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Longtime SC State Basketball PA Announcer Dies
11/4/2009 3:01:19 PM
ORANGEBURG, SC – The longtime South Carolina State basketball public address announcer has died. Dr. Robert E. “Wag” Howard, 89, died at his Orangeburg residence Tuesday (Nov. 3) night, following an extended illness.
A wake will be held Sunday from 6-8 p.m. at William Chapel AME Church, 1198 Glover Street, Orangeburg. The funeral is set for Monday at 4:30 p.m. at Robert E. Howard Middle School – named in his honor in 1991 -- at 1255 Belleville Road, Orangeburg
Howard, a retired educator and coach, was behind the mike for the South Carolina State men’s basketball team for over 40 years and had been the PA announcer for both men and women since 1974. The Georgetown, SC native and SC State graduate was also a longtime press box assistant for all Bulldog home football games. He missed his first Bulldog home game in 40 years earlier this year after being hospitalized shortly before the start of the 2009 season.
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Fri, Sep. 03, 2010
Volleyball
vs UNC-Greensboro
4:30 p.m.
Women's Soccer
at Southern Virginia
4:30 pm
Men's Cross Country
at Gamecock Invitational
Women's Cross Country
at Gamecock Invitational
8.27 | Volleyball
Hampton, VA
8.27 | Volleyball
Hampton, VA
Univ. of Maryland Eastern Shore
2
8.28 | Volleyball
Hampton, VA
8.28 | Volleyball
Hampton, VA
8.29 | Women's Soccer
Farmville, VA
9.1 | Volleyball
Orangeburg, SC
South Carolina State
6 p.m.
9.3 | Volleyball
Wilmington, NC
South Carolina State
4:30 p.m.
9.3 | Women's Soccer
Buena Vista, VA
South Carolina State
4:30 pm
9.3 | Men's Cross Country
Columbia, SC
9.3 | Women's Cross Country
Columbia, SC
9.4 | Football
Atlanta, GA
South Carolina State
1:00 p.m.
9.4 | Volleyball
Wilmington, NC
South Carolina State
10:30 a.m.
9.4 | Volleyball
Wilmington, NC
South Carolina State
5 p.m.
9.6 | Women's Soccer
Orangeburg, SC
South Carolina State
7 pm
9.7 | Volleyball
Cullowhee, NC
South Carolina State
7 p.m.
9.8 | Women's Golf
Orangeburg, SC
9.10 | Women's Soccer
Orangeburg, SC
South Carolina State
7:30 pm
9.10 | Volleyball
Columbia, SC
South Carolina State
10 a.m.
University of South Carolina
9.10 | Volleyball
Columbia, SC
South Carolina State
5 p.m.
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