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Dwindling storm downs power lines, trees in S.C. DEKLE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Hermine tore across northern Florida on Friday as the first hurricane to hit the state in more than a decade, killing one person, raising a storm surge that destroyed beachside buildings and toppling trees into homes.

At 2 p.m., the storm was centered about 80 miles southwest of Charleston and was moving northeast at 18 mph, according to the hurricane center.

As Hermine surged into southern Georgia, 84-yearold Melvin Gatlin Sr. awoke before dawn to the sound of a thundering crack that shook his whole house.

The storm’s winds had uprooted a pine tree in Gatlin’s backyard and sent it crashing onto his home of more than 40 years. The trunk crushed a storage shed where Gatlin kept his deep freezer, lawn mower and other tools and appliances. It also made a tear in the roof.

“I thought somebody had shot me, the way it sounded,” Gatlin said a few hours later in his living room, where a cooking pot on the floor caught water dripping from the ceiling in a long, thin line.

By late Friday morning, more than 107,000 customers were left without power across Georgia, utility companies reported.

Hermine was expected to move into the Carolinas and roll up the East Coast, bringing the potential for drenching rain and devastating flooding through the Labor Day weekend. By Friday afternoon, it had weakened to a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph. The National Hurricane Center issued tropical storm watches and warnings as far north as the Connecticut-Rhode Island border.

"Anyone along the U.S. East Coast needs to be paying close attention this weekend," center spokesman Dennis Feltgen said.

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Crews from Black River Electric Coop. and Sumter Utilities Inc. work to restore power along Guignard Drive on Friday afternoon. See the full report on the web at theitem.com.

Although damage was still being assessed, Gov. Rick Scott said he knew of no other "major issues" besides

the power outages and damaged roads. It was unclear whether he had received word of damage to remote

and sparsely populated beach areas just south of the Big Bend, where the peninsula meets the Panhandle.

R.E. Davis opens Ben Carson Reading Room

BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com R.E. Davis Elementary School became the second school in the state to open a Ben Carson Reading Room on Friday.

Candy Carson, wife of former Republican presidential candidate and neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson, was at the school for the grand opening celebration and ribbon-cutting ceremony of the room. In 1994, the Carsons cofounded the Carson Scholars Fund, which gave scholarships to students in grades 4–11 for "academic excellence and humanitarian qualities."

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The Reading Rooms were developed by the fund in 2000.

The rooms are funded through assistance from local donors, such as individuals, businesses, civic organizations and foundations.

The project at R.E. Davis is being funded through a $16,000 donation made by Thompson Companies.

"Today is about celebrating our children," said Greg Thompson, president and CEO of Thompson Companies.

"We couldn't think of a better way to invest our resources than into the children of Sumter. We want them to have all of the opportunities they can to be successful."

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Thompson said he saw a reading room in North Carolina and thought it would be a benefit to children in Sumter.

"The Thompson Companies are extremely proud to sponsor this room knowing that fostering the love of reading can provide advantages to the youth of our community for their whole life," Thompson said.

Today, there are more than 155 Ben Carson Reading Rooms in schools in 20 states across the nation, Candy Carson said.

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Now that Tropical Storm Hermine has moved north of the Sumter area, residents should remember that dangerous conditions may still lurk for careless survivors.

“There is a danger of limbs and power lines falling even after the storm has passed,” said Sumter County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Ken Bell. “The storm might have weakBELL ened a tree or limb, and these could injure or even kill someone if they fall.”

Roads will remain wet and in many cases still covered with water, he warned.

“People should drive slower than normal on wet roads because of the danger of hydroplaning,” Bell said.

He also warned against driving through flooded areas.

“One of the potential dangers that people don’t think about is the depth of the water," he said. "People have drowned when driving across what they perceived to be shallow water.”

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Communications Director Brenda Chase said to be careful around any downed or damaged power lines.

“Always remember to stay away from downed wires or damaged electric equipment,” she said. "Touching energized wires can lead to injuries and sometimes death."

She said it is impossible to tell if the wires are live or not.

"So stay away,” she warned.

She also cautioned about the dangers posed by some electric generators.

“If you are using a generator, never run it inside your home or garage because a lot of them produce carbon monoxide fumes that can prove fatal,” she said.

People who have a power outage or observe damaged power lines may call Black River Electric at (844) 431-2737 or Duke Energy Progress at (800) 419-6356 toll free, 24 hours a day.

Another potentially hazardous activity is using chainsaws to clean up downed tree limbs.

Jeff Cross, a sales associate and mechanic at Simpson Hardware on Wesmark Boulevard, said it is wise to use all the protection available.

“Wear safety gloves and something to protect your arms, like a long-sleeved shirt,” he said.

For the legs, he said safety chaps are available for protection.

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Confederate flag shirt in court sparks controversy YORK (AP) — In South Carolina, the Confederate flag that so many see as the worst symbol of racism and hate in American history, and apparently some still see as heritage, is never too far away.

It flew above and next to South Carolina's Statehouse in Columbia for 54 years. That Rebel flag finally came down last year — to the applause of millions. It took the slaughter of nine black people in a Charleston church to prompt state leaders to move the flag off Statehouse grounds.

But the flag came back this week — to court in York County. It came on a shirt, worn by a woman who was a prospective juror.

She walked into the Moss Justice Center in York, after she was summoned for jury service, wearing a Tshirt with not just the Confederate

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flag on the front, but surrounded by a common saying among heritage not hate types: "If this flag offends you, you need a history lesson."

The flag — offensive to so many millions, a reminder of racial hatred and a war waged to fight slavery, Jim Crow and segregation, co-opted by the KKK and other hate groups — is not illegal.

And the Confederate flag is apparently not grounds for juror disqualification — even if it shouts from a woman's chest.

When a judge was qualifying jurors for the week of court, many noticed — which likely was the reason she wore it. The woman was asked about the shirt by the judge but said she could be fair and impartial, court officials said.

Later, in a courtroom, a prosecutor

and a defense lawyer readied for a drug trial. The lawyer, Monier Abusaft, a 16th Circuit assistant public defender, saw that the woman was part of the potential jury panel for the case.

Abusaft, who said he was the only person of color among the trial participants, including his client, made a motion that the woman be struck from possibly serving "for cause." Abusaft said his reasoning, his "cause," was even though the woman said she could be fair and impartial, the shirt with the flag, and the saying on it, should disqualify her.

"To me, it was problematic — not just the flag, but the message," Abusaft said afterward.

As the lawyer for the defendant, Abusaft said that "I speak for my client" and he was concerned that the

shirt and its message were potentially confrontational. The flag shirt and slogan meant to send a message to people, Abusaft said.

But the judge ruled that the woman had stated that she could be fair and impartial, and did not excuse the woman from the potential jury panel.

Abusaft then chose to use one of his juror "strikes" — both sides have the right to dismiss a certain number of potential jurors when picking a jury.

The woman was dismissed from the case and never was seated as a juror.

The case ended with a plea deal — no jury needed.

The prosecutor on the case, Matthew Hogge, said he, too, finds the flag offensive. Hogge said he was prepared to use a juror "strike" against the woman in the flag shirt if he needed to.

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State senators to hold meetings about gun laws CHARLESTON — Some state senators plan meetings across South Carolina to get the public's thoughts on gun laws.

The Post and Courier of Charleston reported the hearings are being held after a measure to extend the time for gun purchase background checks died in the General Assembly. That bill proposed extending the period for background checks from three days to a month.

It was proposed to close the so-called Charleston loophole after Dylann Roof was able to purchase a handgun before the shootings at Emanuel AME Church.

State Sen. Gerald Malloy says the idea is to get a consensus from the public in writing a bill that will pass.

Malloy and four other senators plan a hearing in Greenville later this month with others next month in Hartsville, Columbia and Charleston.

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Trucks navigate around fallen barriers and standing water on Kingsbury Road on Friday afternoon as the remains of Hermine passed through the Sumter area.

American Red Cross to offer workshops for military families

BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com Families adjusting to the return of a military family member after an absence can find support and advice by attending Resiliency Workshops offered by Sumter's American Red Cross office, starting on Wednesday.

"Whether a service member's absence is due to a training exercise, sea duty, combat or unaccompanied duty in a remote location, separation and reunification pose unique opportunities as well as challenges for all family members," said American Red Cross Service to Armed Forces Director Nancy Cataldo in a news release.

According to a Red Cross brochure about the workshops, the sessions will address how family dynamics change because of the absence of a

parent or partner and how family members can adjust to a service member's return.

Actively licensed Red Cross mental health professionals will lead participants through discussions and activities that will cover how to realign the family decision-making process, re-establish bonds with a spouse and children and how to engage children who have matured and may resent additional oversight. Red Cross staff will also discuss ways to manage long-term health problems that can be present after deployment, such as post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury and depression.

There are so many people who are without support after their sons, daughters and parents join the military who could benefit from the local courses, Cataldo said.

She said American Red Cross offers the workshops twice a month at Alston Wilkes Society in Columbia, but family members who do not have military IDs do not have access to the installation.

Military IDs are not required to attend the workshops; however, participants must be affiliated with the military or related to someone affiliated with the military, she said.

The first workshop, called Communicating Clearly, will be held at 6 p.m.

Wednesday at University of South Carolina Sumter's Arts and Letters Building, formerly Alice Drive Baptist Church, on Miller Road.

During the workshop, participants will complete activities regarding effective communication including nonverbal communication, no-feedback listening and the importance of asking questions in a peer-to-peer setting.

Other upcoming workshops include:

• Working through Anger, noon on Sept. 14; • Exploring Stress and Trauma, 6 p.m. on Sept. 21; and • Identifying Depression, noon on Sept. 28.

All workshops will be held at USC Sumter's Arts and Letters Building.

Each session is about 90 to 120 minutes for three to 12 people at a time.

Participants can attend one or all sessions, according to the release.

Cataldo said she would eventually like to hold the workshops every month but plans to continue the workshops through October for now. She said families and groups can also request to have workshops held at locations closer to them.

For more information about American Red Cross' Resiliency Workshops, contact Nancy Cataldo at (803) 775-2363 or Nancy.Cataldo@redcross.org.

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Hunter Cappelmann as Boolie Werthen takes information from Hugh China as Hoke Colburn, who is applying to be chauffeur for Boolie’s mother in Sumter Little Theatre’s season opener, “Driving Miss Daisy.” Dee Renko plays Miss Daisy in the play at 8 p.m. today and 3 p.m. Sunday. It can also be seen Thursday through Sept. 11.

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First produced off Broadway in 1987, performed in Sumter in 1997 and this season’s Sumter Little Theatre opener, “Driving Miss Daisy," written by Alfred Uhry, is basically a period play centered on three main characters in Atlanta in 1948. The basic messages about human behavior, aging, ethnicity and life in general are, however, just as relevant today.

Dee Renko, who played Miss Daisy here almost 20 years ago, admits she is still enamored with Daisy’s character and even more in tune with Daisy’s aging. She is well cast with Hugh China, who plays Daisy’s chauffeur. Both manage to make the audience forget they are actors and forge a gradual binding between each other and the audience. Written as a series of vignettes, the play seems interrupted by the frequent scene changes. Yet it is those breaks that remind the audience of the

lapse of time, the slow, steady progression of the understanding between a rich older Southern Jewish lady and an uneducated black man. As the scenes progress, time lapses and the wonderful unfolding of many issues adds to the credibility and timeliness of the play.

Renko portrays Daisy with a range of verbal and physical attributes. She is irascible, uncertain and riveting when she is left alone in the car while Hoke stops along the highway to relieve himself. Her delivery is believable, full of humor, accusation, uncertainty and affection.

China also develops his character Hoke quickly, reinforcing his tenuous relationship with her. Both manage to create a sense of growing consideration of each other and establish an all-too realistic portrait of aging. Their final moments together are filled with poignancy and tenderness. As Daisy’s son

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domestic violence after he allegedly poured a beer on the victim and threw an unopened beer can at her striking her in the mouth, during an argument in the 900 block of Miller Road. According to a report from Sumter Police Department, the incident took place in front of Rouse and the victim's three children.

CHARGES Tameka M. Albert, 38, of 3265 Starview Drive, Dalzell, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with driving under suspension, third offense, operating a vehicle without a valid license and operating a vehicle without insurance after she was stopped in Wesmark Plaza for having expired paper tags.

Travis Rouse, 27, of 915 Miller Road, D18, was arrested on Wednesday and charged with second-degree

STOLEN PROPERTY A set of Audiobahn 12-inch speakers valued at $600 and an SPL amplifier valued at $200 were reported stolen from a 1995 Nissan pickup truck parked in the 100 block of Boulevard Road between 10 p.m.

Boolie, Hunter Cappelmann assists in defining the relationship of the other two characters and the growing political temperament of the times.

Director David Brown, who played Boolie in the 1997 production, allows the audience to focus on characterization by keeping the interplay quietly and realistically presented.

Even though the messages are often complex, the script is filled with humor delivered with honesty without trying to appear clever. By the end of the play, these characters seem real; there is a gradual unfolding of change — in character, time and life itself.

“Driving Miss Daisy” can be seen at 8 p.m. today and 3 p.m.

Sunday and again Thursday through Sept. 11. Sunday matinee performances begin at 3 p.m., all other shows at 8 p.m.

Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for student/senior/military.

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MIAMI (AP) — Florida has found the Zika virus in three groups of mosquitoes trapped in Miami Beach — the first time this has happened in the continental U.S. — and authorities are blaming a particular flower for making mosquito control much more difficult.

One of the traps that tested positive was at the Miami Beach Botanical Gardens, where bromeliads bloom. The plants trap standing water in their cylindrical centers, providing excellent breeding areas for mosquitoes amid their colorful flowers and pointy leaves.

"Everyone should know by now that bromeliads are really problematic for us.

These are probably the number one breeding area for mosquitoes," said Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez.

He said Miami Beach is removing all bromeliads from its landscaping and urged residents across the county to either pull them out or rinse them after every rain. Earlier this week, officials removed two truckloads of bromeliads from the botanical gardens, which remains closed.

And with Hurricane Hermine bringing much more rain to Florida, Gov. Rick Scott on Thursday ordered the county to immediately conduct aerial spraying by helicopter as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Zika-carrying mosquitoes were trapped in a touristy 1.5-square-mile area of South Beach identified as a zone of active transmission of the virus, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services said in a news release.

"This is the first time we

have found a Zika virus positive mosquito pool in the continental United States," confirmed Erin Sykes, a CDC spokeswoman.

Finding the virus in mosquitoes has been likened by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to finding a needle in a haystack, but the testing helps mosquito controllers target their efforts, and it confirms that the insects themselves, in addition to infected humans, have begun transmitting the virus inside the mainland United States.

The illness spreads from people to mosquitoes to people again through bites, but the insects do not spread the disease among their own population, and their lifespan is just a few weeks.

A poll released Thursday suggests nearly 48 percent of Americans are wary of traveling to U.S. destinations where people have been infected with Zika through mosquito bites.

The Kaiser Family Foundation survey also found 61 percent felt uneasy about traveling to Zika zones outside the U.S. mainland, including Puerto Rico.

Most of the Zika infections from Florida mosquitoes have been in the Miami area, not the tourist mecca of Orlando and its Walt Disney World, Universal and SeaWorld theme parks.

But Miami is a major tourism draw, with more than 15.5 million people making overnight visits to the city and its nearby beaches last year. Florida in general has a lot to lose as Zika spreads: The state set a new record for tourism with more than 105 million people from out of state and other countries visiting in 2015.

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Smithsonian Channel airs ‘Building Star Trek’

BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH Apparently our future is in our past. “Building Star Trek” (8 p.m. Sunday, Smithsonian) commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Sept. 8, 1966, debut of the visionary science-fiction series. This special explores the show’s influence on contemporary science and geeks out on “Star Trek” memorabilia, including the repair and preservation of original props and artifacts from the series that are now on display in the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum.

In mixing the serious with the merely nostalgic and star-struck, “Building” touches on the contradictory and overlapping appeal of “Star Trek.” Are Trekkies engaged in mere pop culture fandom, obsessing about the toys in their respective attics, or do they see the series as a rare beacon of logic and rationality in a world (and a television schedule) given over to fantasy, fear and commercialism?

“Building” remains on more solid ground when it explores the emerging technology suggested by “Star Trek” plots. We meet a physicist at New York University who believes he’s perfected a “tractor beam,” a device well known to fans of the space adventure.

At the same time, sloppy writing and thinking abound.

We’re repeatedly told that the creators of the cult series “invented” devices and technology, rather than merely suggest their development based on speculative science fiction. It’s a little like saying the makers of “Buck Rogers” invented the laser beam.

We see museum employees prepare to move an 11-foot prop model of the USS Enterprise into the same vast room as the Apollo Lunar Module that was used to land men on the moon. We’re told that this fantasy ship deserves a place there because “real” space exploration would not have taken place without the “inspiration” of “Star Trek.”

That’s simply ludicrous and deeply insulting to the real engineers, scientists and astronauts who were well into the work that would result in the 1969 moon landing when

• Life-saving surgery for a puppy on “The Vet Life: TexasSized” (10 p.m., Animal Planet).

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PHOTO BY ERIC LONG / SMITHSONIAN’S NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM / COURTESY OF SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL

This studio model of the Starship Enterprise is on view in the “Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall” at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. Premiering at 8 p.m. Sunday on the Smithsonian Channel, “Building Star Trek” is a two-hour special that will look at the continuing influence the original “Star Trek” television series has had on the world. this TV series debuted in late 1966.

“Building” spends time with collectors who have lovingly and reverently archived surviving phasers and communicators and other props from the set of the series.

Also absent here is a serious discussion of the many pulp fiction and sci-fi writers, such as Harlan Ellison, who contributed to “Star Trek” and other television series like “The Outer Limits.”

Many classic pulp fiction stories have gone on to inspire films including “The Terminator” and “Avatar.”

Our popular culture’s habit for recycling stories is not limited to “Star Trek” and its three generations of movie spin-offs. A casual glance at the fall 1966 network TV schedule reveals at least 13 series that would be remade as movies over the next four decades.

They include “The Fugitive,” “Batman,” “Lost in Space,” “The Beverly Hillbillies,” “Bewitched,” “The

Green Hornet,” “The Avengers,” “The Wild Wild West,” “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.,” “Mission Impossible,” “The Saint,” “Flipper” and “Get Smart.”

Curiously, “Star Trek” debuted during the same month as “The Monkees,” a blatant Beatles imitation that took on a life of its own, as well as a long-forgotten show called “Hawk” that starred Burt Reynolds, who would become a leading man in the following decade.

Fans of the original “Star Trek” can binge on the series’ only three seasons on Netflix.

This includes the original pilot for the show. Written in 1964 and completed in 1965, it would not air until 1988. It’s interesting that it was made without William Shatner and stars Jeffrey Hunter (“King of Kings”) as Capt. Christopher Pike.

Network executives called the pilot “too cerebral,” “too intellectual” and “too slow,” but went ahead with “Star Trek” anyway. Perhaps that’s

• NASCAR racing in the Bojangles Southern 500 (6:15 p.m., NBC), live from Darlington, South Carolina.

• Scheduled on “60 Minutes” (7 p.m., CBS, r): The Large Hadron Collider and the socalled “God particle”; a wrongfully convicted man who spent 30 years on death row.

• Texas hosts Notre Dame in college football (7:30 p.m., ABC).

• Stray nukes must be recovered on “Madam Secretary” (9 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14).

• The devil is in the details on “BrainDead” (10 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

• Dutch ponders safe havens on “The Strain” (10 p.m., FX, TV-MA).

• A bookish law student (Jean-Louis Trintignant) embarks on a highway adventure with an impulsive womanizer (Vittorio Gassman) in the influential 1962 road movie “Il Sorpasso” (2 a.m. early Monday, TCM).

why we’re still thinking about it 50 years later.

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SATURDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS

Sean Connery and Charlotte Rampling star in the 1974 outer-space headscratcher “Zardoz” (2 a.m. early Sunday, TCM).

• Coverage of the U.S. Open tennis tournament continues (7 p.m., ESPN2).

• “A Football Life” (8 p.m., CBS) profiles quarterback Brett Favre.

• Ramsay revisits disasters in Pennsylvania and Ohio on “Hotel Hell” (8 p.m., Fox, r, TV14).

• A filmmaker chronicles time spent with a Southern California religious group in the 2016 documentary “Holy Hell” (8 p.m., CNN).

• A young woman’s boss turns on her when she tries to leave her job at a real estate agency in the 2016 shocker “Backstabbed” (8 p.m., Lifetime).

• Alabama hosts USC in college football (8 p.m., ABC).

• On two episodes of “Aquarius” (NBC, TV-14): Ken and Emma patch things up (9 p.m.), Hodiak’s woes mount (10 p.m.).

SATURDAY SERIES Results on “America’s Got Talent” (8 p.m., NBC, r, TV-PG) * Two helpings of “48 Hours” (9 p.m. and 10 p.m., CBS).

SUNDAY SERIES Julie Chen hosts “Big Brother” (8 p.m., CBS, TV-PG) * Selma and Patty give up smoking on “The Simpsons” (8 p.m., Fox, r, TV-PG) * A rival precinct house on “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (8:30 p.m., Fox, r, TV-14) * Chris is chosen homecoming king on “Family Guy” (9 p.m., Fox, r, TV-14) * Todd has much to consider on “The Last Man on Earth” (9:30 p.m., Fox, r, TV-14).

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Beauty, tragedy of ‘The Light Between Oceans’

BY LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer There is no misfortune too shattering for Derek Cianfrance it seems. The writer and director of “Blue Valentine,” ‘’The Place Beyond the Pines” and now, an adaptation of the M.L. Stedman novel “The Light Between Oceans” confidently strides into stories of little hope and painful circumstance, using pretty actors and even prettier settings to create sweeping milieus of human devastation.

But where the dissolving marriage in “Blue Valentine” was so tangibly real that it felt as raw as a breakup, “The Light Between Oceans” crashes into the shores of its own strange story, pummeling the audience with big feelings that never quite cut through. Perhaps it’s because it follows the characters down a morally murky path of increasingly poor choices where only one is given any depth after the original sin.

But we’ll get to that later.

“The Light Between Oceans” starts out as a handsome love story in a handsome place, even if dread looms in the angry seas and winds enveloping this picturesque seaside town. Tom Sherbourne (Michael Fassbender) has just returned from service in World War I and takes a position as the caretaker of a lighthouse on a small island off the

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This image released by Dreamworks II shows Alicia Vikander, left, and Michael Fassbender in a scene from “The Light Between Oceans.” coast of Australia. He’s warned that the last man in the job went a little crazy out there on his own, and everyone seems to think that it’s just not a good idea to live on that island without a wife.

In any event, the stoic Tom finds a woman soon enough in Isabel (Alicia Vikander), who is forward and spirited enough to suggest a date with the shy newcomer. They fall fast and beautifully in love and take off for life on the island

together, enraptured of one another in a newlywed daze.

Then Isabel starts to have problems carrying a child to term. She loses one early on, and then another quite a bit later in pregnancy. The second is the blow that threatens to destroy them, until they spot a rowboat drifting in the waters. Inside, there’s a dead man and a wailing infant girl. You know where this is going.

After one night with the child, Isabel is a goner. She’s fallen in love with this gift and, like a stubborn child, will not let go despite Tom’s pleas. But Tom, seeing the spark return to Isabel’s haunted eyes, reluctantly caves.

And they start raising the little one as their own, sinking deeper into the lie until Tom realizes that the mother, Hannah (Rachel Weisz), lives heartbroken on the mainland. The human factor makes Tom’s moral compass spin and it’s here that the story really starts to lose itself quite simply because the other half of this equation is reduced to a one-note cliché.

As a mother, Isabel is no longer an individual, a sexual being or even a supportive partner. She is just a gooey mess of motherly emotions and insanity. It’s a shame, too. How often is the devastation of multiple miscarriages and stillbirths, an experience that so many women have, actually represented?

Once the child arrives, it’s no longer Isabel’s story. Tom gets to be the protector of his childlike wife and the martyr for their choices. By the third act, I’m certain we’re not supposed to be annoyed with everyone.

“The Light Between Oceans” is stunning to see, and the performances are of the highest caliber, but it’s all packaged in a story that just doesn’t earn its stay, or our tears.

‘Morgan’ follows predictable, action-packed path

BY SANDY COHEN AP Entertainment Writer Even if you guess the twist in “Morgan” early on, the title character is still an interesting one.

Played by relative newcomer Anya Taylor-Joy, Morgan is enigmatic and otherworldly, at once childlike and wise. She’s also an expensive, top-secret experiment, and she appears to be malfunctioning.

This debut feature from Luke Scott — produced by his Oscar-nominated dad, Ridley Scott — is a sci-fi tale about artificial intelligence. Morgan is a bioengineered being made from synthetic DNA, a labgrown creature that looks like a delicate teenage girl.

Movies have long been interested in genetically or mechanically enhanced humanoids, whether as killers (“The Terminator”) or companions (“Her,” ‘’Ex-Machina”). Morgan is something in between.

With whitened eyebrows and a non-human sheen to her skin, Taylor-Joy brings the character convincingly to life with a mix of gentle innocence and robotic indifference. She is the most compelling aspect of the film.

Unfortunately, the screenplay by Seth Owen follows a predictable and action-packed path rather than one that explores what is ostensibly its central question: Can technology replicate human emotions?

The story starts with Morgan unexpectedly attacking one of her handlers. The violent misbehavior draws corporate fixer Lee Weathers (Kate Mara) to the secret lab where Morgan was made — an underground bunker in the middle of nowhere — to assess the experiment’s ongoing viability.

Weathers is strictly business, emotionless and humorless in a slim-fitting black suit. She’s coolly distant as she interviews

the team of scientists who’ve been living at the isolated lab for years monitoring Morgan’s every move. The group is like family, to Morgan and to each other.

Weathers is unsympathetic and corporate-minded. To her, Morgan “is not a she. It’s an it.” Weathers is so detached and job-focused, she’s like a different species.

Though Michelle Yeoh and Toby Jones co-star as Morgan’s creators, and Paul Giamatti makes a memorable if brief appearance as a psychiatrist who examines the “hybrid biological organism,” Taylor-Joy steals her every scene. Whether limited by screenplay or execution, Mara doesn’t manage the depth with Weathers that Taylor-Joy brings to Morgan.

Both actresses deliver, though, in their spectacular fight scenes. Weathers and Morgan are much stronger than their tiny frames would suggest, and it’s exciting to see

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This image released by Twentieth Century Fox shows Kate Mara, right, in a scene from “Morgan.” two petite women executing the kind of fight choreography usually reserved for big male superheroes.

Still, the predictable twist hampers the story’s suspense, and the film doesn’t dip beyond the superficial. It hints at the cost of denying emotions and

suggests some redemptive magic in nature but never finishes the thought.

As a character, Morgan could have been a vehicle to explore so much more. TaylorJoy is clearly capable, and establishes herself here as one to watch.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Two months before Election Day, early voting kicks off next week in North Carolina, the first in a run of key states where minority voters and young adults who cast ballots in advance could give one of the White House contenders a decisive advantage.

For Donald Trump, it’s a major test of whether his recent outreach to nonwhite groups is translating into votes.

In the increasingly diverse battleground states of North Carolina, Colorado, Florida, Nevada, Arizona and Georgia — all must-win states for Trump, except Colorado — it’s minorities in particular who can tip the scales.

Early voters are expected to make up between 50 to 75 percent or more of all ballots in the six states, based on 2012 figures. That’s compared to a national average of 35 percent, up from 22 percent in 2004, according to election data compiled by The Associated Press.

Mail-in ballots are popular among older, white Republicans, and party officials are betting they can bank plenty of their votes. But in several swing states, Hispanics, blacks and first-time voters typically have been more likely than whites to cast ballots early — and cast them for Democrats. Therein lies the challenge for team Trump.

“We can’t say this will be locked up with early voting, but it can absolutely make a huge difference,” said Marlon Marshall, Hillary Clinton’s director of state campaigns and political engagement.

“Every early voter we get is one less person we need to mobilize on Election Day,” he said.

The Trump campaign said it is taking early voting very seriously — with 133 field offices and plans to add 24 more. The campaign is also leaning heavily on the Republican National Committee to identify reliable white Republican voters in battlegrounds to mail in absentee ballots and keep his numbers up.

Trump also has vaguely urged supporters to volunteer as “election observ-

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A cyclist rides past a sign directing voters to a primary election voting station early Tuesday in Phoenix. Early voters are expected to make up between 50 to 75 percent or more of all ballots in the six battleground states, based on 2012 figures. That’s compared to a national average of 35 percent, up from 22 percent in 2004, according to election data compiled by The Associated Press. ers” to root out what he said is Democratic voter fraud. He made that assertion after courts rejected a voter ID law in several states, including North Carolina, citing a risk of disenfranchising the poor, minorities or young people who were less likely to have acceptable IDs — and who are more likely to vote Democratic.

The Republicans’ get-out-the-vote effort is still significantly behind Clinton’s, which, by contrast, is more than double the size of Trump’s and rivals Barack Obama’s massive 2012 operation.

“A campaign with a superior voting operation can make a difference, and right now Donald Trump has shown little sign of organization,” said Ryan Williams, a former senior staffer to Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign. He pointed to Trump’s hire just last week of a national field director.

At this point in 2012, Williams said, the Romney campaign had a fully staffed field team working intensely with the national party to help identify likely voters, organize turnout events, regis-

ter voters and knock on doors.

National Republican officials said they now have 1,000 paid staffers and 5,000-plus trained organizers and other volunteers in 11 states assigned to help mobilize voters for both Trump and down-ballot GOP candidates. Heavy focus will be on boosting absentee mail-in balloting in Florida, North Carolina, Ohio and Iowa, using the party’s own massive data analytics program.

The Clinton campaign has more than 250 field offices in nine states compared to Trump’s 133 nationwide, though Trump adviser Karen Giorno said his number will increase, especially in Florida. The Clinton team declined to reveal personnel details, but the 2012 mobilization involved thousands of paid staffers — including 500 in Florida alone — and 50,000-some trained organizers and other volunteers, according to Jen O’Malley Dillon, Obama’s top field director in 2012 and now a senior adviser to the Democratic National Committee.

Boy, 12, becomes college freshman at Ivy League school ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) — When he was 2, Jeremy Shuler was reading books in English and Korean. At 6, he was studying calculus. Now, at an age when most kids are attending middle school, the exuberant 12-yearold is a freshman at Cornell University, the youngest the Ivy League school has on record.

"It's risky to extrapolate, but if you look at his trajectory and he stays on course, one day he'll solve some problem we haven't even conceived of," said Cornell Engineering Dean Lance Collins. "That's pretty exciting."

Jeremy is the home-schooled child of two aerospace engineers who were living in Grand Prairie, Texas, when he applied to Cornell. While Jeremy's elite-level SAT and Advanced Placement test scores in math and science at age 10 showed he was intellectually ready for college, Collins said what sealed the deal was his parents' willingness to move to Ithaca. Jeremy's father, Andy Shuler, transferred from Lockheed Martin in Texas to its location in upstate New York.

"I wanted to make sure he had a nice, safe environment in terms of growing up," Col-

lins said.

With his bowl-cut hair, cherubic face and frequent happy laughter, Jeremy is clearly still a child despite his advanced intelligence. He swung in his chair while his parents, who he calls Mommy and Daddy, recounted his early years during an interview at the engineering school where his grandfather is a professor, his father got his doctorate and Jeremy is now an undergrad.

"From the beginning, he was physically advanced, very strong," said Harrey Shuler, who has a doctorate in aerospace engineering but put her career on hold to home-school Jeremy. He fixated on letters and numbers at 3 months old, knew the alphabet at 15 months and was reading books on his own at 21 months in English and Korean, his mother's native language.

When he was 5, he read "The Lord of the Rings" and "Journey Through Genius: The Great Theorems of Mathematics" on his own. Enrolling him in kindergarten was pointless.

"We were concerned about him socializing with other kids," his mother said. "At the playground he was freaked out by other kids running around

Jeremy Shuler, 12, a freshman at Cornell University, is seen Friday on campus in Ithaca, New York. He’s the youngest student on record to attend the Ivy League school.

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screaming. But when we took him to Math Circle and math camp, he was very social. He needed someone with similar interests."

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CARSON FROM PAGE A1 R.E. Davis' colorful reading room contains more than 1,000 books, ranging from pre-kindergarten to fifthgrade reading levels. The room also contains bean bags and other comfortable chairs for students to sit on, book shelves and benches built by maintenance staff, and even a Dr. Seuss chair, built by one of the school's teachers. The reading room is decorated with artwork reinforcing Dr. Carson’s "THINK BIG" philosophy of academic achievement and dedication to helping others.

"I thought the reading room at R.E. Davis was absolutely gorgeous," Candy Carson said after the opening ceremony. "It will inspire so many children and give them something positive to look forward to."

Carson said that when the Carson Scholars Fund puts a reading room in a school, it serves as a reward for the children.

"At first they read for the prizes that come with the room," she said.

"After a while though they learn to love learning. We've seen it time and time again; the students' reading becomes better, their comprehension levels go up, and there are many other benefits."

The Ben Carson Reading Project is designed to combat illiteracy and to promote leisure reading as a key to unlocking a child’s full potential, according to the website, www.carsonscholars.org.

R.E. Davis was selected for the room out of seven elementary schools in the district that applied for it.

The school had to appoint an em-

DANGER FROM PAGE A1 the leg," he said.

Eye protection should always be used, he said, and he recommended a safety helmet as well as ear protection.

Cross said chain saw operators should always make sure they are using the correct fuel mix and avoid

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Candy Carson, wife of former Republican presidential candidate and neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson, reads to SaRiyah Williams, 4, a preschool student at R.E. Davis Elementary School, on Friday. ployee to be responsible for overseeing the construction of the room and its day-to-day operations as well as being in weekly contact with the liaison with the Carson Scholars Fund.

Heather Clemmons, former reading coach at the school, wrote the application grant for the project.

"I saw this as a great opportunity

for our students and this community," Clemmons said. "I wanted a place for children to read outside the four walls of a classroom or the library. For students to see that reading can be fun."

Computers and other electronic devices are prohibited in the room, she said.

Michelle Curry-McBride, school

principal, said as many as 30 students can be reading at the room at one time. Each of the school's classes will use the room on a weekly basis.

Last year, students across the nation logged more than 15 million minutes of independent reading in the Ben Carson Reading Rooms, according to www.carsonscholars.org.

using fuel that has been sitting in the chain saw.

“Always make sure the chain brake is on when starting the saw,” he said.

The saw should always be firmly on the ground when it is being started, Cross said.

“Don’t hold it in the air when you start it,” he said.

Operators should also remain aware

of what is going on around them.

“You don’t want to cut something down and have it fall on somebody,” he said.

Cross said if the blade becomes jammed, be sure the brake is on and the saw is turned off before you extricate it.

Another potential hazard now that Hermine has made its exit is the chance of having a close encounter

with a snake.

Josh Castleberry, Environmental and Natural Resources Department Chair at Central Carolina Technical College, said the best advice is to just leave them alone.

“If it’s not venomous, it is not going to cause any harm,” he said. “If it is venomous, the best way to get bit is to mess with it.”

OBITUARIES BRANDY S. BARROW JACKSON — Funeral services for Brandy Star Barrow, 34, who entered into rest on Aug. 31, 2016, will be conducted at 3 p.m. on Sunday at Posey Funeral Chapel with Pastor Allen Cantrell officiating. Interment will be private.

Brandy was a lifelong resident BARROW of Jackson and member of Jackson Bible Church. She was a loving daughter and mother who greatly cared for her children.

Brandy was preceded in death by her maternal greatgrandmother, Ruth Davis; and nephew, Grayson Baughman.

Survivors include three sons, Bryce Jumper and Aden Jumper, both of Sumter, and Tucker Barrow of Jackson; a daughter, Coallie Jumper of Sumter; her parents, Danny and Tammie Angel of Jackson; biological father, Kerry Miller of Marysville, Washington; brother, Nick Barrow of Augusta; two sisters, Danielle Angel of Jackson and Tiffany Angel of North Augusta; maternal grandparents, Joanne and Ralph Mund of Augusta; and paternal grandmother, Marjorie Miller of Marysville.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home one hour prior to the service.

Posey Funeral Directors of North Augusta is in charge of arrangements, (803) 278-1181.

Visit the registry at www. poseycares.com.

DR. JERRY C. BUSH BISHOPVILLE — Memorial services for Dr. Jerry C. Bush, 72, widower of Dr. Claranne M. "Tinky" Bush, will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 23, 2016, at the Chapel of Hancock-Elmore-Hill Funeral Home with the Rev. Dr. Rusty Wilson officiating.

Reception to follow the service at The Oaks, 2530 Saint Charles Road, Bishopville, SC 29010.

Beloved husband, brother, uncle and friend, Dr. Bush passed away on Monday, Aug. 15, 2016.

Born in 1944, in Louisville, Kentucky, Dr. Bush grew up with a love of animals and a desire to farm as his parents’ families had done for genera-

tions in Kentucky. As a child, he was happiest running around his grandparents’ farms in Louisville and Eminence, Kentucky. In pursuit of his first passion, Jerry attended the University of Kentucky and later transferred to Auburn University, where he received his doctor of veterinary medicine degree. Most importantly, while attending Auburn, he met the love of his life and future wife, Claranne "Tinky" McCutchen. The couple married not long after graduation at Tinky’s family home in Bishopville and began a life devoted to one another, their intellectual passions and a desire to travel the globe.

As a young married couple, they moved to Lubbock, Texas, where Jerry served as a captain in the Air Force from 1969 to 1971. After completing his service, they moved to Alberta, Canada, where Jerry worked as a large animal vet. Even in later years, Jerry’s eyes would light up when he talked about his love of treating animals, cows in particular. After many years of practicing veterinary medicine, Jerry and Tinky returned to Bishopville, where he decided to pursue his other childhood dream of farming, establishing "J and J Farms" with Tinky’s brother, John Henley McCutchen. Jerry also continued to serve the veterinary needs of animals in the community and, after retiring from farming, helped to manage the St. Charles cotton gin.

He and Tinky were passionate about their own boxer dogs, whose names always started with the letter "A" in honor of their alma mater.

Jerry and Tinky spent much of their free time traveling and especially loved taking cruises in exotic locales around the globe. Jerry loved to fish and relished time spent fishing with his buddies in South Carolina, Florida, and beyond. In recent years, he took great pleasure in teaching his great-nephew to fish, always celebrating even the smallest bream pulled from the pond behind his house.

Generally good-natured, Jerry was easy to talk with, quick with a smile, and had a keen sense of humor.

Jerry is survived by his sister, Gay B. (Stanley) Matthews; his two nephews, Keith Matthews (Marlen) of Frisco,

Texas, and Kenneth Matthews (Emily) and their children, Lucas and Cora Matthews of San Francisco, California; and also by Annie, the last of his boxer dogs.

He was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 44 years.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Dr. Claranne M. Bush Scholarship Endowment, College of Science and Mathematics, Auburn University, 315 Roosevelt Concourse, Auburn, AL 368495319.

ELLEN W. BILLUPS Manning — Ellen Williams Billups, 64, wife of John Wiley Billups, died on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016, at Palmetto Health Richland, Columbia.

She was born on Aug. 2, 1952, in Manning, a daughter of Helen Williams Benbow and the late Dan Burgess.

The family is receiving friends at the residence, 225 Alfred Henry Drive, Manning.

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

LUCILLE E. MCTILLMAN Lucille "Dottie" Evans McTillman, 70, entered eternal rest on Monday, Aug. 29, 2016, at Doctor’s Community Hospital, Lanham, Maryland.

Born on June 27, 1946, in New York, she was a daughter of the late Williams Archie and Coleen Maple Evans.

The family is receiving relatives at the home of her sister, Diane Evans, 9 Woodland Court.

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

LUMICHA WHALEY Lumicha Whaley, 84, entered eternal rest on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey.

Born on April 27, 1932, in Sumter County, she was a daughter of the late Rosa Lee Hammond Jackson.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at 517 Lafayette Drive.

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

DARRELL MCJUNKIN WEDGEFIELD — William Darrell McJunkin, 63, died on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey.

Born in Pickens, he was a son of the late William Ford McJunkin and Beulah Mae Reece McJunkin. Mr. McJunkin attended Pinewood Baptist Church. He was employed by Sumter Transport Co. Surviving are a son, Kelly McJunkin of Sumter; one brother, Farrell McJunkin of Sumter; and two sisters, Janice Adkison of Florida and Linda Evatt of Pickens.

Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday at the Chapel of Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home with the Rev. Bennie Barwick officiating.

The family will receive friends at the Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home following the service.

Online condolences may be

sent to www.sumterfunerals. com.

Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386.

REV. LULA ANN J. DAVIS The Rev. Lula Ann Johnson Davis, 97, wife of Elder Thomas Davis, departed this life on Friday, Sept. 2, 2016, at her residence.

She was born on July 10, 1919, in Gable, a daughter of the late Hammie and Inez Kizer Johnson.

Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter, is in charge of arrangements.

LOUISE N. KIND Louise Nathaniel Kind, 75, widow of Ravnel Kind, departed this life on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016, at Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina.

She was born on Dec. 23, 1940, in Dalzell, a daughter of the late Henry and Susan Drayton Nathaniel.

The family will receive friends beginning Tuesday at the home, 1007 Jan Ave., Sumter, SC 29153.

Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter, is in charge of arrangements.

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Day Schedule: Sept. 3, 2016 GOVERNMENT — The following will be closed on Monday: federal government offices; U.S. Postal Service; state government offices; City of Sumter offices; Sumter County offices; City of Manning offices; Clarendon County offices; Lee County offices; and City of Bishopville offices.

SCHOOLS — The following will be closed on Monday: Sumter School District; Clarendon School Districts 1, 2 and 3; Thomas Sumter Academy; St. Anne and St. Jude Catholic School; St. Francis Xavier High School; Clarendon Hall; Sumter Christian School; Wilson Hall; Robert E. Lee Academy; Lee County Public Schools; Laurence Manning Academy; Morris College; Central Carolina Technical College; and USC Sumter.

UTILITIES — Black River Electric Coop. and Farmers Telephone Coop. will be closed on Monday.

OTHER — The following will be closed on Monday: Harvin Clarendon County Library; Clemson Extension Service; and Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce.

The Sumter County Library will be closed Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

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Sumter Chapter Parents of MurAA, AL-ANON, ALATEEN: dered Children (POMC) — Third AA — Monday-Friday, noonSept. 3, 2016 Support Groups: Tuesday, 5:30-7 p.m., Birnie and 5:30 p.m.; Saturday, 8 HOPE Center, 210 S. Purdy St. p.m.; Sundays, 10:30 a.m. and EFMP Parent Exchange Group — 7 p.m., 1 Warren St. (803) 775Last Tuesday, 11 a.m.-noon, 1852.

Airman and Family Readiness AA Women’s Meeting — Center. Support to service Wednesdays, 7 p.m., 1 Warren members who have a depenSt. (803) 775-1852. dent with a disability or illAA Spanish Speaking — Sunness. Call (803) 895-1252/1253 days, 4:30 p.m., 1 Warren St. or (803) 847-2377.

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WEDNESDAY MEETINGS: AA “How it Works” Group — Mondays and Fridays, 8 p.m., Sickle Cell Support Group — Last 1154 Ronda St. Call (803) 494Wednesday, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., 5180.

South Sumter Resource Center, 337 Manning Ave. Call 441 AA Support Group — Mon(803) 774-6181. days, Tuesdays and Fridays, 8:30 p.m., Hair Force, 2090-D Divorce Care — Wednesdays, S.C. 441.

6:30 p.m., Bethel Baptist Church, 2401 Bethel Church AA Summerton Group — Road. Call (803) 481-2160.

Wednesday, 8 p.m., town hall.

Grief Share — Wednesdays, Manning Al-Anon Family Group — 6:30 p.m., Bethel Baptist Thursdays, 7:30 p.m., BehavChurch, 2401 Bethel Church ioral Health Building, 14 Road. Call (803) 481-2160.

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

THURSDAY MEETINGS: C/A “Drop the Rock” Group — TOPS S.C. No. 236 (Take Off Thursdays, 9:30 p.m., 1154 Pounds Sensibly) — Thursdays, Ronda St. Call (803) 607-4543.

9 a.m., Spectrum Senior Center,1989 Durant Lane. Call MONDAY MEETINGS: (803) 775-3926 or (803) 469Sumter Vitiligo Support Group — 4789.

Second Monday, 5:45-6:45 Alzheimer’s Support Group p.m., North HOPE Center, 904 through S.C. Alzheimer’s AssociaN. Main St. Call (803) 316-6763. tion — First Thursday, 6-8 p.m., National Health Care, 1018 N. TUESDAY MEETINGS: Guignard Drive. Call Cheryl Sumter Connective Tissue SupFluharty at (803) 905-7720 or port Group — First Tuesday of the Alzheimer’s Association at January, March, May, July, (800) 636-3346.

September and November, 7 Journey of Hope (for family memp.m., 180 Tiller Circle. Call bers of the mentally ill), Journey (803) 773-0869. to Recovery (for the mentally ill) Mothers of Angels (for mothers and Survivors of Suicide Support who have lost a child) — First Group — Each group meets Tuesday at noon and third every first Thursday, 7 p.m., St. Tuesday at 6 p.m., Wise Drive John United Methodist Baptist Church. Call (803) 469Church, 136 Poinsett Drive.

6059, (803) 979-4498, (803) 469Call (803) 905-5620.

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Sumter Combat Veterans Group FRIDAY MEETINGS: Peer to Peer — Tuesdays, 11 Celebrate Recovery — Fridays, 6 a.m., South HOPE Center, 1125 p.m. dinner, 7 p.m. program, S. Lafayette Drive. Veterans Salt & Light Church, Miller helping veterans with PTSD, Road. For help with struggles coping skills, claims and benof alcohol, drugs, family probefits. lems, smoking, etc.

Sumter Amputee Support Group Wateree AIDS Task Force Support — Second Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., Group — Third Friday, 11:30 Sumter Prosthetics & Orthota.m., 508 W. Liberty St. Call ics, 259 Broad St. Call (803) (803) 778-0303.

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Knights back on winning track

BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS justin@theitem.com

The Associated Press

South Carolina placekicker Elliott Fry prepares to deliver a career-long 55-yard field goal from the hold of Sean Kelly with 35 seconds left in the Gamecocks’ 13-10 victory over Vanderbilt on Thursday in Nashville, Tenn.

“I had total confidence.”

Confidence builder

Fry’s career-long 55-yard field goal lifts USC past Vanderbilt 13-10 in Muschamp’s debut

By TERESA M. WALKER The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Will Muschamp had no worries about sending Elliott Fry out for the longest field goal of his career. Even though this was the coach’s first game with South Carolina, he had seen the kicker connect repeatedly in clutch situations.

Fry kicked a career-long 55-

yard field goal with 35 seconds left, and the South Carolina Gamecocks rallied from a 10-point halftime deficit to beat Vanderbilt 13-10 Thursday night in Muschamp’s debut as head coach.

“I had total confidence,” Muschamp said.

So did senior quarterback Perry Orth.

“I’ve been here the same amount of time as Elliott,”

USC head coach will muschamp

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Auto racing The Associated Press

South Carolina players sing the school’s alma mater after defeating Vanderbilt 13-10 on Thursday in Nashville, Tenn.

Orth said. “I’ve seen him make those in practice. He’s made a few clutch kicks in games. I knew if we got the ball close to the 35 and in, we’d have a chance.”

Muschamp started Orth at quarterback and also played freshman Brandon McIlwain.

But it was Orth who went back into the game in the third quarter and threw for 152 yards rallying the Game-

cocks to their eighth straight victory over Vanderbilt in the Southeastern Conference opener for both teams.

Vanderbilt now is 0-3 in season openers under coach Derek Mason, though his Commodores did manage to score an offensive touchdown in the first half. But Tommy Openshaw missed a 45-yard

See usc, Page B4

Watson, No. 2 Clemson open in SEC country against Auburn

By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer AUBURN, Ala. — Deshaun Watson and Clemson pick up where they left off last season — sort of.

The second-ranked Tigers open against another Southeastern Conference team from the state of Alabama, visiting Auburn Saturday night hoping to resume their pursuit of a national title and, perhaps, a Heisman Trophy for Watson.

They finished an otherwise unblemished season with a 45-40 loss to Alabama in the national championship game.

Watson was at his playmaking best in racking up nearly 500 total yards against one of the nation’s top defenses.

The task now will be to beat an Auburn team seeking redemption after a disappointing season.

“It’s a big challenge out of

The Associated Press

Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney and the second-ranked Tigers open the season today at Auburn. the gate for us,” Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said.

Not so big as the one Swinney’s Tigers faced to finish off last season. Auburn opens

The Crestwood High School football team was looking to put its rough outing against rival Sumter behind it this week, and the Knights wound up doing so earlier nelson than usual.

With Friday’s weather forecast looking dim, CHS played its home opener against Franklin Christian on Thursday at Donald L. Crolley Memorial Stadium — and the Knights wasted little time in getting back to their winning ways.

Crestwood scored on its opening drive and never looked back en route to a 39-6 victory in Dalzell to improve to 2-1 overall. CHS will next host Manning on Friday at 7:30 p.m.

“We started off fast and the kids were ready to play, even on short notice (for the Thursday game),” Knights head coach Roosevelt Nelson said. “I was proud of the guys for that.

We wanted to put last week behind us and really come out and play well.”

Joshua Simon scored on a touchdown reception from Anthony Bradley, who split time with Tylas Green at quarterback. Green got into the end

picked to finish sixth in the Southeastern Conference Western Division after flopping last season amid much higher expectations.

Auburn also lost its top three rushers from last season to a dismissal, a transfer

See clemson, Page B4

Earnhardt to miss rest of season The Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Dale Earnhardt Jr. will miss the rest of the NASCAR season — 18 races total — as he continues to recover from a concussion.

NASCAR’s most popular driver first began experiencing concussionlike symptoms in late July. He has been undergoing treatment from Dr. Micky Collins at the University earnhardt of Pittsburgh Medical Center Sports Medicine Concussion Program. He’s also being treated by Charlotte neurosurgeon Dr. Jerry Petty.

“To say I’m disappointed doesn’t begin to describe how I feel, but I know this is the right thing for my long-term health and career,” Earnhardt said in a statement Friday.

“I’m 100 percent focused on my recovery, and I will continue to follow everything the doctors tell me.”

Earnhardt said doctors have seen progress in his recovery, and he plans to be back in the car next February for the season-opening Daytona 500.

Joey Logano said he understands how difficult this choice was to make for Earnhardt.

“I look up to him for what he’s doing. I know how hard that is to look out and want to be inside that racecar,” Logano said. “Your life and your health is not worth risking for the sport.”

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Former U.S. Open finalists Roberta Vinci (left) and Caroline Wozniacki have both advanced into the round of 16.,

Italy’s Vinci, Denmark’s Wozniacki feel at home

By RACHEL COHEN AP Sports Writer

the semis, thwarting the American’s Grand Slam bid and sending Vinci to her NEW YORK — Her lead first major final at age 32. slipping away, her Achilles Vinci also won a U.S. Open tendon hurting, Roberta doubles title in 2012 with Vinci reminded herself of Sara Errani — on Louis all the times she celebrated Armstrong Stadium, where victories at the U.S. Open. she played Friday.

“It helps me in delicate The seventh-seeded Vinci moments,” the 2015 runner- didn’t drop a game in the up said Friday after anoth- first set, failed to serve out er win at Flushing Meadthe match in the second, ows. then hung on in the third, “In the end, the head needing nearly two hours does a lot,” she added. “If to top 102nd-ranked Carina you think negatively, it’s Witthoeft 6-0, 5-7, 6-3. hard to get out of tense moWozniacki had an easier ments. So I try to think time in the third round about what I did last year, against the tricky slice forewhat I’ve done in other hand of 58th-ranked Moniyears.” ca Niculescu, winning 6-3, For another past U.S. 6-1. She believes the combiOpen finalist, this tournanation of the Wilson balls ment is also a rush of posi- used at the U.S. Open and tive thoughts. Caroline the speed of the courts is Wozniacki, a former topperfect for her game. ranked player, had failed to “The ball goes through win any matches at the ma- the air very quickly, but the jors this year when she arcourt kind of slows it down rived at Flushing Meadows. a little bit,” she said. “So it Now she’s into the round fits my game well. I can of 16 — the first time since run a lot of balls down. But January she’s posted three at the same time, I can get a victories at the same event. lot out of my shots, as “It feels like my back gar- well.” den and everything feels so And she enjoys the buzz familiar,” said Wozniacki, that ripples through Arwhose ranking is down to thur Ashe Stadium, a No. 74 after a string of inju- sound that can distract ries. other players. Wozniacki For both women, the U.S. won on Ashe on Friday and Open has been by far the almost certainly will be most successful of the maback there Sunday against jors. Wozniacki has reached American Madison Keys. the final twice to go along The eighth-seeded Keys with two other semifinal leaned on the urging of the appearances; she’s been to home crowd on Ashe on the semis only once at the Friday when she rallied other three Grand Slams from down two breaks in combined. the third set for another This is the fourth time great escape. Japanese Vinci has made the round teenager Naomi Osaka of 16 at the U.S. Open — twice served for the match, she’s done it just three but Keys got the break both times total at the other ma- times and went on to win in jors. And last year, she a third-set tiebreaker 7-5, stunned Serena Williams in 4-6, 7-6 (3).

7 a.m. – Professional Golf: European PGA Tour European Masters Third Round from Crans Montana, Switzerland (GOLF).

7:30 a.m. – College Football: Boston College vs. Georgia Tech from Dublin, Ireland (ESPN2).

8 a.m. – Formula One Racing: Italian Grand Prix from Monza, Italy (NBC SPORTS NETWORK, UNIVISION).

11 a.m. – Professional Tennis: U.S. Open Third-Round Matches from Flushing, N.Y. (ESPN2).

11:30 a.m. – NASCAR Racing: XFINITY Series VFW Sports Clips Help a Hero 200 Pole Qualifying from Darlington (NBC SPORTS NEWORK).

Noon – College Football: Oklahoma at Houston (WOLO 25).

Noon – College Football: Fordham at Navy (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

Noon – College Football: Hawaii at Michigan (ESPN).

Noon – College Football: Eastern Kentucky at Purdue (ESPNEWS).

Noon – College Football: Western Michigan at Northwestern (ESPNU).

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

Noon – College Football: South Alabama at Mississippi State (SEC NETWORK).

12:30 p.m. – College Football: Liberty at Virginia Tech (WACH 57).

1:30 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup Series Pole Qualifying from Darlington (NBC SPORTS NEWORK).

2 p.m. – Major League Baseball: San Francisco at Chicago Cubs (MLB NETWORK).

2:30 p.m. – PGA Golf: Deutsche Bank Championship Second Round from Norton, Mass. (GOLF).

3 p.m. – Professional Tennis: U.S. Open Third-Round Matches from Flushing, N.Y. (ESPN2).

3:30 p.m. – College Football: UCLA at Texas A&M (WLTX 19).

3:30 p.m. – College Football: Louisiana State vs. Wisconsin from Green Bay Wis. (WOLO 25).

3:30 p.m. – College Football: Texas State at Ohio (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

3:30 p.m. – College Football: Miami (Ohio) at Iowa (ESPNU).

3:30 p.m. – College Football: Southeastern Louisiana at Oklahoma State (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST).

3:30 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: XFINITY Series VFW Sports Clips Help a Hero 200 from Darlington (NBC SPORTS NEWORK).

4 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Houston at Texas (FOX SPORTS 1).

4 p.m. – College Football: Louisiana Tech at Arkansas (SEC NETWORK).

5 p.m. – Horse Racing: Woodward Stakes and Spinaway Stakes from Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

5:30 p.m. – College Football: Georgia vs. North Carolina from Atlanta (ESPN).

5:30 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: Camping World Truck Series Pole Qualifying from Bowmanville, Ontario (FOX SPORTS 2).

6 p.m. – WNBA Basketball: Phoenix at New York (NBA TV).

6 p.m. – IRL Racing: IndyCar Series Pole Qualifying from Watkins Glen, N.Y. (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

7 p.m. – College Football: San Jose State at Tulsa (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

7 p.m. – Professional Tennis: U.S. Open Third-Round Matches from Flushing, N.Y. (ESPN2).

7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Detroit at Kansas City (FOX SPORTS 1).

7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Atlanta at Philadelphia (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

7 p.m. – Senior PGA Golf: Champions Tour Shaw Charity Classic Second Round from Calgary, Alberta (GOLF).

7:30 p.m. – College Football: Southern Mississippi at Kentucky (ESPNU).

7:30 p.m. – College Football: Massachusetts at Florida (SEC NETWORK).

8 p.m. – College Football: Southern California vs. Alabama from Arlington, Texas (WOLO 25).

8 p.m. – College Football: South Dakota State at Texas Christian (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST).

8 p.m. – Professional Boxing: Darwin Price vs. Javontae Sparks in a Super Lightweight Bout from San Antonio (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

9 p.m. – College Football: Clemson at Auburn (ESPN, WWBD-94.7, WPUB-FM 102.7).

9 p.m. – LPGA Golf: Manulife LPGA Classic Third Round from Cambridge, Ontario (GOLF).

10 p.m. – Major League Baseball: San Diego at Los Angeles Dodgers or Boston at Oakland (MLB NETWORK).

10:30 p.m. – College Football: Northern Illinois at Wyoming (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

10:30 p.m. – College Football: Brigham Young vs. Arizona from Glendale, Ariz.

(FOX SPORTS 1).

11:30 p.m. – College Football: Stephen F. Austin at Texas Tech (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST).

BOSTON — New England Patriots defensive end Rob Ninkovich has been suspended for the first four games of the regular season for violating the NFL’s policy on performance enhancing substances.

The league announced the suspension Friday.

Ninkovich will not be eligible to return to the Patriots’ active roster until Oct. 3 following the team’s game against the Buffalo Bills.

The 32-year-old has not played this preseason after suffering a reported triceps injury during a joint training camp practice with the Saints on Aug. 9. He had returned to practice recently, but had only participated in light conditioning.

Ninkovich was a defensive captain in 2015 and had 52 tackles and 6 1/2 sacks.

Decent” chance Watt plays in Week 1 HOUSTON — Houston Texans coach Bill O’Brien says that injured star J.J. Watt is feeling much better

and that it “looks decent” for him to play in the season opener against Chicago on Sept. 11.

Watt missed the entire preseason on the physically unable to perform list after having back surgery in July. Last year’s NFL Defensive Player of the Year has started every game in his five-year career.

Cubs 2 Giants 1 CHICAGO — Jon Lester pitched 7 2/3 innings of nohit ball and settled for his second complete game of the season, helping the sizzling Chicago Cubs beat the San Francisco Giants 2-1 on Friday to move a seasonhigh 40 games over .500.

Hunter Pence ended Lester’s bid for a second no-hitter with a homer to left on a 1-2 cutter. Brandon Crawford followed with a double, and Lester (15-4) got Eduardo Nunez to line to third and worked around Wire reports

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Thursday’s Games

Minnesota 8, Chicago White Sox 5

Friday’s Games

N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Miami at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m.

Toronto at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.

Houston at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m.

Detroit at Kansas City, 8:15 p.m.

Boston at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

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

Saturday’s Games

Houston (Keuchel 9-12) at Texas (Holland 6-6), 4:05 p.m.

Toronto (Stroman 9-5) at Tampa Bay (Archer 8-17), 6:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 8-11) at Baltimore (Gausman 6-10), 7:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Shields 5-16) at Minnesota (Santiago 10-8), 7:10 p.m.

Miami (Fernandez 13-7) at Cleveland (Bauer 9-6), 7:10 p.m.

Detroit (Fulmer 10-5) at Kansas City (Ventura 9-9), 7:15 p.m.

Boston (Porcello 18-3) at Oakland (Neal 2-3), 9:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Skaggs 2-3) at Seattle (Walker 4-9), 9:10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games

Toronto at Tampa Bay, 1:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore, 1:35 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m.

Detroit at Kansas City, 2:15 p.m.

Houston at Texas, 3:05 p.m.

Boston at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Seattle, 4:10 p.m.

Miami at Cleveland, 4:10 p.m.

National League East Division

Washington New York Miami Philadelphia Atlanta Central Division

Chicago St. Louis Pittsburgh Milwaukee Cincinnati West Division

Los Angeles San Francisco Colorado Arizona San Diego

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Thursday’s Games

Atlanta 9, San Diego 6 Miami 6, N.Y. Mets 4 Chicago Cubs 5, San Francisco 4

Friday’s Games

San Francisco at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.

Atlanta at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

Miami at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

Washington at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

Arizona at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

San Francisco (Bumgarner 13-8) at Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 16-5), 2:20 p.m.

St. Louis (Garcia 10-10) at Cincinnati (Straily 10-7), 4:10 p.m.

Atlanta (Gant 1-3) at Philadelphia (Velasquez 8-6), 7:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (Nelson 7-13) at Pittsburgh (Nova 11-6), 7:05 p.m.

Miami (Fernandez 13-7) at Cleveland (Bauer 9-6), 7:10 p.m.

Washington (Roark 14-7) at N.Y. Mets (Gsellman 1-1), 7:10 p.m.

Arizona (Shipley 2-3) at Colorado (Bettis 11-7), 8:10 p.m.

San Diego (Perdomo 7-7) at L.A. Dodgers (Maeda 13-8), 9:10 p.m.

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East

Philadelphia Washington N.Y. Giants Dallas South

Atlanta Tampa Bay Carolina New Orleans North

Minnesota Green Bay Detroit Chicago West

Seattle San Francisco Los Angeles Arizona

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Wednesday’s Games

Washington 20, Tampa Bay 13

Thursday’s Games

Tennessee 21, Miami 10 Atlanta 17, Jacksonville 15 Philadelphia 14, N.Y. Jets 6 N.Y. Giants 17, New England 9 Indianapolis 13, Cincinnati 10 Carolina 18, Pittsburgh 6 Detroit 31, Buffalo 0 Baltimore 23, New Orleans 14 Houston 28, Dallas 17 Chicago 21, Cleveland 7 Kansas City 17, Green Bay 7 Minnesota 27, Los Angeles 25 Arizona 38, Denver 17 San Francisco 31, San Diego 21 Seattle 23, Oakland 21

WNBA

By The Associated Press

EASTERN CONFERENCE

New York Atlanta Chicago Indiana Washington Connecticut

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WESTERN CONFERENCE

Los Angeles Minnesota Phoenix Seattle Dallas San Antonio

W L Pct GB 22 5 .815 — 22 5 .815 — 13 14 .481 9 11 16 .407 11 9 19 .321 13½ 6 21 .222 16

Thursday’s Games

Indiana 98, New York 77 Los Angeles 70, San Antonio 61

Friday’s Games

Phoenix at Connecticut, 7 p.m.

Washington at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Los Angeles at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Seattle at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Phoenix at New York, 6 p.m.

Sunday’s Games

Washington at Dallas, 4:30 p.m.

San Antonio at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Seattle at Atlanta, 6 p.m.

Indiana at Los Angeles, 7 p.m.

Connecticut at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Transactions

By The Associated Press

BASEBALL

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one of the best of all time and knows our system. He brings things to the table that no one From Page B1 else can. Alex is a young driver with a lot of talent, and he Elliott Sadler, who drives for will give us a fresh perspecEarnhardt’s Xfinity program, tive. We know they’re not only said he had mixed feelings about capable of running up front his friend’s absence. He knows and giving us a chance to win, how desperately Earnhardt but they’ll help us get better.” wanted to return this season.

Jamie McMurray said those “The flip side is I’m happy in the Sprint Cup garage miss and proud of him to take a having Earnhardt around, but step back and get everything the sport will continue to in line from the medical side,” thrive no matter how long he Sadler said. may be out.

Jeff Gordon and Alex Bow“You don’t show up at the man will continue to share track for two or three weeks, seat time in the No. 88 Chevro- not that you’re forgotten, but let for Hendrick Motorsports. it’s crazy how things move Gordon will drive four races, on,” he said. including Sunday at DarlingEarnhardt has struggled ton Raceway for the Southern with concussions before, in500, as well as Richmond, cluding the 2012 season when Dover and Martinsville. Bowhe missed two races after sufman will finish the year with fering a pair of concussions eight more starts. over a six-week span.

“Jeff and Alex will give us a NASCAR has been updating great opportunity over the rest its focus on concussions and of the season,” team owner treatment programs, beginRick Hendrick said. “Jeff is ning in 2002 in part because

Earnhardt admitted he was unable to fully concentrate or communicate with his crew chief after an accident at California. He self-diagnosed himself with a concussion, which he revealed weeks later.

NASCAR then said doctors at infield care centers could require drivers to undergo CT scans or MRIs if they suspected a concussion. Clearance to race after suffering a concussion is not given until after a driver obtains a medical release.

More than a decade later, Earnhardt also spurred a baseline testing program that is now required of all drivers every preseason.

“I know how hard Dale has worked and how frustrating this is for him,” Hendrick said.

“He wants to be back, and we want him back, but we want it to be for the long haul. We’ve had incredible support from everyone involved with the team, including all of our sponsors.”

They’ve put Dale’s health first every step of the way.”

MLB standings AMERICAN League

Patriots’ Ninkovich suspended four games

West Division

Texas Houston Seattle Los Angeles Oakland

American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — recalled LHP Jayson Aquino, C Caleb Joseph and RHP Tyler Wilson from Norfolk (IL).

Activated OFs Michael Bourn and OF Drew Stubbs.

BOSTON RED SOX — Activated C Ryan Hanigan from the 15-day disabled list. Recalled RHP Joe Kelly and INF Deven Marrero from Pawtucket (IL).

Selected the contract of LHP Robby Scott from Pawtucket and INF Yoan Moncada from Portland (EL). Designated RHP William Cuevas for assignment.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Reinstated RHP Wade Davis from the 15-day DL. Recalled C Tony Cruz, OF Terrance Gore, INF-OF Whit Merrifield from Omaha (PCL). Selected the contract of INF Hunter Dozier from Omaha.

Transferred RHP Luke Hochevar to the 60-day DL. HOUSTON ASTROS — Recalled RHPs Jandel Gustave and James Hoyt and INF Tyler White from Fresno (PCL).

Selected the contract of RHP Brady Rodgers from Fresno.

NEW YORK YANKEES — Recalled RHPs Luis Severino and Nick Goody and INF Rob Refsnyder from Scranton/WilkesBarre (IL). Recalled RHP Kirby Yates from Pulaski (Appalachian). Selected the contracts of OF Eric Young Jr. and RHP Jonathan Holder from Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre. Recalled RHP Nick Rumbelow from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and placed him on the 60-day DL. OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Reinstated LHP Sean Doolittle from the 15-day DL. Recalled C Matt McBride from Nashville (PCL). Reinstated RHP Jesse Hahn from the 15-day DL and optioned him to Nashville.

TEXAS RANGERS — Recalled INF Hanser Alberto, RHP Nick Martinez, LHP Yohander Mendez and C Brett Nicholas from Round Rock (PCL).

National League CINCINNATI REDS — Recalled LHP Cody Reed and RHPs Keyvius Sampson and Robert Stephenson from Louisville (IL). Selected the contract of LHP Wandy Peralta from Louisville.

Designated OF Kyle Waldrop for assignment.

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Hundreds of golfers came out last Saturday morning and afternoon to play in the Churches Challenge golf tournament at Sunset Country Club. The golfers bow their heads in prayer before heading out on the course.

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John Berry chips onto the seventh green during the Churches Challenge.

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zone on a TD run and so did Maleeke Bradley as the Knights built a big halftime lead.

“We were able to establish the running game and get some of our backs going,” Nelson said. “That opened up some big plays in the passing game.”

It was a return to form for the Crestwood offense that posted 47 points in its openingweek victory over Lower Richland before being shut down by Sumter last week, scoring just a lone touchdown.

The defense also rebounded as well. After giving up 47 points and nearly 400 yards on the ground to the Gamecocks, the Knights D held the Cavaliers ground attack in check for the most part, Nelson said.

“We really did a good job of stuffing their run game and taking away what they were trying to do,” he said. “We also forced them into turning the ball over a few times.”

Not to be outdone, special teams played a role as well as Crestwood had two long punt returns — including one for about 45 yards — that set up a

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Dennis Baker hits a tee shot on the sixth hole during the Churches Challenge.

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Late FG lifts Citadel over Mercer, 24-23

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Will Muschamp celebrates his first win as head coach at South Carolina after Elliott Fry’s game-winning, 55-yard field goal gave Carolina a 13-10 victory over Vanderbilt on Thursday.

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field goal wide left with 3:44 left, and Vandy turned it over on downs with 14 seconds left.

“Every decision we made will be questioned,” Mason said. “The bottom line is we didn’t win this game. Now we have to get back to next week and play MTSU.” Fry also kicked a 48-yard field goal in the third quarter, and Deebo Samuel atoned for a fumbled punt in the first quarter by scoring an 8-yard TD on an end-around with 7:30 left. Fry had total confidence he could connect from 55 after barely coming up short from 62 in warmups.

“I knew I could hit it,” said Fry, whose previous long was 52 yards.

TAKEAWAYS South Carolina: The second half was a complete turnaround from the first with the Gamecocks nearly pinning themselves deep on the opening kickoff before officials ruled the returner had knelt down for the touchback. McIlwain took over at the beginning of the second quarter after Orth managed 23 yards of offense in the first.

Muschamp said the plan coming in had been to get McIlwain into the game early. But McIlwain lost a fumble, so the coach went back to Orth. The senior was 6 of 8 for 117 yards in the second half as the Gamecocks gained 220 yards on offense.

Vanderbilt: The Commodores got their hands on lots of passes defensively but couldn’t pick off even one despite that being an area of focus this season. They forced two fumbles but couldn’t get off the field in the second half.

COOPER’S REPLACEMENT The Gamecocks might have been wondering who would replace Pharoh Cooper, now with the Los Angeles Rams in the NFL. Freshman Bryan Edwards did his best to step up, pulling in catch after catch. His best was a 43-yarder, and he finished with eight receptions for 101 yards in his first game. “He’s that kind of talent, and he’s going to be huge for us the rest of the season,” Orth said.

QB ISSUES

0 0 3 10—13 3 7 0 0—10 First Quarter VAN—FG Openshaw 36, 06:14.

Second Quarter VAN—Blasingame 1 run (Openshaw kick), 14:33.

Third Quarter SC—FG Fry 48, 06:16.

Fourth Quarter SC—Samuel 8 run (Fry kick), 07:39.

SC—FG Fry 55, :41.

SC VAN First downs 14 15 Rushes-yards 32-121 42-169 Passing 187 73 Comp-Att-Int 16-30-0 8-23-0 Return Yards 8 4 Punts-Avg. 7-36.42 8-36.12 Fumbles-Lost 2-2 1-0 Penalties-Yards 7-50 5-33 Time of Possession 26:45 33:15 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—South Carolina, Turner 13-70, McIlwain 7-29, Samuel 1-8, Orth 5-8, Da.Williams 5-7, (Team) 1-(minus 1). Vanderbilt, Webb 20-97, Blasingame 1568, Sherfield 1-9, Freebeck 2-7, Lipscomb 1-(minus 1), Tennyson 1-(minus 3), Shurmur 2-(minus 8).

PASSING—South Carolina, McIlwain 5-11-0-35, Orth 11-19-0-152. Vanderbilt, Freebeck 0-1-0-0, Shurmur 8-22-0-73.

RECEIVING—South Carolina, Edwards 8-101, Turner 3-27, Samuel 2-36, Hurst 2-17, Crosby 1-6. Vanderbilt, Webb 3-28, C.Duncan 2-24, Lipscomb 1-15, Marcus 1-6, Blasingame 1-0.

MISSED FIELD GOALS—Vanderbilt, Openshaw 45.

South Carolina knew it had questions at quarterback with Muschamp unable to pick between his trio. Mason had said repeatedly before the opener that Kyle Shurmur was his starter with Wade Freebeck the backup. But Vandy brought in Freebeck the drive after the Commodores scored a TD to go up 10-0. Freebeck was in for two consecutive drives and managed 1 yard over six plays. The switch had fans wondering what happened and was reminiscent of quarterback struggles in recent years.

“It was predetermined,” Mason said. “We needed to get Wade a series or two ... Kyle needed to find more rhythm. He didn’t have rhythm.

We needed to make some plays. We wanted to find momentum.”

UP NEXT South Carolina: The Gamecocks visit Mississippi State, a team they’ve beaten seven straight games, on Sept. 10.

Vanderbilt: The Commodores host Middle Tennessee looking for a second straight victory over a school 40 miles away. MTSU won three straight before Vanderbilt ended that skid a year ago.

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and an early entry into the NFL draft. The receivers are mostly unknown, and Sean White won a renewed quarterback battle after throwing one touchdown pass in five starts last season.

It makes for a tough opening challenge for coach Gus Malzahn’s team. Swinney points out that openers carry a certain amount of mystery for both sides.

“There are a lot of unknowns,” he said. “They have players we don’t know a lot about, and we have players they don’t know a lot about.

You don’t ever really know until you see a team for two or three games.”

Here are some things to watch in the Clemson-Auburn matchup:

WATSON’S ENCORE? Watson enters the season among the favorites to win the Heisman after a third-place finish. His 478-yard performance passing and rushing in the title game was nearly enough to pull off the win. “Their quarterback is one of the best players in college football, if not the best player,” Malzahn said.

AND AUBURN? White beat out Jeremy Johnson and junior college transfer John Franklin III to emerge as the starter. Of the three, Franklin is the biggest rushing threat and could potentially play in a Wildcat role though Malzahn has been mum on the pecking order behind White.

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Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson begins his Heisman campaign today against Auburn.

White has impressed Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables. “He’s a quality, quality player,” Venables said. “He beat out Deshaun at the Elite 11 for top quarterback. He’s got that ‘it.’ He’s a very good leader, all the qualities that you love. The intangibles, his toughness, his confidence, he makes everybody around him better.”

SEEING STEELE Swinney will face one of his former defensive coordinators in Kevin Steele, now leading Auburn’s defense. Steele spent three seasons under Swinney and helped the Tigers to the 2011 Atlantic Coast Conference title. But soon after Clemson was embarrassed 70-33 by West Virginia in the Orange Bowl, Swinney fired Steele and replaced him with Ven-

ables. Steele skipped his normal session with reporters this week.

TAILBACK COMPARISONS Wayne Gallman is coming off a school record-setting season, 1,500-yard season for Clemson. Auburn is high on Kerryon Johnson but he had only 52 carries as a freshman, vaulting to the starting spot when Jovon Robinson was kicked off the team in preseason camp.

GETTING DEFENSIVE Auburn has struggled defensively in recent seasons but Steele’s side of the ball might be the team’s strength. Veteran defenders Carl Lawson, Montravius Adams and Johnathan Ford are all back and joined by Illinois graduate transfer T.J. Neal at linebacker.

MACON, Ga. — Cody Clark hit a 35-yard field goal with 2:20 left in the game as The Citadel came back to beat Mercer 24-23 to open the season with a Southern Conference victory on Thursday night.

The Bulldogs scored 21 points in the first quarter but did not score again until Clark hit the game winner.

After the ensuing kickoff Mercer came up short on a fourth down pass from its own 24 with 1:22 left in the game. The Citadel could not move the ball and the Bears had another chance from their 23 with 27 seconds left after Clark missed a field goal.

The Citadel’s Kailik Williams intercepted a John Russ pass on the next play to seal the win.

Mercer took its only lead when Cole Fisher nailed a 47-yard field goal with 10:10 left in the third quarter.

Tyler Renew led the Bulldogs with 146 yards rushing.

Wofford 21 Tennessee Tech 7 COOKEVILLE, Tenn. — Brad Butler rushed for three touchdowns and Wofford amassed 346 yards on the ground as the Terriers spoiled Tennessee Tech’s home opener, 21-7.

Butler completed 4 of 5 passes for 30 yards and carried 11 times for 85 yards and scoring runs of 10-, 7and 21-yards, the last two in the second half.

With the score tied 7-7 in the third quarter Wofford’s Michael Roach, a junior from Kenosha, Wisc., collapsed near the Terriers’ bench and was treated by members of the athletic staff, team doctors and EMS. He was administered CPR on the field before being transported by ambulance to Cookeville Regional Hospital.

Roach, who started the game at outside linebacker, was reported to be alert and responsive en route and will be kept in the hospital overnight for observation.

When play resumed, Butler capped a nine-play, 80yard drive with a sevenyard scoring run.

Will Gay carried nine times for 116 yards to lead Wofford, with Lorenzo Long adding 91 yards on 19 carries.

Michael Birdsong was 22 of 34 for 216 yards to lead Tennessee Tech.

Central Michigan 49 Presbyterian 3 MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. — Jahray Hayes ran for three touchdowns and Central Michigan rolled over Presbyterian 49-3 in the season opener for both teams on Thursday night.

On the second play from scrimmage, Devon Spalding broke off a 69-yard touchdown run and the rout was on. Spalding finished with 135 yards rushing on just 15 carries.

In the second quarter, Presbyterian punted from its own 7-yard line. A 26yard return by Emmett Thomas set up a short field, and seven plays later Hayes punched it in from the 2 for a 14-0 lead.

Hayes added a 12-yard touchdown run and Cooper Rush hooked up with Corey Willis for a 46-yard scoring toss in the third quarter. In the fourth, Hayes scored his third TD on an 8-yard carry and Amari Coleman returned an interception 27 yards for a score. Jonathan Ward added a 45-yard touchdown run.

Presbyterian managed just 126 total yards and six first downs, while CMU amassed 492 yards — including 255 on the ground.

From staff and wire reports

COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCOREBOARD top 25 Thursday (9) Tennessee 20, Appalachian State 13 (OT) (19) Louisville 70, Charlotte 14 Friday (8) Stanford vs. Kansas State (late) (12) Michigan State vs. Furman (late) (23) Baylor vs. Northwestern State (late) Today (1) Alabama vs. (20) Southern Cal, 8 p.m.

(2) Clemson at Auburn, 9 p.m.

(3) Oklahoma at (15) Houston, noon (5) LSU vs. Wisconsin 3:30 p.m.

(6) Ohio State vs. Bowling Green, noon (7) Michigan vs. Hawaii, noon (13) TCU vs. South Dakota State, 8 p.m.

(14) Washington vs. Rutgers, 2 p.m.

(16) UCLA at Texas A&M, 3:30 p.m.

(17) Iowa vs. Miami (Ohio), 3:30 p.m.

(18) Georgia vs. (22) North Carolina, 5:30 p.m.

(21) Oklahoma State vs. SE Louisiana, 3:30 p.m.

(24) Oregon vs. UC Davis, 5 p.m.

(25) Florida vs. UMass, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday (10) Notre Dame at Texas, 7:30 p.m.

Monday (4) Florida State vs. (11) Mississippi, 8 p.m.

STATE Thursday South Carolina 13, Vanderbilt 10 The Citadel 24, Mercer 23 Wofford 21, Tennessee Tech 7 Central Michigan 49, Presbyterian 3 Friday Furman at Michigan St. (late)

Today Clemson at Auburn, 9 p.m.

Kentucky State at Charleston Southern, 11:45 a.m.

South Carolina State at Central Florida, 7 p.m.

Coastal Carolina at Lamar, 8 p.m.

ACC Thursday Wake Forest 7, Tulane 3 North Carolina State 48, William & Mary 13 Friday Colgate at Syracuse (late) Today Boston College vs. Georgia Tech, 7:30 a.m.

Villanova at Pittsburgh, 1:30 p.m.

Liberty at Virginia Tech, 12:30 p.m.

Richmond at Virginia, 3:30 p.m.

Georgia vs. North Carolina, 5:30 p.m.

North Carolina Central at Duke, 6 p.m.

Florida A&M at Miami, 6 p.m.

Monday Florida St. vs. Mississippi, 8 p.m.

SEC Thursday Tennessee 20, Appalachian State 13 (OT) Today Missouri at West Virginia, noon South Alabama at Mississippi State, noon Massachusetts at Florida, 7:30 p.m.

Southern Mississippi at Kentucky, 7:30 p.m.

LSU vs. Wisconsin, 3:30 p.m.

UCLA at Texas A&M, 3:30 p.m.

La. Tech at Arkansas, 4 p.m.

Southern Cal vs. Alabama, 8 p.m.

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Georgia DB Williams commits to USC

The University of South Carolina football program stayed hot on the recruiting trail last week with a commitment from defensive back Jamyest Williams (5-feet-9-inches, 175 pounds), a native of Athens, Ga., who attends Phil Grayson High Kornblut School in Loganrecruiting ville.

Williams joins offensive lineman TJ Moore of Charlotte, defensive end MJ Webb of Madison, Ga., and DB Hamsah Nasirildeen as highly recruited prospects to commit to USC in August.

Williams is thought of by college recruiters as one of the top cornerback prospects in the country based on his offer list that includes Power 5 Conference programs from coast to coast. At the end of the process Williams narrowed his list to Clemson, Georgia, Ohio State, Tennessee and USC. Williams made several visits to USC during the recruiting process and USC gained traction with him through each visit. However, he was already familiar with USC head coach Will Muschamp and secondary coach Travaris Robinson because they recruited him when they were at Auburn. That carried over to USC when the new staff arrived and overcame the lack of interest from the previous staff.

“I just really believe in relationships,” Williams said. “It was hard, it was very hard choosing between Georgia and South Carolina. I just feel like I had a good relationship with Coach Muschamp and Coach T-Rob. I grew up in Athens and that’s all I know, and I just felt it was best for me to experience some new things because I’ve been in Athens all my life.”

That being said, Williams isn’t ready to shut down his recruiting completely. Yes, he’s committed to USC, but he does plan to take his other official visits at this point.

“I’m 95 to 100 percent committed,” Williams said. “I’m going to take all of my officials because I just want to

get out and experience the free visits.”

Williams did not say which other schools he will visit.

Williams becomes the 22nd commitment for USC’s 2017 class and the sixth for the secondary. He’s also the fourth from Georgia and the second from Athens.

Wide receiver Chad Terrell of Dallas, Ga., has an official visit to Oregon set for this weekend. He said he will also set a visit with USC and possibly with North Carolina State and added that he is close on his decision.

USC is the current leader for defensive lineman Emmanuel McNeil (6-4, 280) of Snellville, Ga., according to his head coach Todd Wofford.

“He likes them a lot,” Wofford said. “They probably lead for him to be honest.

He’s got some work to do academically and they have a plan for him. He grew up in South Carolina (Greenville) and that jumps out, and it’s the SEC (Southeastern Conference). He has to have a good year and it will come down to his test score as it does for many players.”

McNeil camped at USC this summer. Wofford said Kentucky, UGA and Marshall also are high up on his list.

USC recruiter Coleman Hutzler is also keeping an eye on running back Josh Samuel, who transferred to Central Gwinnett High School in Georgia from J.L. Mann High in Greenville after rushing for 1,796 yards and 19 touchdowns last season. And he’s recruiting ‘18 DB Donte Burton of Central Gwinnett, who is currently committed to North Carolina.

DL Javon Kinlaw of Goose Creek is preparing for his first season at Jones County Junior College in Mississippi and he expects this to be his only season there. Kinlaw committed to the previous USC staff and enrolled early at Jones after realizing he would not qualify. He said his grades are on track for him to graduate in May of ’17, meaning he will only use up one season of eligibility. He said his overall grade-point average currently is a 3.0.

“If I just keep on doing what I’m doing I’ll be out of here,” Kinlaw said. “I don’t

have any room for error. I have to pass every class.”

Kinlaw said he remains firmly committed to USC and as such schools are basically leaving him alone. He said the new coaching staff is still committed to him. As long as he continues to make progress, they are checking on him.

“I talked to Coach Muschamp the other day and I talked to (assistant) Coach (Lance) Thompson today,” Kinlaw said. “They keep in touch with me and make sure I’m alright down here.”

Kinlaw said he’s talked with the coaches about making an official visit sometime in December.

Linebacker TJ Minniffee of Lebanon, Tenn., was offered

by USC in June after a camp workout and he remains in touch with recruiter Bobby Bentley. Minniffee said he’s looking at USC, Texas A&M, Georgia Tech, Tennessee, Louisville and Cincinnati for his official visits.

He said Cincinnati and Alabama-Birmingham have been talking to him strongly of late. Minniffee said there is no leader, but he does like Cincinnati a lot.

DB Michael Nesbitt of Lauderdale Lakes, Fla., committed to UK. USC was in his final 10.

CLEMSON DB Jeffrey Okudah of Grand Prairie, Texas, told ESPN that Clemson will get one of his official visits this fall, probably in November.

He has set officials to Oklahoma for Sept. 17 and to Florida State for Oct. 29. He also plans to visit Ohio State, probably for the Michigan game. UGA and Southern California also are on his short list.

DE Malik Herring of Forsyth, Ga., postponed his commitment announcement last week to an undetermined date. Herring said he decided to further delay things after consulting with his family.

Clemson, UGA and Alabama have been his top three.

Christian Tutt, an ’18 DB of Thomson, Ga., released his top 11 and Clemson is on the list. The others are UGA, FSU, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Southern Cal, A&M, Miami, Alabama, UCLA and UF.

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Jason Cudd, a 7-1 player from Socastee High in Myrtle Beach, has scheduled an official visit with USC for the weekend of Sept. 9. Tulane, DePaul and East Carolina also appear in line for official visits and Western Carolina has been working Cudd hard for a visit, according to his head coach Derrick Hilton.

“He’s going to USC first,” CLEMSON AND USC Hilton said. “ECU will be here WR OrTre Smith of Wando in early September to come High in Mt. Pleasant will an- and talk with the parents and nounce his college decision on try and set up. I believe his Sunday, Sept. 11, at 4 p.m. The last visit will be ECU. They announcement will be are going to let him go streamed live on the Internet. through the process with evSmith remains undecided at erything, and then I think this point, but is focusing on they are going to bring him just four schools now -- USC, up as his last visit just to try Clemson, UNC and UGA. to go ahead and persuade him Florida also had been on his and get him to commit.” list. Smith ultimately is exHowever, ECU will first have pected to make his decision to overtake USC, which, acbetween USC and Clemson. cording to Hilton, continue to Smith, whose mother lead in this case. played volleyball at Clemson, “I know they (USC coaches) has long been a Clemson fan have been talking to his parand is part of a family of ents a great deal and his fastrong Clemson fans. Howev- ther, but he told me he was er, USC’s Muschamp has going up for the three days made Smith a priority target and he was looking forward to and has recruited him relent- that visit. Jason is still pretty lessly since taking over the much up in the air, but ever program. since USC came onto the scene Clemson and USC target DB they might have a little bit of a Xavier McKinney of Roswell, lead over ECU, but he is still Ga., received an offer from trying to go through the proOhio State. cess and see how things go.”

Area roundup

TSA volleyball tops Ben Lippen to stay unbeaten COLUMBIA — Thomas Sumter Academy’s varsity volleyball team stayed unbeaten on the year with a 3-1 victory over Ben Lippen on Thursday at the BL gymnasium.

Game scores were 25-20, 2519, 21-25, 25-19 in favor of the Lady Generals, who are now 4-0 and will host Carolina Academy on Tuesday.

Anita Cookey-Gam led TSA with 19 kills and four aces.

Josie Reed had 16 assists while Sydney Daniel added 14 assists. Bree Stoddard had eight kills while Savannah Lujan finished with 17 digs.

Patrick Henry 3 Clarendon Hall 0 SUMMERTON – Clarendon Hall fell to 2-1 on the season with a 3-0 loss to Patrick Henry Academy on Thursday at the CH gymnasium.

PHA won by the scores of 25-13, 25-20, 25-11.

Mallory McIntosh had nine points and five aces for the Lady Saints, who are 2-1 in SCISA Region III-1A.

VARSITY GIRLS TENNIS Laurence Manning 6 Holly Hill 3 HOLLY HILL – Laurence Manning Academy defeated Holly Hill Academy 6-3 on Thursday at the HHA courts.

SINGLES 1 – Breland (HHA) defeated newman 8-3.

2 – Becker (HHA) defeated Ham 8-3.

3 – Davis (LMA) defeated Myers 8-1.

4 – Tsukalas (LMA) defeated Weatherford 8-5.

5 – Graham (LMA) defeated Grooms 8-1.

6 – Robinson (LMA) won by forfeit.

DOUBLES 1 – Breland/Myers (HHA) defeated Ham/Davis 9-7.

2 – Newman/Tsukalas (LMA) defeated Becker/Weatherford 8-6.

3 – Robinson/Wilson (LMA) wins by forfeit.

Logan Scruggs dished out five assists and Lindsay Daniel had six aces.

TSA is now 2-1 on the season and will host Carolina Academy on Tuesday.

JUNIOR VARSITY VOLLEYBALL

Lakewood 2

Clarendon Hall 2

LAKE CITY – Lakewood High School defeated Lake City 2-0 on Thursday at the LC gymnasium.

The Lady Gators won by the scores of 25-15, 25-21.

Aubry Quinzy had 12 service points and seven aces for LHS. Taylor McPhail had nine points, six aces, two kills and three digs, Kaleigh Geddings had four digs, one kill and one ace and Monet Reevey had six points, two aces and two digs.

Patrick Henry 0 SUMMERTON – Clarendon Hall improved to 4-0 with a 2-0 victory over Patrick Henry on Thursday at the CH gymnasium.

The Lady Saints won by the scores of 25-8, 25-18. Amberly Way led the way with 15 points and seven aces. Chloe Anderson had eight points and three aces.

Thomas Sumter 2

Lake City 0

Ben Lippen 0

JUNIOR VARSITY TENNIS

COLUMBIA – Thomas Sumter Academy swept Ben Lippen 2-0 on Thursday at the BL gymnasium by the scores of 25-21, 25-17.

Karleigh Young led the Lady Generals with five kills.

Carolina 7 Laurence Manning 2 LAKE CITY – Laurence Manning Academy lost to Carolina Academy 7-2 on Thursday at the CA courts.

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SINGLES 1 – Hunt (CA) defeated Rickenbaker 8-4.

2 – McDaniel (CA) defeated South 8-4.

3 – Ham (LMA) defeated Cameron 8-4.

4 – Palmer (CA) defeated Matthews 8-4.

5 – Yarborough (CA) def. Shirley 8-1.

6 – Killman (CA) defeated Lee 8-5.

DOUBLES 1 – Rickenbaker/South (LMA) defeated Hunt/Palmer 8-6.

2 – McDaniel/Cameron (CA) defeated Ham/Matthews 8-4.

3 – Brown/Matthews (CA) defeated Shirley/Lee 8-5.

B TEAM VOLLEYBALL Wilson Hall loses pair Wilson Hall played its first ever B volleyball matches on Thursday at Nash Student Center, losing to both Robert E. Lee Academy and Hammond by 2-0 scores.

REL won by the scores of 25-5, 25-11 while Hammond won 25-20, 25-20.

Mary Jones had three service points in the REL match.

In the Hammond match, Kaitlyn Smith had six points and two aces. Sarah Alexander, Jerica Bozio and Mary Ellis Waynick all had three aces and Annabelle Huffman had two kills.

Staff report

Hilton said there’s a good chance Cudd will sign early, but the family might also want to wait until after the Beach Ball Classic in December where more coaches can scout him.

Point guard Ja Morant of Crestwood High set official visits to Murray State this weekend and to USC on Sept.

16. Wofford is another school he has said he will visit.

Luke Garza, a 6-11 player from Washington, has not yet decided on his fifth official visit, but he said he remains in touch with USC head coach Frank Martin and assistant Bruce Shingler. Garza has visited Alabama and Iowa and will visit UGA and ND. Clemson has made 6-9 Ejike Obinna of Nigeria a top target since first eyeballing him last August. Obinna and his host family in Ashburn, Va., recently made their official visit and Tiger head coach Brad Brownell and staff made a strong impression, according to Obinna’s host father Ray Matthews.

“Everything was outstanding, they couldn’t have done anything any better,” Matthews said. “They made it very clear he was their priority for that position, and we’re very appreciative of everything they’ve done.”

It was the first visit of four Obinna has scheduled. He is scheduled to be at USC this weekend, Oklahoma on Sept.

16 and Vanderbilt on Sept. 23.

Virginia Tech is also in the mix for an official visit.

“It’s the first visit and he has four set and really intends to go through those before making a decision,” Matthews said. “The visit itself, you couldn’t ask for anything better. The interaction, the contact, the observation, the relationship building has been very consistent since the first time they saw him.”

Clemson is scheduled for its in-home visit on Sept. 9, the first day coaches can go in the home.

Shooting guard Alex O’Connell of Milton, Ga., who has a Clemson offer, was offered by Duke and committed to the Blue Devils.

BASEBALL Right-handed pitcher Josh Church (6-2, 180) of Ashley Ridge in Summerville committed to USC.

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