Limestone University in Gaffney held its final graduation Saturday Limestone graduating students lined up before the start of the graduation Limestone University in Gaffney has been around since 1845 Limestone University professors Lisa Samagaio and Michelle Phillips-Meek posed for a selfie after graduation Saturday Some graduating students decorated their mortarboards at Limestone University's last graduation Limestone University graduate Yagym Lowery posed for a selfie with his mother Nicola Young-Lowery Saturday Nearly two centuries of history ended at Limestone University's final graduation staff and students shared their disappointment and anger as the school's last graduates prepared to cross the stage in Gaffney GAFFNEY — On the morning of Limestone University’s last-ever graduation Hollie Wilson and Pam Parker walked through the campus they spent years of their lives caring for The sun was just breaking through the clouds in this quiet corner of the Upstate It lit the blooming pansies and sweet peas and the old white brick building where Limestone began 180 years ago It lit the professors parking their cars and trudging to offices soon to be filled with cardboard boxes shoving the last of their belongings into overstuffed cars they had no idea the school was $30 million in debt and on the verge of collapse They didn’t know until four days ago this would be Limestone’s last graduation "Brokenhearted," is all Parker could say before she began to cry “I’ve watched this campus grow,” Wilson said “And to watch it taken away just like that” — she snapped her fingers — “it’s hard to swallow.” This is how it ends for Limestone University’s roughly 1,750 students and 300 employees The school says long-standing financial pressures declining enrollment and rising costs make it impossible to continue Another contributor is a series of federal lawsuits accusing a former employee of secretly filming female student-athletes in the locker room and posting the videos online Clark said faculty and students did what they could to support each other and save the school in its last days For Gaffney and its 12,000 residents, it’s a crushing blow. Limestone, just a few minutes from downtown, contributes an estimated $150 million to the local economy Students rent out houses and apartments in the city’s tree-lined neighborhoods They buy school supplies from local stores a popular sandwich shop where students' photos cover the wall Clark said the small community revolves around Limestone She doesn't know what will happen without it That’s the word students used over and over again to describe this moment normally reserved for the celebration of their achievements stood in the quad with her friends and soccer teammates Her years at Limestone were some of the best “It's bittersweet knowing that we're the last class to be graduating one last moment together as a whole,” Carrier said Carrier's professors made sure students were the priority trying to find a place for them to transfer But Carrier is worried about her professors The faculty have blasted the school’s leadership, according to media reports They met before the graduation and voted to disinvite the school’s president and board of trustees “There’s no shortage of anger,” said Bob Boyle physics and computer science at the school Boyle stood and watched graduates walk through the campus they called home He’s glad they don’t have to scramble to find somewhere to complete their degrees like the underclassmen do The students will be OK, he said. They’re resilient, and colleges across South Carolina have stepped up to offer assistance The faculty are whom Boyle is worried about Boyle already lined up a job at Spartanburg Day School and his wife is the real breadwinner anyway But he doesn’t know what will happen to his colleagues walked in a thin line across the quad toward the auditorium “I can’t believe this is happening,” one said to another Then came the graduates in brilliant blue robes Audience members in the auditorium hooted and hollered shook cowbells in the air and raised signs that said Wilson and Parker watched from the overflow room across campus wearing matching Limestone shirts and clutching university umbrellas When a student they recognized walked across the stage “There are so many godly people on this campus,” Wilson said and that of fair Limestone must be with me forever News tips/online questions: greenville@postandcourier.com Subscription questions: subserve@postandcourier.com Your browser is out of date and potentially vulnerable to security risks.We recommend switching to one of the following browsers: Limestone University will hold its final graduation ceremony Saturday closing the doors to the 180-year-old college in Gaffney the university’s Board of Trustees voted to close Limestone amid insurmountable financial pressures “Despite exhaustive efforts to secure the funding necessary to continue our operations we have come to the difficult conclusion that Limestone University has not been able to secure the necessary funding to sustain its operations,” said Randall Richardson the board announced that the university was in a $30 million budget shortfall and needed to raise at least $6 million to keep the doors open Grassroots efforts to save the school began almost immediately On April 22 the board announced that it might have found the resources to stay open But despite raising $2.143 million from almost 200 donors and supporters the financial weight of increasing costs and declining enrollment at Limestone proved too much “Words cannot fully express the sorrow we feel in having to share this news,” said Dr and supporters fought tirelessly to save this historic institution While the outcome is not what we hoped for Limestone College was South Carolina’s first all-female college founded in 1845 as a non-denominational Christian college The school opened to men by the early 1900s and prided itself on being an institution for nontraditional students Limestone College became Limestone University in 2020 It is the only four-year college in Cherokee County Limestone also became a destination for student athletes About 700 of the university’s approximately 1,700 students played a sport Many received full or partial scholarships News that the university was considering transitioning to all-online classes or closing entirely hit many athletes hard sending them scrambling for other schools that would take athletic scholarship transfers next year – when scholarship moneys had largely already been awarded “All of us are very scared,” said Emma Greenier a volleyball player and scholarship recipient at Limestone having to leave Limestone before she could graduate – and having to say goodbye to friends from around the world – is You just don’t know how you’re going to say goodbye Limestone will hold its final commencement ceremonies at Fullerton Auditorium on Saturday Limestone University in Gaffney will close after 179 years in operation The university announced April 29 the institution will close at the end of the semester Limestone University Board of Trustees voted to stop all in-person and online programs immediately due to the college’s financial challenges Limestone University needed to obtain $6 million to stay fully operational Board Chair Randall Richardson said the university could not secure the necessary funding despite “exhaustive efforts.” “We want to thank the almost 200 recent supporters in the last two weeks who committed a collective $2.143 million,” Richardson said “We had hoped that would be enough to sustain our institution we could not continue operations on campus or online without a greater amount of funding.” Financial pressures, declining enrollment rates and rising operational costs were listed as causes for Limestone University’s financial troubles. The university first announced its financial struggles on April 16 Read more about Limestone University Limestone University will assist students with transferring to other institutions and offer support to faculty and staff throughout the transition The university will provide more information about the closure timeline and support services in the upcoming days “Words cannot fully express the sorrow we feel in having to share this news,” said Nathan Copeland Limestone University will hold its final commencement ceremonies May 3 at 10 a.m To read Limestone University’s full statement, visit limestone.edu/news/limestone-university-board-votes-close-school-discontinuing-both-campus-online-degree-programs  Input your search keywords and press Enter the redevelopment of County Square is one of the biggest — and the most important — developments in Greenville’s recent history when you have a small piece of land and it doesn’t work out as intended there’s a lot more at stake,” said Nancy 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“The Garden Party,” will be held from 6 p.m The fundraising soiree will feature music by Trey Francis Guests at the party will be able to walk through the park and hear stories about the design and meaning Tickets are $125 and are available at cancersurvivorspark.org/the-garden-party.php Proceeds will benefit the Cancer Survivors Park Alliance’s education programs A free Cancer Survivors Day Celebration will be held at the park from 1 p.m Activities include walking tours of the park A survivors recognition ceremony and photo are set for 2:32 p.m Registration is requested but not required “We are excited to be celebrating a significant milestone — the transformation of a challenged piece of property into a beautiful park We still have much to do as we transition from bricks and mortar to a focus on incorporating the creative features and resources that are the essence of our vision — creating a space for hope and healing,” said Kay Roper executive director of the Cancer Survivors Park Alliance As the functions of parks grow more complex public-private partnerships have increased as a funding source Greenville’s Unity Park is an example of many of the current trends in building urban parks — a greater reliance on public-private partnerships the conversion of postindustrial sites into green space and construction of facilities that accommodate fluctuation in water levels to help water quality and flooding issues “Parks are no longer simply places for recreation That’s why public-private partnerships are so important,” said Catherine Nagel “Really where public-private partnerships shine is that they bring in more resources and skills.” While Greenville has been known for public-private partnerships for downtown development projects such as the Hyatt Mayor Knox White said Unity Park is the city’s first example of a true public-private partnership on a park The city has earmarked $20 million in hospitality tax revenue for the new park over 10 years and wants private partners to contribute another $20 million Separate from the city’s fundraising efforts is one led by Community Journals’ chairman and co-founder Doug Greenlaw to raise money for a veterans memorial in the park Greenlaw is a founder of the Upstate charter of the Military Order of the Purple Heart “Public-private partnerships have become a critical funding tool in the toolbox,” said Kevin O’Hara vice president of urban and government affairs for the National Recreation and Parks Association public-private partnerships are good for parks.” Chicago’s Millennium Park was a result of a public-private partnership Mayor Richard Daley originally proposed construction of a parking garage with a landscaped greenroof on land that had been parkland The original plan financing called for $120 million from parking revenue bonds and $30 million from private resources plans for the park had changed drastically A cycle center provides heated bicycle parking There are outdoor art galleries and a promenade and the Pritzker Pavilion that hosts the Grant Park Musical Festival Underneath the park is a 4,000 space parking garage the park was the Midwest’s most popular tourist attraction There’s a wide range of how park public-private partnerships are structured “There’s a real range of public-private partnership models to consider,” she said “The key is to fit the model to your community Some cities have a strong base of philanthropic organizations City Park would also mirror the trend in other cities where postindustrial sites are turned into parks and green space those sites are on waterfronts and riverfronts areas that some cities turned their backs on and became nasty places to which people didn’t want to go a waterfront cargo yard was turned into one of New York’s signature parks The city redirects real estate taxes from residential and commercial developments in the project zone creating a self-sustaining revenue stream that is far less dependent on concessions and permits for special events than signature parks in other major cities “Parks are helping to revitalize cities and put them on the map,” Nagel said “It’s exciting that those projects are not just happening in the largest cities but in medium and small cities as well.” Limestone University in Gaffney, South Carolina, is discontinuing both its on-campus and online programs at the end of the current academic semester The university posted a message on its website announcing that its Board of Trustees had voted to close the institution.  “Despite exhaustive efforts to secure the funding necessary to continue our operations we have come to the difficult conclusion that Limestone University has not been able to secure the necessary funding to sustain its operations,” said Randall Richardson Richardson said that almost 200 supporters had stepped forward in the last two weeks and committed a collective $2.143 million to help keep the school open.  "We had hoped that would be enough to sustain our institution," Richardson said we could not continue operations on-campus or online without a greater amount of funding.” The university disclosed in April that it was facing a budget shortfall of $6 million and might have to shut down. Limestone has served students both on its Gaffney campus and through its online degree programs and rising operational costs made it impossible for the institution to remain sustainable without the immediate influx of substantial funding and supporters fought tirelessly to save this historic institution," said Limestone President Nathan Copeland The university says it will continue to assist students with transferring to other institutions and to support faculty and staff during the transition.  Mike Kennedy has been writing about education for American School & University since 1999 He also has reported on schools and other topics for The Chicago Tribune The Kansas City Times and City News Bureau of Chicago He is a graduate of Michigan State University Faculty Director of the Oral Communication Center Amy Gaffney and peer consultants Del Gonzales ’25 and Lauren Prins ’27 represented Hamilton at the 2025 National Association of Communication Centers (NACC) conference hosted by the University of Southern Mississippi Gaffney presented a workshop titled “Elevating Communication Across the Curriculum.” The students presented with Gaffney in a panel discussion,“Building an Intens(iv)e Speaking Immersion Opportunity: Workshops and Competitions.” More than 120 attendees took part in Common Ground’s first-ever student-run debate a milestone event that was months in the making “Resolved: Environmental Protections Are More Important Than Economic Growth.” the Edward North Chair of Greek and Greek Literature and Professor of Literature and Creative Writing recently presented in a panel discussion on prison writing hosted by the University at Buffalo (UB) Prison Studies Certificate program SPLC and Florida Decides Healthcare File Lawsuit Challenging DeSantis’ Attack on Direct Democracy — Read More Gripped by paranoid fantasies about Muslims destroying the West from within, Gaffney claims that “creeping Sharia,” or Islamic religious law, is a dire threat to American democracy. In 1988, he founded the neoconservative turned anti-Muslim think tank Center for Security Policy He favors congressional hearings to unmask subversive Muslim conspiracies and was even once banned from the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) after accusing two of its organizers of being agents of the Muslim Brotherhood which we have not been paying much attention to of late as we should and as we have in the past is that emanating from what I think of as Sharia supremacists That’s to say people who embrace a foundational doctrine of Islam and abide by its injunction that to be faithful Muslims they must engage in jihad.” – “Securing America TV” segment “Islam’s totalitarian Sharia code is wholly incompatible with the U.S which elected officials swear an oath to uphold and defend Voters are entitled to know how candidates will fulfill that duty when it conflicts with their own attachment to Sharia.” – “Secure Freedom Minute” radio feature That’s finding ways to use our institutions – to use our government as well – to destroy us from within.” – Interview on Rick Joyner’s “Prophetic Perspective on Current Events,” June 2012 “We’re witnessing not just the violent kind of jihad that these Islamists believe God compels them to engage in or civilizational jihad as the Muslim Brotherhood calls it not only in places in the Middle East but also in Europe in Canada and here in the United States as well.” – Newsmax interview “We know for a fact that the Muslim Brotherhood has as its mission the worldwide imposition of Islam’s toxic brutally repressive and anti-constitutional supremacist doctrine known as Shariah too.” – Column at FamilySecurityMatters.org “So pervasive now is the MB’s [Muslim Brotherhood’s] ‘civilization jihad’ within the U.S government and civil institutions that a serious sustained and rigorous investigation of the phenomenon by the legislative branch is in order we need to establish a new and improved counterpart to the Cold War-era’s HUAC [House Un-American Activities Committee] and charge it with examining and rooting out anti-American – and anti-constitutional – activities that constitute an even more insidious peril than those pursued by communist Fifth Columnists fifty years ago.” – Column at Center for Security Policy website Obama’s unbelievably ballyhooed address in Cairo Thursday to what he calls ‘the Muslim world’ (hereafter known as ‘the Speech’) there is mounting evidence that the president not only identifies with Muslims but actually may still be one himself.” – Column in The Washington Times average hard-working Americans of the Muslim faith would be dragged before Congress to face such questions as a member of the Muslim Brotherhood?” In Gaffney’s mind and bringing back the notorious Cold War-era House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) would expose the subversives he imagines are working to implement Sharia religious law throughout the land Gaffney’s wild-eyed accusations would certainly fit right into the red-baiting HUAC tradition judging from his long history of smears and innuendo aimed at Muslims There was his groundless 2011 claim that Huma Abedin – aide to then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton – was part of a “Muslim Brotherhood conspiracy.” That charge was subsequently trumpeted by then-Rep prompting even conservative stalwarts such as the late Sen In a 2017 feature, The New York Times wrote that by Gaffney’s account “Potential enemies are hidden in plain sight – praying in mosques recruiting at Muslim student associations and organizing through mainstream Muslim rights groups – and are engaged in ‘this stealthy hollow out the structure of the civil society and other institutions,” Gaffney told the Times “for the purpose of creating conditions under which the jihad will succeed.” This even appears to extend to factions of the conservative movement Gaffney claimed two board members of the Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC) were secretly aiding the Muslim Brotherhood proving that even potential right-wing allies are not safe from his vitriol Gaffney’s evidence was predictably flimsy – board member and anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist’s wife is Palestinian-American while board member Suhail Khan is a Muslim Both were political appointees in the George W Bush administration with long experience in conservative Republican Party affairs CPAC organizers banned Gaffney from the event In 2013, the inflammatory right-wing site Breitbart News – led by Stephen Bannon – hosted the “Uninvited,” a series of panels in the same hotel as CPAC 2013 Those panels featured several anti-Muslim talking heads including Pamela Geller a noted friend of the anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim movements Breitbart organized a full-blown conference “The Uninvited II: National Security Action Summit,” where Gaffney served as a moderator The Summit took place at a hotel down the street from the 2014 CPAC conference in Washington and featured anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant speakers as well as politicians speaking on panels with such titles as “Amnesty and Open Borders: The End of America – and the GOP,” and “Benghazigate: The Ugly Truth and the Cover-up.” CPAC’s organizers later reneged and allowed Gaffney back in 2016. That year, Gaffney moderated a panel at CPAC titled “The Global Jihad Movement in America and the Counterjihad Campaign” featuring European anti-Islam commentators Paul Weston and Lars Hedegaard Among the “enablers” of civilization jihad in America former President Obama was near the top of Gaffney’s list But Gaffney tried –— and failed – to gather support for baseless suggestions that Obama is a practicing Muslim or for the accusations he leveled in a series of Washington Times articles in 2009 that the Obama administration was adopting the Muslim Brotherhood’s Middle East plan “What if it turns out that some of the people the Obama administration has been embracing are actually promoting the same totalitarian ideology and seditious agenda as al Qaeda only they’re doing it from White House Iftar dinners?” he asked in The Washington Times referring to the meal served after Ramadan fasts During an appearance on MSNBC’s “Hardball with Chris Matthews” in 2009 Gaffney made a statement that boggled even veteran Gaffney-watchers: “There is also circumstantial evidence but nonetheless some pretty compelling circumstantial evidence of Saddam Hussein’s Iraq being involved with the people who perpetrated both the 1993 attack on the World Trade Center and even the Oklahoma City bombing.” But Gaffney wasn’t always such a fringe character a prominent British newspaper listed him with Iraq invasion cheerleaders Paul Wolfowitz Douglas Feith and Richard Perle as one of the men “directing” then-President George W Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in 1975 and subsequently received a graduate degree from Johns Hopkins University’s Paul H Nitze School of Advanced International Studies in 1983 Gaffney was appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Forces and Arms Control Policy he was nominated for an Assistant Secretary of Defense post a hawkish but initially respectable think tank becoming increasingly taken with a conspiracy theory about the infiltration of the United States by nefarious Muslim Brotherhood operatives burrowed deep within the infrastructure This line – amplified via Gaffney’s radio show his contributions to numerous far-right periodicals and the Center for Security Policy website – quickly elevated his stature in hard-line anti-Muslim circles some politicians bought into his beliefs – notably former Rep R-N.Y.) who appeared on Gaffney’s radio program and publicly repeated his baseless statistics and “facts,” and who held his own HUAC-style hearings on the “radicalization” of American Muslims Another congressional acolyte of Gaffney’s theories was former Rep Gaffney’s supporters conveniently overlook the fact that many of his theories are based on a single discredited source – a 1991 fantasy written by a lone Muslim Brotherhood member that was introduced into evidence during the 2008 Holy Land Foundation trial in Dallas federal court a mission statement pointing to a massive Islamist conspiracy under our noses “When it is impracticable to engage in violence Shariah-adherent Muslims are still obliged to engage in jihad through stealthy techniques or ‘civilization jihad,’” Gaffney said in 2011 “They are doing it through influence operations the target set of which is comprehensive –— government And they are very aggressively targeting non-Muslim religious communities in the name of ecumenicalism.” the Center for Security Policy issues alarming “investigative” reports One of the latest is a 10-part video course hosted by Gaffney titled “The Muslim Brotherhood in America,” which concludes: “America faces in addition to the threat of violent jihad another even more toxic danger –— a stealthy and pre-violent form of warfare aimed at destroying our constitutional form of democratic government and free society The Muslim Brotherhood is the prime-mover behind this seditious campaign The Center for Security Policy also distributes what it calls “Occasional Papers,” which offer a revealing window into the breadth of Gaffney’s obsessions Gaffney leveled his infamous charges against Huma Abedin titled “Shariah Law and American State Courts: An Assessment of State Appellate Court Cases,” purports to prove “that Shariah law has entered into state court decisions in conflict with the Constitution and state public policy,” using a small sample of published cases as evidence another dubious Center for Security Policy report alleged that an “Iran lobby” operating in Washington policy through a network of shady operatives and prominent politicos The report said that “in one way or another” U.N Council on Foreign Relations President Richard Haass and Dennis Ross then the special adviser for the Persian Gulf and Southwest Asia to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were among those associated with the Iran lobby That was Gaffney’s second attempt to create a Muslim lobbying scandal he claimed that the so-called “Wahhabi lobby” was contributing heavily to U.S political campaigns to gain influence over policy generated a lot of smoke (and a congressional hearing) but Gaffney’s scurrilous broad-brush tactics had a serious effect on the lives of all Muslims in America from students and housewives to corporate executives and budding politicians A shadow of unfounded suspicion followed even the most upright Muslim citizens growing cumulatively each time Gaffney fed “intelligence” to such congressional allies as former Reps Salon.com’s Alex Seitz-Wald interviewed one such victim of Gaffney’s Muslim-baiting A former member of the Navy’s Judge Advocate General’s Corps Gill was blindsided soon after he joined the newly formed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in 2004 The problems started when DHS officials questioned him regarding a former American Muslim Council member who was convicted of money laundering was not anti-terror officials but the vigilantes,” Seitz-Wald reported “Building on a report (from former Salon writer Mary Jacoby) that Gill had ‘failed to disclose’ his work for the American Muslim Council on security clearance forms Michele] Bachmann’s witch hunt got involved ‘Frank Gaffney took the ball and ran with it,’” Gill said and damaging letters were written by then-Sen R-Iowa,) demanding that Gill be investigated and the DHS completely cleared Gill of the failure-to-disclose flap But that didn’t stop Gaffney and his allies from continuing to beat the drum hounding Gill from his position despite support from the White House and then-Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge The false accusations still complicate Gill’s life as he told Wald: “Whenever I go try to do something else this is the first thing that is asked,” Gill said and this is what happens when you Google me.” The project was a “documentary” called “Islam vs Islamism” produced by ABG Films with Gaffney as co-executive producer A controversial examination of how radical Islamists are allegedly intimidating their fellow Muslims the film was funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for the PBS series “America at a Crossroads.” It was expected to air on 300-plus PBS stations nationwide – until PBS executives saw a screening They promptly rejected the film on the grounds that it did not meet editorial standards reportedly using such words as “alarmist” and “overreaching.” After an ugly feud between ABG Films and PBS eight House members demanded that CPB get the film aired or release it to another network The film finally aired after a deal was brokered with Oregon Public Broadcasting acting as distributor for other PBS stations packaged with an on-camera host introduction and an in-studio panel discussion Gaffney again teamed up with Cruz and Trump following the announcement of the Iran nuclear deal. Trump and Cruz held an anti-Iran rally in Washington, D.C., on September 9, 2015 which was co-sponsored by Center for Security Policy the largest grassroots anti-Muslim group in the country attempted to bury the evidence by scrubbing the Taylor interview from his site and claimed he was “unfamiliar” with Taylor’s views before inviting him on the Center for Security Policy issued a press release announcing Gaffney would be stepping down as the group’s president and moving into an executive chairman role He was replaced by former Center for Security Policy staffer turned National Security Council chief of staff Fred Fleitz (Fleitz later stepped down as the Center’s president in 2021) No longer running the day-to-day operations of the group Gaffney has turned most of his attention to hosting his “Secure Freedom Radio” and “Securing America TV,” both of which are still listed as products of Center for Security Policy Gaffney continues to host anti-Muslim figures like Robert Spencer On top of running the anti-Muslim hate group Jihad Watch Spencer is also a senior fellow at Center for Security Policy He is a frequent guest on Gaffney’s programs where they swap anti-Muslim conspiracy theories including paranoid ideas of the Muslim Brotherhood infiltrating the U.S Gaffney told Spencer how much he values his work at Jihad Watch for exposing stories of “the degree in which we have an organization known as the Muslim Brotherhood an international project for realizing the goal of Sharia the Islamic doctrine that is supposed to be followed by all faithful Muslims … of pursuing jihad.” Gaffney provides a platform to fellow travelers in the anti-Muslim movement such as David Yerushalmi a contributor to the Islamophobic publication FrontPage Magazine Gaffney said he and his guest would be discussing the “threat from Sharia supremacism,” adding “That’s to say people who embrace a foundational doctrine of Islam and abide by its injunction that to be faithful Muslims they must engage in jihad.” Gaffney said Ibrahim is versed in “Islam [and] the violence it has unleashed on the world for 14 centuries or so.” tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization (EIN: 63-0598743) The Southern Poverty Law Center400 Washington AvenueMontgomery – Tacoma Defiance today announced that it has signed midfielders Peter Kingston and Charlie Gaffney to MLS NEXT Pro contracts Financial terms of the deals were not disclosed Kingston joins Defiance after playing collegiately for Seattle University and the University of Washington while Gaffney signs with Sounders FC’s MLSNP side following four years at the University of Pennsylvania Kingston and Gaffney also played for local USL League Two club Ballard FC winning the national championship in 2023 and are both Sounders FC Academy products “We are excited to welcome Peter and Charlie to Tacoma Defiance,” said Sounders FC Director of Development Wade Webber “We are very familiar with both players from their time in our Academy and are excited to welcome them back to the club after successful careers both collegiately and with Ballard FC We are confident their unique skillset coupled with their high level of play will provide a boost to our already talented roster.” joins Tacoma after three years with Seattle University and two years with Washington he appeared in 21 matches (19 starts) for the Huskies Kingston recorded two goals and five assists while appearing in 18 matches (17 starts) for Washington Washington native appeared in 45 matches (38 starts) for Seattle U from 2020-2022 scoring two goals and adding five assists while helping the Redhawks win the 2021 Western Athletic Conference Tournament title with Kingston being named MVP of the match “I’m thrilled to have both Peter and Charlie signed to Tacoma Defiance,” said Tacoma Defiance Head Coach Hervé Diese “Both are highly accomplished players during their time in our academy and in college and I’m excited to see how we can use their skills to better our team.” signs with Tacoma after a four-year career at Penn appearing in 62 matches (33 starts) over his time with the Quakers The midfielder appeared in 15 matches (six starts) in 2024 scoring one goal while adding three assists tallying all his helpers in a match against Temple (September 6 Gaffney recorded three goals and 13 assists including seven assists during his 2022 sophomore season Both players also spent time with Seattle’s local USL League Two team scoring 10 goals and adding 22 assists while Gaffney made 42 appearances (31 starts) for Ballard Kingston and Gaffney were on the 2023 USL League Two championship team and won the Northwest Division in 2023 and 2024 The two players are also products of Sounders FC Academy with Kingston joining in 2014 and Gaffney joining in 2017 Kingston was on the U-17 side that won the 2018 Generation adidas Cup in the Premier Division the 2017-2018 USDDA Championship and 2016 Youdan Trophy Defiance opens its 2025 MLS NEXT Pro campaign on the road in a rematch of the 2024 Western Conference Quarterfinals against Ventura County FC on March 7 at California Lutheran Stadium (7:00 p.m Tacoma finished the 2024 regular season fourth in the Western Conference with 46 points (13-10-5) before falling to eventual MLSNP Cup Champion North Texas SC in the Western Conference Semifinals TRANSACTION: Tacoma Defiance signs midfielders Peter Kingston and Charlie Gaffney to MLS NEXT Pro contracts on March 3 Acquired: Signed to Tacoma Defiance on March 3 Please select what you would like included for printing: Copy the text below and then paste that into your favorite email application she spent most of her life raising a family in Charleston she went on to earn an Associate in Public Service Legal Assistant from Trident Technical College on August 8 she became the brilliant backbone of several distinguished law firms in Charleston for two decades Her career also included years of dedicated In between raising a family and her career she enjoyed culinary adventures at home and around the Lowcountry and spending time with dear friends.  She was a member of The Order of the Daughters of the King the Church of the Holy Cross on Sullivan’s Island a lauded Honors Scholar of Phi Theta Kappa a team captain for the United States Tennis Association a Flex League Coordinator for the Lowcountry Tennis Association and a volunteer for the National Brittany Rescue & Adoption Network She enjoyed spending the last year of her life with her adoring husband To say that she will be greatly missed by all who love her is an understatement She is an irreplaceable radiant light in our lives She is preceded in death by her grandparents William “Buddy” Altman of High Point In lieu of flowers, please consider donating towards a memorial bench in Caroline's honor at: https://gofund.me/ca10cb9b Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors © 2025 University of Alaska Fairbanks Athletics Thanks for visiting The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here (Gaffney) Morbidini created this Life Tributes page to make it easy to share your memories the wide receiver who teamed with Wesley Walker to help provide the Jets of the late 1970s and early-to-mid-1980s with one of the greatest downfield passing dimensions in franchise history While Gaffney never had a monster game or season he was a steady starter and midrange contributor to the Green & White offense for seven full seasons from 1978-84 plus two more games as a free agent during the 1987 players' strike His trademarks on the NFL stage were his smooth moves and his quick changes of direction He also had another quality that was helpful in forging his Jets and pro career "You put me out there and I'll give you everything I've got The Gaffney family tree produced two more pros down the road in Derrick's son Jabar was an 11-year NFL receiver with 447 catches for 5,690 yards and 24 TDs played his first seven seasons with Philadelphia before moving to the Jets playing in 11 games (9 starts) at RCB in 2009 and coming up with the 19th and last INT of his career in his first Jets game in the season opener at Houston The Gaffneys last year became the only father-son duo to be named to the Florida Times-Union's "100 Greatest Athletes" list "He deserves it," Derrick said of Jabar's ranking It wasn't easy but it was worth it once the light came on for him." Then he headed southwest to Gainesville and the University of Florida where in 1977 he was a part of the longest play of his college career that also tied for the longest possible play in SEC and college football history — a 99-yard catch-and-run from Cris Collinsworth 181) was selected by the Jets in the eighth round (197th overall) of the 1978 draft plus Johnny "Lam" Jones for the first five seasons in the 1980s catching passes primarily from Richard Todd and then from Ken O'Brien made the Jets a chore to cover on intermediate to deep routes Gaffney never had a pro reception longer than 50 yards and never had better numbers than his rookie season of '78 when he started all 16 games and posted what would be career highs of 38 catches (12 for 20-plus yards and 12 to convert third downs) for 691 yards and 3 touchdowns Yet he excelled when called on to produce a career average of 16.75 yards/catch the fifth-best average in franchise history for all receivers with 100-plus catches Gaffney played in 100 games (69 starts) and had 156 receptions for 2,613 yards and 7 touchdowns plus 9 more catches for 121 yards and a TD in 4 postseason games after the ''81 and '82 regular seasons The score came on a perfectly executed 14-yard option pass from Freeman McNeil in the first-round playoff game at Cincinnati in early 1983 The Jets released Gaffney early in 1985 training camp saying in 1987: "My favorite pastime has been watching the Jets on Sunday." He returned for those two games in '87 during the strike and contributed one final 10-yard reception at home against Dallas "There are other guys here who are younger than me the Jets' longtime public relations director remembered Gaffney as "a sure-handed possession receiver who was never afraid to go over the middle to get a needed first down He was a quiet guy who was raised in a football family and had a good career for the Florida Gators." Gaffney is survived by brothers Don, Warren, Johnny and Reggie Gaffney. Viewing will be March 28 from 4-7 p.m. at Emanuel Missionary Baptist Church in Jacksonville and the funeral will be held March 29 at 11 a.m Anthony Becht plus Laveranues Coles Glide Down Memory Lane 12th-Round Draft Choice from Southern Cal Was Green & White's Main KO & Punt Returner in 1969-70 Arizona Product's Only W as Green & White Signal-Caller Came in '73 in His Pro Starting Debut at New England Franchise's Stars of Sixties Among 31 Former Players Still in Running for Inclusion into HOF's Class of 2025 Mark Gastineau & Marty Lyons to Form Team's Formidable Front 4 Among 60 to Proceed to Consideration by Blue-Ribbon Committee in Coming Weeks  RB Drafted in 7th Round by Jets in 1977 Played Five Solid Seasons for the Green & White Boomer Esiason Could Advance to List of 50 Semifinalists to Join Class of '25 Star at Alabama Played in the 1979 All-Star Event Will Be Honored at Events in Canton in Late June Injury Ended His Pro Playing Career Too Quickly but He Had a Lifelong Love of Football and Athletic Competition Multiple members of the Charlevoix High School boys varsity golf team and their coach remain in the hospital following a deadly car accident in northern Michigan on their way home from a weekend tournament The crash occurred shortly before 9 Saturday night in Joyfield Township when an SUV crossed over the center line on M-115 and struck the van that was carrying the boys golf team and all of them were transported to area hospitals with various injuries coach and their families in your thoughts and prayers," Ritter wrote in the letter "out of respect for the privacy of our students a 32-year-old man from Cedar whose name hasn't yet been released by Michigan State Police was pronounced dead the scene in Benzie County Michigan State Police said the driver of the SUV was suspected of stealing that vehicle and also was the subject of a felonious assault complaint One of the students seriously injured was junior Joe Gaffney who remains in the hospital after suffering significant internal injuries which looks like a "jigsaw puzzle," according to his father "It's been his dream to play college basketball since he was 5 years old He's been an elite-level travel player since the sixth grade "He's got friends and teammates and opponents from all the over state (reaching out) "The community support has been outstanding." The boys golf team was on its way back from a two-day tournament at Arcadia Bluffs They were planning to split up the drive home over two days and spend Saturday night at Crystal Mountain They were about 10 minutes away from Crystal Mountain when the crash occurred "That's the worst phone call you could ever get as a parent," said Gaffney an educator in northern Michigan who has three kids with wife Karrie "Karrie and I are just certainly thankful that everyone (in the van) is alive." Board members for Charlevoix County Junior Golf started a GoFundMe campaign for the golfers and the coach Monday and the fund had raised more than $91,000 as of 6:30 p.m Drenth is executive director of Charlevoix County Golf and also director of the Charlevoix Municipal Golf Course Photo by: Duke AthleticsHall Adds Gardner & Gaffney to Women’s Soccer Staff1/10/2025 1:25:00 PM | Women's Soccer This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Thanks for visiting JACKSONVILLE a Jacksonville native and Raines High School alumnus who played seven seasons in the NFL for the New York Jets According to the Jets website Gaffney was drafted by the Jets in the eighth round of the 1978 draft and played for the team until 1984 After growing up in Jacksonville and attending Raines alongside then-freshman QB Cris Collinsworth caught a 99-yard pass that is believed to be the longest play in SEC and college football history Gaffney is also the father to former Gators and NFL wide receiver Jabar Gaffney Last year, the Gaffney’s became the only father-son duo to be named to the Florida Times Union’s 100 Greatest Athletes list Jabar checked in at No. 51 on the list, bumping dad Derrick to 69. He is survived by his children Jabar and Kara Gaffney and four brothers, Warren and former Jacksonville City Councilmen Don, Johnny, and Reginald Gaffney Sr. Reggie Gaffney Jr. currently serves as the councilmember for Jacksonville’s 8th district. A viewing for Derrick Gaffney will be held Friday, March 28, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Emanuel Missionary Baptist Church, 2407 Rev. S.L. Badger, Jr. Circle, Jacksonville, FL, 32209. A funeral will be held at the same location on Saturday, March 29, beginning at 11 a.m. Copyright 2025 by WJXT News4JAX - All rights reserved. Aydian joined News4JAX as a digital producer in September 2024. Originally from Fort Lauderdale, he is excited to provide coverage on a variety of topics like sports, politics, health, and breaking news to the Jacksonville area. Click here to take a moment and familiarize yourself with our Community Guidelines TV Listings Email Newsletters RSS Feeds Contests and Rules Contact Us Careers at WJXT / WCWJ Closed Captioning / Audio Description WJXT Public File WJXT EEO Report WCWJ Public File WCWJ EEO Report Terms of Use Privacy Policy Do Not Sell My Info FCC Applications Copyright © 2025 News4JAX.com is managed by Graham Digital and published by Graham Media Group Richard Daniel “Danny” Gaffney Danny was the son of Henry “Dub” Gaffney and Anita “Nita” Beard Danny was well-known and much-loved around the Columbia area He was a member of Columbia High’s class of 1956 He worked at and retired from Delta Airlines at Columbia Airport He was an active member of the Columbia Classic Chevy Club And he never missed a chance to be out in the community at the Barnyard Flea Market his daughter Jadanna McCluney (Tony) of Lexington and his grandson Justin Hall (Maddie) of Lexington He was preceded by his parents Dub Gaffney and Nita Beard A visitation with the family will be held in his memory at Barr-Price Funeral Home in Lexington on Tuesday October 9 at 10:00 AM at Fort Jackson National Cemetery the family asks that donations be made in Danny’s memory to the Student Ministry at Saxe Gotha Presbyterian Church in Lexington or to Camp Chemo To purchase photos visit http://photos.newtownbee.com It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved father Janet Gaffney Hames; brother-in-law Jody Hames; aunts along with other loved ones who have passed before him His passing was sudden and unexpected but quick and loving man who dedicated his life to caring for his family and often put others before himself While we lost our most beloved Father (aka our Dadness) many have lost a friend and loved one in him and once you were marked as important to him he’d be by your side if you needed him no matter what happened in your life There was so much more to him than just Dad that was his greatest role — he was also a loyal friend Bobby was a lifelong animal lover with a passion for fishing He had a warm smile and a contagious laugh that could light up any room His presence will be deeply missed by all who knew him Bobby will forever hold a special place in our hearts and his memory will live on through all he shared with us during his much too short but well-lived life A Service will be conducted at Newtown Congregational Church on Saturday donations can be made in Bobby’s memory to the American Heart Association You must be logged in to post a comment COVID-19 Resources. 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Dave Alvin and Rick Shea perform at McCabe’s Guitar Shop in a tribute show for songwriter Chris Gaffney Downey’s Grammy Award-winning Dave Alvin paid tribute to his best friend with two sold out performances at the legendary McCabe’s Guitar Shop in Santa Monica there was a revival of American roots music joined together with their other Downey brothers (John Bazz recently performed in a couple of Downey Arts Coalition blues shows at the Epic Live) They were influenced by their surroundings east of the 710 and the legendary folk and blues artists they saw performing live at Los Angeles’s legendary The AshGrove The Blasters’s songs “American Music,” “Border Radio,” “Marie Marie” and others were heard by audiences alongside groups like Los Lobos One of the best of those bands was a band called Chris Gaffney and the Cold Hard Facts Alvin was the principal songwriter for The Blasters primarily writing songs for Phil’s phenomenal voice Alvin left The Blasters in 1986 to join The Knitters He went on to a solo career that has allowed him to explore folk Alvin has eight albums with The Blasters and another dozen or so solo or in collaboration with others His two most recent albums and tours are “Downey to Lubbock” (2018) and “Texicali” (2024) both in collaboration with Jimmie Dale Gilmore “All of us spent thousands of hours traveling the world’s highways with Mr screwing around and seriously creating while seemingly laughing constantly,” said Dave Alvin “To say that we still love and miss our wild departed comrade would be a gross understatement we’re putting on a musical seance to summon Chris’s spirit back to the stage at McCabe’s where he and I performed together for the last time shortly before his death in 2008.” I am reminded that this is very intimate venue. Nothing fancy McCabe’s concert manager points out the exit and says “Grab a guitar on your way out.” He tells us any other show would have been canceled the co-host of KPFK’s famous “Folk Scene” radio show Everyone is aware they are going to share in a special communal experience The band playing was Gaffney’s band doing a Ray Price country shuffle Alvin thought you don’t hear that every night Then Gaffney dedicated a song to Hawaiian Gardens “What kind of guy dedicates a song to Hawaiian Gardens?” So he started heckling the band—in a good-natured way—telling them to play something for Bellflower They got into this Heckle and Jeckle routine Alvin eventually brought Gaffney on as his merchandise guy on his tours Gaffney would join in with his accordion on the finale Gaffney got on stage and belted out “Cowboys to Girls,” a song written by Philadelphia music legends Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff and popularized in the mid-1960s by the Philadelphia soul group the Intruders the review of the show says that perhaps the highlight of the show was when the merch guy got up and sang a song Gaffney never let me forget that,” says Alvin Gaffney was a member of Alvin’s Guilty Men and also a highly respected and influential Music genres are an invention of music industry marketing departments and all-around roots music as a reflection of the working-class California environment where he grew up The blue-collar champion Alvin would call it “American Folk Music.” Emmylou Harris called it “music washed in blood.” Gaffney passed away 15 years ago from liver cancer at the age of 57 Alvin has been presenting Gaffney tribute shows featuring Gaffney’s songs money and widespread respect he justly deserved,” Alvin has written Despite years of hard work and rejection from record labels and radio “Chris never stopped singing and writing wonderful songs.” I stumbled upon Gaffney’s albums some time ago simply because they looked interesting including special guest Rod Hodges of The Iguanas on accordion who was inspired to create a band by Gaffney’s songs include Rick Shea as the soulful front man Danny Ott conjuring up magical guitar and vocals and Wyman Reese holding down the keyboards (Danny Ott recently performed with the Americana band Coyote Moon in collaboration with the Downey Arts Coalition at the Downey Symphony Orchestra’s Garden Party fundraiser.) They were joined by the current rock solid rhythm section for Mavis Staples Right away we recognize why these gentlemen have played with everyone Together they give us the first 40 minutes of a heartfelt set of music Dave Alvin joins the band in the second set displaying fabulous guitar work along with Danny Ott and Rick Shea Alvin takes most of the lead vocals and all of the storytelling You can tell the musicians hold these songs dear to their hearts Danny Ott has said he still he marvels at just how good some of Gaff’s songs were that even after playing them hundreds of times he now sees and hears them in a new light The musicians conjure up the spirit of Chris Gaffney in a musical seance And creating community especially as wildfires rage nearby not in order are: “Glasshouse,” “Quiet Desperation,” “Albuquerque,” “Six Days A Week,” “King of the Blues,” “East of Houston West of Baton Rouge,” “Man of Somebody’s Dreams,” “Sugar Bee,” “’68,” “Run Conejo Run,” “Midnight Dream,” “Fight (Night),” “Cowboys To Girls,” and more Alvin gives us a special “Frank’s Tavern,” not In Gaffney’s original high voltage Tex Mex form Alvin and the Cold Hard Facts return for an encore with what Alvin says could be right out of a Bob Hope and Bing Crosby Road Movie “Two Lucky Bums” is a joyful song of two lucky bums chasing their same old dream Two Gaffney songs set east of the 710 have always resonated with me The first is “The Gardens” which is set in Hawaiian Gardens where he grew up for a while As a school administrator for Los Angeles County Office of Education’s Alternative Education I operated the Hawaiian Gardens Community School for students expelled or just didn’t fit in to their traditional schools A remarkable touching song and performance When the sun goes downAnd the heat stays onYoung men fightAnd they carry onIt’s just the way of lifeDown here in the Garden This side’s mineThat side’s yoursYou can’t walk hereAnd break the ruleThe rule that we all knowDown here in the Garden I guess it’s one more nightThat we’ll have to spendWith the window barredAnd the kids locked inOne more nightWill make your life slowly harden I guess it’s one more nightThat we’ll have to spendWhere mamas cryDaddys sinOne more night we’ll spendDown here in the Garden The other is Gaffney’s “Artesia.” Backed by the rhythm section of the band They were being paved over with new tract homes But still on some mornings you could smell the sweet perfume of orange blossoms in the air the Santa Ana winds would scorch the little cow towns of Cerritos That hot afternoon blast furnace would blow through Dairy Valley and you could smell the cows It’s a beautiful song that calls back the nostalgic scent of passing through Dairy Valley with teenage memories of cruising Carson and passing the State Mental Hospital in Norwalk “Because now when the wind blows out of Artesia you can’t smell 1965.” Not many songwriters can write such a sweet song about cow manure Alvin said this was not only a tribute to Gaffney but to anyone close to us that any of us have lost A heartwarming experience especially at this time As long as McCabes hasn’t burned down we were going to do this show.” Alvin has also produced a superb Chris Gaffney tribute album called “The Man of Somebody’s Dreams” (2009) featuring Alvin This is the closest thing to a live tribute to Chris Gaffney Copyright © 2023 The Downey Patriot Newspaper beloved longtime resident of Moon Township surrounded by his five daughters on September 1st  Edward was a man of strong faith who will be remembered by all who he encountered 1942, he was the fourth of seven children of his parents He attended night school to become a mechanical engineer for Rolls Royce Aircraft Engines His distinguished career began at the age of 19.  He worked for Rolls Royce for over 47 years He became a supervisor who looked after the Rolls Royce engines for airlines all over North America earning the title of Senior General Manager and Sales Representative and various larger and smaller regional airlines worldwide Edward was regarded as an expert in his field and he often provided solutions for challenging problems in the industry he met many friends and coworkers that he held in high esteem They met at church in their hometown in Scotland Their life was full of adventures that included immigrating from Scotland to Quebec and Montreal They hopped across the US from Georgia to California and back Many people knew Edward from his beautiful singing voice his passion for faith was often expressed in song Edward was a great believer in praying the Rosary People found comfort hearing his Scottish brogue while praying at both St he became an active member in the Moon Township Rotary Club His favorite event was the yearly Corn Roast Edward could often be spotted walking around his neighborhood where he enjoyed meeting and talking with neighbors Edward was the cherished father of Jacqueline (Jim) Hebdon Sahagun Loving grandfather of Summerann and Adam Busk Great-grandfather of Seraphina and Emerson Campbell Edward was preceded in death by his siblings He recognized that each of his daughters had their own talents and that God loved when they used their gifts He continued this encouragement and love with his grandchildren and great grandchildren He was an advocate of being generous to others and being kind to all September 4th from 2 – 4 and 6 – 8 pm  A prayer service will be held at the funeral home on Thursday September 5th at 9:45 am followed by Mass of Christian Burial at St James Church – Divine Redeemer Parish Interment will follow in the Resurrection Cemetery the family request donations in Edward's name be sent to either: Our Lady’s Food Pantry There are no statistics available for this player Thanks for visiting A Mural in downtown Gaffney in Cherokee County The county is set to see a $10 million investment from Aerowerks a food service industry manufacturer based in Ontario is investing $10 million and creating 52 jobs in Gaffney with a manufacturing plant It will be the company's first plant in the United States GAFFNEY — A food service industry manufacturer based in Ontario Aerowerks will invest $10 million in a manufacturing plant at 330 Huntington Road in Gaffney The plant will create 52 jobs and assemble design and manufacture the company’s material handling systems The company specializes in manufacturing custom material handling systems Gaffney Mayor Lyman Dawkins III said the announcement is a “testament to the strength of our community and the incredible partnership with Cherokee County.” “We are thrilled to welcome Aerowerks to Gaffney,” Dawkins said we are paving the way for economic growth and innovation ensuring a prosperous future for all our residents.” Aerowerks Real Estate Inc. bought the 330 Huntington Road property for $2.3 million on March 29, according to public property records As its neighbor, Spartanburg County, has boomed with massive capital investments like a $2.8 billion computing center South Carolina’s second-largest single investment to date Cherokee County has seen some similar success Gov. Henry McMaster said the latest investment in Cherokee County is an example of the state continuing to “build on its success in the manufacturing industry.” The S.C. Coordinating Council for Economic Development approved job development credits related to the project “Aerowerks’ $10 million investment in the Cherokee County community will greatly benefit the region and create new opportunities for our people and we congratulate the company on this new operation,” McMaster said News tips/online questions: spartanburg@postandcourier.com Delivery/subscription questions: subserve@postandcourier.com STAR MAN: Offaly’s Adam Screeney in action. Pic: INPHO/Ken Sutton The Dubs lost both of their Tier 1 group games but have bounced back impressively to secure a May 14 Leinster semi-final clash with Galway They took out Antrim at the preliminary quarter-final stage and overcame a slow start in neutral Newbridge before coming good in a storming second-half against Offaly Offaly led by 0-8 to 0-3 approaching half-time thanks in part to six points from free-taker Adam Screeney But Graham's first goal for Dublin two minutes before the interval gave them a vital lifeline and inspired their best form Dublin now trailed by just 1-3 to 0-9 at half-time and were back on level terms shortly after the restart when Gaffney capitalised on a free taken short with a clever goal Graham collected the sliotar and spun away from his man with a burst of pace for his second and Dublin's third goal in the 38th minute Offaly offered little in response with David Lucey marshalling the Dublin defence and helping to hold Screeney scoreless from play Rising senior star Screeney is just back from a troublesome groin injury and did register eight points in all from frees Fellow Offaly senior Dan Ravenhill drilled four points also but they needed a goal and it never arrived Dublin seniors Conal O Riain and Brendan Kenny both came strongly into the game while three points in a row from Gaffney Kenny and free-taker Daniel O'Kelly left six in it Gaffney capitalised on a long delivery in the 57th minute to hit Dublin's fourth goal turning a three-point half-time deficit into a seven-point win Laois scored a 1-24 to 1-18 win over Wexford to set up a May 14 semi-final against Kilkenny was crucial as the side that finished bottom of their Tier 1 group scored a landmark win Wexford must have fancied their chances after opening a 0-6 to 0-3 lead initially but Laois were quickly back on level terms at 0-6 apiece before pulling decisively clear Laois reeled off seven points in a row in the second quarter of the game thanks in part to four Deegan points and two from Ruardhri Kavanagh But three Simon Roche points and a Conor Fanning goal amounted to a strong Wexford response before half-time and Laois led by just 0-15 to 1-11 at the break Wexford would have the significant wind behind them in the second-half But they couldn't use it to their advantage and only added seven second-half points with just two of those coming from play to move five clear in the 35th minute and never looked back Ben and Ross Deegan continued to pick off the points From as little as €1 a week with our digital introductory offer Already a subscriber? 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