South-Carolina
Men’s Soccer to Retire Charlie Arndt’s Jersey
COLUMBIA, S.C. – The University of South Carolina men’s soccer program announced today (Sept. 5) that former All-American and 1988 national Goalkeeper of the Year Charlie Arndt will have his jersey retired in a ceremony at their match against Georgia State on September 22. Kickoff against the Panthers is set for 7 p.m.
Arndt’s No. 1 jersey will join former Gamecock great Clint Mathis, who had his jersey retired in 2019.
“I am incredibly honored that the University of South Carolina will be retiring my jersey, but recognition must be shared with my teammates and coaches,” Arndt said of the honor. “The lessons of work ethic, perseverance, and challenge navigation that I gained from my time at South Carolina, both on and off the field, have guided me throughout my career. As I have taken on leadership roles in my professional career and as a volunteer goalkeeper coach, I have found the greatest joy in passing along those lessons to the next generation.”
A native of Silver Springs, Maryland, Arndt joined the Gamecocks in 1985 after he was named a consensus All-American as a senior at John F. Kennedy High School. As a freshman, he played in three matches behind 1985 national Goalkeeper of the Year Warren Lipka. Following Lipka’s graduation, Arndt immediately stepped into the starter’s role and held it for the next three seasons.
From 1986-88, he started 61 of the team’s 65 matches, as the Gamecocks made the NCAA Tournament all four seasons he was on the team, including the 1988 College Cup Semifinals. Arndt holds the South Carolina program record for career goals against average at 0.70. He ranks second with 24 solo shutouts, fourth in save percentage (81.7%), fifth in minutes played (5,286), and eighth in total saves (183).
Taking over the starting goalie duties in 1986, Arndt led the Gamecocks to a 17-5 record, including an overtime win over rival Clemson. He started the first 18 matches of the season, finishing the season with a 1.05 GAA, with 61 saves, and four shutouts.
Prior to his junior season, Arndt served as an alternate for the South team at the 1987 Olympic Festival in Durham, North Carolina. He went on to start all 21 games in goal for the Gamecocks, leading them to the program’s second-best season ever with a 16-2-3 record. Carolina advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the second time in program history. Arndt set a program record that still stands today with a 0.42 GAA. The team finished the season with 14 total shutouts, seven solo and seven combined, second most by a squad in program history. His 87.0 save percentage still ranks third all-time, and his seven solo shutouts rank eighth.
In his final season at Carolina, Arndt started all 22 matches, leading them to a 14-4-4 record and their first College Cup appearance. He was named the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Goalkeeper of the Year and was a Second Team NSCAA All-American. His 0.54 GAA ranks second all-time, trailing only his own record from the 1987 season. His 13 solo shutouts are tied for the most all-time in a season, while his 83.6 save percentage ranks sixth. Arndt was also a standout in the classroom, as he was named to the 1988 ISAA/NSCAA Academic All-American First Team. Following the season, he was selected in the second round, ninth overall, in the 1989 Major Indoor Soccer League college draft by the Cleveland Crunch.
Retired jerseys are selected by a committee of representatives from the South Carolina Athletics Department, University Board of Trustees, and the USC Lettermen’s Association.
Factors for jersey retirement include post-season national and conference recognitions, school record holders, impact on team accomplishments and either graduating from South Carolina or leaving the school in good academic standing.
The current athletics department policy states that the school retire jerseys not numbers. Athletics department records indicate the current policy has been in place since at least 2007. Numbers retired prior to then will continue to be in a retired state. Current and future student-athletes can wear numbers that were affiliated with jersey retirements after 2007.
For the latest on men’s soccer, visit GamecocksOnline.com or follow the team’s social media accounts on Twitter @GamecockMSoccer, Facebook /GamecockMSoccer, and Instagram @GamecockMSoccer.
A ride at a historic Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, amusement park turned into a nightmare that left a man paralyzed, a North Carolina couple alleges in a lawsuit.
The couple, identified as Gangia Adhikari and husband Kul Sannyashi, said they visited the Family Kingdom Amusement Park July 23, 2021, and rode the wooden Swamp Fox Roller Coaster.
“While riding the roller coaster as a result of the negligence, carelessness, recklessness, willfulness and wantonness of the Defendants, Plaintiff’s husband suffered an acute injury to his spinal cord which caused quadriplegia,” the lawsuit, filed June 20, alleges.
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Family Kingdom, a seaside amusement park in Myrtle Beach, S.C. (Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
The couple alleged the coaster was “extremely dangerous, more so than a typical roller coaster.”
The lawsuit said Family Kingdom Amusement Park “failed to adequately warn customers” of the dangers the roller coaster could present to riders.
The lawsuit also alleged the amusement park failed to take precautions to ensure the ride would not cause serious injuries to its users.
Attorney Morgan Martin told The Sun News Sannyashi is in “horrible condition.”
“The allegation is that he gets on [the roller coaster] fine and then gets off as a quadriplegic,” Martin told the outlet. “It’s such a sad, sad day for that young man, who is just in horrible condition.”
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Sannyashi claimed he had to undergo operations that required expensive medical treatment, hospitalization and intensive care.
A North Carolina man is reportedly paralyzed after riding the popular Swamp Fox roller coaster at Myrtle Beach’s Family Kingdom Amusement Park. (Family Kingdom)
The lawsuit claims he requires 24-hour nursing assistance and suffers from extreme pain, mental anguish and depression due to his permanent injuries.
According to the lawsuit, Adhikari is suing for loss of companionship, fellowship, aid, assistance, company and more.
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Mary Elle Marchant, River Bluff native, crowned as Miss South Carolina Teen 2024 – ABC Columbia
Photo Courtesy: Amanda Upton Photography
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) — The Miss South Carolina Scholarship Organization has crowned Miss River Bluff’s Teen, Mary Elle Marchant, as Miss South Carolina’s Teen 2024.
According to Gavin Smith with the organization, Marchant hails from Lexington, SC, and is an 18-year-old who recently graduated from River Bluff High School.
Performing a musical theatre dance to “I Hope I Get It” from “A Chorus Line to Life,” Marchant was a preliminary winner in the teen evening gown and teen talent award categories.
She received a $12,500 savings bond and will compete for the title of Miss America’s Outstanding Teen.
The Miss South Carolina Scholarship Organization also named four additional delegates as runners up in the 2024 Miss South Carolina’s Teen Competition:
First runner up: Miss Daniel Island’s Teen, Tess Ferm
Second runner up: Miss Columbia’s Teen, Le’Daviah Terry
Third runner up: Miss Greer High School’s Teen, Madison Harbin
Fourth runner up: Miss Greater Greer’s Teen, Lilykate Barbare
The Miss South Carolina 2024 competition will continue Saturday evening, beginning at 8 p.m.
Miss South Carolina 2024 will receive a $60,000 scholarship and will compete for the title of Miss America.
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Editorial: Long-awaited reform on how SC picks judges will help, but it doesn’t go far enough
The reform measure the Legislature sent to Gov. Henry McMaster on Wednesday won’t solve the multitudinous problems with the way South Carolina picks judges.
The governor still won’t have anywhere near as much say as the Legislature in selecting the members of the third branch of government.
And lawyer-legislators still will retain inordinate sway over the careers of judges they practice before — creating the appearance if not the reality of preferential treatment.
But the bill — more than a year in the making and far longer than that in the needing — provides a good first step to addressing real and perceived flaws that threaten public confidence in our judicial system. We urge Mr. McMaster to sign it.
For the first time, it allows the governor to appoint some members to the Judicial Merit Selection Commission, which decides who legislators can elect or reelect to the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals and the Circuit and Family courts. Governors have never had any say in those elections, and they still won’t participate in the vote, but S.1046 lets the governor appoint four of the 12 commissioners.
House and Senate leaders will still pick the eight other members, and six of them have to be legislators; technically, the bill allows all eight to be legislators, which would ensure legislators’ continued majority on the panel, but if House or Senate leaders choose to interpret it that way, it will be a massive betrayal of the public trust.
Perhaps equally important, legislators will be limited to four consecutive years on the panel, and all but three current members will be expelled from the commission when the law takes effect in a year. Among those leaving will be House Democratic Leader Todd Rutherford, who has made himself the poster child for how lawyer-legislators can manipulate that position to their personal advantage. (Additionally, commissioners have to resign if a relative files to run for a judgeship.)
As long as the Legislature elects judges, the governor should appoint all the members of the screening panel; that’s the only way to create the balance of powers that is foundational to our nation’s system of governance. Barring that, lawyer-legislators should be prohibited from serving on the panel: One chance to influence who becomes a judge — when they vote in the election — is enough; that second opportunity is the root of most of the evil that South Carolina’s prosecutors have been complaining about for more than a year.
It’s worth noting that lawmakers agreed to give the governor some say on the commission at the very same moment they reduced the commission’s power: It still will be able to end the careers and the hopes of judges and would-be judges, but in most cases, it no longer will be able to nominate its favorites from among multiple qualified candidates. Now, instead of nominating a maximum of three candidates for each seat, the so-called cap will be six — which is more than the number of candidates in most contests — so if six candidates are found qualified, all six of them will stand for election.
The other smart reforms are a requirement that screening hearings be livestreamed and a related ban on candidates dropping out before the commission issues its report on their qualifications. Both are designed to stop the panel from pressuring candidates to drop out after screening by suggesting that the public will see unflattering material about them if they don’t.
As Upstate Solicitor Kevin Brackett tells us, “This is helpful, but some of the main structures that ensure legislative dominance are still in place and need to be addressed.” That means getting lawyer-legislators off the screening commission and, ideally, allowing the governor to appoint all 12 members. It’s not too soon to start working on that next round of reforms.
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