Sumter sports history with Sammy Way: Remembering Sumter's 1948 basketball title

By SAMMY WAY
Sumter Item Historian

Posted 1/5/22

Sumter's sports history remembers one of the most hard-fought athletic contests ever witnessed by Sumter's fans, which many claimed helped put Sumter basketball on the map. The Gamecock basketball team entered the 1948 season as an unknown …

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Hines Furniture Athlete of the Week: Laurence Manning's Wellborn called up from JV to shine on the playoff stage

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