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The Central High School track team spent Saturday, May 5, at the Upper State Track and Field Finals at Broome High School in Spartanburg. 

Despite a small number of athletes on the track team all season, as well as some scheduling conflicts, Central was still able to qualify 18 athletes for the Upper State Finals.

Central High School’s golf team defeated county rivals Cheraw and Chesterfield last week to win the Chesterfield County Golf Championship. The tournament was played Monday and Tuesday at the Cheraw Country Club.

Conway man receives 180 months

Nettles also announced Friday, April 27 that Leroy Deon Hemingway, 30, of Conway, was sentenced Thursday in federal court in Florence for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.