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Poll Question of the Week, presented by Larry Lucas State Farm Insurance in Columbia (803-799-1998) and Lexington (803-359-0770): Clemson ranked 55th in total defense last season despite having five future NFL Draft picks. Where will Tom Allen's group be ranked this season?
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College baseball on Sunday….
Clemson 4-Boston College 3, Tigers win the series 2-1
LSU 7-USC 0, Gamecocks are swept
Coastal Carolina 14-Georgia Southern 4 (7 innings) game one
Georgia Southern 7-Coastal 4 game two
College of Charleston 5-UNC Wilmington 0
The Citadel 3-Presbyterian 0 game one
The Citadel 2-Presbyterian 1 game two
UNC Asheville 9-Winthrop 0
Upstate 13-Gardner-Webb 2
Western Carolina 7-Wofford 5
Jonah Heim homered, doubled and drove in five runs, Jorge Mateo also hit a home run and the Braves beat the Colorado 11-6 on Sunday. Clemson’s Spencer Strider made his season debut and allowed three runs and four hits in 3 1/3 innings in his return from an oblique injury suffered in spring training. He struck out six and walked five.
Clemson will be the 7th seed for the ACC Softball Tournament and will face North Carolina on Tuesday. USC is the 12th seed for the SEC Tournament and will meet Ole Miss on Tuesday.
Chase Elliott moved past Denny Hamlin on a restart with four laps to go and went on to win Sunday’s NASCAR race at Texas Motor Speedway for his second win of the season.
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