Sports

'March Madness' applies to fishing, too!

In the Lowcountry, we are blessed with a great nearly year-round saltwater fishery. The one exception is the month of March. Consistently windy conditions can make fishing difficult. As the days get longer and the water warms up, redfish and trout transition out of their winter patterns. In March,...

'The strength of the team is simply the players'

Philip Simmons High School baseball coach Josh Kubisz has high hopes as his team preps for its second season of competition. Part of the reason for the coach’s optimism is strength in numbers. There are 15 players on the varsity team and 16 on the junior varsity team. The other reason is because of...

BE girls on the road to state title...again!

The way Bishop England girls’ basketball coach Paul Runey talked, his team celebrated until it saw the scouting report for Saturday’s Class AAA state championship foe Keenan. The Bishops reached the state title game for the fifth time in seven years with a 46-22 victory over Dillon over the weekend...

Three top 15 players join Volvo Car Open field

The Volvo Car Open has added three top 15 players to its 2019 field – Aryna Sabalenka, Anastasija Sevastova and Ashleigh Barty. They join a strong international player field featuring Sloane Stephens, Caroline Wozniacki, Kiki Bertens, Madison Keys, Julia Goerges, Elise Mertens, Danielle Collins and...

Congratulations to the following DI Ospreys basketball teams for making the Trident League playoffs!

BE boy's tennis team courting third state title in five years

Encore. What will the Bishop England boys’ tennis team do for an encore this spring after achieving perfection and a Class AAA state championship in 2018? Coach Kristen Fleming Arnold isn’t sure if the Bishops will be able to duplicate last spring’s 16-0 record, but she promises the Bishops will...

Fishing...combo of science and art? Or just plain luck?

Fishing is a precise combination of science and art. Commonly referred to as “LUCK.” On Saturday, science and luck (not the good kind) were on full display. I was helping my neighbor, Luke Bishop, with a school science project. The basis of the project was to test the efficacy of similar lures from...

BE girls' basketball team heading to Lower State final this weekend

The Bishop England girls’ basketball team wasn’t really challenged in the first three rounds of the Class AAA playoffs. However, that should change Saturday when the Bishops battle undefeated Dillion in the Lower State Championship, which will be contested at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Florence Civic...

Field hockey gains momentum in the Lowcountry

On a recent Friday afternoon in January, the Bishop England field hockey team battled it out in an inter-squad contest with Team England beating Team Bishop 3-1. But the score was the least important outcome for the day, and for the season. The game and the season highlighted the success and...

Staying in Charleston

Charleston Battery youth academy product Nico Rittmeyer has signed a new, multi-year contract ahead of the 2019 season. Despite growing up in Savannah, Georgia, Rittmeyer has played nearly his entire soccer career in Charleston. At the age of 11, Rittmeyer and his dad started making the two-hour...