Former P-15's to speak at Jam
With three players who have gone through the
Sumter American Legion Post 15 baseball program now playing
professionally and three more P-15's alumni playing
collegiate baseball at the NCAA Division I level, the Legion
program is going to afford them...
Date: 12/26/2009 |
ITSPORTS0 |
Smith adjusting well
After two years as a member of the Sumter
P-15's American Legion baseball team — the majority of it
spent with him relegated to the bench — Tyler Smith knew he
was going to get the opportunity to play this season. After
all, Sumter head...
Date: 12/16/2009 |
YEND01 |
CuJo returns to Sumter
Former University of South Carolina
right-handed pitcher Curtis Johnson has had time to put his
last game as a Gamecock in perspective, and when he talked
about his USC career on Wednesday in between coaching
pitchers for the Sumter Post 15 junior...
Date: 12/16/2009 |
YEND0 |
Carter had a 32-year passion for
American Legion baseball
Ernest Cleo Carter Jr. was a successful businessman,
but his passion was baseball, the American Legion variety in
particular. Carter helped form the Dalzell Post 175 program
in the mid 1970s and was a member of the South Carolina
State American...
Date: 11/11/2009 | ITSPORTS01 |
Army general explains need for troop
surge
A 2-star Army general shared his insights about the
war in Afghanistan during a visit this week with members of
American Legion Post 15. Maj. Gen. Robert E. Livingston Jr.,
director of the J5 Coalition Coordination Center at U.S.
Central Command,...
Date: 11/08/2009 | ITNEWS01 |
5 inducted to Hall
Five athletes made up the 2009 class of the Sumter
Sports Hall of Fame, which was inducted at a banquet on
Thursday at the Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club gymnasium
at the old Council Street campus of Sumter High. Former Eau
Claire High School...
Date: 11/06/2009 | ITSPORTS01 |
Brown wraps up career
After more than 41 years serving as an officer in the
Salvation Army — most recently as commander of the Sumter
office — Maj. Newton Brown has retired. He also had served
in offices in Florida, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Washington,
D.C.
Date: 11/01/2009 | ITNEWS01 |
Bobby Richardson: "A baseball great
and more"
Robert Clinton "Bobby" Richardson was born on August
19, 1935, and has been described as our community's
"preeminent athlete of the modern era." Robert, as he was
known to most Sumterites, grew up playing sports and working
with his father in the...
Date: 10/26/2009 | REFLECT |
Young P-15’s ‘came along’ through
growing pains
Prior to the start of the 2009 American Legion
baseball season there were two certainties about the Sumter
P-15’s: No. 1, they were going to be young, and No. 2, they
were going to be playing in the Southeast Regional since
Sumter was hosting...
Date: 08/16/2009 | ITSPORTS01 |
Senior P-15’s enjoyed success,
camraderie
The handful of senior players on the 2009 edition of
the Sumter American Legion Post 15 baseball team have seen a
great deal of success in recent years, and this season was
no exception for the group of overachievers that lost out on
Monday in the...
Date: 08/11/2009 | ITSPORTS01 |
P-15's move on in Southeast Regional
Justin Cromer said he got a telephone call about 10
p.m. on Friday from Sumter P-15's head coach Wallie Jones
telling him that he would be starting on the mound on
Saturday against Bayamon, Puerto Rico, Post 48 in an
elimination game in the American...
Date: 08/09/2009 | ITSPORTS01 |
P-15's bring resume as Regional
host
Sumter Post 15 comes into the American Legion
baseball Southeast Regional with the best looking resume of
any of the seven other programs over the past three years:
two Southeast Regional titles and two fourth-place finishes
in the American Legion...
Date: 08/05/2009 | LEGION |
P-15's: “80 Years of Success”
In this issue of Reflections we are proud to feature
the American Legion P- 15 baseball program which ranks as
the oldest Legion program in South Carolina and the second
oldest in the world in continuous operation. The 2009 team
is currently...
Date: 08/03/2009 | REFLECT |
P-15's stunned at state
There weren't many explanations readily available
from the Sumter P-15's players as to why they were
eliminated from the American Legion baseball state
tournament in Spartanburg in two games on Thursday with a
10-9 loss to West Columbia. There was a...
Date: 07/31/2009 | ITSPORTS01 |
P-15's head to State
American Legion baseball in the state of South
Carolina has held a state tournament for 12 years counting
next week's affair in Spartanburg, and the Sumter P-15's
will have been a part of each one of them. Sumter scored the
winning run with two outs...
Date: 07/25/2009 | ITSPORTS01 |
Sumter prepares for state
For someone who is closing on 600 victories as an
American Legion baseball coach, one might expect Sumter's
Wallie Jones to be particular about the kind of victories
his teams get. Not particularly, especially with the young
squad he brought into...
Date: 07/05/2009 | ITSPORTS01 |
Jones signs with Cubs
The opportunity to play professional baseball proved
too much to pass up for the Citadel's Richard Jones, the
former Wilson Hall and Sumter American Legion P-15's
standout, who signed on with the Chicago Cubs organization
on Monday. Jones reports to...
Date: 06/24/2009 | ITSPORTS01 |
Farmers' market open with fresh
produce
The farmers' market at the fairgrounds is filled with
all kinds of local vegetables. Market manager Dorothy
Rinehart says "It's the best year yet for fresh produce."
Saturday morning early, the market came to life with farmers
loading yellow squash...
Date: 06/17/2009 | ITNEWS01 |
P-15's will host North-South games
For the third year of the tournament's existence, the
Sumter P-15's will participate in the North Carolina-South
Carolina American Legion Baseball Challenge, this time as
host. The challenge begins on Friday and runs through Sunday
with the P-15's...
Date: 06/07/2009 | ITSPORTS01 |
Sumter Junior Legion team opens up
today
As the Sumter American Legion Post 15 Junior Legion
baseball program begins its third season today, head coach
Teal Kirkhart has settled into a comfort zone with what to
expect in all aspects of the program. “At this point, you
kind of know...
Date: 05/27/2009 | ITSPORTS01 |
Military members, vets to be honored
The Sumter County Veterans Association will hold a
Memorial Day Ceremony on Monday to honor all veterans and
military members. The event, which will take place at
General Mabry Memorial Park, located next to Shaw Air Force
Base on U.S. 76/378, will...
Date: 05/22/2009 | ITNEWS01 |
P-15's coach to speak at Genealogical
Society
The special guest speaker at Monday's meeting of the
Sumter County Genealogical Society will be Dr. Wallie Jones,
head coach of the Sumter American Legion Post 15 baseball
team (the P-15's). The public is invited to the 7:30 p.m.
membership meeting...
Date: 04/16/2009 | ITNEWS01 |
A friend who will be missed
The first time I recall meeting Robbie Evans, I was a
senior at Sumter High School working on the school
newspaper. Robbie was a fledgling sports reporter for the
then Sumter Daily Item. My friend, Mike Schimdt, and
I came into the newsroom...
Date: 03/12/2009 | ITSPORTS01 |
Duggan honored for bravery
Sumter Police Department Senior Cpl. Joseph H. Joey
Duggan quickly got to work after arriving at South Carolina
Community Bank, which had just been robbed on Aug. 29. A
man, the bank manager, had been shot and critically wounded.
After the building...
Date: 02/08/2009 | ITNEWS01 |
