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partment news re- bery and one count of use of a Man charged, released; lease, two shooting weapon during a violent crime. victims “suffered life- Tiller was reportedly released 2 victims now suffer long injuries” from a Tuesday from Sumter-Lee Regional THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2017 75 CENTS shooting incident that Detention Center after providing a SERVING SOUTH CAROLINA SINCE OCTOBER 15, 1894 from ‘lifelong injuries’ occurred Friday at $37,500 surety bond and agreeing to BY JIM HILLEY TILLER Harmony Court wear a leg monitoring bracelet. 2 SECTIONS, 14 PAGES | VOL. 122, NO. 238 [email protected] Apartments. Magistrate Judge Larry Blanding According to the re- set the bond, according to a person Members of the community have lease, Andrew Jeremiah Tiller, 18, at the Magistrate Court office. HEALTH expressed concern that an 18-year of 2665 Goldeneye Ridge, was Magistrates must consider two old Sumter man charged with a vi- charged Monday after reportedly factors when setting bond, Third olent crime has been released on admitting he shot the victims. Til- Judicial Circuit Solicitor Ernest bond. ler faces two counts of attempted According to a Sumter Police De- murder, two counts of armed rob- SEE TILLER, PAGE A5

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MELANIE SMITH / THE SUMTER ITEM Gunner Ceresa, 18 months, “drives” the fire truck at the Swan Lake-Iris Gardens playground on Sunday afternoon with the help of his father, Adam Ceresa. Adam, his wife, Tonya Ceresa, and Adam’s sister, Sarah Ceresa, evacuated Cape Coral, Flori- da, before Hurricane Irma and stayed with relatives in Sumter. The 1924 Seagrave Fire Truck was in use in Sumter for 30 years, and in the 1960s, it was placed at the Swan Lake playground. The truck was completely overhauled in 2013 thanks VISIT US ONLINE AT the .com to G&G Metal Fabrication owner Tom Garrity, Bailey Automotive, Carolina Truck and Trailer, the City of Sumter and Aycock Richardson Monument. Sheriff Dennis swears Auto Pro Interiors: in corrections officers Speed and quality work on any vehicle after vote on center BY JIM HILLEY [email protected] BY ADRIENNE SARVIS In total, Dennis [email protected] will welcome 62 The basic design of people’s posteriors employees to the have not changed since Adam and Eve dis- Sumter County Sheriff An- sheriff’s office. covered the need for fig leaves. At least that’s thony Dennis swore in the “Whatever hap- what I’ve heard. first group of Sumter-Lee Re- pened yesterday Even thousands of years of bouncing gional Detention Center per- DENNIS or last week is around on the backs of horses didn’t cause sonnel during a briefing and dead and gone,” our buttocks to change their basic design. swearing-in ceremony on Dennis said. Where we put that portion of our anatomy Wednesday morning. “This is a new time.” has changed a great deal, however, especial- The swearing-in ceremony The goal is not to tear down ly in the past few decades. was held about 14 hours after one agency to build another Just ask Chuck Bench, owner of Automo- Sumter County Council ap- but to have everyone work to- tive Professional Interiors, 4000 Old Camden proved final reading of an or- gether, he said. Road in Dalzell. dinance to transfer custody of Dennis told the corrections JIM HILLEY / THE SUMTER ITEM An early 1990s-era back seat from a Gener- the detention center to Dennis, officers that he will go to the Chuck Bench, owner of Auto Pro Interiors in al Motors SUV sitting in his shop is made who in June requested the au- Dalzell, shows the components found under- thority to manage the facility. SEE CENTER, PAGE A5 neath a modern automobile seat. SEE AUTO PRO, PAGE A5 A2 | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2017 THE SUMTER ITEM

Call: (803) 774-1226 | E-mail: [email protected] Run for the books in Forrest Ray 5K BY IVY MOORE 29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, and 60 [email protected] and older. Law enforcement will be It's time to run for the books present along the route for — for the 12th year. On Satur- traffic control, and volunteers day, runners in the Sumter Se- from St. Mark's Methodist ries will leave the Sumter Church's Girl Scout troop will County Library in the Forrest staff the water station at Ray 5K race that takes them Grace Baptist Church on West through Sumter's historic dis- Calhoun Street. Harden noted trict. that the race route "curves The race is named for a well- around, so that runners pass it known community leader — twice." and library supporter — who Runners will start at 8 a.m. wanted to ensure that the li- at the corner of Law Range brary's services, and especially and North Harvin Street, pro- its books, would always be ceed to West Calhoun Street, there for Sumter residents. turn left, then right on North Forrest Ray was particularly Purdy Street, left on Mason concerned that children Croft Drive, left on Winn should always have the re- Street, left on West Calhoun source, so in 2006 he came up Street, right on North Harvin with the idea for the 5K race. Street and left on East Canal He died shortly after that first Street to the library parking race, which was a resounding lot. success, and it was named in The race is family friendly, his memory. with walkers, strollers and It's not too late to register in even dogs on leashes welcome, advance for the race at the but no bicycles. Sumter County Library or the Sponsors of the 12th Annual YMCA. Pre-registration is $20, Forrest Ray are the Sumter or $25 on the day of the race, YMCA, SAFE Federal Credit with all proceeds benefiting Union, the Sumter County Li- the library. Most are used to "It's fun, even though I en said. The student who fin- working hard to regain the brary, Liberty Seafood and the purchase materials, particu- haven't won," he said, noting ishes first in the 14-to-19-year- prize. Other awards are those Heart of Sumter Neighbor- larly books. that the big rivalry in the race old division gets to keep the for the overall male and fe- hood Association. Robert Harden, executive di- is that for the High School trophy for a year at his or her male winners. For more information, call rector of the library, said he Cup. high school. Wilson Hall won First, second and third place (803) 773-7273 or visit the web- will be running in the race, as "A Wilson Hall runner has the cup last year, but past win- will be awarded in the age site http://sumtercountyli- he has done for several years. won it all but one year," Hard- ner Manning High will be groups 13 and under, 14-19, 20- brary.org/ForrestRay5k.htm. Local emergency management praised for performance

BY ADRIENNE SARVIS watching the storm, he said. Also during the meeting, council to create a position in Clarendon Coun- [email protected] And even though the path of the held a public hearing for an ordinance ty that will be funded by the state; storm changed, the emergency opera- to approve a fee-in-lieu-of-tax agree- • First reading of an ordinance to During Sumter County Council's tions center remained fully staff in ment with Sumter Easy Home LLC and allow Sumter City-County Planning meeting on Tuesday, Sumter County case of emergencies, Mixon said. voted to defer third reading to its next Commission to perform certain func- Administrator Gary Mixon commend- He said 48 people stayed at Crest- meeting. No one spoke in favor or op- tions in the town of Pinewood. ed Sumter County Emergency Man- wood High School, which served as a position of the ordinance. Sumter City-County Planning De- agement for its preparations and oper- shelter between 5 p.m. on Sunday and 8 According to the proposed agree- partment Director George McGregor ations during the storm caused by a.m. on Tuesday. The majority of those ment, Sumter Easy Home will create at said Pinewood needs a planning com- Hurricane Irma. people were Sumter residents while least 80 full-time jobs and invest $37 mission in order to complete its updat- Mixon said county officials put in a three of them were Florida evacuees, million into the county. ed comprehensive plan according to great deal of work preparing for Hurri- he said. Council then approved third reading state law. He said Pinewood could also cane Irma, starting four days before Mixon said there were more than of an ordinance to expand the bound- request that the planning commission the storm was expected to reach the 2,000 families without power after the aries of Sumter-Lee Industrial Park to and planning department staff assist area. storm, but electric companies were include property on North Wise Drive in other matters if the ordinance is ap- This area is very lucky to have avoid- able to restore power to most of those that is owned and operated by Sumter proved; and ed the disaster that was anticipated, he houses by Tuesday evening. Easy Home. • Second reading of an ordinance to said. The emergency operations center, He said the county will inspect its In other news, council approved: convey nearly 17 acres of property at staffed by county and city emergency utility equipment to see if the damage • A request from Third Judicial Cir- 730 Fulton St. to The Sherwin-Williams agencies, did a good job of closely could qualify for federal assistance. cuit Solicitor Ernest "Chip" Finney III Co. ‘State of the Chamber’ forum set at Opera House Give blood at Friday’s FROM STAFF REPORTS plish that mission.” where the chamber is trying to Battle of the Badges He said the better educated attract businesses to join the or- The Greater Sumter Chamber the community is on what the ganization, but will be an educa- FROM STAFF REPORTS crossblood.org and enter of Commerce will hold its first chamber of commerce is, what tional forum including a ques- sponsor code, BattleBadg- State of the Chamber forum at 6 it does and why we are here, the tion-and-answer session. The Battle of the Badges esSumter. p.m. today at the Sumter Opera better the organization will be. “We also encourage those at- Sumter Community Blood Donors can also save House, 21 N. Main St., with a re- “Though we try to communi- tending to stay for the reception, Drive will be held from 10 time by completing a ception immediately following cate the happenings within the which will give additional time a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday at the RapidPass. With Rapid- at 7 p.m. in the City Centre. chamber daily through electron- for questions with our leader- Sumter County Library, Pass, donors complete the “The purpose of this program ic communication or social ship,” Hardy said. “The more 111 N. Harvin St. All first- pre-donation reading and is to educate our member busi- media, we also feel a forum such opportunities we have to tell our responder agencies will be health history question- nesses and community on what as this will provide that face-to- story, the better chance we have competing to collect the naire online, on the day of our chamber is up to," said face interaction we need with that the community under- most blood. The goal is to donation, from a mobile de- Chamber President and CEO the community,” Hardy said. stands why we do what we do.” collect 60 units. vice or computer. Visit red- Chris Hardy. “As part of our “This is not solely an organiza- There is no charge to attend, The public is encouraged crossblood.org/RapidPass. membership council’s body of tion effort to accomplish our and reservations are not re- to give blood in honor of Each donor will receive work, it is important that we mission, it is a community ef- quired. one of the agencies. Ap- an e-coupon for a free hair- keep our members up to date on fort." For more information, visit pointments are encour- cut from Sports Clips and a the organization’s mission and Hardy said the program will www.sumterchamber.com or call aged. To schedule an ap- Battle of the Badges T- what we are doing to accom- not be a sales-oriented forum (803) 775-1231. pointment, visit www.red- shirt.

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MARIGOT, St. Martin (AP) — Near- conditioned tents so children can start forts as Foreign Secretary Boris John- ing the end of a sweeping visit to as- classes again soon, and that a center son oversaw early aid efforts in An- sess the devastation wrought by Hur- would be established by Monday to guilla. ricane Irma, French President Em- begin processing requests for financial Johnson told Anguilla governor Tim manuel Macron has promised to re- help. Foy on Tuesday night that his visit is build the wrecked island of St. Martin Macron pledged to rebuild St. Mar- meant to show the U.K.'s commitment. and diversify its economy from a sole tin as a "model island" that would be a "It is clear this place has been reliance on tourism. "showcase of French excellence." through an absolutely hellish experi- Macron stayed overnight on St. "I don't want to rebuild St. Martin as ence, and it is no doubt at all that you Martin, reportedly sleeping on a camp it was," he said. "We have seen there need help with power generation, with cot. He was heading to the heavily are many homes that were built too getting the hospital back up and run- damaged island of St. Barts on precariously, with fragile infrastruc- ning, getting the airport back up and Wednesday with the French health ture. The geography of the homes was running, and schools properly set — minister, who has warned about dis- not adapted to the risks." all kinds of things need to be done," eases spreading on the islands after Macron said the Category 5 hurri- Johnson said. water supplies, electricity and com- cane killed 11 people in St. Martin, He said 1,000 British troops are in munication were knocked out for while an additional four people died place to help residents, and several days. on the Dutch side of the island, bring- hundred more are on the way. Britain In further responses to complaints ing the death toll in the Caribbean to also has a landing ship in place on the that his government didn't do enough at least 37. British Virgin Islands to help bring in to handle Irma's wrath, Macron also The president was joined in the re- heavy equipment, and the Royal Navy pledged to evacuate residents of his gion by British Foreign Secretary warship Ocean is on the way, though country's Caribbean territories and Boris Johnson, whose itinerary fo- it won't arrive from Gibraltar for provide services and shelter for those cused on the badly damaged British about 10 days. who choose to stay. AP PHOTO / CHRISTOPHE ENA, POOL Virgin Islands and Anguilla. Johnson Some 60 British police officers are "What we have seen today are peo- France’s President Emmanuel Macron talks also defended the British government also helping restore order in the Brit- ple determined to rebuild and return with residents during his visit in the following criticism that it had failed to ish Virgin Islands. British officials to a normal life," Macron said Tues- French Caribbean island of St. Martin on provide enough help to British Over- said the security problem was height- day. "They are impatient for answers Tuesday. seas Territories devastated by the ened when more than 100 "very seri- and some are very, very angry. The storm. ous" prisoners escaped from a prison anger is legitimate because it is a re- some want to leave, and we will help In London, Prime Minister Theresa after it was "breached" by the hurri- sult of the fear they have faced and of them in that effort." May told Parliament an additional $33 cane. The officials did not provide fur- being very fatigued. It is certain that He said France was bringing in air- million would be spent on recovery ef- ther details on the incident.

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hy are you eating that? Do to suppress or soothe Whatever emotions lead to overeating break this cycle, parents need to you know why? Many of negative feelings of will keep coming back. Without ade- help children find better ways to us eat without thinking. stress, boredom, lone- quate coping skills, the emotional eat- cope with stress. W Going on a strict diet, liness, anger or fear ing cycle begins. But how do we begin If you feel that you are on autopilot feeling stressed, worried or being in the workplace or at using food for comfort in the first when it comes to eating, start by iden- bored can lead to emotional eating home, with relation- place? tifying what triggers you to overeat. that does more harm than good. 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family ties, employment, fi- TILLER nancial resources, character FROM PAGE A1 and mental condition, length of residence in the “Chip” Finney III said. community, record of con- Those are the flight risk victions and record of flight of the accused and the dan- to avoid prosecution or fail- ger to the community the ure to appear at other court accused represents. proceedings. The judge hears the The code says the court background on the case, shall also consider a per- Finney said, and considers son’s criminal record, any information about the per- charges pending against a son who is charged, such person at the time release as whether the accused has is requested, all incident a previous criminal back- reports generated as a re- ground and how deep his sult of an offense charged, or her ties are to the com- whether a person is an munity. alien unlawfully present in The judge can also consid- the United States and poses er the nature of the crime a substantial flight risk and the possible sentence in due to this status and setting the bail, he said. whether the charged per- Whether the defendant is son appears in the state a danger to the community gang database maintained “is usually apparent by the at the State Law Enforce- nature of the charges,” ment Division. JOE PERRY / SUMTER COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR Finney said. The right to post bail is se- Corrections officers with Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center recite their oath as they are sworn in as em- Finney said he has not cured in the Eighth Amend- ployees of Sumter County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday morning. Sumter County Council approved an ordi- been directly involved in the ment to the U.S. Constitu- nance giving Sheriff Anthony Dennis the authority to manage the center during its meeting Tuesday. Tiller case and does not tion, which reads: “Exces- know what information the sive bail shall not be re- ger employees of Sumter County government. magistrate heard during the quired, nor excessive fines CENTER FROM PAGE A1 The sheriff is an elected official, meaning he bond hearing. He said the imposed, nor cruel and un- will set policies and procedures for the agency, solicitor’s office does not usual punishments inflict- table for them just as he does for the deputies. not county council, she said. usually send a lawyer to ed.” But in order to go to the table, you must bring The policies and procedures of the deten- bond hearings. The first 10 amendments something to the table, he said. tion center will be reviewed and merged with According to Title 17, to the Constitution are col- “Job performance is what I will bring,” he the sheriff’s office’s policies, she said. South Carolina Code of lectively known as the “Bill said. And all the sheriff’s office’s employees are Laws, a judge shall consider: of Rights.” Dennis said all corrections officers will re- entitled to receive the same benefits as county ceive the same training as deputies such as de- employees, Ward said. fensive tactics, firing and driving. Dennis said the merge will be beneficial to “I can’t ask you to do a job that you’re not the county because the sheriff’s office can Scott of South Carolina trained for,” he said. bring its experience in law enforcement to NATION BRIEF came after the president Safety is the No. 1 priority here, he said, not manage the detention center. FROM WIRE REPORTS blamed “many sides” for just on the street, but also in the detention “There is no doubt in my mind that this is a last month’s violence in center, he said. win-win situation,” he said. Scott suggests Trump Charlottesville, Virginia, He said the sheriff’s office’s training center Dennis said he also plans to increase the re- and said there were some will be renovated to include state-of-the-art tention rate at the detention center. The deten- be careful on race “very fine people” among equipment in the coming months. tion center needs 86 employees to be fully WASHINGTON — The white nationalist protesters. And there will be opportunities for everyone staffed, and it is missing 24 employees, he said. Senate’s lone black Republi- Scott said he told the pres- to advance, Dennis said. The sheriff’s office’s new employees also re- can said he told President ident Wednesday “there is The corrections officers were also intro- ceived keys to the building on Wednesday. Trump to tread carefully no way to find an equilibri- duced to the sheriff’s office’s administration Dennis said the corrections officers will re- when discussing the coun- um when you have three staff, who welcomed the new employees to the ceive new patches, modeled after the deputies’ try’s complicated history on centuries of history versus agency. patch, and will trade in their blue uniforms race. the situation that’s occur- The sheriff’s office’s general counsel Kathy for black-and-gold uniforms. Blue is for the The advice from Sen. Tim ring today.” Ward said the corrections officers are no lon- city, he said.

family, he said, and was born made sure they had a clean, always trying to think of Bench said doing custom AUTO PRO in Japan. While his father was modern-looking waiting area. ways to do the job faster and motorcycle seats, leather seats FROM PAGE A1 in the service, he lived in such Instead of having cars sit still beat everyone on quali- and headliners are some of places as Guam, San Diego around waiting to be worked ty.” the shop’s main lines of busi- from some metal framing and and Charleston. After his dad on, Auto Pro Interiors checks Bench’s time doing electron- ness, but they can do custom springs, some padding and a took a post which did not re- what the vehicle will need in ics in the Navy has come in work on classic cars, as well. vinyl covering. The seatbelts quire much travel, they spent terms of parts and matching handy for Bench. He said he has worked on a were likely bolted to the floor. most of his teenage years in fabric, takes a deposit and The shop not only does up- $160,000 street rod, Maseratis, Nearby, a look at the bottom Charleston, he said. puts the customer on its holstery, but also installs old Jaguars and classic Mer- of a 2017 seat his shop has up- The mother of a friend of schedule. When the scheduled back-up cameras entertain- cedes. graded to leather may come his had an upholstery shop in time arrives, the customer ment systems and navigation He and his wife have hit from a General Motors SUV, Charleston, and after a lunch brings in the car, and Bench is systems. their business goals, he said. but a few things are different. conversation, she hired him to ready to do the work. “A wrench-and-socket set “I wanted a car in a maga- There are plugs for heating, work in her shop, which did all “Our customers feel safe doesn’t cut it no more,” he zine, and now I have framed cooling and adjusting the seat. kinds of upholstery, including leaving cars with us,” he said. said. pictures all over,” he said. Wires detect if the seatbelt, or furniture, boats and cars. Nothing is left out over- “restraint system,” is fas- Bench then followed his fa- night, he said, and customers tened. ther into the Navy and spent can even stream a video of Come Check Out the New Items And air bags located along four years as an aviation elec- the work being done, he said. in our Gift Shop! the side of the seatbacks take tronic technician. “It’s an old iPad with a it to a whole other level. After leaving the service, wide-angle lens,” he said. “The stitching over the bags Bench worked at several up- Bench is a big believer in can only be done on a $30,000 holstery shops in Charleston having the right tools to do sewing machine,” Bench said. before taking a job at a shop the job, even if the tools are They must be ordered pre- in Sumter in 2007. expensive. stitched from the factory, he Once he and his wife had He pointed to his $3,000 juke said. some money saved up, they sewing machine. As far as anything else hav- opened Auto Pro Interiors. “It can do one stitch at a Heartwood Bird Houses, Candles, Purses, ing to do with auto uphol- “Me and my wife home- time and can readjust the nee- Jewelry, Soaps & more... stery, Bench is ready. school the kids; that was a dle automatically,” he said. Bench and his wife, Laura, main reason to start my own Better tools allow Bench to opened the shop at its current business,” he said. do the work much faster. BRUNSON location in 2010, and he said The couple wanted to be dif- “My labor rate might be the business is thriving. ferent from many auto uphol- higher, but we get stuff done NURSERY & DESIGN Bench grew up in a Navy stery shops, he said, so they quicker,” Bench said. “I am 3000 Plowden Mill Road • 495-2391 Open: Thursday, Friday, Saturday 9am-5pm

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U.S. marks 9/11 anniversary with resolve, tears, hope NEW YORK (AP) — Ameri- sponsibility to give back on the become one country again,” “no force on earth can break versary as the Security Coun- cans commemorated 9/11 on day,” O’Neill, of Norwalk, she said. us apart,” he said. cil unanimously approved new Monday with tear-streaked Connecticut, said as she Trump, a native New Yorker At the Flight 93 National sanctions against North Korea tributes, a presidential warn- packed up meals in New York observing the anniversary for Memorial, Pence said the pas- in response to its Sept. 3 test ing to terrorists and appeals City for needy local people and the first time as the country’s sengers who revolted against of what Pyongyang said was a from victims’ relatives for hurricane victims in Texas leader, assured victims’ fami- hijackers might well have hydrogen bomb unity and hope 16 years after and Florida. lies that “our entire nation saved his own life. “We will never forget the the deadliest terrorist attack Nearly 3,000 people were grieves with you” and issued The Republican vice presi- victims of Sept. 11, and we will on U.S. soil. killed when planes hijacked by stern words to extremists. dent was a member of Con- never forget the lesson that Looking out at the solemn terrorists hit the trade center, “America cannot be intimi- gress on 9/11, and the Capitol those who have evil intentions crowd at ground zero, Debra the Pentagon and a field near dated, and those who try will was a possible target of the must be confronted,” U.S. Am- Epps said she views every Shanksville on Sept. 11, 2001, join a long list of vanquished terrorist piloting Flight 93. In- bassador Nikki Haley said. day as time to do something hurling America into a new enemies who dared test our stead, it crashed near Shanks- to ensure that her brother, consciousness of the threat of mettle,” the Republican presi- ville after the passengers took Christopher Epps, and thou- global terrorism. dent said as he spoke at the action. Thirty-three passen- sands of others didn’t die in Reflecting on a tragedy that Pentagon after observing a gers and seven crew members vain. still feels immediate to them, moment of silence at the were killed. “What I can say today is that victims’ relatives thanked first White House. At the United Nations, some I don’t live my life in compla- responders and the military, When America is united, ambassadors noted the anni- cency,” she said. “I stand in worried for people affected by solidarity that this world will Hurricane Irma as it contin- ● Mulches ● Soils ● Aggergates make a change for the better.” ued its destructive path as a ● Landscape Supplies ● Rocks Thousands of family mem- tropical storm and pleaded for ● Pine Straw ● Palm Trees bers, survivors, rescuers and a return to the sense of cohe- ● others gathered for the hours- siveness that followed the at- Rock Candles Sod long reading of victims’ names tacks. MEXICANMEXICAN RESTAURANTRESTAURANT at the World Trade Center, “Our country came together while President Trump spoke that day. And it did not matter Everyone loves at the Pentagon and Vice Pres- what color you were or where our delicious ident Mike Pence addressed an you were from,” said a tearful Mexican specialties. observance at the Flight 93 Na- Magaly Lemagne, who lost her tional Memorial near Shanks- brother, Port Authority of 246 S. Pike West Rd. ville, Pennsylvania. New York and New Jersey po- Elsewhere, thousands of lice officer David Lemagne. Sumter, SC 29150 Americans marked the anni- She implored people to “stop 15% OFF 803-778-9770 versary with service projects. for a moment and remember LIKE US ON Volunteer Hillary O’Neill, 16, all the people who gave their $25 Purchase Monday-Friday 11am-10pm had her own connection to lives that day. Saturday 12pm-10pm • Sunday 12pm-9pm (803) 494-9273 9/11: It’s her birthdate. “Maybe then we can put “I always feel a sense of re- away our disagreements and www.AngelsMexicanRestaurant.com 3180 Broad St | Sumter, SC COME SEE US FOR THE LOWEST PRICES IN TOWN! BUNK BEDS MATTRESS SETS W/MATTRESSES MATTRESS SETS STARTING AT PILLOW TWIN SET FULL SET QUEEN SET KING TOP SET $129 $ $169 $399 $199 $ $399 BEAN DINETTE SETS 5X8 RUGS LAMPS BAGS STARTING AT NO CREDIT STARTING AT WITH SHADE $39 $169 CHECK $39 $15 LIVING ROOM QUEEN SETS We have what you need at BEDROOMS STARTING AT STARTING AT $399 the prices you want! $299 INCLUDES SOFA & LOVESEAT Now in 2 locations to serve you. INCLUDES DRESSER, MIRROR, CHEST, HEADBOARD

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COMMENTARY Hilarious lesson on the burdens of progressivism

ASHINGTON — having acquired snob ap- Life is exhaust- peal.” ing — and daily Karen, who favors single- W choices are un- origin organic coffee from bearably burdensome — for Burundi, takes Ruby to the some Americans who are so artisanal ice cream shop comfortably situated that with flavors such as Maple they have the time and Fennel, and no corn syrup. means to make themselves When Ruby, pausing over morally uncomfortable. her organic Applegate tur- They think constantly about key sandwich on European what they believe are the rye, pronounces a class- global ripples, and hence mate’s lunch — white bread the moral-cum-political sandwich, Cheetos, grape ramifications, of soda — “disgusting,” their quotidian deci- Karen frets that in sions. And they are her effort to simulta- making themselves neously save “both nervous wrecks. the health of her COMMENTARY If your anthropo- daughter and that of logical curiosity is the planet” she has aroused, venture to produced “a hideous Beauty is truth and truth is factual gentrifying Brook- food snob.” lyn, in the spirit of George Ruby became such Margaret Mead going Will at her mother’s ruth begins with ered it for two hours in a 8,445 words of hogwash among the Samoans. knee. facts. Facts are cold rain, a 68-year-old and horse feathers which, It is not necessary to Karen has one of solid, like bricks. man, hatless, coatless, and what with the rain and the actually go to . her tsunamis of disapproval TYou build a house then attended three inau- lack of a megaphone, were You can observe Karen when another mother out of facts, the wolf won’t gural balls. His wife had incomprehensible to most Kipple’s agonies while she brings to a playdate choco- blow it down. But you drop stayed home sick and onlookers, a faint murmur- drives herself to distraction late-chip cookies with em- a fact on your foot, it wasn’t there to advise him. ous croaking like a cricket and her life into a ditch as bedded Reese’s Pieces. hurts. A couple weeks later, feel- in the weeds. In the space the protagonist of Lucinda “Dark visions of polyunsat- I learned this as a boy, ing very ill, he took to his of one month, a hero be- Rosenfeld’s novel “Class.” It urated cooking oil” addled living near bed. Pneumonia was the came the butt of a joke — is a book with which to Karen’s head. Her adher- the Missis- diagnosis, though it’s now Longest Speech led to begin another school year. ence to the “urban-farming sippi River believed he had a bacterial pneumonia which led to The drama swirls around movement” — evidently in Minne- infection from drinking Shortest Term in Office. two elementary schools there is one — is strained sota when bad water, there being no Now it appears he died that, because of the vaga- by a restaurant offering I discov- sewers in Washington at by drinking water that ries of neighborhood “pan-seared locally sourced ered that the time. His doctor dosed contained his own waste, boundaries, are physically pigeon.” where the him with opium and re- the executive chamberpot proximate but socially miles Reluctant to disadvantage Ohio River peated enemas, and the having been emptied on apart. her daughter because of her Garrison flows into treatment likely hastened ground near the White Karen works for a non- own progressivism, Karen Keillor the Missis- his end. House well. profit — what else? — and lies about her residential sippi near He had written the As the current occupant has been “trying to write” address in order to sneak Cairo, Illi- speech himself, and the cuts his prime rib under an op-ed “for the past two Ruby into a school that is nois, the Ohio is actually first sentence gives you an the John Adams inscrip- years.” less diverse than Betts but larger than the Mississip- idea of the style: “Called tion on the dining room Her daughter, Ruby, at- more financially flush, pi. So it’s the Mississippi from a retirement which I mantel (“May none but tends Constance C. Betts El- thanks to more affluent par- that flows into the Ohio. had supposed was to con- honest and wise men ever ementary, which epitomizes ents — the kind who ar- The Ohio is the big show. tinue for the residue of my rule under this roof”), he Karen’s fervent belief that range playdates by saying, This fact was shocking to life to fill the chief execu- seems impervious to reali- “racially and economically “Have your nanny text our me. I was proud of the tive office of this great and ty. Like many real estate integrated schools” are es- nanny.” river, spent hours on the free nation, I appear before salesmen, the gentleman sential to “equal opportuni- Karen is, however, a vir- shore, skipped stones on it, you, fellow citizens, to take has a poetic imagination. ty.” tuoso of guilt, and to as- and I felt diminished by the oaths which the Con- Any man who comes away Still, Karen is vaguely suage hers she embezzles the new information. To go stitution prescribes as a from a visit to troubled because Ruby’s money from the new school from Father of Waters to a necessary qualification for and says people there are class “completed the same and mails it to Betts. By the mere tributary is a definite the performance of its du- happy is eating the wrong study unit on [Martin Lu- time her lies and stealing fall. ties; and in obedience to a mushrooms. ther King] four years in a are revealed, she realizes Facts have that tendency custom coeval with our He has stood in a cold row. Ruby could even recite that her “negativity was to bring us down a notch. government and what I be- rain for seven months, pre- the date he’d married Coret- like a wisteria vine that, if I’d been 6’3” since I was in lieve to be your expecta- tending the sun is shining, ta (June 18, 1953). left to its own devices, high school, and now I’m a tions I proceed to present winning the admiration of At Betts, it sometimes would creep into every last half-inch short of that. If to you a summary of the a shrinking bloc of bar- seemed to Karen that every crevice of her conscience.” people ask, I still say six- principles which will gov- flies, bikers and Baptists, month was Black History So she returns Ruby to three, but it’s not true, and ern me in the discharge of and now he is drinking bad Month — except when it Betts, leaving behind the I know it. I’m shrinking. the duties which I shall be water, and eventually real- was Latino History Month. school where “the experi- Even presidents must called upon to perform.” ity will catch up with him. In keeping with the new mental puppeteering troupe yield to facts. The horse- In other words, “You It always does. He is head- Common Core curriculum, Stringtheory is performing faced William Henry Har- elected me president, and ed for Harrisondom. Ruby had recently written a kid-friendly version of rison lasted only a month now I shall address you.” W.H.H. had a large vision an ‘informative text,’ as es- ‘Schindler’s List.’” in the White House. He As he lay in the White of westward expansion, says were now known, on Rosenfeld’s novel is a was a military hero, hav- House, in an opioid stupor, but he should’ve thought Cesar Chavez’s advocacy on glimpse of how arduous life ing defeated the Shawnees with a hose up his rear about sanitation. behalf of Latino migrant is for progressives, bowed at the Battle of Tippecanoe end, W.H.H. might have workers.” as they are beneath the in Indiana, and he was dreamed of Tippecanoe Garrison Keillor is an au- “Over the past several crushing weight of every anxious to show his intel- when he rode around wav- thor and radio humorist weeks,” Ruby’s teacher tells choice’s immense social sig- lectual acuity and so, hav- ing his sword at Tecum- whose Post columns began a parents’ meeting, “your nificance. ing defeated Martin Van seh’s warriors, or maybe in 2016, after he left his awesome kids have been Convinced that people, Buren in the 1840 election, he revisited the debacle on radio show, “A Prairie busy creating their own like the planet, are fright- Harrison composed a mas- the Capitol steps, the Home Companion.” He amazing community.” The fully fragile — vulnerable to sive speech for his inaugu- crowd standing glumly in lives in St. Paul, Minneso- parents, however, are prob- ingesting refined flour and ration and stood and deliv- the cold rain listening to ta. lems, including some white countless other dangers — mothers, “new to the school it’s no wonder progressives and likely soon to depart it, want a caring government who were constantly com- to superintend our lives. plaining about how the milk This is for our own good, so LETTER TO THE EDITOR served in the cafeteria came they are, in their meddle- from hormone-treated some way, nice. They also RELEASING SUSPECT to the Sumter community. counts of attempted mur- cows” rather than from are tuckered out by their in- SENDS WRONG MESSAGE This violent adult male was der, two counts of attempted “aseptic eight-ounce car- continent conscientious- I just read The Sumter released. Seriously, I had to armed robbery and posses- tons of organic vanilla ness, so take one to lunch, Item article “Teen says he reread this article. sion of a weapon during milk” suitable to wash down if you can think of some- shot 2 at complex in Was he released because this violent crime and he seaweed snacks. thing he or she will eat. scheme.” The term “teen” he is only 18? Was he re- was released? As a law abid- Karen knows that “the would indicate that he is leased because he only at- ing, tax paying citizen in outsize importance” that George Will’s email address younger than 18 years old tempted to murder them? Sumter County, am I sup- people like her place on is georgewill@washpost. which he is not. Was he released because he pose to feel safe because An- food has “become a dividing com. This adult male shot two was a basketball player for drew Jeremiah Tiller is line between the social innocent men who were just Sumter High School? wearing an ankle monitor? classes, with the Earth Day- © 2017, Washington Post working. I can not believe Andrew Jeremiah Tiller GINNY DORITY esque ideals of the 1960s Writers Group the message we are sending was charged with two Sumter

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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL USC FOOTBALL Williams Twenty won relishes first opportunity to shine for Gamecocks BY DENNIS BRUNSON [email protected] COLUMBIA – Ty’Son Wil- liams’ first football game with the University of South Carolina wasn’t quite what he anticipated. Yes, the Gamecocks defeat- ed North Carolina State 35-28, but Williams, the former Crestwood High School standout running back who had transferred from North Car- olina after his freshman sea- son, was in for just a few plays and didn’t get a carry. PHOTOS BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WILLIAMS Game 2 was ABOVE: ’s Roberto Perez, left, and more like it. Francisco Lindor celebrate a 5-3 victory Williams rushed for 78 over Detroit on Wednesday at Progressive yards on 14 carries and broke Field in Cleveland. The Indians set the off a 32-yard run that was American League record with their 21st just a few inches short of consecutive victory. being a 33-yard touchdown run in USC’s 31-13 road victo- RIGHT: Cleveland’s Jay Bruce celebrates ry against Missouri. with Jose Ramirez (11) after hitting a 3-run “(It was) very satisfying,” home run during the Indians’ 5-3 victory said Williams, who saw his over Detroit on Wednesday in Cleveland. first significant action in a live game since his senior year at Crestwood in 2014. “Just for me, my family, my Indians top Tigers, coaches, my teammates, just the encouragement I’ve got- ten throughout, even from set AL mark for the last week, just to stay ready, cause you never know consecutive wins when your time is coming. “You have to stay ready and BY TOM WITHERS make the most of your oppor- The Associated Press tunities.” All of the talk during the CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Indi- since 1900. The run has put Cleveland finished, with Cody Allen getting his preseason was how Williams ans hit baseball blackjack — 21! within five wins of catching the 1916 27th save. would be sharing carries Making history almost every time New York Giants, who won 26 straight With the crowd of 29,346 standing with returnees Rico Dowdle they take the field, the Indians won without a loss but whose century-old and stomping, Allen retired Ian Kinsler and A.J. Turner during the their 21st straight game on Wednesday, mark includes a tie. for the final out, giving the Indians the season. In the opener though, 5-3 over the Detroit Tigers, to set an The Indians haven’t lost in 20 days, league’s longest streak since the AL Williams was in for just a American League winning-streak re- and they’ve rarely been challenged dur- was founded in 1901. handful of plays and didn’t cord and join only two other teams in ing a late-season run in which they’ve During their streak, which began have a carry. He did catch the past 101 years to win that many dominated every aspect of the game. with a 13-6 win over Boston ace Chris one pass for five yards. consecutive games. However, they had to overcome a Sale on Aug. 23, the Indians have rare- Instead of feeling slighted Jay Bruce hit a three-run homer off costly error and rely on their bullpen ly been tied, never mind equaled, for or anything of the sort, Wil- Buck Farmer (4-3) and Mike Clevinger to hold off the Tigers, who closed with- nine innings. They have been superior liams said he just wanted to (10-5) won his fourth straight start as in 4-3. in every way possible. make sure he was ready for the Indians matched the 1935 Chicago Roberto Perez added a homer in the the next contest. Cubs for the second-longest streak seventh and four Cleveland relievers SEE INDIANS, PAGE B3 ”It’s a different game, dif- ferent game plan, different opportunity,” Williams said. “Like that game, I stayed PREP FOOTBALL ready; I got in there and I did the best I could. That’s how I approach every game.” USC head coach Will Mus- Lee Central, Buford champ said the flow of the N.C. State game is why Wil- liams didn’t get any carries in that contest. open region play “Ty’son is a guy we have a lot of confidence in,” Mus- champ said. “He ran the ball Friday’s game pits 2 unbeatens extremely well the other night. BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS ue their recent success. “The first ball game [email protected] Turns out the passing game (against N.C. State), we only showed up in a big way early played 51 (offensive snaps), I Lee Central High School as a 57-yard touchdown strike believe. We had a kickoff re- football head coach Justin from quarterback Ti’Juan Du- turn for a touchdown. We had Danner placed an added em- rant to Dayrice Austin was a two touchdown drives of two phasis on the passing game huge moment in LCHS’ 14-7 or three plays or less, and we heading into last week’s victory over the Capitals. couldn’t get off the field on matchup with Columbia High. The victory kept the fifth- defense. We played over 100 He knew that down the road ranked Stallions unbeaten SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTO snaps. There was a limited it was going to have to be a with a 4-0 mark. They open Lee Central wide receiver Dayrice Austin, right, and the rest of number of opportunities, re- key part of the offense if the the undefeated Stallions open Region IV-2A play on Friday ally for Rico, Ty’Son and A.J. Stallions were going to contin- SEE LEE, PAGE B3 when they host unbeaten Buford at Stallions Stadium. to get carries in the first ball game.” Dowdle has rushed for 75 yards on 26 carries and PREP FOOTBALL Turner has 18 yards on six carries. “That’s three guys we have After big win, Eagles must turn focus to Edisto a lot of confidence in, and when we get into a game situ- ation the guys that are run- BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS anyone get by. If they do, ranked as the No. 2 team in 2A in the ning the ball best are who [email protected] that’s on me. latest S.C. Prep Media Football Poll we’re going to go with,” Mus- “...I told the coaches I prior to the contest, and the big win champ said. Probably like most of his Scott’s had to get right. I knew I catapulted SBHS into the No. 10 slot in Williams, who rushed only Branch High School football team- was going to have a good this week’s 1A poll. 19 times for 57 yards in 2015 mates, Kendrick Lesesne wasn’t game (against Bamberg- Now the 2-1 Eagles are hoping that at UNC and sat out last sea- happy with his performance against FARMER Ehrhardt).” momentum carries through the rest of son, while transferring, said Manning two weeks ago during a 42-6 Lesesne and the Eagles the season, starting with their home he and his backfield mates loss. turned in their best per- opener on Friday at 7:30 p.m. against have no problem with alter- “I had a bad game and missed a lot formances of the season against the 3A Edisto. nating. of tackles,” the Eagles junior lineback- previously unbeaten Red Raiders in a er said. “My whole thing is not to let 12-0 victory last Friday. B-E was SEE BRANCH, PAGE B3 SEE USC, PAGE B3 B2 | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2017 SPORTS THE SUMTER ITEM

W L Pct GB 36; Yelich, Miami, 35; Drury, Arizona, 34; Chicago 78 66 .542 — Bryant, Chicago, 33; Duvall, Cincinnati, 33; USC FOOTBALL SCOREBOARD St. Louis 76 68 .528 2 Taylor, Los Angeles, 33. Milwaukee 76 69 .524 2½ TRIPLES_Blackmon, Colorado, 14; Hamilton, 68 78 .466 11 Cincinnati, 9; Fowler, St. Louis, 8; Arenado, TV SPORTS Cincinnati 62 83 .428 16½ Colorado, 7; Cozart, Cincinnati, 7; Gordon, WEST DIVISION Miami, 7; 7 tied at 6. South Carolina great TODAY HOME RUNS_Stanton, Miami, 54; Bellinger, W L Pct GB 5 a.m. — LPGA Golf: The Evian Championship Los Angeles, 36; Blackmon, Colorado, 34; Los Angeles 93 52 .641 — First Round from Evian-les-Bains, France Goldschmidt, Arizona, 34; Votto, Cincinnati, Arizona 83 62 .572 10 (GOLF). 34; Arenado, Colorado, 33; Ozuna, Miami, Colorado 80 65 .552 13 9:30 a.m. — LPGA Golf: The Evian 33; Duvall, Cincinnati, 31; Rizzo, Chicago, San Diego 65 80 .448 28 Hawkins dies at age 80 Championship First Round from Evian-les- 31; Zimmerman, Washington, 31. San Francisco 57 90 .388 37 Bains, France (GOLF). STOLEN BASES_Hamilton, Cincinnati, 58; x-clinched division 12:30 p.m. — Professional Golf: Web.com Tour Gordon, Miami, 52; TTurner, Washington, Albertsons Boise Open First Round from 39; Villar, Milwaukee, 23; Peraza, Cincinnati, COLUMBIA (AP) — seasons, eight for the Balti- Boise, Idaho (GOLF). WEDNESDAY’S GAMES 22; Inciarte, Atlanta, 21; Reyes, New York, Atlanta at Washington, 7:05 p.m. Longtime NFL running more Colts and two with 1 p.m. — International Soccer: UEFA Europa 20; 4 tied at 19. Miami at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m. League Group E Match from Reggio Emilia, PITCHING_Davies, Milwaukee, 17-8; back and University of Atlanta. Hawkins played N.Y. Mets at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m. Italy — Everton vs. Atalanta (FOX SPORTS 1). Kershaw, Los Angeles, 17-3; Greinke, Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m. South Carolina standout on the NFL title team in 1 p.m. — International Soccer: UEFA Europa Arizona, 16-6; Arrieta, Chicago, 14-9; San Diego at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m. League Group D Match — AC Milan vs. Gonzalez, Washington, 14-7; Scherzer, Alex Hawkins died Tuesday 1959 in and also Cincinnati at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m. Vienna (FOX SPORTSOUTH). Washington, 14-5; Wood, Los Angeles, 14-3; Colorado at Arizona, 9:40 p.m. in Columbia. He was 80. on the Colt 1968 NFL cham- 1:30 p.m. — Major League Baseball: Oakland deGrom, New York, 14-9; 4 tied at 13. L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m. at Boston or Cincinnati at St. Louis (MLB ERA_Kershaw, Los Angeles, 2.12; Scherzer, Hawkins, born in West pionship squad. In 125 ca- NETWORK). Washington, 2.32; Strasburg, Washington, Virginia, became the At- reer games, he rushed for 3 p.m. — International Soccer: UEFA Europa TODAY’S GAMES 2.64; Gonzalez, Washington, 2.68; Greinke, Cincinnati (Garrett 3-7) at St. Louis League Group H Match from London — Arizona, 3.00; Lynn, St. Louis, 3.01; Martinez, lantic Coast Conference 787 yards and 10 touch- (Weaver 5-1), 1:45 p.m. Cologne vs. Arsenal (FOX SPORTS 1). St. Louis, 3.33; Arrieta, Chicago, 3.48; Colorado (Bettis 1-2) at Arizona (Godley player of the year in 1958. downs. Hawkins also 3 p.m. — International Soccer: UEFA Europa Nelson, Milwaukee, 3.49; Urena, Miami, 3.61. 7-7), 3:40 p.m. League Group J Match from Berlin — Athletic STRIKEOUTS_Scherzer, Washington, 239; His junior season, Hawkins caught 129 passes for 1,715 Atlanta (Foltynewicz 10-12) at Washington Bilbao vs. Hertha Berlin (FOX SPORTS 1). deGrom, New York, 221; Greinke, Arizona, (Roark 12-9), 7:05 p.m. led the Gamecocks in pass- yards and 12 touchdowns. 3 p.m. — PGA Golf: BMW Championship First 200; Martinez, St. Louis, 200; Nelson, Miami (Urena 13-6) at Philadelphia Round from Lake Forest, Ill. (GOLF). Milwaukee, 199; Ray, Arizona, 196; ing, rushing, scoring and He was inducted into the (Thompson 1-2), 7:05 p.m. 4:30 p.m. — Major League Baseball: Colorado Samardzija, San Francisco, 190; Kershaw, N.Y. Mets (Lugo 6-4) at Chicago Cubs punt returns in 1957. South Carolina’s athletic at Arizona (Joined In Progress) (MLB Los Angeles, 188; Strasburg, Washington, (Montgomery 5-8), 8:05 p.m. NETWORK). 182; Cole, Pittsburgh, 178. Hawkins played 10 NFL hall of fame in 1970. 6:05 p.m. — Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). FRIDAY’S GAMES 7 p.m. — Major League Baseball: Atlanta at St. Louis at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m. Washington (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST, L.A. Dodgers at Washington, 7:05 p.m. NFL STANDINGS Oakland at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m. WWFN-FM 100.1, WPUB-FM 102.7). AMERICAN CONFERENCE 7 p.m. — Major League Baseball: Baltimore at Milwaukee at Miami, 7:10 p.m. AREA ROUNDUP New York Yankees or Kansas City at Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m. EAST Cleveland (MLB NETWORK). N.Y. Mets at Atlanta, 7:35 p.m. W L T Pct PF PA 7 p.m. — Women’s College Volleyball: San Diego at Colorado, 8:40 p.m. Buffalo 1 0 0 1.000 21 12 Mississippi at Florida (SEC NETWORK). Arizona at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m. Miami 0 0 0 .000 0 0 7 p.m. — High School Football: Camden at New England 0 1 0 .000 27 42 TSA volleyball now 10-0 West Florence (WPUB-FM 102.7). N.Y. Jets 0 1 0 .000 12 21 8 p.m. — College Football: New Mexico at MLB LEADERS Boise State (ESPN). SOUTH 8 p.m. — WNBA Basketball: Playoffs Semifinal AMERICAN LEAGUE W L T Pct PF PA DALZELL — The Thom- try teams each finished in Series Game Two — Washington at BATTING_Altuve, Houston, .348; Garcia, Jacksonville 1 0 0 1.000 29 7 Minnesota (ESPN2). Chicago, .325; Hosmer, Kansas City, .325; Tennessee 0 1 0 .000 16 26 as Sumter Academy varsi- first place at a 3-team meet 8 p.m. — Auto Racing: ARCA Series Scott 150 Reddick, Houston, .312; Ramirez, Cleveland, Houston 0 1 0 .000 7 29 ty volleyball team swept with Crestwood and Lake- from Joliet, Ill. (FOX SPORTS 1). .309; Andrus, Texas, .304; Abreu, Chicago, Indianapolis 0 1 0 .000 9 46 8:30 p.m. — NFL Football: Atlanta at Houston .303; Mauer, Minnesota, .303; Cain, Kansas NORTH Williamsburg Academy on wood on Wednesday at J. (NFL NETWORK, WWFN-FM 100.1, WNKT-FM City, .301; Schoop, Baltimore, .300. W L T Pct PF PA Wednesday by scores of 25- Frank Baker Stadium. 107.5). RUNS_Judge, New York, 109; Altuve, Houston, Baltimore 1 0 0 1.000 20 0 10 p.m. — WNBA Basketball: Playoffs 99; Springer, Houston, 98; Ramirez, Pittsburgh 1 0 0 1.000 21 18 17, 25-16 and 25-15. Sumter’s boys finished Semifinal Series Game Two — Phoenix at Los Cleveland, 96; Andrus, Texas, 94; Betts, Cleveland 0 1 0 .000 18 21 Taja Hunley led the Lady with 15 points while Lake- Angeles (ESPN2). Boston, 90; Choo, Texas, 89; CSantana, Cincinnati 0 1 0 .000 0 20 10 p.m. — Major League Baseball: Houston at Cleveland, 89; Upton, Los Angeles, 89; 2 tied Generals with 20 kills. wood was second with 61. Los Angeles Angels or Toronto at Minnesota at 88. WEST (MLB NETWORK). RBI_Cruz, , 107; Schoop, Baltimore, W L T Pct PF PA Anita Cookey-Gam added The Knights did not have Midnight — Professional Golf: European PGA 103; KDavis, Oakland, 101; Upton, Los Denver 1 0 0 1.000 24 21 15 kills, while Karleigh enough runners to qualify Tour KLM Open First Round from Gorinchem, Angeles, 99; Mazara, Texas, 94; Pujols, Los Oakland 1 0 0 1.000 26 16 Netherlands (GOLF). Angeles, 94; Abreu, Chicago, 93; Machado, Kansas City 1 0 0 1.000 42 27 Young and Carmen Silves- in the team score. 5 a.m. — LPGA Golf: The Evian Championship Baltimore, 91; Judge, New York, 90; L.A. Chargers 0 1 0 .000 21 24 ter added four kills each. Brandon Poston led the Second Round from Evian-les-Bains, France Encarnacion, Cleveland, 89. (GOLF). HITS_Altuve, Houston, 189; Hosmer, Kansas NATIONAL CONFERENCE Josie Reed set 20 assists way for the Gamecocks City, 177; Andrus, Texas, 175; Abreu, Chicago, EAST and Sydney Daniel set 18 with a time of 17:48. 171; Schoop, Baltimore, 167; Ramirez, W L T Pct PF PA for TSA, who improved to On the girls side, Sumter MLB STANDINGS Cleveland, 166; Lindor, Cleveland, 163; Philadelphia 1 0 0 1.000 30 17 Cabrera, Kansas City, 161; Cain, Kansas City, Dallas 1 0 0 1.000 19 3 10-0 and will travel to Pal- again won with 15 points AMERICAN LEAGUE 160; Jones, Baltimore, 158. N.Y. Giants 0 1 0 .000 3 19 metto Christian today. followed by Lakewood with DOUBLES_Ramirez, Cleveland, 48; Lowrie, Washington 0 1 0 .000 17 30 EAST DIVISION Oakland, 44; Betts, Boston, 42; Andrus, Texas, 51 and Crestwood with 78. W L Pct GB 41; Upton, Los Angeles, 40; Abreu, Chicago, SOUTH CAROLINA FOREST 3 Boston 82 62 .569 — 38; Altuve, Houston, 38; Lindor, Cleveland, 37; W L T Pct PF PA SUMTER 1 Lorien Clark paced the New York 79 66 .545 3½ Gurriel, Houston, 36; CSantana, Cleveland, 36. Carolina 1 0 0 1.000 23 3 Lady Gamecocks with a Tampa Bay 72 75 .490 11½ TRIPLES_Castellanos, Detroit, 10; Sanchez, Atlanta 1 0 0 1.000 23 17 Baltimore 71 74 .490 11½ Chicago, 8; Abreu, Chicago, 6; Bogaerts, Tampa Bay 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Sumter dropped a Region time of 23:24. Toronto 68 77 .469 14½ Boston, 6; Buxton, Minnesota, 6; Merrifield, New Orleans 0 1 0 .000 19 29 VI-5A match to Carolina CENTRAL DIVISION Kansas City, 6; Ramirez, Cleveland, 6; 5 tied NORTH at 5. Forest 3-1 on Wednesday at W L Pct GB W L T Pct PF PA VARSITY GIRLS TENNIS HOME RUNS_Judge, New York, 41; KDavis, Cleveland 90 56 .616 — Detroit 1 0 0 1.000 35 23 the SHS gymnasium. Oakland, 39; Gallo, Texas, 37; Smoak, Toronto, Minnesota 75 69 .521 14 Minnesota 1 0 0 1.000 29 19 WILSON HALL 8 37; Morrison, Tampa Bay, 36; Moustakas, Kansas City 72 73 .497 17½ Green Bay 1 0 0 1.000 17 9 Game scores were 25-21, Kansas City, 36; Encarnacion, Cleveland, 34; LAURENCE MANNING 1 Detroit 60 85 .414 29½ Chicago 0 1 0 .000 17 23 Cruz, Seattle, 32; Machado, Baltimore, 32; 3 21-15, 25-8 and 25-20 in Chicago 58 87 .400 31½ tied at 31. WEST favor of the Lady Panthers. Wilson Hall improved to WEST DIVISION STOLEN BASES_Altuve, Houston, 31; Maybin, W L T Pct PF PA W L Pct GB Houston, 30; Merrifield, Kansas City, 29; L.A. Rams 1 0 0 1.000 46 9 The Lady Gamecocks are 6-0 with an 8-1 victory over Houston 87 57 .604 — RDavis, Boston, 28; DeShields, Texas, 28; Seattle 0 1 0 .000 9 17 now 6-4 on the year and 0-2 Laurence Manning Acade- Los Angeles 73 71 .507 14 Dyson, Seattle, 28; Buxton, Minnesota, 25; Arizona 0 1 0 .000 23 35 Texas 72 72 .500 15 Andrus, Texas, 24; Betts, Boston, 24; Cain, San Francisco 0 1 0 .000 3 23 in region play and will my on Wednesday at Pal- Seattle 72 73 .497 15½ Kansas City, 24. travel to West Florence metto Tennis Center. Oakland 63 81 .438 24 PITCHING_Bauer, Cleveland, 16-8; Kluber, THURSDAY’S GAMES Cleveland, 16-4; Sale, Boston, 16-7; Carrasco, Houston at Cincinnati, 8:25 p.m. today. The Lady Barons will WEDNESDAY’S GAMES Cleveland, 15-6; Pomeranz, Boston, 15-5; play Pee Dee Academy Cleveland 5, Detroit 3 ESantana, Minnesota, 15-7; Vargas, Kansas SUNDAY’S GAMES CRESTWOOD 3 N.Y. Yankees 3, Tampa Bay 2 City, 15-10; Bundy, Baltimore, 13-9; 6 tied at Philadelphia at Kansas City, 1 p.m. LAKEWOOD 1 today in Florence. Chicago White Sox 5, Kansas City 3 12. Arizona at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. Baltimore at Toronto, 7:07 p.m. ERA_Kluber, Cleveland, 2.44; Sale, Boston, Minnesota at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. SINGLES Oakland at Boston, 7:10 p.m. 2.76; Severino, New York, 2.96; Gray, New Cleveland at Baltimore, 1 p.m. Crestwood defeated 1 – Z. Beasley (WH) defeated Mason Seattle at Texas, 8:05 p.m. York, 3.17; Stroman, Toronto, 3.18; Cashner, New England at New Orleans, 1 p.m. rival Lakewood 3-1 on Ham 6-0, 6-0. San Diego at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m. Texas, 3.19; Pomeranz, Boston, 3.35; Chicago at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. 2 – Guldan (WH) defeated Rickenbaker Houston at L.A. Angels, 10:07 p.m. Carrasco, Cleveland, 3.41; ESantana, Buffalo at Carolina, 1 p.m. Tuesday at The Castle by 6-0, 6-0. Minnesota, 3.45; Verlander, Houston, 3.58. Tennessee at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. scores of 25-19, 25-14, 23-25 3 – E. Beasley (WH) defeated Madison TODAY’S GAMES STRIKEOUTS_Sale, Boston, 278; Kluber, N.Y. Jets at Oakland, 4:05 p.m. Ham 6-1, 6-1. Chicago White Sox (Shields 3-6) at Detroit Cleveland, 243; Archer, Tampa Bay, 235; Miami at L.A. Chargers, 4:05 p.m. and 25-16. 4 – Davis (WH) defeated Davis 6-1, 6-0. (Bell 0-2), 1:10 p.m. Severino, New York, 211; Carrasco, Cleveland, San Francisco at Seattle, 4:25 p.m. For the Lady Gators, 5 – Allred (WH) defeated Tsukelas 6-0, Oakland (Gossett 4-8) at Boston 201; Verlander, Houston, 192; Bauer, Washington at L.A. Rams, 4:25 p.m. 6-0. (Pomeranz 15-5), 1:35 p.m. Cleveland, 177; Porcello, Boston, 167; Estrada, Dallas at Denver, 4:25 p.m. Emily McDonald had five 6 – Land (WH) defeated Burns 6-1, 6-1. Baltimore (Miley 8-12) at N.Y. Yankees Toronto, 166; Tanaka, New York, 165. Green Bay at Atlanta, 8:30 p.m. (Tanaka 11-11), 7:05 p.m. aces, two kills and six as- DOUBLES Kansas City (Junis 7-2) at Cleveland NATIONAL LEAGUE MONDAY’S GAMES sists. Ariana Jackson had 1 – Davis/Guldan (WH) defeated (Tomlin 9-9), 7:10 p.m. BATTING_Blackmon, Colorado, .335; Detroit at N.Y. Giants, 8:30 p.m. Mason Ham/Davis 8-1. Seattle (Hernandez 5-4) at Texas (Cashner JTurner, Los Angeles, .326; Harper, six kills and an ace and 2 – E. Beasley/Allred (WH) defeated 9-9), 8:05 p.m. Washington, .325; Murphy, Washington, Rachell Harglerode had 10 Madison Ham/Tsukelas 8-1. Toronto (Anderson 3-3) at Minnesota .321; Posey, San Francisco, .320; LeMahieu, 3 – Rickenbaker/Burns (LMA) defeated (Berrios 12-7), 8:10 p.m. Colorado, .316; Votto, Cincinnati, .314; WNBA PLAYOFFS assists. Areford/Singleton 8-4. Houston (Peacock 10-2) at L.A. Angels Arenado, Colorado, .309; Inciarte, Atlanta, SEMIFINALS Amiyah Pickney finished (Nolasco 6-13), 10:07 p.m. .308; Goldschmidt, Arizona, .307. (Best-of-5) (x-if necessary) with four aces and five kills RUNS_Blackmon, Colorado, 129; Stanton, Minnesota 1, Washington 0 JV VOLLEYBALL FRIDAY’S GAMES Miami, 111; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 103; Tuesday, Sept. 12: Minnesota 101, for LHS, while Taylor Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m. Gordon, Miami, 99; Bryant, Chicago, 96; Washington 81 McPhail had two aces and WILLIAMSBURG 2 Oakland at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m. Votto, Cincinnati, 95; Harper, Washington, Thursday, Sept. 14: Washington at THOMAS SUMTER 0 Boston at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m. 92; Arenado, Colorado, 90; LeMahieu, Minnesota, 8 p.m. three kills. Chicago White Sox at Detroit, 7:10 p.m. Colorado, 90; Rizzo, Chicago, 90. Sunday, Sept. 17: Minnesota at Washington, Lakewood travels to Wil- DALZELL — Thomas Kansas City at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m. RBI_Arenado, Colorado, 123; Stanton, 3 p.m. Seattle at Houston, 8:10 p.m. Miami, 113; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 112; x-Tuesday, Sept. 19: Minnesota at son today. Sumter Academy fell to Toronto at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m. Ozuna, Miami, 110; Rizzo, Chicago, 102; Washington, TBD Williamsburg Academy 2-0 Texas at L.A. Angels, 10:07 p.m. Lamb, Arizona, 99; Duvall, Cincinnati, 96; x-Thursday, Sept. 21: Washington at Zimmerman, Washington, 95; Reynolds, Minnesota, TBD on Wednesday at Edens NATIONAL LEAGUE Colorado, 93; Votto, Cincinnati, 93. VARSITY CROSS Los Angeles 1, Phoenix 0 Gymnasium by scores of EAST DIVISION HITS_Blackmon, Colorado, 196; Inciarte, Tuesday, Sept. 12: Los Angeles 79, Phoenix 66 Atlanta, 187; Gordon, Miami, 175; LeMahieu, Thursday, Sept. 14: Phoenix vs. Los Angeles COUNTRY 25-9 and 25-14. W L Pct GB Colorado, 173; Arenado, Colorado, 171; x-Washington 88 56 .611 — at Long Beach, Calif., 10 p.m. SUMTER SWEEPS Ozuna, Miami, 168; Votto, Cincinnati, 158; Sunday, Sept. 17: Los Angeles at Phoenix, 5 p.m. Lindsay Daniel had four Miami 68 76 .472 20 Murphy, Washington, 157; Yelich, Miami, Atlanta 65 78 .455 22½ x-Tuesday, Sept. 19: Los Angeles at LAKEWOOD MEET kills to lead the Lady Gen- 157; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 154. Phoenix, TBD New York 63 81 .438 25 DOUBLES_Arenado, Colorado, 42; Murphy, Sumter High School’s erals, who will travel to Philadelphia 55 89 .382 33 x-Thursday, Sept. 21: Phoenix at Los Washington, 40; Herrera, Philadelphia, 38; Angeles, TBD CENTRAL DIVISION Markakis, Atlanta, 36; Rendon, Washington, boys and girls cross coun- Palmetto Christian today.

PRO FOOTBALL Dalton, Watson the focus as Bengals, Texans square off today

CINCINNATI (AP) — Andy Dalton tion and a fumble. The first-round quarterback because he’s got to be sit- was dreadful in the Bengals’ opener, pick is the ninth quarterback to play ting back like, ‘Man, those guys know turning over the ball five times and for the Texans in the past five seasons. what’s going on.’” finishing with the second-lowest pass- “He’s a playmaker with good in- J.J.’S SECOND CHANCE: J.J. Watt’s re- er rating of his career. He’ll have one stincts, and he’s young,” Houston turn in the opener was underwhelm- thing in his favor Thursday night: He quarterbacks coach Sean Ryan said. ing. He missed most of last season with tends not to let bad days linger. “He’s going to make some mistakes, a back injury. He was hoping to make a The crowd at Paul Brown Stadium and it’s on us to keep working with splash against the Jaguars, but man- will get on Dalton if he comes out sub- him and minimize his mistakes and aged only one tackle and one hit on the par when the Bengals host the Texans, get rid of them, not repeat them.” quarterback. Watt also was treated for with both teams coming off lopsided Some things to watch on Thursday a dislocated finger on his left hand. opening losses. Dalton, who grew up in THE ASSOCIATED PRESS night: “I think the emotion of it and just set- the Houston suburb of Katy, has strug- Houston quarterback Deshaun Watson (4) OFFENSIVE LINES: The Texans gave tling down is something that’s probably gled throughout his career against the assesses the defense during the second half up 10 sacks in their opener, while Dal- the biggest thing,” Watt said. “Just set- Texans’ in-your-face defense. of the Texans’ game Sunday in Houston. ton was sacked five times and under tling down, trusting what I do and not “We had a down game, I had a down constant pressure — two of his inter- trying to do too many things at once.” game,” Dalton said . “I’ve just got to go three touchdowns and a rating of 143.9 ceptions were tipped. Dalton was PACMAN & STRONG BACK, MANY OTH- back and play like I know I can play.” that is the second best of his career. among the NFL’s most-sacked quar- ERS OUT: Bengals CB Adam “Pacman” History is on his side. “He’s very competitive and very terbacks last season, dropped 41 times. Jones returns from his one-game sus- He matched his career high with particular about things,” coach Mar- Neither team ran the ball much in the pension for an offseason misdemeanor four interceptions and lost a fumble vin Lewis said. openers — the Texans had 93 yards, conviction. LB Vontaze Burfict serves during a 20-0 loss to the Ravens on Dalton is 1-5 career against his the Bengals 77 — leaving the quarter- the second of his three-game NFL sus- Sunday, the first time Cincinnati was hometown team, including a pair of backs in tough situations. pension for his latest egregious hit. shut out in a home opener. The crowd first-round playoff losses. He’s thrown BAITING THE ROOKIE: The Bengals The Texans get back WR Jaelen Strong of 55,254 — 10,000 below stadium ca- three touchdowns and seven intercep- are preparing for Watson and figure from his one-game suspension for vio- pacity — jeered him off the field. Dal- tions against the defense that’s been they’ll have a big advantage with a lating the NFL’s substance abuse poli- ton’s passer rating of 28.4 was the sec- in his face and in his head. rookie making his first start on the cy, but they’ve got far worse injury ond lowest of his career. The Bengals expect his counterpart road in a night game. “You’ve got to problems than the Bengals. TE C.J. Fie- His only worse game was against the to be a rookie making his first NFL give him different looks, not just drop dorowicz went on injured reserve with Browns in 2014, when he threw three in- start , although the Texans hadn’t said into coverage,” cornerback Dre Kirk- a concussion, and two other tight ends, terceptions at Paul Brown Stadium and anything definitively. Deshaun Watson patrick said. “You disguise because Stephen Anderson and Ryan Griffin, had a rating of 2.0 during a 24-3 loss. took over at halftime of a 29-7 loss to that’s intimidating when you’ve got are out with concussions, along with Dalton followed it with a big game in a the Jaguars and was 12 of 23 for 102 guys out there moving around, talk- LB Brian Cushing and WR Bruce El- 27-10 win at New Orleans, throwing for yards with a touchdown, an intercep- ing. That’s intimidating for a young lington. THE SUMTER ITEM SPORTS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2017 | B3

clean some things up offensively LEE FROM PAGE B1 moving forward, however. Penalties and self-inflicted wounds were big Region IV-2A play on Friday at Stal- reasons why the Stallions struggled lions Stadium against another unde- to score more points than they did, feated team in Buford, which is 3-0. he said. “We came out and threw the ball “We have to capitalize on our op- early (last) Friday and I was excited portunities in the red zone,” Danner that we were not afraid to do that,” said. “We can’t go backwards. I think Danner said. “We threw an intercep- Friday night we hurt ourselves. tion on a wide-open guy, but even Being in good field position and then with the misread, we were not gun- there’s a holding call or an illegal shy about coming back and throwing shift. Or being around the goal line again. and we jump early. Those things will “As the run game struggled, we hurt you.” took a shot later on and connected Now the focus shifts to the Yellow and it ending up being the most ben- Jackets, who have outscored oppo- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS eficial part of the game.” nents 99-75 in three games. Two of Cleveland fans celebrate Wednesday’s 5-3 victory over Detroit at Progressive Field in Lee Central also shined defensively Buford’s wins have come by a com- Cleveland. The Indians set the American League record with their 21st consecutive — as it has all year. Columbia’s lone bined six points. victory score came on a special teams play “They’ve been finding ways to as the defense didn’t allow anything. win,” Danner said. “One thing that Clevinger, who didn’t allow a run Shileake Albert had a 5-yard inter- stands out watching film is that INDIANS FROM PAGE B1 in 18 innings over his three previous ception return that accounted for they’re really well-coached and they starts, was down 1-0 in the first after LCHS’ other score and it also got a play hard. They play for four quar- Cleveland’s starters have gone 19-0 Jeimer Candelario touched him for a game-clinching interception from ters and it’s going to take four quar- with a 1.70 ERA, they’ve outscored two-out RBI double. TyRique Jones. ters of good football to win.” their opponents 139-35 and trailed in But as they have done for the past Overall, teams have put up just 31 This will likely be the biggest test only four of 189 innings. three weeks, the Indians responded points (7.8 points per game average) for the LCHS defense as well, Danner Incredibly, the Indians have hit as Bruce, who arrived in a trade against the Stallions this year. added. more home runs (40) than their from the Mets last month, connected “They have an excellent running “They’re a spread attack and pitchers have given up in total runs. for a three-run shot into the left-field back and he hurt us a year ago,” they’re very balanced between run And while they’ve racked up win bleachers. Danner said. “Our defense and our and pass,” he said. “Their quarter- after win, the defending AL champs The Indians made it 4-1 in the third coaching staff really took it as a back is definitely the leader. He does have reduced their magic number for on Edwin Encarnacion’s flare RBI challenge to really lock in on him a great job with his arm and with his winning their second straight AL Cen- single. and limit his big plays. I thought we feet and he finds ways to extend the tral title to four. They’ve passed the Cleveland’s lead shrunk to 4-3 in had a good game plan and the guys play. Houston Astros for the league’s best the sixth, when third baseman Yandy executed it well.” “So we really have to lock into how record, which will come into play in Diaz’s throwing error helped the Ti- Danner said his squad will have to they’re planning to attack us.” the postseason because the team with gers score a pair of unearned runs. the best record in each postseason se- However, while costly, it didn’t derail ries has the home-field advantage. the Indians. PREP SCHEDULE On Tuesday, the Indians tied the After Corey Kluber pitched a five-hit league mark of 20 straight wins held shutout on Tuesday, the Indians didn’t TODAY Bates at Mayewood, 5 p.m. Furman at Hillcrest, 5 p.m. by the “Moneyball” 2002 Oakland have much time to rest before they JUNIOR VARSITY FOOTBALL Athletics. And now that they’re were back at the ballpark to finish Sumter at Lakewood, 6:30 p.m. FRIDAY Lee Central at Buford, 6 p.m. alongside the ‘35 Cubs, the Indians their series against the Tigers, who Wilson Hall at Porter-Gaud, 7 p.m. VARSITY FOOTBALL have a realistic shot of running have dropped 11 of 12 to Cleveland. Orangeburg Prep at Laurence Manning, 7 Lakewood at Sumter, 7:30 p.m. p.m. Crestwood at Marion, 7:30 p.m. down the ‘16 Giants. Clarendon Hall at Northside Christian, 6:30 Manning at South Florence, 7:30 p.m. TRAINER’S ROOM p.m. Buford at Lee Central, 7:30 p.m. Cleveland opens four-game series Lamar at East Clarendon, 7:30 p.m. on Thursday against Kansas City, Tigers: OF Mikie Mahtook missed B TEAM FOOTBALL Scott’s Branch at Edisto, 7:30 p.m. which was outscored 20-0 on its his fifth consecutive game after Wilson Hall at Porter-Gaud, 5 p.m. Cardinal Newman at Wilson Hall, 7:30 p.m. Orangeburg Prep at Laurence Manning, 5 Heathwood Hall at Laurence Manning, 7:30 three-day visit last month. being scratched from a Sept. 9 game p.m. p.m. against Toronto with left groin sore- Augusta Christian at Thomas Sumter, 7:30 With a shot at AL history, Clevinger MIDDLE SCHOOL FOOTBALL p.m. took the mound with Jimi Hendrix’s ness. Manager Brad Ausmus said Robert E. Lee at Pee Dee, 6 p.m. Pee Dee at Robert E. Lee, 7:30 p.m. Clarendon Hall at Patrick Henry, 7:30 p.m. “Purple Haze” blasting through the Mahtook was “getting closer, but VARSITY GIRLS GOLF ballpark’s sound system, and Cleve- he’s not ready.” Wilson Hall at Carolina, 4 p.m. VARSITY BOYS SOCCER Sumter Christian at Northside Christian, 5 land’s crowd came to rock — and wit- Indians: All-Star reliever Andrew VARSITY GIRLS TENNIS p.m. ness history — on a mostly sunny day. Miller will be activated from the dis- Sumter at West Florence, 5 p.m. SATURDAY Some parents kept their kids home abled list Thursday following his sec- Wilson Hall at Pee Dee, 4 p.m. from school and brought them to ond stint on the disabled list with JUNIOR VARSITY GIRLS TENNIS MIDDLE SCHOOL FOOTBALL Wilson Hall at Cardinal Newman, 4 p.m. Manning at Alice Drive, 10 a.m. Progressive Field to see a once-in-a- knee tendinitis. The team plans to Bates at Hillcrest, 10 a.m. lifetime event Cleveland residents ease Miller back, using him for an VARSITY VOLLEYBALL Mayewood at Chestnut Oaks, 10 a.m. Ebenezer at Furman, 10 a.m. may remember more than any solar out or two before ramping up his Crestwood at Darlington, 6 p.m. eclipse. They cheered every two- workload to get him ready for the VARSITY AND JV VOLLEYBALL VARSITY SWIMMING Sumter at West Florence, 5:30 p.m. Socastee at Sumter, TBA strike count like it was October and postseason. Lakewood at Wilson, 5:30 p.m. Wilson Hall in Pinewood Prep Invitational (in there was something much bigger on Hannah-Pamplico at East Clarendon, 5 p.m. Mt. Pleasant), TBA UP NEXT Cardinal Newman at Wilson Hall, 4:15 p.m. the line. Those days aren’t far off, Laurence Manning at Carolina, 4 p.m. SUNDAY and the Indians have viewed the The Indians’ Josh Tomlin, who is Thomas Sumter at Palmetto Christian, 4 p.m. VARSITY AND JV EQUESTRIAN streak as a perfect postseason warm- 5-0 with a 2.57 ERA in his last six Wilson Hall in Interscholastic Equestrian outings, starts the opener against MIDDLE SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL Association Competition (at Top Call Farm up as they try to end a Series title Alice Drive at Chestnut Oaks, 5 p.m. in Tryon, N.C.), TBA drought dating to 1948. Royals rookie Jakob Junis.

to take advantage of their mistakes.” officials decided he came BRANCH FROM PAGE B1 Two of the B-E turnovers resulted in short USC FROM PAGE B1 up just short. fields for the Eagles offense and it took quick “Kind of sad I didn’t “It gives us a lot of confidence,” Lesesne advantage. Fullback Marquise Thomas scored “Each one of us rotating score,” said Williams, who said of the big win over Bamberg. “But both of the touchdowns for SBHS, including in, we all have fresh legs upon his further review we’ve still got to stay focused and take each the first one on fourth-and-goal from the coming in,” he said. “As thought he did break the game as it comes. We’ve just got to keep 1-yard line. That broke a scoreless tie in the far as the defense, they plain of the goal line with being aggressive and attack.” third quarter and the Eagles added on from have to keep most of the his stretch. “I’ll have to The Eagles hope to get more standout per- there. same guys out there. dive in there next time formances from Lesesne and the entire de- “The biggest thing now is we have to put That’s an advantage for and hit that pylon.” fense. He had 12 tackles, six for a loss, a quar- the Bamberg game behind us,” Farmer said. us. Williams and the Game- terback sack and a fumble recovery. As a “We’ve got to move on to the next opponent “We’ve got to stay loose, cocks are preparing for whole, the defense forced four turnovers. which is Edisto and they’re having a good stay ready, and when we their first home game on “I think the big thing was the kids just did year. We know we can play with the better get in the game go out Saturday, playing host to what they were supposed to do,” Scott’s teams, we just have to go out and play our as- there and perform. One of 2-0 Kentucky at 7:30 p.m. Branch head coach Wayne Farmer said. signments like we did last week.” us starts it and one of us With that, Williams is “(Assistant) Coach Kevin Miller did a great The Cougars are 2-1 on the season as well. finishes it.” having to deal with get- job as far as preparing them and getting They’ve won two games in a row after being Williams wished he had ting family and friends in them ready. We just did our assignments. shut out 26-0 in the opener against Orange- been able to get those few Williams-Brice Stadium. The kids kept their heads up and tackled burg-Wilkinson. Edisto has outscored its last extra inches for the touch- “Trying to get as many hard. two opponents 53-20. down on his long run. He as I can,” Williams said. “…Bamberg is usually a team year in and Scott’s Branch has allowed just six points stretched out his right “A lot of them are coming year out that doesn’t beat themselves. So it outside of the ugly loss to Manning and the arm with the ball, trying up; I’m just trying to get sort of turned around that we didn’t turn the Eagles are still averaging 22.7 points per game to get the touchdown. stuff arranged so every- ball over and beat ourselves and we were able offensively. After a long review, the body can make it in.”

Roy and Helen Bantz Ged- Memorial Presbyterian trusted to Dyson’s Home for OBITUARIES dings, Vernon was the Church, 1746 U.S. 521, Sumter, Funerals, 237 Main St., Sum- owner and operator of Dan- SC 29153. merton, (803) 485-4280. MERLENIA H. BROWN ower of Ruth Pearson Wilbur ny’s Trophy Shop. He was a Online condolences may be GABLE — Merlenia Ham Plowden, died on Wednesday, member of the Sumter Jay- sent to www.sumterfunerals. KELVIN B. MCKINNEY Brown, 60, wife of James Ed- Sept. 13, 2017, at McLeod cees, the Sumter Touchdown com. RIDGEWAY — Kelvin Ber- ward Brown, died on Friday, Health Clarendon. Club and was a PARD soft- Elmore Hill McCreight Fu- nard McKinney, 52, died on Sept. 8, 2017. A funeral service will be ball sponsor. Vernon was an neral Home, 221 Broad St., Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017, at Pal- Funeral services for Mrs. held at 2 p.m. on Saturday at avid Gamecock sports fan, Sumter, is in charge of the ar- metto Health Richland, Co- Brown will be held at 11 a.m. Sardinia Presby- dirt track racing fan and rangements, (803) 775-9386. lumbia. on Friday at St. John AME terian Church former P-15’s assistant base- He was born on July 26, Church, Work- with the Rev. Rob- ball coach. He was a mem- 2017, in Manning, a son of Ada men community, ert M. Jolly Jr. ber of Fraser Memorial Mae Davis McKinney and the Kingstree, with and the Rev. Dr. Presbyterian Church. late Benjamin “BJ” McKinney. the Rev. Fredrick Gordon K. Reed Surviving are his wife; two The family is receiving Johnson, pastor, officiating. Burial sons, Taylor Gamble Ged- friends at the home of his officiating, the PLOWDEN with full military dings and Parker Daniel Ged- mother, 1162 McKinney Road, Rev. Samuel honors will follow dings; a niece, Mary Baird Manning. BROWN Sparks presiding at New Zion United Methodist (Michael); and a nephew, LOUISE L. WALTERS These services have been and Minister Church cemetery. Mason Geddings, all of Sum- entrusted to Samuels Funeral Brain Fulmore and Evangelist Visitation will be held from ter. SUMMERTON — Louise Home LLC, Manning. Sylvia McFadden assisting. 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday at Ste- Funeral services will be Livingston Walters, 89, widow Burial will follow at the phens Funeral Home. held at 4 p.m. on Friday at of John Walters, entered into ROBERT TINDAL churchyard cemetery. Stephens Funeral Home & First Presbyterian Church eternal rest on Sept. 12, 2017, MANNING — Robert Tin- Wake services and Eastern Crematory, 304 N. Church St., with the Rev. Nick Cheek and at McLeod Health Clarendon, dal, 71, died on Sunday, Sept. Star rites will be held at 6 p.m. Manning, is in charge of ar- the Rev. Chuck Staggs officiat- Manning. 10, 2017, at his residence, 1240 today at Hayes F. Samuels Sr. rangements, (803) 435-2179. ing. Burial will follow in Sum- Born in Clarendon County, Archer Ave., Manning. Memorial Chapel. www.stephensfuneralhome.org ter Cemetery. she was a daughter of the late He was born on Feb. 22, These services have been The family will receive Harry Sr. and Sylian Green 1946, in Center, Texas, a son entrusted to Samuels Funeral VERNON ROY GEDDINGS friends from 5 until 7 p.m. Livingston. of the late James Tindal Sr. Home LLC, Manning. Vernon Roy Geddings, 63, today at Elmore Hill Mc- The family will receive and Juanita Chumley Tin- husband of Ann Gamble Ged- Creight Funeral Home and friends at the home, 1287 dal. WILLIAM C. PLOWDEN JR. dings, died on Tuesday, Sept. other times at the residence. Rapid Edge Trail, St. Paul These services have been NEW ZION — William 12, 2017, at his home. In lieu of flowers, memori- community, Summerton. entrusted to Samuels Funeral Coskrey Plowden Jr., 99, wid- Born in Sumter to the late als may be made to Fraser Professional services en- Home LLC of Manning. B4 | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2017 COMICS THE SUMTER ITEM BIZARRO SOUP TO NUTZ

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