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Prep recruit
By The Associated Press
College football coaches across the state will begin
finding out on Valentine's Day whether they've won
the hearts ? and signatures ? of the talented players
iney nave so arduously sougnt.
High school football players can make it official today
? the first day they can legally sign letters of
intent with the college of their choice. Some coaches
who have been asking players to "Be Mine" will be
all smiles; others will feel like jilted lovers. '
Much of the attention this year will be focused on
Clemson and coach Ken Hatfield. The first-year coach
knows people will be watching to see how good a reSpring
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American Brian Williams and out- Nigel Stoddard a
fielder Skeets Thomas along with a liams along with
talented group of freshmen. football players.
The Gamecocks home opener is Eddie Miller, F
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Rounding out USC's spring lead USC to their
sports programs are the men's and title,
women's track and field teams, The Lady Gan
both led by first-year head coach led by Shannon
Greg Craft. Purser, Wilma De:
The men's team will be led by Fife.
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corps, and will probably be the other Cromer, si
joined in the opener against Jack- at shortstop, and s
sonville by the third of the Cromer Lawltr or Rickett a
clan to play at USC, freshman The catcher posi
D. T. Cromer. tween sophomore
On the bases, likely starters are and junior George I
freshaman Jeff Parnell at first, red- and senior Tray
shirt junior Mike Adams at second, undergo his third
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cruiting class the Tigers sign in the wake of the res
nation of Danny Ford and an NCAA investigation i;
alleged rule violations by the football program.
"I think recruiting's looked great," Hatfield s;
during an interview in his office Monday. "We'll f:
out. . . for sure once they sign. But I feel good ab
it right now.
"If all the people who have committed to sign si
in the fold, I think it's going to far exceed ma>
what I felt like we might be able to do at such a I
date."
Clemson has received 18 oral commitmenl
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led from page 8 Williams
ind Phillip Wil- Pittsburgh Pirates after gradual
a group of USC but decided to delay his pro:
Wide receivers sional career,
tobert Brooks, "After my senior season in 1
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lecocks will be Williams said.
Wyont, Dana Williams hit .332 with ei
Piore and Alexis homers and 18 stolen bases a
freshman. He also had a freshr
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ig- gers are 6-foot-4, 290-pound lineman Ray Forsythe of so
nto Winter Garden, Fla.; Ninety Six running back Ronald so
Williams, who rushed for 1,713 yards for 37 touch- Be
aid downs; St. John's of John's Island wide receiver Curt tei
ind Brown, who caught 38 touchdown passes during his kit
out career; Rock Hill linebacker Tim Jones, who had 170 thi
tackles; and Greer's Nelson Welch, who was named tio
tay player of the year in South Carolina by the Associated
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tion pitching record of 3-1 with a 2.76 is that he is a tear
fes- ERA. happy whether he'
the Gamecocks, ch<
hgh For his career, Williams is bat- balls in the outfie
1 tO tintx ^18 with 1^ hnmPR S? runs bases.
for batted in, 80 runs, 118 hits, 29
itu- doubles, 3 triples and 36 stolen "I'm just playin
Jr," bases. To add to that, he has com- that I'm needed. I d
piled a 6-4 pitching record, a 3.19 vorite position. I juj
ght ERA, and 152 strikeouts in 115.2 and be involved in
s a innings. ' said,
nan One of Williams' biggest assets
nes nior and had good senior leadership start behind the
the but Dave Willman and George Jacksonville,
ible Rush have been working hard and "Mike McGee is j
battling for the position. Right now, college ballplayer, ar
in we're excited about both of them." SOn is a very enthi
for Because Willman played some that comes out of th
liss last year and knows the pitching saves games for you
se- staff, Raines said he will probably ing for those two gi
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n; Conway linebacker Lawrence Mitchell, who
me argue is the best player in the state; Myrtle
;ach defensive back Konata Reid, who had five inceptions
this past season; and Spring Valley place;ker
Marty Simpson, who kicked a 61-yard field
s year and is considered one of the best in the nan
at his position.
"We need lineman," Coach Sparky Woods said.
Ve need people who can play and who have size,
e need some running backs because we lose Harold
een and Keith Bing, and Mike Dingle will be a se3r
next year."
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s pitching for
tsing down fly would be more than willing
Id or stealing 10 fight Mike Tyson," he said on
ABC-TV's "Good Morning
America," adding "I did it once,
g everywhere I'M do again."
on't have a fa- "We're going to have (Evander)
5t want to play Holyfield fight on the undercard
the game," he the stipulation that he'll fight
the winner of Tyson-Douglas at
Trump Plaza," Selesner said.
plate against some real good senior leadership
. .. we've got some good sei
good, steady niors, they just have to give us that
id Brian Beat- leadership to get us over the
isiastic player hump."
ie bullpen and McGee is excited as well about
i. We're look- getting the ODDortunitv to be a
lys to give us leader.
"I've been wanting to do that for
a long time, and I'm finally getting
my chance to be co-captain. I love
it, I really do.
Last year, USC had an excellent
28-8 home record but were only
6-15 away. The schedule this year
gets even tougher as the Gamecocks
take on powerhouses like
Georgia Tech, preseason No. 1
Florida State and reigning national
champion Wichita State, who
travels to Sarge Frye Field on
March 13-15.
"We've got 22 games with
top-15 people," Raines commented.
"It's going to be a challenge for
this young ball club and it's going
to be exciting for them and the
fans ... I think the fans are going
to see soqa? good^ejjall.",,,,, v
"Well I'm real excited," McGee
said. "I think we can play with anybody
in the country right
now . . . we're ready to play.
We're excited right now."
The excitement begins at Jacksonville
Thursday afternoon. The
home opener at Sarge Frye Field is
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