Sports

Iron Horses look to groom scorers ahead of Class AAA hurdle

Philip Simmons high school boys’ basketball coach Garrett Campbell is searching for scorers early in the 2022-23 season. Once he discovers the fountain of points, the winning should return. The Iron Horses lost some bigtime point producers after posting a 25-4 record, averaging 68 points...

Thomas Moyer bests Mingledorff and Patterson, wins gift card to the New York Butcher Shoppe

Thomas Moyer wins the Pigskin Pick ’Em by default with his 9-3 score, easily beating Mingledorff and Patterson’s 6-6 score. A participant scored 10-2; however, did not include their name and contact information. A retired engineer, Moyer likes traveling and gardening. He and his wife...

Lady Bishops tip off season as tournament champs

Bishop England High School girls’ basketball coach Paul Runey always looks for ways - and games - to get his teams ready for deep playoff runs. That’s why the Bishops were more than willing participants in the Charleston Math and Science’s Riptide Tournament, which was contested over the...

BE’s Hafner has busy fall, hauls in five gold medals in two sports

After winning five gold medals in two different sports this fall, Bishop England High School student-athlete Justin Hafner is pondering what he will do for an encore. He is also thinking about his future. In October, Hafner collected four gold medals as a member of the Bishops’ swimming...

Michael Humsi tops Edie Coupe, wins gift card to Vespa

Michael Humsi pulls off the win with a score of 10-1 beating Edie Coupe with Daniel Island Real Estate’s score of 9-2. He won the tie breaker. We were unable to include the 49ers at Cardinals matchup on Monday night due to an early print deadline for Thanksgiving. Humsi is originally...

Thankful for great catches, family, friends and a stock-trading dog

Every year about this time, I scroll through all the pictures on my phone. It reminds me of how lucky I am and how thankful I should be. Great catches. Family. Friends. A fish finding and stock trading dog. There are literally thousands of pictures. Each one captures a specific experience and...

How is biohacking fitness changing how we exercise?

Three-hour workouts and lengthy jogs are losing their allure. The high-impact training can, and often does, lead to injury. Today, you can stay healthy and transform your body with a small dose of highly effective exercise called “biohacking .”Biohacking is a term that simply means “tricking” your...

Front Runner

It came a day late. But it was definitely worth the wait. The Philip Simmons High School girls’ cross country team won the first state championship in the program’s brief history with a 42-52 victory over Waccamaw for the Class AAA title at the Sandhills Research Center in Columbia on Nov....

Reclaiming the hardware

The Bishop England High School cross country program celebrated its biggest day since 2006 when the Bishop girls won the Class AA state championship on Nov. 10 while the boys claimed second place in the Palmetto State. “Overall, it was a great day,” Bishop England coach Tony Colizzi said. “...

Signing Day: 5 BE student-athletes sign across 3 sports

The Bishop England High School girls’ lacrosse program is more like a lean, mean victory machine with an 82-game winning streak and a string of six state titles to begin the 2023 season. Affable Bishop England coach Jeff Weiner stresses the team concept, but there are times when the program...