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‘I ONLY CUT UP BUSHES.’ Pearl Fryar among 8 receiving top award for the arts

Child sex HAPPY assault VALENTINE’S DAY suspect arrested 21-year-old also a ‘person of interest’ in murder case

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and spiritual discipline, according to Father Peter Sousa, civilian chaplain at Shaw Air Force Base and part of the parish staff for St. Jude and St. Anne. Sousa said Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the period when Jesus spent 40 days fasting in the desert,

A suspect in a case of sexual assault on a child has been taken into custody in New Jersey, and police are hopeful his arrest might also lead to a break in a murder case. Markice W. Hunter, 21, of 155 Apollo St., Wedgefield, will return to Sumter today after being apprehended on charges of second-degree criminal sexual conduct with a HUNTER minor. Hunter has also been named a “person of interest” by investigators in the ongoing search for the killer of Aaron Abraham. ABRAHAM Hunter was taken into custody Jan. 30, at a home in East Orange, N.J., by the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force. Hunter is accused of sexually assaulting the 12-yearold daughter of a friend in March of 2012. Police think Hunter, who investigators previously described as “transient,” was moving from one location to another in order to avoid arrest. They credit a tip to Crime Stoppers with leading to his arrest in New Jersey. In addition to the charge of criminal sexual conduct, investigators with the Sumter Police Department and the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office said they want to question Hunter about the 2012 disappearance and killing of 18-year-old Abraham. “We are following strong leads that suggest Hunter can provide vital information into the murder investigation,” said Sumter Police Chief Russell Roark. “I am confident a break in the case is forthcoming.” Abraham was a rising senior at Sumter High School when he was last seen leaving the

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‘It is a cleansing of the soul’

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Sherri Powell holds her son Grayson,1, as Father Charles Donovan places the ash on his head during Ash Wednesday services at St. Jude Catholic Church.

Churches celebrate start of Lenten season with Ash Wednesday BY COREY DAVIS cdavis@theitem.com Wednesday wasn’t just another typical day for Roman Catholics and some other Christians. Sumter Catholic churches such as St. Anne and St. Jude, along with Episcopal churches such as the Church of

the Holy Comforter, celebrated the start of the Lenten season with Ash Wednesday worship services. Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent, the 40 days prior to the celebration of Easter, excluding Sundays. During Lent, many Christians prepare for Easter by observing a period of fasting, repentance, moderation

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Fundraisers honor ‘Bear’ Gibbons, benefit children with cancer BY JADE ANDERSON janderson@theitem.com While many people will celebrate love today, one family will remember the little boy it lost two years ago. “The kids don’t go to school on Thursday,” said Tamala “Tamee” Gibbons.

“We’ll have a fun day and remember Bear.” Hugh “Bear” Gibbons, 7, died on Feb. 14, 2011, after a long fight with a rare form of liver cancer. Besides his parents, Tech. Sgt. Robert and Tamee Gibbons, he is survived by three brothers — Isaiah, Gerard and Julian.

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The family has been touched, though, by the way members of the community are honoring their loved one. “I think it’s great,” Gibbons said. “He wanted to be famous. People doing even small things means a lot to a lot of people.” Already under way is

Children’s Hope Bear Drive to benefit Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital. And the 3rd Annual “Bear Crawl” motorcycle fundraiser will be held March 9. “Collecting money and toys that go to a lot of SEE BEAR, PAGE A10

DEATHS Ralph Graham William A. Holliday Jr. Alonzo F. Thompson Theodore H. Parker Mark H. Senter Jr. Lucile W. Smalls

Then 5-year-old Hugh “Bear” Gibbons shows off his Dr. Seussinspired shirt. He passed away from liver cancer on Valentine’s Day two years ago.

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The Lee County School District Board of Trustees will hold a called meeting starting at 6:30 p.m. today at the district annex, 310 Roland St., Bishopville, to discuss the superintendent search. Paul Krohne, executive director of the S.C. School Board Association, is scheduled to make a presentation. Trustees will also hold an executive session to discuss personnel, student, contractual and property matters. When they return to open session, if appropriate, they will vote on items from executive session.

When the name Freddie Solomon is mentioned, football quickly comes to mind. Solomon will always be remembered for his unbelievable 1970 senior season in the first year of Sumter High School, his record-setting career as a quarterback at the University of Tampa and his 11-year career in the National Football League that included his winning two Super Bowl rings with the San FrancisSOLOMON co 49ers in the 1980s. His friends know there was much more to the man than football. “After Freddie was finished with football, he had a career of public service working with young people that he truly loved,” said Bill Noonan, an assistant coach on the 1970 SHS team and Solomon’s friend. The combination of Solomon’s exploits on the football field and his work in the communities in and around Tampa, Fla., led to Solomon’s life being celebrated as part of Black History Month at Alice Drive Elementary School on Wednes-

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day. It was a year to the day that Solomon passed away at the age of 59 from colon and liver cancer. “This is just a wonderful thing that they’ve done to honor Freddie,” said Solomon’s brother, Oneal, who attended the ceremony along with his brothers, Richard and Roger, and sister Ida Burns, who works at the school. “That they’re doing it as part of Black History Month is really a great thing for my family.” Regardless of whether he wanted to be part of it, Solomon played an interesting role in the history of race relations in Sumter. Sumter High came into being in his senior year of high school in ’70-71 because of desegregation. The almost 100 percent white Edmunds High and the all-black Lincoln High, which Solomon attended his for his first three years of high school, came together to form Sumter High. When Solomon was named the starting quarterback, it no doubt was a much-discussed topic. “Life wasn’t easy for a black athlete in Sumter in 1970,” Noonan said at the ceremony. Solomon, though, put on a show week in and week out. When the Gamecocks’ 10-2 season was done, Solo-

mon had rushed for 1,969 yards and scored 28 touchdowns on 208 carries, averaging 9.5 yards a carry. He passed for 10 touchdowns and scored 182 points. Oneal said his brother never let on that all of the attention — positive, negative or otherwise — surrounding him bothered him. “He never said anything about it,” Oneal said. “Our mother (Bessie) always taught us never to look at the color of a person’s skin, so it didn’t matter to us.” Going on to the University of Tampa, Solomon accounted for 5,803 total yards over his college career, then 16th all time in the NCAA record books. The figure includes 3,299 rushing yards, then first all-time among college quarterbacks. In his senior year of ’74, he finished 12th in the Heisman Trophy voting. A second-round draft pick of the Miami Dolphins in the ’75 NFL draft, Solomon was moved to wide receiver. He made his mark after being traded to the 49ers prior to the ’78 season. He was a starting wide receiver on the 49ers’ Super Bowl winning teams in ’81 and ’84. He caught 371 passes for 5,846 yards and 48 touchdowns over his career. After he was done with

football though, Solomon settled back into his adopted hometown of Tampa and began to work with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Department in ’91. He worked with at-risk children, something he did until he passed away. Sumter County Sheriff Anthony Dennis, who was a friend of Solomon and became friends with Hillsborough Sheriff David Gee through Solomon, said Solomon had a profound effect on the Tampa community. “They called him ‘The Coach,’” Dennis told the group of students who attended the ceremony. “I went to Tampa to visit Sheriff Gee, and as I traveled around Hillsborough County, I found out that Freddie was an icon. “When you said his name, people would say, ‘Oh, you knew Coach Solomon?’ He had a tremendous impact on their community.” Dennis joked that he had to set Gee straight on the fact that Sumter “had Solomon first.” Also, Sumter County School District Superintendent Randolph Bynum told the gathering that a proposal is expected to be made at the Feb. 25 meeting of the school district board to remember Solomon’s legacy.

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Natasha Crawford, left, and Dianne Trapini set up a tent on the lawn of the Sumter County Courthouse on Ash Wednesday to begin the 40 Days for Life anti-abortion vigil. Prayer vigils will be held at locations around the country throughout Lent leading up to Easter. Sumter’s vigil — held for the first time this year — will have two volunteers seated under a tent daily from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. until Palm Sunday on March 24. Volunteers can sign up for times to participate at www.40daysforlife.com/Sumter.

County considers moving public comment to beginning of meetings BY NICK McCORMAC nmccormac@theitem.com The public comment portion of Sumter County Council’s biweekly meetings would be moved from the end of the agenda to the beginning under one councilman’s proposal. The change would allow residents to provide their input prior to council’s discussion of agenda items. But some council members worry it could cause more problems than solutions. During council’s Fiscal, Tax and Property Committee meeting Tuesday, council Chairman Larry Blanding raised the idea of moving the time for public comment from the end of council’s

agenda format to the beginning. Blanding also proposed requiring residents who wish to speak to sign up prior to the beginning of the meeting and identify which agenda item they wanted to address. Residents would still be allowed three minutes to speak, the standard amount of time currently allowed. Presentations from other agencies or groups would also be held at the beginning of meetings, and public hearings would be held for the necessary agenda items. “We don’t want to create a forum for folks coming in raising hell about stuff that we have no jurisdiction over,” Blanding said. “My thought is, I’d like to have the input to get the public comment early on.”

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Edens said many attendees don’t choose to speak until something at the meeting encourages them to. Jimmy Byrd suggested having two periods of public comment: one at the beginning for non-agenda items and another at the end for items discussed during the meeting. Blanding said he wouldn’t object to such an idea. For Eugene Baten, changing the way public comment works would be a “hurdle” in freedom of expression. “One of the best things we had going for us is that we were accessible to the public. They complain about the school board, they complain about the city, but they were not complaining about us be-

cause they said we were accessible,” he said. Having “abrasive” public comment at the beginning of the meeting could set a bad tone for the rest of the night, cautioned Vivian FlemingMcGhaney. “I think that we need to set the tone for our meetings. A lot of times, when we have public comment, they can be very adversarial, and it changes the whole tone of the meeting,” she said. “If that’s the case, I prefer it being at the end so that we can just get by it and go on with the meeting. But if it’s done at the beginning of the meeting, it really could really tear things up.” Reach Nick McCormac at (803) 774-1214.

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Lee topiarist named Governor’s Award winner BY RANDY BURNS Special to The Item

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Pearl Fryar stands in front of some of the trees he has shaped in his yard in Bishopville. He has been named a 2013 winner of the Elizabeth O’Neill Verner Governor’s Award for the Arts, the highest honor the state presents for art.

out to students who are not the best academic students. These are the young people who have that hidden talent and ability to be a success. They just have to find it. “I tell everybody there are three keys to success: work ethic, passion and marketing.” While Fryar takes credit for his talent and work ethic, he praises the arts commission, the Pearl Fryar Foundation, the Lee County community and local businesses for helping him market his brand of topiary art to the masses. Fryar’s work as a topiary artist is well respected among both artists and horticulturists. His popularity has brought visitors to Bishopville from all around the world, with more than 10,000 people visiting his garden annually. They come to see his amazing creations and to meet and be inspired by

the artist himself. Lee County Council Chairman Travis Windham said Fryar’s garden is Lee County’s No. 1 tourist attraction. “Pearl and his garden are known not only in South Carolina but the Southeast and really the entire nation,” Windham said. “He is certainly an asset to this community and has such a positive impact on Lee County.” Lee County Economic Alliance Director Jeff Burgess said Fryar gives Bishopville instant name recognition. “I don’t think people realize that Pearl Fryar is known from here to the West Coast,” Burgess said. “He is really an international artist. Everybody knows Pearl Fryar. And he is a big selling point when I talk to potential industry for the county.” Fryar’s work has been displayed in museums and arboretums and has

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Bishopville’s Pearl Fryar is the 2013 recipient of the Elizabeth O’Neill Verner Governor’s Award for the Arts, the highest honor the state presents in the arts. The nationally acclaimed topiary artist is among eight artists receiving the FRYAR award this year. The awards will be presented by the South Carolina Arts Commission at a Statehouse ceremony tentatively scheduled for May 2. Established in 1972, the annual awards recognize outstanding achievement and contributions to the arts in South Carolina. Fryar said it is indeed an honor to be recognized by the commission. “I never thought I would win one of those awards,” he said. “Those are usually reserved for people who are high profile. I only cut up bushes.” State officials described Fryar as a selftaught artist, philanthropist and teacher whose body of work exemplifies how art and design can engage and inspire people. “I’m so proud to be from Bishopville,” Fryar said. “I give Bishopville the credit. I come from a small town, and people here appreciate me and they support me. They do everything they can to make sure I get what I deserve.” Elected to the office of Parent Teacher Association president soon after moving to Bishopville to work at National Can Co. in the early 1980s, Fryar soon became known for creating spectacular topiary art out of ordinary bushes and shrubs. Fryar said his actual motivation was to win Yard of the Month, an award given by the garden clubs of Bishopville. “I actually had bigger dreams than yard of the month, but who is going to believe you when you talk about inspiring young people?” he asked. “I admit that I dreamed of being recognized outside of Bishopville. I had big dreams. And I still do.” Fryar estimates he spends on average 60 hours a week in his yard. With the help of the Garden Conservancy, a national nonprofit organization, Fryar has a parttime intern who makes it possible for him to travel the U.S. Later this month, Fryar is set to spend three days talking to young people at a college in Portland, Ore. Nothing is more important to Fryar than reaching out to young people. He said he believes strongly in higher education and contributes to scholarships for students who might not have done well in high school but who show potential. His message to students is that their success is determined by their drive, dreams and hope, and that they, too, can use their creativity to pursue their goals. “I give scholarships to C students,” Fryar said. “I like supporting students who go to community colleges. I like reaching

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been featured in exhibitions at the South Carolina State Museum and the SpoletoUSA Festival. He frequently gives presentations about his work throughout the U.S. As an artist in residence at Coker College, he shared his skills and artistic vision with art students. In 2006 a documentary film about Pearl’s life and art, “A Man Named Pearl,” was released in theaters. It won positive reviews and awards at multiple film festivals and has been shown on cable television channels. In addition to local

and state media coverage, Fryar has been featured on CBS Sunday Morning, the Martha Stewart Show and the Victory Garden and in numerous books, newspaper and magazine articles, including Southern Living, Veranda, the New York Times, Harper’s Magazine and The Wall Street Journal. Others receiving Governor’s Award for the Arts are Mary Whyte, Johns Island; Ethel S. Brody, Columbia; Mayo Mac Boggs, Spartanburg; Charles Fox, Fox Music House, Charleston; The City of Anderson; Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum, Myrtle Beach; and John Ashbury Zeigler Jr., Charleston. “Again this year we have an outstanding, diverse group of Verner Award winners,” said S.C. Arts Commission Board Chairman Dr. Sarah Lynn Hayes. “These exceptional individuals and organizations illustrate the true depth of the arts community in our state. We are grateful for their passion, their contributions and their commitment to serving as ambassadors and standard-bearers for the arts. They are certainly worthy of this highest honor.”

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O’Brian Anthony Spann, 27, of 1035 Kolb Road, was arrested Wednesday, Feb. 6, and charged with criminal domestic violence and violation of an order of protection. At 3:57 p.m. on Jan. 6, Spann allegedly tried to run the mother of his children off the road with his car in the first block of Roosevelt Circle. The woman has an order of protection against Spann. Stephanie Lynn Stadalsky, 21, of 2761 Sequoia Drive, was arrested Monday and charged with first-degree assault and battery. At 5 p.m., Stadalsky allegedly punched another woman in the face with her fist at her home, struck her in the side with a metal pipe and hit her several times with the victim’s own belt. The victim was reportedly bleeding from the nose and had a bruise on her right side where she was struck by the pipe. Stadalsky said the victim struck her in the face with the belt, but she reportedly had no marks on her from the attack. She was transported to Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center. Charles Leslie Atkinson of 4270 Frisco Branch Road was arrested Saturday on six counts of financial transaction card fraud. On Jan. 6, Atkinson allegedly used someone else’s debit card at various locations around Sumter County to obtain money, goods, services and other benefits. The charges on the card amounted to less than $500. Tavares Keiwon McFadden, 20, of 7345 Scales Road, Rembert, was arrested Tuesday and charged with driving under suspension, second offense. At

10:05 a.m., McFadden was reportedly stopped in the 2500 block of Stamey Livestock Road for driving 63 mph in a 45 mph zone. McFadden reportedly told the officer he didn’t have a driver’s license. A check allegedly showed McFadden’s license was suspended for a previous driving under suspension conviction. He was transported to Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center.

portedly stolen out of the trunk of a car in the 900 block of Miller Road between 8 a.m. Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday. The pistol is valued at $188. VANDALISM:

At 5:50 p.m. Tuesday, an RTA bus was driving on Poulas Street near North Main Street when a passenger’s side window was struck with an unknown object and shattered. Damage to the window is valued at $500.

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At 11 a.m. Jan. 12, a man approximately in his early 30s purchased a red 2013 Snapper zero-turn riding lawn mower from a business in the 200 block of South Main Street and carried it away in a utility trailer. The credit card used to purchase the mower was later found to be stolen. The mower is valued at $2,696. A 2.5-ton air-conditioning unit was reportedly stolen from the 4100 block of Zachary Road at 2:58 p.m. Monday. The unit is valued at $2,200. A welder, grinder, Skilsaw and pneumatic chop saw were reportedly stolen from the 5200 block of Tillman Nursery Road in Wedgefield at 4:15 p.m. Monday. The items are valued at $690. A chrome High Point 9 mm semi-automatic pistol was re-

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At 9:26 a.m. Monday, law enforcement found a white 2013 Dodge Charger parked outside a vacant home in the 1600 block of Yarborough Road in Lynchburg. The car was reportedly stolen from Horry County. It is valued at $25,000. EMS CALLS:

On Sunday, Sumter County Emergency Medical Services responded to 50 calls for service. Forty-five were medical calls, and five were listed as “other trauma.� On Monday, Sumter County EMS responded to 61 calls. Fiftyeight were medical calls, and three were listed as “other trauma.� On Tuesday, Sumter EMS responded to 46 calls. Forty-four were medical calls, and two were listed as “other trauma.�

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Tickets now available for Millwood scholarship dinner People can help students and honor a beloved science teacher by buying dinner. The annual Barry Leach Memorial Scholarship Fundraiser will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Monday at Millwood Elementary School, but tickets must be purchased in advance at the school, 24 Pinewood Road, Sumter, or from a staff member. Barry Leach taught at Millwood for 23 years, sharing his LEACH love of science. Leach passed away in September of 2000 after a valiant fight against cancer. The traditional plate of turkey tetrazzini, green beans and a cinnamon roll will be available for $6. “The whole Barry Leach program is great,� said Daniel Johnson, one of last year’s scholarship recipients. “I went to Millwood kindergarten through fifth grade, so I remember it. The food was great. I always tried to talk my mom into buying me like six cinnamon rolls.� Extra cinnamon rolls will not be for sale this year, but pizza will be available for $1 a slice. Proceeds go to provide financial assistance to Sumter School District seniors who are former Millwood students and will be attending college after they graduate from high school. Johnson is a freshman at Clemson University studying civil engineering. “Obviously it’s a financial support, and it’s just good to know my elementary school is doing things to help people who attended the school,� he said. “As the youngest of three, it’s not exactly easy to pay for college. To

have an opportunity from the school I spent six years at is a boost up here.� Since its inception 12 years ago, the Barry Leach Memorial Scholarship Fund has awarded $19,500 in scholarships, said Principal Johnny Hilton. “I was really thrilled I got it,� said Beatrice Brown, also a Sumter High graduate and now a freshman at Clemson. “I loved Millwood. I remember being little and talking about the Barry Leach dinner and scholarship. I always connected it with the science fair.� She is studying biological sciences. Similar to Johnson, Miles Scott was touched to be selected. “It’s really nice to go back and accept a scholarship from your elementary school, to know that even after you’ve graduated high school, they’re supporting you,� said the University of South Carolina Columbia freshman biology major and Sumter High graduate. “With my mom being a teacher there, I was always connected to the school. I did stuff all the time. As hard as times are now, every little bit helps.� This is the most appropriate way to remember Leach, Hilton said. “We know of no better way to honor Barry Leach, who dedicated his life to helping others learn, than to provide scholarship assistance for students planning to further their education,� he said. “We are planning for this scholarship opportunity to be available for many years and to assist many (more) students.� A drive-thru will be available for to-go orders, or individuals may eat inside the cafeteria where Millwood students will be performing karaoke, Hilton said. For more information, contact Millwood Elementary at (803) 775-0648.

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Clarendon County Deputy Brandon Braxton sits behind more than 10 grams of heroin, several grams of cocaine, pills and more than $2,480 that was seized during a traffic stop on I-95 south about 3:15 Tuesday afternoon.

Traffic stop nets heroin, 2 arrests BY SHARRON HALEY sharron@theitem-clarendonsun.com MANNING — A traffic stop on Interstate 95 this week resulted in the arrest of two Connecticut men suspected of trafficking heroin. Johnny B. Booze II, 32, of New Britain, Conn.,was driving south on I-95 at mile marker 112 about 3:15 p.m. Tuesday in a late-model sedan with passenger, Thaddeus L. Singleton III, 34, of Bristol, Conn., in the front passenger seat. Clarendon County Deputy Brandon Braxton was patrolling the interstate as part of the department’s Interstate Crime Enforcement. He clocked the sedan traveling 80 in a 70 mph zone and pulled the vehicle over. After questioning both

men, Braxton called for assistance from the Clarendon County Narcotics Task Force. The deputies said they received permission from the driver to search the vehicle, in which they reportedly found two open containers. Deputies said they also found a large quantity of heroin, Schedule II and III substances and cocaine on one of the suspects. Deputies also seized more than $2,480 from the vehicle. Booze was charged with trafficking heroin, open container violation and no South Carolina driver’s license. He was also issued a warning for speeding. Singleton was charged with trafficking heroin, possession of Schedule II and III substances, pos-

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session of cocaine and possession with intent to distribute cocaine. Both men were taken to Clarendon County Detention Center. Deputies reportedly seized more than 10 grams of heroin with a street value in excess of $5,500. Deputies are awaiting the outcome of tests on another substance seized to determine if additional charges against the two are warranted. “This is the second day of the second week that Brandon has been on the ICE team,� Garrett said. “That’s Interstate Crime Enforcement, and he’s good at it. He’s motivated. He enjoys drug interdiction. And, it’s dangerous. Not everyone likes working it. He’s done a great job.�

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and didn’t think anyone was staying in the home. She said she had been staying with her boyfriend’s family but was kicked out after an argument. Two men called “T.J.� and “Rodeo� told her the person living in this house had moved out and helped Boyce enter the home. They reportedly told her their “people� would come back to take the furniture and television out of the house. Boyce was cited for tres-

Bill would allow guns to be carried in restaurants COLUMBIA (AP) — Senators advanced Wednesday a bill intended to let people with concealed weapon permits carry their gun into restaurants while cautioning gun rights advocates not to do “something stupid.� The bill allows permit holders to carry their concealed weapon into places that serve alcohol, unless the business has posted signs against it. The measure will be on next week’s agenda of the full Judiciary Committee. “It restores some rights to people who should have those rights and protects the rights of business owners who choose not to want people to come into their establishment. It’s a good balance,� said Sen. Sean Bennett, R-Summerville, the bill’s main sponsor. The bill makes it illegal for people to drink alcohol while concealing a gun. Anyone caught could face up to two years in prison and a $2,000 fine. Several people asked legislators to change that, saying they should be able to have, for example, a glass of wine with their lasagna. “A CWP holder should be allowed to carry and consume in a restaurant as long as he doesn’t come under the influence,� said Robert Butler of South Carolina’s GrassRoots GunRights. “We’re only asking to come in, have a beer with pizza or a glass of wine with dinner.� But Sen. Shane Massey, the panel’s

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6:45 p.m., the TV was found to be moving in the area of Amberwood Drive and Cessna Street. The device led investigators to Bobby Joe Maggio, 44, of 1889 River Birch Drive, who reportedly told law enforcement two men came and asked him to hold the TV for them. The stolen TV was allegedly found inside the home, and Maggio was arrested and charged with possession of stolen goods.

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Lakewood High School students Daja Murray, left, and Wendeline Williams smile at being selected to represent the Sumter school at Cheer Hawaii USA this year. Both girls will get to spend a week at the University of Hawaii working with cheerleaders from all over the United States as well as many college-level coaches. The girls are currently raising money for their tickets.

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The Sumter Chapter of the International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP) will meet at 5:30 p.m. today in the Bultman Conference Room, USC Sumter. Administrative professionals are encouraged to attend. Call Mary Sutton at (803) 938-3760.

A K.T.O. Trivia Night will be held 6:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15, at The Dancer’s Workshop, 212 S. Mill St., Manning. Open to ages 6-18. Tickets: $15; $9 for additional family members. Dinner included. Tickets must be purchased in advance. Call (843) 325-7325 or (803) 983-8426, or email events@scgetsreal.com. Visit the website at www.scgetsreal. com.

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The Regional Transit Council will meet 10-11 a.m. today at 36 W. Liberty St.

The Shepherd’s Center will hold a male fashion show at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15, at Alice Drive Elementary School, 251 Alice Drive. Entertainment and light refreshments will be served. Tickets are $10 in advance. Call (803) 7731944 for information or to puchase a ticket.

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The AARP Foundation Tax-Aide Program will offer free income tax assistance and electronic filing for taxpayers with low to middle incomes. Assistance will be available 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays through April 10 at the Shepherd’s Center, 24 Council St. You will need: picture ID; Social Security card for all dependents; all W-2s, 1099s and 1098s; all supporting documents if you itemize; and a check for refund to be direct deposited. Call Lynda at (803) 469-8322 or Sandra at (803) 469-2052.

The Sumter Combat Veterans Group will meet at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 15, at South HOPE Center, corner of South Lafayette Drive and East Red Bay Road. All area veterans are invited.

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where he endured temptation by Satan. “Lent is an intense time in rededicating our lives to Christ,� Sousa said. “This is a time when people should spend more time in prayer and serve God more faithfully,� said Sousa, who was involved in four Ash Wednesday services, including the children’s Mass at St. Anne. “It is a cleansing of the soul, and we are renewed in God’s love through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.� The Church of the Holy Comforter held a noon and afternoon Ash Wednesday service, according to the Rev. Dr. John Barr. He said it started a tradition of Lenten programs held at the church each Wednesday through mid-March during which the Holy Comforter congregants will study the Book of James in the Bible. Barr called Lent a time when followers should do such things as engage in more Bible study time and recommit themselves to God. “This is when people should have a deep yearning to come to God,� Barr said. “This is a time when we need to turn away from being full of ourselves or being full of selfishness. Lent is about showing repentance and coming back to God.� During Ash Wednesday Masses, Sousa explained the practice of priests’, ministers’ or laypersons’ placing ashes on the foreheads of people as a sign of repentance to God. “The ashes used were gathered from the burning of the palms from the previous year’s Palm Sunday,� Sousa said. “The priest or minister will say during

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the ritual that the cross on the forehead comes from a verse out of Genesis implying to remember we came from dust and unto dust we shall return.� On Ash Wednesday and during Fridays of Lent, the faithful are asked to abstain from eating meat but can have seafood, explained Sousa. He said people should eat smaller meals during the other days of Lent. In addition, Sousa said people commit to giving up certain types of luxuries as a form of penitence. “This is a time to turn from material things and turn toward the things of the spirit,� Barr said. “Giving up something is part of the sacrifice of showing one’s love of God. It is also a way of making people more disciplined and the willingness to work on something to help make yourself a better person.� For the Catholic community, the be-

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Thanks to Sumter Utilities for help during major snowstorm

On Feb. 9, Massachusetts and New England were hit with a major snowstorm. Average snowfall amounts were 24 inches, with one Massachusetts community reporting 40 inches. Snow drifts from the wind were another problem. Power was lost for days in many areas. Temperatures dipped into the single digits on Sunday, gasoline was in short supply and portable generators were no match for mother nature. On Sunday, as we drove 50 miles to my son’s powerless residence with some gasoline, we saw several Sumter Utilities Inc. vehicles in a caravan on the highway. They were heading to the hardest hit areas at 7:30 a.m. so they had to be in the area before the storm hit. Later that same day, as I was leaving at 2 p.m., I saw a Sumter Utilities vehicle operator looking into a forest of heavy pine trees and power lines. They were searching for a way into the forest to continue repairs, and I was going home. On Tuesday at 8 p.m. I saw Sumter Utilities vehicles leaving the damaged area, power having been substantially restored. So I know they were working 12-hour days in cold, dark, snowy, tough areas. And I was going home. I do not know if they were heading to South Carolina or to a local hotel to rest, but I noticed them. And I know they were not the only repair crews called in, but I noticed them. I do not know if they were hired by our utility or part of a mutual-aid agreement, but I noticed them. They were here for many days, and I noticed them. And I noticed that they left their families back home to come here to help my family. I wanted to take this opportunity to thank Sumter Utilities Inc., their employees, their families and their community for that help and sacrifice. My next vacation will be to South Carolina to see that special state and its people. So thank you. JAMES D. McKENNA North Attleboro, Mass.

When does ‘BIG’ government stop and our rights quit eroding? I too have served in the military, 26½ years to be exact. And during that time and now, I felt my purpose was not only to protect the people of these good United States, but also to protect their rights. These rights are not many and they are all simple rights guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States and by the amendments there so written known as the Bill of Rights. Please never forget the title was called “The Bill of Rights.” The first of these amendments gives us the opportunity to do as we are doing; expressing the right of free speech and opinion without the fear of the Congress prohibiting the freedom thereof or abridging the freedom of the press. So to you sir, I welcome your expression. However, I must wholeheartedly disagree. Studying the Articles of Confederation we find the roots of the Second Amendment. I would ask each of the The Item’s readers to do diligent research of their own to form their own opinions on this matter. These opinions may vary, but that is not the real question underwritten in Lee Ingle’s letter. The underlying question is when does “BIG” government stop and when do our rights stop eroding? Let’s play the liberal game and go along with Lee’s opinion. What’s next, register your gun, then the government rules that you can only have one bullet at a time in it? Then they rule that all registered guns must be locally stored in a government vault — and by God if you want to use it, then you must check it out, but only for a specific amount of time. Let’s say four hours for a hunting trip. No wait, that is not enough control; if hunting is all you want to do then you must be accompanied by a federal agent on your hunting trip. It gets worse. Now you only want your gun for the purpose of which it was intended: Protection. But by golly the good old government not only wants it registered, but they also want you to call them so they can deliver it to you whenever your household is being attacked by robbers and murderers. WINFRED WILLIAMS Dalzell Editor’s note: Because this letter exceeded the 350-word length as stated in our Editorial Page Policies which appears regularly on this page, it can be read in its entirety under Opinion on The Item’s website, www.theitem.com.

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The Greenville News on the postal service: The end of Saturday mail delivery is not an ideal solution to the United States Postal Service’s financial problems, but it’s a bold and commendable move given that Congress has refused to make the real change that is needed to lift some financial pressure from the agency. The end of Saturday delivery will hit some people and businesses particularly hard. Periodicals such as newspapers and some magazines are dependent on Saturday delivery to get their publications to readers on time; businesses such as Netflix are more convenient to customers if mail is delivered six days a week; and lower-income people and residents of rural communities may be dependent on Saturday delivery for things such as benefits checks and medications. ... The change is a bit of an endrun around Congress, which has maintained that it must approve any changes to the USPS delivery schedule. However, in a news conference recently announcing the change, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said that when a continuing resolution that’s funding the federal government expires at the end of March the agency is free to make the change without congressional approval. ... The postal service has asked Congress to repeal that law; a bill to do so passed the Senate last year but died in the House. This past fiscal year, the agency lost $15.9 billion. It will save $2 billion by cutting Saturday service. It could save even more if Congress would repeal the pre-funding requirement that no other federal agency is required to meet. Because it made two of those payments last fiscal year, the requirement amounted to $11 billion, or more than two-thirds, of the $15.9 billion loss. ... Had the agency been allowed to cut Saturday delivery and had it not been required to pre-fund the health benefits, it would have saved $13 billion of that loss. A $2.9 billion gap could be much more easily bridged. The clear moral is this: Congress needs to release the USPS from the pension requirement or further dramatic changes could be coming. In addition to eliminating the pre-funding requirement, Congress needs to give the United States Postal Service greater flexibility to streamline its operations so that it can better compete with private carriers who don’t face the same requirement to deliver let-

ters and packages to every street address in the country. The agency receives no federal subsidies and therefore should not be beholden to Congress to make changes to its business plan so long as it is continuing to provide regular and reliable mail service to every home in the country. In short, the postal service should be allowed to operate more like a private business. Congress might not have been able to avoid this reduction in service, but by working with the USPS to reduce other costs, it could help to ensure future — and potentially more significant — cuts are not needed. Online: greenvilleonline.com FEB. 10

The State on outlawing texting while driving: It’s far too simplistic to say that South Carolina’s roads are among the nation’s deadliest because we are one of just five states with absolutely no limits on drivers sending and receiving text messages. After all, our roads were among the nation’s deadliest long before anyone had ever heard of texting. But as long as we do have some of the nation’s deadliest highways — only Montana has more deaths per vehicle mile traveled — it’s not simplistic to say we need to do something to make our roads safer. The most important thing we can do is step up enforcement, since our biggest dangers are people driving too fast, refusing to yield and driving after drinking too much — all of which are illegal. The most efficient thing we can do is outlaw practices that anyone with even a modicum of sense can see are insanely dangerous. Topping that list: sending and receiving text messages while driving. Do other activities also distract drivers’ attention? ... We can debate how dangerous it is to talk on a cellphone while driving, whether experienced drivers are able to compensate for the distraction and whether that should be banned. But you simply cannot argue that it’s safe to take your eyes off the road long enough to compose or read a message — no matter how brief — on a tiny screen. That you’re addicted to. Besides the “don’t ban texting unless you ban babies in the car” argument, critics like to call a texting ban a “big government” intrusion into people’s lives. Yes, people really do say things that idiotic. By that logic, speed limits are a “big government” intrusion. And laws that ban driving through red lights. And any highway law. Because texting while driving does the same thing as driving too fast and driving through stop lights: It

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The Post and Courier of Charleston on Iran’s supreme defiance: Recently, Vice President Joe Biden said the United States was ready for one-on-one negotiations with Iran about its nuclear program “when the Iranian leadership, supreme leader, is serious.” On Feb. 7, that supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, sounded seriously belligerent when he said that Iran isn’t interested in a direct dialogue with the U.S. That rejection was a bit of a surprise. Recently, both Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi had expressed interest in Biden’s offer. But as Khamenei’s “supreme leader” title shows, he’s the one in charge. And after the U.S. further tightened economic sanctions against Iran on schedule, the ayatollah was supremely peeved. As he put it during a speech to Iranian air force commanders: “Does imposing, in your own words, ‘crippling sanctions’ show good will or hostility? Iran will not accept to negotiate with he who threatens us with pressure.” However, Khamenei did indicate that Iran would move forward to another round of negotiations with the P5+1 group (the U.S., Britain, China, France and Russia — plus Germany), starting Feb. 26 in Kazakhstan. Unfortunately, considering the futility of previous talks in that series, it would be naive to imagine Iran suddenly backing off from its nuclear-weaponry ambitions. Indeed, Ahmadinejad, during a visit to Egypt, boasted that Iran is “now a nuclear power” — though he added that it doesn’t plan to attack Israel. It would be foolish to trust either assertion, especially in light of Ahmadinejad’s many past proclamations that the destruction of Israel looms. ... President Barack Obama has repeatedly said the U.S. will never allow Iran to obtain nuclear weapons. But the crucial question of how to prevent that chilling outcome remains unanswered. Online: postandcourier.com

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endangers the driver, the passengers and everyone else on the road. Fortunately, there’s a simple way to get around “big government” intrusion into your text life: Don’t do it while driving on the “big government” roads. And there’s a simple way our Legislature can make our highways safer: Outlaw texting while driving. Online: thestate.com

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Mary Koty, a sophomore at Sumter High School, started the Children’s Hope Bear Drive last year. “My brother was at Palmetto Health Richland, and he got a bear,” she said. “Bear went to school with him, and when he came into the hospital, he was really scared. I told him not to be because he was going to get a teddy bear.” She became close to Bear’s family, taking him to the playground when their siblings were playing soccer. “We had a lot of fun together,” Koty said. “After he died, I thought everyone deserved to get a bear, and they run low a lot.” Her brother, who was not in the hospital for cancer, is well now, she said. The new teddy bears may be dropped off at Alice Drive Baptist Church — 1305 Loring Mill Road, Sumter — CHILDREN’S CENTER FOR by Feb. 24, and to CANCER & BLOOD DISORDERS Sumter High TOY BOX WISH LIST School — 2580 McCrays Mill Toys are needed for children from birth Road, Sumter — to 12 years of age. Toys must be new. by March 1. At Sumter High, do• Action figures — Power Rangers, Batnations should be man, Transformers, etc. taken to Suzanne • Activity books — word searches, Koty, a teacher crossword puzzles, sodoku, etc. and Mary Koty’s • Balls mother. • Board games “Some people • Cars and trucks have sent in do• Card games — ex. Uno, playing cards, nations so I can etc. go out and buy • Coloring books theirs myself,” • Craft kits Mary Koty said. “I • Dinosaurs really hope we • Dollar store prizes meet our goal this • Dolls (Baby dolls, Polly Pockets, Dora, year. Last year we Barbie) were seven short.” • Fingernail polish She hopes to • Games — handheld collect 200 teddy • Lego kits bears this year. • Play-Dough For more infor• Play food sets mation, visit • Play jewelry sets https://www.face• Puzzles book.com/Child• Small cars, trucks, motorcycles rensHopePalmet• Sticker books toRichland. • Toddler toys The “Bear Crawl” motorcycle ride fundraiser was started by the Gibbons family friends Master Sgt. Maurice Toole and his wife, Jennifer. “We’ve known Rob and Tamee forever,” Maurice Toole said. “We were at their house the morning he (Bear) passed. I wondered if there was a way that I could do something. I participated in other people’s charity rides, and since I like to ride motorcycles, it was something nice that I could do.” Monetary donations and collected toys go toward Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders’ CAMP KEMO, a weeklong summer camp for patients ages 5 to 18 and their siblings. Besides collecting goodies for the campers, Toole said he hopes to raise awareness of childhood cancer. “I guess I was one of those people who didn’t really think about it,” he said. “My mom died of cancer, so I was more familiar with adult types. When Bear died of childhood cancer, I was kind of like ‘whoa.’ You don’t know what to say or do. All you can say is, ‘why?’” All gifts must be new and in original packaging, and financial contributions can be made at http://www.gofundme.com/httpwwwpalmettohealth. Donations of both kinds will also be accepted the day of the ride. The 3rd Annual Bear Crawl will start at 10 a.m. March 9 at the Beacon Theater, 1121 Broad St., Sumter, and will end at Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital. Her family has yet to be able to participate, Tamee Gibbons said. “Our good family friends started it right after Bear got sick,” she said. “They’ve basically known Bear since he was a baby. The first year we couldn’t because we were at the hospital. The second year, my husband had just left. He’s deployed to Qatar. This year, hopefully we might be able to do it.” For more information, contact the Tooles at (803) 468-3113/2521 or jcityp1@ftc-i.net. For teenage patients: $10 gift cards to Walmart, Target or Best Buy

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SUMTER COUNTY VOTER REGISTRATION / ELECTION COMMISSION Today, 5:30 p.m., registration / election office (county courthouse, first floor, Room 114-C) LEE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES (CALLED MEETING) Today, 6:30 p.m., board room, district annex, Roland Street

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BANKS — Wells Fargo will be open Monday. All other area banks and credit unions will be closed Monday. GOVERNMENT — The following will be closed Monday: federal government offices; U.S. Postal Service; state government offices; City of Sumter offices; County of Sumter offices; Clarendon County offices; Lee County Courthouse; and Bishopville City Hall. SCHOOLS — The following will be closed Monday: Clarendon School Districts 1, 2 and 3; Robert E. Lee Academy; Thomas Sumter Academy; Laurence Manning Academy; Sumter Christian School; St. Anne Catholic School; St. Francis Xavier High School; and William Thomas Academy. UTILITIES — Black River Electric Coop. and Farmers Telephone Coop. will be open Monday. OTHER — The following will be closed Monday: Sumter County Library; Harvin Clarendon County Library; and the Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce. All offices of The Item will be open Monday.

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Jan Whitaker shares a picture of a heart-shaped mud puddle in her yard.

SPORTS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2013

THE ITEM To contact the Sports Department, call (803) 774-1241 or e-mail sports@theitem.com

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Sumter shuts down Silver Foxes Strong defense, Butler’s 22 points lead Gamecocks BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS jdriggers@theitem.com Having already watched a 12-point lead dwindle away, Sumter High School boys basketball head coach Sam Fuller knew his Gamecocks couldn’t keep going FULLER at the pace the game was going. “We were trying to outscore (Dutch Fork) in the first half,” Fuller said. “That wasn’t going to work the way things were going.” Fuller stressed getting stops at halftime and the Gamecocks switched to a zone defense. The result was a much more efficient transition offense, and combined with Sonny Butler’s 22-point night, it all added up to a 75-62 victory for SHS in the

opening round of the 4A state playoffs on Wednesday at the Sumter High gymnasium. The Gamecocks, now 15-9 on the season, will host Bluffton – a 51-49 winner over Wando – on Saturday at 7 p.m. “I feel confident we can play against a lot of people when we play in transition well,” Fuller said. “We were able to get stops, hold them to one shot and get a lot of rebounds in the second half. “The zone hurt them a little bit and we got what we needed to get out of it.” SHS got all it needed out of Butler, especially in the third quarter. After the Silver Foxes had rallied to take a 36-32 lead, Sumter closed with a 15-0 run highlighted by Butler’s nine points to take a 47-36 lead into the

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Sumter’s Anthony Moses (53) puts up a shot against Dutch Fork’s Freddie Poole (44) during Wednesday’s 4A state playoff SEE SHS, PAGE B3 game at the Sumter High gymnasium. The Gamecocks defeated the Silver Foxes 75-62.

CHS looking for more intensity SCISA playoffs open BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS jdriggers@theitem.com Every team begins the playoffs with a 0-0 record regardless of what seeding, and Monday’s firstround 3A girls basketball state playoff WILSON game against Georgetown High School hammered that point home to the Crestwood Lady Knights. Crestwood led 42-39

with several teams vying for state titles

with less than 30 seconds remaining before Keanua Williams’ backto-back baskets put the game out of reach as the Lady Knights held on for a 46-41 victory on Monday That set up tonight’s 6:30 p.m. contest at The Castle against thirdseeded Hanahan – a 39-23 victor over Strom Thurmond on Monday. “That first game, you always wonder which team is going to want it more,” CHS head coach

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennisb@theitem.com

SEE CRESTWOOD, PAGE B5

CRESTWOOD-HANAHAN GAME TIME CHANGE The starting time for Crestwood High School’s 3A girls basketball second-round state playoff game against Hanahan today at The Castle has been

changed from a 7 p.m. start to 6:30. CHS athletic coordinator Keith Crolley said the change was made after a request by Hanahan due to travel time.

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Crestwood’s Daniquia Lewis, right, is hoping to lead the Lady Knights to a fourth straight third-round appearance in the 3A state playoffs with a win over Hanahan today at The Castle.

Martin, USC struggling in 1st year BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press COLUMBIA — Frank Martin hasn’t gone through a season like his first one at South Carolina in a long time. Martin, 46, went back to his time as a 20-something junior varsity coach in South Florida to recall such an awful, distressing stretch as the Gamecocks have endured during the Southeastern Conference season. South Carolina (1211) has won two of 10 conference games and is tied for last in the league with Mississippi State. The Gamecocks are on a fourgame league losing streak with LSU (13-8, 4-6) headed to campus

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South Carolina head coach Frank Martin and his basketball team has struggled in his first year as head coach. The Gamecocks are 12-11 and tied for last in the Southeastern Conference heading into today’s game against LSU.

Thursday night. Martin appears headed toward his first non-20 win season in

his six years as a college head coach. How’s he handling things?

“Patience,” he says. That’s been difficult for the ultra-competitive Martin, in the first season at South Carolina. After Sunday’s 66-61 loss to Tennessee, he said the Gamecocks offense wouldn’t match up with some of the high school JV teams he’s coached. During one stretch, Martin’s was about the only voice heard at the Colonial Life Arena, shouting “Pass the ball” to his players. “It’s not a comfortable place to be in when you’re going through what we’re going through right now,” he said. “But I didn’t show up here to run a 50-yard dash and then go home. It’s a long race.” SEE MARTIN, PAGE B2

The boys and girls basketball teams from Wilson Hall, Laurence Manning Academy and Robert E. Lee Academy, the girls teams from Thomas Sumter Academy and Clarendon Hall and the boys team from St. Francis Xavier High School have all earned berths in their respective SCISA state tournaments. The first-round games for the girls in classes 1A, 2A and 3A will be played on Friday at various sites around the state, while the boys first-round games are set for Saturday. Both Wilson Hall teams will play at Sumter County Civic Center in the first round of the 3A tournaments, and both teams will be meeting First Baptist. The Lady Barons, the lower No. 3 seed, will meet lower No. 6 seed

LOCAL PLAYOFFS BOYS 3A Second Round Friday

Crestwood at Stall, 7 p.m. 4A Second Round Saturday

Bluffton at Sumter, 7 p.m. GIRLS 3A Second Round Today

Hanahan at Crestwood, 6:30 p.m. 4A Second Round Friday

Colleton County at Sumter, 7 p.m.

First Baptist on Friday at 8 p.m. The Wilson Hall boys are the lower No. 4 seed with First Baptist the lower No. 5 seed, and they will play Saturday at 4:30 p.m. Both LMA teams will be playing at Heathwood Hall in Columbia in their 3A openers. The Lady Swampcats are the lower No. 5 seed and will take on lower No. 4 Augusta Christian on Friday at 8. The LMA boys are the upper No. 5 SEE SCISA, PAGE B3

Brownell: Every possession matters BY MANDRALLIUS ROBINSON Greenville News CLEMSON — The Clemson men’s basketball team has managed a 4-7 record in Atlantic Coast Conference play. Yet, four of those losses BROWNELL were by fewer than six points, including a one-point loss to North Carolina State on Sunday.

Clemson earned its four league wins by an average margin of 10.3 points. That included a 63-60 win against Georgia Tech, whom Clemson will visit at 7 tonight. However, since edging the Yellow Jackets, Clemson has dropped three consecutive games. In addition to the heartbreaking loss to N.C. State, Clemson suffered a seven-point loss at Boston College and a 37-point loss at Virginia. SEE CLEMSON, PAGE B3

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SFX falls in Region I-1A tourney finals WALTERBORO — St. Francis Xavier High School lost to Patrick Henry Academy 65-32 in the championship game of the SCISA Region I-1A tournament on Tuesday at the Colleton Prep gymnasium. KJ Dozier had a double-double of 10 points and 12 rebounds for the Padres, who are 18-8 on the season. Dalton Foreman added nine points. Jesse Peoples led Patrick Henry with 21 points. Gibson Wall added 14. Dozier was named to the all-tournament team, and both he and Foreman were named to the all-region squad. VARSITY GIRLS BASKETBALL MULLINS 73 LEE CENTRAL 60

MULLINS — Lee Central saw its season come to an end on Tuesday with a 73-60 loss to Mullins in the first round of the 2A state playoffs at the Mullins gymnasium. Asia Wright led the Lady Stallions with 20 points and Quetta Brown added 19. JV BOYS BASKETBALL THOMAS SUMTER PALMETTO CHRISTIAN

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Seattle pitcher Felix Hernandez, right, shakes hands with general manager Jack Zduriencik after signing an agreement on his new contract. Hernandez signed a 7-year contract with the Mariners that makes him the highest-paid pitcher in baseball. The new deal will be worth $175 million.

my won the SCISA Region II-2A tournament for the second straight year with a 45-22 victory over Palmetto Christian on Tuesday at the Calhoun Academy gymnasium. Drew Stengel led TSA, which finished the year with a 16-4 record, with 20 points. Noah White added 10. HERNANDEZ SIGNS 7-YEAR DEAL

SEATTLE — Fighting back tears while his hands trembled, Felix Hernandez signed a seven-year contract with the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday that made

him the highest-paid pitcher in baseball.

fying before a grand jury was not a crime.

FRAZIER SIGNS THRU 2014

TURKOGLU BANNED 20 GAMES

MINNEAPOLIS — After leading the Minnesota Vikings to a surprising playoff berth last season, Leslie Frazier has reached an agreement on a contract through 2014.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Orlando Magic forward Hedo Turkoglu was suspended 20 games by the NBA on Wednesday after testing positive for steroids. The NBA said Turkoglu tested positive for methenolone, an anabolic steroid. He began serving the suspension Wednesday night when the Magic hosted the Atlanta Hawks.

BONDS SEEKS DISMISSAL

SAN FRANCISCO— A lawyer for Barry Bonds urged a federal appeals court on Wednesday to toss out the slugger’s obstruction of justice conviction, saying a rambling answer he gave while testi-

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Connecticut upsets Syracuse 66-58 HARTFORD, Conn. — Freshman Omar Calhoun scored 15 points, including three 3-pointers in the deciding second-half run, and Connecticut beat No. 6 Syracuse 66-58 on Wednesday night in the last scheduled game between the national powers. Syracuse will play next season in the Atlantic Coast Conference while Connecticut will stay in the realigned Big East although the Huskies could be enticed to head to another conference if asked. (1) INDIANA NEBRASKA

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INDIANAPOLIS — Cody Zeller scored 16 points and Christian Watford finished with 13 points and 11 rebounds to help No. 1 Indiana pull away from Nebraska 76-47 on Wednesday night. (3) MIAMI FLORIDA STATE

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Shane Larkin scored 13 of his 22 points in the final 7 1-2 minutes to help third-ranked Miami stave off Florida State 74-68 on Wednesday night for its 12th straight victory. CHARLOTTE (11) BUTLER

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INDIANAPOLIS — Paul George posted his second triple-double of the season with 23 points, 12 rebounds and a career-high 12 assists, and the Indiana Pacers routed the Charlotte Bobcats 101-77 Wednesday night.

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INDIANAPOLIS — Pierria Henry scored 17 points to lead Charlotte to a 71-67 win over No. 11 Butler on Wednesday night. (17) OKLAHOMA STATE TEXAS TECH

Connecticut’s Ryan Boatright, right, blocks a shot-attempt Wednesday by Syracuse’s Brandon Triche in the Huskies’ 66-58 victory in Hartford, Conn.,

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LUBBOCK, Texas — Markel Brown scored 25 points and matched a career high with seven 3-pointers — all in the first half — to lead No. 17 Oklahoma State over Texas Tech 91-67 on Wednesday night.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Josh Smith had 30 points and 10 rebounds and Al Horford added 26 points and 12 rebounds as the Atlanta Hawks blew past the Orlando Magic 108-76 on Wednesday night.

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SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Jerian Grant scored 21 points, including a big three-point play in overtime, to lift No. 21 Notre Dame to an 82-78 win over DePaul on Wednesday night, beating the Blue Demons in overtime for the second time in 11 days.

CLEVELAND — Kawhi Leonard’s 3-pointer with 2.9 seconds remaining gave the San Antonio Spurs a 96-95 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night.

MARTIN from Page B1

those 14 and 15 years olds after losing as he did during their earlier success. Martin said that group rebounded to win its final two games and the lessons of that season have stuck with the coach ever since. There have been several hurdles South Carolina’s had to surmount since Martin’s arrival. Two of the team’s best players in 6-foot-9 Damontre Harris and 6-8 Anthony Gill transferred last spring. The team’s top guard, Bruce Ellington, was the leading receiver on the football team is only now rounding into basketball shape. Martin also lost senior Southern Miss transfer LaShay Page to eligibility issues before SEC play began, an error the coach took full responsibility for. Martin acknowledged other mistakes, too. After a four-game stretch in January where the Gamecocks won twice and took then-ranked Missouri to the wire before falling 71-66, Martin shifted more focus to breaking down opponents at the expense of coaching up his own players.

And getting longer with each defeat. The Gamecocks are near the bottom of the SEC in shooting percentage and scoring defense and don’t have a player in the top 25 in league scoring average. That means when it’s crunch time — five of their eight SEC defeats have come by less than 10 points — Martin has no one making the critical play. When he coached at Kansas State, he’d call on Michael Beasley to get the crucial buckets and “everybody thought that was pretty good offense.” Martin’s latest college team has him remembering the JV squad at Miami Senior High which started 7-2 then lost seven straight games. Martin was in his early 20s and struggling to find ways to reach his teenage players. Martin decided to stick to his basketball principles and demand just as much from

From wire reports

SCOREBOARD TV, RADIO TODAY 9 a.m. -- Professional Golf: European PGA Tour Africa Open First Round from East London, South Afrida (GOLF). Noon -- NASCAR Racing: Media Day Special from Daytona Beach, Fla. (SPEED). 12:30 p.m. -- LPGA Golf: Australian Open First Round from Yarralumla, Australia (GOLF). 12:50 p.m. -- International Soccer: Europa League Soccer Match -- Sparta Prague vs. Chelsea (FOX SOCCER). 3 p.m. -- PGA Golf: Northern Trust Open First Round from Pacific Palisades, Calif. (GOLF). 5 p.m.-- High School Basketball: McDonald’s All American Selection Show from Charlotte (ESPNU). 6:05 p.m. -- Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXYFM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). 7 p.m. -- College Basketball: Wisconsin at Minnesota (ESPN). 7 p.m. -- College Basketball: Louisiana State at South Carolina (ESPN2, WDXY-FM 105.9, WNKT-FM 107.5, WDXY-AM 1240). 7 p.m. -- College Basketball: Belmont at Tennessee State (ESPNU). 7 p.m. -- College Basketball: Clemson at Georgia Tech (FOX SPORTSOUTH, WWBDFM 94.7, WPUB-FM 102.7). 8 p.m. -- Women’s College Basketball: Iowa State at Oklahoma (SPORTSOUTH). 8 p.m. -- NBA Basketball: Miami at Oklahoma City (TNT). 9 p.m. -- College Basketball: Santa Clara at Brigham Young (BYUTV). 9 p.m. -- College Basketball: St. John’s at Louisville (ESPN). 9 p.m. -- College Basketball: UCLA at California (ESPN2). 9 p.m. -- College Basketball: Iowa at Penn State (ESPNU). 10:30 p.m. -- NBA Basketball: Los Angeles Lakers at Los Angeles Clippers (TNT). 11 p.m. -- College Basketball: Gonzaga at St. Mary’ (Calif.) (ESPN2). 11 p.m. -- College Basketball: Southern California at Stanford (ESPNU). 12:30 a.m. -- College Basketball: California Baptist at Brigham Young Hawaii (BYUTV). 2 a.m. -- NHL Hockey: Toronto at Carolina (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCHEDULE By The Associated Press TODAY EAST George Mason at Drexel, 7 p.m. St. Francis (NY) at Fairleigh Dickinson, 7 p.m. LIU Brooklyn at Monmouth (NJ), 7 p.m. Bryant at Mount St. Mary’s, 7 p.m. Robert Morris at Quinnipiac, 7 p.m. St. Peter’s at Rider, 7 p.m. St. Francis (Pa.) at Sacred Heart, 7 p.m. Duquesne at Temple, 7 p.m. CCSU at Wagner, 7 p.m. Canisius at Loyola (Md.), 7:30 p.m. Siena at Fairfield, 8:30 p.m. Iowa at Penn St., 9 p.m. SOUTH Furman at Chattanooga, 7 p.m. Tennessee Tech at E. Kentucky, 7 p.m. Kennesaw St. at ETSU, 7 p.m. Appalachian St. at Elon, 7 p.m. W. Kentucky at FAU, 7 p.m. Clemson at Georgia Tech, 7 p.m. Jacksonville St. at Morehead St., 7 p.m. Florida Gulf Coast at N. Kentucky, 7 p.m. LSU at South Carolina, 7 p.m. Belmont at Tennessee St., 7 p.m. W. Carolina at UNC Greensboro, 7 p.m. Georgia Southern at The Citadel, 7:05 p.m. Davidson at Coll. of Charleston, 7:30 p.m. Stetson at Lipscomb, 7:30 p.m. Wofford at Samford, 8 p.m. Louisiana-Lafayette at South Alabama, 8:05 p.m. Northwestern St. at SE Louisiana, 8:15 p.m. North Texas at Louisiana-Monroe, 8:30 p.m. Stephen F. Austin at Nicholls St., 8:30 p.m. FIU at Troy, 8:30 p.m. St. John’s at Louisville, 9 p.m. Mercer at SC-Upstate, 9 p.m. UMass at VCU, 9 p.m. MIDWEST Wisconsin at Minnesota, 7 p.m. Northwestern at Ohio St., 7 p.m. Austin Peay at E. Illinois, 8 p.m. W. Illinois at N. Dakota St., 8 p.m. Murray St. at SIU-Edwardsville, 8 p.m. Oakland at South Dakota, 8 p.m. Sacramento St. at North Dakota, 8:05 p.m. IUPUI at S. Dakota St., 8:05 p.m. IPFW at UMKC, 8:05 p.m. SOUTHWEST CS Bakersfield at Texas-Pan American, 8 p.m. UALR at Arkansas St., 8:05 p.m. Texas A&M-CC at Cent. Arkansas, 8:30 p.m. Sam Houston St. at Oral Roberts, 8:30 p.m. FAR WEST UCLA at California, 9 p.m. Montana at Weber St., 9 p.m. Montana St. at Idaho St., 9:05 p.m. N. Arizona at N. Colorado, 9:05 p.m. Denver at Utah St., 9:05 p.m. Arizona at Colorado, 10 p.m. CS Northridge at Pacific, 10 p.m. Loyola Marymount at Pepperdine, 10 p.m. Portland at San Francisco, 10 p.m. New Mexico St. at San Jose St., 10 p.m. San Diego at Santa Clara, 10 p.m. Louisiana Tech at Seattle, 10 p.m. Hawaii at UC Davis, 10 p.m. Texas-Arlington at Idaho, 10:05 p.m. S. Utah at Portland St., 10:35 p.m. Gonzaga at Saint Mary’s (Cal), 11 p.m. Southern Cal at Stanford, 11 p.m. Women’s College Basketball Schedule By The Associated Press TODAY EAST Drexel at Hofstra, Noon Canisius at Fairfield, 6 p.m. Virginia at Boston College, 7 p.m. Old Dominion at Delaware, 7 p.m. Iona at Saint Peter’s, 7 p.m. SOUTH North Texas at Louisiana-Monroe, 6:15 p.m. Northwestern St. at SE Louisiana, 6:15 p.m. FIU at Troy, 6:15 p.m. Stephen F. Austin at Nicholls St., 6:30 p.m. Gardner-Webb at Campbell, 7 p.m. Presbyterian at Coastal Carolina, 7 p.m. SMU at East Carolina, 7 p.m. N.C. State at Florida St., 7 p.m. Towson at Georgia St., 7 p.m. UNC Asheville at High Point, 7 p.m. South Carolina at Kentucky, 7 p.m. Winthrop at Liberty, 7 p.m. Radford at Longwood, 7 p.m. UTEP at Marshall, 7 p.m. Clemson at Maryland, 7 p.m. Wake Forest at North Carolina, 7 p.m. George Mason at UNC Wilmington, 7 p.m. Duke at Virginia Tech, 7 p.m. Seattle at Louisiana Tech, 8 p.m. UAB at Memphis, 8 p.m. Mississippi St. at Mississippi, 8 p.m. Utah Valley at New Orleans, 8 p.m. UCF at Southern Miss., 8 p.m. Rice at Tulane, 8 p.m. Missouri at Vanderbilt, 8 p.m. MIDWEST South Dakota at Oakland, 6:30 p.m. UMKC at IPFW, 7 p.m. S. Dakota St. at IUPUI, 7 p.m. Indiana St. at Evansville, 8 p.m. Cleveland St. at Green Bay, 8 p.m. Penn St. at Iowa, 8 p.m. Youngstown St. at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. N. Dakota St. at W. Illinois, 8 p.m. Purdue at Wisconsin, 8 p.m. Missouri St. at Creighton, 8:05 p.m. Wichita St. at Drake, 8:05 p.m. Illinois St. at S. Illinois, 8:05 p.m. Ohio St. at Nebraska, 9 p.m. SOUTHWEST Sam Houston St. at Oral Roberts, 6 p.m.

| Texas A&M-CC at Cent. Arkansas, 6:30 p.m. Tulsa at Houston, 8 p.m. Iowa St. at Oklahoma, 8 p.m. Idaho at Texas-Arlington, 8 p.m. Florida at Texas A&M, 9 p.m. FAR WEST San Jose St. at New Mexico St., 8:30 p.m. N. Colorado at N. Arizona, 8:35 p.m. Santa Clara at BYU, 9 p.m. Utah St. at Denver, 9 p.m. Saint Mary’s (Cal) at Gonzaga, 9 p.m. Weber St. at Montana, 9 p.m. Idaho St. at Montana St., 9 p.m. Portland St. at S. Utah, 9 p.m. Long Beach St. at Cal State Fullerton, 10 p.m. Pacific at CS Northridge, 10 p.m. San Diego at Loyola Marymount, 10 p.m. San Francisco at Portland, 10 p.m. North Dakota at Sacramento St., 10 p.m. UC Irvine at UC Riverside, 10 p.m. UC Davis at Hawaii, Mid

NBA STANDINGS By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB New York 32 17 .653 – Brooklyn 30 22 .577 31/2 Boston 27 24 .529 6 Philadelphia 22 28 .440 101/2 Toronto 20 32 .385 131/2 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 35 14 .714 – Atlanta 28 22 .560 71/2 Washington 15 35 .300 201/2 Orlando 15 36 .294 21 Charlotte 12 39 .235 24 Central Division W L Pct GB Indiana 31 21 .596 – Chicago 30 21 .588 1/2 Milwaukee 25 25 .500 5 Detroit 20 33 .377 111/2 Cleveland 16 36 .308 15 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 41 12 .774 – Memphis 33 18 .647 7 Houston 29 25 .537 121/2 Dallas 22 29 .431 18 New Orleans 18 34 .346 221/2 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 39 13 .750 – Denver 33 20 .623 61/2 Utah 29 24 .547 101/2 Portland 25 27 .481 14 Minnesota 19 30 .388 181/2 Pacific Division W L Pct GB L.A. Clippers 37 17 .685 – Golden State 30 22 .577 6 L.A. Lakers 25 28 .472 111/2 Sacramento 19 34 .358 171/2 Phoenix 17 36 .321 191/2 ___ Tuesday’s Games Toronto 109, Denver 108 Miami 117, Portland 104 Memphis 108, Sacramento 101 Utah 109, Oklahoma City 94 Houston 116, Golden State 107 L.A. Lakers 91, Phoenix 85 Wednesday’s Games San Antonio at Cleveland, 7 p.m. Charlotte at Indiana, 7 p.m. Atlanta at Orlando, 7 p.m. Chicago at Boston, 7:30 p.m. Toronto at New York, 7:30 p.m. Denver at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. Washington at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Utah at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Portland at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Philadelphia at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. Sacramento at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Houston at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m. Thursday’s Games Miami at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. L.A. Clippers at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

NHL STANDINGS By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA New Jersey 13 8 2 3 19 35 28 Pittsburgh 13 8 5 0 16 41 32 N.Y. Rangers 12 7 5 0 14 33 30 Philadelphia 14 6 7 1 13 34 40 N.Y. Islanders 12 4 7 1 9 36 43 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 11 8 1 2 18 32 25 Ottawa 13 7 4 2 16 33 23 Toronto 13 8 5 0 16 39 33 Montreal 12 7 4 1 15 35 33 Buffalo 14 5 8 1 11 39 48 Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Carolina 12 7 4 1 15 38 36 Tampa Bay 12 6 5 1 13 46 36 Winnipeg 12 5 6 1 11 32 40 Florida 12 4 6 2 10 30 46 Washington 13 4 8 1 9 36 46 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 13 10 0 3 23 44 28 Nashville 13 6 3 4 16 25 26 Detroit 12 7 4 1 15 33 32 St. Louis 12 6 5 1 13 39 40 Columbus 13 4 7 2 10 30 41 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vancouver 12 8 2 2 18 35 25 Edmonton 13 5 5 3 13 29 34 Minnesota 13 6 6 1 13 27 32 Calgary 10 3 4 3 9 26 35 Colorado 11 4 6 1 9 23 29 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 12 9 2 1 19 42 33 San Jose 13 7 3 3 17 36 29 Dallas 13 7 5 1 15 30 29 Phoenix 13 6 5 2 14 35 35 Los Angeles 11 4 5 2 10 26 32 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Tuesday’s Games N.Y. Rangers 4, Boston 3, SO Montreal 4, Tampa Bay 3, SO Anaheim 3, Chicago 2, SO Carolina 4, New Jersey 2 Ottawa 2, Buffalo 0 Washington 6, Florida 5, OT Philadelphia 3, Winnipeg 2 Nashville 1, San Jose 0, OT Dallas 4, Edmonton 1 Vancouver 2, Minnesota 1 Wednesday’s Games Ottawa at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. St. Louis at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Dallas at Calgary, 9:30 p.m. Thursday’s Games N.Y. Islanders at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Toronto at Carolina, 7 p.m. Washington at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Montreal at Florida, 7:30 p.m. Phoenix at Nashville, 8 p.m. Colorado at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Friday’s Games Boston at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at Winnipeg, 7 p.m. Anaheim at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. San Jose at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. St. Louis at Calgary, 9 p.m. Dallas at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Columbus at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

TRANSACTIONS Wednesday’s Sports Transactions The Associated Press BASEBALL National League PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Agreed to terms with 3B Brandon Inge on a minor league contract. American Association GRAND PRAIRIE AIR HOGS — Signed RHP Jared Mortensen. LAREDO LEMURS — Signed LHP Greg Wilborn and OF Yordany Ramirez. Traded RHP Osvaldo Rodriguez and INF Javier Brito to Rio Grande for OF Francisco Santana and a player to be named.

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2013

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SCISA STATE BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS 3A BOYS First Round Saturday At Heathwood Hall (Columbia) Game 1 -- (U4) Heathwood Hall vs. (U5) Laurence Mannnig, 5:30 p.m. at Porter-Gaud (Charleston) Game 2 -- (U3) Pinewood Prep vs. (U6) Orangeburg Prep, 4 p.m. Game 4 -- (L3) Northwood vs. (L6) Hilton Head Prep, 5:30 p.m. at Sumter County Civic Center Game 3 -- (L4) Wilson Hall vs. (L5) First Baptist, 4:30 p.m. Quarterfinals Wednesday at Sumter County Civic Center Game 5 -- Game 1 winner vs. (U1) Hammond, 3:30 p.m. Game 6 -- Game 2 winner vs. (U2) Augusta Christian, 5 p.m. Game 7 -- Game 3 winner vs. (L1) Porter-Gaud, 6:30 p.m. Game 8 -- Game 4 winner vs. (L2) Cardinal Newman, 8 p.m. Semifinals Friday at Sumter County Civic Center Game 9 -- Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 8 p.m. Game 10 -- Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 8 p.m. Championship Saturday at Sumter County Civic Center Game 11 -- Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 8 p.m. GIRLS First Round Friday At Sumter County Civic Center Game 1 -- (U4) Orangeburg Prep vs. (U5) Porter-Gaud, 6:30 p.m. Game 4 -- (L3) Wilson Hall vs. (L6) First Baptist, 8 p.m. at Pinewood Prep A (Summerville) Game 2 -- (U3) Hilton Head Christian vs. (U6) Ben Lippen, 8 p.m. at Heathwood Hall (Columbia) Game 3 -- (L4) Augusta Christian vs. (L5) Laurence Manning, 8 p.m. Quarterfinals Tuesday at Sumter County Civic Center Game 5 -- Game 1 winner vs. (U1) Northwood, 8 p.m. Game 6 -- Game 2 winner vs. (U2) Heathwood Hall, 6:30 p.m. Game 7 -- Game 3 winner vs. (L1) Pinewood Prep, 5 p.m. Game 8 -- Game 4 winner vs. (L2) Hammond, 3:30 p.m. Semifinals

Friday at Sumter County Civic Center Game 9 -- Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 6:30 p.m. Game 10 -- Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 3:30 p.m. Championship Saturday at Sumter County Civic Center Game 11 -- Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 6:30 p.m. 2A BOYS First Round Saturday at Heathwood Hall (Columbia) Game 1 -- (U1) Spartanburg Christian vs. (U8) Calhoun, 1 p.m. Game 7 -- (L2) Oakbrook Prep vs. (L7) Thomas Heyward, 4 p.m. at Wilson Hall B Game 2 -- (U4) The King’s Academy vs. (U5) Beaufort, 4 p.m. Game 8 -- (L3) Marlboro vs. (L6) Holly Hill, 5:30 p.m. at Porter-Gaud (Charleston) Game 3 -- (U2) Palmetto Christian vs. (U7) Richard Winn, 2:30 p.m. Game 5 -- (L1) Charleston Collegiate vs. (L8) Robert E. Lee, 1 p.m. at Sumter County Civic Center Game 4 -- (U3) Bible Baptist vs. (U6) Carolina, 1:30 p.m. Game 6 -- (L4) Dorchester vs. (L5) Spartanburg Day, noon Quarterfinals Tuesday at Wilson Hall Game 9 -- Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 6:30 p.m. Game 10 -- Game 3 winner vs Game 4 winner, 8 p.m. Game 11 -- Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 3:30 p.m. Game 12 -- Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 5 p.m. Semifinals Thursday at Sumter County Civic Center Game 13 -- Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 5 p.m. Game 14 -- Game 11 winner vs. Game 12 winner, 8 p.m. Championship Saturday at Sumter County Civic Center Game 15 -- Game 13 winner vs. Game 14 winner, 4 p.m. GIRLS First Round Friday at Heathwood Hall (Columbia) Game 1 -- (U1) Richard Winn vs. (U8) The King’s Academy, 6:30 p.m.

Game 8 -- (L3) Spartanburg Day vs. (L6) Holly Hill, 5 p.m. at Sumter County Civic Center Game 2 -- (U4) Calhoun vs. (U5) Beaufort, 5 p.m. Game 4 -- (U3) Pee Dee vs. (U6) Dorchester, 3:30 p.m. at Pinewood Prep A (Summerville) Game 3 -- (U2) Bible Baptist vs. (U7) Thomas Sumter, 5 p.m. Game 7 -- (U2) Palmetto Christian vs. (L7) Robert E. Lee, 3:30 p.m. at Wilson Hall A Game 5 -- (L1) Thomas Heyward vs. (L8) Carolina, 8 p.m. Game 6 -- (L4) Marlboro vs. (L5) Spartanburg Christian, 5 p.m. Quarterfinals Monday at Sumter County Civic Center Game 9 -- Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 3:30 p.m. Game 10 -- Game 3 winner vs Game 4 winner, 5 p.m. Game 11 -- Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 6:30 p.m. Game 12 -- Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 8 p.m. Semifinals Thursday at Sumter County Civic Center Game 13 -- Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 6:30 p.m. Game 14 -- Game 11 winner vs. Game 12 winner, 3:30 p.m. Championship Saturday at Sumter County Civic Center Game 15 -- Game 13 winner vs. Game 14 winner, 2:30 p.m. 1A BOYS First Round Saturday at Wilson Hall A Game 1 -- (U1) Laurens vs. (U8) Colleton Prep, 3 p.m. Game 2 -- (U4) Trinity-Byrnes vs. (U5) St. Francis Xavier, 1:30 p.m. Game 3 -- (U2) Faith Christian vs. (U7) Glenforest, noon Game 6 -- (L4) Patrick Henry vs. (L5)Wardlaw, 4:30 p.m. at Heathwood Hall (Columbia) Game 4 -- (U3) Anderson Christian vs. (U6) Cathedral, 2:30 p.m. at Sumter County Civic Center Game 5 -- (L1) Christian Academy vs. (L8) James Island Christian, 3 p.m. at Wilson Hall B Game 7 -- (L2) St. John’s Christian vs. (L7) Covenant Classical, 1 p.m. Game 8 -- (L3) Newberry vs. (L6) Coastal Christian, 2:30 p.m. Quarterfinals Tuesday at Orangeburg Prep

Game 9 -- Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 6:30 p.m. Game 10 -- Game 3 winner vs Game 4 winner, 8 p.m. Game 11 -- Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 3:30 p.m. Game 12 -- Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 5 p.m. Semifinals Thursday at Wilson Hall Game 13 -- Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 5 p.m. Game 14 -- Game 11 winner vs. Game 12 winner, 8 p.m. Championship Saturday at Sumter County Civic Center Game 15 -- Game 13 winner vs. Game 14 winner, 12:30 p.m. GIRLS First Round Friday at Wilson Hall B Game 1 -- (U1) Lowcountry Prep vs. (U8) Faith Christian, 8 p.m. Game 6 -- ((L4) W.W. King vs. (L5) Christian Academy, 6:30 p.m. Game 8 -- (L3) Colleton Prep vs. (L6) Newberry, 5 p.m. at Pinewood Prep B (Summerville) Game 2 -- (U4) St. John’s Christian vs. (U5) Patrick Henry, 5 p.m. at Heathwood Hall (Columbia) Game 3 -- (U2) Anderson Christian vs. (U7) Clarendon Hall, 3:30 p.m. at Wilson Hall A Game 4 -- (U3) Andrew Jackson vs. (U6) Laurens, 6:30 p.m. Game 7 -- (L2) Trinity-Byrnes vs. (L7) Covenant Classical Christian, 3:30 p.m. at Pinewood Prep A (Summerville) Game 5 -- (L1) James Island Christian vs. (L8) Jefferson Davis, 6:30 p.m. Quarterfinals Monday at Wilson Hall Game 9 -- Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 6:30 p.m. Game 10 -- Game 3 winner vs Game 4 winner, 8 p.m. Game 11 -- Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 3:30 p.m. Game 12 -- Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 5 p.m. Semifinals Thursday at Wilson Hall Game 13 -- Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 3;30 p.m. Game 14 -- Game 11 winner vs. Game 12 winner, 6:30 p.m. Championship Saturday at Sumter County Civic Center Game 15 -- Game 13 winner vs. Game 14 winner, 11 a.m.

SCHSL BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS BOYS 4A First Round Wednesday Upper State Hillcrest 76, Byrnes 63 Gaffney at Rock Hill Laurens at Dorman Northwestern at Spring Valley Nation Ford at South Pointe Wade Hampton at T.L. Hanna Clover at Irmo Easley at Spartanburg Lower State Richland Northeast at North Augusta West Ashley 53, Fort Dorchester 42 Sumter 75, Dutch Fork 62 Bluffton 51, Wando 49 Goose Creek 63, Beaufort38 Aiken 59, Conway 58 Summerville 73, South Florence 59 Ridge View 74, Lexington 72 3A First Round Tuesday Upper State Daniel 77, Clinton 43 Southside 79, Chapin 43 Chapman 65, Belton-Honea Path 57 A.C. Flora 68, Travelers Rest 63 Eastside 85, Dreher 70 Seneca 69, Woodruff 56 Lower Richland 78, Greer 69 Chester 69, Emerald 57 Lower State Orangeburg-Wilkinson 67, BrooklandCayce 47 Myrtle Beach 36, Marlboro County 33 Strom Thurmond 55, Hanahan 37 Darlington 85, Wilson 71 Crestwood 63, North Myrtle Beach 58

Stall 55, Airport 52 Hartsville 84, Georgetown 66 Hilton Head 60, Midland Valley 50 Second Round Friday Upper State Southside at Daniel A.C. Flora at Chapman Seneca at Eastside Chester at Lower Richland Lower State Myrtle Beach at Orangeburg-Wilkinson Darlington at Strom Thurmond Crestwood at Stall Hilton Head at Hartsville 2A First Round Wednesday Upper State Batesburg-Leesville at Landrum Chesnee at Abbeville Carolina at Newberry Saluda at Crescent Chesterfield at Keenan Columbia at Cheraw North Central at Indian Land Andrew Jackson at Fairfield Central Lower State Ridgeland-Hardeeville at Calhoun County Silver Bluff at Battery Creek Wade Hampton at Woodland Bishop England at Edisto Waccamaw at Lake Marion Andrews at Marion Kingstree at Dillon Mullins at Lake City 1A First Round Tuesday Upper State Ware Shoals 60, St. Joseph’s 51

SCISA from Page B1 seed and will meet upper No. 4 Heathwood Hall on Saturday at 5:30 p.m In the 2A girls tournament, TSA and REL will both be at Pinewood Prep in Summerville on Friday. The Lady Generals, the upper No. 7 seed, will face upper No. 2 Bible Baptist at 5 p.m. REL is the lower No. 7 seed and will take on lower No. 2 Palmetto Christian at 3:30 p.m.

The REL boys are the lower No. 8 seed and will play at Porter-Gaud in Charleston against lower No. 1 Charleston Collegiate. St. Francis is the upper No. 5 seed in the 1A boys tournament and will play at Wilson Hall’s Nash Student Center on Saturday. The Padres will face upper No. 4 TrinityByrnes at 1:30 p.m. Clarendon Hall is the upper No. 7

C.A. Johnson 70, Wagener-Salley 59 Christ Church 84, Tamassee-Salem 45 Lamar 62, Hunter-Kinard-Tyler 60 Lewisville 72, Ridge Spring-Monetta 39 Greenville Tech 67, Calhoun Falls 47 Fox Creek 59, McBee 56 McCormick 58, Southside Christian 52 Lower State Whale Branch 80, Cross 33 Timmonsville 61, Hannah-Pamplico 50 Baptist Hill 56, Bethune-Bowman 44 C.E. Murray 59, Green Sea-Floyds 54 Carvers Bay 65, Latta 57 Military Magnet 55, Estill 42 Johnsonville 76, Hemingway 55 Allendale-Fairfax beat St. John’s Second Round Friday Upper State C.A. Johnson at Ware Shoals Lamar at Christ Church Greenville Tech at Lewisville McCormick at Fox Creek Lower State Timmonsville at Whale Branch C.E. Murray at Baptist Hill Military Magnet at Carvers Bay Allendale-Fairfax at Johnsonville GIRLS 4A First Round Tuesday Upper State Greenwood 73, Gaffney 39 Mauldin 35, Clover 32 Dorman 67 Westside 41 Ridge View 52, Lancaster 48 Northwestern 56, South Pointe 40 J.L. Mann 57, Spartanburg 54 Spring Valley 72, Rock Hill 30 Wade Hampton defeated Woodmont

seed in the 1A girls tournament and will play at Heathwood Hall on Friday at 3:30 p.m. against upper No. 2 Anderson Christian. Four games will be played at the civic center on both Friday and Saturday with seven games at Wilson Hall’s two gymnasiums on Friday and eight games on Saturday. All six championship games will be played on Saturday, Feb. 23, at the civic center.

Lower State Dutch Fork 57, Irmo 29 Goose Creek 35, Ashley Ridge 24 Sumter 53, Lexington 30 Colleton County 54, Wando 45 Fort Dorchester at West Ashley (Wednesday) North Augusta 63, Carolina Forest 48 Summerville 69, West Florence 59 Aiken 59, Blythewood 41 Second Round Friday Upper State Mauldin at Greenwood Ridge View at Dorman J.L. Mann at Northwestern Wade Hampton at Spring Valley Lower State Goose Creek at Dutch Fork Colleton County at Sumter Fort Dorchester or West Ashley vs. North Augusta Aiken at Summerville 3A First Round Monday Upper State Wren 65, Clinton 37 Berea 52, Chapin 48 Seneca 44, Union County 40 Dreher 66, Blue Ridge 33 Greenville 57 A.C. Flora 42 Daniel 81, Broome 39 Lower Richland 44, Southside 24 Walhalla 75, Chester 38 Lower State Orangeburg-Wilkinson 87, Midland Valley 17 Myrtle Beach 59, Hartsville 38 Stall 56, Airport 49 Socastee 58, Manning 54

SHS from Page B1 fourth. “Great defense leads to great offense,� Butler said. “I felt like my teammates were getting stops and creating things and that just allowed me to make plays.� Dutch Fork never got any close than eight points the rest of the way. Butler scored nine more points in the final quarter and the Gamecocks made 14 of their 21 free-throw attempts to keep the Silver Foxes at bay. “We just kept up the defensive intensity,� Butler said. “We made sure to get stops and make the free throws when we had the chance.�

North Myrtle Beach 53, Darlington 40 Hilton Head 52, Gilbert 16 Crestwood 46, Geogetown 41 Hanahan 39, Strom Thurmond 23 Second Round Today Upper State Berea at Wren Seneca at Dreher Daniel at Greenville Walhalla at Lower Richland Lower State Myrtle Beach at Orangeburg-Wilkinson Stall at Socastee Hilton Head at North Myrtle Beach Hanahan at Crestwood 2A First Round Tuesday Upper State Blacksburg 60, Mid-Carolina 45 Abbeville 58, Chesnee 49 Landrum 43, Newberry 32 Pendleton 52, Ninety Six 48 Keenan 63, Pageland Central 26 Columbia 45, Andrew Jackson 43 Cheraw 50, Eau Claire 37 Fairfield Central 48, Chesterfield 18 Lower State Burke 55, Wade Hampton 44 Ridgeland-Hardeeville 52, Calhoun County 28 Bishop England 88, Bamberg-Ehrhardt 34 Battery Creek 57, Silver Bluff 18 Lake City 60, Waccamaw 33 Dillon 65, Lake Marion 52 Mullins 73, Lee Central 60 Kingstree 60, Marion 27 Second Round Friday Upper State Abbeville at Blacksburg

Sumter shot 62 percent from the line for the game, but made clutch shots down the stretch to maintain the lead, Fuller said. “You have to be able to make those shots in crunch time and we were able to do that tonight,� he said. The Gamecocks wound up with four players in double figures. Brandon Parker had 10 points while Duane Kyles and Anthony Moses each finished with 11. Moses also had six rebounds. Seven of Moses’ points came in the second quarter that saw Sumter build a 27-15 lead at one point before the Silver Foxes chipped away until

Landrum at Pendleton Columbia at Keenan Fairfield Central at Cheraw Lower State Burke 55 at Ridgeland-Hardeeville Battery Creek at Bishop England Dillon at Lake City Kingstree at Mullins 1A First Round Monday Upper State McCormick 59, Greenville Tech 26 C.A. Johnson 48 Fox Creek 27 St. Joseph’s 68, Ware Shoals 14 Lamar 48, Hunter-Kinard-Tyler 30 McBee beat Blackville-Hilda Christ Church 60, Calhoun Falls 18 Ridge Spring-Monetta 41, Great Falls 26 Brashier Middle 40, Dixie 30 Lower State Whale Branch 58, Lincoln 18 C.E. Murray 70, Johnsonville 49 Cross 42, Bethune-Bowman 28 Hemingway 45, Hannah-Pamplico 30 Timmonsville 71, Lake View 23 Estill 41, Baptist Hill 10 Carvers Bay 57, Latta 56 Denmark-Olar 50, St. John’s 30 Second Round Today Upper State C.A. Johnson at McCormick Lamar at St. Joseph’s Christ Church at McBee Brashier M. College at Ridge Spring-Monetta Lower State C.E. Murray at Whale Branch Hemingway at Cross Estill at Timmonsville Carvers Bay at Denmark-Olar

they were down just 30-28 at the half. Watson Harris led the charge for Dutch Fork, which finished the year with a 7-14 record, with 16 points followed by Hank Edwards with 13 and Christian Mills with 11. Sumter connected on seven 3-point shots in the game as well — with two by Butler and two by Kyles. SUMTER 75, DUTCH FORK 62 DUTCH FORK -- 10 18 8 26 – 62 SUMTER -- 13 17 17 28 – 75 DUTCH FORK Harris 16, Edwards 13, Mills 11, Poole 8, Davis 6, Tweito 4, Berry 2, Berman 2. SUMTER Butler 22, Moses 11, Kyles 11, Parker 10, Rembert 6, Kershaw 5, Holloway 3, McBride 3, Hoskins 2, Edwards 2.

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CLEMSON from Page B1 Clemson coach Brad Brownell said whether the margin is wide or narrow, the lecture to his team has been the same. Each possession matters. Early errors can affect the final outcome. The errant pass midway through the first half is just as costly as the missed foul shot in the closing seconds. “The margin for winning and losing is very small,� Brownell said. “A couple of mistakes at different parts of the game are critical. At times they can be devastating. Those can be the possessions that lose the game for you. “It’s not always the one at the end or a missed shot or something of that

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AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST CAPSULES NEW YORK YANKEES Manager: Joe Girardi (sixth season). 2012: 95-67, first place, lost in ALCS. Training Town: Tampa, Fla. Park: George M. Steinbrenner Field. First Workout: Feb. 13/18. He’s Here: 3B Kevin Youkilis, DH Travis Hafner, OF Matt Diaz, C Bobby Wilson, DH-OF Juan Rivera. He’s Outta Here: RF Nick Swisher, C Russell Martin, DH-OF Raul Ibanez, 3B Eric Chavez, OF Andruw Jones, RHP Rafael Soriano, RHP Freddy Garcia, LHP Pedro Feliciano. Going campin’: The Yankees enter spring training with more uncertainty than they’ve had in a long time. The Tigers exposed them as old and brittle in a four-game ALCS sweep after the Orioles took New York to five games in the division series. Then, the Yankees did little to get younger in the offseason. Hoping to get below the threshold for an increased luxury tax next year, they refrained from completing any big deals, making the re-signing of starting pitchers Hiroki Kuroda and Andy Pettitte a top priority. The popular Martin left for a free-agent contract with Pittsburgh — leaving the job at catcher this season to career backups Francisco Cervelli and Chris Stewart. New York’s biggest signings were Youkilis, to fill in for Alex Rodriguez, who will be out at least until the All-Star break following hip surgery, and Hafner, to supplant Ibanez at DH. Both need to stay healthy because much of New York’s hope rides on stars coming off surgery. Mariano Rivera (knee), Derek Jeter (foot) and CC Sabathia (elbow) are expected to be ready for the season but Michael Pineda (shoulder) could be sidelined until late June. Even if everyone is healthy, it remains to be seen how much the loss of Swisher’s patient bat and clubhouse leadership will be missed and how much Rodriguez’s latest off-field scandal affects the team in a reloaded AL East. Other question marks: Is Brett Gardner’s elbow fully healed after he missed nearly all of last season? Can Ichiro Suzuki, at 39, play at the same level as he did when he came to New York in a summer trade (.322, 14 SBs) and help lead a lineup that will rely much less on the long ball this year? Will Ivan Nova return to his 2011 form when he went 16-4 with a 3.70 ERA instead of the 12-8 record and 5.02 ERA he had last season, when he was dumped from the rotation?

BALTIMORE ORIOLES Manager: Buck Showalter (third full season). 2012: 93-69, second place, wild card, lost division series. Training Town: Sarasota, Fla. Park: Ed Smith Stadium. First Workout: Feb. 12/15. He’s Here: 1B Travis Ishikawa. INF Danny Valencia, 2B Alexi Casilla, RHP Jair Jurrjens, INF-OF Yamaico Navarro, OF Trayvon Robinson, He’s Outta Here: 1B Mark Reynolds, LHP Joe Saunders, 2B Robert Andino, OF Endy Chavez, OF Bill Hall, DH Nick Johnson, INF Omar Quintanilla, DH Jim Thome, LHP Randy Wolf. Going campin’: Following their most successful season in 15 years, the Orioles did very little over the winter. Their most significant offseason move was re-signing free agent outfielder Nate McLouth, but that hardly makes up for the loss of free agents Reynolds and Saunders. Vice president of baseball operations Dan Duquette hopes playing a pat hand, with a few possible additions in the spring and during the season, will be enough to get the team back to the playoffs for a second straight year. McLouth, for instance, was a late pickup who proved to be a key component after he took over for injured right fielder Nick Markakis in the latter part of the season. Duquette and Showalter are counting on a deep pitching staff to compensate for the loss of the hit-or-miss Reynolds, who had plenty of power and drew a slew of walks but struck out at an alarming rate. Jason Hammel, WeiYin Chen, Chris Tillman and Miguel Gonzalez are favorites to top the rotation, and Jake Arrieta, Jurrjens, Zach Britton and Brian Matusz intend to add their names to the list. Plenty of question marks surround this team, most notably at second base, where injury-prone, 35-year-old Brian Roberts will seek to stick around for more than a handful of games. McLouth and Nolan Reimold, who missed most of the season with a neck injury, fortify an outfield that features Adam Jones and Markakis.

TAMPA BAY RAYS Manager: Joe Maddon (eighth season). 2012: 90-72, third place. Training Town: Port Charlotte, Fla. Park: Charlotte Sports Park. First Workout: Feb. 13/17. He’s Here: 1B James Loney, SS Yunel Escobar, OF Shelley Duncan, RHP Jamey Wright, RHP Roberto Hernandez, OF Wil Myers, INF-OF Kelly Johnson. He’s Outta Here: RHP James Shields, RHP Wade Davis, OF B.J. Upton, 1B Carlos Pena, RHP Burke Badenhop, LHP J.P. Howell, 2B Jeff Keppinger, OF Ben Francisco. Going campin’: With right-handers Shields and Davis dealt to Kansas City in an offseason trade that landed one of baseball’s top young minor league prospects in the 22-year-old Myers, an outfielder, the Rays enter spring training with openings in both the starting rotation and bullpen. But the hottest topic of discussion will be the health of three-time All-Star third baseman Evan Longoria, who appeared in just 74 games a year ago due to a partially torn left hamstring. The slugger signed a $136.6 million, 10-year deal that added six seasons and $100 million to his contract this winter, when he also underwent

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minor hamstring surgery. Tampa Bay went 47-27 with their star in the starting lineup last season, compared to 41-44 without Longoria, who batted .289 with 17 homers and 55 RBIs. Hard-throwing left-hander David Price led the AL in wins (20) and ERA (2.56) en route to winning the Cy Young Award in his third full season in the majors. He will be counted on even more with Shields, the franchise’s career leader in wins, starts, innings pitched and strikeouts, now in Kansas City. Right-hander Jeremy Hellickson and lefty Matt Moore figure to retain spots in the rotation, with the remaining slots filled from among a talented group that includes right-handers Alex Cobb, Chris Archer and Jeff Niemann. Closer Fernando Rodney returns after posting a clubrecord and career-high 48 saves while setting a major league record for a reliever working a minimum of 50 innings with a 0.60 ERA. The Rays re-signed setup man Joel Peralta, but will have to fill slots vacated by Davis, Badenhop and Howell. The Rays remained in contention for a playoff berth until the final series of 2012, primarily because of strong pitching. Questions persist about the offense, although a healthy and productive Longoria could ease some of the concern. Loney was signed as a free agent to replace first baseman Carlos Pena’s sputtering bat, Escobar could team with Ryan Roberts, a midseason acquisition from Arizona last season, to give the Rays a regular shortstop and second base combination, thus freeing Ben Zobrist to play primarily in right field.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS Manager: John Gibbons (first season). 2012: 73-89, fourth place. Training Town: Dunedin, Fla. Park: Florida Auto Exchange Stadium. First Workout: Feb. 13/17. He’s Here: SS Jose Reyes, RHP R.A. Dickey, RHP Josh Johnson, LHP Mark Buehrle, OF Melky Cabrera, INF Maicer Izturis, C Josh Thole, C Mike Nickeas, C Henry Blanco, OF-INF Emilio Bonifacio, INF Mark DeRosa. He’s Outta Here: Manager John Farrell, C John Buck, SS Yunel Escobar, SS Adeiny Hechavarria, RHP Henderson Alvarez, C Jeff Mathis, RHP Carlos Villaneuva, 2B Kelly Johnson, RHP Jason Frasor, RHP Sam Dyson. Going campin’: Determined to end their playoff drought at 20 years, the Blue Jays wheeled and dealed in the offseason, acquiring Dickey, the NL Cy Young Award winner, and Reyes, Buehrle and Johnson, all former All-Stars, in trades with the Mets and Marlins. Toronto also inked Cabrera, the All-Star game MVP who served a 50-game drug suspension last season, to a free-agent contract. GM Alex Anthopoulos hired Gibbons to return for his second stint as manager when Farrell was traded to Boston to take the Red Sox job. Gibbons will have a deep, new-look rotation led by the knuckleballing Dickey. The Blue Jays gave up two top prospects, catcher Travis d’Arnaud and right-hander Noah Syndergaard, in the deal for the 20-game winner. A staff that was devastated by injuries last year will get back reliever Sergio Santos (shoulder surgery), but Gibbons has said Casey Janssen, who had 22 saves in Santos’ absence, will begin as the closer. Janssen had offseason shoulder surgery but is expected to be ready for opening day. The dynamic Reyes and Cabrera, who was leading the NL with a .346 batting average when he was suspended, plan to provide plenty of RBI opportunities for sluggers Edwin Encarnacion and Jose Bautista, who had wrist surgery in September. If the Blue Jays are going to have a chance to return to the postseason for first time since winning their second straight World Series title in 1993, they will have to stay healthy. Reyes has a history of leg problems and playing on turf might not help. Dickey is 38 and pitched a career-high 233 2-3 innings last season.

BOSTON RED SOX Manager: John Farrell (first season) 2012: 69-93, last place. Training Town: Fort Myers, Fla. Park: JetBlue Park. First Workout: Feb. 12/15. He’s Here: 1B Mike Napoli, SS Stephen Drew, CF Shane Victorino, SP Ryan Dempster, OF Jonny Gomes, RHP Joel Hanrahan, C David Ross. He’s Outta Here: Manager Bobby Valentine, RHP Daisuke Matsuzaka, RF Cody Ross, SS Mike Aviles, 1B James Loney, OF Scott Podsednik, RP Vicente Padilla, RP Scott Atchison. Going campin’: The Red Sox have a chance to start fresh after Valentine’s one tumultuous season left them in last place in the AL East. Gone are Josh Beckett, Adrian Gonzalez and Carl Crawford in an August salary dump that cleared more than $250 million from the books. The Red Sox did not make any big deals to replace them, instead making a series of smaller moves that included signing Napoli and Victorino. They will need the starting pitching to bounce back — including John Lackey, who missed all of last season after right elbow surgery. Jon Lester (9-14, 4.82 ERA) and Clay Buchholz (11-8, 4.56) are also looking to improve with the return of Farrell, their former pitching coach. Gomes and Victorino join an outfield that can be strong if Jacoby Ellsbury, who has been injured two of the past three seasons, is healthy. Drew, who is believed to be a placeholder for prospect Jose Iglesias, and Will Middlebrooks take over the left side of the infield, with Dustin Pedroia returning at second base and Napoli at first. Hanrahan would give them a closer they lacked last year after Jonathan Papelbon left for free agency and Andrew Bailey was injured.

Rivera plans to announce if 2013 is his final season TAMPA, Fla. — New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera said he’s reached a decision on whether this will be his final season and plans to announce it before opening day. “Yes, I have,” Rivera said Wednesday after the Yankees’ first spring training workout for pitchers and catchers. “But again, I will tell you guys when I think it’s the right moment.” Baseball’s career saves leader had surgery June 12 to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee, an injury that occurred while he was shagging fly balls during batting practice in Kansas City on May 3. The 43-year-old righthander expects to be ready for the regular season. He threw 25 pitches off a bullpen mound and said it felt good. “It was wonderful to be out there again,” Rivera said. When asked on a scale of one to 10 how the knee currently is, Rivera said, “around nine, for sure.” He added: “The other point will be the running that I do here.” Rivera wore a small, light-weight brace during Wednesday’s workout, which had him also take part in fielding

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New York Yankee pitcher Mariano Rivera throws in the bullpen during a workout at spring training on Wednesday in Tampa, Fla. Rivera will announce later this spring whether or not this will be his final season.

drills, including covering first base. He is planning to use a brace in games this year. Rivera will continue shagging fly balls in batting practice, an activity that has the approval of Yankees manager Joe Girardi. “That’s part of who he is,” Girardi said. “So, I don’t want to take it away from him.” Rivera will likely pitch

his normal seven or eight innings in spring training games, but could throw additional batting practice sessions or simulated games. “We really don’t have a whole lot of restrictions on Mo,” Girardi said. “We will watch him carefully to make sure that we don’t think he’s taxing it too much. We feel pretty good about where he’s at.”

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RALPH GRAHAM ALCOLU — Ralph Van Buren Graham, 91, husband of Virginia Lowder Graham, died Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013, at his home in Alcolu. Born July 16, 1921, in Davis Station, he was a son of the late Marion Walter GRAHAM and Anna Childers Graham. He was a U.S. Army World War II veteran; a retired dairy farmer; former owner and operator of Graham Harley-Davidson Motorcycles on U.S. 521; and Graham Trucking. He was a former deliveryman for The Item newspaper for 20 years. He was a member of Graham Baptist Church, where he was a past deacon and choir director. He is survived by his wife of Alcolu; two daughters, Martha Anna Graham of Hillsborough, N.C., and Pat Varner (John) of Greer; a stepdaughter, Valerie Charles of Alcolu; a stepson, John Edward Jackson (Lisa) of Alcolu; two sisters, Alvena Maris of Downingtown, Pa., and Melissa Gerelus of Cherry Hill, N.J.; eight grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and a very special young man, Douglas James Guynn of Florence. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Bertha Kemp Graham; and a stepson, Ben Jackson. A memorial service will be held at noon Saturday at Graham Baptist Church with the Rev. John Patrick officiating, assisted by the Rev. Kenny Griffin. The family will receive friends immediately following the memorial service and other times at the residence, 9551 Sumter Highway, Alcolu. Memorials may be made to Graham Baptist Church, 4140 U.S. 521 South, Sumter, SC 29153, or to KGM Church, 3590 Pinewood Road, Sumter, SC 29154. Stephens Funeral Home & Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, is in charge of arrangements, (803) 435-2179. www.stephensfuneralhome. org WILLIAM A. HOLLIDAY Jr. William A. Holliday Jr. was born April 5, 1930, in Wytheville, Va., to the late William and Leon Juanita Johnson Holliday. He departed this life on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, at the Dorn VA Medical Center, CoHOLLIDAY lumbia. William was educated in the public schools of Virginia. He was a graduate of Claflin University, Orangeburg, and New York University, N.Y. He was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, American Legion of Maryland, DAV, VFW, and the Maryland State Teachers Retirement. He attended Rock Hill Missionary Baptist Church, Manning. He leaves to mourn his passing and cherish his pre-

cious memories: his devoted wife of 49 years, Lou Ella Sweatte Holliday of the home; a loving daughter, Dr. Carolyn D. Holliday of the home; three sisters, Cecelia Jones, Alice Hill and Mary Davis, all of New York, N.Y.; and a host of relatives and friends who are deeply grieved by his passing. He was preceded in death by his parents; and four sisters, Ruth Rivers, Ethel Stephens, Aileen Anderson and Doris Pope, all of New York. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the National Cemetery, Fort Jackson, with the Rev. M.G. Walters officiating. Interment with military rites will follow at the National Cemetery. The family is receiving friends at the home, 1157 Marlbrough Drive. The funeral procession will leave at 12:30 p.m. from the home. The management and staff of Sumter Funeral Services Inc., 623 Manning Ave., Sumter, is serving the Holliday family. Online memorials can be sent via the web at sumterfuneralsvs@sc.rr.com.

ALONZO F. THOMPSON Alonzo Freddie Thompson was born May 7, 1991, to Florence Thompson and the late Freddie Patterson. God called him home on Feb. 7, 2013, at Mercy General Hospital in Springfield, Mo. Alonzo was educated in the THOMPSON public schools of Sumter County and graduated from Sumter High School. He then enrolled in Strayer University, where he was obtaining his degree. He was employed by McDonald’s as a crewmember and later by Fort Roofing as a roofer. At an early age, Alonzo accepted Christ as his personal Savior and became a member of St. Matthews Baptist Church. He leaves to cherish his fond and precious memories: his loving mother, Florence L. Williams; a sister, Marilyn R. Thompson; a brother, Willie Golden Jr.; three stepsisters; one stepbrother; three aunts, Linda (Robert) Sumter, Brenda Thompson and Adell Mahoney; two uncles, Perry (Mandy) Thompson and James (Ann) Thompson; and a host of other relatives who are deeply grieved by his passing. Memorial services were held by Springfield Memorial Chapel in Springfield. Courtesy announcement by Sumter Funeral Service Inc., 623 Manning Ave., Sumter, SC 29150. THEODORE H. PARKER ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Theodore “Ted” Holmes Parker, 94, of Sumter, died Feb. 6, 2013. He was predeceased by Melissa Williams Parker, his beloved wife of 65 years. He was a son of the late Thornwell Hay Parker and Lucy Jane Scarborough Parker. He attended Sumter High

(“Boy’s High School”) and graduated from Davidson College in 1940. After proudly serving in World War II, he was married in Chico, Calif., in 1945. Imbued with a love of nature and a strong work ethic, Ted was a lifelong farmer, successfully farming his land in Eastover, Richland County, from 1946. In his farming operations, he exhibited boundless determination, generosity and respect for all. Throughout his life, he supported the endeavors of his family. He enjoyed watching his son, Ned, play Sumter championship football. In later years, he took great pleasure in conversations with his grandchildren. He loved hooking flounder in Pawleys Island Creek. Surviving him are three daughters and a son, Mona Post and husband, Garrett E. Jr., of Atlanta, Alicia Sweatt, M.D. and husband, W. David, of Asheville, Ned Williams Parker of Los Angeles, Calif., and Dorothy Chelton and husband, Christopher A., of Columbia. Also surviving are his sister, Jennie Saussy of Georgetown; his 10 grandchildren, Melissa Kim, Garrett Post III, M.D., Elisabeth Gray, Susannah Sweatt, Caroline Chelton, Catherine Sweatt, Margaret Scarborough, Virginia Gray, William Chelton and Andrew Chelton; five great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. Dr. Mark Durrett will officiate a graveside service at 2 p.m. Friday at Sumter Cemetery. Relatives and friends are invited to the family home following the service. Memorials may be made to Brooks Howell Home, Missionary Needs, 266 Merrimon Ave., Asheville, NC 28801, in recognition of the devoted staff of Cummings Unit.

MARK H. SENTER Jr. LEXINGTON — Mark Houston Senter Jr., of Lexington, died at age 97 of natural causes on Feb. 6, 2013, in Lexington. His amazing resiliency in dealing with the health challenges associated with aging finally came to an end as he slipped quietly into the waiting arms of his Lord. Mr. Senter married Alice Mary Ann Watkins on June 22, 1942, in Rochester, Minn. Alice died on Feb. 19, 1969. In April 1974, Mark married Elizabeth Crews Hobson in Jonas Ridge, N.C. Betty passed away on July 26, 2006, in Linville, N.C. Mr. Senter is survived by his four children, Mark Houston Senter III and wife, Ruth, of Lake Forest, Ill., Harvey William Senter and wife, Lee, of Sumter, Gregg Stephen Senter and wife, Patty, of Richmond, Va., and Betsy Ann Senter Kosh and husband, Joseph, of Lexington. His seven grandchildren include Jori Senter Susanka and husband, Daniel, Nicholas Senter and wife, Joanna, Liza Senter Cleveland and husband, Henry, Taylor Senter

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and wife, Katherine, Allison Kosh Bedenbaugh and husband, Adam, Stefanie Kosh and Caroline Kosh; and four great-grandchildren include Elijah Senter, Emmy Susanka, Aubrey Senter and Mary Addison Bedenbaugh. The celebration of the life of Mark H. Senter Jr. will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the Chapel at Lexington Baptist Church, 308 E. Main St., Lexington. A brief graveside gathering will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Forest Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tenn. Memorial gifts, in lieu of flowers, may be given in memory of Mark H. Senter Jr. to Bryan College, P.O. Box 7000, Dayton, TN 37321. Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals.com. Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and Crematory is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386.

LUCILE W. SMALLS PAMPLICO — Lucile Wilson Smalls died on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013, at her residence, after an extended illness. The family is receiving friends at the home, 928 Hillside Drive, Pamplico. Arrangements will be announced by People’s Funeral Directors of Pamplico. ROBIN DALE E. KIRKLAND Robin Dale Eastridge Kirkland, 59, wife of Benny Kirkland, died Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, at her home. Born in Dearborn, Mich., she was a daughter of the late William “Bob” and Ruth E. Stewart Eastridge. In memory of a wonderful woman who has blessed our lives and hearts in so many ways. Your memory will live on in each and everyone of us. May God bless you. You are truly loved and will be missed. Survivors include her husband; a son, Damon Lacy Kirkland and Angie Ridgill of Bishopville; two daughters, Shirley Caller of Wyoming and Kristy Arants (Brad) of Bishopville; two grandsons, Aiden Kirkland and Cullen Arants; two granddaughters, Kinsley Morrow and Ansley Kirkland; two brothers; and a sister. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Hancock-Elmore-Hill Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Mike Watson officiating. Burial will be in Piedmont Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Hancock-Elmore-Hill Funeral Home and other times at the home, 45 Tara Lane, Bishopville. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 950 48th Ave. North, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577. Hancock-Elmore-Hill Funeral Home of Bishopville is in charge of the arrangements. GEORGE H. JONES Jr. George Howard Jones Jr., age 64, beloved husband of

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Patricia M. Jones, died on Feb. 11, 2013, at his residence. Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter.

JANICE J. HOLLAND Janice Jones Holland was born May 19, 1943, in Summerton, a daughter of the late Millie Jones and Bertie Brailsford and widow of Johnnie Lee Holland Sr. She departed this life Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Janice received her education in the public schools of Sumter County and was a graduate of Lincoln High School Class of 1963. Early in life, she was a member of Trinity Missionary Baptist Church. Janice was employed with Sumter School District 17, from which she retired after 35 years of service as a cafeteria technician. Janice leaves to cherish her wonderful memories: two sons, Marvin (Sylvia) Holland of Columbia and Johnnie Lee (Pamela) Holland Jr. of Sumter; two daughters, Veronica (Raymond) Holland of Sumter and Songa N. Holland of Columbia; four special grandchildren, Chaquandria Holland, Rayshad Holland, Omar Holland and Ahmad Holland, all of Sumter; two sisters-inlaw, Georgia M. Thomas and Priscilla Holland, both of Sumter; one brother-in-law, Kenneth Holland of Sumter; two special friends, Martha Ann Wilson and Annie Lou Pringle; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Public viewing will be held from 2 to 7 p.m. today at Job’s Mortuary. Mrs. Holland will be placed in the church at noon Friday for viewing until the hour of service. Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Salem Chapel and Heritage Center, 101 S. Salem, Sumter, with Dr. Ralph W. Canty officiating. Interment will be in Hillside Memorial Park. The family is receiving friends at the home, 2160 Bethel Church Road, Sumter. Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter, is in charge of arrangements. Online memorials may be sent to the family at jobsmortuary@sc.rr.com or visit us on the web at www.jobsmortuary.net. MICHAEL J. WASHINGTON Michael Jonathan Washington, husband of Mary Furman Washington, entered eternal rest on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, at the Dorn VA Medical Center, Columbia. Born Jan. 3, 1953, in Sumter County, he was a son of Willis Washington and the late Redetha Glencamp Washington. The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home, 1215 St. Paul Church Road, Sumter. Funeral plans will be announced by Community Funeral Home of Sumter.

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think we got a little winded at times and that led to them getting some wideopen 3s at the end of the game that tightened things up.” The Lady Knights, now 21-5 on the year and riding a 15-game winning streak, will face a different challenge tonight against 15-7 Hanahan, Wilson said. The Lady Hawks were third out of Region VIII, which also including Orangeburg-Wilkinson, Hilton Head Island and Stall – all three of which are still playing.

“We don’t know much about them, but their offense relies heavily on their big post player (Alyssa Kinsey),” he said. “She’s a very good player and pretty much everything runs through her.” Wilson went on to say that Kinsey and another post player are both between 5-foot-10-inches and six feet tall, giving them good size around the boards. “They like to mix it up a lot defensively with man and zone, so we have a lot we have to work on in practice,” Wilson said. The biggest key for Crestwood will likely come from

its own post players, Wilson said, or more specifically how well the Lady Knights are able to rebound. “We have to be able to rebound well against Hanahan,” Wilson said. “We have to be able to control their post players and be aggressive around the boards. That’s something that we’ve lacked at times this season. We have to be more physical and we have to be more aggressive. “We have to avoid turning the ball over too much, too. If we can do those things and just play our regular game like we have for most of the season, I think we’ll be alright.”

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Invest your tax refund, Must sell! 1387 Raccoon (Extra Bldg) 411 N. Magnolia (Workshop) 141 Anderson 2BR 1102 Manning Rd. 3BR 22 Larkin St 3BR/2BA All C/H/A, 775-4391 464-5960

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