Sports

Be ready for a few surprises on your next fishing trip!

Fishing with friends can be surprising. Some surprises are pleasant. Others, not so much. On a recent fishing trip with my friend, Shelly Bostwick, all the surprises were pleasant. We launched my Pathfinder bay boat into the last of the outgoing tide. Our plan was to target bluefish that we could...

Battery, Red Bulls finish 1-1

The Battery tied the New York Red Bulls II, 1-1, at Daniel Island’s MUSC Health Stadium on Saturday night. It was a relatively quiet first half for both sides with the Red Bulls pressing from the start, and the Battery looking for a way through a congested midfield. Jarad van Schaik forced an early...

Daniel Island Flying Fish

The Flying Fish had a great home meet last Thursday, June 27, defeating Coosaw Creek Country Club 272-264. This week, they take on Hobcaw and Shadowmoss. City Meet will be held July 12-14.

BE lax team's Carlson, Roberts and Ward earn All-America accolades

It was the final chapter in Bishop England’s 2019 season and the final exclamation point on remarkable four-year run as the best girls’ lacrosse team in South Carolina. Bishop standout Grace Ann Carlson has been named both academic and lacrosse All-America while Morgan Roberts (academic) and Ava...

It's not always about the fish

The number of fish you catch is not as important as who you catch them with. On a recent fishing trip with Mark Friedfertig and his sons, Chase and Cole, this was particularly evident. Families fishing together is important to me. So, I really wanted to share a great trip with Mark, Chase and Cole...

Battery sign former academy standout, BE grad James Cox

The Charleston Battery has signed former Battery academy player James Cox, pending league and federation approval. The Charleston native recently completed a successful high school career at Bishop England High School, just a few miles away from MUSC Health Stadium on Daniel Island. The 2019...

Iron Horses football team uses summer to strengthen, restructure

The Philip Simmons High School varsity football team is a team in transition as it enters its second season of varsity action. After finishing 2-8, including 1-4 in Region 6-AAA last fall in its maiden season, the Iron Horses will have four new assistant coaches, a new quarterback and a rebuilt...

Summertime fishing is full of surprises

Summertime fishing is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you are going to catch. This was the case when fishing last week with my good friend, Todd. We launched early in the morning wanting to target redfish with top water lures. We found the redfish, but they were not interested in...

9th Annual Kids Fishing Tournament lures in close to 100 young anglers!

It was all on the line for last weekend’s annual Kids Fishing Tournament, hosted by the Daniel Island Inshore Fishing Club. A total of 96 kids took part in the Smythe Lake contest on Saturday, June 15, ranging in age from 4 to 15. The overall grand champion was Isla Gustafson, age 4, who reeled in...

DI's Austin Scott wins 61st Annual SCGA Junior Championship

“Neither rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night” are words long associated with the U.S. Post Office and their creed to get the job done no matter what. The words could also be used to describe Austin Scott’s appearance – and performance – in the recent South Carolina Golf Association (SCGA) Junior...