Spring Valley junior
Xylina McDaniel, daughter of former NBA playerer Xavier McDaniel, was named the
Gatorade South Carolina Girls Basketball Player of the Year. She helped her team to the 4A state championship and a 29-0 record while averaging 18.5 points and 8.7 rebounds per game.
"I
could say she's the most competitive player I've ever coached," Vikings
coach Anne Long told The State. "But even though she's very talented,
she's also very unselfish. She includes her teammates no matter what
honors she gets.
"She's just such a positive role model for the young
people in our community. It just kind of epitomizes what we try to
instill in the young student athletes. It's not all about skill level,
when it comes down to being successful you've got to be the whole
package. I think she epitomizes what we want a Spring Valley student
athlete to be."
GREENVILLE COUNTY ALL-STARS TOP NEIGHBORSGreenville County swept the fifth annual Greenville vs. Spartanburg FCA All-Star Challenge over the weekend.
Greenville's boys won their game 106-101, while the girls won 71-52.
J.L.
Mann's
Damien Leonard, a South Carolina recruit, earned MVP honors as
he scored 15 points for the winning team, while Chapman's Jalen Nesbitt
earned the same honor for Spartanburg's team as he scored 25 points.
Greenville
led 64-43 at the half, but Spartanburg's all-stars made it interesting
in the second half. Spartanburg had the lead down to three points on two
occasions in the final minute, but couldn't get closer.
In the girls
game, Greer's Dyshia Parks, who scored 12 points, was named MVP for the
Greenville all-stars, while Spartanburg's Chelsea Faulhaber, who scored
13 points, earned the honor for the Spartanburg team.
Greenville's girls jumped out to a 12-0 start in the game and rolled to the lopsided win.
LEGENDARY SENECA COACH AMANDA HOLDER RETIRESFor 36 years Amanda Holder led the
Seneca girls basketball team, winning 16 region titles and two state championships.
She stepped down following this season, leaving her with a 648-278 career record and having 25 of her 36 teams finish the year in the state rankings, according to the Anderson Independent Mail. This year's team didn't make the playoffs, only the 10th time in her career.
Holder's teams played for five state titles.
Even though she's leaving Seneca, she's open to listening to other opportunities.
"I love the game, there's no question about that. It's hard for me to walk away from basketball," Holder told the newspaper. "If something came along that would afford me to teach the game to people who wanted to learn, I might listen to them."
ST. JAMES WINS INTERNATIONAL PAPER CLASSIC BASEBALL TOURNAMENTA seven-run third inning helped the
St. James (Murrells Inlet) Sharks knocked off Blythewood 10-7 to win the International Paper Classic baseball tournament over the weekend.
The Sharks pounded 11 hits in the game and were led by leadoff hitter
Tanner English, who was 3-for-3 with a RBI and two runs scored.
Anthony Cossentino and
Gunnar Kines (who had two doubles) each drove in two runs.
Pitcher
Robert Troiano went 6 1/3 innings, allowing four hits and seven runs to get the win. He struck out five.
