Just how good are the Fort Dorchester Patriots? They begin the season with six players selected to The Post and Courier's preseason All-Lowcountry team.

Hanahan and Manning should lead the way in Region 8-AAA football this season.

Oceanside Collegiate and Timberland should vie for the Region 6-AA title.

First Baptist takes aim at a return trip to the SCISA title game, while Porter-Gaud welcomes a new coach.

Baptist Hill and St. John's could be on a collision course in Region 4-A.

The list of great football players from the Lowcountry is a long one. With the help of current and former high school coaches, and sportswriters who covered many of them, The Post and Courier compiled a list of the 25 greatest of all time.

Though he has been away from the program since 2010, Jerry Brown says he still has a special feeling when he returns to Berkeley High’s Bonner Stadium.

Summerville sophomore quarterback Colby Shirey got his first taste of varsity football Friday night at the Dorchester County Showdown. Shirey replaces Johnathan Bennett, who started four seasons for the Green Wave.

With the days of the Sertoma Football Classic officially over, Charleston County football teams embrace a new tradition that began Friday with a jamboree at West Ashley High School.

West Ashley High School product Brett Toth, a graduate of West Point, has received a waiver from the U.S. Army so that he can immediately begin his NFL career.

Instead of the longtime Lowcountry tradition, there are three separate football jamborees Friday night.

Former West Ashley High school standout Brett Toth, an offensive lineman and 2018 graduate of West Point, is seeking a waiver from the Army to defer his two-year service commitment in order to play for the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFL.

Woodland High receiver Lavel Davis, one of the top three pass-catchers in South Carolina for the 2020 signing class, committed to Virginia over the summer.

Football is in the air as most high school  teams in the Charleston area hit the practice field for the first time on Friday. Teams have three weeks to prepare for their season-opening games.

High school football practice officially begins Friday for most teams in South Carolina, but one team in Charleston got a head start.

Fort Dorchester, 60-8 since 2014, is No. 1 in The Post and Courier's preseason ranking of Charleston area high school football teams.

NBA star and Charleston native Khris Middleton was honored at Porter-Gaud Wednesday with a key to the city and taking part in his high school jersey retirement. 

As we conclude our summer series of the area’s top high school football players by position, we look at the guys who  operate with little fanfare or publicity, until they mess up.

High school baseball and softball players across the Charleston area were honored Tuesday night for making the All-Lowcountry teams for their respective sports.

Of all the positions on the football field for the upcoming high school season, the deepest in terms of talent and experience is easily the secondary.

The month of June was full of change in regards to local high school coaching positions, as several schools saw changes within the coaching roster, with more to come over the next few weeks.

The list of top returning linebackers in the Lowcountry for the 2019 season is a solid collective mix of seniors and underclassmen

Khris Middleton, a Porter Gaud School graduate, is $178 million richer but turned down a chance to bolt Milwaukee for a bigger NBA market. He explains in an open letter

From a broken down, over-grown dilapidated two-court facility a decade ago, St. George tennis has blossomed into a scenic complex all of its own, thanks to the hard work of many and especially New York City transplant Barbara Jones

William Wineberg reluctantly takes over as West Ashley High School football coach after the sudden, surprising dismissal of Bobby Marion

No high school football program in the Lowcountry has produced more college players over the last decade than Fort Dorchester. From the look of things, that trend will continue.

The Charleston Battery announced the signing of former Bishop England High School soccer standout James Cox on Monday, pending league and federation approval.

Summerville’s Adam McKanna and Porter-Gaud’s Holston Slack are among the top 10 offensive linemen in the Lowcountry heading into the 2019 high school football season. 

Porter-Gaud School has named Brad Bowles its new head football coach.

In our continuing summer series of position previews for the 2019 high school football season, this week we take a look running backs.

Michel Dukes of First Baptist and Katie Brooks of Bishop England are both headed to Clemson, but The Post and Courier's All-Lowcountry Athletes of the Year have very different ideas about what the next four years will look like.

Offensive lineman Jazston Turnetine of Hutchinson Junior College (Kan.) and Ellenwood, Ga., has given South Carolina an answer for its left tackle position for 2020 with his commitment to the Gamecocks on Sunday while on his official visit.

It’s never too early to talk high school football and the best place to start the conversation is by taking a look at the top returning quarterbacks.

South Carolina coach Will Muschamp set out this recruiting season to upgrade his team’s running back talent, and he got that done on Monday when MarShawn Lloyd released a video on Twitter announcing a commitment to the Gamecocks.

High school softball teams in the Charleston area didn't bring home any state championship trophies this spring, but 16 players from the Lowcountry earned all-state honors.

LEXINGTON - It was poetic from a guy who’s straightforward more often than not. Prophetic even, for someone who so often dispels conjecture.

The battle for the Class AAA state baseball championship comes down to one game as two-time defending champion Bishop England takes on Crescent in Game 3 of the best-of-three series on Saturday at Lexington County stadium.

The story was set up too perfectly. Mike Darnell doesn’t believe in fairy tales.

Not one, not two, but three in a row for the Dorchester Academy softball and baseball teams. Both programs nailed down a third consecutive Class A state championship with road wins on Tuesday night.

There was no struggle this time for Philip Simmons tennis star Coy Simon. The South's No. 1 boys 18 player easily captured the S.C. High School League AAA/AA/A individual championship on Tuesday in Columbia.

Now that all of the games have been played and champions crowned, it's time to recognize those soccer players who proved to be the best during the 2019 season.

Oceanside Collegiate’s baseball team suffered its first loss of the postseason and now needs two wins to secure the school’s first-ever state title.

Rick Reetz, who compiled a record of 71-47 in 10 years as head football coach at Porter-Gaud, has joined the coaching staff at James Island Charter High School as offensive coordinator.

Severe weather made for a long night in the Class AAAAA boys soccer state championship between Wando and J.L. Mann on Saturday night.

Bishop England and Woodland claimed girls state track and field titles on Saturday, while Military Magnet took the Class A boys championship at the S.C. High School League state meet at Spring Valley High School in Columbia.

Second-year school Philip Simmons won its first title in the SCHSL boys tennis Class AA final on Saturday in Columbia, while Bishop England defended its Class AAA title.

The feeling wasn’t new for Mari Gillum. At least not completely.

IRMO - In workmanlike fashion, the Bishop England girls soccer team easily captured its second straight Class AAA state championship with a 4-1 win over Powdersville on Saturday.

As the final seconds ticked off the clock in the Class AA boys soccer state championship game, Oceanside Collegiate senior Philip Siegwald immediately began to think about the one teammate who wasn’t on the field to celebrate the Landsharks’ 2-0 win over Southside Christian.

Academic Magnet distance runner Colin Baker will look to win another individual state title in the 3,200 meters during this weekend's state high school track and field in Columbia.

Now in his 46th season as a high school coach, Oceanside Collegiate baseball mentor Jerry Stoots admits he is having as much fun this season as he’s ever had in coaching.