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Tiffany Grady-Hudgins|Daily Times Blue Gibson takes a break during Saturday's Dixie baseball action.
Lockhart Dixie Youth action
Lockhart Dixie Youth finished out the 2013 baseball season on Saturday with games being played in every age division. The all-day tournament included medal presentations for each athlete following the games and hot dogs were served from the canteens.
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Pages from Daddy’s notebook
Nearly fifteen years ago, my parents dropped me off me off at Spartanburg Methodist College. Before they pulled away, my dad handed me a little notebook, some of the contents of which I decided to share. These are merely a few of the things that a father worries about when his child leaves home for the first time; even when she will be less than an hour away. Excerpts: Try to make good decisions. I know you won’t always make the...
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A Look Ahead; this week’s local sports action
Men’s Church League Softball and American Legion Baseball Schedules for the upcoming week: Monday, June 17 • Union Senior Legion at Spartanburg — 7 p.m. • Union Junior Legionnaires at Union Junior Legion — 7 p.m. • Tabernacle vs West Springs — 7 p.m. — South Hills Adult Field 1 • Mon Aetna vs 1st Presbyterian — 7 p.m. — South Hills Adult Field 2 • Lakeside vs Padgett’s Creek — 8 p.m. — South Hills Adult Field 1 • Bethel vs Buf...
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Church League Schedule
This is the Church League schedule.
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Haney, Adamo named First Team All-Area
Union County High School tennis players Matt Haney and Andrew Adamo were recently selected First Team All -Area by the Spartanburg Herald Journal. “Both of these young men had a great season,” said Union County Head Coach Tom Adamo. “Not only them, but the team as a whole preformed higher than expected, with these only two starters returning from last year.” Haney, a rising junior, is a 2-time All-Region selection who was named to the Sec...
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Tiffany Grady-Hudgins|Daily Times Dontae Nash, a senior linebacker, gets encouragement from Coach Jacob Painter and his teammates as he competes in Thursday's lineman challenge.
Jackets fair well in 7-on-7
UNION — On Thursday night, the Union County High School football team competed in its first 7-on-7, hosting Spartanburg, Lancaster and Ware Shoals high schools. The Jackets A squad went 4-1-1 on the evening, finishing the first match-up versus Spartanburg in a tie, winning the next four and then falling to the Vikings by three points before lightning halted the tournament. In the linemen challenge, Union County’s A squad finished first, f...
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Tiffany Grady-Hudgins|Daily Times Spencer Woodall zeros in on his target during serving drills at tennis camp on Wednesday.
Young tennis players rapidly progressing
UNION — Local tennis pro Brad Tate is seeing positive results from the athletes participating in the annual tennis camp he’s holding this week at Foster Park. “All the beginners have done really well, more so than usual,” said Tate. “You really have to work at your strokes in tennis. Kids like Caroline (Berry) and her brother (John Berry) have just been picking it up really fast and it’s been exciting for me, very rewarding.” In addition ...
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Petty talks about decision to switch up
Tommy Petty, a Union native who’s coached baseball for the past 20 years, was recently named the new Union County High School Head Softball Coach for 2013-14. Sports Editor, Tiffany Grady-Hudgins, caught up with Petty who was away on vacation, in a phone interview on Wednesday. TGH: Coach, I won’t keep you long, I know you’re trying to enjoy your vacation. Can you tell me when you found out that you were getting the job? Petty: I ac...
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Danny Gault
Former UCHS coach battles an unrelenting opponent
SPARTANBURG — Danny Gault has won his fair share of battles on the softball field — 200 to be exact — but now the opponent he faces is truly lethal and the situation is literally life-or-death. Then Prior to the 2013 softball season, I interviewed former Union County Head Softball Coach Danny Gault for an article that would outline what most expected to be a re-building year. The Lady Jackets had been a powerhouse for the past few years ...
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Tommy Petty
Petty takes the reins as UCHS softball coach
UNION COUNTY — Union County High School announced Tuesday that Coach Tommy Petty has joined its staff as varsity softball coach for the 2013-2014 school year. Petty, who previously coached baseball, was named Region Coach of the Year for the last three consecutive seasons during which time the Jackets have also been crowned Region Baseball Champions (2011, 2012, and 2013). In 2011, the baseball team won the Upper-State Championship and in...
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Inaugural race raises more than $4,000
UNION — Local runners recently competed in the Inaugural Little Man’s Cha-Ching 5K that was held in Union. The idea behind the race was to raise money for the Leroy Belue Relay for Life Team and the event was a success with more than $4,000 being donated to the team. According to participants, Beth Belue (the wife of the late Leroy Belue) obtained sponsors and worked tirelessly to put together a 5k that went amazingly well despite the rai...
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Tiffany Grady-Hudgins|Daily Times Washington Wizards' power forward and former UCHS standout Trevor Booker watches as future basketball star Dorien Henderson demonstrates his ball handling skills during a basketball camp at Sims Middle School. Booker is holding a basketball camp this week in Mauldin.
Booker holding basketball camp in Mauldin
MAULDIN — Young athletes are getting another chance to attend a Trevor Booker basketball camp this week in Mauldin, S.C. Booker is a former Union County High School and Clemson standout, who currently plays power-forward for the Washington Wizards. Booker is teaming with former NBA player Greg Buckner for a week-long camp that will run from June 10-14 at the Mauldin Recreation Center. The free all-day camp that Booker held at Sims Middle Sc...
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Photos by Deb Belk Mr. Jantzen Childers, Union County FCA Board Chairman, welcomes Mr. Terry Lee to the FCA’s Annual Golf Tournament. Mr. Lee represented the corporate sponsor, Southern Designs Systems at the FCA’s Fifth Annual Golf Tournament.
FCA holds annual golf tournament
UNION — The Fellowship of Christian Athletes recently held its Annual Golf Tournament.
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Team Aruba has first ADRL Extreme Pro Stock victory
UNION — Team Aruba’s capture of their first ADRL Extreme Pro Stock victory warranted victory celebrations from Cordova, Ill. to Union, S.C. to south of the equator where the country of Aruba gave perhaps the loudest victory shout yet. The Aruba.com/Alltel Wireless team was greeted at the airport by family, friends, racers, fans and media. TV and radio stations were even live on air for their triumphant arrival. The team, whose humble demeanor...
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A Look Ahead; this week’s local sports action
This week’s Union American Legion Baseball and UCRD Men’s Church League Softball Monday, June 10 7 p.m. — South Hills Adult Field 1 Buffalo vs Badgett’s Creek 7 p.m. — South Hills Adult Field 2 New Life vs Mon Aetna 8 p.m. — South Hills Adult Field 1 West Springs vs Crestview 7 p.m. — Junior Legionnaires at Gaffney Tuesday, June 11 7 p.m. — South Hills Adult Field 1 Mon Aetna vs Padgett’s Creek 7 p.m. — South Hills Adul...
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Tiffany Grady-Hudgins|Daily Times Caroline Berry returns a serve during tennis camp on Wednesday.
Tennis camp to resume June 10
UNION — USPTA Pro Brad Tate’s annual tennis camp will resume on Monday and run through Friday from 9 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. at the Foster Park Tennis Courts, (Courts will be newly re-surfaced). Daily snacks will be provided as participants learn the fundamentals through games and match play. There will be a pizza party on Thursday. Camp fee is $60. Union County High School’s #1 singles player, Matt Haney, will be assisting Tate with lesson...
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The Muddogs travel ball team recently won the 12U USSSA Southeast Regional Gold Division Championship title. Pictured: Connor Mitchell, Kaleb Small, Lucas Austin, Jake Stroud, Cody Harris, Peyton Deskins, Zach Humphries, Bryan Good, Michael Purdie, T.T. Kershaw, Nick Bailey and Mason Melton.
Muddogs win division championship
UNION — The Carolina Muddogs went 3-1 over the weekend and were crowned the 12U USSSA Southeast Regional Gold Division Champions. On Saturday, the Muddogs defeated the Upstate Yankees 13-0 and then lost to the Carolina Braves, 8-4. On Sunday, the Dogs saw the Braves in a rematch of the second game. This time, the Union County-based team took a 6-1 win to set up the championship game versus the District 5 Rebels. In the tournament finale, ...
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Photos by Misti Burr Gage Sanders returns the ball to the pitcher during travel ball action on Saturday.
RiverRats win two, lose two in tournament
UNION — After seeing the first two travel ball tournaments of the season halted due to rain, the 13U RiverRats baseball team completed four games this past weekend at the Under Armour Southeast Regional held at the Timken Sports Complex. The RiverRats won two and lost two. “I’ve told them that winning is good — everyone wants to win championships — but our most important goal as coaches is to teach these young men the game of baseball the...
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Photo submitted Dustin West takes a swing at the plate during last weekend's tournament.
Mavericks head to Atlanta
The Upstate Mavericks pulled out of Union County at 4:30 on Wednesday enroute to Atlanta, Ga. to compete in the Perfect Game Tournament that is scheduled for later this week.
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Tiffany Grady-Hudgins|Daily Times Joe Knox Jr. is surprised by his father, Joe Knox Sr. during a Little League baseball game on Tuesday. Knox returned from a 9-month military assignment and watched his son's game from the press box before slipping onto the field while the players were shaking hands.
A soldier reunites with his son
UNION — There was a baseball game on Tuesday at the Timken Sports Complex, but the score won’t be what anyone who was there will remember. They’ll remember the soldier who surprised his son in the middle of the field at the conclusion of the Dixie Youth game. Joe Knox slipped into the complex undetected by six-year-old Joe Jr. He was wearing street clothes and carrying his military uniform in a duffel bag. Under a baseball cap and behind th...
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Tiffany Grady-Hudgins|Daily Times Devin Booker signs autographs during his brother's (Trevor Booker) basketball camp at Sims Middle School.
Keeping up with the Bookers; Trevor gives back
UNION — Trevor Booker spent most of Saturday at Sims Middle School with over a hundred Union County children, instructing them in the fundamentals of basketball. The Washington Wizards power forward conducted a one-day basketball camp for boys and girls ages 7 and older with assistance from a few local relatives as well as the Union County High School basketball team. “Growing up I looked up to Kevin Garnett,” said Booker. “I would go to ...
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Tiffany Grady-Hudgins|Daily Times RUNDOWN: Buffalo infielders look to make a play on Crestview's Steven Brewington as he advances from second on a ground ball during Tuesday night's action.
Cancel the dinner plans
As summer approaches, there are some wives in Union County who know that for the next few months, their husbands won’t be home in time for supper. It won’t be hard to track them down, though. In fact, most of the ladies grab a lawn chair and tag along. Dinner plans get moved to the back burner two or three nights a week in lieu of a sporting event. The end of May indicates the beginning of Union County Recreation Department church league so...
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Former Jackets season ends along with SMC’s
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Spartanburg Methodist’s run in the Junior College World Series was halted on Thursday when the Pioneers suffered a 10-3 loss at the hands of Cochise College of Douglas, Arizona. Top-ranked SMC managed its way through three undefeated rounds during the national tournament before it fell to Central Alabama, 10-5 and was sent to the loser’s bracket. Former Union County High School pitcher Dylan Rogers toed the rubber fo...
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Tiffany Grady-Hudgins|Daily Times Sims' Debo Woods applauds as a RiverRats teammate makes his way on base. Woods reached on a hit of his own.
RiverRats at it again
Last July the RiverRats were crowned USSSA 13U Global World Series Champions after winning seven straight games in Myrle Beach, S.C. Six months later, the Lockhart based team is poised for another big summer, kicking off the 2013 campaign with a tournament title. On Sunday, the RiverRats dropped the opener of the Upstate Tournament at the Timken Complex, 6-5, before eliminating two teams in shutout games to advance to the championship match. ...
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The Rippys Dixie Youth celebrates an undefeated season with team sponsor Barbara Rippy. Front Row L/R: Koheen “Bam Bam” Minick, Steven Means, Tay “J Roc” Parahm, Hunter Inman. Middle Row L/R: Dalton Gregory, Hayden Whitlock, Mrs. Barbara Rippy, Kevon “K” Hughes, Willie Jeter, Bryant Whitlock, Ja’Kobe Harris. Back Row L/R: Tracy Minick (Assistant Coach) Walt Whitlock Jr. (Assistant Coach), Walter Whitlock Sr. (Head Coach)
Dixie Youth team completes perfect season
Finishing the season with a 15-0 record is no easy task, but at the conclusion of regular season play, a Union Dixie Youth team has done just that. Rippy’s was crowned undefeated, regular season champions in the Minor League division (8-10 years old) earlier this week. Head Coach Walter Whitlock Sr. said he’d suspected that his team was capable of a stellar season since last year’s second place finish. “We started the season off knowing...
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