Football coach Tommy Bowden will be one of the featured speakers. Tigers golf coach Larry Penley will join Bowden at the gathering, which will have a cash bar from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. Dinner begins at 6 p.m.

Cost for the event is $15 for adults and $10 for children 12 years of age and under. Casual attire is recommended.

Tigers backers can get reservations and tickets by contacting David Angel, 327-6112; Lisa Hendrix, 909-2343; Steve McCrorey, 684-6754; Keith Robbins, 323-2699; Matt Watson, 324-5300; Hank Owen, 222-4783; Cole Thomas, 548-8020; or Kevin White, 803-3265.

• CLEMSON: Former Tiger Brian Mance is a member of the Philadelphia Soul of the Arena Football League.

A 5-foot 11, 185-pound defensive back, Mance is 11th in the AFL's defensive statistics with 13 tackles.

Mance, who played ar Clemson from 1999 through 2002, also played in the now-defunct NFL Europe.

• PRESBYTERIAN: Two former Rock Hill-area athletes are listed on the Blue Hose's baseball roster.

Preston Simpson is an infielder-outfielder from Lancaster. Simpson, a junior, has appeared in four games and is hitless in five plate appearances.

Former Indian Land standout Travis McConnell is a freshman pitcher-outfielder for the Blue Hose. McConnell has yet to see action and is battling back from an injury suffered during fall practice.

• WESTERN CAROLINA: Sophomore forward Kristen Feemster, who played at Clover, has helped the Lady Catamounts to a 25-8 basketball season.

The 6-foot Feemster averaged 4.2 points and 3.9 rebounds a game as coach Kellie Harper's team made it to the championship game of the Southern Conference Tournament. The second-seeded Lady Catamounts lost to top-seeded Chattanooga, 71-59.

The Lady Catamounts find out Monday if they've made the NCAA tournament field. If not, they're a good bet to be selected for the Women's NIT.

• WINGATE: The Bulldogs' season isn't over just yet . They earned an at-large spot in the NCAA Division II South Atlantic Regional Basketball Tournament this weekend.

The No. 3-seeded Bulldogs (23-6), led by former Northwestern standout Sean Barnette, face No. 6-seeded Catawba (19-11) on Saturday in Augusta, Ga. Catawba won the South Atlantic Conference's automatic bid by winning the SAC tournament. Wingate and Lenoir-Rhyne earned at-large bids.

The 6-4 Barnette, a senior, led the SAC in scoring (21.0 ppg) and rebounding (9.8 rpg) and was named the league's player of the year for the second straight season.

• WINTHROP: Former Eagles right-handed pitcher Kevin Slowey is making a bid to become a part of the Minnesota Twins starting rotation.

After a slow spring training start, Slowey had his best outing on Monday, pitching three scoreless innings in the Twins' 4-2 victory over Florida. Slowey scattered six hits, didn't issue a walk and struck out three batters.

The performance was a confidence booster for Slowey and Twins manager Ron Gardenhire. For the spring, Slowey is 1-1 with an 8.10 ERA in three games. He's pitched 6 2-3 innings, walked four batters, struck out eight and allowed 15 hits.

In his first outings this spring, Slowey yielded six earned runs on nine hits in 3 2-3 innings.