Sunday, March 15, 2026
Tim Medlin's wife succumbs after brief illness
Claudia Manuel Medlin, wife of longtime college coach Tim Medlin, has passed away after a brief illness.
A few months ago she began having health issues, and after tests she was diagnosed as having Creuzfeldt-Jacob Disease, a fatal neurodegenerative disease.
I became aware of her illness about a month ago, about the time a GoFundMe account was created to help the family deal with medical and other expenses associated with her care.
Tim texted me this Thursday that it appeared she only had days or hours remaining.
Tonight, I got a text from him that her memorial service is planned for Friday, March 20, at Fairfax First Baptist Church, 725 Seventh Street West, Fairfax (SC).
Visitation is planned for noon, with the service at 1 p.m. The family is looking into a charity for donations in lieu of flowers.
Medlin said the family is requesting attendees "wear bright colors to celebrate Claudia's life."
In addition to her husband, she is survived by daughters Collins Medlin and Ashton Kirkpatrick and a grandson.
As I've mentioned before, Tim has been a great supporter of PalmettoStateBaseball.com
As I've mentioned before, Tim has been a great supporter of PalmettoStateBaseball.com
and played a major role in getting information for the Region 10 Tournament each year.
He retired as USC Sumter's coach after last season. He also served for many years as head coach at Newberry.
State schedule, March 16-22
Monday, March 16
No games scheduled
Tuesday, March 17
Lackawanna at Denmark Tech, DH, noon
Voorhees at Paine, DH, noon
Claflin at Toccoa Falls, 1 p.m.
Morehouse at Morris, DH, 1 p.m.
USC Beaufort at Erskine, 2 p.m.
Spartanburg Methodist at Milligan, 3 p.m.
The Citadel at Georgia, 3 p.m.
North Greenville at Lander, 3:30 p.m.
Anderson at Southern Wesleyan, 4 p.m.
Charlotte at South Carolina, 4 p.m.
Truett McConnell at Bob Jones, 4 p.m.
Wofford at Presbyterian, 4 p.m.
Clemson at College of Charleston, 6 p.m.
Francis Marion at Wingate, 6 p.m.
North Florida at Charleston Southern, 6 p.m.
Winthrop at Pacific, 9 p.m.
Wednesday, March 18
Lackawanna at Denmark Tech, noon
Brunswick CC at USC Sumter, DH, 1 p.m.
USC Salkehatchie at South Georgia, 2 p.m.
Embry-Riddle at USC Beaufort, 3 p.m.
Robeson CC at Florence-Darlington Tech, 3 p.m.
Newberry at USC Aiken, 5 p.m.
North Greenville at North Georgia, 5 p.m.
Young Harris JV at Southern Wesleyan JV, DH, 5 p.m.
Coastal Carolina at Campbell, 6 p.m.
USC Upstate at Charlotte, 6 p.m.
Clemson at The Citadel, 7 p.m.
Thursday, March 19
Oakwood at Voorhees, DH, noon
Winthrop at Sacramento State, 9 p.m.
Friday, March 20
Oakwood at Voorhees, 1 p.m.
Mount Olive at Erskine, 2 p.m.
Spartanburg Methodist at Bluefield, 3 p.m.
Wofford at Xavier, 3 p.m.
North Greenville at Southern Wesleyan, 4 p.m.
Tennessee Wesleyan at Columbia International, 4 p.m.
Clemson at Notre Dame, 4:30 p.m.
Francis Marion at Emmanuel, 5 p.m.
Claflin at Georgia Southwestern, 6 p.m.
Coker at Lenoir-Rhyne, 6 p.m.
Emory & Henry at Anderson, 6 p.m.
Gardner-Webb at Charleston Southern, 6 p.m.
James Madison at Coastal Carolina, 6 p.m.
Lander at Columbus State, 6 p.m.
Lincoln Memorial at Newberry, 6 p.m.
Paine at Bob Jones, 6 p.m.
Presbyterian at High Point, 6 p.m.
The Citadel at Mercer, 6 p.m.
UNCW at College of Charleston, 6 p.m.
USC Aiken at USC Beaufort, 6 p.m.
USC Upstate at Longwood, 6 p.m.
Arkansas at South Carolina, 7 p.m.
Winthrop at Sacramento State, 9 p.m.
Saturday, March 21
Mount Olive at Erskine, DH, noon
Paine at Bob Jones, DH, noon
Spartanburg Methodist at Bluefield, DH, noon
Claflin at Georgia Southwestern, DH, 1 p.m.
Coker at Lenoir-Rhyne, DH, p.m.
Emory & Henry at Anderson, DH, 1 p.m.
Francis Marion at Emmanuel, DH, 1 p.m.
Lincoln Memorial at Newberry, DH, 1 p.m.
North Greenville at Southern Wesleyan, DH, 1 p.m.
Tennessee Wesleyan at Columbia International, DH, 1 p.m.
USC Lancaster at Gaston College, DH, 1 p.m.
USC Sumter at USC Salkehatchie, DH, 1 p.m.
USC Union at Florence-Darlington Tech, DH, 1 p.m.
Clemson at Notre Dame, 2 p.m.
Gardner-Webb at Charleston Southern, 2 p.m.
James Madison at Coastal Carolina, 2 p.m.
Johnson & Wales at Morris, DH, 2 p.m.
Lander at Columbus State, 2 p.m.
LeMoyne-Owen at Benedict, DH, 2 p.m.
The Citadel at Mercer, 2 p.m.
UNCW at College of Charleston, 2 p.m.
USC Aiken at USC Beaufort, 2 p.m.
Wofford at Xavier, 2 p.m.
USC Upstate at Longwood, 3 p.m.
Arkansas at South Carolina, 4 p.m.
Presbyterian at High Point, 4 p.m.
Winthrop at Sacramento State, 5 p.m.
Sunday, March 22
Clemson at Notre Dame, 1 p.m.
Gardner-Webb at Charleston Southern, 1 p.m.
James Madison at Coastal Carolina, 1 p.m.
Lander at Columbus State, 1 p.m.
Presbyterian at High Point, 1 p.m.
The Citadel at Mercer, 1 p.m.
UNCW at College of Charleston, 1 p.m.
USC Aiken at USC Beaufort, 1 p.m.
USC Lancaster at Gaston College, 1 p.m.
USC Sumter at USC Salkehatchie, 1 p.m.
USC Union at Florence-Darlington Tech, 1 p.m.
USC Upstate at Longwood, 1 p.m.
Wofford at Xavier, 1 p.m.
Arkansas at South Carolina, 1:30 p.m.
LeMoyne-Owen at Benedict, 2 p.m.
Palmetto State Baseball team rankings, March 15
Disagree? Tell me where I'm wrong in the comments section
NCAA Division II
| Rank | School | Week W-L | Season W-L | Last Week | Streak |
| 1. | North Greenville | 1-4 | 20-6 | 1 | W1 |
| 2. | Francis Marion | 2-2 | 21-5 | 2 | W1 |
| 3. | USC Aiken | 2-2 | 18-8 | 3 | W1 |
| 4. | Lander | 2-2 | 16-10 | 4 | W1 |
| 5. | Newberry | 4-1 | 17-9 | 5 | W1 |
| 6. | Anderson | 1-3 | 15-11 | 6 | L3 |
| 7. | Erskine | 2-2 | 11-17 | 7 | W1 |
| 8. | Benedict | 1-2 | 10-7 | 8 | L1 |
| 9. | Coker | 2-2 | 7-18 | 9 | L1 |
| 10. | Southern Wesleyan | 2-3 | 9-18 | 10 | L2 |
| 11. | USC Beaufort | 0-4 | 4-20 | 11 | L11 |
| 12. | Claflin | 0-1 | 3-17 | 12 | L15 |
Team of the week, March 9-15: Coastal Carolina
Coastal Carolina (went 4-0)
(beat Wake Forest, went 3-0 at Appalachian State)
(beat Wake Forest, went 3-0 at Appalachian State)
If Coastal Carolina was supposed to struggle while playing without several of its top pitchers, someone forgot the tell the Chanticleers.
Coastal staged late-inning rallies in all four games this week to go 4-0 and improve to 13-6. A seven-run sixth inning on Tuesday allowed the Chanticleers to snap Wake Forest's 15-game winning streak.
Over the weekend, Coastal went up in the eighth or ninth inning in all three games to sweep its opening Sun Belt Conference series at Appalachian State.
With Cameron Flukey and Hayden Johnson out for extended periods as they recover from injuries and Dominic Carbone out for the season after surgery, pitching coach Matt Williams has had to make some adjustments to compensate. There was some good news on Saturday, however, when Ryan Lynch was able to make his first appearance of season, allowing a hit in a shutout inning.
Up next: at Campbell, 6 p.m. Wednesday
Also considered
Columbia International (2-0) - seven-game winning streak
Florence-Darlington Tech (3-1)
Newberry (4-1)
Spartanburg Methodist (4-1)
The Citadel (3-1)
USC Lancaster (5-1)
USC Upstate (3-1)
Winthrop (4-1)
Previous winners
Jan. 23-Feb. 1: North Greenville
Feb. 2-8: Anderson
Feb. 9-15: Francis Marion
Jan. 23-Feb. 1: North Greenville
Feb. 2-8: Anderson
Feb. 9-15: Francis Marion
Feb. 16-22: Charleston Southern
Feb. 23-March 1: Benedict
March 2-8: Clemson
Feb. 23-March 1: Benedict
March 2-8: Clemson
State scoreboard, Sunday, March 15
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| Evan Harding transferred to USC Aiken to join former coach Keith Gorman. (USC Aiken photo) |
* Briefly: Walker Mitchell's RBI single in the eighth inning - his fourth hit of the game - gave No. 16 Coastal Carolina (13-6, 3-0 Sun Belt) the lead and the Chanticleers completed a sweep of Appalachian (10-9, 0-2) ... Reece Holbrook and Landon Penfield drove in two runs apiece as College of Charleston (9-10, 4-2 CAA) took the rubber game of a series with Stony Brook (3-14, 1-2) ... The Citadel (8-9) scored the go-ahead run on an eighth-inning wild pitch and pulled away to beat UT Martin (9-10) ... Harrison Wilson struck out three batters in three innings of shutout relief and Winthrop (14-6, 3-0 Big South) rallied for the third straight day in a sweep of Radford (8-9, 0-3) ... After winning a pair of pitchers' duels, No. 23 Florida (18-3, 3-0 SEC) cranked out 11 hits in a run-rule decision over South Carolina (12-9, 0-3), which has lost four straight. Luke Yuhasz's second-inning homer accounted for USC's scoring ... Tristan McGregor struck out 11 in seven innings as Presbyterian (4-17, 2-1 Big South) took the rubber game of a series with UNC Asheville (11-10, 1-2) ... Evan Harding's three-run homer in the second inning gave USC Aiken (18-8, 8-4 Peach Belt) a lead it never relinquished in claiming the series finale against Georgia Southwestern (15-11, 8-4) ... Cade Collins and Ben Timblin drove in two runs apiece in the decisive seventh-inning rally as Wofford (13-8) secured a series split with Princeton (5-11) despite being outhit 10-6 ... Willie Ponce's two-run triple in the eighth inning gave High Point (11-9, 1-2) Big South) the margin of victory as it avoided being swept by USC Upstate (10-11, 2-1) ... Caden Crews' bases-loaded walk in the eighth inning gave Lander (16-10, 10-5 Peach Belt) the lead as the Bearcats clinched the deciding game of a series with Flagler (16-9, 6-6) ... Ayden Ray and Nolan Walsh drove in three runs apiece for USC Lancaster (16-12, 4-7 NJCAA Region 10) as it took the rubber game of a series at USC Union (15-11, 4-7) to draw even with the Bantams in the standings ... Brody Yeomans doubled twice, tripled and homered to drive in five runs and North Georgia (23-5, 14-1 Peach Belt) finished a sweep at USC Beaufort (4-20, 0-15) ... A five-run sixth inning powered Savannah State (13-11, 10-5 SIAC) to victory over Benedict (10-7, 8-7) ... Gaston College (28-2, 10-2 Region 10) wrapped up a sweep of USC Salkehatchie (3-25, 1-10) with its third run-rule win in the series.
Beyond the border
* ACC: No. 10 N.C. State beat Boston College, 5-1 ... Virginia Tech salvaged its series finale with No. 14 Virginia, 6-3 ... No. 15 North Carolina finished a sweep of California, 10-2 ... No. 20 Florida State 12-6 win over No. 12 Wake Forest completed a series sweep ... Duke doubled up Miami, 20-10, to claim the series ... Louisville popped Notre Dame, 21-12, to win the series ... Pitt downed Stanford, 10-5, to win that series.
* ACC: No. 10 N.C. State beat Boston College, 5-1 ... Virginia Tech salvaged its series finale with No. 14 Virginia, 6-3 ... No. 15 North Carolina finished a sweep of California, 10-2 ... No. 20 Florida State 12-6 win over No. 12 Wake Forest completed a series sweep ... Duke doubled up Miami, 20-10, to claim the series ... Louisville popped Notre Dame, 21-12, to win the series ... Pitt downed Stanford, 10-5, to win that series.
* SEC: No. 2 Texas took the series-deciding game over Ole Miss, 8-2 ... No. 8 Georgia edged No. 19 Tennessee, 8-7 ... No. 9 Oklahoma edged No. 22 Texas A&M, 12-11, in the series rubber game ... No. 21 Kentucky completed a series sweep of Alabama, 6-4 ... No. 13 LSU salvaged the series finale at Vanderbilt, 16-9 ...
* Elsewhere: Arkansas State got a series win over No. 7 Southern Mississippi with a 5-2 victory ... Arizona State beat No. 17 TCU, 4-0, to win that series.
Coastal Carolina 8, Appalachian State 7 - Coa: Ty Barrango 3-5, R, 2 RBI
College of Charleston 6, Stony Brook 2 - Cha: Dylan Johnson 1B, 2B, 2 BB, R, RBI
Florida 13, South Carolina 3, 7 innings - USC: Will Craddock 1B, 2B
Gaston College 11, USC Salkehatchie 0, 5 innings - Sal: Hunter Hunt 2B
High Point 7, USC Upstate 5 - Up: Kenan Bowman 3-run HR
Lander 4, Flagler 2 - Lan: Oliver Zohn 2-4, BB, R, RBI
North Georgia 15, USC Beaufort 5, 8 innings - Bea: Maddox Robinson 2-3, 3B, BB, R
Presbyterian 11, UNC Asheville 1, 7 innings - PC: Bo Moody 1B, 2B, BB, SB, R, RBI
Savannah State 9, Benedict 5 - Ben: Joshua Medina 2-4, 2B, BB, SB, 3 RBI
The Citadel 8, UT-Martin 4 - Cit: Miles Barbrey 2-5, 2B, 2 SB, 2 R, 2 RBI
USC Aiken 9, Georgia Southwestern 5 - Aik: Yariel Diaz 1B HR, BB, 3 RBI
USC Lancaster 8, USC Union 7 - Lan: Braden Mauro 2-5, 2 R, RBI
USC Lancaster 8, USC Union 7 - Lan: Braden Mauro 2-5, 2 R, RBI
Winthrop 9, Radford 7 - Win: Grant McGuire 3-4, 2 2B, R, 3 RBI
Wofford 5, Princeton 2 - Wof: Cade Collins 2B, 2 BB, 2 R, 2 RBI
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