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August 27

2021: Longtime Battery Creek High School Wrestling Coach Nathan Day dies three days shy of his 58th birthday after a battle with COVID-19. In his 16 years at the school, Day led the Dolphins to six team state championships and 30 individual championships.

August 28

2019: Beaufort weightlifter Dade Stanley sweeps the gold medals (Snatch, Clean and Jerk and Overall) in the 81kg weight class at the Youth Pan Am Championships in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

— Compiled by Mike McCombs

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