Dutch Fork High School has canceled this Friday’s upcoming football game against Gaffney High out of respect for the passing of one of their players who passed during practice on Tuesday, Aug. 24. The student-athlete was identified as Jack Alkhatib, 17 years old. The Dutch Fork football Twitter account postedContinue Reading
By CT McDonald There is no question about it; the high school fall sports season is about to get under way with all of the 2021 – 2022 action straight ahead. Sportsaramas and jamborees are happening this weekend in the midlands and around the state, Lexington-Richland District Five — andContinue Reading
By CT McDonald Lexington Post 7 made it to last week’s South Carolina American Legion Baseball (ALB) state finals before being eliminated while Chapin/Newberry Post 193/24 and West Columbia Post 79 completed their seasons in the week leading up to the finals tournament. Post 7 took an early 2-0 leadContinue Reading
By CT McDonald South Carolina American Legion Baseball state finals are under way this week with a midlands team in competition. Lexington Post 7 beat West Columbia Post 79 last week in the second round to advance to the finals tournament against Camden Post 17, which defeated Chapin/Newberry Post 193/24Continue Reading
A Dutch Fork High School student-athlete has been named the 2020-2021 Gatorade South Carolina Baseball Player of the Year. Will Taylor is the first South Carolina Baseball Player of the Year to be chosen from Dutch Fork High School. The award, which recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence, but alsoContinue Reading
Big Bass Tour officials announced the 2022 Bass Tour schedule yesterday at ICAST in Orlanda, Florida. Miriam Atria, President/CEO of the Capital City/Lake Murray Country Regional Tourism Office, was at ICAST for the announcement. “We’re proud to welcome the Big Bass Tour back to our region for the 12th year,”Continue Reading
By CT McDonald After last weekend’s little league baseball tournaments some Irmo Little League (ILL) teams have added titles to their records. Irmo’s Intermediate team played against Summerville and Easley in a one-day state tournament on Saturday and came away undefeated to win the state title. Irmo defeated Summerville 26-4Continue Reading
By CT McDonald South Carolina American Legion Baseball teams were to play their final games of the regular season Wednesday, excluding any makeup games still to be played. Lexington Post 7 was holding on to first place in League 3 at the time, with Camden Post 17 and Chapin/Newberry PostContinue Reading
A small surprise ceremony was held at Irmo High School International School for the Arts to honor Tim Whipple for his 40-years of teaching and coaching at the school. Whipple was honored with a State House Resolution by Representative Chip Huggins congratulating him on his fortieth year as the IrmoContinue Reading
By CT McDonald Irmo Little League (ILL) baseball and softball teams are into the all-star tournament season with local teams winning a place in the lineup of brackets throughout the competition. In the Coaches Pitch Division, the Irmo Gold and Irmo Green teams played the District 3 tournament at Irmo’sContinue Reading
College fishing’s longest-running National Championship was contested on Lake Murray May 26-27. Following the conclusion of weigh-in at Dreher Island State Park May 27 points totals were calculated, and the standings finalized for this season’s Bass Pro Shops School of the Year presented by Abu Garcia. The final standings revealedContinue Reading