Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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__Sports_ National Football Conference East Division W L Home Road Div Str Washington 5 4 3-2 2-2 2-3 L-2 Dallas 5 4 4-0 1-4 3-1 W-l New York Giants 4 4 2-2 2-2 2-2 L-l Arizona 3 6 2-3 1-3 2-2 W-l Philadelphia 3 7 2-3 1-4 2-3 W-l Central Division Detroit 6 3 4-1 • 2-2 2-0 L-l Minnesota 6 4 3-2 3-2 2-3 W-3 Tampa Bay 5 4 3-1 2-3 0-2 W-3 Green Bay 4 5 3-2 1-3 2-2 L-3 Chicago 4 6 2-3 2-3 2-1 L-l West Division St. Louis 7 2 5-0 2-2 4-0 W-l Carolina 3 6 2-2 1-4 1-3 L-l San Francisco 3 6 2-2 1-4 1-3 L-5 Atlanta 2 7 1-4 1-3 2-2 L-l New Orleans 2 7 2-4 0-3 2-2 W-l American Football Conference East Division W L Home Road Div Str Miami 7 2 2-2 4-1 2-2 L-l Indianapolis 7 2 5-1 2-1 2-2 W-5 Buffalo 7 3 4-2 3-1 3-2 W-l New England 6 3 3-2 3-1 2-2 L-l New York Jets 3 6 1-4 2-2 1-3 W-2 Central Division Jacksonville 8 1 3-1 5-0 4-1 W-6 Tennessee 7 2 4-1 3-1 5-0 W-4 Pittsburgh 5 3 1-2 4-1 3-1 W-3 Baltimore 3 6 1-3 2-3 2-3- L-l Cleveland ' 2 8 0-4 2-4 1-6 W-l Cincinnati 1 9 0-5 1-4 1-4 L-5 West Division Seattle 6 2 3-1 3-1 1-1 W-3 Kansas City 5 4 4-0 1-4 2-1 L-2 Oakland 5 4 3-2 2-2 1-2 W-l San Diego 4 5 2-3 2-2 2-3 L-3 Denver 3 6 1-3 2-3 2-1 W-l Thursday’s Top News • Chipper Jones and Ivan Rodriguez named MVPs of National and American Leagues • Clemson RB Javis Austin hospitalized because of bullet in head • Texas A&M students killed by collapsing logs • UNC football coach Carl Torbush will be fired after Saturday’s game • Kansas defensive end Dion Rayford will miss final college game after assaulting Taco Bell workers for forgotten chalupa Carolina from page 11 The Tigers, meanwhile, were going to bring Frank Howard encased in formalde hyde. That would be a nice touch, but DHEC swept down with a severe repri mand, so they are practicing running up and down the rocket at the State Fair grounds to get them used to the idea of playing without that stupid hill. That chunk of granite is a nice touch. I bet it really gives the Tigers special pow ers; mainly, how to break the law and not get caught. (Not working very well.) Well, I think that about covers it, so let’s get ready to welcome our undered ucated, moronic, maudlin cretins from Cow Town, USA, the clemsdumb kitty cats. By the way, Clemson just found a new use for sheep. Wool. OEAN KAYFORD PHOTO EDITOR USC’s Shaun Gortman, left, and Shannon Segres, 14, try to snare a rebound in Tuesday’s 88-54 Gamecock wia Lady Gamecocks thrash Australians in exhibition BY SHANNON ROOKE Staff Writer Scoring the highest number of points in a game is becoming a regular honor for USC sophomore forward Jocelyn Penn. With 35 points, Penn led the South Carolina women’s basketball team to an 88-54 victory in the team’s last exhibi tion game. She added seven steals to help force 31 turnovers by the Australian vis itors, the Victorian ITCPA11 Stars. After a cold first half, the Lady Gamecocks still headed into the lock er room with a comfortable 41-30 lead. Head coach Susan Walvius’ concentra tion was on her team’s defensive play. “The first half, we played without emotion and without focus,” she said. “This explained the poor defensive ef fort.” Despite a strong offensive effort by the Australians, the Lady Gamecocks went on a 26-5 run and increased then lead to 30 points. With just 1:13 left in the game, senior Casie Key put the cap on the evening, lifting Carolina to the final difference. USC now hopes to continue its win ning streak against UNC-Charlotte in both teams’ season opener tonight at 5 p.m. The Lady 49ers, who have split their preseason exhibition games with a win and a loss, will look to take back the series title after losing to Carolina last year, 85-71. Leading the Lady 49ers in scoring this year is junior Tonya Phifer, who scored 18 points in the team’s last game. sophomore Jennifer Smith leads the 49ers in rebounds, and senior Jameka Jones has reached double figures in her past two games. Also starting for the Lady Game cocks in tonight’s game are forwards An nie Lester and Penn, and guards Shaunzinski Gortman, Shannon Segres and Shanta Jeffcoat. “Wfe have a lot of things to work on,” Segres said. “But we’ll be ready for the opening game and the SEC play.” f Propecta I (finasteride) Ask your doctor about this pill I from Merck. ! For more information, call 1-888-MERCK-74. 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The Gamecocks beat Tennessee for the 12th straight time thanks to strong performances from Bema Dwyer and fellow freshman Julie Neiser. Dwyer collected a career-high 24 kills in the 3-1 victory. The Gamecocks then dropped a heart breaker to Kentucky after taking a 2-0 lead. Freshman Sam Alban was the MVP of the match, hitting .360. Despite the early injuries, USC still finished second in the SEC Eastern Divi sion and placed two players on the All SEC squad. Senior Danika Taylor and Dwyer garnered the award for the first time after carrying the Gamecocks with out standing play and excep tional performances. Tay lor leads the team in blocks and is second in hit ting percentage and kills. Dwyer, meanwhile, led the team with 40 service aces and kills, and was second in digs. USC will take on Kentucky in the first match of the SEC Tour nament as the No. 3 seed overall. The Wild cats are the sixth seed. 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