Wednesday, November 16, 2011

USC Salkehatchie men's basketball on the road against Middle Georgia TONIGHT



The USC Salkehatchie men's basketball team is traveling to Cochran, Georgia to face Middle Georgia college tonight at 7:30 pm.




The Indians enter the contest with a 4-1 record and Middle Georgia sits at 3-2.



"It is going to be a challenge for us tonight, Middle Georgia always has a very competitive team. I told our guys that they will have 4,000 fans on hand with a strong student section, we have to play our game and block all that out. I look forward to a great game," said USC Salkehatchie head coach Travis Garrett.






Out for the Indians tonight, Ronald Black (knee) and Jimmy Givens (sick), the two have combined for over 30 points per game.



We will have the final here on the blog and also on Twitter and Facebook tonight.

Coach Slawson announces 2012 softball schedule

Click on link below to view schedule~
http://www.uscsalkathletics.com/pdf/2012%20softball%20schedule.pdf

Friday, November 11, 2011

Happy Veterans Day~

Happy Veterans Day from the entire USC Salkehatchie athletic department, thank a Vet today for their service.

Thursday, November 10, 2011

USC Salkehatchie pitcher Adrian Rivero signs with USC Aiken

(Pictured above, Adrian Rivero and USC Salkehatchie Head Coach Bubba Dorman)

USC Salkehatchie sophomore Adrian Rivero (Alpharetta, GA) signed with USC Aiken today. The signing was during the NCAA's early signing period.

USC Salkehatchie pitcher Nick Smiley Signs with Tusculum University~

(Pictured above, Nick Smiley and USC Salkehatchie Head Coach Bubba Dorman)
USC Salkehatchie sophomore Nick Smiley (Gaffney, SC) signed with Tusculum University today. The signing was during the NCAA's early signing period.

USC Salkehatchie All-Region X player photo's (Soccer)

(Left to right, Mohamed Fall, Kane Pierce, ,Jarrel Smalls, Daniel Velasquez and Andre McFarlane



(Left to right, Jess Marchant and Amelia Green)

Monday, November 7, 2011

Former Indian garners attention from Baseball America



Former USC Salkehatchie Indian Ali Williams, now with the Kansas City Royals organization, recently garnered attention from Baseball America.

Williams was recently named “Closest to the Majors” as well as “Most Intriguing Background” in a recent review of the Royals’ 2011 draft class by Baseball America. The Sumter, S.C., native has a fastball that reaches 96 mph as well as a “decent” slider that could see him move to the bullpen quickly. Williams earned “Most Intriguing Background” due to his relationship to Hall of Famer Larry Doby, the first black player in the American League. Doby is a cousin of Williams’ father.
A right-handed pitcher, Williams played two seasons at USC Salkehatchie, prior to transfering to Charleston Southern University. Williams was taken by the Royals in the 34th round of the 2011 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft.

Williams made his professional debut with Arizona League Royals on July 9, pitching 2.1 innings and giving up one run off of two hits with six strikeouts. He finished the season 1-1 with an ERA of 3.89, striking out 35 batters and giving up 43 hits and 16 earned runs in 13 games.

2011-2012 USC Salkehatchie men's basketball media guides on sale now~

The 2011-2012 USC Salkehatchie men's basketball media guide is now available! You can purchase yours at the USC Salkehatchie home games from Mrs. Dawn Rizer or by contacting me at Tkinard@mailbox.sc.edu

The 2011-2012 USC Salkehatchie basketball media guides are full of information about this year's team. Be sure to be the first to get your copy today!

Friday, November 4, 2011

Jess Dannelly former USC Salkehatchie baseball coach to be inducted into Coastal Carolina Hall of Fame



*We will have photo's and short story from the ceremony next week on www.uscsalkathletics.com
CONWAY












The conversation started rather simply, with a question about his selection into Coastal Carolina University’s athletics hall of fame, but sure enough, Jess Dannelly was quickly knee-deep in a colorful story.
Within minutes he was telling about farmers driving their trucks full of cantaloupes and watermelons to the softball field in his hometown of Ehrhardt for evening men’s league games back in the 1970s.
Ever the storyteller, one tale bled into the next and then another as Dannelly sat in his office Wednesday afternoon, talking for well over an hour about how he ended up at Coastal Carolina and the highlights of his nearly three decades involved with Chanticleer athletics.






As former CCU athletic director Warren “Moose” Koegel would say later over the phone, “Jess is Coastal Carolina University throughout his whole body and his family.”
And Friday night, in a ceremony inside Coastal’s Adkins Field House, Dannelly’s extended CCU family will formally recognize him for his contributions to the university as one of five new inductees into the school’s Sasser Athletics Hall of Fame.
“It’s a great honor to even be thought about,” he said.
But an inevitable one nonetheless.



In 22 seasons as Coastal’s head softball coach, Dannelly compiled a Big South Conference-record 669 victories along with seven conference coach of the year awards and four NCAA Regional appearances.




On the field, he was known for his signature straw hat, his unyielding competitiveness -- including more than a few run-ins with umpires -- and, the unmistakable thick southern drawl that is always ready to deliver an anecdote, memory or story.
So back to Ehrhardt ...
As he tells it, Dannelly got involved with softball when his good friend Hallman Sease started a fast-pitch team for the area around 1969 or 1970. He’d remain an active player in the sport until 1992.




“We had farmers, dairy men, construction people, all walks of life,” he said. “... But what Sease expected, when we walked into that gate ... farming was over, construction work was over. He would say, ‘Alright guys, it’s time to play softball.’ He instilled in us we didn’t play just for the hell of playing; we were there to win ballgames.”
That’s the approach he’d carry with him through his own coaching career.
Dannelly actually came upon his first coaching job when he saw the dean of USC Salkehatchie in a K-Mart outside of Columbia. Dannelly had attended the school before graudating from South Carolina, and the dean told him they were looking to start a baseball program.
Soon enough, he was installed as the athletic director and baseball coach at Salkehatchie, where he would spend the next 10 years. And even now, he still remembers waking up at 4 a.m. the day of his first game as coach and getting to the field to watch the sunrise hours in advance of the game’s 1 p.m. start.




“I was that fired up about it,” he said. “At that time I believed as long as they played good, I didn’t care if we won or lost. It took about three games for that [thinking] to go away.”
Dannelly laughed, as he did often during the conversation in his office -- such as in explaining how he came to be the Chants’ softball coach in the first place.






Indians basketball improves to 2-0 after 98-85 victory over Rockingham CC




The USC Sallkehatchie men's basketball team coming off a season opening victory against Orangeburg Calhoun Prep, faced Rockingham CC tonight in Aiken, SC.





The Indians came out for the second straight contest early, falling behind to Rockingham. The Indians trailed 47-4o with under two minutes left in the half but fought back to within two at the half, 47-45.


"We struggled early on trying to find our grove, we just weren't doing things we worked on. We have to learn to put a body on people under the boards. We have to learn to box out and get better on defense," said USC Salkehatchie head coach Travis Garrett.


In the second half, the Indians came out and played solid defense and worked hard on offense, regaining the lead at the start of the half.


The Indians went on to earn their second victory of the season and remain undefeated by a final of 98-85.


Coach Garrett said, "We came out in the second half with a renewed fire and sense of determination. We started making shots and when we put pressure on them, the game changed. I will take it, it's a win but I am never satisfied we have to get better in every outting."




Leading the Indians~




Montel Baynes- 20 points 9 rebounds




Randal Black- 20




Mark Cooper- 9

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Photo's from tonight basketball action against OC Prep~














USC Salkehatchie Indians men's basketball opens season with 90-72 victory~



The USC Salkehatchie Indians men's basketball team started there regular season tonight at home against Orangeburg Calhoun Prep in Walterboro, South Carolina.



The Indians came out and opened a 5-0 lead early but OC Prep fought back and with 6:12 they took their first lead of the contest 25-24.

"We have been coming out in practice sluggish in the first part of it and tonight we did the same. I knew we would play a lot of different guys as we are still looking for the chemistry that will get us through the season," said USC Salkehatchie head coach Travis Garrett.

The Indians would take a 40-36 lead into the half.



In the second half, the Indians found a grove, going on a 16-8 run to start the half.



In the end, the Indians earned their first victory of the season 90-72.

"I am pleased we earned the victory but we have a lot of work ahead of us. I tell my guys you have to continue to get better each day at practice and see improvement each game. We will hit the ground running tomorrow and get ready for this weekend's action," said head coach Travis Garrett.

Leading the Indians~



Freshman Jimmy Givens-25



Sophomore Ronald Black-13



Freshman Pat Jenkins-9



Sophomore Raston Brown-9



The Indians will be back in action Friday November 4th against Rockingham in Aiken, SC at 5:00pm and again on Saturday November 5th against Gulf Coast (Florida) in Aiken, SC at 2:00 pm.