WILLIAMSTON — Eight Hanahan High School senior softball players capped their careers in style on Thursday, completing a climb to the top of the mountain in capturing their second state championship in as many seasons.

The Hanahan High School softball team will have to wait another day before it tries to bring home the Class AAA  state championship trophy.

From start to finish, no team in Class AAA was better than Bishop England.

From start to finish, no team in Class AAA was better than Bishop England.

A year after finishing as the state runner-up last year, the Bishop England boys golf team would not accept second-place this season.

Hanahan junior Chad Nash was crowned co-champion of the SCHSL Class AAA-AA-A state boys tennis singles championship on Tuesday at Cayce Tennis Center. Nash also won the tournament's sportsman award.

It was 16 years between state championship titles for the Porter-Gaud girls soccer team,  but with fifth-year coach Hope Walters building a powerhouse, it likely won’t be 16 years before the next one.

Fort Dorchester graduate Jasmine Camacho-Quinn ran the fastest time in the world this year in the 100 hurdles at the SEC Championships.

What a year for the Bishop England boys tennis team.

It was the “Sam and Earl” show on Saturday for Academic Magnet in the Class AA boys tennis state championship match.

Wando's brilliant season came to an end Saturday in a crushing 6-0 loss to defending state champion Spartanburg in the Class AAAAA boys tennis state final at Cayce Tennis Center.

Porter-Gaud won its first SCISA state championship in girls' soccer since 2002 with a 3-1 win over Pinewood Prep at Cardinal Newman in Columbia on Saturday.

Charleston Olympian Raven Saunders finished third Saturday in her professional shot put debut in Shangai.

Matthew Lobeck and Geoffrey Gilbert drove in runs to back the pitching of Gregory Sanders as Bishop England grabbed a 2-1 victory over Seneca in the opening game of the Class AAA baseball state championship series on Saturday.

Zeniyah Lawrence finished off her high school career in dominating fashion, winning three individual gold medals to lead the Wando girls to their third straight S.C. High School League track and field championships.

White Knoll defeated Ashley Ridge twice in the Class AAAAA Lower State championship Series to advance to the best-of-three state championship series.

Deshaun Watson professes no surprise at his instant success in the NFL.

Hanahan High School’s softball team will have an opportunity to defend its Class AAA state championship.

Academic Magnet’s soccer program was on full display on Friday, as both the boys and girls programs competed for the Class AA state championships at Irmo High School.

Sam Kavarana is a busy young man.

The matchups for the 2018 Sertoma football classic, set for Aug. 9-10 at Johnson Hagood Stadium, have been released with 11 contests scheduled over two nights.

Olympic shot-putter Raven Saunders of Charleston is set to make her professional track and field debut this weekend in Shanghai.

SUMMERVILLE — When Angel Frank was in fourth grade, recess was her time to run.

A return trip to the SCISA Class AAA state finals for the Porter-Gaud boys soccer team was not to be in the cards this year, as the Cyclones lost to Hammond 7-0 in the Lower State clash at John Singleton Field.

Three days a week, John McKissick makes his way to the Summerville YMCA.

A total of 33 high school players from the area have been named to the S.C. Soccer Coaches Association all-state teams, including 10 from Bishop England and eight from Academic Magnet.

Berkeley High’s athletic history at Hartsville is not very good. The Stags softball team hopes to change that on Friday night.

Bishop England’s veteran boys soccer coach Ed Khouri has guided his powerhouse program to 13 of their state-record 17 state championships. All of those titles came on the Class AA level.

Local tennis fans will have a double helping of Lower State championships pitting local teams on Wednesday. And also a single dose of brand new courts.

It may seem at times as if Academic Magnet star scorer Riane Coman is playing the game by herself.

Region 7 champion Wando will face its first major test in the playoffs on Monday afternoon when the Warriors (17-2) travel to the Columbia area to take on perennial power Lexington in a battle of top seeds in the Class AAAAA Lower State boys tennis final.

This was supposed to be the year that Porter-Gaud’s stranglehold on the Class AAA SCISA boys state track and field championship was going to end.

SUMMERVILLE — "Put your nose in the air and stretch out your left arm," Herbert Johnson instructs the novice shot putter. "Now you want to throw the ball right where your hand is, and follow through just like a basketball shot."

Traditionally, the month of May in regard to athletics at Academic Magnet has been reserved for the highly successful boys and girls soccer programs.

The Lower State bracket phase of the SCHSL softball state playoffs will have plenty of Lowcountry flavor when the bracket begins on Saturday.

With the lacrosse season officially in the books, the state coaches association has announced its all-state teams.

Academic Magnet’s baseball program won its first-ever district title, winning two games at Batesburg-Leesville to claim the District 7-AA crown on Monday night.

Porter-Gaud's senior-dominated lineup was playing so well on Monday that the Cyclones didn't even need a win from No. 1 ace Brant Fenno in the SCISA Class AAA boys tennis state semifinals.

In each of the last two seasons, the Porter-Gaud boys lacrosse team managed two regular season wins against their arch-rival Hammond School only to lose to the Skyhawks in the SCISA state championship match.

Former Citadel All-American Dee Delaney went undrafted this weekend after playing his final season at Miami, but signed Saturday night with the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars as a free agent, according to reports.

For the Bishop England girls and Wando boys lacrosse teams, contending for state titles is old hat. Oceanside Collegiate’s boys team, however, is breaking new ground in its first year as a varsity program.

There was no Twitter announcement, no Instagram post, no #blessed. That has never really been Leo Albano’s style.

Former West Ashley High School standout Brett Toth held his NFL pro day at Army last month, running the 40-yard dash in 5.0 seconds.

When Raven Saunders announced the end of her college career in February, there was some doubt about the future of one of the world's top female shot-putters.

Oceanside Collegiate continues to develop its overall athletic program in just its second year of existence. The latest to make the big jump is the boys lacrosse team, which advanced to the Class AAAA state championship with a 15-5 win over Academic Magnet on Tuesday night.

After 45 seasons, Jerry Stoots is now the winningest high school baseball coach in Palmetto State history.

Highly recruited defensive back Sheridan Jones of Virginia Beach, Va., Friday night announced a commitment to Clemson. He chose the Tigers primarily over Ohio State, though he also had South Carolina, Virginia Tech, Alabama, Tennessee and Nebraska on his last published short list.

Bishop England lost just one starter from last year’s Class AAA state championship baseball team but coach Mike Darnell had very little problems filling that open spot thanks to a big-time transfer.