Sports

Cainhoy Athletic Soccer Club gives back!

Cainhoy Athletic Soccer Club (CASC) recently donated four soccer goals and a bag of soccer balls to Cainhoy Elementary School in hopes of encouraging interest in the game of soccer. The equipment will be utilized by both students and PE teachers at the school. Pictured is volunteer soccer coach...

Two-time Grand Slam champion Garbiñe Muguruza enters VCO player field

Former World No. 1 and two-time Grand Slam champion Garbiñe Muguruza will compete in the Volvo Car Open for the first time since 2013. The WTA Premier tournament is scheduled for April 4 – 12, 2020 on Daniel Island. Muguruza joins 2019 champion Madison Keys in the growing player field. Muguruza has...

Fishing can be a great birthday gift!

For years, it has been a tradition for my son, Elliott, and I to fish together on my birthday. However, now that Elliott lives in Japan, my brother, David, has picked up the tradition. So, on my birthday we launched the Pathfinder and set off in search of fish. Idling away from the boat landing, I...

Iron Horses display strong effort in season opener, fall by one point

Most football coaches will tell you they see the biggest improvement in their team in Week 2 of the season. Opening games can be marred by jitters, mistakes and other malfunctions. An extra week of practice and more time in the film room gives a coach a chance to fine tune his team. Philip Simmons...

BEHS volleyball team looking to 'get back on top, start over and win'

What do the New York Yankees, Boston Celtics, New England Patriots, UCLA’s basketball Bruins and the Bishop England volleyball team have in common? Each team has dynastic runs in its illustrious history. And, more importantly, the super humans who played on those teams had moments when they proved...

BE's Alexis DeMarco commits to play soccer for Western Carolina

Bishop England High School girls’ soccer star Alexis DeMarco’s excitement was off the charts when she recently committed to Western Carolina University. You can imagine what cloud she will be on when she signs her national letter of intent and finally matriculates to the Cullowhee, N.C. school. “I’...

Iron Horses set to take on St. John's this week

The Philip Simmons High School football team kicks off its regular season Friday night. The first stop on the 10-week schedule might be called the “Revenge Tour” as the Iron Horses travel to St. John’s to take on the Islanders in the season-opener for both teams. Last year, the Iron Horses faced...

Young angler catches fish...and quality time with dad

Many years ago, John McLure and I went fishing together. We were both early residents of Daniel Island with a common interest in fishing. So, it was inevitable that we would become friends. Now, many years later, John’s son, Bates, is fast becoming an accomplished angler. Recently, John, Susan,...

Cam Costa hoping to lead Bishops to a winning record this season

Cam Costa, like many other Charleston area residents, is a transplant. The Bishop England senior grew up in a certain state up north that draws a lot of notoriety for its residents migrating to the Palmetto State. There has been so much migration that there was, at one time, a website dedicated...

'We want to be the best'

His tennis team’s top seven players include two seventh-graders, three eighth-graders, a freshman and a sophomore. It’s no wonder that Philip Simmons High School coach Richard Schulz says this is the team of the future. “But, the future might be now,” Schulz said. Only time will tell, and the Iron...