Sports

Bishop England out to prove successful year was no football fluke

If you think Logan Hall and his Bishop England High School football team are going to be one-hit wonders, think again. The Bishops were the surprise success story in the Palmetto State last fall when they posted a 9-3 record in Hall’s first year at the helm of the program. Not bad for...

Philip Simmons returns strong lineup for 2025 football campaign

Eric Bendig needed less than a decade to turn the Philip Simmons High School football team into one of the state’s best Class AA programs. After going a combined 9-18 in the program’s first three seasons, the Iron Horses had a 38-11 record from 2021-24, winning three region championships....

Kids’ fishing champ joins Capt. Greg on the hunt for redfish

The 14th Annual Danziger Cup Kids Fishing Tournament will be held on Saturday, June 14, at Smythe Park on Daniel Island. If you have children with an interest in fishing, the Danziger Cup is the event for you. One of my favorite things about the tournament is that I get to take the...

‘I’m proud of our guys’

The Philip Simmons High School baseball team’s bid for its first state championship came up short. Batesburg-Leesville High School defeated the Iron Horses 8-5 on May 31 at the University of South Carolina’s Founders Park in the decisive game of the best-of-three series. Still, it was...

BE lacrosse coach Weiner retires

Jeff Weiner remembers, well, the first time he watched his daughter, Abbey, play in a high school lacrosse match. She was a member of the Kings Park High School team, which was located on Long Island, New York. “I had no idea of what was going on,” Weiner said of that match, which was...

Future bright for BE boys’ tennis

The Bishop England High School boys’ tennis team came up short in its bid for a 13th state title when the Battling Bishops were on the wrong end of a 5-1 decision to A.C. Flora High School in the Class AAAA championship. But the future is bright – very bright – if the Class AAAAA-AAAA state...

Iron Horse tennis duo earn all-state honors, gear up for 2026

The always enthusiastic Richard Schulz, the only person to coach tennis at two high schools in the Palmetto State, recently revealed that some of his predictions for Roland Garros were becoming reality as he witnessed match after match on the famed red clay. Schulz, who just completed...

BE boys’ soccer team wins state title in thrilling overtime battle

There aren’t too many high school soccer programs that can boast of winning a state championship at 12:05 a.m. to start a new day, arriving back on campus around 2:30 a.m., finally getting some much-needed sleep about 30 minutes later. Oh yeah, then get up for a pre-scheduled team banquet...

Iron Horses baseball team one win away from state glory

The Philip Simmons Iron Horse baseball team hit its stride at the best possible time, after concluding the regular season with two losses and a 12-13 record. The Iron Horses picked up their seventh consecutive victory on May 24 with a 5-3 decision over Batesburg-Leesville High School at The...

Hole-in-one season: Iron Horses ace golf championship

The Philip Simmons High School boys’ golf team made history by winning its first state championship. Bishop England, meanwhile, just missed adding to its rich history as the high school league golf season concluded. IRON HORSE GOLF CHAMPS The Iron Horses topped Chesnee High School...