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Broad Street at Shot Pouch Creek still remains partially blocked as crews work to repair storm damage.

Flood recovery centers closing on Sundays

The time for temporary repairs on Sumter city and county roads damaged during the storm is almost over as permanent repairs are underway or will soon begin, according to local and state officials.

Sumter County Public Works Director Eddie Newman said the county does simple, small repairs,

with its equipment, and another party will most likely be contracted to do the repairs.

The largest damaged areas are between 24 and 30 feet wide and 15 feet deep, he said.

Newman said it will be a couple of weeks before the rest of the permanent repairs start.

“Sunshine is the best thing we can hope and pray for,” he said.

such as filling in potholes, every day.

He said the recent rain has put some repairs out of whack, especially on dirt roads.

“Every third day we’re restricted by the rain,” he said.

Newman said there are 178 damaged county roads with about 375 washed-out areas. Six areas are totally washed out, he said He said permanent repairs are more than county workforce can do

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Georgia sends donations

BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com With a few exceptions, most South Carolina disaster recovery centers will close on Sundays beginning Nov. 8, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has announced. Included in the disaster recovery centers closing on Sundays are centers in Lee, Sumter and Clarendon counties.

“Obviously, everything we do is in conjunction with the state and the local emergency managers,” said FEMA Media Relation Manager Mike Wade. “As activity starts decreasing, then we look at how we can best serve the survivors that are out there.”

He said as the numbers drop, the centers typically make incremental changes to ease the workload on center employees.

“Right now we are still seeing a lot of activity from Monday through Saturday but not a lot of activity on Sunday,” he said.

The recovery centers have assisted more than 14,000 households in the tri-county area, Wade said.

He said the Sumter center had 94 registrations for disaster aid Thursday and a total of more than 8,900. In Clarendon County, 24 registrations were taken Thursday for a 3,480 total, while in Lee County 14 registrations were recorded Thursday for a cumulative total of nearly 1,700, Wade said.

The totals don’t necessarily represent the number of individuals who register but typically represent households.

Disaster recovery centers in the tri-county area will remain open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday, until further notice, Wade said. The centers will remain open Wednesday, Nov. 11, Veterans Day.

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Volunteer Aaron Koenig moves a pallet, above, as Sumter United Ministries employee Jacqueline Butler rolls up her sleeves and starts lining up volunteers to carry items from a truck from Albany, Georgia on Friday. Right, volunteers get in line to help unload the semi-trailer full of donations.

City of Albany residents donate necessities for victims

BY RICK CARPENTER rick@theitem.com When Jackie woke up at 6 a.m. on Oct. 4, she stepped into ankle-deep water, a precursor of the floodwaters heading her way.

She reached for something in the water and got an electrical shock.

Jackie, who has asked The Sumter Item not to use her last name, said she called 911 and was told she would be put on a growing list of people needing rescue.

When she finally left her

home on her own about 2 p.m., water was knee deep in her home and her car was partially submerged.

And the water continued to rise.

Jackie lost everything except some clothes she was able to salvage.

On Friday, four weeks after the flood, she was at Sumter United Ministries getting some necessities: a mattress and box springs, pillows, food and water.

“When you’ve lost it all, the simple things in life mean so much more to you,” Jackie said while

wiping away tears.

Jackie said she was excited about being able to sleep on a mattress and box springs. She’s staying at a friend’s home that was vacant.

But the kindness of strangers has overwhelmed her.

“In everything I’ve been through, I know God has blessed me,” she said. “It’s not one thing that someone did for me; it’s a collection of all these things.”

She said volunteers from the Latter-Day Saints have helped tear out damaged walls and siding.

And Sumter United Ministries provided everything from cleaning supplies and bedding to food and water.

Jackie represents one of more than 1,000 people for whom the organization has provided supplies.

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Burst of hiring: U.S. employers added 271K jobs in October

BY CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON — U.S. hiring roared back in October after two weak months, with employers adding a robust 271,000 jobs and likely setting the stage for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates next month.

The unemployment rate dipped to a fresh seven-year low of 5 percent from 5.1 percent.

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Friday’s report from the government suggested that the U.S. economy is rebounding after a worrisome summer and is continuing to outshine other major economies. During August and September, U.S. hiring had flagged amid financial turmoil in

China and faltering growth in Europe and emerging markets.

Even so, American consumers have kept spending at a healthy pace, supporting strong job growth even as factory payrolls were flat last month and oil and gas drillers cut jobs.

Soon after Friday’s report was released, the prospect of higher interest rates drove down financial markets.

By late morning, stocks had fallen modestly. And the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note had

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surged to 2.33 percent from 2.23 percent Thursday, suggesting that investors see a greater likelihood of a Fed rate hike.

After a prolonged period of relatively stagnant pay raises for many Americans, last month’s robust hiring also raised wages 9 cents to $25.20. That is 2.5 percent higher than 12 months ago, the sharpest year-over-year gain since July 2009. That is comfortably above

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Public comment sought on federal funding Sumter Urban Area Transportation Study is seeking public comment regarding a recommended federal transit funding plan for Santee-Wateree Regional Transit Authority’s Vehicle Replacement and Facilities Improvement Program.

According a news release from the study, Federal Transit Administration recently appropriated $873,472 of its 2015 fiscal year funding for Sumter.

The authority intends to spend $559,022 on operational costs including wages, benefits, supplies, fuels and materials and preventive maintenance, and $314,450 on transit enhancements such as signs, shelters and landscaping.

The public can send comments to Allan Yu, senior transportation planner, Sumter Urban Area Transportation Study Metropolitan Planning Organization, P.O. Box 1449, 12 W. Liberty St., Sumter, S.C. 29150 or email to ayu@sumtersc.com by Nov. 30.

State police shoot 2 in separate incidents COLUMBIA (AP) — Police officers in South Carolina shot two people in a little more than 12 hours, authorities said Friday, bringing the state closer to its record for the most officerinvolved shootings in a year.

A 36-year-old woman was killed Thursday evening by a Berkeley County deputy after authorities said she was firing a gun randomly.

In the city of Lancaster, a police officer shot and wounded a man Friday morning, but the State Law Enforcement Division released few details about what led to the gunfire.

The Lancaster shooting is the 41st officer-involved shooting in the state in 2015. The state had 42 shootings last year.

The highest number of shootings recorded since SLED began keeping track some 15 years ago is 45 officer-involved shootings in 2012.

Shootings involving police officers in South Carolina have been on the rise since 27 were reported in 2009, with more than 40 reported in each of the past three years.

So far, an officer has faced charges in only one of the 2015 shootings. North Charleston officer Michael Slager was charged with murder after a video surfaced of the April shooting of an unarmed black man running from a traffic stop. He is awaiting trial.

One police officer has been shot and killed in the state this year. Forest Acres officer Greg Alia was killed in September during a struggle with a suspect at a mall.

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Interim director takes reigns of DHEC’s Environmental Affairs

BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control Director of Environmental Affairs Elizabeth Dieck resigned her position effective Oct. 30, said Jim Beasley, department media relations manager.

“Elizabeth (Dieck) has done a wonderful job, and there will be some big shoes to fill,” said state Rep. Murrell Smith.

Sen. Kevin Johnson, DManning, said he is unaware of why Dieck left the position, but said high-level administrators are often in high demand.

“She was knowledgeable in her field and did a great job,” he said.

Dieck was closely involved in the DHEC’s handling of the Pinewood Toxic Waste Site located in Sumter County, including during the time period when the former Pinewood Site Trustee Kestral Horizons, owned by Bill Stephens, resigned the position in 2014.

Beasley said the department is seeking to fill the director of environmental affairs position within 90 days.

In that position, Dieck was paid $132,600 per year, he said.

The interim director of environmental affairs will be

Myra Reese, who has previously served as the department’s air quality bureau chief.

REESE Reese joined the DHEC staff 30 years ago, according to the agency’s website at www.scdhec.gov. Before serving as air quality bureau chief, she served as director of DHEC’s Environmental Quality Control District in Aiken, the site said.

Reese received a bachelor’s degree in microbiology from Clemson University and a master’s degree in public health with an emphasis on

hazardous materials management from University of South Carolina, according to the website. She is also a graduate of the Management Academy for Public Health at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a graduate of the Southern Center of Excellence in Environmental Health at Emory University and has obtained professional certification as a hazardous materials manager, the site said.

She is also serves on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Air Act Advisory Committee, making her the sole state representative from the Southeastern states, according to DHEC.

Parade of Shops returns to Sumter

BY RICK CARPENTER rick@theitem.com Want to get an early start on Christmas shopping while discovering some of the hidden shops in town?

You might want to visit the Parade of Shops, which will have rare Sunday openings tomorrow to kickoff the holiday season.

Most of the shops are located on Bultman Drive between Miller Road and Wise Drive, but many other city locations — such as Simpsons on Wesmark and Naomi and Warner on Main Street — are open that day from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. Many of the shops will provide snacks and beverages.

The Sumter Item started the Parade of Shops in 1984 to draw attention to smaller, locally owned gift shops on Bultman, said Waverly Williams, sales manager at newspaper. More than 30 years later, the tradition has expanded beyond the cluster of shops on Bultman, but that area remains the focus of the event.

Williams points out that many of the Bultman shops adjoin one another and shoppers can park and walk from one shop to another. Many of the shops will also have drawings for special prizes, and most will offer discounts.

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People visit Gary’s Florist LLC during last year’s Parade of Shops.

• Kurvie Little Lines Boutique, • Let’s Party, • Naomi & Warner, • One Accord, • Silverpaper, • Simpsons Ace Hardware, • Susie’s Boutique and • The Heirloom Child.

Participating stores include: • Ages Antiques, • All Dressed Up, • Benjy’s Bargain Barn, • Doolallies, • Elephant Ear, • Gary’s Florist LLC, • Gift Garden,

S.C. woman becomes 1st female Air National Guard brigadier general today FROM STAFF REPORTS MCENTIRE JOINT NATIONAL GUARD BASE — South Carolina Air National Guard will achieve another historic milestone today when Col. Theresa Prince is promoted to the rank of brigadier general, becoming the first female officer in the history of the organization to achieve that rank.

Prince will be promoted in a ceremony at 3 p.m. in the Joint Armed Forces Reserve Center at McEntire Joint National Guard Base.

With 37 years of military experience, Prince has served in South Carolina Air National Guard for 19 years and is presently assigned as the Air National Guard Assistant to the Chief Nurse Corps at the Defense Health

Headquarters in Falls Church, Virginia. In that capacity, she assists the Chief Nurse of the U.S. Air Force in plans and policies as they relate to Air National Guard nurses.

Prince’s military experience includes serving as an Aerospace medical technician, flight nurse instructor, advanced practice nurse, chief nurse executive and

169th Medical Group commander. She is a veteran of multiple overseas deployments including Operation Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

A traditional Guardsman, Prince has worked at the Lexington Medical Center in Lexington for nearly 20 years as a nurse practitioner. She and her husband Ken are from Gaston.

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Summer Tidwell and Caitlyn Bradley, above, as well as Tammie Graham, Pat McDaniel and Tammy Roberts, right, hunt for bargans during Simpson Ace Hardware’s 13th annual Ladies Night Out on Thursday at the store on Wesmark Boulevard. Shoppers could not only find discounts, but were treated to food and a live DJ.

Obama quashes Keystone XL pipeline WASHINGTON (AP) — Ending a seven-year political saga, President Obama killed the proposed Keystone XL pipeline on Friday, declaring it would have undercut U.S. efforts to clinch a global climate change deal at the center of his environmental legacy.

Obama’s decision marked an unambiguous victory for environmental activists who spent years denouncing the pipeline, lobbying the administration and even chaining themselves to tractors to make their point about the threat posed by dirty fossil fuels.

It also places the president and fellow Democrats in direct confrontation with Republicans and energy advocates heading into the 2016 presidential election.

The president, announcing his decision at the White House, said he agreed with a State Department conclusion that Keystone wouldn’t advance U.S. national interests.

He lamented that both political parties had “overinflated” Keystone into a proxy battle for climate change but glossed over his own role in allowing the controversy to drag out during several national elections.

“This pipeline would neither be a silver bullet for the economy, as was promised by some, nor the express lane to climate disaster proclaimed by others,” he said.

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The Keystone Steele City pumping station, into which the planned Keystone XL pipeline was to connect, is seen in Steele City, Nebraska, earlier this month. project would have undercut that global leadership,” the president said.

Obama will travel to Paris at the end of the month for talks on a global climate agreement, which the president hopes will be the crowning jewel for his environmental legacy. Killing the pipeline allows Obama to claim aggressive action, strengthening his hand as world leaders gather in France.

Though environmental groups hailed Friday as a “day of celebration,” Obama’s decision was unlikely to be the last word for Keystone XL. TransCanada, the company behind the proposal, said it re-

said his litmus test for Keystone would be whether it increased U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, his final decision appeared based on other factors.

He didn’t broach that topic in his remarks, and State Department officials said they’d determined Keystone wouldn’t significantly affect carbon pollution levels.

Instead, the administration cited the “broad perception” that Keystone would carry “dirty” oil, and suggested approval would raise questions abroad about whether the U.S. was serious about climate change.

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mained “absolutely committed” to building the project and was considering filing a new application for permits. The company has previously raised the possibility of suing the U.S. to recoup the more than $2 billion it says it has already spent on development.

“Today, misplaced symbolism was chosen over merit and science. Rhetoric won out over reason,” said TransCanada CEO Russ Girling.

His criticism was echoed by Republicans including House Speaker Paul Ryan, who said Obama had rejected tens of thousands of jobs while railroading Congress.

“This decision isn’t surprising, but it is sickening,” Ryan said.

On the other side, climate activists noted the widespread assumption early in Obama’s presidency that he’d eventually approve Keystone, and said his apparent about-face proved how effective a no-holds-

barred advocacy campaign could be.

“Now every fossil fuel project around the world is under siege,” said Bill McKibben of the environmental group 350. org.

Already, the issue has spilled into the presidential race. The Republican field is unanimous in support of Keystone, while the Democratic candidates are all opposed — including Hillary Rodham Clinton, who oversaw the early part of the federal review as Obama’s first-term secretary of state.

TransCanada first applied for Keystone permits 2,604 days ago in September 2008 — shortly before Obama was elected. As envisioned, Keystone would snake from Canada’s tar sands through Montana, South Dakota and Nebraska, then connect with existing pipelines to carry more than 800,000 barrels of crude oil a day to specialized refineries along the Texas Gulf Coast.

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HBO’s ‘Getting On’ is brilliant, offbeat comedy

BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH Donald Trump hosts “Saturday Night Live” (11:30 p.m., NBC, TV-14). Is this a good idea? Will it be funny and bring a new audience to the 40-year-old comedy franchise, providing some buzz? Or will it demonstrate the lengths, even depths, that “SNL” and NBC will go to for ratings?

Perhaps “SNL” could show a side of Trump not explored by the “news” media or exposed in the presidential debates. As a 40-year-old comedy institution, “SNL” has been in the public eye even longer than Trump. Maybe some of its sketches could take a look at and celebrate Trump’s colorful past. Think of the fun the show could have with his various wives and the gruesome ways he wooed them and then dumped them on the front pages of New York City tabloids.

Perhaps Al Pacino could show up and reprise his role from “Angels in America” as Roy Cohn, the disgraced and eventually disbarred lawyer who represented a young developer Donald Trump, along with many mobster clients.

Oh, what fun “SNL” could have with the story of Philip Testa, aka “the Chicken Man,” a Philadelphia mob figure whose hitman son sold Trump a parcel of land in Atlantic City at an exorbitant price that raised many eyebrows. (It later became the Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino.) The Chicken Man was later eliminated by gang rivals in dramatic fashion — an explosive act immortalized by Bruce Springsteen in his song, “Atlantic City.” Maybe “SNL” could get The Boss to show up and serenade The Donald.

Now that would be an event.

• Traditional sitcoms can turn even the most unpleasant situation or event into a punch line. More innovative comedies have come to dwell on the uncomfortable to mine nervous laughter. Few shows do that better than “Getting On” (10 p.m.

Sunday, HBO, TV-MA), entering its third season on HBO. Set in a hospital ward for the terminally ill, “Getting On” stars Laurie Metcalf as Dr. Jenna James, an insecure and delusional medical director who has turned the ward into a personal profit center, an act that has placed her under pro-

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From left, Laurie Metcalf stars as Dr. Jenna James, Niecy Nash as DiDi and Alex Borstein as Dawn in HBO’s “Getting On,” which begins its third season at 10 p.m. on Sunday. fessional and perhaps even criminal scrutiny. Metcalf’s James is one of the more powerful and harrowing performances on television. And she’s only growing more desperate.

She’s supported by the remarkable Alex Borstein as head nurse Dawn, whose sad personal life knows no bottom, and Niecy Nash as DiDi, a nurse whose common sense and human empathy often run up against hospital rules. Mel Rodriguez rounds out the cast as the insecure male nurse Patsy, who shares a co-dependent friendship with Dawn that can be excruciating to behold.

All of this takes place against a parade of guest-starring patients enduring their final days and hours. “Getting On” is as grim as it gets. And that’s why it’s so brilliant.

• Dominated by football, Sunday nights belong to powerful women on “Madam Secretary” and “The Good Wife.” Now Sharon Stone enters the fray as Vice President Natalie Maccabee in the new drama “Agent X” (9 p.m. Sunday, TNT, TV-14).

But she’s basically around to summon the title character, John Case (Jeff Hephner), or Agent X, an awesomely powerful superhuman fighting machine able to complete missions the CIA and FBI can’t pursue — or won’t. Look for

Olga Fonda as a fetching Russian spy, also named Olga.

Yes it’s that kind of show.

• An emotionally fragile ballet dancer (Sarah Hay, “Black Swan”) battles her demons as well as the company’s mercurial director (Ben Daniels) in the eight-part miniseries “Flesh and Bone” (8 p.m. Sunday, Starz, TV-MA), created by Moira Walley-Beckett (“Breaking Bad”).

Shot on location in New York, using a company of 22 professional ballet dancers.

SATURDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS • College football action includes Utah at Washington (7:30 p.m., Fox), LSU at Alabama (8 p.m., CBS) and Minnesota at Ohio State (8 p.m., ABC).

• After a wife (Anna Camp) discovers her husband’s (Sam Page) affair, she kidnaps his teenage lover (Stefanie Scott) in the 2015 made-for-television drama “Caught” (8 p.m., Lifetime).

• A doctor makes house calls above the Arctic Circle in the new series “Dr. Dee: Alaska Vet” (8 p.m., Animal Planet, TV-14).

• The heartbreaking and illuminating 2014 documentary “Glen Campbell ... I’ll Be Me” (8 p.m. and 10 p.m. Saturday, CNN) follows the pop-country singer through his descent into Alzheimer’s disease during an

extensive cross-country farewell tour.

• Untrustworthy Zygons dominate the landscape on “Doctor Who” (9 p.m., BBC America, TV-PG).

• Ash teaches Pablo and Kelly the difference between truth and illusion on “Ash vs Evil Dead” (9 p.m., Starz, TVMA).

• “Jackie Kennedy: Behind Closed Doors” (9 p.m., Reelz, TVPG) takes a stylish look at the former first lady.

• A plan to outflank the Danes runs aground on “The Last Kingdom” (10 p.m., BBC America, TV-MA).

• A family upgrades their classic Airstream trailer on the series premiere of “Roadstead Nation” (10 p.m., FYI, TV-PG).

• The search for Camille, Julie, Victor and Claire continues on “The Returned” (10 p.m., Sundance, TV-14).

SUNDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS • A workaholic and his son have a “Freaky Friday” experience just in time for the holidays in the 2015 holiday comedy “Christmas Trade” (7 p.m., UP), starring William Baldwin.

• Scheduled on “60 Minutes” (7:30 p.m., CBS): costly government security procedures; the Large Hadron Collider; the Broadway musical hit “Hamilton.”

• Alison looks for a way out on “Home Fires” on “Masterpiece Classic” (8 p.m., PBS, TV-PG, check local listings).

• The Dallas Cowboys host the Philadelphia Eagles on “Sunday Night Football” (8:20 p.m., NBC).

• Elizabeth seeks justice for a slain American on “Madam Secretary” (8:30 p.m., CBS, TV14).

• The Alexandria contingent feels besieged on “The Walking Dead” (9 p.m., AMC, TV-MA).

• “Breakthrough” (9 p.m., National Geographic, TV-PG) explores the blending of biology and technology.

• Newcomers irk Nora on “The Leftovers” (9 p.m., HBO, TV-MA).

• Carrie reaches out to During on “Homeland” (9 p.m., Showtime, TV-MA).

• A polygraph test comes under scrutiny on “The Good Wife” (9:30 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

• Gary’s fate remains unknown on “Blood & Oil” (9 p.m., ABC).

• Some trainees fail to make the cut on “Quantico” (10 p.m., ABC).

• Seth MacFarlane hosts the Breakthrough Prize (10 p.m., National Geographic, TV-14), honoring influential scientists and mathematicians. Later, MacFarlane is Neil deGrasse Tyson’s guest on “StarTalk” (11:30 p.m.).

• A hacked driverless car becomes a weapon on “CSI: Cyber” (10:30 p.m., CBS, TV-PG).

CULT CHOICE Kyle MacLachlan and Sting star in director David Lynch’s 1984 adaptation of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi novel “Dune” (7 p.m. Sunday, BBC America).

SUNDAY SERIES Kristen Bell voices Lisa’s wealthy new friend on “The Simpsons” (8 p.m., Fox, TV-PG) * Merlin and Emma embark on an adventure on “Once Upon a Time” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) * A fateful camping expedition on “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (8:30 p.m., Fox, TV-14) * Milestones missed on “Family Guy” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-14) * The search for a power source on “Last Man on Earth” (9:30 p.m., Fox, TV-14).

Copyright 2015, United Feature Syndicate

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3 exhibits offer creative, sensitive look at life

BY JANE G. COLLINS Special to The Sumter Item Give yourself an early Christmas present and take advantage of the three new Sumter Gallery of Art exhibits.

Although two are photography and one features oil paintings, they compliment and complement each other, especially in the artists’ desire to encourage reflection and engage the viewer with detail, design and light.

Joshua Flint’s “The World Between” is a proliferation of color, technique and light energy. At first he studied science but later turned his focus to art. Basically a West Coast artist, he painted in the classical style for 10 years before beginning to develop his own artistic voice by “unlearning” to find his own style, an attitude that he has embraced for about seven years.

His artist statement embraces the concept that “There is dynamic interplay between experience and interpretation” and his desire to “explore that place between a direct translation and the abstract of emotion.”

Flint’s paintings appear to evolve from the real to almost surreal, the clearly defined to the aura of the moment.

Many of his pieces reflect Flint’s respect for the process of painting. Often he leaves sections with only one layer as in “La Machine Animale,” gradually building to the finished structures like the car.

At the same time, he is concerned about interpretation, allowing others to make choices. Is the car running into the tree, the forest or just stopped? In many ways this process underscores his desire to leave open interpretations, to encourage (even to himself) an ongoing dialogue.

Careful not to overwork his pieces in case he loses some of his original focus, he works on several paintings at one time. In fact, all but four of his pieces in this show have been completed this year, the last one being “This Side of Waking,” a composition which has been reworked sev-

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Joshua Flint’s painting “La Machine Animale,” reflects his concern for interpretations, leaving much up to the viewer. His work and photographs by Michelle Van Parys and John Hathaway can be seen at the Sumter County Gallery of Art through Jan. 8. eral times, removing a hunter, adding the hanging deer, as his vision leads him.

Both “Shorelines” and “Muybridge’s Daughter” emphasize his ongoing mental dialogue about time, truth, and memory as they influence perception. The interesting relationships of the water’s depth on the figures in “Shorelines,” the softly formed, almost serene girls in the upper right hand corner versus the energetic figures riding bicycles and horses in “Muybridge’s Daughters.”

Are they the same girls over time? To Flint, there may not be a definitive answer to the viewer. Looking, responding and reconsidering the painting is the important element.

In “The World Between,” the first work for the show, his figures float in between reality and impression but always with a sense of moving time and light.

“Time,” he observes, “is like a wardrobe…I mix and match influences…especially today

with technology.”

Michelle Van Parys’ “Beyond the Plantations” reflects her conscientious journey as a photographer out west, and her book “The Way Out West,” (her first artistic venues during a 20 year period) and her move to Charleston, an event that changed how she worked. The same techniques she used in the western openness did not fit for Charleston, and she had to find new ways to develop a sense of capturing the Southern landscape.

She uses film, which she processes in her own darkroom, and is photographing around Beaufort, Georgetown and Edisto.

Her compositions reveal a desire to uncover the Southern landscape beyond “looking” to really “seeing” it. It is almost sacrilege to label her photographs as black and white, since she manages to add layers of gray and brownish tones to each work.

“Bridge Tower and Tire” ex-

plores the countryside, dramatically using hanging moss to frame the rest of the work, especially the faint bridge towers in the distance and contrasting branches and grass.

She captures the stereotypical old South in “Broken Gateway” but establishes great sensitivity using the design of the broken gate to lead the eye into the tree lined road. Light and shade increase the intensity of the moment.

“Birch Tree” becomes a complex definition of tree, brick and foliage all given a special moment of reflection by the carefully placed light.

Van Parys’ fellow instructor and lecturer at the College of Charleston, John Hathaway, concludes that the “tidal basin is intertwined with the cadence of the ebbing and flowing of tides ... and taken as a whole, this body of work offers the viewer a poetic glimpse of love, hope, loss, desire and perseverance, not as

a literal document but larger than that.”

Like both Flint and Van Parys, in “The Archaeology of Water” he often finds great drama with light as in “Youngs Island,” with the boys spotlighted on the fourwheeler surrounded by magnificent greenery. His subject matter is vast — fish, a man in a car, a view through an oyster shack.

“Sol Legare” underscores his sense of composition and color, building the layers of grass in the foreground to the golden mass in the distance.

In “Martins Landing, Edisto River, SC” Hathaway photographs the tattooed man emerging from the water, framing him with branches in the foreground and eddies of water in the background. His use of light adds focus.

“Botany Bay, SC” pulls the truck and cars into a composition framed by woods and filtered light. Hathaway studied the scene in “Charleston, SC,” several times before capturing the right moment. The horizontal flow of the clouds, the pier extension, the waves and finally two men on the beach, one stretched out to repeat the rhythm of “nature’s line” both tell a story and celebrate the moment of interplay of light, form and texture.

The three exhibits are compatible. Flint, Van Parys and Hathaway offer a creative, sensitive look at life. They manage to capitalize on the essence of light as a purveyor of atmosphere, attention and depth.

A final kudo goes to Karen Watson and her crew since curator Frank McCauley had already moved to his new job.

They did an excellent job placing the pieces with enough space, size and color diversity to allow viewers to study each picture.

The gallery, located at 200 Hasel St., in the Sumter County Cultural Center, is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 1-5 p.m. on Sunday.

For more information, contact Karen Watson at (803) 7750543 or scgadirector@gmail. com or curator Zach Eichelberger, also at (803) 775-0543.

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JOBS FROM PAGE A1 inflation, which was been flat in the past year.

The solid pay gains should fuel more consumer spending in coming months, which, in turn, could support further hiring.

“These are very strong numbers and likely to continue,” said Carl Tannenbaum, chief economist at Northern Trust.

Retailers added nearly 44,000 jobs in October, the most since November and a sign that they anticipate healthy sales for the holiday shopping season. Hotels and restaurants added 41,000.

Matt Friedman, chief executive of the Wing Zone restaurant chain, said he thinks lower gas prices are encouraging more people to eat out and boosting sales at his company’s 93 U.S. sites. Company sales have grown 6 percent this year from 2014.

Wing Zone is adding three jobs to its 18-employee headquarters staff and expects to open 15 stores this year and 19 next year.

“People are spending more money,” Friedman said.

“Fuel prices have a big impact.”

During October, many higher-paying sectors enjoyed healthy gains, notably

professional and business services, which includes lawyers, architects and engineers. That sector added 78,000 positions, the most in nearly a year.

Some economists cautioned that the explosiveness of October’s job growth was likely in part a bounce back from the tepid gains in August and September, when fears about the global economy had led some employers to hold back.

“We see some makeup from hiring that was put off when the economy was hesitant in the late summer and early autumn,” said Patrick O’Keefe, director of economic research at CohnReznick.

Any job gain above roughly 150,000 was expected to keep Fed policymakers on track to raise rates from record lows at their Dec. 15-16 meeting, though the Fed will have one more jobs report to digest before then.

Chair Janet Yellen and other leading Fed officials have said that the economy is generally healthy and that the December meeting is a “live possibility” for a rate hike.

“This data tips the scales toward a rate hike in December but more importantly is a sign that our economy may have more punch than we thought,” said Tara Sinclair,

chief economist for job site Indeed.com.

Consistently strong hiring would continue to reduce the unemployment rate. The economy typically needs only about 100,000 jobs a month to keep unemployment from rising. That figure has fallen in recent years as an aging population and increasing retirements by baby boomers have slowed the growth of the U.S. workforce.

Other data show that consumers have kept spending in part because of lower gas prices and a recovery in the stock market. The economy grew at just a 1.5 percent annual rate in the July-September quarter.

The slowdown occurred mostly because businesses cut back on their stockpiles and exports weakened.

Still, Americans boosted their spending at a healthy 3.2 percent annual pace. That spending has encouraged many services firms, which make up roughly 80 percent of the economy, to step up hiring.

Overall, services companies expanded in October at the fastest pace in three months, according to a private survey by the Institute for Supply Management.

That was in sharp contrast to the ISM’s survey of manufacturing firms, which barely grew in October.

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ALBANY FROM PAGE A1 have shown to the community. Friday’s truck was one of four that have arrived since the flood from people with Sumter connections. But there have been others with no connections who just wanted to help.

Students from Wingate University came to the nonprofit to help bag food supplies for flood victims and ended up unloading two truckloads of supplies.

People have donated so much furniture, Sumter United Ministries has run out of storage space.

Still, United Ministries needs food, particularly canned meat, rice, pasta, canned goods and other things that people can use to put a balanced meal together, said Kathy Hunter, the organization’s director’s assistant.

Some people, such as Jackie, appreciate the bare necessities.

“I have a roof over my head,” she said. “Now I have a mattress and box springs.”

As she teared up again, she said, “You never expect to come to a point in your life when you are homeless. It’s just devastating.”

On Friday, a truck with 36 pallets of supplies arrived from Albany, Georgia, after a resident with Sumter connections asked the public to bring supplies.

Ted Durant, an employee with Interstate National Leasing in Albany and whose mother owns local trucking company Westside Sales, wanted to do something for his hometown. The owner of Interstate National Leasing donated a tractor-trailer and told Durant he’d also pay for the fuel if Durant would ask the community to fill the trailer. Durant’s mother, Jeannie Durant, said the Albany area has been through several floods, and people in the community understand the needs afterwards.

They filled the truck, and Sumter driver Anita Hodges volunteered to drive the supplies to Sumter.

Ted Durant asked Sumter legislators where he could take supplies that would most benefit the community, and they suggested Sumter United Ministries.

That’s just an example of the kindness that people

REPAIRS FROM PAGE A1

FROM PAGE A1 The Sumter Disaster Recovery Center is located at the Sumter County Civic Center, 700 W. Liberty St.; the Clarendon center is located at Weldon Auditorium, 7 Maple St., Manning; and the Lee County center is located at Recreation Center, 397 Chappell Drive, Bishopville.

For more information, visit www.disasterassistance.gov, call (800) 621-3362 (711 or video relay service available), or visit a recovery center.

The TTY number is (800) 4627585.

City of Sumter Public Works Director Al Harris said the city-owned roads are in pretty good condition; and city public works has had to patch a few potholes.

Wade Warr, acting resident maintenance engineer for South Carolina Department of Transportation, said 70 stateowned roads in the city and county were closed immediately after the KEITH GEDAMKE / THE SUMTER ITEM storm and only four roads Traffic makes its way through the cones on Broad Street where it crosses remain closed.

Those four closed roads Shot Pouch Creek recently as crews begin permanent road repairs.

include Pearson Road, Seymour Road in Dalzell, one lane of Broad Street near Shot Pouch, before reaching Miller Road and a portion of Foxworth Mill Road near U.S. 401.

Warr said repairs on Foxworth Mill Road, Seymour Road and Broad Street have already started, but Pearson Road has been too wet for work to start.

Warr anticipates all four roads will be open before or by Thanksgiving.

OBITUARIES SAMUEL NELSON JR. Samuel Nelson Jr., 73, husband of Donna Palmer Nelson, died Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015, at Palmetto Richland, Columbia. He was born Oct. 16, 1942, in Davis Station in Clarendon County, a NELSON son of the late Samuel Nelson Sr. and Juanita Cain Nelson.

Funeral service will be held at 2:30 p.m. today at Laurel Hill AME Church, Davis Station. The Rev. Marie Harvin, pastor, officiating, and the Rev. Deloris Gerow assisting.

Burial will follow in Ivory Cemetery.

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

ALBERT L. MACK Albert Lee Mack, 70, husband of Hattie Mae Montgomery Mack, died Tuesday morning, Nov. 3, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center in Sumter. He was born Feb. 24, 1945, in the Jordan ComMACK munity of Manning. He was a son of the late Annie Belle Mack and was reared by his grandmother, Marie Simon Mack. He was preceded in death by a sister, Jean Benjamin.

He received his formal education at Manning Training School, graduating in 1963.

He was a member of Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church. He also will be greatly missed and was a member of Brotherly Love Masonic Lodge No. 99. He was employed at Morris College as a campus security officer, retiring after 27 years.

He served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War and was honorably discharged.

Survivors are wife, Hattie M. Mack of the home; a son,

Gabrial Mack of Washington, D.C.; three stepchildren, Laura Ann Toney of Manning, Johnathan (Keesha) Montgomery of Milton, Florida, and Tyrone (Janie) Montgomery of Jacksonville, Florida; a loving granddaughter, JoJo; five sisters, Elaine Floyd, Deloris McNair, Evelyn (Lacey) McNeely, Cindy (Curtis) McNelly and Marian (George) Scipio; four brothers, George Samuel , Grant Samuel , Earnest Lee Mack and Ulysesee (Darcelle H.) Mack; and special cousins, Shirley (Bennie) Keels and Willie White.

Celebratory services for Mr. Mack will be held at 2 p.m.

Sunday at Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church, Manning.

The Rev. George P. Windley Sr., pastor, officiating. Burial will follow in Society Hill AME Church Cemetery, Manning. Mr. Mack will lie in repose one hour prior to service.

The family is receiving friends at the home of his wife, 117 Reardon St., Manning.

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

BILLY N. SHORTER Billy Nathaniel “Nick” Shorter Jr., 52, husband of Pam Taylor Shorter, died Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born in Sumter, he was the son of Billy Nathaniel Shorter Sr. and Carolyn Wade Shorter.

He was a graduate of Thomas Sumter Academy, received a bachelor’s degree from University of South Carolina and a master in management degree from Southern Wesleyan University. Nick was a member of Alice Drive Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon and a LIFE Group leader. He was employed as an administrative services director with the City of Sumter.

He was a member of the Tuomey Fellows program; Sumter Palmetto Rotary Club, where he was named Rotarian of the Year in 2015; a board

member, past chairman and treasurer of the Sumter Family Health Center; board member of the State Agency of Vocational Rehabilitation Department; and a board member of the S.C. Municipal Insurance and Risk Financing Fund.

Survivors include his wife of Sumter; parents of Sumter; a sister, Kris Anne Steele of Sumter; a brother-in-law, Robert Charles Taylor of Irmo; a nephew, Jordan Gabriel Rock of Sumter; a niece, Alyssa Grace Steele of Sumter; and his fur-baby, Bradley.

Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday at Alice Drive Baptist Church with Dr. Clay Smith officiating. Burial will be in the Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Tim Russell, Jim Blackmon, Steve Snapp, Rick Lotts, Ricky Johnston and Deron McCormick.

The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Alice Drive Baptist Church and other times at the home.

Memorials may be made to the Alice Drive Baptist Church Benevolence Fund, 1305 Loring Mill Road, Sumter, S.C. 29150.

Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.

ETHEL MURPHY Funeral service for Ethel Murphy will be conducted at 1 p.m. today at St. Matthew AME Church.

The Rev. Donna Jackson, pastor, will officiate. Interment will follow in Mayesville Cemetery, directed by Jefferson Funeral Home Service Inc. Ms. Murphy was born on Nov. 25, 1941, in Lee County, a daughter of the late Logan and Estell Hudson Murphy.

She graduated high school and was a seamstress. Ethel passed in Raleigh, N.C., on Oct. 31, 2015.

Survivors include her children, Shead and Nicole Canty;

three siblings; and many other relatives and friends.

Public viewing for Ms. Murphy will be held one hour before the service from noon to 1 p.m. at the church.

KENNETH MCKENZIE SR. Kenneth McKenzie Sr., husband of Annie L. Ragin McKenzie, died Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015, at Jackson North Hospital, North Miami, Florida. He was born Dec. 11, 1957, in Manning.

He was a son of the late Johnny McKenzie Sr. and Louise McBride McKenzie.

Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. today at Hayes F. & LeNelle J. Samuels Sr. Memorial Chapel, 114 N. Church St., Manning. Prophet Tracey Ceasear, officiating.

Burial will follow in St. Paul Holiness Church Cemetery, Summerton.

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

JOHN H. HOLLAND SR. John H. Holland Sr., 81, died Friday, Nov. 6, 2015, at Lake Marion Nursing Facility.

Born March 30, 1934, in Lee County, he was a son of the late Ted Sidney Holland Sr. and Clara Douglas Holland Croft.

He was a self-employed truck driver.

Survivors include a daughter, Debbie Russell of Sumter; three sons, John Holland Jr., Charles Holland and Sandy Holland (Pam), all of Sumter; six grandchildren; five greatgrandchildren; and two sisters, Lee Holland Beaty (Lee) and Carolyn Holland Peach, all of Sumter.

He was preceded in death by a daughter, Peggy “Bird” Card; six brothers, Lucian Holland, Sidney Holland Jr., Buck Holland, Jack Holland, Tom Holland and Wade Holland; and three sisters, Bertha Baily, Marie Outlaw and Clara Amerson.

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home chapel, with the

Rev. Dale Turner and the Rev. Raymond Tobias officiating.

The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. Sunday at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home.

Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.

ORILEE MCLEOD Orilee McLeod, 54, died Friday, Nov. 6, 2015, at her residence in Rembert. Born in Sumter County, she was a daughter of the late Warren McLeod and Olcie Stukes.

The family will receive friends at the home of her sister, Frances Stukes, 7115 Saxon Road, Rembert.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Palmer Memorial Chapel Inc.

BLONDELL M. FARGAS On Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015, Blondell McDonald Fargas, widow of the late Manuel Fargas, exchanged time for eternity at Coastal Carolina Hospital, Hardeeville.

Born on Dec. 16, 1934, in Manning, she was a daughter of the late Charlie D. and Mary Brown Miller McDonald.

The family shall begin receiving relatives and friends from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the residence, 2773 Governor Richardson Road, Summerton.

Funeral services are incomplete and shall be announced

by Fleming & Delaine Funeral Home & Chapel.

MATTHEW PRINGLE Matthew Pringle, 89, died Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015, at Sumter Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born May 31, 1926, he was the son of Elijah Pringle Sr. and Alice Francis Pringle.

The family is receiving friends at the home, 710 Simpson Road, Sumter.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Williams Funeral Home Inc.

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Central Carolina Technical College will hold a faculty / staff work day with no classes.

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for cancer patients from the The Single Parent Institute meets from 5:45 to 6:45 p.m. American Cancer Society.

Transportation on the second Monday of Opportunities to get involved, vol- to treatment, help for appearance each month at the Birnie unteerMeetings are related side effects of treatHOPE Center. ment, nutrition help, oneopen to teenage single parents, custodial and non-cus- on-one breast cancer support, free housing away todial single parents. You from home during treatare welcome to bring your ment, help finding clinical children as the Single Parent Institute is for the entire trials, someone to talk to — all free from your American family. Contact Dr. L. QuaCancer Society. Call (800) neck Walkes at (803) 2239408 or lqwalkes@sctechthi- 227-2345. sout.com.

The Rembert Area Community Coalition (RACC) offers a seThe Rembert Area Community Coalition offers an after school nior citizens program 10 a.m.noon each Monday and program for students from Wednesday at 6785 Bradley kindergarten to sixth grade St. (behind community car at the youth center in Rembert. Children receive assis- wash), Rembert, SC 29128.

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Haynsworth Street. Classes The Sumter Combat Veterans are $5 each and no registraGroup holds weekly peer to tion is required. Contact peer meetings at 11 a.m.

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HOPE Center, 1125 S. LafaySumter Area Toastmasters ette Drive. These meetings are designed for veterans to meets at 7 p.m. each Tuesday at the Sumter Mall comhelp other veterans with munity room, 1057 Broad St. PTSD, coping skills, claims The group helps in developand benefits. Open to all ing speaking and leadership area veterans. skills. Call Douglas Wilson Having cancer is hard. Finding at (803) 778-0197 or Rebecca help shouldn’t be. Free help Gonzalez at (803) 565-9271.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Learn from EUGENIA LAST any criticism you encounter. Don’t let your emotions take over. Arguments will be a waste of time and energy. Keep an open mind and work to bring about the changes that you know you can live with regardless of the results.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Completing projects will bring you a sense of satisfaction. Whether it’s finishing a course or tidying up your home or finances, finding a relief from stress will give you a new lease on life. Romance is highlighted.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Don’t let your generosity be your downfall.

Use your imagination and you’ll discover a plan that isn’t costly. Be true to yourself and save for the future. Charity begins at home, and using your intelligence to build equity is encouraged.

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AccuWeather® five-day forecast for Sumter TODAY

TONIGHT

SUNDAY

A shower and t-storm around

Overcast with a little rain

Cooler with a little rain

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Find a new way to help others and to bring you satisfaction. People from your past will have an impact on you now. Working in a group will allow you to voice your creative ideas and acquire greater recognition.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Keep your plans a secret. Personal information will be used against you. Focus on home, family and keeping the peace. Protect your reputation and your position. Take care of business before you go out to play.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Don’t feel pressured by someone who is questioning or criticizing you. If you procrastinate, you will give others a reason to doubt you. Do something out of the ordinary and take everyone by surprise. Make positive changes at home.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Don’t let emotional issues stand in your way. Focus on what you need to get done and follow through with your promises. Expect someone to cause uncertainty regarding your plans. Ignore any negative influences and forge ahead.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): A little discipline will go a long way.

Demonstrate your dedication and desire to help make improvements to your neighborhood, community or a group you belong to. Don’t let anyone you live with interfere with your plans.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Share your feelings, but don’t get angry if someone gives you advice you don’t want to hear. Listen and learn from someone with experience, and you will find a way to bring about the changes needed to satisfy your current situation.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Surprise the people you care about most with an outing that will encourage healthy relationships. Share your feelings and find out where you stand and how you can improve your current personal situation. A promise or commitment will help

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Stick close to home and avoid dealing with institutions or people who will cause problems for you. Love is highlighted, but it’s up to you to plan something special. Reminisce about the past while anticipating what the future brings.

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Breezy with periods Cloudy and warmer of rain

Partly sunny and pleasant

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69° / 55°

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NNE 8-16 mph

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Gaffney 70/48 Spartanburg 71/49

Greenville 73/49

Columbia 80/57

Sumter 78/54

Aiken 77/54

ON THE COAST

Charleston 83/60

Today: Mostly cloudy; a thunderstorm in northern parts. High 78 to 82.

Sunday: Rain, but a thunderstorm in spots in central parts. High 61 to 65.

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Today Hi/Lo/W 72/53/r 53/30/s 67/46/pc 56/31/pc 68/55/r 81/55/s 79/60/t 65/47/c 87/70/pc 64/46/c 79/57/s 64/51/s 65/46/r

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358.67 74.78 74.32 100.78

24-hr chg +0.01 -0.11 -0.19 -0.59

Sunrise 6:46 a.m.

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

Full pool 360 76.8 75.5 100

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Precipitation 24 hrs ending 4 p.m. yest.

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Manning 82/57

Today: Some rain and a thunderstorm.

Winds west-northwest 3-6 mph.

Sunday: Mostly cloudy and cooler. Winds northeast 7-14 mph.

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Bishopville 78/55

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5:56 p.m.

6:33 a.m.

6:40 p.m.

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

Today Hi/Lo/W 65/44/r 75/52/r 78/55/t 82/62/c 76/56/c 83/60/c 74/49/r 74/52/r 80/57/t 78/54/t 75/51/r 81/55/t 76/53/t

Sun. Hi/Lo/W 57/38/pc 62/46/r 60/50/r 63/54/r 62/57/c 62/53/r 61/41/pc 60/48/c 62/50/r 60/48/r 61/46/pc 60/48/c 62/47/c

Today City Hi/Lo/W Florence 79/55/t Gainesville 87/67/pc Gastonia 72/48/r Goldsboro 77/53/t Goose Creek 83/58/c Greensboro 72/45/r Greenville 73/49/r Hickory 70/45/r Hilton Head 78/61/c Jacksonville, FL 85/67/c La Grange 74/55/r Macon 79/54/t Marietta 69/51/r

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Sun. Hi/Lo/W 57/36/pc 62/55/r 63/54/r 59/50/r 63/55/r 60/41/pc 60/43/c 61/44/c 63/54/r 58/42/c 60/53/r 62/52/r 59/38/pc

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Problems at home will fester if you let someone else dictate what you can do.

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SPCA CAT OF THE WEEK Maui, a housebroken 4-monthold gray tabby and white male American short hair, is available for adoption at the Sumter SPCA. He is active, playful, and loves cat toys. Maui is great with other cats and loves to be petted and scratched. 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.

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CLEMSON 5 KEYS TO VICTORY

CLEMSON GAMEDAY WHO: (17) Florida State (7-1, 5-1 ACC) at (3) Clemson (8-0, 5-0 ACC) WHEN: 3:30 p.m.

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Tigers face last big test in Seminoles

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com Really, who cares about the polls?

That’s no doubt the rallying cry in Death Valley this week.

The College Football Playoff rankings is where it’s at, no doubt about it.

The Clemson Tigers sit atop

the initial rankings that will eventually determine the four playoff teams despite not being ranked No. 1 in either of the major polls. When the final rankings come out to determine the quartet, Clemson may not be at the top of the list then. However, if the Tigers take care of their business the rest of the way, they’ll be in

the final four and that’s what really matters.

And most people think today’s home game against Florida State is the final real stumbling block in Clemson’s way as it tries to reach the playoff games. That’s not to say the Tigers can’t slip up the rest of the way, but the Seminoles are easily the

most talented team remaining on their schedule, including the potential Atlantic Coast Conference championship game.

Here are five things Clemson needs to have happen to come away with a victory and continue on that path.

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PREP FOOTBALL

Quality not quantity

Sumter rolls to outright region crown

BY SHANE BOWEN The Sun News

ball,” said first-year Wilson Hall head coach Adam Jarecki. “We felt like we needed to throw it some to loosen things up. We had some matchups we liked that we went to and McLendon did a good job throwing the ball.”

MYRTLE BEACH — The regular-season football finale between Sumter High School and Socastee was a matchup between two teams heading in opposite directions.

The Gamecocks drubbed the host Braves 41-0 on FriBARNES day to secure the Region VI-4A title outright, winning it for the first time since 2009 with a 5-0 record. SHS will take a 9-2 record into the 4A Division I state playoffs in two weeks.

Socastee closed out a disappointing campaign that saw injuries and defections take its toll, finishing 2-9 and 1-4.

“I am happy for our seniors,” first-year Sumter head coach Mark Barnes said. “I am their fourth head coach in four years, and that is not fair to a program. For our seniors to go out and win a region championship for the first time since 2009 says a lot about them.

Winning the region championship was important to us.”

The Braves never threatened to score against a stingy and physical Sumter defense as the Gamecocks limited Socastee to 50 yards of total offense. In region play, Sumter gave up just 24 points and posted two shutouts while scoring 207 points.

“Our defense does it collectively as a group,” Barnes said.

“Everybody does their role and a different guy shines every week. They have been good all year.”

Socastee entered the season coming off a playoff appearance in its first season in 4A. But after losing 25 seniors off last year’s squad, only 10 seniors were honored during Friday’s Senior Night festivities.

“We knew we were going to have a young team coming in so any injuries were going to be devastating,” Socastee coach Doug Illing said, “and we had 11 of them, and eight of those are still out.”

Not only did Socastee lack experience, but by the end of

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Wilson Hall’s Greyson Sonntag, bottom, and Jake Reaves (50) combine on a tackle against Ben Lippen quarterback Patrick McClure, center, forcing a fumble that Sam Watford picked up and returned 42 yards for the game’s first touchdown during the Barons’ 38-0 victory on Friday at Spencer Field in the opening round of the SCISA 3A state playoffs

Barons use passing game sparingly but effectively in 38-0 playoff win over Ben Lippen

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com The Wilson Hall Barons didn’t sell out with the passing game on Friday against Ben Lippen in the first round of the SCISA 3A football state playoffs at Spencer Field. They only put it up 10

times, but quarterback McLendon Sears hit on seven of them for 165 yards and two touchdowns as the Barons rolled to a 38-0 victory.

The Barons improved to 9-1 on the season and will play host to Pinewood Prep in a semifinal game on Fri-

day. Prep defeated Cardinal Newman 28-0 on Friday in a first-round game.

Ben Lippen finished with a 5-6 record.

“They (Laurence Manning Academy in WH’s 6-0 win last week) really keyed on stopping Robert (James) and McLendon running the foot-

Rematch mismatch Unbeaten Cavs have far less trouble with Raiders in playoffs

BY EDDIE LITAKER Special To The Sumter Item BISHOPVILLE — The second time against Dorchester Academy wasn’t nearly as challenging for Robert E. Lee Academy’s varsity football team.

After opening the 2015 campaign with its toughest challenge of the season, coming away with a

PREP FOOTBALL SCORES FRIDAY Playoffs Wilson Hall 38, Ben Lippen 0 L. Manning 28, Porter-Gaud 24 Bethesda Acad. 55, TSA 14 Robert E. Lee 40, Dorchester 14 Regular Season Sumter 41, Socastee 0 Darlington 41, Manning 34 Andrews 47, Lee Central 20 C.E. Murray 49, East Clarendon 6

hard-fought 27-21 victory on the road, the Cavaliers made it look much easier as the SCISA 1A state playoffs began on Friday at REL’s McCutchen Field, coming away with a dominating 40-14 victory.

REL remained perfect on the season with a 10-0 record while Dorchester closed with a 4-7 record.

The Cavalier defense set up the first offense of the night. After Dorchester held REL to a 3-downsand-out series on the game’s opening possession, the Raiders took over on their 21-yard line. Two plays later, Tyson Kirven interecepted a Harley Bozard pass and returned it 32 yards to the 1. On the next play, Nick Stokes took it in, with Weston

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Robert E. Lee Academy quarterback Bryce Barret (13) tries to escape the grasp of Dorchester Academy’s Chase Kennedy (61) during the Cavaliers’ 40-14 victory on Friday in Bishopville at McCutchen Field during the first round of the SCISA 1A state playoffs.

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Logano’s focus on title at Texas, not Kenseth

BY STEPHEN HAWKINS The Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Joey Logano arrived at Texas with a clear conscience, an easy smile and a new focus after being intentionally wrecked by Matt Kenseth last weekend.

Kenseth’s two-race suspension begins Sunday after his appeals were rejected. Logano said the incident at Martinsville when he was leading might not have been such a bad thing.

“Our team is more fired up than ever, I’m more focused than ever, I’m pretty pumped up about being here at the race track,’’ Logano said Friday.

“We’ve still got plenty of confidence.’’

Logano is last among the eight drivers still in contention for the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. He had won three consecutive races and was leading with 47 laps left when he was wrecked by Kenseth as payback from an incident three races earlier.

NASCAR suspended Kenseth, so Erik Jones will be in the No. 20 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing for Sunday’s race. Kenseth’s probation was reduced from six months to the end of the year, but he remains suspended and promised Thursday to race as he always has going forward.

With Logano qualifying fourth and Jones sixth, they will start nose-to-tail Sunday. Brad Keselowski earned the pole, and will be on the front row with Kevin Harvick, the defending Chase champion who is currently fourth in the standings.

Asked if he felt the penalties against Kenseth were just, Logano said that wasn’t his decision.

“NASCAR looked at it the way they needed to, and they made the decision they felt was right,’’ Logano said. “Our chase, we’re not out of it by no means.

We’ve got plenty of time to get ourselves back in. I feel confident we can get it done.’’

Logano again stood firm Friday in his stance about what happened when he wrecked Kenseth at Kansas Speedway, saying it was a product of both drivers racing hard for the win. Logano won, and Kenseth needed a victory to advance to the third round of NASCAR’s playoffs.

“That was a racing thing, what happened in Kansas,’’ Logano said. “That was not the way that you ever want to see a race end. ... But when I look at it, and the more I looked out, it’s a racing

AAA TEXAS 500 LINEUP The Associated Press After Friday qualifying; race Sunday At Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas Lap length: 1.5 miles (Car number in parentheses) 1. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 196.929 mph.

2. (4) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 195.993.

3. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 195.716.

4. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 195.419.

5. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 195.341.

6. (20) Erik Jones, Toyota, 195.298.

7. (41) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 194.988.

8. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 194.89.

9. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 194.665.

10. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 194.475.

11. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 193.313.

12. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 190.402.

13. (19) Carl Edwards, Toyota, 195.341.

14. (15) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 195.327.

15. (55) David Ragan, Toyota, 195.178.

16. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 195.143.

17. (13) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 194.819.

18. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 194.637.

19. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 194.56.

20. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 194.175.

21. (33) Brian Scott, Chevrolet, 194.175.

22. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 194.112.

23. (78) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 194.

24. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 193.666.

25. (21) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 195.525.

26. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 195.496.

27. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 195.334.

28. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 195.157.

29. (6) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 195.143.

30. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 194.735.

31. (7) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 194.644.

32. (9) Sam Hornish Jr., Ford, 194.623.

33. (95) Michael McDowell, Ford, 193.472.

34. (26) J.J. Yeley, Toyota, 192.94.

35. (34) Brett Moffitt, Ford, 192.651.

36. (40) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 192.445.

37. (46) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, Owner Points.

38. (83) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota, Owner Points.

39. (35) Cole Whitt, Ford, Owner Points.

40. (23) Jeb Burton, Toyota, Owner Points.

41. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, Owner Points.

42. (98) Ryan Preece, Chevrolet, Owner Points.

43. (51) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, Owner Points.

Failed to Qualify 44. (32) Joey Gase, Ford, 190.617.

45. (62) Reed Sorenson, Toyota, 187.865.

thing, it just happened. It’s unfortunate, but I would understand if the same thing had happened to me.’’

When Kenseth returned to the Martinsville track last week in a wrecked car, he was nine laps down. He drove Logano’s car into the wall as Logano tried to pass him.

Fans cheered when Kenseth slammed into Team Penske’s No. 22 Ford.

“Was I surprised to see the fans’ reaction after something like that happened last week? Yes, I was,’’ Logano said. “I was disgusted by it. It’s not what any driver would expect out of it.’’

Logano has finished in the top five in four of his last five Texas starts, including a win in the 2014 spring race.

He finished fourth here in April, when with about 20 laps left, Kevin Harvick tapped the rear of Logano’s car to push past him.

7:40 a.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – Newcastle United vs. Bournemouth (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

9:30 p.m. – International Soccer: Bundesliga League Match – Stuttgart vs. Bayern Munich (FOX SPORTS 1).

9:30 p.m. – International Soccer: Bundesliga League Match – Cologne vs. Bayer Leverkusen (FOX SPORTS 2).

9:55 a.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – West Brom vs.

Manchester United (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

10 a.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – Everton vs. West Ham (USA).

11 a.m. – NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup Series AAA Texas 500 Practice from Fort Worth, Texas (CNBC).

Noon – College Football: Notre Dame at Pittsburgh (WOLO 25).

Noon – College Football: Akron at Massachusetts (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

Noon – College Football: Vanderbilt at Florida (ESPN).

Noon – College Football: Central Florida at Tulsa (ESPNEWS).

Noon – College Football: Duke at North Carolina (ESPN2).

Noon – College Football: Penn State at Northwestern (ESPNU).

Noon – College Football: Texas Tech at West Virginia (FOX SPORTS 1).

Noon – College Football: Florida Atlantic at Western Kentucky (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST).

Noon – College Football: Kentucky at Georgia (SEC NETWORK).

Noon – College Football: Charlotte at Florida International (TIME WARNER 1250).

12:15 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: XFINITY Series O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge Pole Qualifying from Fort Worth, Texas ((NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

12:20 p.m. – International Soccer: Bundesliga League Match – Hamburg vs. Darmstadt 98 (FOX SPORTS 2).

12:30 p.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – Chelsea vs. Stoke City (WIS 10).

1:30 p.m. – PGA Golf: Sanderson Farms Championship Third Round from Jackson, Miss. (GOLF).

2 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup Series AAA Texas 500 Practice from Fort Worth, Texas (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

2 p.m. – College Football: Virginia Military Institute at The Citadel (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240).

3 p.m. – Women’s College Volleyball: Pacific at Brigham Young (BYUTV).

3 p.m. – College Football: Virginia at Miami (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

3 p.m. – College Football: Richmond at New Hampshire (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

3:30 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: XFINITY Series O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge from Fort Worth, Texas (WIS 10, WEGX-FM 92.9).

3:30 p.m. – College Football: Arkansas at Mississippi (WLTX 19).

3:30 p.m. – College Football: Florida State at Clemson (WOLO 25, WWBD-FM 94.7, WPUBFM 102.7).

3:30 p.m. – College Football: Texas Christian at Oklahoma State (WACH 57).

3:30 p.m. – College Football: Utah State at New Mexico (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

3:30 p.m. – College Football: Iowa at Indiana (ESPN).

3:30 p.m. – College Football: Cincinnati at Houston (ESPN2).

3:30 p.m. – College Football: Army at Air Force (ESPNU).

3:30 p.m. – College Football: Arizona State at Washington State (FOX SPORTS 1).

3:30 p.m. – College Football: Marshall at Middle Tennessee State (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

3:30 p.m. – College Football: Gardner-Webb at Coastal Carolina (TIME WARNER 1250, WWFN-FM 100.1).

4 p.m. – College Football: Connecticut at Tulane (ESPNEWS).

4 p.m. – College Football: South Carolina at Tennessee (SEC NETWORK, WIBZ-FM 95.5, WNKT-FM 107.5).

4:30 p.m. – Senior PGA Golf: Charles Schwab Cup Championship Third Round from Scottsdale, Ariz. (GOLF).

5:55 p.m. – International Soccer: Mexican League Match – Toluca vs. Cruz Azul (UNIVISION).

6:30 p.m. – College Hockey: Minnesota at Notre Dame (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

7 p.m. – College Football: Michigan State at Nebraska (ESPN).

7 p.m. – College Football: Navy at Memphis (ESPN2).

7 p.m. – College Football: Iowa State at Oklahoma (ESPNU).

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

7 p.m. – College Football: Old Dominion at Texas-San Antonio (TIME WARNER 1250).

7:30 p.m. – College Football: Utah at Washington (WACH 57).

7:30 p.m. – College Football: South Florida at East Carolina (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

7:30 p.m. – College Football: Auburn at Texas A&M (SEC NETWORK).

7:55 p.m. – International Soccer: Mexican League Match – America vs. Monterrey (UNIVISION).

8 p.m. – College Football: Louisiana State at Alabama (WLTX 19).

8 p.m. – College Football: Minnesota at Ohio State (WOLO 25).

8 p.m. – Professional Baseball: Arizona Fall League Fall Stars Game from Scottsdale, Ariz. (MLB NETWORK).

8:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Charlotte at San Antonio (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST).

9 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Memphis at Utah (NBA TV).

9 p.m. – Professional Boxing: Kevin Bizier vs. Frederick Lawson in a Welterweight Bout from Miami (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

9:30 p.m. – Professional Boxing: Timothy Bradley vs. Brandon Rios in a Welterweight Bout from Las Vegas (HBO).

10 p.m. – PGA Golf: WGC-HSBC Champions Final Round from Shanghai (GOLF).

10:30 p.m. – College Football: Arizona at Southern California (ESPN).

10:30 p.m. – College Football: California at Oregon (ESPN2).

NBA STANDINGS

By The Associated Press

SPORTS ITEMS

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Kisner grabs 2-shot lead in China SHANGHAI — Two par saves in the middle of his round and two birdies at the end put Kevin Kisner in a place he has never been.

Kisner put together another bogey-free performance Friday in the HSBC Champions for a 6-under 66 and a 2-shot lead over KISNER Russell Knox going into the weekend of the World Golf Championship.

feature in which the winner will receive the $1,000 payout. The asphalt cars will be put to the test as several Sumter Speedway drivers are excepted to be in the mix as well.

Gates open at 4 p.m. and racing begins at 6. Grandstand tickets are $15 and pit pass are $25. Active duty military will be admitted to the grand stands free of charge.

SPEEDWAY SET TO HOST BATTLE OF THE SOUTH SHOWDOWN

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Michael Allen made a 30-foot eagle putt on the par-5 18th hole to take a 2-stroke lead over playing partner Bernhard Langer in the Champions Tour’s season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship.

After a short vacation, Sumter Speedway will return to action this week with the Battle of the South Showdown.

The track is ready to host the first of two special races to close out the 2015 season. Every division will be in action along with a special $800 to the winner Stock-4 feature.

The highlight of the evening will be the Mid Atlantic Street Stock Series in its second annual asphalt cars on dirt

ALLEN UP 2 AT CHARLES SCHWAB CUP CHAMPIONSHIP

CASTRO LEADS SANDERSON FARMS JACKSON, Miss. — Roberto Castro shot a 5-under 67 to take a 4-stroke lead in the waterlogged Sanderson Farms Championship.

From staff, wire reports

ATLANTIC DIVISION Toronto New York Boston Philadelphia Brooklyn SOUTHEAST DIVISION Atlanta Washington Miami Charlotte Orlando CENTRAL DIVISION Cleveland Detroit Chicago Indiana Milwaukee

W 5 2 1 0 0

L 0 3 3 4 5

Pct 1.000 .400 .250 .000 .000

GB – 3 3 1/2 4 1/2 5

W 5 3 3 2 1

L 1 1 2 3 4

Pct .833 .750 .600 .400 .200

GB – 1 1 1/2 2 1/2 3 1/2

W 4 3 4 2 2

L 1 1 2 3 3

Pct .800 .750 .667 .400 .400

GB – 1/2 1/2 2 2

WESTERN CONFERENCE SOUTHWEST DIVISION San Antonio Memphis Dallas Houston New Orleans NORTHWEST DIVISION Portland Utah Oklahoma City Minnesota Denver PACIFIC DIVISION Golden State L.A. Clippers Phoenix Sacramento

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4 1/2

Chicago 104, Oklahoma City 98 Miami 96, Minnesota 84 Charlotte 108, Dallas 94 Utah 96, Denver 84 Portland 115, Memphis 96

TV, RADIO

Joey Logano’s championship hopes took a significant blow when he was intentionally wrecked by Matt Kenseth. Logano goes to Texas last among the eight drivers still eligible in the Chase, but says he focused solely on the title and not on the aftermath with Kenseth.

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THURSDAY’S GAMES

W 3 3 2 2 0

L 2 3 3 3 4

Pct .600 .500 .400 .400 .000

GB – 1/2 1 1 2 1/2

W 4 3 3 2 2

L 2 2 3 2 3

Pct .667 .600 .500 .500 .400

GB – 1/2 1 1 1 1/2

W 5 4 3 1

L 0 1 2 4

Pct 1.000 .800 .600 .200

GB – 1 2 4

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Toronto at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.

Washington at Boston, 7:30 p.m.

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

Atlanta at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Miami at Indiana, 8 p.m.

Detroit at Phoenix, 9:30 p.m.

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

Houston at Sacramento, 10:30 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

Minnesota at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Orlando at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Washington at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

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

Brooklyn at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.

New Orleans at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Memphis at Utah, 9 p.m.

Golden State at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

Houston at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Indiana at Cleveland, 3:30 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at New York, 3:30 p.m.

Toronto at Miami, 6 p.m.

Phoenix at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

Detroit at Portland, 9 p.m.

NFL STANDINGS

By The Associated Press AMERICAN CONFERENCE EAST New England N.Y. Jets Buffalo Miami SOUTH Indianapolis Houston Jacksonville Tennessee NORTH Cincinnati Pittsburgh Baltimore Cleveland WEST Denver Oakland Kansas City San Diego

W 7 4 3 3

L 0 3 4 4

T 0 0 0 0

Pct 1.000 .571 .429 .429

PF 249 172 176 154

PA 133 139 173 173

W 3 3 2 1

L 5 5 5 6

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .375 .375 .286 .143

PF 173 174 147 125

PA 203 205 207 159

W 8 4 2 2

L 0 4 6 7

T 0 0 0 0

Pct 1.000 .500 .250 .222

PF 229 168 190 177

PA 142 147 214 247

W 7 4 3 2

L 0 3 5 6

T 0 0 0 0

Pct 1.000 .571 .375 .250

PF 168 178 195 191

PA 112 173 182 227

NATIONAL CONFERENCE EAST N.Y. Giants Washington Philadelphia Dallas SOUTH Carolina Atlanta New Orleans Tampa Bay NORTH Green Bay Minnesota Chicago Detroit WEST Arizona St. Louis Seattle San Francisco

W 4 3 3 2

L 4 4 4 5

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .500 .429 .429 .286

PF 215 148 160 133

PA 208 168 137 171

W 7 6 4 3

L 0 2 4 4

T 0 0 0 0

Pct 1.000 .750 .500 .429

PF 191 213 213 163

PA 136 173 234 199

W 6 5 2 1

L 1 2 5 7

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .857 .714 .286 .125

PF 174 147 140 149

PA 130 122 202 245

W 6 4 4 2

L 2 3 4 6

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .750 .571 .500 .250

PF 263 135 167 109

PA 153 125 140 207

THURSDAY’S GAME

Cincinnati 31, Cleveland 10

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Tennessee at New Orleans, 1 p.m.

St. Louis at Minnesota, 1 p.m.

Green Bay at Carolina, 1 p.m.

Washington at New England, 1 p.m.

Miami at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

Jacksonville at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.

Oakland at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.

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

N.Y. Giants at Tampa Bay, 4:05 p.m.

Denver at Indianapolis, 4:25 p.m.

Philadelphia at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Open: Arizona, Baltimore, Detroit, Houston, Kansas City, Seattle

MONDAY’S GAME

Chicago at San Diego, 8:30 p.m.

THURSDAY, NOV. 12

Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, 8:25 p.m.

NHL STANDINGS

By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W Montreal 15 12 Ottawa 13 7 Tampa Bay 15 7 Boston 12 6 Detroit 12 6 Florida 13 5 Buffalo 13 5 Toronto 12 2 METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP W Washington 12 9 N.Y. Rangers 12 8 N.Y. Islanders 14 7 Pittsburgh 12 8 New Jersey 12 6 Philadelphia 13 4 Carolina 12 5 Columbus 14 4

L 2 4 6 5 5 5 8 8

OT 1 2 2 1 1 3 0 2

Pts 25 16 16 13 13 13 10 6

GF GA 55 27 40 39 38 37 43 40 30 31 36 31 29 39 26 40

L OT 3 0 2 2 4 3 4 0 5 1 6 3 7 0 10 0

Pts 18 18 17 16 13 11 10 8

GF GA 40 29 36 23 39 35 27 22 29 31 25 39 26 34 33 50

Pts 20 19 18 18 16 15 9

GF GA 46 37 36 31 35 27 42 38 37 35 33 32 35 40

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division Dallas St. Louis Nashville Winnipeg Minnesota Chicago Colorado PACIFIC DIVISION

GP 13 13 12 14 12 13 13

GP Los Angeles 13 Vancouver 13 San Jose 13 Arizona 12 Edmonton 13 Calgary 14 Anaheim 12 NOTE: Two points overtime loss.

W 10 9 8 8 7 7 4

L 3 3 2 4 3 5 8

OT 0 1 2 2 2 1 1

W L OT Pts GF GA 8 5 0 16 31 28 6 3 4 16 38 29 7 6 0 14 38 35 6 5 1 13 34 34 5 8 0 10 36 41 4 9 1 9 32 57 3 7 2 8 17 31 for a win, one point for

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Ottawa 3, Winnipeg 2, SO Tampa Bay 4, Buffalo 1 Washington 4, Boston 1 Montreal 4, N.Y. Islanders 1 Nashville 3, Minnesota 2 Calgary 2, Philadelphia 1, OT Arizona 4, Colorado 2 San Jose 5, Florida 2 Columbus 3, Los Angeles 2

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Detroit at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Chicago at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Carolina, 7 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Colorado, 9 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Edmonton, 9 p.m.

Columbus at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

Vancouver at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

Florida at Los Angeles, 4 p.m.

Boston at Montreal, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Washington, 7 p.m.

Ottawa at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.

St. Louis at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Arizona, 9 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Calgary, 10 p.m.

Anaheim at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Dallas at Detroit, 3 p.m.

Vancouver at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

Boston at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m.

Edmonton at Chicago, 8 p.m.

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SUMTER FROM PAGE B1 the season the number of players dressing out for varsity football dwindled to 30 or so players.

“Losing brings out the worst in people,” Illing said.

“You find out who people really are when you have adversity like that so we had some

people quit. The 30 that are left here are true warriors.

They wanted to do whatever it took to finish out the season. I am very thankful for their effort and courage to keep fighting until the end because a lot of them didn’t.”

The Gamecocks amassed 268 yards of total offense in the first half while limiting the Braves to only 13. Sumter jumped on the scoreboard

quickly with a game-opening 4-play, 72-yard drive capped by senior Quentin Anderson’s 29yard touchdown run just 1:25 into the game. The scoring run pushed Anderson over the 1,000-yard rushing mark for the season.

The rest of the half belonged to Gamecocks quarterback Zykeem Jackson.

The sophomore connected on touchdown passes of 29

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2015 yards to Charlie Miranda and 14 yards to Colin Washington as Sumter led 21-0 after the first quarter. Jackson threw his third scoring pass to Rodney Pitts late in the first half to set a 28-0 halftime score and found Washington again in the third quarter for his fourth and final scoring toss. “ played (junior varsity) the first five games of the year,”

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Barnes said. “We got beat by Dutch Fork, and we brought him up. Since then he has been our quarterback, and we have played really well. He is good with his feet, and he made some good throws tonight. We know he can throw the ball, but nobody else knows he can throw the ball. … For a young sophomore guy, he is very composed on the field.”

QUALITY FROM PAGE B1 James had three catches for 95 yards and a score, and he also rushed for 122 yards and two more TDs on nine carries.

The Falcons basically ran twice as many plays as WH in the first half, 40 to 19. However, BL had three turnovers and Wilson Hall made the most of its offensive plays.

The Barons had 229 yards of total offense in the first half on the way to finishing with 387 total yards.

Ben Lippen took the opening kickoff and picked up three first downs, the final one coming at the Baron 21 after a 14-yard run by Mark Rew. The WH defense stepped up though, dropping Cole Owens for a 14-yard loss and sacking quarterback Patrick McClure for a 5-yard loss.

Wilson Hall was after McClure again on the next play, causing him to fumble the ball. Linebacker Sam Watford picked up the loose ball at the Falcons 42-yard line and went into the end zone for a touchdown with 6:52 remaining in the first quarter. A bad snap on the extra point attempt left the score at 6-0.

“That was just a huge turnaround for us,” Jarecki said.

“I mean they came out and were moving the ball really well. For them to get down there and us to end up causing a fumble and taking it back for a touchdown really changed things.”

McClure was intercepted by defensive back Evans Boyle at midfield on the second play of the ensuing drive. Boyle returned it to the 36. The Barons drove to a first down at the 10 before Sears fumbled and BL recovered at the 4.

The Falcons managed a couple of first downs before having to punt. WH took over at its 33 and on third and eight yards to go, Sears went up top to James. He hauled in the pass and went into the end zone for a 65-yard touchdown pass on the first play of the second quarter. A run on the 2-point conversion failed, leaving the score 12-0 with 11:50 left in the first half.

BL fumbled the ball on its next drive with the Barons recovering at the Ben Lippen 38.

Sears connected with James for a 25-yard completion to the 1 and Sears went in on the next play to make it 18-0. A conversion run failed as the score stayed at 18-0 with 8:31 to go.

The Falcons drove to the

REMATCH FROM PAGE B1 Green’s PAT kick giving the Cavs a 7-0 lead at the 9:39 mark of the first quarter.

After a Dorchester possession that registered the game’s initial two first downs before stalling at the REL 36, the Cavs took over from there and drove 64 yards with Bryce Barrett passing to Harry Cook for nine yards and the score.

The conversion attempt failed, leaving REL up 13-0 with three seconds left in the opening quarter.

The big play paid dividends for the Cavs late in the second quarter as Barrett and William Corbett hooked up for a 39-yard gain to the Dorchester 12. Three plays later, Barrett took it in from the 6 and added a 2-point conversion pass to Green for a 21-0 lead The Raiders closed the half with a 9-play, 86-yard drive that ended with an 11-yard Bozard run. The score, which came with 43 seconds left, left just enough time on the clock for the Cavs to mount a drive.

With a free play at the end of the half after a defensive penalty, Green lined up for a 46-

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Wilson Hall’s Robert James (2) drags Ben Lippen’s Manning Turbeville, back, across the goal line during the Barons’ 38-0 victory on Friday at Spencer Field in the opening round of the SCISA 3A state playoffs.

Wilson Hall 20 on the ensuing possession before turning it over on downs. On the first play, James broke through the line and went 75 yards before getting dragged down at the BL 5. After a 3-yard loss, James took a pitch and went into the end zone for an 8-yard scoring run with 4:48 to go.

The PAT was partially blocked and the halftime score was 24-0.

The Barons received the second-half kickoff and started at the Ben Lippen 48. They needed just five plays to score with Sears connecting with Watford for a 31-yard touchdown pass. Mills Herlong

LMA tops P-G 28-24

Brantley Hudson on REL’s opening possession of the second half, but the Cavs defense held the Raiders without a first down. Corbett returned the ensuing punt 20 yards to the REL 41, setting up a 5-play touchdown drive. Runs of 15 yards by Green, 20 by Nick Stokes and 22 by Green set up a 1-yard scoot by Green for the score and a 27-7 Cavs lead.

Dorchester would once again mount a drive to close the period, this time 65 yards on 16 plays. The drive was kept alive twice by fourthdown personal foul calls against REL before Ben O’Cain ran it in from 11 yards out to pull the Raiders within 13, 27-14, with 13 seconds left in the third.

The Cavs answered with a 9-play drive of their own, capped by a 12-yard Green run that pushed the lead back to 19, 33-14, with 9:21 to go.

The final score of the night came on a 2-yard Barrett run that capped a 9-play, 52-yard drive. Sophomore Nick Laney broke off a 52-yard run late in the game that ended in the end zone but was called back by a block in the back. Barrett then took two knees to close out the win.

CHARLESTON – Laurence Manning Academy gained a measure of revenge on Friday, beating PorterGaud 28-24 in the first round of the SCISA 3A football state playoffs at the Cyclones’ Stadium.

The Swampcats lost to P-G 23-22 two weeks ago on a field goal on the game’s last play. LMA improved to 6-4 with the victory while Porter-Gaud finished 7-4.

Laurence Manning will travel to Columbia on Friday to face Hammond in the semifinals. Hammond defeated Heathwood Hall 42-7 on Friday.

The Skyhawks beat the Swampcats for the state title last year. yard field goal attempt that was short and wide right, leaving the score 21-7 at the break.

Barrett was intercepted by

booted the extra point to make it 31-0 with 9:27 to go in the third quarter.

Wilson Hall’s final score came on a 16-yard run by James. Herlong’s PAT made it 38-0 with 4:48 left in the third quarter.

The Barons beat Ben Lippen 47-26 earlier in the sea-

son, but pitched the shutout on Friday. The Falcons finished with 294 yards of total offense, but 115 of that came in the fourth quarter.

“Our defense continues to play really well,” Jarecki said.

“The last half of the season the defense has really stepped up for us.”

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USC 5 KEYS TO VICTORY

Vols, Carolina might go down to the wire again

Gamecock D has to contain Vols QB Dobbs

BY STEVE MEGARGEE The Associated Press

Just an aside before we delve into what the University of South Carolina football team has to do today in order to pull out a victory over Tennessee in Knoxville.

To all of you Texas A&M fans out there, quarterback Kyler Murray was outstanding against the Gamecock defense last season. So was Kenny Hill last year in Columbia? You remember Kenny Football, don’t you? Then there’s the great — at least for one game — Greyson Lambert of Georgia. Murray just may be the elixir to make the Aggie offense click the rest of the season, but you can’t base it off of running up big numbers against the USC defense.

Which brings us to one Joshua Dobbs, the starting signal caller on Rocky Top. He too is one who has benefited from going up against the Carolina defense in the last two years. He threw for 310 yards and ran for 166 more while helping the Vols score twice in the final two minutes to force overtime and go on to a 45-42 victory.

He’s been OK, but not South Carolina great this season. He’ll obviously be one of the focal points for the Gamecocks today. Here are five things USC has to do to pull out an upset victory as a 17-point underdog.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — While there is sense Tennessee shouldn’t have much trouble beating South Carolina today, this annual series’ recent history tells a much different story.

The last three games between these teams have been decided by a total of eight points. South Carolina won 38-35 in 2012 when Jadeveon Clowney delivered a sack and forced a fumble with Tennessee in the red zone in the final minute. Tennessee won in overtime last season and on a field goal as time expired in 2013.

All those dramatic finishes mean nobody’s taking anything for granted this week even with Tennessee (4-4, 2-3 SEC) entering Saturday’s game as a 17-point favorite.

“The last two years, the games have come down to the final play of the game,’’ Tennessee head coach Butch Jones said. “This is going to be another 60-minute, if it’s multiple overtimes, whatever it takes to get the job done.’’

Tennessee’s last couple of games with South Carolina have produced two of the biggest wins of Jones’ three-year tenure with the Volunteers.

The Vols’ 23-21 victory over No. 11 South Carolina in 2013 marks one of only two wins Tennessee has over a ranked team since Jones’ arrival. That South Carolina team didn’t lose again and was ranked fourth at the end of the season.

Last year, Tennessee rallied for a 45-42 overtime victory after erasing a twotouchdown deficit in the final two minutes of regulation time.

South Carolina (3-5, 1-5) has changed quite a bit since those two meetings.

Steve Spurrier stepped down as South Carolina’s head coach last month and was replaced on an interim basis by Shawn Elliott, who had been working as offensive line coach and co-offensive coordinator. South Carolina has beaten Vanderbilt 19-10 and has lost 35-28 at Texas A&M in two games under Elliott.

Jones says he believes Elliott has given South Carolina an energy boost since taking over.

“We have our work cut out

1. CONTAIN DOBBS This really has more to do stopping him from running the football as opposed to throwing it. Tennessee likes to have him run the ball; he has 96 carries for 438 yards and seven touchdowns. It’s not so much about getting him out on the edge either. Dobbs runs a lot of counters and draw power plays.

South Carolina has to find a way to keep him from having the big runs that extend drives, something it has struggled with all year.

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In order to have a chance to upset Tennessee today in Knoxville, the South Carolina defense must find a way to stop Vols quarterback Josh Dobbs (11). for us,’’ Elliott said. “We have to continue to improve as a football team like we have in the past few weeks.”

DOBBS’ ENCORE Last year’s TennesseeSouth Carolina game was a showcase performance for Vols quarterback Joshua Dobbs, who had 310 yards passing and 1666 yards rushing that night. Dobbs enters Saturday’s rematch on a bit of a roll, as he had two touchdown runs and a pair of touchdown passes last week in a 52-21 blowout of Kentucky.

SUPER COOPER South Carolina wide re-

ceiver Pharoh Cooper had 11 catches for 233 yards and two touchdowns against Tennessee last year to set the Gamecocks’ singlegame record for yards receiving. Tennessee knows it must do a better job of holding Cooper in check this time. “He’s a headache,’’ Randolph said.

“Very fast, very strong, jumps for the ball, makes plays on the ball in the air.’’

VOLS’ KICK RETURNERS Tennessee has scored on three kickoff returns and two punt returns this season and had two more punt return touchdowns nullified by penalty. Evan Berry

leads all FBS players with his average of 42.6 yards per kickoff return.

GAMECOCKS’ QB SITUATION Perry Orth is the Gamecocks’ starting quarterback, but the versatility of Lorenzo Nunez offers them some options. Nunez, who made two starts earlier this year, sat out two games due to injury but entered the Texas A&M game for one play last week and produced a 7-yard touchdown run. “He is one of those players you can line up anywhere and have an instant chance to make a big play with,’’ Elliott said.

LSU, ’Bama clash in pivotal SEC showdown

BY JOHN ZENOR The Associated Press TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — By now, O.J. Howard and a few million college football fans pretty much know what to expect when Alabama and LSU meet on the football field.

The stakes will be high, the hits will be punishing and plentiful, and there might even be some free football thrown in as a bonus. The fourth-ranked Tigers visit No. 7 Alabama Saturday night in a Southeastern Conference showdown that has mostly lived up to its billing in recent years.

Howard, Alabama’s tight end, has a good idea what it will be like with 100,000-plus raucous fans packed into Bryant-Denny Stadium.

“Loud, for 60 minutes.

Everybody’s into it,’’ he said. “A great atmosphere.

You won’t be able to get this one back, and I think it’ll be a game everybody will want to remember.’’

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One of the best defensive fronts in the country takes on the nation’s leading rusher and Heisman Trophy candidate Leonard Fournette (7) today when Alabama and LSU meet In Tuscaloosa, Ala. More often than not, this one has lived up to the billing. The Tigers (7-0, 4-0 SEC) and Crimson Tide (7-1, 4-1) are both in the top four of the initial playoff rankings. LSU is second, Alabama fourth.

This is the seventh time in the past decade that both teams entered the game ranked in the top 10, with four meetings going into overtime during that span.

That includes Alabama’s win last season in Baton

Rouge. Nine times during that span, the winner has played in a BCS bowl and/or for an SEC championship.

“I think it’s going to be a quality game with the best of both teams being featured, and some special players on both sides,’’ LSU head coach Les Miles said.

Alabama sends 242pound Derrick Henry, the league’s No. 2 rusher, at the sixth-best run defense.

“It’s a banger for sure,’’ LSU center Ethan Pocic said.

The SEC’s top two rushers have been racking up yards and touchdowns — and now they’ll each face one of the nation’s top six run defenses.

Fournette has gained 1,352 yards and run for 15 touchdowns. Henry has 1,044 rushing yards and 14 TDs. Something has to give. Alabama has allowed 78.5 yards a game on the ground with four rushing TDs. The Tigers are giving up 93.7 rushing yards on average with five TDs surrendered.

This obviously has to do with the previous statement. The Gamecocks have struggled at times being in the right place at the right time to make a play, but when they have been they’ve missed those tackles.

Some of the others have to join in with TJ Holloman and Skai Moore on a more consistent basis.

3. CONTROL THE CLOCK One way to hide the defensive problems is to keep the defense off of the field. A good way to do that is to put together some long, timeconsuming drives. USC needs to find a way to run the football consistently; when it does that it makes things a little bit easier for quarterback Perry Orth to throw the football.

By the way, another way to keep the defense off the field is to get some 3-and-outs. Just saying.

4. CONTINUE THE CREATIVITY It was surprisingly refreshing to see Carolina do what it did offensively in the 35-28 loss to A&M. There was a little bit of flash to the offense that really hadn’t been there all season. South Carolina got the ball into the hands of some players that were far from household names and the Orth draw and the reverse to Nunez for the first touchdown were a few of the changes.

One thing though. Do more with Pharoh Cooper in the Wildcat. If they’re keying on him with the run, have him pull up and throw a pass. It worked well against Clemson a couple of years ago. Just an idea.

5. STAY SPECIAL ON SPECIAL TEAMS All of the Gamecocks’ special teams units have been outstanding this season, and they need to be today in order to give themselves a chance to win. USC is facing perhaps its biggest special teams challenge of the season.

Carolina needs kickoff man Landon Ard to have a big leg. Tennessee has Evan Berry lined up to return kickoffs; he has taken three back for touchdowns and is averaging 42.3 yards a return. It would behoove South Carolina if Ard planted any kickoff opportunities he has in the stands in the back of the end zone.

The Vols have also taken two punts back for scores and had two others nullified by penalties.

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Highly-motivated Tigers eye end to Florida State’s streak

Prescott throws 4 TDs, Bulldogs trounce Mizzou

BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press CLEMSON — Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney won’t have to ramp up his enthusiasm this week with No. 17 Florida State in town to take on the third-ranked Tigers.

“Every game is the Super Bowl every single week,’’ he said.

This one certainly means a lot for both teams.

The Tigers (8-0, 5-0 Atlantic Coast Conference; No. 1 CFP) can lock up the ACC Atlantic and keep their top ranking in the College Football Playoffs with a win today. The Seminoles (7-1, 5-1; No. 16 CFP) can take control of the division and get themselves into the playoff mix with a fourth consecutive win in the series.

“We don’t have to play Florida State to get excited about playing a game,’’ Swinney said. “But am I pumped about being 8-0?

Heck yeah. But if we were 4-4, I’d be just as excited about playing this week.’’

Florida State has been a thorn in Clemson’s side the past few seasons: The Tigers are 34-7 the last three years with three of those defeats coming to the Seminoles.

The last time Florida State came to Clemson was a doozy. The Seminoles blew apart the Tigers 6-0 start with a 51-14 victory, the most points an opponent ever scored in Death Valley.

Clemson has not had much to worry about the past month. Since a 24-22 win over Notre Dame decided in the game’s final seconds on Oct. 3, the Tigers have powered past their next four opponents by a combined score of 191-82.

The Seminoles defense will try to slow that down come today.

DESHAUN IN CHARGE Clemson’s sophomore quarterback has come

and Florida State head coach Jimbo Fisher said Cook has made progress.

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Dak Prescott threw four touchdown passes and No. 24 Mississippi State got 100-yard receiving games from De’Runnya Wilson and Fred Ross in a rainsoaked 31-13 victory over Missouri on Thursday night.

The Bulldogs kicked it into gear after a heavy PRESCOTT downpour stopped at halftime, turning a one-point game into a runaway with a 17-point third quarter that included two of Prescott’s TD throws.

Wilson had two touchdown receptions and Ross and Fred Brown had one each for Mississippi State (7-2, 3-2 Southeastern Conference), which has won four in a row to stay in contention in the SEC West. The Bulldogs pulled away without left tackle Rufus Warren, who injured his left leg late in the first half.

Prescott became the 10th player in SEC history with 10,000 yards of total offense after entering the game needing just 65. He was 27 for 40 for 303 yards and led the Bulldogs in rushing with 47 yards on 14 carries.

Russell Hansbrough’s 14-yard run late in the first half gave Missouri (4-5, 1-5) its first touchdown in four games. Kentrell Brothers forced a fumble and blocked a punt to set up a pair of field goals in the first half for the Tigers.

They have lost four in a row for the first time since 2004.

Freshman quarterback Drew Lock, who has been the starter throughout the losing streak, was 11 of 26 for 107 yards and was sacked five times. Maty Mauk, who began the year as the starter, was suspended for the second time this season on Sunday for violation of team policies.

Wilson caught four passes for 102 yards with scores of 28 and 5 yards, the first set up by Brandon Holloway’s 69yard kickoff return and the second set up by Wilson’s 63-yard reception. Ross had 11 receptions for 115 yards.

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The Tigers had perhaps their worst defensive showing of the season a week ago against North Carolina State. The Wolfpack put up 41 points (Clemson came in averaging 14 points allowed over its first seven games) and gained 389 yards, the second-highest total given up by the Tigers this season. Linebacker Ben Boulware said the errors that showed up are easily fixed.

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Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson, center, and the rest of the top-ranked Tigers look to get over the hump against Florida State defender Jalen Ramsey, left, and the rest of the Seminoles today in Clemson. into his own in recent games. He’s accounted for 12 touchdowns and nearly 1,200 yards in the Tigers past three blowouts. He threw for 266 yards and ran for a touchdown at Florida State last year, thrust into the game early and never coming out.

Watson nearly pulled off the upset before Florida State rallied to win 23-17 in overtime. He’s looking to finish the job this time.

WHO’S QB? Florida State still isn’t sure who’ll start at quarterback at Clemson today.

Starter Everett Golson missed last week’s contest due a concussion. Backup Sean Maguire led the Seminoles to a victory over Syracuse and could get the call again at Death Valley.

READY TO COOK Also on the sidelines last week was Florida State runner Dalvin Cook, the ACC’s leading rusher who sat out with an ankle injury. Backup Jacques Patrick rushed for 162 yards in the Seminoles’ win over Syracuse. Cook has practiced this week

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Today (3) Clemson vs. (17) Florida State, 3:30 p.m.

(WOLO 25, WWBD-FM 94.7, WPUB-FM 102.7) South Carolina at Tennessee, 4 p.m. (SEC NETWORK, WIBZ-FM 95.5, WNKT-FM 107.5) VMI at Citadel, 2 p.m. (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240) Furman at Western Carolina, 3:30 p.m.

Charleston Southern at Kennesaw State, 1 p.m.

Gardner-Webb at Coastal Carolina, 3:30 p.m.

Presbyterian at Liberty, 3:30 p.m.

North Carolina A&T at S.C. State, 1:30 p.m.

Limestone at Newberry, noon North Greenville at Carson-Newman, 1 p.m.

Southeastern at Benedict, 2 p.m.

(21) North Carolina vs. Duke, noon (ESPN2) N.C. State at Boston College, 12:30 p.m.

Syracuse at Louisville, 12:30 p.m.

Virginia at Miami, 3 p.m. (SPORTSOUTH)

SEC

Thursday (24) Mississippi State 31, Missouri 13 Today (4) LSU at (7) Alabama, 8 p.m. (WLTX 19) (11) Florida vs. Vanderbilt, noon (ESPN) (19) Mississippi vs. Arkansas, 3:30 p.m.

(WLTX 19) (25) Texas A&M vs. Auburn, 7:30 p.m. (SEC NETWORK) Kentucky at Georgia, noon (SEC NETWORK)

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Today (8) Notre Dame at Pittsburgh, noon (WOLO 25)

5 KEYS FROM PAGE B1 1. KEEP YOUR COOL Usually, coaches are wanting their players to be on that ragged edge emotionally for a football game. For Tigers head coach Dabo Swinney, that is not a problem this week. The Clemson players can clearly see what awaits it if it wins out and there’s a matter of that 3-game losing streak to FSU, including the ugly beatdown that took place in Death Valley in 2013 in a similar situation.

The Tigers certainly need to be energize, but not to the point where it’s causing them to do uncharacteristic things.

2. STOP THE RUN One has to think that quarterback Everett Golson and running back Dalvin Cook, who both sat out FSU’s game last week against Syracuse with injuries, will be on the field today. They’ve both practiced this week and one wouldn’t think they’d do that to be cheerleaders.

Cook is leading the ACC in rushing even though Jacques

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Patrick put up 162 yards on Syracuse in his absence. If the Clemson defense can take away the Seminoles’ running game, that will make it very hard on Golson or Sean Maguire. You’d rather have them having to make the plays to beat you as opposed to Cook.

3. WATSON NEEDS TO STAY HOT Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson was good, but not great, at the start of the season. However, in the last few weeks he’s played at the level he did last week that had Tiger Nation so giddy.

Watson has thrown for over 1,200 yards and 12 touchdowns in Clemson’s last three games.

He completed 23 of 30 passes for 383 yards and five touchdowns in the Tigers’ 56-41 win over North Carolina State last week, and he ran for 54 yards on 14 carries. Watson obviously has some talented receivers to deliver the ball to, but he is putting the football where it needs to be more often than not.

4. KEEP GIVING IT TO GALLMAN Tiger running back Wayne Gallman had a huge game as well against the Wolfpack,

Northern Illinois 33, (20) Toledo 27 Thursday (2) Baylor 31, Kansas State 24 Friday (23) Temple at SMU (late) Saturday (1) Ohio State vs. Minnesota, 8 p.m. (WOLO 25) (5) TCU at (12) Oklahoma State, 3:30 p.m.

(WACH 57) (6) Michigan State at Nebraska, 7 p.m. (ESPN) (9) Stanford at Colorado, 1 p.m.

(10) Iowa at Indiana, 3:30 p.m. (ESPN) (13) Utah at Washington, 7:30 p.m. (WACH 57) (14) Oklahoma vs. Iowa State, 7 p.m. (ESPNU) (15) Memphis vs. Navy, 7 p.m. (ESPN2) (16) Michigan vs. Rutgers, 3:30 p.m.

(18) Houston vs. Cincinnati, 3:30 p.m. (ESPN2) (22) UCLA at Oregon State, 4:30 p.m.

rushing for 172 yards and a touchdown on 31 carries.

Clemson will be facing a tougher defensive unit in Florida State and it will need to be able to establish itself on the ground in order to be successful throwing the football.

One thing that can be said for co-offensive coordinators

MANHATTAN, Kan. — Jarrett Stidham threw for 419 yards and three scores in his first start, Corey Coleman caught a pair of touchdown passes and No. 2 Baylor held on for a 31-24 victory over pesky Kansas State to keep its College Football Playoff hopes alive.

Stidham, taking over for the injured Seth Russell, also ran for a touchdown to help the Bears (5-0 Big 12, No. 6 CFP) improve to 8-0 for only the second time in school history.

The freshman quarterback’s favorite target was Coleman, who caught 11 passes for 216 yards while pushing his nationleading total to 20 touchdown receptions.

Kansas State got to 31-24 on Joe Hubener’s touchdown pass to Deante Burton with 4:07 left, and Chris Callahan’s missed field goal with 51 seconds remaining gave the Wildcats a chance.

But on their first play, Hubener threw a lateral to wide receiver Cody Cook, who then threw down the sideline. The sometimes-quarterback’s pass was picked off by Terrell Burt, who managed to get his right foot down inbounds, and the interception stood after an official’s review.

From wire reports

Jeff Scott and Tony Elliott is they don’t become infatuated with the pass.

5. LIMIT THE TURNOVERS If there is any fault to Clemson offensively it’s the fact that it has committed 14 turnovers this season. Florida State, on the other hand, has

only two turnovers, a fumble and an interception. The Seminoles haven’t necessarily been a ball-hawking defense, coming up with just 11 turnovers, but that is a plus-9 differential.

The Tigers can’t afford to be giving the ball away, especially in short fields.

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AREA SCOREBOARD BASKETBALL REC DEPARTMENT REGISTRATION

The Sumter County Recreation Department is currently taking registration for its youth basketball leagues.

There are leagues for children ages 5-17 and registration runs through Nov. 12.

The cost is $40 for children ages 5-6 and $45 for children

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ages 7-17 as of Sept. 1, 2015.

A coaches meeting will be held on Nov. 12 at 6 p.m. at the recreation department located at 155 Haynsworth Street.

Team sponsorships are available for $150.

For more information, call the recreation department at (803) 436-2248 or visit www. sumtercountysc.org.

conjunction with Buffalo Wild Wings at 2625 Broad Street.

Ten percent of any bill presented with a Home Team Advantage teammate card will be donated to the touchdown club from now through Nov. 21.

The card is available for print at www.sumtertdclub. com and www.facebook.com/ sumtertdclub.

FOOTBALL

ROAD RACING

TOUCHDOWN CLUB FUNDRAISER

TURKEY TROT

The Sumter Touchdown Club is having a fundraiser in

Registration is being taken for the 33rd Annual Turkey

Trot to be held on Thursday, Nov. 26.

Early registration will run through Nov. 23. The fee is $20 per person age 18 or older and $15 for those 17 or younger.

Late registration will run through the morning of the race at the cost of $30 for those 18 or older and $25 for those 17 or younger.

There will be a Gobbler Dash that is free to children ages 4-9 as well as the Turkey Trot.

Check-in will begin at 8 a.m. with the race starting at 9 a.m.

For more information, con-

tact the YMCA of Sumter at (803) 773-1404.

GOLF 9-HOLE SCRAMBLE

The 9-hole Scramble event hosted by The Links at Lakewood will be held every Thursday beginning at 5:30 p.m.

The cost is $25 per player and includes prizes and dinner. The cost is $12 for those attending just the dinner.

To sign up, call the pro shop at (803) 481-5700 up to 5 p.m. the day of the event.

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Dalton leads Bengals over Browns

BY JOE KAY The Associated Press CINCINNATI — Three touchdown catches on three different routes. Tight end Tyler Eifert got a lot of attention with his latest impressive game.

So did the rest of his team.

Eifert caught three touchdown passes from Andy Dalton on Thursday night, leading the unbeaten Bengals to a 31-10 victory over the Johnny Manziel and the Cleveland Browns that put Cincinnati in totally new territory.

The Bengals are 8-0 for the first time. The eight straight wins are a club record for one season. And they’re in control of the AFC North at the season’s midpoint.

“It seems like every week it’s a first-time ever,’’ receiver Marvin Jones said. “It’s all good. We’ve got to be 9-0 next and keep it moving.’’

For the Browns (2-7), it’s become monotonous. They’ve lost six of seven and can’t even get out of their own way at pivotal times.

“Our mistakes just caught up to us,’’ coach Mike Pettine said.

Dalton made hardly any of those in a game that had special significance. Last year, he also faced the Browns at Paul Brown Stadium on Thursday night and had his worst game, throwing three interceptions and finishing with a passer rating of 2.0.

This time, he was nearly flawless. Dalton went 21 of 27 for 234 yards with a passer rating of 139.8. When he arrived for his postgame interview, he didn’t even wait for the first question.

“A little different from last year, huh?’’ Dalton said, his eyes widening.

The quarterback also played lead blocker on Mohamed Sanu’s 25-yard reverse for a touchdown, although the play worked so well that there was nobody for him to touch.

By contrast, Manziel managed only one good half. He led the Browns on a 92-yard touchdown drive — their longest since 2013 — just before halftime, cutting the lead to 14-10. In the second half, the Browns managed only 32 yards and two first downs.

“I’m pretty upset,’’ said Manziel, who finished 15 of 33 for 168 yards and was sacked three times, all in the fourth quarter. “We had momentum coming into the second half.

We just didn’t do enough.’’

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Cincinnati quarterback Andy Dalton (14) looks to throw during the Bengals’ 31-10 victory over Cleveland on Thursday in Cincinnati.

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balls I get thrown or anything like that, but I can put myself in the best position.’’

that. It’s hard to do.’’

The Bengals became the 33rd team in NFL history and the 22nd during the Super Bowl era to open 8-0.

Their next game is Monday night at home against Houston (3-5), followed by a trip to Arizona (6-2) for a Sunday night game.

“It’s huge to put ourselves in the position we’re in, to stay undefeated,’’ Dalton said.

“Not a lot of teams have been 8-0 before. We understand

TOUGH TIGHT END Eifert finished with five catches for 53 yards and scored on catches of 9, 2 and 19 yards. His nine touchdown catches tie the club record for a tight end and give him the NFL lead in that category.

“It doesn’t matter,’’ said Eifert, who’s second on the team with 35 catches for 434 yards.

“I can’t control how many

MANZIEL’S DAY Johnny Football got a rematch against the team that taunted and then tormented him in his NFL debut last December, a 30-0 Bengals win. Coach Marvin Lewis referred to him as “a midget’’ leading up to the game, and several players mocked his “money-rubbing’’ gesture

while frustrating him. Instead of mocking him this time, they chased him around before ultimately shutting him down in the second half.

“I think it was just inconsistent,’’ Pettine said of his performance. “I thought he did some good things, but I just thought in the second half, especially after we fell behind, he was trying to make too many big plays instead of just taking completions.’’

Cowboys debacle shows value of reliable backup QB

BY PAUL NEWBERRY The Associated Press The most important position in the NFL is often the most vulnerable.

Just look at the Dallas Cowboys, who have imploded since quarterback Tony Romo went down with a broken collarbone in Week 2.

By the time Romo returns, it might be too late for the Cowboys.

That said, Dallas is hardly the only team to skimp on a backup quarterback and wind up paying a

heavy price. Much rarer are teams such as Pittsburgh, which wisely had both Michael Vick and Landry Jones waiting in reserve when Ben Roethlisberger was injured early in the season. They kept the Steelers afloat, going 2-2 while Big Ben was out.

The Cowboys haven’t won since Romo was injured in a victory over at Philadelphia nearly seven weeks ago.

Not surprisingly, his mere return to practice this week was quite a morale booster.

“When you’ve got a guy like that, it’s just great to see him on the field,’’ tight end Jason Witten said. “I think we’re all excited to get him back out there.’’

When Romo was injured, the Cowboys first turned to Brandon Weeden, who ran his career record as a starter to 5-19 with three straight defeats. Next up was Matt Cassel, who keeps landing jobs despite a largely mediocre resume.

He’s run the losing streak to five straight heading into Sunday’s game against the Eagles.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Injured Dallas quarterback Tony Romo, right, talks to backup quarterback Brandon Weeden (3) prior to a game last Sunday in Arlington, Texas. The Cowboys haven’t won a game since Romo was hurt in Week 2, showing the true value of a reliable backup signal caller.

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