Two-Minute Drill: Players Championship, spring high school sports
The Players Championship takes place in Ponte Vedra Beach near Jacksonville this Thursday through Sunday; high school spring sports take center stage.
Turning point: Charlie Combs and Tyler Weiss each scored in the opening 94 seconds and the South Carolina Stingrays went on to defeat the Jacksonville Icemen 4-1 in Sunday’s ECHL hockey at the North Charleston Coliseum.
Three stars: 1. Garin Bjorklund, South Carolina (36 saves). 2. Combs, South Carolina (one goal). 3. Romain Rodzinski, South Carolina (two assists).
Penalty box: The game included four fights, and South Carolina’s Blake Thompson (for aggressor) and Ryan Hofer (for a boarding major) each received game misconduct penalties.
Around the rink: Bennett MacArthur tallied the only goal for the Icemen (38-18-5-1). … Justen Close saved 33 shots in the Jacksonville net. … For league-leading South Carolina (43-14-3-2), Alexander Suzdalev and Josh Wilkins also scored. … The Icemen received 41 penalty minutes and the Stingrays 61.
Up next: The Icemen play at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena at 7 p.m. Wednesday against the Orlando Solar Bears.
