By CT McDonald Spring break starts Friday, with some local teams kicking off the spring tournament ritual late this week and others playing through next week. Irmo’s varsity baseball team will complete a two-game Region 5-4A matchup with A. C. Flora today, Thursday, and then start the Kershaw Richland (KRC)Continue Reading
Dozens of special needs students from Lexington-Richland School District Five elementary schools, jumped, rolled and raced their way to finish lines as part of the Special Olympics Young Athletes Expo held at Spring Hill High School on March 15. The event started as a service project for Spring Hill HighContinue 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 The end of the 2022 regular high school football season is already approaching, and local teams are gearing up to make every game count. After shutting out White Knoll in its first Region 4-5A game of the season last week, Dutch Fork’s varsity football team is nowContinue Reading
By CT McDonald Local teams are active this week — without the threat of a tropical storm interrupting their schedules. DUTCH FORK After last week’s vacant date, Dutch Fork’s varsity football team will be back at it this week in its first Region 4-5A game of the season. The SilverContinue Reading
By CT McDonald While Chapin’s varsity boys soccer team prepares for the 5A state finals this week, other local area teams have also advanced through their respective postseason tournaments. The Eagles recorded two shutouts in the run-up to this week’s semifinal round, and then won that on Monday to advanceContinue Reading
By CT McDonald While some early playoff games are coming to an end others are just getting started, and local teams are right there again. Dutch Fork and Chapin’s varsity girls lacrosse teams took their seasons into the playoffs and just recently completed their runs in the brackets. After theirContinue Reading
The Ben Lippen Varsity Wrestling Team 2021-2022 SCISA Class 3A State Champions were recognized & congratulated at the Statehouse on Wednesday, April 27, 2021. Pictured Below: Ben Lippen Varsity Wrestling Team, Head Coach Bert Medlin, Asst Coaches Wes Hester & Chris Sample, Athletic Director Shannon Glenn, Representative Chris Hart andContinue Reading
By CT McDonald Lacrosse playoffs kicked off this week, and some District Five varsity teams are already getting results in the postseason competition. Dutch Fork’s varsity girls recorded only one region loss during the regular season and they started the playoffs Tuesday with a 16-6 win against Socastee to advanceContinue Reading