IRMO, S.C. — The Irmo High School girls golf team opened its season Aug. 25 with a 221-249 victory over Fox Creek at Oak Hills Golf Club. Freshman Roan Holt led the Lady Yellow Jackets as the low medalist, shooting a 51. Kaya Brunson followed with a 52, while sophomoreContinue Reading
By Thomas Grant Jr. Dutch Fork and Irmo each played Week 2 games in the Northeast area last Friday. Lightning cut short both contests by halftime with the Silver Foxes and Yellow Jackets coming away with decisive wins. Dutch Fork defeated Ridge View 35-13 in the inaugural Bojangles Ridge ViewContinue Reading
By Thomas Grant Jr. “We laid an egg tonight.” This was the blunt, sobering assessment of Irmo High School head football coach Aaron Brand following last Friday’s 24-14 loss to Rock Hill at W.C. Hawkins Stadium. Brimming with confidence in the weeks leading to the contest, the Yellow Jackets foundContinue Reading
By Thomas Grant, Jr. Irmo football is ready for a new season. After back-to-back Class 5A Division I runner-up finishes, the Yellow Jackets are ready to end their title drought. This season, it will take place back in Class 4A. Irmo moves into the six-team Region 5-4A with CSRA schoolsContinue Reading
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
While most high school students were spending their summer at the beach or at the swimming pool, JROTC Cadet Jonas Dillon-Sauer from Irmo High School was earning her private pilots license. She was one of a hundred JROTC cadets selected from a pool of about a 1,000 applicants worldwide toContinue Reading
By Thomas Grant Jr. Under head coach Aaron Brand, a pipeline for recruits has fortified between Irmo High School and the University of South Carolina. It started with safety Nick Emmanwori becoming a first-team All-American for the Gamecocks and getting drafted in the first-round last year by the eventual SuperContinue Reading
Lexington-Richland School District Five held it’s groundbreaking ceremony for the new wing at Irmo High School on Tuesday, June 30. Dr. Karen Hampton, Irmo High School Principal, presided over the gathering of school board members, local town council, Lex/Rich 5 administration and building contractors. “We’ve included our students since the beginning toContinue Reading
(Photo by GoFlashwin.com) Irmo offensive tackle Nate Carson (55) against Chapin. By Thomas Grant Jr. One of five college football teams will celebrate more than Independence Day this weekend. On Friday, 4-star offensive tackle Nate Carson will announce his college choice from St. Matthews. The decision will be revealed onContinue Reading
Irmo High School has earned the South Carolina Band Directors Association (SCBDA) Outstanding Performance Award for the 2025-2026 school year. It marks the second consecutive year that the band program has earned this prestigious distinction. The recognition is the highest award a band program can receive in the state ofContinue Reading