Tyler Christman struck out 16 while Travis Witherspoon and Qunetrell Nelson each homered as Sumter defeated Lake City 17-0 in eight innings to win the best-of-five series 3-1.

Georgia Tech center and former Marlboro County star Ra’Sean Dickey has given up his senior season to play professionally in the Ukraine.

South Carolina has their eye on three Pee Dee football players. Travis Small, Kinsman Thomas and John Coleman will take part in the Gamecocks camp tomorrow with hopes of luring in a scholarship offer. 

The Lake City Country Club had its 2008 Scholarship Invitational during the last weekend of June.

The North Boys claimed a 3-1 win while the North Girls scored in the 83rd minute to salvage a 1-1 tie in the 20th-annual North-South Soccer Classic on Saturday. In the girls’’ match, Randall Dominguez of Brookland-Cayce High School scored in the 5th minute to put the South up 1-0. 

For a select group of area coaches and players, the 2008 baseball and softball seasons were about one thing: Returning.

Charlie Poole, former football and track coach at Lamar High School, has joined the staff of Darlington High School as head track coach and math teacher, district sources confirmed Monday.