Sports

DI 10u football team finishes season undefeated

The 10 and under Jr. Bishops football team ended their season 10-0, with a perfect balance of offense and defense, according to coach Stephen Webb. The coaching staff for the Daniel Island Jr. Bishops includes Head Coach Stephen Webb, along with assistant coaches Dave Mackey, Jason Stewart, and...

PSHS volleyball secures 200th win, advances to Lower State Championship

The Philip Simmons High School girls’ volleyball team picked up a milestone victory on Nov. 7 in a Class AA playoff game against Atlantic Collegiate. Not only was it the 200th victory in the program’s short but successful history, it also gave the Iron Horses a date in the Class AA Lower...

Outsmarting trout with a clever lure trick

Several weeks ago, I observed trout feeding in water that was about 8-feet deep. They were pushing shrimp up to the surface and attacking them. I could always locate the school of trout by looking for shrimp jumping on the surface. Lucky for me, the water was clear, and I could...

Rosie Stieby wins again, beats i9 Sports, earns gift card to Coastal Skillet

Rosie Stieby takes the win again this week in the Pigskin Pick’em. Her score of 10-2 beat James Pryor and Russ Dearie with i9 Sports score of 7-5. Rosie won the tiebreaker among the reader selections and wins a $50 gift card to Coastal Skillet. Rosie, a Daniel Island Real...

Athletes of the Week 11-14-24

This week's Athletes of the Week, presented by Aqua Blue Pools, are: Bishop England Riley Young - Girls Tennis Undefeated in the region, No. 3 on the team, and the No. 1 doubles player, Riley Young, has helped lead the Bishop girls' tennis team to their Lower State match against South Florence....

DIS volleyball team champions!

The Daniel Island School's sixth grade girls' volleyball team captured the league championship in a three set thriller over Philip Simmons. The Ospreys finished the regular season with a 5-2 record, good for second place in the league. In the playoffs, they defeated Orange Grove in three sets to...

Athlete of the week - 11/6/24

This week's Athletes of the Week, presented by Aqua Blue Pools, are: Bishop England Sofia Lusardi - Competitive Cheer Sofia Lusardi is a junior captain on the Lady Bishops Competitive Cheer team. Sofia is the program's top tumbler and leads by example with discipline and grit. Philip Simmons...

Bishops, Iron Horses clinch region titles, head to playoffs

If you hear Queen’s monster hit from the 1970s – “We are the Champions” – blaring on Daniel Island this week, there’s a good chance it might have something to do with the island’s high school football teams. Bishop England and Philip Simmons captured championships in Region 6-AAAA and...

PSHS girls claim region XC title

It doesn’t get much better than this. The Philip Simmons High School girls’ cross-country team won the Region 6-AA championship and claimed the title on Oct. 30 with an overwhelming performance by claiming five of the top seven places to defeat Academic Magnet 18-41 on the Iron Horses’...

Out of my comfort zone

Sometimes, doing things outside of your comfort zone can be fun. This was the case when Elliott invited me to fly fish the Soquee River in the mountains of Georgia. He wanted to test some fly gear, and I was the guinea pig. At first, I was reluctant to go because fishing here has...