Sports

Playoff hoops primed for tip-off

PHILIP M. BOWMAN sports@thedanielislandnews.com The Philip Simmons girls’ basketball team finished the regular season with a 19-5 record, including 8-0 in Region 8-AAA to earn a No. 1 seed for the state playoffs. Postseason play for high school basketball begins Feb. 15 and...

Kellermann to walk-on at Clemson

Philip Simmons High School standout student-athlete Kylee Kellermann might be down. But she’s definitely not out. For the second straight year, Kellermann suffered a season-ending knee injury. But she is not letting the injury stop her dream of playing college hoops. She will join the...

Matthew Bower beats Phil Bowman to win Super Bowl Pigskin Pick ’Em

New Daniel Island resident Matthew Bower took home the Blondies gift card with his big Super Bowl win over sportswriter Phil Bowman. Bower went 7-12 to defeat Bowman, an Ohio native and Cincinnati Bengals fan, who finished this week with a 3-9 record. Bower just recently moved to...

Preparation is next to godliness

Planning and preparation are critical to fishing success. With the offshore fishing season just around the corner, my son Elliott and I have been doing a lot of both. Sometimes, the tasks seem endless. However, it is less of a burden and actually kind of fun because we do them together...

Legacy enshrined

Local coaching icon Ed Khouri, who established the Bishop England High School’s boys’ soccer program as one of the best in South Carolina over the course of his tenure was head coach from 1994 to 2022, was recently inducted into the South Carolina High School Soccer Coaches Hall of Fame...

Bishops, Iron Horses ready to dance as playoffs emerge

Why wait for March Madness when you can experience a February Frenzy? That was the case for the Bishop England High School girls’ basketball team as it played its regular-season finale against Academic Magnet on Feb. 7. That same night Timberland and Oceanside Collegiate Academy...

Fishing for tips

In early January, Brody and I were fishing. A boat with a couple of guys on it stopped and asked Brody (the amazing fish-finding and stock-trading dog) for a stock tip. To my surprise, Brody recommended buying Tesla. A stock that had seen significant erosion in share price and market...

Robert Musso beats Quackie, wins ducks

Robert Musso is no stranger to winning the Pigskin Pick ’Em or to winning ducks. This week, Musso again beat “Quackie” with the Daniel Island Rotary. He won the tiebreaker. Musso, a Daniel Island resident for the last 10 years, is now happily retired. “I’ve been doing this contest...

Iron Horse girls roll through region on undefeated tear

The Philip Simmons High School girls’ basketball team just doesn’t lead the Region 8-AAA standings. They dominate it. The Iron Horses pushed their winning streak to five games with a convincing 64-27 victory over Beaufort on Jan. 24. The victory gave Dustin Williams’ squad a 5-0 record in...

BE girls’ lax scoring savant Bredemann nets early college commitment

Henley Bredemann became the latest Bishop England High School girls’ lacrosse standout to reveal her matriculation plans as she recently committed to play for the Catholic University of America in Washington. The Cardinals landed one of the Palmetto State’s top players for the Class of 2024...