Cory Welch

By: Cory Welch – April 25, 2018
As coaches across the upstate turned ponds back into baseball diamonds on Wednesday, playoff baseball finally got underway. Tonight, DP found its way back to JL Mann High School to see the Patriots play host to the Spartanburg Vikings. Last week, the Patriots claimed the Region 1-5A title and will be the one seed thr...

By: Cory Welch – April 20, 2018
On the final Friday of the regular season, DP made a return trip to Hillcrest High school to witness a rivalry contest that has a rich tradition. Tonight, the Rams played host to the Mauldin Mavericks. With a victory, the Mavericks would wrap up a region title while the Rams of Hillcrest are looking to secure a play...

By: Cory Welch – April 18, 2018

For the second consecutive year, DP was on hand to witness the 2-AAA Region Championship game between Powdersville and Palmetto. This year’s championship game was hosted by Palmetto, as last year’s contest was at Powdersville. Not only are region implications on the line, but these two schools are relatively close i...

By: Andy Phillips – April 14, 2018 
DP stayed local this evening and anchored down at River Bluff HS. The Yellow Jackets of Irmo travelled across the dam to Gator Country for a 5A Region V matchup. Tonight’s matchup brought two southpaws to the mound. Hunter Garris toed the rubber for the Gators, while Winthrop commit, Aaron White was given th...

By: Cory Welch – April 13, 2018
Tonight, DP made its way down to Greenwood County to check out a contest where a region championship was at stake. The Abbeville Panthers made the trek over to take on their rival, the Ninety Six Wildcats. Both schools have had successful campaigns thus far in 2018 and are looking to add the title of region champion...

By: Cory Welch – April 10, 2018 
As spring break tournaments closed out over the weekend, it is now time to turn our attention back to region play as high school teams prepare for the final stretch of the regular season. Tonight, DP found its way to Grover Field as the Greenville Red Raiders were set to host the Daniel Lions. Tonight is our fi...

By: Chris Nall & Cory Welch – April 4-6, 2018
With several Spring Break events scattered across our state, DP was able to drop in and catch some of the action in the inaugural Upstate Diamond Classic. This event was hosted by Mauldin and JL Mann High School. A dozen teams ranging from Seneca to Rock Hill made up this year’s field. From Wednesda...

By: Cory Welch – March 30, 2018
Holden Field, which is located right down the road from JL Mann High School, was the venue of choice for DP on Friday night. The JL Mann Patriots were set to square off with the Easley Green Wave in a rubber match of their region series that has potential region championship implications on the line. In game one, t...

By: Chris Nall – March 29, 2018
The combination of MLB’s opening day and 70-degree weather brought a great excitement to the ball park tonight.  It didn’t hurt that the pitching match up featured one of the top arms in the 2018 class squaring off against one of the top arms in the 2019 class! This game had no choice but to be a pitching duel a...

By: Cory Welch – March 27, 2018
As we are approaching the halfway point of the regular season, DP made its way to Woodruff, SC to see the Wolverines play host to the Clinton Red Devils. Woodruff is off to a hot start in region play as they entered tonight’s contest on top of the region with a 4-0 record. The Red Devils are hoping that a victory in...