Sports

Swanson named Class AA Volleyball Player of the year

Bishop England’s Montana Swanson has been named South Carolina Coaches Association for Women’s Sports (CAWS) Class AA Volleyball Player of the Year for the second straight season. Swanson, a senior, helped Bishop England post a 40-9-4 record this fall en route to a national record 16th straight...

BE girls’ and boys’ basketball teams continue to dominate

The Bishop England Battling Bishops are coming off a week where they won five of their six games. The girls’ team won all three, by sizeable margins, beating First Baptist 65-34, Charleston Math and Science 79-25, and finally cross-town rival Porter Gaud 76-31. The boys’ team played almost as well...

Denmark is on the go!

Hanahan football star Samuel Denmark is spending the week in the Upstate as part of the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas festivities. He will practice every day in preparation for Saturday’s game, which will be played at Gibbs Stadium in Spartanburg. But the week is more than football. He will visit...

Rona Bobey is this week's winner!

Rona Bobey is this week’s Pig Skin Pick ‘Em Challenge winner. Bobey went an impressive 11-1 this week to beat her friend and sponsor Cara Schaafsma, whose record was 7-5. Two other entrants were second with 10-2 records. Bobey wins a $50 gift certificate to Vespa. Each week from now until the Super...

Bishops and Lady Bishops take down Warriors

Both the Bishop England basketball teams showed up against the Wando Warriors on Saturday. The girls overwhelmed Wando as they have been doing for the last couple years, winning their game 74-39. The shock was in the boys’ games – the Bishops beat the Warriors 69-58. The Lady Bishops have been...

Bishop England boys’ basketball features a gang of 3-point shooters

There are signs of success: second place in the Stall Thanksgiving Classic, an elusive win over Wando and a gang of 3-point shooters whose motto might just as well be “Nothing but net.” The Bishop England boys’ basketball team has fared well early in the season with four victories in its first...

Hanahan wrestling is rebuilding

Hanahan High School had one of the state’s best wrestling runs of the decade, winning state titles in 2011 and ’12, while capturing second place in 2010 and ’13. As the Hawks’ current season unwinds, veteran coach Ray Adkins has been asked the proverbial talent question: Are the Hawks reloading or...

Michael Bowers is this week's winner!

Michael Bowers is this week’s Pig Skin Pick ‘Em Challenge winner. Bowers was just good enough to beat Dave Williams of 843 Health Marketplace and win the Up Move by Jawbone. Each week from now until the Super Bowl, readers will be given the opportunity to “Beat the Sponsor” and to win great prizes...

Natasha Beard wins in tiebreaker!

Natasha Beard is this week’s Pig Skin Pick ‘Em Challenge winner. Natasha was tied in head to head play with Sherrill Holland, both with 6-5 records. Natasha was 1 point closer in the score tiebreaker than Sherrill for the Clemson-Carolina game to beat Dr. Estes to earn a $50 gift card to Mellow...

Moore to come!

Rhetta Moore has her work cut out if she hopes to equal her sister’s state championship haul. Moore is a junior at Bishop England High School and has now played on three state championship teams after the volleyball team won yet another state title last month. She’s collected a gold medal in...