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Sports writer for the Aiken Standard. Deadline Icarus. Views are my own. The best part of waking up is going back to sleep. Fortune favors the bold.

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5 years
Any list of my favorite cards has to start with this 1984 Donruss Rated Rookie of our very own Tommy Dunbar (1959-2011). When I found out Coach Dunbar had played pro ball, I had to go on eBay and order Texas Rangers team sets to get his cards so I could ask him to sign one.
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@laur2137 @DragonflyJonez @Kofie You don't know anyone named Johnny Hopkins
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1 year
4⭐ wide receiver Braylon Staley has committed to Tennessee Staley also listed North Carolina, Miami and Clemson as his finalists
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Tennessee rolled out its secret weapon - the 6-4-3 defense - for this one
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4 years
October 2, 2010: LSU beats Tennessee in one of the craziest endings ever.
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7 years
The Hugh Freeze signs at College Gameday this season are going to be epic
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Congratulations to Strom Thurmond wide receiver Braylon Staley, who just signed his letter of intent to play football for the University of Tennessee
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4 years
@billbarnwell Kliff's room came straight out of a Peloton commercial
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3 years
What the North Augusta girls' basketball program has accomplished over the last six years is nothing short of legendary in this state. Four straight state titles, six straight region titles, 20 straight playoff wins, a 53-1 record in region play and 148-11 overall.
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7 years
@SheaSerrano Josie stole a hamburger bun
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Silver Bluff linebacker/defensive end Jayden Fuller has committed to play football at Miami (Ohio)
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North Augusta's girls have won 53 of their last 54 games. They've outscored their opponents by an average of 35.4 points per game over that span.
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5 years
The Class AAAA Lower State champion Midland Valley Mustangs
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Congratulations to Ridge Spring-Monetta's Tyson Bettis on signing to play football at Presbyterian College.
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Traevon Dunbar is out here taking pictures and signing autographs after rushing for 322 yards and 4 touchdowns to move sixth-ranked Midland Valley to 10-0 with the Mustang's first win over North Augusta since 1998
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Wagener-Salley's Brenden Johnson, a senior team manager and Special Olympics Area 15 Hooper with Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome, got the night started right with a 20-yard touchdown run before the opening kickoff.
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Midland Valley head coach Earl Chaptman with the Region 4-AAAA championship trophy. I think his face says it all.
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Congratulations to Midland Valley's Traevon Dunbar, who signed this morning to play football at West Virginia
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6 years
South Aiken sends five more to the next level. Congratulations to DJ Parker (UNC Pembroke), Deshun Kitchings (Newberry), Marin Sanders (Presbyterian), Jack Howard (Brevard) and Chris Roberts (Mars Hill).
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Final: North Augusta 70, South Pointe 57 The Lady Jackets are Class AAAA state champions for the fourth straight year. They are the seventh girls' basketball program in state history to win four in a row.
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The Class AA runner-up Silver Bluff Bulldogs
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Aiken High's Braylon Staley is the Class AAAA state champion in the 200-meter dash
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3 years
Silver Bluff has outscored its opponents 124-0 through three games
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Aiken High's Braylon Staley makes it a double at the Class AAAA track and field championships. He adds another triple jump title to his 200-meter win
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Congratulations to South Aiken's Terrence Smith, who has signed to play football at UConn
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2 years
Silver Bluff honors the legend Al Lown at halftime
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6 years
A few looks at Joey Smithers' leadoff home run in a 6-3 win on Opening Day for @uscabaseball . We'll have a full photo gallery up tonight!
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2 years
Softball Final: North Augusta 8, Catawba Ridge 0 The Jackets are Class AAAA state champions for the first time in program history
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7 years
It's an Opening Day walk-off for @uscabaseball
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The Class AAAA state champion North Augusta Yellow Jackets
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9 months
The block that shook the Valley
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3 years
@BarstoolBigCat Made me dig up this classic
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2 years
Girls Final: North Augusta 47, South Florence 42. The Jackets are headed back to the Class AAAA state championship game for the fifth time in six years.
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Congratulations to Silver Bluff's Jordan Boyd (Georgia Tech), Christian Echols (Charleston Southern) and Jayden Fuller (Miami of Ohio), who were honored today at the school after signing to play college football
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FINAL: North Augusta 61, Wilson 37. The Yellow Jackets are your Class AAAA undefeated state champions
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Congratulations to Aiken High's Harrison Moss on signing to play basketball at Columbia International University
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4 years
Congratulations to South Aiken's Caleb Eichelberger (Charleston Southern), Devionne Burnett (Morehouse) and Jesse Sanders (South Carolina) for signing tonight to play college football
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Girls' final: North Augusta 58, Wade Hampton 50 The Jackets are the Class AAAA Upper State champions, and for the sixth time in seven years they will play for a state championship
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The Class AA Lower State champion Silver Bluff Lady Bulldogs
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3 years
The 🐐Al Lown came down onto the field to congratulate De'Angelo Bryant after Silver Bluff's win. I jokingly asked Lown if it was up to his standards. His response: "That's better than I ever did it." That is one hell of a seal of approval.
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6 years
Hometown school USC Aiken truly felt like home for South Aiken's Melvin McKie, who signed earlier this month to play basketball with the Pacers via @aikenstandard
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5 years
Matt NeSmith lost his goatee, but he did pick up a PGA Tour card. I'd call that a fair trade.
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Just in: Aiken High School has named Dwayne Garrick its new head football coach. Garrick is coming over from a powerhouse Barnwell program and this past season surpassed 200 career wins.
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3 years
Tarron Jackson to Philly. The Bluff puts another one in the League.
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2 years
Taylon Washington caught this
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3 years
Final: Silver Bluff 42, Barnwell 35. Bulldogs win the Class AA Lower State title. What a game.
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6 years
A big congratulations to former South Aiken T-Bred and current Florida State Seminole Jake Carter, who qualified for next month's U.S. Amateur at Pebble Beach.
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1,000+ points and counting for Aiken High junior RJ Felton
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5 years
The @GreenJackets are excited. I don't blame them one bit. They're back in the playoffs, which begin Wednesday at SRP Park against the Lexington Legends. Tix:
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Mustangs block it. Midland Valley 49, North Augusta 48. That's a final. Mustangs win the Region 4-AAAA title and end a 24-game losing streak against the Jackets
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Aiken High's 4x100 girls' relay team of Jordyn Mobley, Morgan Coverson-Springs, Malasia Jamison and Jameria Davis has won the Class AAAA state championship
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8 years
Your Class AAAA volleyball state champion Aiken Hornets.
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7 years
Just moments before a cupcake fight broke out, South Aiken's Hanna Kinard signed to play basketball at Columbia College.
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4 years
Special night tonight at Silver Bluff High School as the Bulldogs retired the legendary jerseys of Brandon Wallace and Louise Greenwood Dent.
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5 years
My sources are telling me the pregame scuffle at the Belk Bowl arose when the two teams couldn't agree which one should've gone elsewhere so App State and @EthanJoyceWSJ could be there.
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Final: Ridge Spring-Monetta 26, Wagener-Salley 22. The Trojans end Wagener-Salley's dream season and win the Class A Upper State title
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@nathanwpyle "This pizza wasn't satisying." "Here, we brought that same one a second time." "I am now extremely satisfied."
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Congratulations to Aiken High's Jakovia Raiford (basketball) and Zymbraya Corley (basketball, volleyball) on signing with USC Salkehatchie.
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Silver Bluff has its next head football coach. Matt Hayes, a former Bulldog player and longtime assistant coach, is coming home. Hayes won a state championship in 2000 under Al Lown, then added another in 01 as an assistant.
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4 years
Where Good Fellows Get Together
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2 years
Katelyn Cochran's cumulative playoff stats: 69 innings pitched, 20 hits, 3 runs (1 earned), 137 strikeouts. She drove in more runs in the first game of the state championship series than she allowed across 10 playoff starts. Player of the Year. State champion.
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I'll get to some stats in a minute, but first something that won't show up in the box score: Man, what fight Williston-Elko showed despite playing with 16 or 17 guys. The first time I saw the roster, I thought it was just a list of starters. Nope. That's it. Tough, tough kids.
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5 years
FINAL: South Aiken 4, Eastside 1. T-Breds are Class AAAA girls' soccer state champions for the second time in three years.
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5 years
The Hayden Howell walk-off
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Congratulations to Williston-Elko's Bryce Washington for signing to play football at Methodist University
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4 years
Congratulations to Aiken High's RJ Corley for signing to run track at Allen University
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7 years
South Aiken is your Class AAAA boys' tennis state champion.
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Final: Silver Bluff 56, Cheraw 14. Bulldogs score 49 unanswered points and will host Barnwell next week for the Class AA Lower State championship.
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8 years
South Aiken has outscored its opponents 110-13 in the first two rounds of the playoffs. That's how you take care of business as a No. 1 seed
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6 years
Congratulations to South Aiken's Zaire Harrison (Georgia Military), Ja'kobe Bush (Newberry) and Desmond Lawrence (Butler CC) for signing this afternoon to play college football.
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Congratulations to Aiken High's Darin Parker for signing to play basketball at Newberry College
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3 years
Final: Silver Bluff 34, Aiken 0. Silver Bluff moves to 4-0 and has outscored its opponents 158-0. Aiken falls to 0-4.
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Football, fatherhood, the future – and yes, a throwback to the Midland Valley days from Kameron Brown, who's set to wrap up his college career as a grad transfer at Coastal Carolina. via @aikenstandard
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Congratulations to Williston-Elko's @DemarkiisDoe_ on signing with South Carolina State.
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Peach Jam security folks always have their hands full as they keep track of so many teams, coaches, families, fans, college coaches, etc. They're always hard at work and do such a good job, but this one dad keeps sneaking onto the court
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7 years
OL Nicholas Barker of @TBredFootball signed this afternoon to play college football at Point University.
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Barnwell didn't have to look far to find its next head football coach. Brian Smith is the next leader of the Warhorses after spending the last four seasons at Ridge Spring-Monetta
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Congratulations to Aiken High's Quindarius Corley on signing to play football at Newberry College.
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4 years
Congratulations to Aiken High's Talik Jones (Catawba) and David Neal (Erskine) for signing today to play college football. They are head coach Olajuwon Paige's first signees.
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3 years
Final: Silver Bluff 55, Barnwell 20. That's a 41-0 second half for Silver Bluff, which remains undefeated for the season.
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Midland Valley's Brenden Moyer struck out 12 and threw a no-hitter tonight against North Augusta.
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5 years
They've done it again. The Class AAAA state champion South Aiken girls' soccer team
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Baseball final: UNC Pembroke 2, USC Aiken 0. The Pacers get no-hit on Opening Day. The teams play again tomorrow at UNCP.
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5 years
A thrilling win today at the Bert for the USC Aiken baseball team. Went back-and-forth with No. 5 Florida Southern and made the big plays when they had to in order to even the series.
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313 yards and 4 touchdowns for Midland Valley's Traevon Dunbar on Friday night. And he carried it how many times?
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5 years
Huge day for Colby Campbell at Presbyterian – he had 14 tackles and 2.5 sacks today against Eastern Kentucky.
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2 years
Congratulations to our area's All-State boys' basketball selections: Russell Branch, Barnwell Elijah Hall, North Augusta Austin Harrell, North Augusta Chris Kitchings, Wagener-Salley Chandler O'Bannon, Fox Creek
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5 years
Congratulations to my fellow lefty Drew Greene of South Aiken for signing to play golf at Spartanburg Methodist College
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6 years
I'm a big, big fan of the black jerseys today for @uscabaseball
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North Augusta's Amari Young and South Aiken's Aysha Scott named to the Class AAAA girls' All-State team.
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7 years
@edsbs Indy turning 20 first downs into 9 points is my favorite part
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2 years
The Class AAAA boys' soccer Lower State champion North Augusta Yellow Jackets
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2 years
North Augusta softball has won four consecutive elimination games to reach the Class AAAA state championship series. What a team.
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North Augusta hosts Aiken High tonight in the 102nd meeting between the two football programs. They met for the first time 100 years ago this month. This clip, from the Oct. 31, 1923 issue of the Aiken Journal and Review, recaps the first meeting (Oct. 26). Aiken won, 32-0.
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