Edited by Leeroy Francis Jr. |Sports editor--->Sports Squad Broadcast #5<---In maybe the biggest basketball victory ever at Augusta University, the AU men's team kicked off their 2018-19 season with an exhibition victory over the South Carolina Gamecocks 77-72 at Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, S.C., Friday, Oct. 26. Dip Metress' Jaguars were down by three points at halftime (39-36), then saw the Division I Gamecocks jump out to a 58-46 lead with 11:40 to go. That's when Gamecocks' center Chris Silva picked up his fourth foul, and USC Coach Frank Martin had to put him on the bench. AU outscored South Carolina 33-14 the rest of the way for the upset victory. Senior Deane Williams led the Jaguars with 17 points and 13 rebounds despite playing with four fouls the last six-plus minutes. Freshman Tyree Myers from Baltimore, Md., followed with 16 points, shooting a perfect 5-for-5 from the field, including 3-for-3 from the three-point line, and Rafael Monteiro had 15 points. Williams has also been named to the Peach Belt Conference preseason all-league team. It certainly is one of the biggest wins in program history, and completes a remarkable year in sports for Augusta University, which included Patrick Reed winning the Masters and Broc Everett winning the NCAA Division individual championship. In other sports news ...
- AU volleyball’s defeated Francis Marion 3-1 in the annual Pink Out match to raise awareness and support for the Georgia Cancer Center Friday, Oct. 26 at Christenberry Fieldhouse. Ranked third in the NCAA Southeast Region, the Jaguars are now 19-5 overall and 6-3 in the league, Augusta held its annual Pink Out match to raise awareness and support for the Georgia Cancer Center. The team presented a check for $1,800 to the cancer center and had cancer survivors and information about the event on site ...
- Augusta resident Scott Parel won his second PGA Champions Tour of the season at the Invesco QQQ Championship on Sunday at Sherwood Country Club in Lake Sherwood, Calif. Parel, who never played college golf or made it the PGA Tour, shot 4-under-par 68 in the final round to finish at 11-under-par to beat Paul Goydos by one stroke . He won for the first time on the PGA Champions Tour at the Boeing Classic Aug. 26 ...
- Reed, a former AU student who led the Jags to two NCAA titles, is in third place in the Race to Dubai, the European Tour's order of merit. That season is winding to a close with the final tourney, the DP World Tour Championship, in Dubai, in two weeks ...
- The No. 6 ranked Georgia Bulldogs move to 7-1 on the season defeating the No. 9 ranked Florida Gators 36-17 in Jacksonville, Fla. The Georgia’s offense was firing on all cylinders scoring 36 points and racked up 429 yards of total offense. Jake Fromm led the way for Georgia, throwing for 240 yards and three touchdowns. Georgia still almost rushed for 200 total team yards and were led by D’Andre Swift having his first career 100-yard game in his Bulldog career ...
- The AP poll looks brand new after a crazy week of shakeups in college football. Week 9 action featured tons of losses for ranked teams with nine of the 11 teams ranked Nos. 15-25 losing, opening up spots in the poll for Houston, Fresno State, Utah State, Virginia and Syracuse to join the rankings. Mississippi State and Boston College also moved up into the poll. The changeover of seven slots in the rankings is the biggest change in the AP Top 25 era (since 1989). The top of the ranking was mostly unchanged. No. 1 Alabama, No. 4 LSU and No. 5 Michigan were idle and unchanged. with No. 2 Clemson, No. 3 Notre Dame and No. 6 Georgia all winning easily ...
- Atlanta United lost to the Toronto F.C. 4-1. United lost its chance to win the Supporters’ Shield, which was given to the New York Red Bulls after their win. The MLS playoffs start on Halloween ...
- The Boston Red Sox defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1 in Game 5 of the World Series to win their fourth World Series title in 15 years dating back to 2004, and their ninth in franchise history. Steve Pearce won the World Series Most Valuable Player Award, while Alex Cora became the fifth first-season manager and the first manager from Puerto Rico to win the World Series. The Series was notable for its third game which went for 18 innings, a World Series record.Additionally, the Red Sox became the first team to win two World Series exactly one century apart, as they had defeated the Chicago Cubs in 1918, while the Dodgers were the first team since the 2011 Texas Rangers, and the first NL team since the 1992 Atlanta Braves, to lose consecutive World Series ...
- The Los Angeles Rams remained undefeated after a showdown match against Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers 29-27 and the Kansas City Chiefs continue to rool over the AFC with a 30-23 victory over the Denver Broncos and still only have one loss sitting at 7-1. The Atlanta Falcons after a much needed bye week hope to win their third straight game in a NFC matchup against NFC East leading Washington Redskins ...
- Which coach is next to go after Hue Jackson? After the firing of Jackson by the Cleveland Browns, there is a lot of speculation around the league of which coach will be the next to go. The first person on the list is Vance Joseph of the Denver Broncos. He sits at a record of 8-16 with Denver and with a defense that has seen regression over the past couple of season. The list also includes Steve Wilks, Todd Bowles and Jason Garrett ...
- Klay Thompson set the record for most three-pointers made in a game by draining 14 threes in the Golden State Warriors’ 25-point romping of the Chicago Bulls 149-124. The sweet-shooting Thompson had 52 points in only 29 minutes of action and broke the record at the expense of his backcourt mate Stephen Curry, who previously held the record with 13. Despite Thompson knocking off his record, Curry is ecstatic for Thompson’s historic feat, the two-time MVP is also excited with the fact the it was his fellow Splash Brother who raised the bar even further ...
- Evans High School and Grovetown High School will meet Friday night in what could be a classic showdown for a region title. The two Columbia County schools will face off at Grovetown at 7:30 p.m. in The Augusta Chronicle’s Game of the Week. The winner of the game will come away with the Region 3-AAAAAA championship and No. 1 seed for the state playoffs. Grovetown is currently 5-4 and 4-0 in the region after a 12-7 victory at Heritage High, while Evans is 3-6 and 3-1 in the region after a 24-5 victory versus Alcovy High. A Warrior victory would give the program its first region title a year after playing host to, and winning, its first home playoff game. Evans has bounced back from an 0-6 start to win three in a row ...
- Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, the owner of the Leicester City English Premier League soccer team, died along with four other people in a helicopter crash outside King Power Stadium on Saturday after his team drew with West Ham 1-1. Leicester was the unlikely EPL champion in 2015-16.
Sources: ABC Sports, Augusta Chronicle, Bleacher Report, Boston Globe, CNN, CBS Sports, ESPN, New York Times, and USA TodayContributors: Leeroy Francis Jr., Ceara Hester, Megan Johnson, Brandon Johnson, Ben Marshall, Khadijah Sandifer and Chase Slone.