By CT McDonald Irmo’s varsity boys basketball team is headed to the 4A Lower State Championship game this week after winning the quarterfinal round at home earlier in the week. The Yellow Jackets (24-5) will take on Hartsville (14-13) at 7:30 pm at the Florence Civic Center on Friday inContinue Reading
Boater Chris Epting of Chapin, South Carolina, caught a five-bass limit weighing 25 pounds, 10 ounces, Saturday to win the MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League (BFL) Presented by T-H Marine on Lake Murray . The tournament, hosted by the Capital City Lake Murray Country Regional Tourism Board, was the firstContinue Reading
By CT McDonald With the varsity basketball regular season winding down this week, the Irmo boys clawed their way back to the top of Region 5-AAAA last week, along with A. C. Flora and Ridge View in conference wins and losses. At the same time, the Irmo girls hold steadyContinue Reading
By CT McDonald Last week was good and bad for Irmo’s varsity basketball teams: The girls won two home games and the boys lost two. With last week’s victories, the Lady Yellow Jackets improved to 3-3 in Region 5-AAAA and 8-10 overall with a 56-42 win against Lugoff-Elgin (LE) andContinue Reading
By CT McDonald Irmo’s varsity basketball teams lost region games against Westwood last week, with the boys going into double overtime before it was over. This puts the boys at 3-1 in Region 5-AAAA and 17-3 overall, while the girls are now at 6-10, 1-3. That also makes it aContinue Reading
By CT McDonald Irmo’s varsity basketball teams are off to a good start in region competition after last week’s wins in the Region 5-AAAA openers. The Lady Yellow Jackets earned their second straight victory with the 42-26 win against Richland Northeast in the region opener on the road last week.Continue Reading
Dutch Fork High School student-athlete Jarvis Green has been named the 2022-2023 Gatorade South Carolina Football Player of the Year. Green is the first Gatorade South Carolina Football Player of the Year to be chosen from Dutch Fork High School. The award, which recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence, butContinue Reading
By CT McDonald Irmo’s winter sports teams resumed their regular schedules this week after bringing home wins in recent holiday tournaments, and region games are just ahead. The boys’ varsity basketball team won the Mountaineer Classic tournament at Kings Mountain, North Carolina last Friday when the Yellow Jackets capped offContinue Reading
Two varsity football players from Lexington-Richland School District Five were selected to play in the Touchstone Energy Cooperatives Bowl. Max Drag (Chapin High) and Chandler Perry (Dutch Fork High) and competed in the 74th annual Touchstone Energy Cooperative’s Bowl December 10 at Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium in Myrtle Beach. ChapinContinue Reading
Ditch Fork High School won the Class 5A football state finals December 3. They beat the Fort Dorchester Patriots 47 – 10. This returns the 5A state title to Dutch Fork after losing the state finals game to Gaffney last year. Dutch Fork has now won six of the sevenContinue Reading
By CT McDonald The Dutch Fork High School Silver Foxes beat the Spartanburg High Vikings 63-14 on November 18. Dutch Fork is headed to the Class 5A football upper state semifinal round this week against the defending state champion; Gaffney. The Silver Foxes will travel to Gaffney to play theContinue Reading