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Union County's Keiston Smith was one of two South Carolina quarterbacks selected to the 2012 Shrine Bowl. Recently, Smith was named Best of the Best; the Union Daily Times' Most Outstanding Player of the Year. Tiffany Grady-Hudgins photo.
Smith named Union County’s ‘Best of the Best’
UNION COUNTY — Union County’s highly decorated quarterback can add another accolade to his already impressive resume. The Union Daily Times selects Keiston Smith as its first annual Most Outstanding Athlete of the Year for Union County High School. The news should come as no surprise after the numbers Smith posted as the Jackets’ dual threat quarterback this past season. In his senior year at UCHS, Smith racked up 4,604 passing yards and 42...
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Softball, tennis, basketball camps announced
Softball Tournament South Hills Complex will host a one pitch softball tournament on June 15 and all proceeds will go to Kenny Price’s medical expenses. The entry fee is $150 per team. For more information, contact Foots Lawson at 426-1874 or Bird Arthur at 426-4334. Tennis Camp USPTA Pro Brad Tate’s annual tennis camp will be held from June 3 through June 6 and June 10 through June 14 from 9 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. at the Foster Park...
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Rippy Memorial Tag Team Tournament to be held June 1
UNION — Trans-South Wrestling will hold the first round of the Dr. Bobby G. Rippy Memorial Tag Team Tournament at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 1, at the Union County Fairgrounds Industrial Exhibit Building. The winners of the tournament will be crowned the first-ever TSW Tag Team Champions. The tournament is named for the late Dr. Bobby Rippy, a U.S. Navy veteran who remained community-minded throughout his lifetime. Dr. Rippy, along with his wif...
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Photos submitted 3rd Degree, a travel ball team which features some Union County talent, went undefeated this past weekend in a tournament to earn the Championship title.
3rd Degree wins championship title
LEXINGTON — Local softball players Katelyn Petty and Abbie Valentine helped their 14u travel ball team, 3rd Degree, to a tournament championship in Lexington over the weekend. Petty plays shortstop for 3rd Degree and Valentine is the team’s left fielder.Third Degree is coached by Tommy Petty, head coach of the Union County High School baseball team as well as former UCHS second baseman Megan Russell who signed with the North Greenville Coll...
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Photo submitted Team Aruba celebrates its first ADRL win.
Team Aruba scores first ADRL win
CORDOVA, Ill. — Heading into the ADRL Spring Drags, Team Aruba was looking to wrap up some unfinished business, and that’s exactly what they did. From start to finish, Trevor Eman and the gang from Aruba dominated Extreme Pro Stock the entire weekend. In their first qualifying pass, they laid down the number which would remain on top for the weekend, a 4.099 at 175.98 MPH. The Aruba.com / Alltel Wireless Mustang was again the fastest car in r...
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Logan Wade, a former Union County High School softball player, was recently named to the Region 10 All-Region First Team following an impressive first year at Spartanburg Methodist College.
Former Jacket excels at SMC, tapped for All Region team
Logan Wade, a product of Union County High School, capped off an impressive freshman year as a Pioneer when she received Region’s 10 First Team All-Region honors. Wade, a third baseman at Spartanburg Methodist College, helped Union County to a Region 3-3A softball championship last year. She and the Pioneers came up one win short at the Region 10 tournament this year but finished with a 20-2 record, (39-13 overall) to earn the regular seaso...
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Photo submitted Dylan Rogers, a former Union County High School baseball player, is expected to start from the hill on Saturday when Spartanburg Methodist College takes on Walters State Community College in the opening round of the Junior College World Series.
Union County talent on display at JUCO World Series
Former Union County High School baseball players Dylan Rogers, Alex Pridemore, Ricky Rice and Jake Walton boarded a plane in Atlanta on Tuesday, bound for Colorado where they’ll compete in the Junior College World Series. The local standouts took their talents to Spartanburg Methodist College (Rice and Pridemore in 2011, Walton and Rogers in 2012) and have played pivotal roles in the baseball team’s success. The Pioneers (45-13) ripped th...
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Whitmire Community School 2012-13 Athletic Awards
Varsity Football Offensive Award — Sam Miller Defensive Award — Alex Ellison Wolverine Award — Tripp Alexander All-Region — Sam Miller, Alex Ellison Girls Volleyball Scholastic Award — Kentrel Whitmire Coach’s Award — Brianna Swain MVP — Zaviea Sanders All-Region — Zaviea Sanders Varsity Boys Basketball Most Improved — Malik Whitener Offensive Award — Sam Miller Defensive Award — Rondera Lindler All-Region — ...
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The caution comes out as rain delays Saturday night's NASCAR All Star Race in Charlotte. Tiffany Grady-Hudgins photo.
Tiff’s Take: NASCAR; Inconsistencies lead to assumptions
Tiffany Grady-Hudgins Sports Editor Inconsistencies in NASCAR have prompted paranoia among fans and as a result, a broadcasting error on Saturday night led to accusations of bias and cheating. If rules within the sport were not so frequently altered in the past, fans probably wouldn’t have been so easily convinced they’d been duped by NASCAR. As it is, while Jimmie Johnson celebrated his fourth million dollar win of the Sprint Cup All S...
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Tiffany Grady-Hudgins|Daily Times Union County High School its Senior Day Field Day for its seniors following its Senior Awards Day Program on Friday. The festivities included this tug-of-war match as well as other activities.
Senior Day Field Day at UCHS
UNION COUNTY — Union County High School held its Senior Day Field Day for its seniors following its Senior Awards Day Program on Friday.
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Tiffany Grady-Hudgins|Daily Times On Friday, Union County High School wide receiver T.J. Foster made a verbal commitment to play football at Louisville in 2014.
Foster commits to Louisville
Union County High School wide-receiver T.J. Foster has decided to take his football talents to Louisville next year. The 6-foot-3, 175-pound 2014 prospect received two offers in early March (one from Louisville and one from Eastern Carolina). On Friday, he sported a Cardinals t-shirt around UCHS before declaring his intentions and making a verbal commitment to Louisville. “I visited Louisville back in April and I really like the campus,” sa...
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Photo submitted All Twist and Shout competition teams are pictured with their trophies.
Twist and Shout to add two new teams
UNION — The first competitive, traveling cheer teams from Union have had an award-winning year, and plans are already in place for next year. The Twist and Shout Cheer and Dance Center began competition cheering in August 2012 and had three teams this year. The “Minis” team is for ages eight and under; the “Juniors” team is for ages 14 and under; and the “Senior” team is for ages 18 and under. The teams attended four competitions over the...
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Union County ousted by Daniel
The Lady Jackets’ softball season came to an end on Thursday night when they suffered a 5-3 loss at the hands of Daniel. With the win, the Lions claimed the 3A Upperstate title. Union County struck first, pushing a run across in the top of the first inning. Pitcher Payton Martin drew a lead-off walk and received a courtesy runner. Kristin Giles took Martin’s place on first and Dexlie Inman moved her to second with a sacrifice bunt. Cece M...
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Tiffany Grady-Hudgins|Daily Times Abby Allen stands at first base after drawing a walk during Tuesday's upperstate contest versus Daniel. Allen hit a 2-run bomb during Wednesday's 13-8 win over Seneca to help Union County advance to the fourth round where it will face Daniel in a re-match to decide the 3A upperstate champion.
Union County drops Seneca, set for rematch with Daniel
UNION — Union County trailed by as many as four runs before the bats lit up and the Lady Jackets claimed a 13-8 win over Seneca to advance to the Upperstate finale where they’ll get a rematch with Daniel. In the third round of Class 3A playoffs, Seneca took a 4-0 lead in the first inning but Union County cut the margin in half on the bottom of the third when Abby Allen belted a 2-run homer over the left field fence. The Lady Jackets piled...
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Photo by Dawson Powers/IPTAY Media Trey Sailors is introduced to Clemson fans during Saturday's baseball game at Doug Kingsmore Stadium. Sailors, a 10-year-old cancer survivor, was welcomed onto the field during the fifth inning and allowed to steal second base.
Clemson Tigers honor local cancer survivor
CLEMSON — Clemson University brought a dream to reality on Saturday for local cancer survivor, 10-year-old Trey Sailors. The Tigers’ athletic department hosted Sailors and his family for an evening of baseball that included a couple of perks for its guest of honor. Sailors was brought into the Clemson dugout prior to Saturday’s game where he was introduced to the players as well as Coach Jack Leggett. Sailors took pictures, received autogra...
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Daniel’s Hoover stuns Union County
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Runs Hits Errors Daniel 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 4 0 UC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 Right hander Carley Hoover kept Union County off balance for seven innings on Tuesday night, allowing just two hits to lead Daniel a 4-0 win in the second round of 3A upperstate playoffs. Payton Martin went 1-2 for Union County with a single and a walk while Tanijah Hunter singled in the sixth inning. Daniel’s Jenna Carnes hit a two-run homer in the top...
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Tiffany Grady-Hudgins|Daily Times Trey Sailors, a cancer survivor, gets support from his teammates who wore gold hats during Thursday's Dixie Youth game.
Sailors playing baseball after beating cancer
So you’ll go out in joy, you’ll be led into a whole and complete life. — Isaiah 55:12 Trey Sailors wants to be treated like any other player on the baseball field, and he should be, after all, it’s been seven years since he beat cancer. Sailors, a 10-year-old Jonesville Elementary/Middle School student, was born with a small discolored spot on his lower back which raised concerns for his parents, Dennis and Tiffany Sailors. “The ...
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Sports Briefs
SC Jewels Travel Basketball Teams Sponsoring Car Wash UNION — SC Jewels Travel Basketball Teams sponsor a car wash Saturday, May 11 at Advance Auto Parts, 405 N. Duncan Bypass, Union, from 10 a.m.-until, rain or shine. There will also be fish, hot dogs, and dessert. Coaches are Rick Smith and Marion Eison. For call in orders call Sheila Eison at 415-7234 or Tasha Jennings at 706-4516. Slow Pitch Softball At Legends Stadium WHITMIRE — Co...
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Upperstate playoffs halted pending decision
Union County and Daniel made it as far as the second inning of Wednesday’s second round of the Class 3A upperstate softball tournament before a phone call halted play. After a request was made by Chapman High School for the High School League Office to allow the completion of Tuesday’s first round game that was shortened due to rain, the Panthers and Spartanburg School District 1 petitioned for a declaratory relief which set up Wednesday’s ...
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Jackets wrap up golf season despite conditions
GREENVILLE — Despite the inclement weather that has lingered throughout the upstate for nearly a week, the Union County golf team traveled to Southern Oaks Golf Course in Greenville on Monday to compete in the Upperstate golf tournament where it finished with a disappointing team total of 372. “We picked a bad time to play our worst golf of the season,” said Union County Head Coach Rocky Cooper. “Unfortunately that’s golf I guess; some days...
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Tiffany Grady-Hudgins|Daily Times USC Union's David Henderson makes the throw down to second base during a regular season game.
Bantams eliminated in championship game
After a weekend of cold, blustery baseball at the NCBA Division II District IV Playoffs in Clemson, USC Union’s first year club baseball team was eliminated, in the championship game, by Kennesaw State which, as a result, earned the No. 1 seed in the World Series later this month. “Kennesaw State is ranked #1 in the Nation and has been all year,” said USC Union Head Coach Paul Wilkes. “They are on the West side of our conference and I knew ...
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Photo submitted The Union County softball team poses for a picture after winning the 3A District 4 title last Friday night.
Union County drops Seneca with seventh inning surge
Union County turned a defensive battle into a hitting clinic in the bottom of the seventh inning en-route to a 5-2 win over Seneca in the first round of 3A upperstate playoffs on Monday night. After four innings of scoreless softball, Cece Moorman jacked a 2-run homer over the right field fence to give Union County a 2-0 lead in the fifth. Seneca evened things up with two runs on two hits and a sacrifice fly in the sixth inning but the Lady...
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‘Tenacity in the off season’
UNION — Two days after Union County concluded the 2012 football season with a state championship appearance, Head Coach Steve Taneyhill had his team in the weight room, focused on conditioning until the spring months when helmets were brought back out. The 2013 Yellow Jackets are a stronger, faster squad as a result of their tenacity in the off-season. “Its been a long few months of lifting four days a week but we’re so much stronger and ...
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Tiffany Grady-Hudgins|Daily Times The Union County infield congratulates freshman pitcher Payton Martin after a strikeout during Friday night's District Championship Game.
Union County hangs on to win District title
UNION — Leading 6-4 with runners on the corners in the bottom of the seventh inning, Union County’s hopes of securing the District 4 title hung in the balance as Palmetto’s Brooke Ellison drove a long fly ball into right-center field. In a scramble to make the play, Union County outfielders Cece Moorman and Tanija Hunter roughly collided. Moorman reeled it in, though, and hung on for out number three as she and Hunter crashed to the ground ...
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Union County golf team headed to Upperstate
CHESTER — Despite Monday’s blustery conditions, the Union County golf team took the course in Chester to compete in the Region 3-3A Tournament where it qualified for Upperstate with a third place finish. Hunter Parks turned in a score of 75 to lead the Jackets and was selected to the All-Region Team. Union County Head Coach Rocky Cooper said he expected nothing less from the senior co-captain and Spartanburg Methodist signee. “Given the...
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