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USC Salkehatchie has full slate of games scheduled for today

Good morning USC Salkehatchie Indians fans! I hope that you will be able to make it to one of the games this weekend. The Indians baseball team has traveled to Douglas, Georgia to take on South Georgia. The Indians baseball team will be playing a double header today with the first game starting at 3 pm and the second game scheduled for 5 pm.

The USC Salkehatchie Lady Indians softball team will be playing host to Surry Community College in Allendale, South Carolina. They are scheduled to play a double-header with the first game starting at 12 pm and the second scheduled for 2 pm.

The USC Salkehatchie men's basketball team is in Shallotte, North Carolina to take on Brunswick Community College, tip-off is set for 3 pm.

I will have complete updates as they become available. Please check back here on the blog often for news and information concerning USC Salkehatchie athletics.

Indians basketball team drop 3rd-Region X game of season

We have all heard the legend of Friday the 13th, USC Salkehatchie head coach Travis Garrett must now believe all the hype. Coach Travis Garrett said today by telephone, " I am really worried going into this game with Cape Fear, the guys don't seem to be focused and if we go in half cocked, we could be in for a long night."

When the final buzzer went off tonight at Cape Fear CC, no truer words could have been spoken as the Indians fell by a final score of 70-55.

The Indians now fall to 12-12 overall and 7-3 in Region X.

They will remain in North Carolina for another game tomorrow night as they travel to Brunswick Community College in Shallotte, North Carolina.

For a complete recap of all the weekend's games, go to http://www.uscsalkathletics.com/ next Friday we will have all the updates.

USC Salkehatchie Lady Indians getting ready for Region X match-up against Surry Community College

The Lady Indians are preparing for their first Region X match-up of the season. USC Salkehatchie head coach Mitch Smith said,"We need to be ready, it is a big day as the first region match-up. I have explained to the girls if we play the way we are capable of, we can come out winners."

The Lady Indians are 4-6 on the season.

USC Salkehatchie Softball Player-Cea Knox Named NJCAA Top Returning Pitcher And Position Player For District J-Region X

USC Salkehatchie sophomore Cea Knox was named the top returning pitcher and position player (1B) by the NJCAA for district J-Region X.

Cea Knox is from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and played her high school career at Socastee High School in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

To learn more about Cea Knox and the rest of the USC Salkehatchie softball team, go to the USC Salkehatchie official athletic website @ http://www.uscsalkathletics.com/

USC Salkehatchie's Cameron Louis Named By NJCAA As Top Returning Player For Eastern District:

Congratulations to Cameron Louis a member of the USC Salkehatchie baseball team. He has been named as one of the top returning players by the NJCAA in the Eastern District:

Eastern District (Regions 3, 10, 15, 19, 20, 21)


Below is the entire list of players from the NJCAA listed as Top Returning Players Eastern District (Regions 3, 10, 15, 19, 20, 21) along with their last years batting averages:


Brandon Krochune Anne Arundel Comm. College 1B .331
Britton Quayle Anne Arundel Comm. College CF .324
Brandon Browne Anne Arundel Comm. College LF .368
Mike Liddell Chesapeake College OF .333
Brian Ivan Guilford Technical Community Co 1B .301
Matt Greene Hagerstown Comm. College INF .368
Charles Johnson Hagerstown Comm. College OF .274
Robin Bugallo Monroe College 1B .439
Normand Gosselin Monroe College OF .420
Justin Grantham Potomac State College of WVU OF .358
Kevin Griffin Potomac State College of WVU C .309
Arturo Mogrezutt Spartanburg Methodist College SS .302
Travis Witherspoon Spartanburg Methodist College CF .256
Ian Haley Surry Community College OF .324
Cameron Louis USC Salkehatchie SS .373
Jamie Holler USC Sumter SS/P .419
Jeff Johnson USC Sumter OF .367
Alan Denman USC Sumter 1B .317

Former USC Salkehatchie Baseball Player Excels at University Of South Carolina-Columbia

Jordan Gray, a USC Salkehatchie student and member or the USC Salkehatchie baseball team 2006 - 2008, has been recognized by the Economics Program on the USC Columbia campus as a possible nominee for the College of Arts and Sciences Rising Senior for the 2009 - 2010 academic year. Jordan is a junior economics major at USC Columbia.

Upcoming USC Salkehatchie Sporting Events -

USC Salkehatchie Softball:

February 14th (Double-Header) Surry CC 12/2 pm Allendale, South Carolina

February 20-22nd (TBA) Ringor Invitational Aiken, South Carolina

USC Salkehatchie Basketball:

February 13th Cape Fear CC 7pm Wilmington, North Carolina

February 14th Brunswick CC 3pm Shollotee, North Carolina

USC Salkehatchie Baseball:

February 14th (Double Header) South Georgia 3/5 pm Douglas, Georgia

February 15th South Georgia 1pm Douglas, Georgia

NJCAA- Top 10 National Polls Week of February 9th, 2009

BASEBALL
Top 10 National Poll
1
Grayson County College
2
Chipola College
3
Walters State Community College
4
Central Arizona College
5
San Jacinto College-North
6
Howard College
7
Miami Dade College
8
Young Harris College
9
Johnson County Community College
10
Iowa Western Community College

BASKETBALL
Top 10 National Poll
1
Chipola College
2
Indian Hills Community College-Ottumwa
3
Miami Dade College
4
Southeastern Illinois College
5
South Plains College
6
Southwest Tennessee Community College
7
Midland College
8
North Dakota State College of Science
9
Southwestern Illinois College
10
Salt Lake Community College

SOFTBALL
Top 10 National Poll
1
Santa Fe College
2
Chattanooga State Technical Community College
3
Wallace State Community College-Hanceville
4
Midland College
5
Yavapai College
6
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College
7
Wabash Valley College
8
Blinn College
9
Crowder College
10
Western Nebraska Community College

2009 NJCAA On-Line Media Guide, Now Available!

The 2009-Baseball/Softball NJCAA media guides are now available online.

The 2009 NJCAA Baseball and Softball Media Guide is available for .PDF download below. This year's guide will be available ONLY via download over the internet and will not be in hard copy.

Both the USC Salkehatchie Baseball and Softball teams, will be listed in the on-line guide. The Indians will be listed in the Division 1 section.

Click Link below for your copy of the guide-

http://www.njcaa.org/newsArticle.cfm?articleId=7584

Lady Indians drop game two against Middle Georgia

The Lady Indians defeated Middle Georgia in game 1 on Wednesday evening but fell 8-0 in game 2.

The Lady Indians will be back in action on February 14th (Saturday) in Allendale, South Carolina against Surry Community College.

A double-header is scheduled with the game 1 starting at 12 pm and game 2 at 2:00 pm.

The Lady Indians are now 4-6 on the season.

JUST IN: Lady Indians win game 1- against Middle Georgia!!!

The USC Salkehatchie Lady Indians have won game 1 against Middle Georgia this afternoon in Cochran, Georgia.

The Lady Indians won in dramatic fashion as they came from behind to win in extra innings-9. If you recall the Lady Indians lost both games against Middle Georgia last weekend at home. The scores in those games were Middle Georgia 10 USC Salkehatchie 3 in game one. In game two the Lady Indians lost 5-2/

As soon as I get the score of game two, I will post it to the blog.

Don't forget that you can get a complete recap of today's games and all games at http://www.uscsalkathletics.com/ our official athletic website.

USC Salkehatchie Indians 73, Denmark Technical Panthers 64

The USC Salkehatchie mens basketball team outlasted Denmark Technical College tonight in Denmark, South Carolina. The Indians lead throughout the contest and in the end, it was the Indians winning by a final of 73-64.

"I wasn't thrilled with our overall play tonight, we have to learn to play more focused but as I have said before, we haven't played our best basketball yet. I want our guys to cut down on turnovers, if we play the way we did tonight against a better team, we would have been in trouble. I am going to go back and watch the film and make the adjustments we need to get better as we head down the stretch," said USC Salkehatchie head coach Travis Garrett.

Leading the Indians:

Larry Cox 23-points

Brandon Riley 18-points

Travis Wilkins 5-points

Brandon Julious 4-points

Javon Woodberry 4-points

The Indians are now 11-12 on the season and 7-2 in Region X play.

To get a complete rap-up of tonights game, go to http://www.uscsalkathletics.com/ the website is updated each Friday.

Notice for USC Salkehatchie Softball Fans!!!

On the official USC Salkehatchie website http://www.uscsalkathletics.com/, you will notice the times listed on the softball schedule has the games as 1 and 3 pm. The actually times of tomorrow's games against Middle Georgia are 3 and 5 pm.

Again, tomorrow's USC Salkehatchie softball games in Cochran, Georgia against Middle Georgia will start at 3 and 5 pm.

USC Salkehatchie Men's Basketball Team Headed To Denmark Technical College Tonight!

The USC Salkehatchie men's basketball team will be headed to Denmark, South Carolina tonight to take on Region X rival-Denmark Technical College.

The Indians beat Denmark Tech earlier in the season, 97-83 at home.

"I know that Denmark will be ready for us when we get to their home court. They are going to fired up and ready to knock us out of first place. I told my guys to forget about their earlier game with them, they will be ready for us tonight," said USC Salkehatchie head coach Travis Garrett.

The Indians are 10-12 overall and 6-2 and tied for first place in Region X.

NJCAA POLLS FOR WEEK, Basketball-Softball-Baseball

I have been waiting for several weeks to post the NJCAA Polls, waiting for the NJCAA to add the softball and baseball polls.

I will update these polls on Monday when they are released from the NJCAA.

You can click on each school below to link back to the NJCAA site, to learn more about each school listed.

TOP 10-NATIONAL NJCAA-BASKETBALL POLL


1
Chipola College
2
Southeastern Illinois College
3
Indian Hills Community College-Ottumwa
4
North Dakota State College of Science
5
Miami Dade College
6
Midland College
7
South Plains College
8
Salt Lake Community College
9
Barton County Community College
10
Southwest Tennessee Community College


TOP 10 -NATIONAL NJCAA-BASEBALL POLL



1
Grayson County College
2
Chipola College
3
Walters State Community College (#1 in Baseball America)
4
Central Arizona College
5
San Jacinto College-North
6
Howard College
7
Miami Dade College
8
Young Harris College
9
Johnson County Community College
10
Iowa Western Community College



TOP 10-NATIONAL NJCAA-SOFTBALL POLL


1
Santa Fe College
2
Chattanooga State Technical Community College
3
Wallace State Community College-Hanceville
4
Midland College
5
Yavapai College
6
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College
7
Wabash Valley College
8
Blinn College
9
Crowder College
10
Western Nebraska Community College

Lady Indians win both games of double-header

Even with an over 1-hour delay, the Lady Indians came out swinging today and jumped on Southeastern CC early in both games to get the victories.

The Lady Indians record now stands at 3-wins, 5-loses on the season.

To get a complete recap of both games, go to http://www.uscsalkathletics.com/

Lady Indians in action today against Southeastern CC

The Lady Indians are now underway in Allendale, South Carolina against Southeastern CC. The game was delayed because of a mix-up with the the umpires but they are now underway.

So, if you thought you had missed the action, you still have time to make it out to the games.

Once they complete game 1, they will start game 2.

I will update the scores after each game is completed.

Lady Indians Split With Truett Mconell

The USC Salkehatchie Lady Indians softball team won their first game of the season against Truett Mconell. The Lady Indians inproved to 1-4 on the season after their first win of the season. Pitcher Cea Knox earned her first win but she had to leave the game early.

The Lady Indians fell in game two, 6-4.

For more information on this game and to learn more about USC Salkehatchie softball, go to
www.uscsalkathletics.com

Pioneers snap Indians 8-game win streak

The USC Salkehatchie men's basketball team let an 18-points slip away against Spartanburg Methodist last night in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

The Indians lead 37 to 19 at the half but according to head coach Travis Garrett, sloppy play and strong play by the Pioneers in the second half; lead to the Indians first loss in 8-games.

"I told the kids at half-time that we had to come out prepared to play hard. I had watched the film of the Pioneers against Aiken Tech earlier in the season in which they were down 20-points at the half and almost came back and won. I knew this could happen if we didn't stay focused. We have to go back to the drawing board and get focused on Denmark-Tech next week," said coach Garrett.

The Indians will be back in action February 10th against Denmark-Technical College in Denmark, South Carolina. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:00 pm.

Big Dog Radio announces Tentative "Indians Baseball" Broadcast Schedule

The University of South Carolina-Salkehatchie is proud to announce it's partnership with WDOG "The Big Dog" 93.5, a local radio station here is Allendale, South Carolina. WDOG has agreed to broadcast some of the USC Salkehatchie baseball games both on 93.5 in the local coverage area and on their website http://www.bigdogradio.com/index.htm . It will give USC Salkehatchie fans around the nation and beyond the chance to listen to the Indians "Live"

Below is a tentative schedule of the games they plan to broadcast:

(*Note-They are working on bringing more games to USC Salkehatchie baseball fans, once the determine a complete list, we will post it.)

Feb 28, Surry CC 1:00 pm

March 10 Salem CC 3:00 pm

March 14 Guilford Tech 1:00 pm

April 4, Spartanburg Methodist 1:00 pm

WDOG broadcast last weekend's match-up with #1(Baseball America) Walters State

USC Salkehatchie Baseball Announces Schedule Change

The USC Salkehatchie double-header baseball games scheduled for February 18th with Limestone College, have been rescheduled for March 25th @ 2:00 pm.

Again USC Salkehatchie will now play Limestone on March 25th in Allendale, SC at 2:00 pm, they will still play a double-header.

USC Salkehatchie Athletic Events This Week

I have received several calls this past week asking that I post a list of the sporting events going on at USC Salkehatchie for each week. I have listed all the games this week, under each sport.

Please don't forget you can check www.uscsalkathletics.com for more information about upcoming events and everything USC Salkehatchie athletics!!

BASKETBALL-

February 5th @ Spartanburg Methodist -Spartanburg, South Carolina 7 pm

BASEBALL-

No games scheduled-Next game February 14th @South Georgia-Douglas, Georgia

SOFTBALL-

February 6th VS Truett Mconell (HOME) Allendale, South Carolina 1/3 pm

February 7th VS Southeastern CC (HOME) Allendale, South Carolina 12/2 pm

USC Salkehatchie Dean's List Announced, 11-Student Athletes Make List

The USC Salkehatchie athletic department and Athletic Director-Jane Brewer are proud to announce this semester's Dean's List student-athletes.



Softball-



(Sophmore) Cea Knox



(Sophomore)- Taffeny Hall



(Freshman)- Dawn Whittle



(Freshman)- Stacee Whittle



Baseball-



(Sophomore)- Thomas Nichols



(Sophmore)- Braylon Emory



(Freshman)- Jesse Reid



Basketball-



(Redshirt-Freshman)- Earl Ware

Women's Soccer-

(Freshman)- Yahimar Lai

(Freshman)- Maggie Moore

Men's Soccer-

(Freshman)- Andrew Winalski

Just In: Indians fall to #1 Walters State (February 1st,2009 )

The USC Salkehatchie men's baseball was swept this weekend by #1 ranked Walters State as they lost the third and final game today.

The final score was Walters State 12, USC Salkehatchie 8

To get the complete story and to see all the stats, go to http://www.uscsalkathletics.com/ the main athletic website will be updated next week.

USC Salkehatchie Lady Indians Soccer welcomes recruits on Saturday

USC Salkehatchie head coach Bill Glass was glad to see so many young ladies from around the nation on hand for yesterday's open house.

The players were given a tour of the campus and were able to ask any questions about the university, the area or anything that might be of a concern to them regarding USC Salkehatchie.

They were given the tour by USC Salkehatchie students ambassadors.

After the tour they were given some instruction from USC Salkehatchie head women's soccer coach Bill Glass and some of his players that were on hand to answer any questions.

It was a beautiful day and we want to thank everyone in attendance.

Pictures from USC Salkehatchie (Baseball) VS #1 Walters State

USC Salkehatchie baseball falls to #1 ranked Walters State

The USC Salkehatchie baseball team kicked off the season against #1 ranked Walters State (Ranked preseason #1 by Baseball America)

In game one, the Indians started sophomore pitcher Mark Henderson (Henderson, has signed to play at USC Aiken next season).

The Indians trailed early on when Walters State scored in the third inning but the Indians rallied right back to score in the bottom of the fourth to tie the game at 1-1.

Walters State would strike again in the top of the sixth to take a 2-1 lead. Again, the Indians would rally again to tie the score at 2-2.

Freshman Griffin Spires would come in for relief of Henderson and in the eighth inning, Walters State scored 4-runs to take a 6-2 lead.

The Indians would get one more run in the bottom of the eighth when Branfy Arias hit a 2-out double.

The final score was Walters State 6, USC Salkehatchie 3.

In game two Sophomore Ali Williams started for the Indians and pitched an excellent game, the Indians we held to four-hits and only one run.

The final in game two was Walters State 5, USC Salkehatchie 1.

To read the complete recaps of all the weekend games and to see stats and much more, go to http://www.uscsalkathletics.com/ the main-athletic website is normally updated once a week on Fridays.

Welcome Home- USC Salkehatchie "Baseball" Alumni

USC Salkehatchie was proud to welcome home it's former baseball players yesterday during the Indian's game against #1 Walters State.

Below is a list of the former players in attendance:

Tiger Liggins 2006-2007

Kenneth Bellamy 2003-2005

Kyle Anderson 2003-2005

Den Rowe 1980-1981

Frank Cannon III 1981-1983

Martin Youmans 1981-1983

Tony Murdaugh 1977-1978

Russell Palmer 1982

*Joe Winkelsas 1993-1995

Ian Evans 2005-2007 (Currently playing at USC Aiken)

Travis Howard 2006-2008 (Currently playing at USC-Aiken)

*-Joe Winkelsas become the first inductee into the USC Salkehatchie athletic hall-of-fame

USC Salkehatchie Basketball continues run through Region X

The USC Salkehatchie men's basketball team extended it's winning streak to eight games Saturday afternoon in Jamestown, North Carolina.

The Indians jumped out to an early 10-point lead 31-21 against Guilford Technical College Saturday afternoon. The early lead was in-part due to Bryant Julious and his his first half performance in which he scored 12-points.

It looked as though the Indians were in serious trouble mid-way through the first half when Guilford Tech. went on a 16-7 run. When the buzzer finally went off to signal the end of the first half, Coach Travis Garrett was relived, "I knew that we were capable of beating Guilford Tech but their speed was unbelievable. I had seen them on tape and knew they were fast but when you see it in person, it was unreal. I told my guys during half-time that now was the time to show everyone what Indians basketball was all about and they responded."

The score at half-time was USC Salkehatchie 38, Guilford Tech 37.

Coach Garrett had to be concerned was the second half began and his team allowed Guilford Tech to go on a 6-0 lead and take their first lead of the game, 43-38. The Indians responded by tying the game 43-43.

It was at that point 6'8 243 lb sophomore, Larry Cox took over for the Indians with an explosive 16-points to close out the Indians victory.

The final score was USC Salkehatchie 88, Guilford Technical College 78.

Leading the Indians to victory-

Larry Cox- 20 points, 14 rebounds

Pedro Julious- 19 points

Jeremiah Richardson- 10 points

Travis Wilkins- 10 points

The Indians are now 10-11 over-all and 6-1 in Region X.

Photo's from USC Salkehatchie Lady Indians VS (Top 25 ranked) Middle Georgia on Saturday

USC Salkehatchie "Lady Indians" drop two on Saturday

One day after dropping two to one team out of Georgia, the Lady Indians again found themselves on the losing end of their double-header with Middle Georgia .

"I was pleased with the way we played today, I know we have some work but overall I was pleased. We are young, we have been starting four or five freshman in each game but that can only make your team better come Region play," said Coach Mitch Smith.

In game one the Lady Indians lead going into the third inning after Stacee Whittle hit a three-run home-run.

In the top of the third, Middle Georgia went back ahead after they got a two-run home-run of their own, to give them a 4-3 lead.

The Lady Indians were unable to get any offense the remainder of the game and the final score was Middle Georgia 10, USC Salkehatchie 3.

Cea Knox took the loss for the Lady Indians, she is now 0-2 on the young season.

In game two, the Lady Indians went with Katie Henderson on the mound.

The Lady Indians trailed Middle Georgia throughout the game, but they were never out of it.

Several times throughout the game, they would leave runners in scoring position. In the sixth, they had bases loaded with one-out but they were unable to bring them in.

In the seventh and final inning, the Lady Indians had one final chance as Alyssa Chambers lead off the inning with a double. Symone Nettles then can up and drove in Chambers from second to make the score 5-2. The Lady Indians would get another run on, to make it runners on first and second but they were again unable to capitalize.

Coach Mitch Smith said," We did some thing right today and we did some things wrong, overall I am very pleased with how we progressed from yesterday. We just have to get more aggressive but that will come with game experience, I am pleased with our overall performance.

The final score was Middle Georgia 5, USC Salkehatchie 2.