High School Sports by Philip Bowman

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Lower State basketball championships return to Citadel

Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010

Here's some good news if you are a high school basketball fan -- the High School League's Lower State basketball championships will return to The Citadel's McAlister Field House. Read story.

Bishops, Wando among teams atop baseball rankings

Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010

The Bishop England baseball team has a state championship trophy and a reputation to prove it. Read story.

Holland to replace Guerard as Pinewood football coach

Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010

Dann Holland has been named the new football coact at Pinewood Prep.

Holland, who turned 38 on Saturday, replaces Pinky Guerard, who will retire at the end of the academic year. Guerard, a longtime assistant at Summerville High, served at the Panthers' coach for three years and compiled a 19-15 record, guiding his team to the playoffs in all three years. Read story.

Whittle has First Baptist on a roll

Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010

The First Baptist boys basketball team has become one of the top SCISA programs in less than two years under the leadership of Jeff Whittle. The Hurricanes have won 30 of their last 34 games and are the defending Class AA state champions. Read story.

Local players abound on all-decade baseball team

Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010

It's only 15 days until high school baseball teams begin practice in South Carolina, and that means a time to look ahead with great expectations. Read story.

SCISA honors FBCS

Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010

The First Baptist Church School has something to celebrate. Read story.

Pinewood Prep in unfamiliar role

Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010

The Pinewood Prep boys basketball team is experiencing some transitional pains after being one the state's most dominating squads the past four years. Read story.

Green, Dunlap, Bowers picks for Rivals all-decade team

Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010

Rivals.com announced its all-decade football team for 2000-09, and South Carolina is well represented. Read story.

The top 10 high school sports stories of the 2000s

Sunday, Jan. 3, 2010

A look back at the first 3,653 days of the new millennium: my top 10 high school sports stories of the 2000s 10. Sports after 911: Read story.

Rise of Stags' Ellington heads list of year's top 10 stories

Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009

It was another memorable year of individual performances, team championships, records and remembrances. The Lowcountry high school sports scene had its share of big stories. Here's my top 10 stories of 2009. How does it compare to your list? Read story.

Time for all-decade defensive team

Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009

It's the end of the decade as we know it. The first decade of the new millennium produced some great high school football players in the Lowcountry. On Wednesday, I listed my all-decade offensive team. Here's my all-decade defensive team. The year in parentheses was the player's senior season. Read story.

First decade of millennium produces super football stars

Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009

It's the end of the decade as we know it. The first decade of the new millennium produced some great high school football stars in the Lowcountry, including some once-in-a-lifetime players. Here's my top offensive players from 2000-09. On Sunday, we'll cover the defense. (The year listed was the player's senior season). Read story.

Pinewood Prep continues to reload

Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009

It's a new era in Pinewood Prep basketball now that Milton Jennings and Co. have graduated. Jennings played on the varsity team for five years and the Panthers posted a 132-23 record during that span, winning four SCISA Class AAA state championships. Read story.

Holiday tournaments begin

Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009

The holiday basketball tournament schedule kicks into high gear this weekend. First up is the Porter-Gaud Holiday Classic. Read story.

7-AAAA all-star team full of Stags, Gators

Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009

The Berkeley Stags, the Division II-AAAA state football champions, landed six players on the Region 7-AAAA all-star team and head coach Jerry Brown has been named the region coach of the year. Read story.

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Philip Bowman

Philip Bowman, a Charleston resident and graduate of Ohio State University, joined The Post and Courier as a news copy editor in 1996 and became the paper's high school sports beat writer in 1999. He has more than 20 years experience as a journalist and first came to South Carolina as the editor of the Diocese of Charleston's newspaper in 1991.



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