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The Credit One Charleston Open is only a couple weeks away, and the main draw field boasts a who's-who of the top women’s tennis players in the world. Kicking off March 30, the largest women’s-only professional tennis tournament in North America, runs through April 7 on Daniel Island. The Credit...
The year 2020 wasn’t a good time to launch a high school girls’ lacrosse program. Just ask Philip Simmons coach Beth Smiley.   But Smiley and her squad persevered through the COVID-19 pandemic and are quickly becoming a force in the Palmetto State.    The Iron Horses opened the 2024...
Bishop England and Philip Simmons both fared extremely well during the 2023-24 basketball season, and, as a result, the Bishops and Iron Horses were well represented when the Region 7-AA and 8-AAA all-star teams were announced.   Four of the top honors went to Daniel Island players.   The...
The Philip Simmons High School girls’ track and field team has one of the best resumes in South Carolina in the past five years.   In 2019, just the second year of the school’s existence, the Iron Horse girls finished second in the state. In 2020, COVID-19 wiped out the season. The Iron...
Friendship is kind of funny. If your friends hang around long enough, they become family.   This is the case with my friend Donna Crocker.   We have been fishing together for over 30 years. Donna has seen my children, Elliott and Maddie, grow from toddlers to adults. She is my wife’s best...
The Bishop England Dance Team garnered the school’s first and second dance championship titles at the South Carolina State Championships in Irmo Feb. 17.   The team took home gold in both Varsity Hip Hop and Varsity Gameday. The team also achieved the highest overall score in the competition...
The Christ Our King-Stella Maris School Crusaderettes Dance Team made school history by earning the school’s first World Championship title. The competitive dance team, composed of 16 girls in fifth through eighth grade, competed in the National Dance Team Championship and World School Performance...
Time.   It’s on the side of the Philip Simmons High School boys’ tennis team.    The Iron Horses made a deep playoff run and reached the state semifinals last spring before losing to eventual Class AAA state champ Camden.   The team might not have as lofty goals in the spring of 2024...
Logan Hall knows the Bishop England High School football team has struggled in recent years, failing to score points and win games.   Hall also knows the program will be challenged for at least the next couple of years, forced to compete at the Class AAAA level despite having a Class AA...
The list of entries in Bishop England High School’s Father Kelly Classic was short compared to the number of teams entered in other high-profile track and field events.   While most big meets attract scores of teams, the Bishops’ field wasn’t even in double digits for boys or girls.   ...

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