Sports

Hawks and Iron Horses clinch football victories

It was a night when local high school teams got defensive about their performances. And that put Philip Simmons and Hanahan in the winning column. Philip Simmons, in its first year as a varsity football team, recorded its first shutout in school history Friday night with a 28-0 victory over North...

Tony Ciuffo beats Rosie Stieby - wins Sermet's gift card

Tony Ciuffo selected 11 games correctly this week and won in a tiebreaker, as one other contestant also had 11 wins. Tony was the top contestant and beat sponsor Rosie Stieby of Daniel Island Real Estate, who was 8-4, to win a $50 gift card to Sermet’s Courtyard. He plays the Pigskin Pick-‘Em...

BE football and swim teams rack up victories

It was just what the Bishop England High School football team needed. The Bishops, who struggled with just one win in their first five games of the season, received a solid performance from their offense while the defense provided the stops Friday night, as BE celebrated Homecoming and took a big...

Madison Keys joins 2019 Volvo Car Open player field

Three Volvo Car Open standouts recently announced they will be returning to next year’s tournament, set to take place March 30 – April 7, 2019 American Madison Keys has joined the growing player field in the 2019 event on Daniel Island, along with U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephens and Australian...

Hawks down the Bishops in 37-7 win

See Hanahan. See Hanahan run the football. See Hanahan win. Hanahan topped rival Bishop England 37-7 Friday night in the Hawks’ homecoming game, and the game plan was elementary. Coach David Morbitzer came up with a strategy that focused on the run, and the Hawks executed it to near perfection...

Barbara Berger beats Dr. Jimmy - wins DI Grille gift card

Barbara Berger picked 11 correct games in last week’s Pigskin Pick-‘Em Challenge to beat sponsor Dr. Jimmy Smith of Daniel Island Chiropractic. Barbara, who moved to Daniel Island three years ago from Connecticut with her husband, Larry, said they “play together to just see how lucky we are at...

Hurrican Florence promps adjustments to SC High School League athletic schedule

Hurricane Florence affected the South Carolina High School League’s athletic schedule, and the league has made adjustments with some of the state championships being pushed back a week. “The schools most affected by flooding and unable to practice or compete have expressed a strong desire to...

New owner announced for Daniel Island-based Charleston Tennis LLC

Ben Navarro, the CEO of Charleston-based Sherman Financial Group and the founder of education non-profit Meeting Street Schools, has acquired the sanction of the WTA Volvo Car Open along with the operations of the Family Circle Tennis Center and Volvo Car Stadium. With this change, Charleston...

Bishops run away with top prize at Pee Dee Cross Country Invitational

The Bishop England boys’ cross country team traveled to West Florence High School Saturday to compete in the Pee Dee Cross Country Invitational, and the journey was well worth it. The Bishops claimed the top spot in the 12-team meet, and it wasn’t even close. The Bishops captured gold with 29...

BE swimming standout signs with University of California, Berkeley

Bishop England High School swimming standout Addie Laurencelle committed to the University of California, Berkeley over the weekend. If you’re not familiar with the college swimming world and the Golden Bears’ success, let Laurencelle put his decision in perspective. “In the world of college...