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May 9

1981: Greg Jones is born in Columbia. Jones was a star athlete at Battery Creek High School in the 1990s, earning All-State honors on offense (running back) and defense (linebacker) in football. He played college football at Florida State University. Drafted in the second round of the 2004 NFL draft by the Jacksonville Jaguars, Jones played nine seasons in the NFL, eight with the Jaguars and one with the Houston Texans. 

May 10

2019: Mills Langehans scores five goals to lead the Holy Trinity Lions to an 8-0 win over Cambridge Academy to win the SCISA 1Agirls soccer championship at Porter-Gaud in Charleston.

2019: Beaufort Academy’s boys are denied a sixth consecutive SCISA 1A soccer championship, falling, 4-2, to The King’s Academy at Porter-Gaud in Charleston.

– Compiled by Mike McCombs

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