Area Sports

Presbyterian College announced the hiring of Jordan Hiatt as a new women’s basketball assistant coach Wednesday morning. Hiatt joins the Blue Hose after one season as a graduate assistant at the University of Indianapolis, which went 17-14 last season. Prior to her stint in Indianapolis, Hiatt was a four-year letterwinner at Lenoir-Rhyne, was the captain…

The Clinton O-Zone Dixie Youth 11-12 baseball team let a 4-2 lead slip away late in its District 3 championship game against Edgefield County Tuesday night, only to rally back with the winning run in the top of the seventh inning to secure a 5-4 victory and advance to the state tournament. Clinton opens state…

The Laurens 11-12 Little League All-Star baseball team qualified for the state tournament after winning the District 1 championship game over Greenwood-Abbeville, 14-3 in four innings, Sunday at Laurens City Park. Laurens advances to the state tournament, which begins July 21 in Taylors. If the team advances through the state tournament it would then go…

The Laurens 9-10 Little League baseball team rallied from down 4-3 in the top of the sixth inning, scoring seven runs against Greenwood-Abbeville to pick up a 10-4 victory in the final game of the district tournament at J.B. Red Owens Complex in Easley. With the victory Laurens clinched a berth in the state tournament,…

The Laurens 9-10 Little League All-Star baseball team opened district tournament play Monday night with a 15-1, four-inning victory over host Easley at the J.B. Red Owens Complex. Laurens scored 10 runs in the first inning, sending 16 batters to the plate, drawing eight walks and picking up three hits in the process. Tournament play…

Enoree’s Zack Mitchell was too quick for the rest of the Carolina Clash Super Late Model Division drivers during Tuesday night’s Laurens County Shrine Race at Laurens County Speedway, winning the pole position and the main event in the feature division on the night. Jeff Smith finished second, defending champion Ross Bailes was third, Dennis…

Presbyterian College announced Monday that Danny Sterling was hired as the new athletic director. He replaces Brian Reese, who left in January for the AD post at Lander University. Sterling joins PC after previously being the athletic director of the University of Virginia’s College at Wise. In his post at Wise, Sterling ran a department…

The Presbyterian College baseball team came up just short of a Big South Tournament title Sunday in Lexington, losing 9-2 to Radford in the tournament final. The loss ends PC’s season with a record of 32-29 – marking the team’s first winning season since going to Division I. After exchanging runs in the fourth inning,…

Dustin Kerns was named the new Presbyterian College head men’s basketball coach Tuesday morning, and was to be officially introduced at 2:30 p.m. press conference at the Harper Center for the Arts, located on PC’s campus. Kerns, who has been the associate head coach at Wofford for four years, replaces Gregg Nibert as PC’s coach.…

The Laurens Raiders’ athletic department wrapped up the search for two head varsity coaches Thursday, while also naming the replacement for another who left for personal reasons. Tori Patterson, who had been the interim head coach following the departure of Dale Nelson late last year, was named the permanent coach. Patterson led the Raiders to…