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

Two local baseball standouts have signed with the Florence RedWolves of the collegiate Coastal Plain League. Gunnar Erickson, a former Lexington P27 Baseball Academy standout from the Chapin area, played this past spring at Division I NJCAA Region 10 USC Lancaster. As a freshman, Erickson finished 3rd in the RegionContinue Reading

By CT McDonald While varsity softball and baseball championship tournaments are still to be determined, some local area teams recently completed their seasons with losses deep in the playoffs. The 2019 Class 5A varsity baseball state champion Silver Foxes played to the Lower State District 3 title game without aContinue Reading

By CT McDonald With other spring sports playoffs already completed, only baseball and softball champions are still to be decided — and District 5 schools had just one team still in competition at midweek. That team is the 5A defending state champion Dutch Fork Silver Foxes varsity baseball team. DutchContinue Reading

The Dutch Fork High School baseball team won a playoff game 11-1 at home May 14 against Ashley Ridge. Photos by Chris Record GoFlashWin.comContinue Reading

Ross Hartzog of Irmo, a Senior at Ben Lippen High School signed and committed to Pfieffer University May 6. Pictured are left to right, back row – Grandparents Ray and Sue Hartzog of Orangeburg, Grandparents Steve and Jane Rish of Irmo. Seated are Mother Ashley, Ross and Coach Ray fromContinue Reading

By CT McDonald With the lacrosse playoffs recently completed, other spring sports teams now take their turn at the post-season competition. Because of the abbreviated playoffs this year, only the two top teams from each region qualify for the playoffs in much of the spring sports competition, and there areContinue Reading