Sports

All in the ‘Darnell’ family

Mike Darnell sits in the bleachers watching his daughters compete in athletics for Bishop High School, and what makes this noteworthy is that he’s calm, cool and collected. That’s just the opposite of when Darnell is in the dugout as coach of the Bishops’ baseball team when he’s debating an...

PSHS harriers hope to contend for state titles

The Philip Simmons High School girls’ cross country team won its first state championship last fall. If you worry about the Iron Horses suffering from complacency or too much celebration, talk to coach Josh Michael. “As coaches, we have to constantly remind them that the state meet isn’t...

Bryan Kim holds off Joshua Bai to claim US Junior Amateur on DI

Bryan Kim had to wait one day to achieve the dream of a lifetime. Kim was crowned champion of the 75th U.S. Junior Amateur Championship with a 2-up victory over Joshua Bai on July 31. The tournament was scheduled to conclude the day before at the Ralston Creek Course at the Daniel Island...

BE XC runners ready to race

The Bishop England High School cross country teams spent the first week in August at a running camp in Blowing Rock, North Carolina. The Bishops had a great time, according to coach Tony Colizzi, as the squads got some quality mileage in the hills of the Tarheel State while developing camaraderie...

Iron Horse girls volleyball motivated to return to state championship

The Philip Simmons High School girls’ volleyball team set a school record with 38 victories last fall while winning the Region 8-AAA championship with a perfect 8-0 mark. Still, coach Jay Watterworth might have sounded a bit like Mick Jagger when it came to the satisfaction quota. The Iron...

Ohio State tops Bowman’s college football poll, Georgia a close second

Want a college football top 10 preseason poll? Here’s one man’s opinion. 1. Ohio State: The Buckeyes have become Wide Receiver University, and they will solidify that status this fall with the top two wide receivers in the country: Marvin Harrison Jr. and Emeka Egbuka. Don’t forget...

Get hooked before sunrise

Summer in the Lowcountry is brutally hot. The combination of high temperature and high humidity makes fishing in the middle of the day uncomfortable. Sometimes, even dangerous. So, in August, I will be doing most of my inshore fishing early in the morning. How early? Before sunrise early...

Philip Simmons returns to the gridiron with numbers, skills

Philip Simmons High School football coach Eric Bendig will welcome about 120-130 players July 28 when the Iron Horses hold their first practice of the fall camp. If you are looking for plots, subplots and angles to the preseason, there are many. But the most interesting angle heading into...

BE football enters preseason hoping to stay healthy

Bishop England High School football coach John Cantey has been around long enough to know the good old days of the first days of practice weren’t so good. Cantey, who is beginning his 16th year as head coach of the Bishops, recalled the day when some coaches held two- and even three-a-day...

US Junior Amateur Championship on DI in full swing

Golf balls and trophy dreams are flying high at the 75th U.S. Junior Amateur Championship at the Daniel Island Club’s Beresford Creek and Ralston Creek courses this week. The prestigious 18 and under tournament is a sneak peek at the best up-and-coming golfers with 264 players from across...