Saturday, November 10, 2012

Indians basketball "LIVE" vs South Georgia!

Indians lead 36-31 at the half vs South Georgia click link to view

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Indians win at home against Orangeburg Calhoun Prep 105, 82 to start the season 2-0

The USC Salkehatchie Indians came out strong taking an early 9-2 lead in the first half. The Gladiators would take the lead 11-10 with 10:50 left in the half, their only lead of the game.

The Indians would continue to pull away in the first half, leading 55-35 at the half.

"We came out and executed our game plan tonight, we had a plan and it worked. I was pleased with the way we played in the first half, we made a few mental mistakes but those are correctable," said USC Salkehatchie head coach Travis Garrett.

In the second half, the Indians extended their lead, never trailing in the half. The Indians would score another 60-points in the half to earn the victory 105-82.

The Indians are now 2-0 on the season, they will be back in action on November 9th against Waycross College in Americus, Georgia.

Leading the Indians-
Antonio Manns 20
Denzel Collins 11
Andrew Crawford 11
Fa'Real Walker 9
Sita Seasay 8
Seth Cokman 8


Leading the Gladiators- 
Russell Famble 33
Trey Keenan 15
Brannon Dark 9
Caleb McLaughlin 9

Photo's from tonights mens basketball action against Orangeburg Calhoun Prep 105-82












Saturday, November 3, 2012

Indians 2012 Womens Soccer Recap~

The 2012 USC Salkehatchie women’s soccer team fought valiantly against adversity all season and as a result of their efforts claimed fourth place in NJCAA Region X behind perennial powers Spartanburg Methodist, Louisburg and Cape Fear.

In 2012 adversity for the Indians came in the form of injuries to key players. Sophomore center mid

Sherrieka Othello tore an ACL early. As the season wore on she was joined on the sideline by several other starters including freshman defender Bri Brown, sweeper Amelia Green, forward Elle Shelton and goalkeeper Danielle Danforth. Forward Kassie Contreras managed to persevere through the pain of a stress fracture to her tibia but either had to miss games entirely or just saw limited action in matches as a result.

All the injuries placed a lot of pressure on the remaining players and the ladies responded by stepping up

their game. The team was amazingly resilient. For example, despite three disappointing losses in a row during October to Spartanburg Methodist, Louisburg College and Cape Fear, the Indians came back on October 20 and beat Patrick Henry 6-0 to secure their fourth place finish. “We had a fiercely competitive group of players on the team,” said Head Women’s Soccer Coach Bill Glass, “they never gave up and played hard for a full 90 minutes or more each match no matter what.” The Indians ended up with a respectable 7-9-1 record overall and finished 5-7-1 in Region X. Forward Kassie Contreras tallied an impressive 14 goals to lead the Indians in scoring. Goalkeepers Danielle Danforth and Jasmina Smith combined to post 3 shutouts and limit opponents to 2.5 goals per game on average.

The team will lose many players to graduation including Michelle Adams, Sierra Lamar, Rosina Fadul, Sherrieka Othello, Cyles Barnes, Brittany May, and Amelia Green. “It is good to see so many players graduating,” according to Glass, “that is what this is all about.” However Coach Glass is happy that a solid nucleus of players is expected to return for 2013 including defenders Lisa Doolittle, Ashai Brown, Kimmy Giroir, Kori Hunter, Jasmina Smith and Brianna Gooden- Brown. Midfielders Sasha Crawford, and Chelsea Mayo are also expected back as are forwards Elle Shelton and Kassie Contreras. “These players gained a wealth of experience this season,” said Glass, “I expect them to form the backbone of the 2013 squad.”

Indians 2012 Mens Soccer Season Recap-

The USC Salkehatchie Indians 2012 men’s soccer team strove mightily to equal the success of the 2011 squad and while the season did not go as well as everyone had hoped, the Indians still managed to finish in third place in Region X with only last season’s champion Spartanburg Methodist and sixth ranked Louisburg College ahead of them. Along the way the Indians posted a 9-7-1 record overall going 8-4 in Region X play. This is the second year in a row that the USC Salkehatchie men’s soccer team has posted a winning record.

The Indians started out their season last August with five preseason matches against four year colleges. They played Brewton-Parker College, SCAD, USC Aiken, Newberry and Francis Marion University.

It was a grueling schedule and only one of these matches resulted in a win however on August 25 when the ball was kicked off against Wake Tech for the regular season Salk was ready to post a 1-0 victory. The next day they traveled up to Virginia and beat Patrick Henry 2-1 to start the regular season off with two important Region X wins.

As the season progressed the men brought their A game to a home match vs Spartanburg Methodist and shocked the 2011 Region X champions 3-2. After some ups and downs the Indians got it together at home again on October 17 to avenge an earlier loss to Cape Fear in a wild 4-3 shootout. Patrick Henry came for their return match with the Indians three days later looking for some payback and instead found themselves the victim of a golden goal by Salk’s leading scorer Elijah Ukpong as the match ended 2-1 in favor of the Indians. Hopes were thus high for the post season however the Indians came out on the wrong end of a 1-0 score line in their first playoff game against Florida based Broward College to end their season. “It was a frustrating way to go out,” according to Coach Glass, “the guys played very well but just could not get the ball into the net despite dominating the run of play.”

The Indians will now be looking to reload for 2013 as thirteen players will be graduating including most of the starters. Elijah Ukpong who set the USC Salkehatchie men’s soccer all time record for goals after notching 20 tallies this year along with 6 assists will receive his Associates Degree as will defenders Wayne Preddie, Gino Lucarelli, Danial Hernandez, Nas Mugozi, and Noe Guerrier. Midfielders Jarrell Smalls, Estaban Cobo, Adan Mundo, Tucker Hamilton and Jose Berbessi will also be attending a four year college next year. The team will also lose forwards Robby Bacon and Raul Gallegos to graduation.

“It will be very tough losing all these guys,” said Glass, “we have a great group of freshmen players and they all made a strong contribution to this year’s winning record, however there will be many new faces on the team for 2013 and that means a lot of work getting everyone on the same page with regard to our system and tactics." One thing is for sure about the 2013 squad, they will not want to be the ones to break

the Indians recent streak of winning records.

USC Salkehatchie "FALL" baseball and softball HOME today!

The USC Salkehatchie Indians baseball and softball teams will be at HOME today in Allendale, South Carolina for "Fall" games.

Both teams start at 1:00 pm and both have double-headers scheduled!

Come out for the final "Fall" games of the season today and support the Indians!

USC Salkehatchie mens basketball starts season 1-0 after defeating Gulf Coast State 78-76 (Today's game VS OCP scheduled for 2:00 pm has been cancelled- READ BELOW)

The USC Salkehatchie Indians started the season on a good note Friday night in Aiken, against NJCAA perennial powerhouse Gulf Coast State.

The Indians came out and played their style of basketball setting the tone early, they lead at the half 41-39.

In the second half the Indians lead throughout until 2:00 minutes left in the contest when Gulf Coast took a 75-74 lead.

The Indians would retake the lead for the final time with two seconds left 78-76, securing the victory.

"We played our hearts out tonight, I think we understand basketball and want to win. It is a long season and this is just one game but I was pleased with how we played tonight," said head coach Travis Garrett.

The Indians were scheduled to play Orangeburg Calhoun Prep today at 2:00 pm in Aiken, SC but the game was cancelled by OCP due to transportation issues.

The Indians now1-0 on the season will face Orangeburg Calhoun Prep at HOME Tuesday night with tip-off scheduled for 7:30 pm.