A teenager was killed in a shooting at a racetrack in South Carolina Saturday night, officials said.

At about 8:30 p.m., the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office said there was “a heavy law enforcement presence” at Ware Shoals Dragway following a shooting. That’s at 16924 U.S. 25 in Ware Shoals.

According to the Laurens County Coroner’s Office, 17-year-old Greenwood resident Calvin Lamont Parker Jr. died from the injuries he suffered “as a result of this incident,” the sheriff’s office said in a news release.

An autopsy has been scheduled for Monday, WSPA reported.

No other injuries were reported.

Although the sheriff’s office said it believed the shooting was an isolated incident, and there was not a threat to the community, it did ask people to avoid the area following Saturday night’s gunfire.

The Best of Both Worlds car & bike show was being held at Ware Shoals Dragway on Saturday, according to the venue’s Facebook page.

There was no word about a shooter or shooters, or anyone else involved in the gunfire. Information about a motive for the shooting was not available.

No arrests have been reported by the sheriff’s office, which is continuing to investigate the shooting.

Leaving the Yard with Jack Veltri: South Carolina swept by Georgia

Where do you go from here if you’re South Carolina?

Logically, the only way to go is up. But with how much of a disaster this weekend was, it’s hard to envision what’s next for this ball club.

With a chance to salvage the series, the Gamecocks had a 6-4 lead going into the eighth inning on Saturday. But just like it had all weekend, Georgia scored 10 runs over the final two innings to secure a series sweep and 14-6 victory.

Here are my takes from an avoidable loss.

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Complete meltdown

I’m going to try and keep things as realistic as I can. This series was a nightmare from start to finish for South Carolina. The first two games of the series were rough, but Saturday might’ve been the worst one. It’s hard to believe this team had a 4-1 lead at one point in this game.

After 5.1 solid innings from newfound starter Garrett Gainey, Mark Kingston turned to his bullpen. Only needing 11 more outs to secure victory, his plan was to use Chris Veach and Dylan Eskew the rest of the way. Spoiler alert: that plan didn’t work.

Veach came in and gave up the tying run, though he did pitch well otherwise. Eskew on the other hand struggled mightily. He didn’t have much command on the mound as he gave up three runs on two hits after South Carolina had retaken the lead.

That wouldn’t be all, though. Connor McCreery came in later with the bases loaded, still in the eighth, and served up a go-ahead grand slam that would give the Dawgs the lead the rest of the day.

In total, the Gamecocks had to use six relievers after Gainey to get 11 outs. Again, 11 outs. The bullpen gave up seven earned runs on seven hits and walked five. This was like a knockout punch in a fight. South Carolina could never recover after that.

Perspective on what’s next

From a big picture standpoint, I think you can forget about seeing postseason baseball at Founders Park this summer. Barring some miracle run the next two weeks, the Gamecocks had their chance to handle business and couldn’t do so.

So instead, I’d say get ready to watch this team from your couch as they’ll more likely than not travel on the road to whatever regional they make in the NCAA Tournament. And yes, I believe they are making the tournament, regardless of what happens the rest of the year. Their RPI saves them.

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South Carolina still has to play one more regular season series before heading to Hoover for the SEC Tournament. The Gamecocks will travel to Knoxville on Thursday to face No. 1 Tennessee. And if you thought this series was bad, things could get uglier from here. And that’s not to say they can’t go in and find a way to scratch off a win or two. But the Vols are a solid team, and we’ll get into them more as the series approaches.

As of right now, you can definitely feel an energy shift after this weekend, at least I can. It’s almost like everything that could’ve gone wrong did go wrong, and it’s hard to recover from that. You can sense that there is going to be some sort of change on the horizon. What that could look like is a topic for another day. But with at least three weekends to go, things have to turn around rather fast.

Garrett Gainey is now your game three starter

Well, at least South Carolina has one capable starting pitcher, right? After a few weekends now with, for the most part, some rough starting pitching, Kingston has one solidified arm moving forward, which is Gainey.

Like I said before, Gainey tossed 5.1 innings of two-run ball against this Georgia lineup. Kingston kept saying after the game Gainey proved that it’s possible to pitch well against the Dawgs. He was seemingly the only one to be able to do so, plus a select few relievers.

Moving forward, Gainey will be a part of this weekend rotation for the foreseeable future. He got up to 81 pitchers on Saturday and will continue to build up to 100 pitches. Expect him to be ready to hit that threshold by Hoover or the NCAA Tournament.

If I were to make an early guess, the weekend rotation for Knoxville needs to be Ty Good, Eli Jones and Gainey. I mean, what else could it really be? If you can manage to get five decent innings from the first two guys and another strong outing from Gainey, you have a chance in any series. It’s just you need Good and Jones to do well like Gainey has. But we’ll see.

The South Carolina Baseball team held Senior Day on Saturday prior to the final regular season home game.

Dylan Brewer, Austin Brinling, Gavin Casas, Garrett Gainey, Ty Good, Parker Noland and Dalton Reeves all received recognition along with their loved ones. The Seniors Mom’s also kicked things off with the shout of ‘Play Ball’ over the sound system, which has become a new tradition at Founders Park this season.

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