:30 p.m. – College Baseball: Missouri at Arkansas (SEC NETWORK).

8:30 p.m. – College Basketball: NCAA Tournament Final Four Semifinal Game from Houston – North Carolina vs. Syracuse (TBS, TNT, TRUTV).

8:55 p.m. – International Soccer: Mexican League Match – Atlas vs. Tigres (UNIVISION).

9 p.m. – International Figure Skating: World Championships from Boston – Women’s Free Skate (WIS 10).

9 p.m. – Arena Football: Jacksonville at Los Angeles (ESPN2).

9 p.m. – Major League Exhibition Baseball: Los Angeles Dodgers at Los Angeles Angels (MLB NETWORK).

9 p.m. – IRL Racing: IndyCar Series Phoenix Grand Prix from Avondale, Ariz. (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

10:30 p.m. – College Softball: UCLA at Oregon (ESPNU).

10:55 p.m. – International Soccer: Mexican League Match – America vs. Jaguares (UNIVISION).

Midnight – Major League Exhibition Baseball: Cleveland at Texas (MLB NETWORK).

3 a.m. – Major League Exhibition Baseball: Philadelphia vs. Philadelphia Minor Leaguers from Philadelphia (MLB NETWORK).

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Classic will be held on May 6 at Sunset Country Club.

The 4-man Captain’s Choice has a 1 p.m. shotgun start. The cost is $70 per person.

For more details, contact Steve Capinas at scapinas@ hotmail.com.

BASEBALL Alumni Game Lakewood High School will host a Lakewood/Furman/Mayewood alumni baseball game on Saturday, April 9, at the Lakewood baseball field beginning at noon. Money raised from the event will go into the Lakewood baseball program.

The cost is $10 for each participant. Admission is $5 for spectators.

Chicken Bog will be

served to participants and spectators and concessions will be available. There will also be a bake sale.

There will be a Home Run Derby and baserunning competition for participants.

For more information, call Bill DeLavan at (803) 9683866.

BASKETBALL Perseverance Tryouts The Sumter Perseverance youth basketball program is holding tryouts for the upcoming AAU season.

Tryouts will run through Friday.

For more information, contact Coach Junko Allen at (803) 795-5513, at coachj_ perseverance@yahoo.com or at www.facebook.com/perseverancebasketball.

By The Associated Press

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

y-Toronto Boston New York Brooklyn Philadelphia Southeast Division

x-Atlanta Charlotte Miami Washington Orlando Central Division

y-Cleveland Detroit Indiana Chicago Milwaukee

W L Pct GB 50 24 .676 — 43 32 .573 7½ 30 46 .395 21 21 54 .280 29½ 9 66 .120 41½ W L Pct GB 45 31 .592 — 43 31 .581 1 43 31 .581 1 36 39 .480 8½ 32 43 .427 12½ W L Pct GB 53 22 .707 — 40 35 .533 13 39 36 .520 14 38 37 .507 15 31 44 .413 22

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division

y-San Antonio Memphis Dallas Houston New Orleans Northwest Division

y-Oklahoma City Portland

W L Pct GB 63 12 .840 — 41 34 .547 22 37 38 .493 26 37 39 .487 26½ 28 47 .373 35 W L Pct GB 53 23 .697 — 40 36 .526 13

Utah 37 38 .493 15½ Denver 32 45 .416 21½ Minnesota 25 50 .333 27½ Pacific Division

W L Pct GB y-Golden State 68 7 .907 — x-L.A. Clippers 47 28 .627 21 Sacramento 30 45 .400 38 Phoenix 20 55 .267 48 L.A. Lakers 16 59 .213 52 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division

Thursday’s Games

Chicago 103, Houston 100 Cleveland 107, Brooklyn 87 Orlando 114, Indiana 94 New Orleans 101, Denver 95 Oklahoma City 119, L.A. Clippers 117 Portland 116, Boston 109

Friday’s Games

Philadelphia at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Brooklyn at New York, 7:30 p.m.

Orlando at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

Toronto at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Cleveland at Atlanta, 8 p.m.

Minnesota at Utah, 9 p.m.

Miami at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

Boston at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

Washington at Phoenix, 10:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Indiana at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.

Detroit at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Toronto at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.

Sacramento at Denver, 9 p.m.

Miami at Portland, 10 p.m.

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By The Associated Press

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida 77 43 25 9 95 221 191 Tampa Bay 77 44 28 5 93 214 185 Boston 77 40 29 8 88 223 209 Detroit 77 38 28 11 87 198 212 Ottawa 78 36 33 9 81 222 237 Montreal 78 36 36 6 78 208 224 Buffalo 78 32 35 11 75 189 211 Toronto 77 28 38 11 67 187 226 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA z-Washington 76 54 16 6 114 237 177 Pittsburgh 77 44 25 8 96 224 192 N.Y. Rangers 77 43 25 9 95 222 203 N.Y. Islanders 76 42 25 9 93 214 196 Philadelphia 76 38 25 13 89 198 200 Carolina 78 34 28 16 84 191 211 New Jersey 78 37 33 8 82 175 197 Columbus 77 30 39 8 68 198 241

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Dallas 78 47 22 9 103 256 221 x-St. Louis 77 46 22 9 101 206 186 x-Chicago 77 44 26 7 95 213 192 Nashville 78 39 26 13 91 217 204 Minnesota 78 38 29 11 87 212 193 Colorado 77 39 34 4 82 205 218 Winnipeg 77 31 39 7 69 195 225 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Los Angeles 77 46 26 5 97 211 180 x-Anaheim 76 43 23 10 96 204 181 x-San Jose 78 43 29 6 92 230 203 Arizona 77 34 36 7 75 200 230 Calgary 78 32 40 6 70 213 251 Vancouver 77 28 36 13 69 176 223 Edmonton 79 30 42 7 67 194 234 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. x-clinched playoff spot z-clinched conference

Thursday’s Games

Buffalo 4, Toronto 1 N.Y. Islanders 4, Columbus 3 Pittsburgh 5, Nashville 2 Carolina 4, N.Y. Rangers 3 Montreal 3, Tampa Bay 0 Florida 3, New Jersey 2 Ottawa 3, Minnesota 2 Dallas 4, Arizona 1 Los Angeles 3, Calgary 0 Vancouver 4, San Jose 2

Friday’s Games

Minnesota at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Boston at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Chicago at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.

Washington at Colorado, 9 p.m.

Vancouver at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Pittsburgh at N.Y. Islanders, 1 p.m.

Ottawa at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.

Dallas at Los Angeles, 4 p.m.

Detroit at Toronto, 7 p.m.

New Jersey at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.

Montreal at Florida, 7 p.m.

Buffalo at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.

Columbus at Carolina, 7 p.m.

San Jose at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Calgary at Edmonton, 10 p.m.

Washington at Arizona, 10 p.m.

mlb spring training

By The Associated Press

Friday’s Games

Detroit 9, Tampa Bay (ss) 4 Atlanta 2, Tampa Bay (ss) 2, tie Houston 4, Milwaukee 2 N.Y. Mets 8, Chicago Cubs 1 Washington 4, Minnesota 3 Baltimore at Philadelphia, 6:05 p.m.

Boston vs. Toronto at Montreal, 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Miami, 7:10 p.m.

Cleveland at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

L.A. Angels at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

Colorado vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 10:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at San Diego, 10:10 p.m.

Oakland at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Minnesota at Washington, 12:05 p.m.

Boston vs. Toronto at Montreal, 1:05 p.m.

Detroit vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Miami, 1:10 p.m.

Cincinnati vs. Pittsburgh at Indianapolis, Ind., 1:35 p.m.

Cleveland at Texas, 2:05 p.m.

Seattle vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz., 3:10 p.m.

Kansas City at Arizona, 3:10 p.m.

San Francisco at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.

Chi. White Sox at San Diego, 4:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m.

Golf

By The Associated Press

PGA Tour-Shell Houston Open

Friday At Golf Club of Houston Humble, Texas Purse: $6.8 million Yardage: 7,441; Par 72 Partial Second Round Charley Hoffman 64-70—134 -10 Jamie Lovemark 67-68—135 -9 Chez Reavie 66-70—136 -8 Will MacKenzie 69-68—137 -7 Russell Henley 70-68—138 -6 Charles Howell III 69-69—138 -6 Harris English 68-70—138 -6 Scott Brown 65-74—139 -5 Bernd Wiesberger 68-71—139 -5 Rickie Fowler 69-70—139 -5 Lucas Glover 71-68—139 -5 Andrew Loupe 67-72—139 -5 Scott Pinckney 66-73—139 -5 Whee Kim 67-73—140 -4 Henrik Stenson 69-71—140 -4 Jordan Spieth 67-73—140 -4 Luke List 68-72—140 -4 Patrick Reed 69-71—140 -4 David Hearn 70-70—140 -4 Si Woo Kim 69-71—140 -4 Justin Hicks 66-74—140 -4 Steve Marino 67-73—140 -4 Phil Mickelson 69-71—140 -4 David Toms 70-70—140 -4 Stuart Appleby 69-71—140 -4

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Tiger Woods will miss the Masters for the second time in three years, it was officially announced on Friday.

Woods to miss Masters Tiger Woods is going to Augusta National next week to eat, not play.

Woods made it official Friday night what most observers figured all along. Recovery from two back surgeries last year has not progressed to the point where he is ready to tee it up at the Masters. It will be the second time in the past three years that the four-time champion has not played the Masters.

“After assessing the present condition of my back, and consulting with my medical team, I’ve decided it’s prudent to miss this year’s Masters,” Woods said on his website.

“I’ve been hitting balls and training daily, but I’m not physically ready. I’ve said all along that this time I need to be cautious and do what’s best for my long-term health and career.

“Unfortunately, playing Augusta next week wouldn’t be the right decision.”

Woods said he at least plans to attend the Champions Dinner on Tuesday night “and see a lot of friends.” Masters champion Jordan Spieth has said he will serve Texas barbecue.

Woods tied for 10th in the Wyndham Championship in August, only to announce a month later that he had a second back surgery. He had a third back surgery on Oct. 28 that left his future more uncertain than ever.

His statement Friday night, however, indicated progress without mentioning how much or when he might be back.

“I’m absolutely making progress, and I’m really happy with how far I’ve come,” Woods said. “But I still have no timetable to return to competitive golf.”

Woods has said all along that he will not rush back. He turned 40 on Dec. 30, and his last victory was at the Bridgestone Invitational in August 2013.

Hoffman leads way at Houston Open HOUSTON — Charley Hoffman had a 2-under 70 for a one-shot lead over Jamie Lovemark at the Houston Open on Friday.

Lovemark was a former NCAA champion seeking his first PGA Tour title after having his career affected by back surgery. He was one of four players to shoot the day’s low score, 68, under conditions that worsened as the afternoon went on, which helped protect Hoffman from the field.

Dustin Johnson was among those chasing Hoffman, who opened with a 64 Thursday, but Johnson dropped back to 8 under with a bogey on 17, closing with a 71 after narrowly missing a 10-foot birdie putt on 18.

Johnson was in the last group to finish the round before darkness stopped play.

A 93-minute morning weather delay brought on by rain and lightning in the area en-

Hall standout JP Sears (4-2) wound up taking the loss after giving up three runs on six hits with seven punchouts and no walks in six innings.

The Bulldogs’ offense was held in check all night, tallying just five hits and one run.

On Wednesday, Coastal Carolina defeated the Bulldogs 4-3.

Former Sumter High and Sumter P-15’s standout Jacob Watcher and former Barons standout William Kinney each drove in a run for the Citadel.

Vanderbilt 6 The Associated Press

Charlotte’s Kemba Walker had 27 points and 11 rebounds in a 100-91 win over Philadelphia on Friday in Charlotte.

South Carolina 3

NASHVILLE, TENN. — Third-ranked Vanderbilt scored four runs in the first inning and Jordan Sheffield struck out nine in seven insured that 27 players will have nings of work as the Commodores defeated second-ranked to complete the second round South Carolina 6-3 on ThursSaturday morning. day night at Hawkins Field.

Clemson 14 Vanderbilt is now 22-4 and Pittsburgh 6 5-2 in the SEC and South CaroCLEMSON — The No. 17 lina is 23-4 and 6-1 in league Clemson Tigers scored in each play. of their last seven innings at Gamecock starting pitcher the plate as they defeated Clarke Schmidt (6-1) pitched Pittsburgh 14-6 to win their his first career complete game 13th straight game at Doug despite the loss. He allowed six Kingsmore Stadium on Friday. runs, four earned, on eight The Tigers, who took a 1-0 hits in eight innings with a lead in the series, improved to walk and nine strikeouts.

20-6 overall and 6-4 in the ACC. Sheffield (3-1) with three runs The Panthers dropped to 12-10 allowed, two earned, on five overall and 4-6 in ACC play. hits with three walks. Vandy Seth Beer gave the Tigers reliever Ben Bowden pitched the lead for good in the third two scoreless innings of relief inning on his run-scoring dou- with three strikeouts to earn ble off the wall in left field to his third save of the year. extend his hitting streak to 22 Vanderbilt jumped out to 4-0 games, tied for eighth-longest in the bottom of the first inin school history. With the Tining and never looked back. gers ahead 7-5, they broke the Ethan Paul homered and drove game open with five runs in in two for the Commodores the fifth inning, highlighted by while Alonzo Jones had two Reed Rohlman’s 2-run single. hits and 3 RBI on the night.

Rohlman went 4-for-5 with John Jones led the Gamethree RBI to pace Clemson and cocks with two hits. LT Tolbert the Tigers had 16 total hits in and Marcus Mooney drove in the contest. a run apiece.

Tiger starter Clate Schmidt Hornets 100 (5-0) earned the win by allow76ers 91 ing eight hits, six runs and no CHARLOTTE — Kemba walks with five strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings pitched. Pittsburgh Walker had 27 points and 11 starter Josh Falk (2-3) suffered rebounds, and the Charlotte Hornets defeated the Philadelthe loss, as he yielded four phia 76ers 100-91 on Friday runs on five hits in 2 1/3 innight, leaving them on the nings pitched. verge of clinching an Eastern The series continues today Conference playoff spot. at 4 p.m.

The Hornets (44-31) can Stetson 3 wrap up a postseason berth for Citadel 1 the second time in three seaDELAND, Fla. — A 2-run sons if Detroit beats Chicago sixth-inning proved to be the on Saturday night. difference as Stetson defeated Nicolas Batum overcame a the Citadel 3-1 on Friday. shaky start and had 19 points The Hatters improved to and seven assists for the Hor13-13 while the Bulldogs fell to nets, who have won 14 of their 12-15. last 17 games.

Fresh off his 19-strikeout performance, former Wilson From wire, staff reports

and the ACC’s highest-scoring team at 83 points a game, won both earlier matchups against the Orange this season.

Williams isn’t sure he agrees with the old premise brought up constantly this week about the challenge of beating the same team three times in the same season.

“If you’re better than me, you can probably beat me 20 times,” Williams said, before adding a caveat about playing the Orange again. “The Syracuse games, the games went right down to the wire.”

Then Williams reminded everyone of 1985 when Villanova, a No. 8 seed, beat defending national champion Georgetown in the title game after the Wildcats lost twice against their Big East rivals in the regular season — 57-50 and 52-50.

In the Jan. 9 game under Syracuse’s dome, the Orange were tied at halftime and led by as many as six points after that. But Isaiah Hicks scored 19 of his 21 points after the break, and the Tar Heels hit 12 of 13 from the field in the closing minutes for an 84-73 win.

In the Feb. 29 rematch at Chapel Hill, the Orange had cut a second-half deficit of 15 points to one with 2:23 left but never went back ahead in a 75-70 loss.

“I think it gives you some confidence going into this game” said Orange guard Trevor Cooney, who had a season-high 27 points in the first game against Carolina.

“I mean, we can play with these guys. ... If we play the way we’ve been playing defensively, I think we’ll be fine.”

A few other things when North Carolina and Syracuse play for the fourth time in the NCAA Tourna-

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ballpark’s history didn’t seem to bother the Sooners.

“It’s just 94 feet with two goals,” said Jordan Woodard, who shot 45.9 percent from behind the arc this season. “Coach, he’s going to expect us to make shots no matter where we at. We have to make shots in order to win.”

Star Buddy Hield was fourth in the nation at 46.5 percent.

“We’ve been making shots all week,” he said.

“We shouldn’t have the effect of shooting in an arena. I know it’s big, but we (are) going to light it up tomorrow for sure.”

Villanova coach Jay Wright had a team in the 2009 Final Four at Detroit’s Ford Field and the Wildcats played in the Carrier Dome every year when the Orange were in the Big East.

“I thought yesterday’s practice was really vital,” Wright said Friday.

“At the beginning, you could see we were a little off. But by the end of practice, I thought everybody was comfortable,” he said.

“I really think by tomorrow night, everybody’s going to be fine, I really do. Once you get in there for a while, it’s going to make you comfortable.”

Sooners coach Lon Kruger said things weren’t smooth for his team when they started practice.

“We did shoot it well,” he said Friday. “The first couple (shots) were pretty bad.

I was thinking, ‘Don’t let

3s TIMES 2 Senior guard Marcus Paige has made at least two 3s in all 11 NCAA Tournament games he has played in for North Carolina, and his 32 overall are secondmost school history behind only 1993 Final Four MVP Donald Williams’ 38. In six NCAA games played in NRG Stadium, the 12 teams have combined to shoot 27.6 percent from long range.

But that doesn’t seem to faze Paige. “It is still a rim out there 10 feet up,” he said. “After a couple minutes of shooting, it is no different than any other rim.”

FINAL FOUR EXPERIENCE This is Williams’ fourth Final Four appearance with North Carolina, after four with Kansas. His two national titles are with the Tar Heels, including their last Final Four appearance in 2009. Boeheim is in his fifth Final Four, and his only title came in 2003 when the Orange beat Kansas — in what was Williams’ last game with the Jayhawks before going back to Carolina.

DOUBLE-DIGITS IN FINAL FOUR Syracuse is the fourth double-digit seed to reach the Final Four. The Orange will try to become the first to make it to the championship game.

ACC vs. ACC This is the sixth time two ACC teams have reached the Final Four, and the third time for the conference to have a national semifinal matchup. North Carolina beat Virginia in 1981 before losing to Indiana in the national title game. Twenty years later, Duke was the national champion after first defeating Maryland in the semifinal game.

this get in their head.’ After that, we shot it pretty normally.”

FIRST MEETING These teams met in Hawaii on Dec. 7 and it was all Sooners. Oklahoma won 78-55 and the Sooners broke the 50 percent barrier from 3-point range (14 for 26) while the Wildcats were an abysmal 4 for 32.

“I think we learned a lot from Oklahoma,” Wright said. “They were the team we wanted to be. They were connected defensively.

They were unselfish offensively. They had intelligent shot selection. It was a great barometer for us all through the season.”

VETERAN TOUCH Half the starters in this game will be seniors. Oklahoma has Hield, Isaiah Cousins and Ryan Spangler while Villanova will have Ryan Arcidiacono and Daniel Ochefu.

“The greatest thing about (our) seniors, is they experienced failure as freshmen, then fought through it to finish the year in the NCAA Tournament, then a lot of success after that,” Wright said. “It’s really like having coaches on the floor and coaches in the locker room and coaches back in the dorm. It’s really valuable.”

LONG WAIT Kruger last had a team in the Final Four in 1994 with Florida. His 22 years between appearances is second-longest in NCAA history behind DePaul’s Ray Meyer who led the Blue Demons to the Final Four in 1943 and again in 1979.

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New York Mets pitcher Matt Harvey headlines a rotation that includes Noah Syndergaard, Jacob deGrom and Steven Matz -- which might be the best in the major leagues.

Who has top rotation heading into 2016?

By JANIE McCAULEY The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — New York’s young fireballing rotation led the Mets back to the World Series at last.

Matt Harvey, Noah Syndergaard, Jacob deGrom and Steven Matz are eager for an encore after missing a chance at a championship — and they might be baseball’s standard this season for ace starting staffs.

“We know what we’re capable of and that makes it more exciting,” Harvey said. “We’re not trying to compare with anyone else. We’re excited to be where we are. We definitely have a lot of confidence. Expectations, if you turn them in the right way, should be confidence toward us.”

New York is not the only club counting on a deep and talented rotation to carry things with hopes of a championship run come October. From Cleveland to the World Series-starved Cubs, the every-other-year Giants and Dusty Baker’s Nationals in D.C., baseball begins with some star-studded rotations in nearly every division.

It’s an even year and the San Francisco starters are loaded, with Johnny Cueto and Jeff Samardzija coming aboard to join 2014 World Series MVP Madison Bumgarner, Matt Cain and Jake Peavy.

And this group has one of the game’s top catchers in Buster Posey calling things from be-

hind the plate.

“They’re always tough because they can pitch and play defense,” Cubs ace Jake Arrieta said. “They’re one of the teams that everybody views as a championship-caliber team and they’ve proven they’re worthy of that consideration. You have to view them as one of the top contenders.”

Arrieta and the Cubs hope to say something about the Giants winning again as they have in the even years so far this decade — 2010, ‘12 and ‘14. Chicago boasts Arrieta, Jon Lester and new addition John Lackey.

There’s Washington with Stephen Strasburg, Max Scherzer and Gio Gonzalez, and new Arizona ace Zack Greinke ready to lead the Diamondbacks.

Harvey, who passed a blood clot in his bladder this past week, is set to take the ball opening day Sunday at Kansas City in a World Series rematch after the Royals’ five-game victory last October.

Mets manager Terry Collins has a stack of aces to pull from heading into a new year — and his rotation will only get better once Zack Wheeler returns from Tommy John surgery.

“I don’t try to number my guys, but if there’s a staff that has a possibility of five No. 1 guys, we’ve got it,” Collins said.

San Francisco spent $220 million on two top-tier starters, acquiring Cueto on a $130 million, six-year contract, and Samardzija for $90 million over five seasons.

Sensors could help prevent elbow injuries in baseball

By RONALD BLUM The Associated Press

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the motion capture software for the Grand Theft Auto III and IV video games, is launching its BRADENTON, Fla. — As Pifive-sensor MotusPro system rates prospect Matt Benedict this year and a single-sensor tossed a baseball on Roberto sleeve for consumers with a Clemente Field at Pittsburgh’s $150 price tag. minor league complex late one In-game use for the major and Sunday afternoon, five blue sen- minor leagues isn’t allowed for sors attached to his body rethis year, and players can decide corded 39 sets of measurements on their own whether to use ranging from shoulder rotation during workouts. to hip speed to stride.

ASMI has been measuring Minutes later, the 27-year-old pitchers’ biomechanics since right-hander examined a hand1990, but players had to go to a held computer, checking how he lab in Birmingham, Alabama, rated against test groups. strip to their shorts and attach Biometric baseball has ar30-50 reflective markers. With rived. advancements, Motus developed Programmers already have a 16-millimeter, 14-ounce sensor revolutionized the game with that was tested last year. This defensive shifts. Now they hope year’s model is down to 9 millifor a new level of diamond data meters and 7 ounces. that will stop the spate of torn The top-of-the-line system inulnar collateral ligaments in el- cludes two chips on a compresbows and an epidemic of sion sleeve that slides over a Tommy John surgeries. pitcher’s arm: a master sensor “It’s the next sabermetrics,” with a blue dot over the elbow said Glenn Fleisig, a Ph.D. in and another with a red dot over biomedical engineering who di- the biceps. A detector with a rects research at Dr. James An- green dot slides into a pocket drews’ American Sports Mediover the chest and one with a cine Institute. yellow dot over the belly button.

“It’s science and the The final sensor, with a purple competitive advantage of know- dot, is affixed to the pitcher’s ing what your players are doing lead foot. Bluetooth technology vs. other people not knowing can transmit the details a throw what their players are doing,” within 9 seconds, or the stats he said. can be downloaded after a bullFor the scientists, Newton me- pen, inning or game. ters is the next big baseball stat, Benedict resembled The Six measuring valgus torque — Million Dollar Man more than stress on the elbow. the pitch-till-your-arm-hurt proMotus Global, a company totype that dominated the sport founded in 2010 by creators of for a century.

2015: 95-67, first place, World Series champions.

Manager: Ned Yost (seventh season).

He’s Here: RHP Ian Kennedy, RHP Joakim Soria.

He’s Outta Here: RHP Greg Holland, 2B-OF Ben Zobrist, RHP Johnny Cueto, RF Alex Rios, RHP Ryan Madson, LHP Franklin Morales, RHP Jeremy Guthrie, LF Jonny Gomes.

Projected Lineup: SS Alcides Escobar (.257, 3 HRs, 47 RBIs, 17 SBs), CF Lorenzo Cain (.307, 16, 72, 28 SBs), 1B Eric Hosmer (.297, 18, 93), DH Kendrys Morales (.290, 22, 106), 3B Mike Moustakas (.284, 22, 82), C Salvador Perez (.260, 21, 70), LF Alex Gordon (.271, 13, 48), 2B Omar Infante (.220, 2, 44), RF Paulo Orlando (.249, 7, 27).

Rotation: RH Edinson Volquez (13-9, 3.55), RH Yordano Ventura (13-8, 4.08), RH Ian Kennedy (9-15, 4.28 with Padres), RH Chris Young (11-6, 3.06), RH Kris Medlen (6-2, 4.01).

Key Relievers: RH Wade Davis (8-1, 0.94, 17/18 saves), RH Kelvin Herrera (4-3, 2.71), RH Joakim Soria (3-1, 2.85, 23/26 with Tigers and Pirates), LH Danny Duffy (7-8, 4.08), RH Luke Hochevar (1-1, 3.73).

Outlook: Sure, the Royals have questions in their rotation. But signing Gordon to a $72 million, four-year deal means virtually their entire lineup from last year’s World Series championship is back. And that means not only balanced production but one of the game’s best defenses, one that made marvelous plays at every turn to beat the New York Mets in five games for the title. Throw in one of the game’s deepest bullpens, anchored by Davis, and folks in Kansas City believe their team can make a run to its third consecutive World Series.

Minnesota Twins

2015: 83-79, second place.

Manager: Paul Molitor (second season).

He’s Here: DH Byung Ho Park, C John Ryan Murphy, LHP Fernando Abad.

He’s Outta Here: RF Torii Hunter, CF Aaron Hicks, RHP Blaine Boyer, RHP Mike Pelfrey, LHP Brian Duensing, C Chris Herrmann.

Projected Lineup: 2B Brian Dozier (.236, 28, 77), 1B Joe Mauer (.265, 10, 66), RF Miguel Sano (.269, 18, 52 in 80 games), 3B Trevor Plouffe (.244, 22, 86), LF Eddie Rosario (.267, 13, 50), DH Byung Ho Park (.343, 53, 146 for Nexen Heroes in Korean Baseball Organization), SS Eduardo Escobar (.262, 12, 58), C Kurt Suzuki (.240, 5, 50) or John Ryan Murphy (.277, 3, 14 in 67 games for Yankees), CF Byron Buxton (.209, 2, 6 in 46 games).

Rotation: RH Ervin Santana (7-5, 4.00 in 17 starts), RH Phil Hughes (11-9, 4.40, MLB-most 29 HRs allowed in 155 1-3 IP), RH Kyle Gibson (11-11, 3.84, team-high 194 2-3 IP), RH Tyler Duffey (5-1, 3.10 in 10 starts), LH Tommy Milone (9-5, 3.92) or RH Ricky Nolasco (5-2, 6.75 in 37 1-3 IP).

Key Relievers: LH Glen Perkins (3-5, 3.32, 32/35 saves), RH Kevin Jepsen (1-1, 1.61, 10 saves in 28 IP after being acquired from Tampa Bay), RH Trevor May (8-9, 4.00 in 114 2-3 IP), RH Casey Fien (4-6, 3.55), LH Fernando Abad (2-2, 4.15 in 62 games with Oakland).

Outlook: The Twins were one of baseball’s biggest surprises last year behind their widely respected rookie manager Molitor and a much-deeper rotation that combined for a 4.14 ERA that ranked 16th in the majors. Twins starters were last in 2014, last in 2013 and second-to-last in 2012. The starting five has the potential to be even better in 2016, with a full season

from Santana, who was suspended for the first half of 2015, and an improvement from a slimmeddown Hughes, whose uncanny career statistics have produced solid performances in even-numbered years and not-so-good ones in the odd seasons. The team’s first postseason appearance in six years is a possibility if young outfielders Buxton, Rosario and Sano take more steps forward and Park’s transition is smooth.

Cleveland Indians

2015: 81-80, third place.

Manager: Terry Francona (fourth season).

He’s Here: 3B Juan Uribe, 1B Mike Napoli, OF Rajai Davis, OF Collin Cowgill, OF Will Venable, RHP Joba Chamberlain, RHP Craig Stammen, RHP Dan Otero, OF Marlon Byrd.

He’s Outta Here: INF Mike Aviles, OF Ryan Raburn, RHP Scott Atchison, OF Michael Bourn, OF Nick Swisher, OF Chris Johnson, LHP Marc Rzepczynski.

Projected Lineup: 2B Jason Kipnis (.303, 9, 52, career highs in hits, average, doubles, OBP), SS Francisco Lindor (.313, 12, 51 in 99 games; league-high .345 average in second half), LF Michael Brantley (.310, 15, 84, league-leading 45 doubles), 1B Mike Napoli (.224, 18, 50 for Red Sox and Rangers; batted .295 in 35 games for Texas), DH Carlos Santana (.231, 19, 85; 2nd in AL with 108 walks), C Yan Gomes (.231, 12, 45; missed 37 games with knee injury), 3B Juan Uribe (.253, 14, 43 for Dodgers, Braves, Mets), RF Lonnie Chisenhall (.280 3, 21; 5 assists in 52 games in outfield), CF Rajai Davis (.258, 8, 30, 18 steals for Tigers).

Rotation: RH Corey Kluber (9-16, 3.49, 245 Ks), RH Carlos Carrasco (14-12, 3.63, 216 Ks), RH Danny Salazar (14-10, 3.45; 7-2 at home), RH Josh Tomlin (7-2, 3.02,began season on DL following shoulder surgery), RH Trevor Bauer (11-12, 4.55, ALhigh 79 walks).

Key Relievers: RH Cody Allen (2-5, 2.99, 34/38 saves), RH Bryan Shaw (3-3, 2.95, 74 games), RH Jeff Manship (1-0, 0.92), RH Zach McAllister (4-4, 3.00, 61 games), RH Joba Chamberlain (0-2, 4.88 in 36 games for Tigers and Royals), RH Dan Otero (2-4, 6.75 with Athletics).

Outlook: Brimming with young talent and one of baseball’s best rotations, the Indians could be the AL’s sleeper. They shook off another poor start in 2015 and Francona had them in the playoff hunt until the final week. The Indians appear poised to take the next step. Kluber may have had the best 16-loss season in history last year. He tied for first in the league in complete games, finished second in innings and third in strikeouts. He was doomed by a lineup that scored just 82 runs in his 32 starts, mustering two or fewer 21 times. Brantley worked hard to get back from offseason shoulder surgery and hopes to stay healthy after dealing with a variety of medical issues in 2015. If the Indians hit, and that’s a big IF, they will likely challenge for at least a wild-card spot.

Chicago White Sox

2015: 76-86, fourth place.

Manager: Robin Ventura (fifth season).

He’s Here: 3B Todd Frazier, 2B Brett Lawrie, SS Jimmy Rollins, OF Austin Jackson, RHP Mat Latos, C Dioner Navarro, C Alex Avila.

He’s Outta Here: DH-1B Adam LaRoche, SS Alexei Ramirez, RHP Jeff Samardzija.

Projected Lineup: OF-DH Adam Eaton (.287, 14, 56), LF-DH Melky Cabrera (.273, 12, 77), 1B Jose Abreu (.290, 30, 101), 3B Todd Frazier (.255, 35, 89 with Cincinnati), CF Austin

Jackson (.267, 9, 48 with Mariners and Cubs), RF-DH Avisail Garcia (.257, 13, 59), 2B Brett Lawrie (.260, 16, 60), C Alex Avila (.191, 4, 13 with Detroit) or Dioner Navarro (.246, 5, 20), SS Jimmy Rollins (.224, 13, 41 with Dodgers) or Tyler Saladino (.225, 4, 20).

Rotation: LH Chris Sale (13-11, 3.41, AL-leading 274 Ks, 42 BBs), LH Jose Quintana (9-10, 3.36), LH Carlos Rodon (9-10, 4.13), RH Mat Latos (410, 4.95 with Marlins, Dodgers and Angels), LH John Danks (7-15, 4.71).

Key Relievers: RH David Robertson (6-5, 3.41, 34/41 saves), RH Jake Petricka (4-3, 3.63), LH Zach Duke (3-6, 3.41), RH Zach Putnam (3-3, 4.07), LH Dan Jennings (2-3, 3.99), RH Nate Jones (2-2, 3.32).

Outlook: The White Sox were enjoying a rather quiet offseason before the big blowup. They were hoping LaRoche would bounce back after struggling in a big way last season his first in Chicago.

They were banking on more consistency from some of the other players whose arrival a year ago sparked high expectations, such as Cabrera and Robertson. And they were confident that Frazier’s arrival would fill a big hole at third base they had been trying to plug for years. The biggest question now is whether they can put the LaRoche saga behind them. If they do and get the production they expect from certain players, the White Sox believe they can get back to winning after three losing seasons.

Detroit Tigers

2015: 74-87, fifth place.

Manager: Brad Ausmus (third season).

He’s Here: LF Justin Upton, RHP Jordan Zimmermann, RHP Francisco Rodriguez, RHP Mike Pelfrey, RHP Mark Lowe, LHP Justin Wilson, CF Cameron Maybin, C Jarrod Saltalamacchia, SS Mike Aviles.

He’s Outta Here: OF Rajai Davis, C Alex Avila, RHP Alfredo Simon, RHP Joe Nathan, RHP Al Alburquerque.

Projected Lineup: 2B Ian Kinsler (.296, 11, 73), LF Justin Upton (.251, 26, 81, 19 SBs with San Diego), 1B Miguel Cabrera (MLB-leading .338, 18, 76 in 119 games), DH Victor Martinez (.245, 11, 64 in 120 games), RF J.D. Martinez (.282, 38, 102), 3B Nick Castellanos (.255, 15, 73), C James McCann (.264, 7, 41), SS Jose Iglesias (.300, 2, 23), CF Anthony Gose (.254, 5, 26, 23 SBs).

Rotation: RH Justin Verlander (5-8, 3.38), RH Jordan Zimmermann (1310, 3.66 with Washington), RH Anibal Sanchez (10-10, 4.99), RH Mike Pelfrey (6-11, 4.26 with Minnesota), LH Daniel Norris (3-2, 3.75 with Toronto and Detroit) or RH Shane Greene (4-8, 6.88).

Key Relievers: RH Francisco Rodriguez (1-3, 2.21, 38/40 saves with Milwaukee), RH Mark Lowe (1-3, 1.96, 1 save with Seattle and Toronto), LH Justin Wilson (5-0, 3.10 with Yankees), RH Alex Wilson (3-3, 2.19, 2 saves).

Outlook: After four straight division titles, the Tigers dropped to last place in 2015, and their response was an offseason of big spending under new general manager Al Avila. The signings of Upton and Zimmermann gave Detroit two more big names, but the health of players like Cabrera, Verlander and Victor Martinez will probably be crucial. The Tigers hope this is finally the year when their bullpen can be a strength after they acquired Rodriguez, Lowe and Justin Wilson to fill critical roles. Iglesias and J.D. Martinez gave Detroit a much-needed boost last season when a lot of other things went wrong.

NL CENTRAL CAPSULES St. Louis Cardinals

2015: 100-62, first place, lost to Chicago Cubs in Division Series.

Manager: Mike Matheny (fifth season).

He’s Here: RHP Mike Leake, INF Jedd Gyorko, RHP Seung Hwan Oh, SS Ruben Tejada, C Brayan Pena, RHP Matt Bowman.

He’s Outta Here: RF Jason Heyward, RHP John Lackey, INF-OF Mark Reynolds, OF Jon Jay, C Tony Cruz, OF Peter Bourjos, INF Pete Kozma, RHP Carlos Villanueva, RHP Matt Belisle, LHP Randy Choate, RHP Steve Cishek.

Projected Lineup: 3B Matt Carpenter (.272, 28 HRs, 84 RBIs, 44 2Bs), RF Stephen Piscotty (.305, 7, 39 in 63 games), LF Matt Holliday (.279, 4, 35 in 73 games), 1B Brandon Moss (.226, 19, 58 with Cleveland and St. Louis), CF Randal Grichuk (.276, 17, 47 in 103 games), 2B Kolten Wong (.262, 11, 61, 15 SBs), C Yadier Molina (.270, 4, 61), SS Ruben Tejada (.261, 3, 28 with Mets) or Jedd Gyorko (.247, 16, 57 with Padres).

Rotation: RH Adam Wainwright (2-1, 1.61 ERA in 7 games; left Achilles surgery), RH Michael Wacha (17-7, 3.38), RH Mike Leake (11-10, 3.70, 2 CGs with Cincinnati and San Francisco), LH Jaime Garcia (10-6, 2.43), RH Carlos Martinez (14-7, 3.01, 184 Ks in 179 2-3 IP).

Key Relievers: RH Trevor Rosenthal (2-4, 2.10, 48/51 saves, 83 Ks in 68 2-3 IP), RH Seung Hwan Oh (2-3, 2.73, 41 saves in Japan), RH Jonathan Broxton (3-3, 2.66 in 26 games with Cardinals; 1-2, 5.89 in 40 games with Brewers), LH Kevin Siegrist (7-1, 2.17, 6 saves, 81 games), RH Seth Maness (4-2, 4.26, 3 saves, 76 games), RH Jordan Walden (0-1, 0.87 in 12 games), LH Tyler Lyons (3-1, 4.35, 8 starts).

Outlook: The division-rival Cubs grabbed headlines by signing two former Cardinals, Heyward and Lackey. Chicago has a lot of young talent but so do the Cardinals, who remain the team to beat. They’ve won the NL Central three straight seasons and been to the playoffs a franchise-best five consecutive years, including a World Series championship in 2011 and another Series appearance in 2013. In the outfield, Piscotty, Grichuk, Holliday and Tommy Pham are all capable of hitting 20 homers. Behind the plate, Molina is on track for opening day after recovering from a pair of thumb operations.

Pittsburgh Pirates

2015: 98-64, second place, lost to Cubs in wild-card game.

Manager: Clint Hurdle (sixth season).

He’s Here: LHP Jon Niese, INF David Freese, 1B John Jaso, RHP Juan Nicasio, RHP Neftali Feliz, INF Jason Rogers.

He’s Outta Here: 1B Pedro Alvarez, 2B Neil Walker, RHP A.J. Burnett, RHP Charlie Morton, LHP J.A. Happ, RHP Joakim Soria, RHP Vance Worley, 3B Aramis Ramirez, OF Travis Snider.

Projected Lineup: RF Gregory Polanco (.256, 9, 52, 27 SBs), 2B Josh Harrison (.287, 4, 28), CF Andrew McCutchen (.292, 23, 96), LF Starling Marte (.287, 19, 81, 30 SBs), 1B John Jaso (.286, 5, 22, 17 2Bs in 185 ABs with Rays) or Michael Morse (.231, 5, 19 with Marlins and Pirates), 3B David Freese (.257, 14, 56 with Angels), C Francisco Cervelli (.295, 7, 43), SS Jordy Mercer (.244, 3, 43).

Rotation: RH Gerrit Cole (19-8, 2.60, 202 Ks, 208 IP), LH Francisco Liriano (12-7, 3.38, 205 Ks, 186 2-3 IP), LH Jon

Niese (9-10, 4.13, 176 2-3 IP with Mets), RH Ryan Vogelsong (9-11, 4.67, 135 IP with Giants), LH Jeff Locke (8-11, 4.49, 168 1-3 IP).

Key Relievers: RH Mark Melancon (3-2, 2.33, 51/53 saves), LH Tony Watson (4-1, 1.91, 62 Ks in 75 1-3 IP), RH Jared Hughes (3-1, 2.28 in 76 appearances), RH Arquimedes Caminero (5-1, 3.62, 73 Ks in 74 2-3 IP), RH Neftali Feliz (3-4, 6.38, 10 saves with Texas and Detroit), RH Juan Nicasio (1-3, 3.86 with Dodgers).

Outlook: Three straight playoff appearances have put the franchise’s two decades in the cellar firmly in the rearview mirror. The fiscal strains of success, however, are starting to show. The Pirates kept Melancon at $10 million but balked at paying the homegrown Walker the same kind of money and wanted no part of the $8 million Alvarez might have fetched in arbitration.

The Pirates, as usual, declined to splurge in free agency. Their ability to keep up with St. Louis and the Chicago Cubs will likely hinge on their talented outfield and if the bullpen can once again shorten games to six innings.

Chicago Cubs

2015: 97-65, third place, wild card, lost to Mets in NLCS. Manager: Joe Maddon (second season).

He’s Here: OF Jason Heyward, RHP John Lackey, 2B Ben Zobrist, RHP Adam Warren.

He’s Outta Here: 2B Starlin Castro, OF Chris Coghlan, OF Austin Jackson, RHP Jason Motte, RHP Fernando Rodney, RHP Tommy Hunter, RHP Dan Haren, OF Chris Denorfia, INF Jonathan Herrera.

Projected Lineup: CF Dexter Fowler (.250, 17, 46, 20 SBs), RF Jason Heyward (.293, 13, 60, 23 SBs with St. Louis), 1B Anthony Rizzo (.278, 31, 101, .387 OBP), 3B Kris Bryant (.275, 26, 99; NL Rookie of Year), LF Kyle Schwarber (.246, 16, 43), 2B Ben Zobrist (.276, 13, 56 with Oakland and Kansas City), C Miguel Montero (.248, 15, 53), SS Addison Russell (.242, 13, 54).

Rotation: RH Jake Arrieta (22-6, 1.77, 236 Ks, 48 BBs, 229 IP; NL Cy Young Award), LH Jon Lester (11-12, 3.34, 207 Ks, 47 BBs), RH John Lackey (13-10, 2.77 with St. Louis), RH Jason Hammel (10-7, 3.74), RH Kyle Hendricks (8-7, 3.95).

Key Relievers: RH Hector Rondon (6-4, 1.67, 30/34 saves), RH Pedro Strop (2-6, 2.91), RH Adam Warren (7-7, 3.29 with Yankees), LH Travis Wood (5-4, 3.84).

Outlook: Expectations are soaring after the Cubs broke out in a huge way last season and fueled hope that their first championship since 1908 is within reach. The optimism has only escalated since the final out of Game 4 in the NLCS. That’s because the Cubs added to a team that already included the NL Cy Young Award winner (Arrieta), Rookie of the Year (Bryant) and Manager of the Year (Maddon), not to mention a two-time All-Star in Rizzo and another slugger in Schwarber who made a big impact as a rookie. They signed Heyward ($184 million, eight years) and Lackey ($32 million, two years) away from division-rival St. Louis, along with two-time All-Star Zobrist ($56 million, four years) from Kansas City, and acquired Warren from the Yankees in the Castro deal.

Milwaukee Brewers

2015: 68-94, fourth place.

Manager: Craig Counsell (second season).

He’s Here: 1B Chris Carter, INF Aaron Hill, RHP Chase Anderson, SS Jonathan Villar, OF Rymer Liriano, 3B Will Middlebrooks, OF Kirk Nieuwenhuis, OF Eric Young Jr., LHP Franklin Morales, RHP Blaine Boyer.

He’s Outta Here: 1B Adam Lind, RHP Francisco Rodriguez, SS Jean Segura, RHP Kyle Lohse, OF Khris Davis, INF Jason Rogers.

Projected Lineup: 2B Scooter Gennett (.264, 6, 29), C Jonathan Lucroy (.264, 7, 43), LF Ryan Braun (.285, 25, 84, 24 SBs), RF Domingo Santana (.238, 8, 26), 1B Chris Carter (.199, 26, 64 with Astros), 3B Aaron Hill (.230, 6, 39 with Diamondbacks), SS Jonathan Villar (.284, 2, 11 with Astros), CF Kirk Nieuwenhuis (.195, 4, 14 with Angels and Mets).

Rotation: RH Wily Peralta (5-10, 4.72, 1.54 WHIP), RH Jimmy Nelson (11-13, 4.11), RH Matt Garza (6-14, 5.63, 1.57 WHIP, 23 HRs allowed, 148 2-3 IP), RH Taylor Jungmann (9-8, 3.77), RH Chase Anderson (6-6, 4.30 with Diamondbacks).

Key Relievers: LH Will Smith (7-2, 2.70), RH Jeremy Jeffress (5-0, 2.65), RH Corey Knebel (0-0, 3.22), RH Michael Blazek (5-3, 2.43).

Outlook: The Brewers are rebuilding, and the exodus might not be over yet under new general manager David Stearns because the steady Lucroy could still be an attractive trade candidate. But either way, Milwaukee has already dramatically improved its farm system with moves starting last summer made by former GM Doug Melvin. But for 2016, the realistic goal for the parent club is beating out Cincinnati to avoid the basement in the top-heavy NL Central.

Cincinnati Reds

2015: 64-98, fifth place.

Manager: Bryan Price (third season).

He’s Here: RHP Alfredo Simon, OF Scott Schebler.

He’s Outta Here: 3B Todd Frazier, LHP Aroldis Chapman, C Brayan Pena, RHP Burke Badenhop, LHP Manny Parra, INF-OF Skip Schumaker.

Projected Lineup: CF Billy Hamilton (.226, 4, 28, .274 OBP, 57/65 SBs), 2B Brandon Phillips (.294, 12, 70), 1B Joey Votto (.314, 29, 80, NL-leading 143 BBs), C Devin Mesoraco (.178, 0, 2 in 23 games), RF Jay Bruce (.226, 26, 87), SS Zack Cozart (.258, 9, 28 in 53 games), 3B Eugenio Suarez (.280, 13, 48), LF Scott Schebler (.250, 3, 4 in 19 games with Dodgers).

Rotation: RH Anthony DeSclafani (9-13, 4.05, team-high 31 starts, team-high 184 2-3 IP, 151 Ks), RH Raisel Iglesias (3-7, 4.15, 16 starts, 2 relief appearances), RH Jon Moscot (1-1, 4.63, 3 starts), LH Brandon Finnegan (2-2, 4.18, 4 starts, 2 relief appearances), RH Alfredo Simon (13-12, 5.05, 31 starts for Tigers).

Key Relievers: RH J.J. Hoover (8-2, 2.94, 1 save), RH Jumbo Diaz (2-1, 4.18), RH Ryan Mattheus (2-4, 4.09), LH Tony Cingrani (0-3, 5.67).

Outlook: The Reds launched into a major rebuilding movement after the All-Star Game at Great American Ball Park in July, trading Cueto, Leake and left fielder Marlon Byrd during the season. They dealt Frazier and Chapman in the offseason, and tried to get deals for Phillips and Bruce. They lost 98 games with a proven closer and Cueto and Leake for half the year. It’ll be another season of immense growing pains with young players, the rotation in particular.

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QB Bentley excited to join father at USC Quarterback Jake Bentley (6-foot-4, 205 pounds), currently of Opelika, Ala., announced a commitment to South Carolina last Thursday where he will join his father who is the running backs coach for the Gamecocks.

USC head coach Will Muschamp offered Bentley in December, the first quarterback he offered after taking the job, and he personally recruited him making sure his father’s presence on his staff was not an influence one way or another.

Bentley said then he appreciated the opportunity and Thursday added that it’s a perfect opportunity for him.

“Just excited that I can come back home to the place I grew up watching, and excited to be a Gamecock,” Bentley said.

“It’s going to be a unique situation. It wasn’t the reason why I committed but it’s going to be fun. And I feel like I fit great into their offense, I’ve run many plays that Coach Roper is running now.”

Bentley grew up in Duncan while his dad was coaching at Byrnes High School and later at Presbyterian College. The family moved to Auburn in 2014 when Bobby Bentley joined Gus Malzahn’s staff.

Last season Bentley passed for 2834 yards and 28 touchdowns.

He was a finalist in the Elite 11 regional competition in Atlanta last Sunday. Bentley is one of two quarterbacks Will Muschamp plans to take in this class and he’s the 7th commitment for the Gamecocks’ 2017 group.

He will be a December graduate and plans to enroll at USC in January.

QB Jelani Woods of Ellenwood, Ga., visited South Carolina earlier this month and since then there’s been little change with his recruiting.

He has not visited anywhere else and hasn’t added any more offers. He has offers from USC, Kansas State, Michigan, Louisville, Oklahoma State, South Alabama, South Florida, Florida Atlantic and Georgia Southern.

Woods said he will return to USC April 9 for the spring game and then visit Oklahoma State the following weekend for that spring game. The Gamecocks also remain out front for him and he hears from them about every day.

Woods said his top group is USC, Oklahoma State and Michigan. He’s also planning to visit Michigan in early June.

QB Braxton Burmeister of La Jolla, Calif., last week began a four school visitation swing that could lead to a decision in the near future and his first stop was at USC. Burmeister flew across the country with his mother to meet with Will Muschamp and Kurt Roper and take a closer look at what the program and the university have to offer.

“Had a good time,” Burmeister said. “I spent a lot of time

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with Coach Roper and it was a good day. I feel like I fit well in the offense. I got to see practice and see how they Phil Kornblut run things and I like how Recruiting they run it corner and the offense is a good fit for me I feel like. The facilities are awesome and the campus is really nice. It’s a little spread out but I like it a lot.

And they have this academic building that’s really good too.”

Burmeister, a former Arizona commitment, received positive feedback from the Gamecocks.

“They want me to know they want me bad. I think they are going to take two in this class. There’s no real timeline until they feel like they need to let me know. They said they are taking two to help with the depth at QB. It (USC) is up there, it’s high on my list.”

Burmeister visited Utah this past weekend and is going to Indiana early this week and Washington this weekend, and a decision could be made after that last visit.

DE Alec Jackson (6-5 240) of Montgomery, Ala., was at USC Tuesday to watch spring practice and he feels good about the Gamecocks and their interest in him. This was Jackson’s first visit to USC and hopes to revisit this summer with his mother. He said the fact it’s an SEC program and everything that comes with that is a big reason he has the Gamecocks as one of his favorites though Alabama and Auburn are at the top.

“I was talking with Coach Thompson the most,” Jackson said. “He had called me at Auburn at first before he left to go to South Carolina. He was asking how I think about the practices and how the intensity was there and how I could be one of those players that’s already there.”

He has offers from USC, Alabama, Auburn, North Carolina, Troy, Cincinnati, Southern Miss, South Alabama and Charlotte. He doesn’t plan to make a decision until Signing Day. Last season Jackson totaled 69 tackles with 21 tackles for loss and 7½ sacks.

DE Mykelle McDaniel of Loganville, Ga., did not make an official visit to Texas A&M over the weekend as he had planned. He has been to USC and Georgia and those are his top two and they are tied. He will make a final decision once the NCAA approves the classes he’s taking this semester.

WR Austin Connor of Dutch Fork remains in touch with USC. He has also been to Duke, Wake Forest and Virginia Tech and is going back to USC this weekend. He has a track meet on April 9 and

spring break and will visit North Carolina April 1st. He won’t attend either of the Clemson or USC spring games April 9th due to a track meet.

Smith said he’s getting the ultimate recruiting attention from USC coach Will Muschamp.

“Coach Muschamp, he’s recruiting me personally. I keep in touch with Coach Muschamp. He thinks I’m a big priority and I can help out the team. I like that.”

Much has been made of Clemson recruiting out of state receivers and the Tigers, in fact, have an out of state receiver commitment in Amari Rodgers of Knoxville, Tenn.

Plus, they are strongly involved with JJ Robinson of Lakeland, Fla., and Tee Higgins of Oak Ridge, Tenn. But Smith said the Tigers also remain involved with him.

“Coach Jeff Scott and Coach Elliott, they’ve been tweeting me more recently and I tweet back,” he said. “I don’t know when I’m going back up there.”

He as offers from USC, Clemson, Florida State, Louisville, East Carolina, Georgia, Wake Forest, Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech, North Carolina, N.C. State, Tennessee, Ole Miss and Oklahoma. Smith plans to have a top six or seven list set by the end of this school year and he’d like to make his decision around the middle of his season. He is on track to graduate early.

In January, LB Chandler Wooten (6-2 227) of Kennesaw, Ga., nearly committed to Clemson. Now he favors Auburn but also likes USC, Tennessee and Florida in his top four. And he was offered Sunday by Notre Dame. Three months ago, though, Wooten was on the fast track to becoming another highly regarded commitment for Dabo Swinney and company.

“I just decided to back off (from Clemson) and re-evaluate my options,” Wooten said.

“I felt it could be a little rushed. It felt like it wasn’t the right fit for me at the time.

Once I backed off, prayed about it and sat down with my parents and talked about it, now I’m in a different direction at the moment.”

Wooten has visited USC, Florida, Tennessee and Auburn twice. He’s going back to Tennessee and Auburn the first week in April and he’s USC AND CLEMSON going to try to get back to Wando WR Or’Tre Smith South Carolina and Florida as said he’s very much still inwell. Wooten said the Gamevolved with Clemson, his cocks are making a strong mother’s alma mater, and he pitch for him. has not eliminated any schools “They love me, I’m the numon his offer list. ber one linebacker on the “I talk to USC. I talk to Geor- board as of right now. At the gia. I talk to Oklahoma, Clem- moment they really want me, son, UNC, Wake. I talk to evthey really need me. They like eryone that tweets me and that how I can play on the line and keeps up with me. I’m open,” also drop back in coverage and he said. be able to play inside and outSmith has taken visits to side and play on the line as Clemson, USC, Georgia, Wake well. They like how versatile I Forest and N.C. State. He’s am and like the way I play so I going back to USC over his think they definitely could use

won’t be able to attend the USC spring game. He’s also planning to visit Tennessee on April 2 and is going back to Virginia Tech on April 16. He’s not close on a decision eying the beginning of his season or the end. He said Tennessee, Duke and Virginia Tech also are recruiting him hard. Georgia Southern offered him last week.

OL TJ Moore of Charlotte, N.C., continues to favor USC over N.C. State and North Carolina. His other offers are Missouri, East Carolina, Charlotte, West Virginia, Maryland, Colorado State and Kentucky.

He has visited his three favorites and plans to visit Maryland as soon as possible. He plans to return to USC for the spring game.

TL Hanna RB Davijuan Dean was a recent visitor to USC for a spring practice. The Gamecocks have not offered and Dean said they are waiting until after he takes the ACT on April 19 before possibly doing so. He’s going to North Carolina on April 2, USC spring game on April 9 and Georgia Tech on April 23.

He has offers from Colorado State, Old Dominion, Furman, Colorado State, Appalachian State, Miami of Ohio, Troy and Georgia Southern.

Pendleton DE Brad Johnson was at USC on Saturday and will visit Mississippi State this weekend according to his coach Paul Sutherland. North Carolina also contacted Sutherland and wants Johnson to visit at which time the Tar Heels might offer.

Sutherland said USC is recruiting Johnson the hardest right now and stand at the top of his list.

USC offered TE Jeremy Patton of Arizona Western JC. He also has offers from Alabama, Arizona, Arizona State, Arkansas, Louisville and others.

He’s a native of Indianapolis.

Last season he had 17 catches for 316 yards and four touchdowns.

RB Devin Darrington of Bel Air, Md.; RB/DE Hamp Gibbs of Augusta and DE Justin Thomas of Spanish Fort, Ala., all visited USC this past weekend.

USC offered both LB KJ Britt of Oxford, Ala., and ATH Blake Hinson of Deltona, Fla. Hinson is a 2019 target and is brother is USC signee Evan Hinson.

as Jamie Morlan did last week with a 2-hit shutout against From Page B1 Salkehatchie. Even so, he’s not Team Record opposed to expanding his bull1. USC Sumter 10-2 Lancaster is batting .290 as a pen for more innings to in2. Spartanburg Methodist 9-3 team, led by sophomores Ryan clude righty Ty King and leftMason and Jonathon Sabo ies Travis Power and Billy 3. Pitt CC 8-4 who are each hitting over .400.

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4. USC Lancaster 7-5 Mason also leads the team “We feel like if some of 5. Florence-Darlington Tech 6-6 with 10 homers and 47 runs those guys can continue to 6. Guilford CC 4-8 batted in. Freshman Evan Edwork and put up zeroes, it al7. (tie) Louisburg 2-10 wards is next with nine home lows us the ability to create runs and 45 RBI. matchups late in games, espe7. (tie) USC Salkehatchie 2-10 The pitching staff is led by cially against left-handed hitformer Laurence Manning ters.”

Academy standout Linc Powbehind.

USCS’ offense has had no ell who is in his second season Zach Mosay has been the an- problems as of late scoring with the Lancers. Powell has a chor at the end of games with runs or erasing deficits. The 3.80 earned run average over Jake Trejo, Andrew Brong, Fire Ants have plated 107 runs 42 2/3 innings with 43 strikeChristian Hendrix and Bryce over the last 13 games for an outs and 16 walks.

Jonason combining to hold average of 8.2 per game.

“They’ve got a lot of power down the late innings as well.

They’ve scored 10 or more arms that they will throw out “Those guys have come in runs five times and eight or there,” Medlin said. “It’s all and just not given up runs,” more runs eight times. Meangoing to come down to pitchMedlin said. “They’ve held while opponents have avering. We had three pretty good teams in check. They’re not aged 3.9 runs a game. starts last week and we’ve overpowering, but they’ve USCS has gotten lots of probeen very good out of the bull- been able to throw breaking duction out of the top of its pen lately.” balls for strikes and that’s lineup with Mickey Dugan, Fire Ant relievers have been made their fastballs more efWill Thomas, Tee Dubose and a big key to USCS’ winning fective.

Jason Miller but has also seen streak -- shutting down the op“The biggest key is that recent big games from Fred posing offense on numerous they’ve thrown strikes.”

Wadsworth, Patrick Price and occasions and giving the USC Medlin is hoping his starting Evan Carter. Dillon Heffner Sumter bats time to come from staff can continue to progress, also returns this weekend

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after sitting out the last few games with a concussion.

“Those veteran guys and those sophomores have really stepped up lately and we’ve also gotten some big contributions from some of the fresh-

me at South Carolina.”

Wooten plans to graduate early and he hopes to make a decision before his season.

DB Lummie Young of Westside recently visited USC for a practice and the Gamecocks remain his favorite.

“They are at the top of my list right now,” he said. “I’m pretty sure they know that and know that I really like it up there. They (Muschamp and Travaris Robinson) say they can really see me playing for them and I could really help them in this defense.”

Young grew up a Clemson fan and has been hoping for an offer from the Tigers but that hasn’t materialized at this point. Young is going to visit North Carolina on April 2 and Duke on April 3. He plans to return to USC for another spring practice or for the spring game.

Besides USC, Young has offers from Miami of Ohio, Coastal Carolina, Old Dominion and Charlotte.

ATH Jashawn Sheffield of St. Simons Island, Ga., visited Clemson on Friday and USC on Saturday. Sheffield is a 2019 target.

CLEMSON LB Avery Roberts of Wilmington, Del., has set April 21 for his announcement date and is choosing from Clemson, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Penn State and Stanford.

Clemson quarterback commitment Chase Brice earned an invitation to the Elite 11 final competition this summer in California. He also was named the QB MVP in the Atlanta regional competition.

WR Nico Collins of Pinson, Ala., has Clemson among his favorites along with Michigan, Georgia, Alabama, Florida State and Ole Miss according to the ClemsonInsider.

OL Netori Johnson (6-5 330) of Ellenwood, Ga., has not been offered by Clemson but included the Tigers in his top ten in the hope of getting their attention. Johnson is a former Alabama commitment.

Schools in his top ten from which he has offers are Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, Florida, Michigan and Ole Miss.

The others are Clemson, Baylor, LSU and Florida.

LB James Houston IV of Plantation, Fla., visited Clemson on Friday. LB Keisean Wilson of Waldorf, Md., plans to visit Clemson this weekend.

The Tigers offered ATH Jacoby Stevens of Murfreesboro, Tenn., and 2019 target LB Owen Pappoe of Loganville, Ga.

BASKETBALL Clemson head men’s boach Brad Brownell offered 6-foot-8 Nate Watson of Upper Marlboro, Md., for the 2017 class.

6-foot-9 Ayi Armel Tete of Fayetteville, N.C., committed to Presbyterian according to PhenomHoops.

men, too,” Medlin said. “And that’s what we’re looking for.

We’re looking to get guys on so Tee and Jason and those guys can drive in runs and we’ve been pretty good at that lately.”

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