Last week we took a look at the top high school basketball teams and players from the S.C High School League programs in the area. This week is a glimpse of the top teams and players from the S.C. Independent School Association.
Citing a desire to be closer to his grandchildren, Berkeley High School head football coach Randy Robinson retired from coaching on Monday.
The S.C. Basketball Coaches Association recently unveiled its preseason polls and list of top senior players in each of the state’s five classifications.
For the second time in two months, the St. James High School cheerleading squad is in quarantine due to a positive test from a teammate, Horry County Schools confirmed.
Oceanside Collegiate has been forced to cancel its high school football playoff game against Camden due to contact tracing for COVID-19 at the Mount Pleasant school, Landsharks coach Joe Call said Friday.
Oceanside Collegiate Academy takes on unbeaten Camden in the second round of the Class AAA football playoffs Friday night.
Porter-Gaud product Aaron Nesmith and College of Charleston star Grant Riller were selected in Wednesday's NBA Draft.
Aaron Nesmith's father is something of a handyman, and he put his younger son to work early and often.
The S.C. High School League has decided on sites, kickoff times and attendance guidelines for the league's five football state championship games.
Nine of 10 high school teams that made the state playoffs were eliminated with only Oceanside Collegiate advancing to the second round.
NORTH CHARLESTON — Visiting River Bluff handed Fort Dorchester a 14-12 loss in the first round of the Class AAAAA football playoffs on Friday night.
After blowing an early 17-point lead, the Oceanside Collegiate Landsharks rallied for a 31-26 win over visiting Aynor in a first-round Class AAA playoff game at Johnson Hagood Stadium on Friday night.
GOOSE CREEK – An intriguing first-round Class AAAAA playoff matchup pitted Carolina Forest’s potent rushing attack against Goose Creek’s efficient, quick-strike passing game on Friday at John Fulmer Field.
SCHSL football playoffs
John McKissick Field and Memorial Stadium renovation organizers are now looking to have the stadium open for events by spring of 2021 or football season at the latest.
High school football stat leaders in the Charleston area.
Philip Simmons High School plays Friday night in the first round of the Class AA football playoffs. It will be the first playoff appearance for the Lowcountry school that opened its doors in 2017.
West Ashley running back Jahleel Porter rushed for 327 yards and scored 6 touchdowns Friday night in the Wildcats' 49-14 victory over Stratford.
Sports can teach young people many life lessons, one of which is how to successfully deal with adversity. The football team at First Baptist Church School just got a crash course.
The Wando High volleyball team captured the Class AAAAA state championship on Saturday night, beating T.L. Hanna in a dramatic five-set finale.
SUMMERVILLE — Cane Bay quarterback Jayvion Johnson rushed for one touchdown and threw for another to lead the Cobras to a 13-10 victory over the visiting Swamp Foxes.
GOOSE CREEK — With the Class AAAAA state playoffs starting next week, Goose Creek and Summerville gave fans a taste of the postseason on Friday night at John Fulmer field.
MONCKS CORNER — Two Lowcountry high school football heavyweights traded haymakers in the first half of a showdown on Friday.
For most athletes, winning a third individual state championship in cross country would make for a pretty good day's work. Not for Philip Simmons star Noah Ward.
Mary Claire takes the kickoff and heads to her left, the football tucked under her left arm.
James Island freshman Hannah Vroon capped a dominant cross country season with the individual Class AAAA state championship on Thursday in Columbia.
First Baptist's undefeated football team was due to start the S.C. Independent Schools Association playoffs on Friday night, with a real shot at a state championship this season. But the private school's season came to an end on Thursday with the announcement that a Hurricanes player had tested positive for COVID-19.
High school football individual stat leaders in the Charleston area.
In past years, teams would play 10 regular-season games with the all-important region contests coming on the back end. This year, in an effort to make sure region games were played so that postseason berths could be determined, those games were played first and the non-region games were put at the end of the schedule.
Wando High School will play in its 13th volleyball state championship match after beating River Bluff 3-0 in the Class AAAAA Lower State finals on Tuesday night.
Fort Dorchester running back Dwayne Wright rushed for 209 yards and three touchdowns in leading the unbeaten Patriots to a 49-7 victory over Wando on Friday.
For the second consecutive season, the Philip Simmons volleyball team reached the Lower State finals of Class AA. And while the Iron Horses competed much better the second time around, the end result was the same.
S.C. High School League teams have made it through some fall sports already, and the football playoffs are rapidly approaching even during the coronavirus pandemic. Commissioner Jerome Singleton says he counts that as a "win," but warns that the winter sports of basketball and wrestling will be even more difficult to pull off safely.
Saturday was a big day for a host of area high school athletes as state championships were decided in girls tennis and cross country.
SUMMERVILLE — Terrance Geddis rushed for three touchdowns and the Green Wave defense was stout as Summerville won a rivalry game between two playoff-bound teams.
Friday night’s football game between Gray Collegiate of Columbia and Oceanside Collegiate meant very little in terms of the upcoming state playoffs. In fact, the only thing on the line in the non-region affair was bragging rights between the sister schools.
Art Craig gathered his group in an end zone and uttered the same words countless coaches before him have spoken.
High school football individual stat leaders in the Charleston area.
Freshman football players across the Lowcountry are playing major roles for their varsity teams this season.
Oceanside Collegiate golfer Emma Schimpf set a state record Tuesday on her way to winning medalist honors at the Class AAA state golf tournament.
First Baptist quarterback Will Daniel and Porter-Gaud running back/linebacker Walker Carswell are The Post and Courier's high school football players of the week after turning in extraordinary performances Friday night.
NORTH CHARLESTON — A failed two-point conversion attempt in the final minute prevented Summerville from pulling off an upset and left the Region 8-AAAAA football championship in Fort Dorchester’s hands.
High School Roundup: Stratford stuns Goose Creek; Oceanside, First Baptist roll
It took half a quarter for the Hanahan Hawks to wake up in Friday night’s crucial Region 8-AAA battle with Bishop England.
Regardless of how it eventually ends, the 2020 volleyball season will be one Wando High School coach Alexis Glover never forgets.
High school football statistical leaders for teams in the Charleston area.
Berkeley High School honored former head football coach Jerry Brown prior to Friday night’s homecoming game against Stratford, officially placing his name on the players' entrance to the football field.
Goose Creek running back Demetri Simmons rushed for 277 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Gators to a 34-24 come-from-behind win over Wando on Friday night
SUMMERVILLE — The Green Wave edged past one Dorchester School District Two rival on Friday and has a key game against the other next week.
Goose Creek captured the Region 7-AAAAA title with a 34-24 win over Wando after trailing twice by 10 points.
MONCKS CORNER — Berkeley High School opened the football season with a two-point loss to Goose Creek. The Stags have been on quite the roll since.
High school football individual stat leaders in the Charleston area.