A total of 10 Waccamaw High School student-athletes signed to play college sports on March 23.
Andrews' Rodshaun "Tonk" Dorsey signed to play wide receiver for Erskine College football in a ceremony at Andrews High School on March 16.
Golf Tourism Solutions announced that the inaugural Short Par 4 Girls Palmetto Tournament of Champions will tee off this fall at True Blue Golf Club in Pawleys Island from Sept. 16-17.
David Hammel was hired to lead Waccamaw High's brand-new boys volleyball team on Feb. 20, the first varsity boys volleyball team in Georgetown County School District.
Georgetown High School boys basketball head coach Eric Sparkman resigned Feb. 27 after three seasons at the helm.
South Carolina's golf destination market is looking to bring a PGA tournament to the Grand Strand next year.
Zonda Cox, a member of the Georgetown Baseball/Softball Booster Club, was recently given the 2023 S.C. Dixie Youth Baseball Danny Jones Award and was named the 2022 Georgetown County Volunteer of the Year.
All in all, 15 athletes in the Grand Strand area signed letters of intent to continue their athletic careers on Feb. 1.
Loftus is one of the most decorated student-athletes at Waccamaw High School in recent history.
Waccamaw High QB Jaret Yonker committed to St. Vincent College over Furman, The Citadel, North Greenville, Carleton College and Case Western Reserve.
Bradley Adams is the winningest football coach in the history of the Bulldogs program, going 40-27 in six seasons from 2010-15
There are several prominent high school football head coach and athletic director positions open on the Grand Strand.
The Waccamaw girls tennis team defeated Chapman, 5-1, to win the AAA girls tennis state title on Nov. 5 at the Dr. Eddie Floyd Tennis Center in Florence.
Jimmy Noonan is stepping down from his roles as football head coach and athletic director at Georgetown High School.
Coastal Carolina sprinter Melissa Jefferson was named the 2021-22 Sun Belt Conference Female Athlete of the Year on Oct. 27.
Georgetown native and Carvers Bay High School product Byron Young was named the SEC defensive lineman of the week for the week of Oct. 10 for his performance in then-No. 8 Tennessee's road win over then-No. 25 LSU on Oct. 8.
On Oct. 19, Conway WR/DB Cameron Alston, Conway OL Nathan Thompson, Myrtle Beach WR Jake Doty and Andrews OL She’Fon Boyd were all selected to play for South in the Touchstone Energy Cooperatives Bowl at Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium on Dec. 10.
Wachesaw Plantation Ladies Golf Results - Sept. 22
With Hurricane Ian expected to cause inclement weather on the South Carolina coast on Friday, Sept. 30, high schools along the Grand Strand have altered their high school football schedules for Week 6.
Gold Tee Champion Tournament - Sept. 14
Andrews downed Waccamaw, 30-16, despite committing five turnovers and ten penalties at Waccamaw High School on Sept. 16.
Carvers Bay scored all four of its touchdowns in the first half en route to a 28-14 victory over cross-county rival Georgetown at Big Bear Stadium on Sept. 9.
After going winless for roughly a decade, head coach Mattie Drinkwater has helped turn the Georgetown High School girls volleyball program around as it is poised to make the playoffs for second consecutive year.
Murrells Inlet native Andrew Vereen and his Coastal Carolina partner Connor Cartmell claim Bassmaster College National Championship win.
Coastal Carolina University duo takes the lead in Bassmaster College National Championship with a two-day total of 29-7.
Montevallo duo caught 15 pounds, 15 ounces to take the lead on the first day of the Bassmaster College National Championship On Winyah Bay.
A Pawleys Island native is set to compete in the 2022 Strike King Bassmaster College National Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops getting underway today in Georgetown.
Carvers Bay High School athletic director and boys basketball head coach Jeff Mezzatesta released the schedule for the 2022 Carvers Bay Bear Jam on Aug. 30.
When Coastal added football just over two decades ago, the university was committed to seeing the program flourish in the football-crazed Southeast by funding a full allotment of 63 Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) scholarships and building a facility that would subsequently be expanded.
When Coastal added football just over two decades ago, the university was committed to seeing the program flourish in the football-crazed Southeast by funding a full allotment of 63 Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) scholarships and building a facility that would subsequently be expanded.
Waccamaw defeated cross-county rival Carvers Bay, 33-18, at Carvers Bay’s Big Bear Stadium on Aug. 26.
After going 0-10 overall and 0-4 in Region 7-AAA, Georgetown football will look to get back on the right track in 2022.
Carvers Bay will now compete in Region 5-A, which is almost the same as Region 4-A plus Johnsonville and minus now-defunct C.E. Murray.
Heading into his third year at the helm, Waccamaw football head coach Amondre Johnson is looking to his seniors to provide guidance for a relatively young squad.
Playing in a new but also familiar region this year, Andrews will look to make the playoffs again after falling to Woodland in the first round in 2021.
Wachesaw Plantation Ladies Golf - Aug. 11
Gold Tee Weekly Game @ Tradition — July 27
Pawleys Island Tradition Men's League
Team USA, with Melissa Jefferson on first leg, won gold in the women’s 4x100-meters with a time of 41.14 at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Ore., on July 23, edging out Jamaica by .04 seconds.
Coastal Carolina sprinter Melissa Jefferson, running for Team USA, finished eighth in the women’s 100-meter final with a time of 11.03 (0.8) at the World Athletics Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., on July 17.
Andrews had four teams qualify for Dixie Youth state tournaments – in softball, the Darlings, Belles and Ponytails qualified, and in baseball, the Dixie Boys qualified.
Coastal Carolina's Mekenze Kelley won the 400-meters at the U20 USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships with a time of 52.10 on June 25 and qualified to represent the USA U20 Team at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships held from Aug. 2-7 in Cali, Colombia.
Georgetown Dixie Youth had five teams make it to state, three baseball and two softball.
Coastal Carolina's Melissa Jefferson and Mekenze Kelley both won gold in the 2022 USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships women's 100-meter dash and 2022 U20 USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships women's 400-meters, respectively.
Chris and Emily Taylor opened Litchfield Racquet and Paddle in September 2021 to offer pickleball in Pawleys Island.
The Coastal Carolina women’s track and field team had six athletes earn All-American honors at the 2022 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Ore., with Melissa Jefferson earning honors in three different events.
Georgetown High School hired former Conway High girls basketball assistant Mixon Criddle as its new girls basketball head coach on June 8.
Georgetown County Parks and Recreation will host the 2022 Strike King Bassmaster College Series National Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops from Sept. 2-4.
The Waccamaw girls track and field team placed third overall at the Class AAA state championships at Lower Richland High School on May 21, with the 4x800-meter relay team placing first and Gia Leone repeating as the 1,600-meters champion.
Six members of the Coastal Carolina women’s track and field team qualified for the 2022 NCAA Outdoor Championships.
Horry County Schools announced on May 23 that St. James has hired Collin Liggett as its new athletic director, replacing Billy Hurtson who announced he would be retiring back in March.
