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OU Softball: Former Sooner Lands at South Carolina

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Former Oklahoma utility player Quincee Lilio has comitted to South Carolina, Lilio announced on her Instagram on Sunday.

Lilio entered the transfer portal on June 10 alongside Avery Hodge and SJ Guerin.

All three former Sooners are staying in the Southeastern Conference, as Hodge is headed to LSU and Guerin landed at Auburn.

Lilio only made 31 trips to the plate in 2024, where she hit .129 with five RBIs, 10 walks and six strikeouts.

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She played both at second base and in the outfield in 2023, starting 12 games and appearing in 47 total contests for the Sooners.

As a redshirt freshman, she hit .275 with one home run, two doubles and a triple, tallying nine RBIs.

The Sooners landed their first addition out of the transfer portal last week in former North Carolina catcher Isabela Emerling.



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Murder conviction of Alex Murdaugh overturned in South Carolina

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South Carolina’s highest court on Wednesday (May 13) overturned the murder conviction of former lawyer Richard “Alex” Murdaugh, who was serving two consecutive life sentences for allegedly shooting his wife and 22-year-old son dead in June 2021. Ryan Brooks reports.



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McKeesport receiver Javien Robinson commits to South Carolina

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SC GOP announces plans to file a federal lawsuit to close primaries

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  • The South Carolina Republican Party intends to file a federal lawsuit to close the state’s primary elections.
  • This legal action would require voters to register with a political party to participate in its primary.
  • Currently, South Carolina has open primaries, allowing any registered voter to choose which party’s primary to vote in.

The South Carolina Republican Party is planning to file a federal lawsuit to change the state’s primary voting process and require voters to register to a political party.

South Carolina voters do not have to register by political party, and are able to vote in either political party’s primary. State Republican lawmakers have pushed for legislation to close the state’s primary elections, but they have been unsuccessful in passing it.

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South Carolina Republican Party leadership held a press conference at the statehouse in Columbia on May 12 to announce the new lawsuit related to closed primaries and required partisan voter registration.

SCGOP Chair Drew McKissick said that South Carolina political parties have the right under state law to define the terms of party membership and dictate who votes in their primaries. He said the law doesn’t offer the tool to enforce that policy.

“Many people who are not Republicans choose Republican nominees,” McKissick said. “That’s like allowing Carolina or Clemson fans to choose which players the other team puts on the field.”

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U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman, R-District 5, is campaigning on closed primaries in his run for South Carolina governor. He said now is the time to institute closed primaries in South Carolina.

“I’m glad to see the party moving forward with it, and I look forward to having our day in court,” Norman said.

Last fall, the Republican Party of Texas filed a federal lawsuit against the state to close its primaries. The Texas Republican Party argued that the First Amendment gives political parties the right to determine who votes in their election.

Attorney General Alan Wilson offered his support to the South Carolina Republican Party as it takes up the lawsuit. The South Carolina Republican Party has not yet filed the suit, but McKissick said he expects the lawsuit to be filed shortly after the June 9 primary elections.

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Bella Carpentier covers the South Carolina legislature, state, and Greenville County politics. Contact her at bcarpentier@gannett.com



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