Remembering the voice of Sumter baseball, Sam Crawford

07/02/23 • 49 min

The Sumter baseball community lost a legend recently with the passing of Sam Crawford, the longtime soundtrack of the Sumter P-15's and USC Sumter Fire Ants.

We brought in Wallie Jones, the longtime head coach of the P-15's and Tim Medlin, the head coach at USC Sumter, to reminisce about the voice of Riley Park.

The Sumter baseball community lost a legend recently with the passing of Sam Crawford, the longtime soundtrack of the Sumter P-15's and USC Sumter Fire Ants.

We brought in Wallie Jones, the longtime head coach of the P-15's and Tim Medlin, the head coach at USC Sumter, to reminisce about the voice of Riley Park.

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Lady Legends gear up for home stretch after week rocked by rain

"Rain, rain, go away. Come again another day."

With each day this week came rain. That meant the diamonds at Patriot Park, Riley Park and so many other fields were left empty almost all week.

Entering Friday, the Lady Legends were hoping to finally play one of their most anticipated matchups of the season, a meeting of the last two undefeated teams in Southern Division 2, as they traveled to Darlington.

That game, like so many other games this week, moved multiple times before the skies stayed clear just long enough to take the field at Hartsville High School.

But that was just a slight reprieve at the end of the week. After this weekend, chaos begins.
Stay tuned in to the Item Sports for coverage on the rest of the season. Here's hoping it's dry.

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