Horry County residents will have their say on who will represent them in the House of Representatives, South Carolina statehouse, school board and county council. There is also a consequential local question on the ballot asking whether to continue a penny sales tax for a quarter century to pay for transportation infrastructure.

This year’s CCU teamhas seven true freshmen pitchers who are expected to contribute this season – which is more than a third of the pitching staff – and just three returning players started at fielding positions in each of the season’s first three games.

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team is vastly different, as CCU started six players in the batting order who are new to the program in each of the first three games, and must replace its top three starting pitchers – aka its weekend starting rotation.

We wove in and out of the Wisconsin countryside, enjoying warm conversation while cornstalks curiously peeped out of snowdrifts and shuddered …