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Thursday, May 23, 2013
Sports 
Volunteers needed for Dixie tournaments
Georgetown County is hosting the AA Dixie Youth State Championship Tournament (machine pitch and coach pitch divisions) in July at 8 Oaks Park. Games are scheduled for July 6, 10 a.m. to 8:15 p.m.; July 7, 2-8 p.m.; July 8, 4-8 p.m.; and July 9, 4 p.m. Volunteers are needed during the event and spon ...
U.S. Open shines positive light on county and Back Woods club
By Chris Sokoloski csokoloski@gtowntimes.com The National Sporting Clays Association’s U.S. Open at Back Woods Quail Club last week was a rousing success. “Back Woods Quail Club and Rick Hemingway did a fantastic job,” said Robert Crow, the association’s director. “The ...
No second state title for Lady Warriors
By Chris Sokoloski csokoloski@gtowntimes.com Waccamaw High’s dreams of a second Class AA softball championship in three years ended with an 8-1 loss to Crescent last week. “Tonight we just never had any traction,” said Waccamaw coach Scott Streiffert. “[It] was one of those nigh ...
County athletes win 12 state track titles
By Chris Sokoloski csokoloski@gtowntimes.com Georgetown County high school athletes won eight individual state track titles plus three relay titles and a team title over the weekend. Individual winners were: * Grace Barnett of Waccamaw: first in 800-meters (2:16.83), 1,600-meters (5:14.70) and 3,20 ...
Lower State champs fall in game one of state championship series
By Chris Sokoloski csokoloski@gtowntimes.com Waccamaw High’s softball team will try and keep its state championship hopes alive tonight after losing 3-2 to Crescent on Monday night. Waccamaw fell behind early in Monday night’s game, giving up three runs in the bottom of the first inning ...
15th annual Log-A-Load fundraiser for MUSC raises more than $60,000
The 15th annual “Klays for Kids” Sporting Clays Tournament at Back Woods Quail Club in Rhems last month raised $60,430 for MUSC Children’s Hospital. Each year, a family shares their MUSC experience as a tribute to where the money goes that is raised through the Log-A-Load for Kids ...
U.S. Open brings more than 1,000 visitors to county
By Chris Sokoloski csokoloski@gtowntimes.com More than 1,000 of the country’s best shooters, plus their families, are in Georgetown County this week for the National Sporting Clays Association’s U.S. Open at Back Wood Quail Club. Tucked away in the Rhems community, the club has been pre ...
County athletes collect 18 Lower State titles
By Chris Sokoloski csokoloski@gtowntimes.com Georgetown County high school athletes brought home 14 individual titles and four relay titles at Lower State track and field championships on Saturday. Class A Carvers Bay athletes brought home nine individual titles and four relay titles. Lewis Moran ...
Waccamaw pounds Dillon 13-3
By Chris Sokoloski csokoloski@gtowntimes.com Eleven days after losing to Dillon in the Region VIII-AA championship game, Waccamaw’s softball team got a modicum of revenge on Friday night, beating the Wildcats 13-3 in the Lower State playoffs. “We were patient with their pitchers,” ...
Permit applications available online for alligator hunting seasons
The S.C. Department of Natural Resources is accepting online applications for the 2013 public alligator and Wildlife Management Area alligator hunting seasons. More than 100,000 alligators live from the Midlands to the coast of South Carolina and the population is not threatened by the regulated re ...
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