OL Davis commits to Tigers

CLEMSON — Kalon Davis (6-5, 335) of Chester did the expected Friday and committed to Clemson while on an unofficial visit.

Davis had been favoring Clemson for months. He took the Tigers' offer over offers from Vanderbilt, Wake Forest, N.C. State, Mississippi State, South Florida, Wisconsin, Penn State, Kentucky and East Carolina.

"It feels good for me," Davis said. "I can just concentrate on my season. It just felt at home when I went there."

Davis played tackle last season but is expected to play guard this season. He's not sure where Clemson plans to use him, but he's looking forward to working under offensive line coach Brad Scott.

"I've talked to Coach Scott and have seen how he handles his practice and runs his drills and coaches them up," Davis said. "I think he can make me an outstanding player."

Davis is the ninth commitment for Clemson's 2010 class.

--Clemson golfer Charles Warren was the first and only Tiger to win an NCAA individual championship. Now, he's the first in his sport to receive the athletic department's highest award — a spot in the Ring of Honor.

Warren, a PGA Tour member, is set to become the 30th individual with his name placed on the facing of the upper deck at Clemson's Memorial Stadium. There's a tentative date of Nov. 21 set for the ceremony.

Others in the ring are some of the great athletic names in school history such as the late Banks McFadden, the only Clemson athlete with his jersey retired in two sports; football coaching great Frank Howard, who's buried in the campus cemetery next to the stadium; and women's basketball star Barbara Kennedy-Dixon, the Atlantic Coast Conference's all-time leader in career points and rebounds.

Youth baseball

The West Ashley Youth Sports 9-under All Stars scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth to defeat Williamsburg (Va.), 10-9, in pool play of the Cal Ripken Baseball Southeast Regional tournament in Lewisburg, Tenn.

Trailing, 9-8, West Ashley started the bottom of the sixth with back-to-back singles by Jackson White and Ben Bunch. Collin Garrett followed with an RBI double to score White with the tying run and advance Bunch to third.

Regan Stoll followed with a ground ball to first base, and Bunch beat the throw home to score the winning run for West Ashley.

West Ashley (1-1) plays twice more in pool play today, meeting Anson County (N.C.) at noon and Atlanta at 7 p.m. West Ashley will advance to Sunday's championship semifinals if it wins both games today.

Cal Ripken Baseball

9-under Southeast Regional

Lewisburg, Tenn.

West Ashley 10, Williamsburg, Va. 9

WP: Ben Bunch. LP: Matthew Sonders.

HR: WA—Jackson White; W—Demobino.