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==Sports== [[Riley Park (Sumter)|Riley Park]] is a 2,000-seat stadium primarily used for [[baseball]], and was the home of the [[Sumter Braves]], a Single A Atlanta Braves affiliate that competed in the South Atlantic League. Riley Park was home to the Braves from 1985 until 1990, when the team left Sumter for [[Macon, Georgia]]. Notable Sumter Braves who went on to Major League success include [[Tom Glavine]], [[David Justice]], [[Kevin Brown (right-handed pitcher)]], [[Mark Wohlers]], [[Ryan Klesko]], and [[Vinny Castilla]]. The Braves were replaced by the [[Sumter Braves|Sumter Flyers]] in 1991, a Single A Montreal Expos affiliate. The Flyers, however, left Sumter after one season. No professional baseball team has competed in Sumter since the end of the 1991 season.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome to Sumter County, SC |url=https://www.sumtercountysc.org/departments/j_-_r/recreation_and_parks/parks_and_outdoor_trails/sumter_area_parks/riley_park.php |access-date=2022-11-06 |website=www.sumtercountysc.org}}</ref> Riley continues to be the home of the P-15s, an American Legion baseball team with a long history of success. The P-15s have won 15 state titles including in 1940, 1950, 1952, 1962, 1977, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, and 2011.<ref>[http://www.p-15.com/P15Fans.asp ''P-51s'']</ref> They advanced to the 2006 American Legion World Series in Cedar Rapids, Iowa where they finished fourth nationally. The P-15s made a return trip to the American Legion World Series hosted by Shelby, NC in 2008 and 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |last=staff |first=Midland Daily News |date=2008-08-20 |title=2008 American Legion Baseball World Series schedule |url=https://www.ourmidland.com/sports/article/2008-American-Legion-Baseball-World-Series-6982126.php |access-date=2022-11-06 |website=Midland Daily News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=P-15s |first=Sumter |title=Welcome to Sumter P-15's Baseball |url=https://sumterp15s.com/ |access-date=2022-11-06 |website=Sumter P-15s |language=en-US}}</ref> Palmetto Tennis Center is a new state-of-the-art tennis court in Palmetto Park. The tennis center has 24 official size tennis courts. It hosts numerous youth, collegiate, and professional tournaments each year.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sumter-sc.com/VisitingUs/Tennis.aspx |title=Sumter, SC |access-date=2018-12-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620134621/http://www.sumter-sc.com/visitingus/tennis.aspx |archive-date=2009-06-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Sumter Memorial Stadium is home to Sumter High School's Gamecocks, Marvin Montgomery Field at Donald L. Crolley Memorial Stadium is home to the Crestwood High School Knights, and Dr. J. Frank Baker Stadium is home to the Lakewood High School Gators.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-07-09 |title=Palmetto Tennis Center |url=https://www.sumtersc.gov/tennis |access-date=2022-11-06 |website=City of Sumter, SC |language=en}}</ref> In the 1950s, Sumter was very strong in table tennis state champions, and in 1951, produced an All-American Table Tennis Tournament national men's champion Oliver Hoyt Stubbs.<ref>State newspaper, Sunday, Nov 04, 1951 Columbia, SC Page: 61</ref> New York Yankees former second baseman [[Bobby Richardson]] is from Sumter. The town built and named a youth baseball park in his honor. Sumter is also the home of pro basketball star [[Ray Allen]], who had an 18-year career in the NBA. [[Jordan Montgomery|Jordan Blackmon Montgomery]] (born December 27, 1992), nicknamed "Gumby", is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2017. Before his professional career, Montgomery played college baseball for the South Carolina Gamecocks of the University of South Carolina.<ref name="baseball-reference.com">{{Cite web |title=Jordan Montgomery Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/montgjo01.shtml |access-date=2023-01-15 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>
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