Sports

Let the games begin!

After a year-long delay due to the coronavirus pandemic, the world’s best athletes have come together to compete in the Tokyo Olympics. And while there is concern for the safety of the participants, many fans hope the Summer Games will unite the world in Olympic glory. “The Olympic Games...

Taking the ‘new ride’ for a ride

Recently, Brody (the amazing fish-finding and stock-trading dog) and I have been doing a lot of offshore fishing. On a recent trip, sea conditions were rough, and Brody commented that we need a bigger boat. While the Pathfinder 2500 Hybrid is a great all-round boat, we needed something...

Preparing for battle

Eric Bendig is young and energetic with a desire to produce a winner. The Philip Simmons High School football coach is always ready for football. The Iron Horses and other teams that compete in the High School League can hold their first practice Friday, July 30. The Iron Horses will hit...

Woods, Tausig tapped by USA Today for Palmetto honors

Lily Woods had a great career at Bishop England as one of the top tennis players in the Southeast. Her career at the next level is off to a great start even though she won’t matriculate to Wofford until Aug. 28. To get ready for the next level, Woods has been a factor on the...

When it comes to fishing, you need to know your limit

After missing the three-day red snapper season due to Tropical Storm Elsa, Brody and I set out to pick on their smaller cousins, the vermillion snapper. While lacking the size and strength of American red snapper, vermillion snapper are abundant, easy to catch and tasty. Since we have established...

Former BE standout Jeresaty setting Big Ten goals

University of Illinois offensive lineman Blake Jeresaty is getting some preseason kudos from college football preview magazines including Phil Steele’s masterpiece, which includes more than 350 pages. Steele lists Jeresaty as a preseason fourth-team all-Big Ten selection. The former Bishop England...

Longtime BE girls soccer coach Snyder retires

Dave Snyder received numerous college degrees, including a Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina in 2000. Twenty-one years later, Snyder leaves Bishop England High School with a master’s in soccer. Snyder began his career at BE as the coach of the boys’ junior varsity soccer team. But he...

Brooks decides College of Charleston makes dollars and cents

For a good part of a year, Daniel Brooks’ innermost feelings resonated like a song by the 1980s punk rock group The Clash: “Should I Stay Or Should I Go.” Brooks, the uber-talented baseball player for Bishop England High School, recently had to decide on what his future would encompass – for at...

Flying Fish close season at City Swim Meet

Technically, the Daniel Island Flying Fish finished in fifth place July 11 as the Coastal Carolina Aquatic Association culminated its 2021 season with the City Swim Meet, which was held indoors for the first time at the North Charleston Aquatic Center. But a year after the COVID-19 pandemic...

Walker prepping for second season at Presbyterian

Philip Simmons High School’s first valedictorian, Mickey Walker, is spending the summer working as a part-time custodian. But for Walker, it’s a labor of love. Walker will soon begin his second season as a member of the Presbyterian College football team. Unlike players from schools such as...