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PALMETTO SHOWDOWN Byrnes to host 20 teams on June 14-15 By JOHN CLAYTON On Twitter @JCTweetsOn
High school football fans in the area won’t have to wait until September to get their football fix. The 2013 edition of the Palmetto State Showdown is set for June 14-15 at the Byrnes High School fields in Duncan. Twenty 7-on-7 teams representing 17 different high schools from as far away as New Jersey and as close as Union County and Greenville are set to compete in the annual tournament. Host Byrnes will field two squads as will Bergen (N.J.) and Valdosta (Ga.). Also set to compete are: Berkeley, Brunswick (Ga.), Daniel, Gainesville (Ga.), Greenville, Erwin (N.C.), Jack Britt (N.C.), Jefferson County (Ga.) and Lake Side (Ga.). Also, Myrtle Beach, North Gwinnett (Ga.), Southern Durham (N.C.), Union County, and Wren.
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> Blue Ridge promotes Shane Clark to head Shane Clark was promoted by Blue Ridge High School to head football coach, the school announced earlier this month. Clark, who was formerly the head coach at Travelers Rest, has been an assistant coach at Blue Ridge for the past three years, including last season as offensive coordinator. Clark was the Tigers’ defensive coordinator
in 2010 and 2011. A certified athletic trainer, Clark was on the Shrine Bowl coaching staff this past December in that role. Clark replaces Wade Cooper as head coach. Cooper left the post to become defensive coordinator at Dorman.
> Matthew West named Dorman baseball coach Dorman took the interim tag away from Matthew West when he was named the school’s head baseball coach. West, a former assistant, took over the Cavaliers baseball team on an interim basis this past fall. He guided the Cavaliers to a 22-9 overall record, including 13-1 in Region II-4A play. Dorman advanced to the Upper State finals before being ousted from the playoffs. “He is not just an excellent teacher of the game of baseball but a positive role model for our student athletes,” said Dorman Athletic Director Flynn Harrell of West. “I believe that he has what it takes to continue to help young men succeed on and off the field in the future.”
> HAL McMANUS to lead Boiling Springs athletics As of mid-May, Spartanburg High School was in the market for a new head basketball coach and athletic director. Hal McManus resigned from both positions to accept the job of athletic director at Boiling Springs. McManus replaces Walter Mathis at the helm of the Boiling Springs athletic department.
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> Summer Swim League begins season June 11 The Spartanburg Summer Swim League will begin its season on Tuesday, June 11 and run for six weeks through Tuesday, July 16. The championship meet is scheduled for Monday, July 29 at the Middle Tyger YMCA. The nine-team league includes the Hillbrook Pool Dophins, Westside Club Hammerheads, Country Club of Spartanburg Sailfish, Spartanburg Athletic Club Sharks; Converse College Marlins, Parkwood Sharks, Lantern Ridge Stingrays and the Carolina Country Club Seals. For a complete schedule of SSSL events, visit http://sssl.us/ meets. GAME DAY u MAY 2013 5
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Spartanburg Christian Academy’s Taylor Shilling will continue her volleyball and academic careers at Spartanburg Methodist College. Shilling, an outside hitter for the Warriors, recorded 57 aces, 137 kills and 324 digs during her senior campaign. She joined the SCA varsity as an eighth grader and plans to major in sports management in college.
Rising talent on display in Jackets’ spring game By JIM FAIR GREERTODAY.COM Dorian Lindsey, a rising sophomore, saw his first quarterback action at Dooley Field during the annual spring game. If a picture is worth a thousand words, Johnson only has to refer to exhibit A – a classic diving catch across the end zone for a touchdown – in the Greer High School spring game at Dooley Field. “I think that definitely helps,” Young said with a smile. Johnson, a rising senior defensive back and return specialist, said that catch helped state his case. “I ran an inside post and (Dorian Lindsey) threw it over my left shoulder like we’ve been practicing,” Johnson said. Johnson caught the ball, fully outstretched with his body parallel to the ground, and soared over the goal line in mid-flight. Johnson said he would gladly offer his talents on offense. “I want to
play anywhere I can help my team to reach state,” Johnson said. “I believe you got to want it and play hard to be great.” Johnson also intercepted a pass and ran it back for a touchdown. Johnson has been a rising talent in Greer’s secondary since his freshman year and has matured, “into maybe the best safety in the state and a quality person,” Young said. In Johnson’s past two seasons Greer made the playoffs twice, losing in the first round in 2011 and the second round last year. Johnson’s theme this year: “Go hard or go home.” Lindsey’s passing impressed Young in the scrimmage. He will be a sophomore in the fall and will battle rising junior Thomas Center for playing time. “Dorian played well for his first time playing in this stadium,” Young said. DeAndre Moren, rising junior, saw considerable action at running back. He also intercepted a pass. Young usually waits to review the
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Junior RB DeAndre Moren (17) goes for yardage as senior LB Trent Barbare (40) attempts to slow him down.
film of scrimmages and games before signaling out individuals. He was pleased with the line play. “Roland (Nall) and Ty (Campbell) did well. Ty played offense and defense and will be doing some of that,” Young said • Quez Nesbitt was an early highlight film gaining chunks of yardage on the first drive. Unique to Nesbitt’s day was a fumble recovered by the defense. • Ty Campbell, rising two-way
senior lineman, made a crushing block on one defender that could be heard throughout the stadium. He also recovered Nesbitt’s fumble. • There were some acrobatic catches by receivers. Tay Woods, rising senior, grabbed one and Emmanuel Kelly tipped a pass to himself. Kelly scored a touchdown on a reception. • Adrian McGee, rising sophomre, intercepted a pass.
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Pitching, parity keys as American Legion gets under way By JOHN CLAYTON On Twitter @JCTweetsOn
Greer Post 115 advanced to the state tournament from League Six last season.
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Last year’s American Legion baseball season came down to the bitter end -- and then some. A compact League Six schedule was made even tighter as the season waned by a series rainouts and four teams sprinted toward the finish line, all within two games of one another. When the regular-season ended, some teams were involved in single-game playoffs simply to determine seeding. Inman Post 45 head coach Steve Skinner said that could be the case again in 2013 as the teams prepare to get under way. “I think it will be that way again this year,” Skinner said. “I see two or three really strong teams, so I think it’s going to be real competitive.” After all was said and done, Greer Post 115 made it to the state tournament with one final 2-1 victory over League Six foe Spartanburg. The correlation between pitching and winning is accepted as a universal truth in baseball, and Greer head coach Dale Gosnell
said that will be the key to winning. “It’s going to be interesting,” Gosnell said. “With the kids we have returning and the commitments from some new kids from Eastside, I think we could do well.” Spartanburg Post 28 welcomes a new head coach in Barry Keith. Keith was an assistant with Post 28 last season. Already, the team, which began the season with only 14 players a year ago, had more than 50 attend a recent two-day tryout. Keith said he is looking forward to improved depth across the board with an influx of players from Dorman, Spartanburg Day School as well as Broome and Spartanburg. But Keith, a hitting instructor, said pitching will be key for everyone. ‘Pitching is the thing,” he said. “Good pitching is just hard to hit -- and I say that as a hitting instructor. Programs who have the pitching depth can be successful.” League Six is also starting anew its junior program, giving roster spots to more players who will play a complete junior schedule this season.
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Landrum’s Bridges signs with USC Upstate By JOHN CLAYTON On Twitter @JCTweetsOn Landrum basketball standout Daniel Bridges was a guy with options. Several universities wanted him to head off to a Virginia prep school to hone his skills and body before playing the college game. But in the end, an offer from Coach Eddie Payne’s USC Upstate program with the promise of a red-shirt season as a freshman was too much for Bridges to resist. He signed with the Spartans earlier this month. “It’s going to be a fun experience, and I have a chance to get a few more classes knocked out before I start playing. I think that will help me in the long run,” Bridges said. Bridges, a 6-foot-7 small forward, led the Cardinals to back-to-back playoff appear-
ances, including the Upper State finals this past season, in his two years at Landrum. The redshirt season at Upstate will allow Bridges to put on needed weight and muscle to compete at the NCAA Division I level in the Atlantic Sun Conference. “Going into school, I knew I needed to put on some weight,” Bridges said. “I also need to work Landrum’s Daniel Bridges, seated center, signs his letter of intent to play basketon the other aspects of my game ball at USC Upstate. Also seated, mother Kelly and father Dean. Standing from left, -- shooting, dribbling, all of it. I Landrum Athletic Director John Cann and head basketball coach Lyn Smith. nals’ record with Bridges in the Payne’s wide-open offense at think this redshirt period is golineup over the past two seasons Upstate helped Bridges decide to ing to help me out very much.” join the Spartans. As a high school player, fewer was 48-7 with a pair of region “That four-out, one-in set is were more effective than Bridges championships. “At 6-7, he’s got a great skill more me because I like to play over the past two seasons. set,” said Landrum head coach on the outside,” said Bridges. In his two seasons with the Lyn Smith, who said Bridges is “I’m really more of a shooting Cardinals, Bridges, who was the first Division I basketball guard, and I feel like their offenhome-schooled until his junior signee from Landrum. “He’s gosive style really suits me.” year of high school, averaged a ing to be tough to guard on the Bridges is the second double-double with 17.4 points perimeter. The only thing that Landrum player to sign with and 10.4 rebounds per game, can stop him is himself. He may colleges this year. Guard Truston both team highs. Whiteside signed in April with More importantly, the Cardi- miss the shot, but he’s going to get it off.” Southern Wesleyan.
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Chesnee students and players join in the dogpile on the mound to celebrate the team›s 2A state baseball championship. JED BLACKWELL PHOTO
EAGLES SOAR CHESNEE TRADITION CONTINUES WITH 5TH STATE TITLE
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f you’re a Chesnee baseball player, putting your name down in the history books means first putting it up on the wall. At the entrance to the school’s baseball field, a quartet of signs celebrating the Eagles’ state championships, complete with the names of all players and coaches who earned them, welcomes visitors to the stadium. There will be a fifth.
The 2013 version of the Eagles bested Bishop England two games to one to win this year’s 2A state title, taking a 5-3 victory in the third and deciding game at Chapin High School. “It’s the payoff for a lot of hard work,” said senior pitcher Jordan Wilkinson, who threw six shutout innings in Game Three. “We knew from day one that we had a shot. We knew hard work would get it done. A couple of months later, here we are.” Wilkinson said the Eagles had played with a bit of a chip on their shoulder since a disappointing season a year ago. “It means a lot to take one home for the school,” he said. “We had a bad year last year. It was kind of embarrassing. We wanted to get that tradition back.”
That tradition is what has made Chesnee baseball so important to the community through the years. It’s why Dean Jones Stadium was packed foul pole to foul pole for Game One, why Bishop England saw an overflow crowd of visitors for Game Two, and why Game Three saw Chapin’s home stands packed with a different breed of Eagles. Chesnee athletic director Bill Owens said that baseball was the cornerstone of the Eagles’ athletic programs. “When you say Chesnee High School, you think about baseball,” he said. “The tradition and the pride there are tremendous. You need one program to be your anchor, to let those championships filter through to the rest of the athletic program. Baseball is GAME DAY u MAY 2013 13
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Boiling Springs’ Katie Jacoby (3) is welcomed at home plate by teammates after her first-inning home run in Game 2 of the Class 4A state finals against Summerville.
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t was the sophomore outfielder being serenaded “Happy Birthday” by her body-painted classmates grouped outside the centerfield fence. It was the pregame hacky-sack circle filled with laughs (thank goodness they’re not the soccer team).
It was the Harvard-bound pitcher animatedly discussing strategy with her catcher between innings and then hugging so hard after the game bones could have been broken. It was the pixie shortstop booting the first ball hit to her and then, with perhaps surprising pop, slugging an opposite-field home run to give her team the only lead it would need. It was the senior reserve outfielder entering the game in the fifth, sprinting forward to snatch a dying quail out of the
air for the final out of her career. That was the out that brought on the celebration -- the one that finally handed Boiling Springs the Class 4A softball championship on its home field. With that running catch by Taylor Tschappat, Summerville was adamantly vanquished, 11-0, as were all the old ghosts of J.L. Mann and Mauldin and Hillcrest. Those teams had spent the past three years denying Boiling Springs admittance to the state championship round, denying the
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Seniors, from left, Taylor Cabe, Katie Jacoby, Taylor Schappat and Bailie Maybry hold the state championship trophy.
Lady Bulldogs this moment, the chance to end their season with a win and one big ol’ trophy. “To come in and make the last catch -- that made my heart stop for a little bit,” Tschappat said. “That’s a memory I’m never going to forget.” There were plenty of memorable moments in the game -- home runs from the battery of Taylor Cabe and Webber Roberts in addition to the oppositefield shot from Katie Jacoby that jump-started the Bulldogs’ offense. Cabe also bounced a ground-rule double off the leftfield fence, but Roberts’ tworun homer brought her home anyway. “In the first inning when I hit that home run that put us up by three, I knew it set fire to our team,” Jacoby said. “Our hitting is just contagious and we all just picked it up. . . . We were just all over it, really confident in our swings.” Cabe was typically dominant with a two-hit, two-walk shutout as the Bulldogs closed the season with a 31-1 record. The 11-0 win over Summerville was the third mercy-rule victory since the start of the Upper State playoffs. McKenna Quinn, the birthday girl in right field, called it her best birthday by far. “I believed we could do it all year. It seems so unreal now that 18 MAY 2013 u GAME DAY
it’s actually happened.” “Amazing.” “Exciting.” “Terrific.” “Unbelievable.” So many adjectives, so little time. “Our offense was great,” Cabe said. “It felt great to come out and be able to make that statement and do the best that we could.” By the third inning, a 3-0 lead had grown to 9-0 and everyone in both dugouts knew it was all over but the shouting. “If it had been 1-0, I had confidence that Taylor would get
Senior pitcher Taylor Cabe has anchored the Bulldogs all season in the circle.
Junior Camry Taylor takes a big swing in the state finals.
the job done,” Jacoby said. Boiling Springs head coach Sandy Martin said this team was special from the start. “This is probably the best team I’ve ever coached,” Martin said. “They were so supportive of one another. You get a bunch of teenage girls together and you almost always have drama. We had none of that this year and it showed on the field.” The result was the school’s first state softball championship for a program that had become a perennial contender over the past few years. Did we say, “finally?” The two-game sweep of Summerville was the apex of a four-year journey highlighted by frustration in the Upper State finals against a trio of softball powerhouses in Mauldin, J.L. Mann and Hillcrest. This time around, the topranked Bulldogs started the Upper State round with a 3-1 victory over the aforementioned
J.L. Mann. No one else scored on them until the opening game of the finals against the Green Wave, a 4-3 Boiling Springs victory. “Everything we’ve worked so hard for, even over past years -- making it to Upper State four years in a row -- it just all came together in this one game,” Roberts said. “We just showed out. We had so much talent this year, and I feel like everybody played up to their abilities tonight.” Cabe said the past was a teaching tool for this year’s team, both frustrating and inspiring her and her teammates to live up to their No. 1 state and top-25 national ranking. It also gave them perspective. “It makes it more meaningful; it makes it more special,” Cabe said of the four-year journey with the Bulldogs. “It made us hungrier. We wanted to not just get here, we wanted to win. . . . It’s our moment. We’ve been waiting for it for a long time.”
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Shortstop Colton Grant (2) takes aim in the Class 2A state finals against Bishop England.
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Jimmy Yelton (9) hugs teammate Chase Botts after the Eagles stopped Bishop England 5-3 in Game 3 of the state finals.
Colton Grant (2) heads to third base.
Tristen Swofford takes a cut against Bishop England.
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obviously our anchor at Chesnee.” While baseball may be the anchor, the community holds tight to the Eagles. Head coach Scott Wease said he was happy the team could give Chesnee another title. “It means a lot,” Wease said. “Our town is great in support of our baseball program, and really all our athletic programs. To get this win for them is great.” Owens said that as an AD, he appreciated the close-knit nature of the community and the program. “That’s the beauty of being a small school in a small town,” he said. “Everything centers around church and school. Everybody’s involved with everything. This is what high school athletics is all about. It’s just a great part of these kids’ total high school experience.” Legendary coach Dean Jones, who hung four of those championship signs and led the Eagles for more than 40 years, was succinct in his explanation of the importance of another baseball title. “It means everything,” he said. “To Chesnee people, this is the most important thing that could happen right now.” Jones said the team made it easy to cheer them on. “They’re just great young men,” he said. “For any of us who love Chesnee High School, there’s not one of us who wouldn’t pour our hearts out for them.
They’ve played hard. They’ve worked. You might not have picked them to win a state title, but they deserved it. They didn’t have any real big names. Well, they’ve got some good-sized names now.” Soon, those names will be permanently etched in Chesnee baseball history. Owens said that honor could not be emphasized enough. “Those kids walk in every time they go to play and they see those state championship names on those signs,” he said. “Now, they get a chance to add to the history. We honor former teams, and when you look at the guys who come back and stand on that hill, it means a lot to them. It means a lot to everybody who comes to the stadium, to everybody who drives by and looks at those signs. I’m tickled to death we get to add another one out there.” Jones couldn’t put into words how much the honor of hanging another championship sign would mean. “I’ve had the feeling,” he said. “But I can’t explain it.” Wilkinson wasn’t trying to get a handle on the feeling, at least not yet. But he knows that he and his teammates will celebrate and be celebrated – now and always. “To come back and see our names up there for a state championship…that’s always going to feel great,” he said.
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Everyone agreed. s of today, I had covered three S.C. On the way home, the High School League Chapman coaching staff gets a state championship phone call conferring that the events this school year -rulebook says the game reverts basketball, golf and softball. back to the last full inning, which meant Daniel won, 2-0. They all have gone well. I’d covered enough softball and The biggest trouble I had was baseball games to know that was finding the relocated media indeed the rule. However, the entrance at Colonial Life Center umpires did not delay the game in Columbia. Some days are like that -- you’re either looking for a for the mandatory 30 minutes before dismissing way in or a way out. the teams, leaving The SCHSL, to a loophole big its everlasting credit, enough for puts on a pretty good Chapman to drive state championship one of its District -- and I’ve covered 1 activity buses just about all of through. them, from football So, Chapman to cheerleading to had more than soccer to track and one leg to stand field. on when its Unfortunately, coaches appealed the SCHSL’s job the SCHSL’s doesn’t stop there. JOHN decision. Even so, There are operational CLAYTON the SCHSL quoted, issues that arise from as it had so many time to time that require times before, that the management and decisionrule is the rule is the rule. Appeal making outside the norm. In denied. business, this might be called Understandably, Chapman crisis management. In the sought a legal injunction and the newspaper business, we called it SCHSL acquiesced, finally calling Monday, but that’s neither here on its executive committee to nor there. review the case. What matters is that no It took a week and several matter what you call it, the lawyers -- or at least the threat powers that be at the SCHSL of them -- for the SCHSL to offices aren’t very good at it, see reason rather than rules. and they proved it again after That part of the 3A bracket was Chapman played Daniel in a frozen while the SCHSL got the playoff softball game. committee together for a special Here’s the situation as it was: hearing. Everyone, including Chapman took a 3-2 lead in Union County, Seneca, Daniel the middle of the sixth inning and the Panthers waited. when the skies parted, washing So, this is management? Wait out the rest of the game. The for somebody to call a lawyer head umpire looked to the and then give weight to the Chapman and Daniel coaches concerns of the people you are and said he was suspending the game, come back tomorrow, and charged with not only governing but protecting? we’ll pick it up right here in the This is why the SCHSL got sixth, runner on second and no what was essentially a “noouts.
confidence” vote from members of the S.C. General Assembly after the Goose Creek football fiasco last fall. In case you missed that one, Goose Creek, ranked No. 11 in the country and No. 1 in the state, was denied a playoff berth because a little-used special needs student was not eligible but had been on the team’s roster. Goose Creek self-reported the incident. Irked no end, members of the state legislature from the greater Goose Creek area sought to fold the SCHSL into the state department of education because of rampant ineptitude. This -- and I say this as a proud native of this state -- from The South Carolina General Assembly. Isn’t that a little like Ozzy asking you to turn your music down? (Kids, ask your parents.) Or Kanye getting all in your grill and dissin’ your jam? (Parents,
ask your kids.) I mean, when politicians from these parts call you out on the playground, something is terribly, terribly wrong. And something is still terribly, terribly wrong with the SCHSL’s ability to deal with the complex issues that very often are not covered by the black-and-white ink of its rulebook. First, punishments need to fit transgressions. Second, if a league representative in the field makes a reasonable call on something such as a game suspension and neither team protests it at the time, then that ruling stands, even if it is contrary to the letter of the rule. Third, the endgame of all rules and rulings should be the enhancement of the lives and experiences of the players, schools and communities the SCHSL serves. Much time, heartache and legal wrangling could have been saved over the years had those three simple premises had been followed. No one wants anarchy, but everyone wants decisions to be made fairly and with examination from both the heart and mind. The executive committee basically gave Chapman and Daniel a do-over, ruling to start the game over from the beginning. Daniel won with a seventh-inning rally. Like I said, some days you’re just looking for a way out, and that was probably the only one for the SCHSL this time. It just didn’t have to be that way. GAME DAY u MAY 2013 21
4A STATE GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
Bulldogs falter over final 9, take second By JOHN CLAYTON On Twitter @JCTweetsOn With the Spartanburg County championship already in hand, the Boiling Springs High School boys golf team had the Class 4A state title within its grasp before the golfing gods scoffed. The wind picked up over the Furman University Golf Club layout and -- to a man -- the Bulldogs’ putters betrayed them as a 9-stroke lead through 36 holes evaporated over the final 9. South Aiken shot a tournament-best 302 in the final round to edge Boiling Springs by three strokes, 922-925. “We just couldn’t make putts,” said Boiling Springs senior Landen Hamrick. “We just couldn’t get the ball in the hole. It’s like there was a lid over the cup.” Erskine-bound senior Trey Daniel was emotional after the tough loss. “As a whole, nobody played their A-game,” Daniel said. “Everybody played their C-game, and I played my F-game. It was just tough.” Easley (930) was third behind Boiling Springs and Byrnes (934) was fourth. Ashley Ridge’s Zak Butt (214) took medalist honors followed by Riverside’s Jonathan Hardee (217). Boiling Springs’ Trevor Phillips (220) was fourth and Byrnes’ Taylor White (222), a USC Upstate signee, was fifth.
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Leaders of the Inman Youth Association are rewriting the playbook for youth football in the area. IYA President Jimmy Staton said changes made to how the game is taught and played are designed to make the game safer for the young competitors. “We want to keep the league as a whole a lot safer,” Staton said. “With so many concerns about concussions and head injuries, we’re taking steps to answer those questions and keep those fears down as much as possible.” Rules that regroup players by grades instead of age are among the changes designed to make the game safer. Already adopted by the IYA, Staton took the proposed
changes and new procedures to other youth associations around the county, creating the “Foothills Alliance,” a group of youth associations that have agreed to the new playbook. Youth associations in Landrum, Campobello, Chesnee, Pacolet, Boiling Springs and Cowpens quickly became part of the Foothills Alliance with votes from other organizations pending as of mid-May. Associations in Woodruff and District 5 (Duncan/Lyman) play intra-league games and have similar procedures already in place. Under the adopted rules, younger players would start out in a more skills-based style of play, resembling a “7-on-7” type of game. As the players grow older and more accomplished, the game will become more
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From left, Sophia Jones, 13; Emmie Sprinkle, 13; and Elainee Sprinkle, 10; earned some of the highest All-Around scores in South Carolina this season. Elainee Sprinkle, left, has emerged as the Excel Platinum State Champion, while sister Emmie, right, is the highest level gymnast at Spartanburg Gymnastics.
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