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Notes on a wrestling champ and Lowcountry lacrosse powers.
Former Fort Dorchester High School star Carlos Dunlap helped lead the Kansas City Chiefs to a 38-36 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LVII.
Having reached the pinnacle as a player, Hall of Famer Katrina McClain is ready to test her skills from the bench.
ORLANDO, Fla. — It would have been easy for Tennessee guard Josiah-Jordan James to forgo his final season of college basketball and bolt for the NBA.
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I’ve never had much criticism of Aliyah Boston as a basketball player. If there was one, it would be that she isn’t “mean” enough, which channels from my experience covering A’ja Wilson when she was here.
Google her name and you’ll get a picture of Wilson smiling. She’s very photogenic, knew the camera would always be on her and could grin her way through anything. Yet that smile covered an interior that would cut your heart out to win.
They’ve said for every game in every season, they don’t look ahead. The biggest job is always just ahead in the next game, not the one two or three or 10 beyond that. They said it this week, these No. 1 Gamecocks.
They fibbed.
COLUMBIA – Round-trip to Norman, please. Just a few days after discussions of an early dismissal for Texas and Oklahoma from the Big 12 seemed flatter than an Odessa horizon, a compromise was reached late Thursday night. Due to a mere $100 million in exit fees the conference will collect, the Big 12 bid adios to the Sooners and Longhorns as the SEC opened its (very profitable) doors.
Coming in 2024, two new SEC schools, a brand-new football schedule, scheduling model and a 12-team College Football Playoff.
COLUMBIA – So now you know. And like me and all of the rest around Gamecock Nation, we don’t really know.
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The NET has gained outsized infamy in Clemson circles in recent months, because it didn't seem to be aligned with reality.
If you remember last year's list of Clemson invitees to the NFL scouting combine, it was a particularly small group. Cornerbacks Andrew Booth Jr. and Mario Goodrich were joined by receiver Justyn Ross and linebacker Baylon Spector. And that was it.
Plus, there wasn't much going on for that quartet. Ross, in the process of recovering from a foot surgery, didn't fully participate. Goodrich was dealing with pain in his ribs and pulled out after the 40-yard dash. Booth was held out by a quadriceps injury. So if you were that obsessed Clemson fan tuned to NFL Network to catch the Tigers doing 40-yard dashes and three cone drills, you were very disappointed.
For today's Post and Courier, we featured Clemson guard Brevin Galloway, who had a bizarre medical situation last week but capitalized on the situation to earn some name, image, and likeness (NIL) dollars.
To be clear, it isn't really "our" CAB.The main purpose of the Clemson Athletics Branding institute (which you could actually pronounce "Cabby," if they left the "I" in the acronym) is to help athletes at Clemson maximize their name, image, and likeness (NIL) opportunities. Dabo Swinney likes the "cab" analogy because the university is providing athletes a "lift" to their NIL potential -- but they have to put in the work, or the cab fare, to get there.
Honors for veteran coaches, an Ashley Ridge alum competing for All-America honors and all-star basketball games in this week's high school notebook.
With the completion of the basketball and wrestling seasons, the focus in high school sports turns to spring sports.
As they posed for their photo with the state championship trophy, members of the Military Magnet girls basketball team held up three fingers.
Bishop England's attempt for a seventh state championship in girls basketball came up just short on Friday.
High school basketball in the Charleston area seems to be making a strong comeback in 2022-23.
Former South Carolina football player Devonte Holloman has been named the new head football coach at Pinewood Prep, and Johnny Waters is the new coach at Northwood Academy.
Conway boys basketball fell to Goose Creek, 43-23, in the AAAAA Boys Basketball Lower State Championship, 43-23, at the Florence Center on Feb. 27.
A magical 2022-23 season continues for the Stratford High girls basketball team as the Knights will be headed to the first state championship game in program history.
St. John's Christian and Faith Christian won boys' titles, and Cathedral Academy won a girls championship at the S.C. Independent Schools Association state tournament in Sumter.
The two-time defending state champions from Military Magnet Academy are headed back to the Class A state championship game.
The Bishop England girls and Oceanside Collegiate boys claimed Lower State basketball titles.
Berkeley High School has hired a new football coach to replace Dr. Jerry Brown.
In one of the wildest playoff basketball games in Lowcountry history, the fifth-ranked Goose Creek Gators topped No. 4 Summerville, 62-59, on Wednesday night to clinch a spot in the Class AAAAA Lower State championship game.
Stratford closed out the regular season as the No. 1 Class AAAAA team in the state and is still fending off all challengers.
ST. STEPHEN — Bishop England’s girls basketball team advanced to the Class AA Lower State finals, posting a 53-30 win at Region 7-AA rival Timberland on Feb. 21.
Three Charleston-area players named player of the year in their respective classifications.
Gene Sapakoff column: Chris Singleton, former Charleston Southern and minor league baseball player and son of murdered Mother Emanuel AME Church parishioner Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, is on an 11-state reading tour to promote literacy with a message of faith.
It’s not March Madness, but the South Carolina high school basketball playoffs could be coined “February Frenzy”, and the fun starts this week.
Oh, so close. Again.
SUMMERVILLE — After a three-way tie and a coin flip, the Region 7-AA region championship in girls basketball was decided on Friday night as rivals Timberland and Oceanside Collegiate played a tie-breaking game at Cane Bay High School.
SUMMERVILLE — Summerville High’s wrestling program advanced to the Class AAAAA state finals on Wednesday night, beating River Bluff by 39-24 to capture the Lower State title in front of a home crowd.
Five Charleston-area high school football players are part of the first signing class in the history of Anderson University’s football program.
SUMMERVILLE — For the third straight season, the Summerville High wrestling team will wrestle for the Class AAAAA Lower State championship.
Through 12 seasons as an NFL star, A.J. Green kept a low profile away from the field.
Gene Sapakoff column: Steve Laprad is back as Fort Dorchester High School head coach just as former players Carlos Dunlap of the Kansas City Chiefs and Robert Quinn of the Philadelphia Eagles are set to face off in the first Super Bowl for each of the former high school teammates.
High school athletes from across the Lowcountry signed college letters of intent on signing day.
Almost two weeks after he resigned, Steve LaPrad was reinstated as football coach at Fort Dorchester High School.
Almost two weeks after he resigned, Steve LaPrad is being reinstated as football coach at Fort Dorchester High School.
Two of the five vacant head football coaching positions in the Lowcountry have been filled as Hanahan and First Baptist have announced new leadership in their respective programs.
A group of 7th graders has stuck together through their senior year at Military Magnet, and is seeking a third straight state title.
Jerry Stoots won more than 925 games at three Charleston-area high schools over 48 seasons, and impacted the lives of many young people.
Dorchester District 2 Superintendent Shane Robbins plans to hold meetings with Fort Dorchester football coach Steve LaPrad, who offered his resignation after a locker room video circulated that appeared to show him using profanity and disparaging another school in the county while talking to his players.
For as long as he can remember, Adam Kinloch has dreamed of one day being the head football coach at Colleton County High School.
DORCHESTER — Woodland High School offensive tackle Kam Pringle, the state’s top-rated 2024 prospect, made his verbal commitment to the University of South Carolina on Sunday afternoon in his school’s gymnasium.
In a showdown of private-school state title contenders in Class AAAA, the visiting First Baptist Hurricanes used a decisive 13-point run to open the fourth quarter and knocked off the Porter-Gaud Cyclones, 71-59, on Friday night.
Steve LaPrad released a video statement on Friday explaining his decision earlier this week to resign as football coach and athletic director at Fort Dorchester High School.
Fort Dorchester head football coach Steve LaPrad resigned on Wednesday, according to a release by the Dorchester County District 2 public information office.
Woodland High School offensive tackle Kam Pringle plans to make his commitment announcement next Sunday, Jan. 22, at his school in St. George.
GOOSE CREEK — Two boys basketball powers of Region 6-AAAAA clashed on Tuesday night as Class AAAAA third-ranked Goose Creek hosted No. 8 Cane Bay.
Legendary football coach Dr. Jerry Brown will not return as the coach at Berkeley High School in Moncks Corner. Brown was informed by district and school personnel of the decision to make a change on Tuesday.
For the first time in more than a decade, a school other than Wando has captured the King of the County wrestling tournament.
Summerville High School wrestling coach Darryl Tucker achieved a coaching milestone on Jan. 10, earning his 300th career victory as the head coach of the Green Wave.
Aside from commitments from transfer lineman Sidney Fugar (6-6, 330) of Western Illinois and linebacker Javon Willis (6-2, 220) of Ole Miss, the Gamecocks’ staff had two other transfer prospects in for visits over the weekend.
GOOSE CREEK — Facing a three-game losing streak and on the road against the second-ranked team in Class AAAAA, the Summerville boys basketball team got back on track in its final non-region game of the 2022-23 season.
Northwood Academy named former Charleston Southern head football coach Autry Denson as its new athletic director on Friday.
Record-setting Wake Forest quarterback Sam Hartman, who played his senior year of high school at Oceanside Collegiate in Mount Pleasant, will transfer to Notre Dame.
South Carolina coach Shane Beamer said on signing day he was not finished adding pieces to his 2023 recruiting class.
The holiday high school basketball tournaments are done, and attention now turns to region play as the calendar flips to 2023.
Trevon Sanders of the North Charleston Police Department was picked in the XFL’s supplemental draft Sunday night by the Orlando Guardians.
Continuing to build off a stellar 2021-22 season, the Stratford girls basketball team is once again setting itself up for a deep run in the Class AAAAA state playoffs.
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