By Thomas Grant Jr. Even in separate classifications, Dutch Fork and Irmo are once again 1 and 2 in the preseason polls. The Silver Foxes once again sit atop the reunited Class 5A rankings by the S.C. Prep Football Media. They enter the new season looking to make more historyContinue Reading
By Thomas Grant Jr. Photo by Thomas Grant Jr. The past two years have seen Dutch Fork and Irmo take divergent paths to reach the S.C. High School League football championships. To reach Orangeburg this year, the two teams find themselves competing in different classifications. While the Silver Foxes willContinue Reading
By Thomas Grant Jr. The partnership between Ridge View and Bojangles has produced a successful preseason basketball tournament in the Bojangles Bash. Now, the two parties are teaming up to highlight one of the high-profile early-season high school football matchups in South Carolina. The August 28 home game against four-timeContinue Reading
By Thomas Grant, Jr. Dutch Fork’s Abigail Pouliot earned statewide recognition with her selection to the South Carolina Coaches Association of Women’s Sports (SCCAWS) North-South All-Star Game. Pouliot competed for the North 1A/3A/5A team, joining many of the state’s top high school players in the annual showcase event. The North-SouthContinue Reading
C-SPAN visited Dutch Fork High School May 14 to celebrate and honor seven students for their prize-winning documentaries in C-SPAN’s annual StudentCam competition. C-SPAN and Spectrum representatives joined classmates, teachers, family members, and community leaders to present awards and recognize the students and their teacher, AJ Chambers, who served asContinue Reading
By Thomas Grant Jr. On Wednesday, Dutch Fork baseball faced J.L. Mann in the Class 5A Division I playoffs. After winning the deciding game of the Best-of-Three series against Clover, the Silver Foxes had a quick turnaround with a District 1 opening game against top seed Dorman. The Cavaliers scoredContinue Reading
By Thomas Grant Jr. Monday was a positive day for Dutch Fork spring sports. It started with the boys’ golf team earning a spot in the state tournament. The Silver Foxes shot a 325 to finish seventh at the Class 5A Division I Upper State tournament held at the WildeWoodContinue Reading
By Thomas Grant Jr. LEXINGTON – The Dutch Fork High School softball team came within a run of snapping Lexington High School’s long region winning streak before falling 8-7 in a tightly contested matchup. After being shut out 12-0 in their first meeting on March 24, the Lady Silver FoxesContinue Reading
Dutch Fork High School STEM students Mustafa Azhar and Annie Xu both earned first place in their respective categories in the Oral Presentation Competition at the South Carolina Junior Academy of Science, held at Furman University March 28. Azhar’s presentation (Wildfire Ash Disrupts Heart Development in Chick Embryos) finished inContinue Reading
Dutch Fork teammates celebrate home run by Luciano Cesaro – Photo by Thomas Grant Jr. By Thomas Grant Jr. In preparation for the start of Region 4-5A play, Dutch Fork baseball closed out its non-region schedule with two games this past weekend. After two straight postponements due to rainfall, theContinue Reading
Students at Dutch Fork High School spent the night exploring science during a STEM Lock-In held the weekend of March 6–7. Members of the school’s astronomy program set up telescopes late Friday night into Saturday morning, allowing about 20 students and several teachers to observe the waning gibbous moon. DuringContinue Reading