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Jay Lucas to leave as South Carolina Speaker at end of session
Lucas introduced final month he would not run for reelection for a thirteenth time period to the Home.
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Home Speaker Jay Lucas mentioned Thursday he’ll step down from his management put up when this 12 months’s common session ends on Might 12.
In a letter to the Home clerk, Lucas set the election to pick out his substitute for subsequent Thursday, the place Methods and Means Chairman Murrell Smith seems to have the place locked up.
Lucas introduced final month he would not run for reelection for a thirteenth time period to the Home.
The Hartsville Republican determined he needed to guarantee an orderly transition in a physique the place the final three audio system have, so as, misplaced their majority, resigned to turn into ambassador to Canada, and had been kicked out of workplace after being indicted, Home Majority Chief Gary Smilrill mentioned.
“You could have a terrific speaker in Jay Lucas and a terrific speaker-in—ready, quickly to be speaker-elect in Murrell Smith,” mentioned Simrill, a Republican from Rock Hill.
Smith is presently the chairman of the Methods and Means Committee. The Sumter Republican should resign that put up from the budget-writing group as a result of the speaker is not on any committees.
Smith additionally will face re-election in December when the newly elected Home class involves the Statehouse for an organizational session.
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The South Carolina Gamecocks wrapped up a (9-3) regular season on the precipest of a College Football Playoff run. Though just three spots out of the Top-12, the Gamecocks found themselves matched up with the Fighting Illini of Illinois in the Citrus Bowl.
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South Carolina got a boost to its secondary for the 2025 season from the MAC of all conferences, as the Gamecocks announced the signing of defensive back Myles Norwood on Thursday.
The 6-foot-1, 183-pounder from St. Louis transferred from Ball State, so next fall he’ll be taking a significant step up in competition after deciding to test his talents in the SEC.
According to On3, Norwood’s final 2 choices came down to South Carolina and Kentucky, and Norwood chose Columbia over Lexington.
The junior had 38 tackles, 22 of them solo, with 2 tackles-for-loss, 10 pass breakups and a fumble recovery for the Cardinals in 2024. According to Pro Football Focus, Norwood earned a solid coverage grade of 71.8 across 456 snaps in 12 games for Ball State. The majority of his snaps were at outside cornerback, with 48 snaps coming at the nickel position — 35 of which came in 1 game.
Kentucky has several defensive backs leaving for the NFL Draft or the transfer portal, so the Wildcats really could’ve used Norwood but instead saw him go to an SEC rival school.
Norwood should be an important piece of South Carolina’s secondary in 2025 after working his way into Ball State’s rotation quickly.
Cory Nightingale, a former sportswriter and sports editor at the Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post, is a South Florida-based freelance writer who covers Alabama for SaturdayDownSouth.com.
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