Sports

Remembering legendary Pete Rose

My heroes were politicians up until late 1968. You remember the year: MLK, RFK, the Chicago Democratic Convention, and the raging war fought on the other side of the world. By 1969, I switched my allegiance to superstar athletes to ease the pain. You remember the year: Joe Namath guaranteed...

Bishop England football bounces back, upsets undefeated Woodland, 27-10

It wasn’t exactly gut-check time, but the Bishop England High School football team was in a situation where its mettle faced a test as they prepared to battle the Woodland Wolverines on Sept. 25. The Bishops were flawless with three victories to begin the 2024 season after winning only...

Teammates, friends reach milestones for Philip Simmons High School girls’ volleyball

Friends who stay together can celebrate milestones together, including those of the volleyball variety. Just ask Philip Simmons High School volleyball standouts Catherine Futch and Dani Gehringer, who have been friends since they were 4 years old. The super sophomores reached major...

Small blessings from a bad storm: Helene cleanup leads to family fishing

Hurricane Helene made a mess of the southeastern United States. Given the distance from the cone of probability and the Lowcountry, I did not expect a lot of impact around my house. I was wrong. Early Friday morning, there were tropical storm force winds. Broken branches were...

Athlete of the week - 10/3/24

This week's athletes of the week, presented by Aqua Blue Pools, are: Grant Liegl - Boys volleyball Grant, a senior outside hitter, made the All-Tournament team at the Iron Horse Invitational, leading the team in digs, service aces, and serving percentage. PSHS won the tourney championship. Patrick...

John Horn beats Mingledorff and Patterson

John Horn almost nabbed a perfect score in last week’s Pigskin Pick’em by going 11-1 and beating sponsors Chris Mingledorff and Michael Patterson of Mingledorff & Patterson Attorneys at Law, who had a score of 6-6. Horn won the tiebreaker against another contestant to win the $50 gift...

Iron Horses blow out Whale Branch, Bishops falter against rival Porter-Gaud

Update to story 9/26/24 Editor's note: Due to the forecasted impact of Hurricane Helene, the Bishop England varsity football game versus Woodland High School moved up earlier in the week to Wednesday, Sept. 25. The Bishops beat the Wolverines 27-10 to move to 4-1 on the season. The...

Bishop England’s Cindy Baggott earns 500th career win

Bishop England High School’s Cindy Baggott became just the 11th girls’ volleyball coach in the Palmetto State to reach 500 career victories, gaining her milestone win in the Tournament of Champions. The tournament, which was contested Sept. 13-14, was hosted by Dorman High School. The...

Ryan Burns beats i9Sports, wins gift card to Coach’s Canteen

Ryan Burns took the win with a score of 9-3, beating James Pryor and Russ Dearie of i9 Sports with a score of 5-7. Burns, originally from outside of Philadelphia, lived in Sweetwater Apartments during COVID. He proposed to his now wife at Boone Hall, then they moved to South Jersey to get married...

Brody lures Capt. Greg into a fishy bet

The other day, the Daniel Island Fishing Club hosted its annual fish fry at Pierce Park Pavilion. The event was well attended by members and guests. The food was plentiful and delicious. Kudos to club member Jim Lemke for frying the flounder filets so perfectly! I brought a doggie bag...