Sports

The redfish are biting, but get on the water early!

During the summer, our rivers and creeks can become pretty crowded. Especially, on weekends. With the heat index consistently above 100 degrees, the inshore waters can also be uncomfortable. In the Lowcountry, late summer is unbearably hot. Subsequently, I have been fishing more in our nearshore...

City Meet 7-8 girls free relay champions Willa LeVeen, Sarah Ligon, Charlotte Good and Lilah May pose with Flying Fish head coach Rose Van Metre.

Flying Fish end season strong with second place finish at City Meet

The annual City Swim Meet, which showcases the top talent in the Lowcountry, always is, and always will be, about quality. This year’s event, the 52nd in the illustrious history of the meet, was no exception. But as in recent years, the City Swim Meet was also about quantity. Snee Farm, based in...

Daniel Island resident and 2016 Bishop England grad Khyle Mingo currently plays rugby for Coastal Carolina University.

BE grad hopes to make 2020 U.S. Olympic rugby team

Khyle Mingo’s rugby garb includes a helmet with an American flag design that, in the fashion world, clashes with the teal, gold and black of his Coastal Carolina Chanticleers uniform. Next year, Mingo hopes to wear a uniform that features red, white and blue. Mingo, a Daniel Island resident and...

City Meet - Flying Fish finishers - COMPLETE LIST

City Meet - Flying Fish finishers 7-8 age group 100 medley relay: 4th place - Colton Salta, Elle Gaine, Jason Chalupsky and Lilah May 25 free: 1st place, girls - Lilah May 8th place, girls - Willa LeVeen 4th place, boys - Jason Chalupsky 28th place, boys - Michael Snyder 25 fly: 8th place,...

Grace Powell to play for U.S. 18U futsal team in Argentina this summer

If the College of Charleston made incoming freshmen write a 500-word essay on how they spent their summer, Grace Powell would have little trouble fulfilling the assignment. Sure, Powell, who graduated from Pinewood Prep in late May, had the typical summer job, hung out with her high school...

Have no regrets!

Recently, one of my fishing buddies passed away. While I try to live a regret-free life, I do wish we had fished together more often. This got me to thinking about all the friends I have been wanting to fish with but have not. So, I began calling my friends. Surprisingly, I do actually have a few....

Daniel Minkin takes reins of athletic program for Iron Horses

Summer vacation? The answer might be “What’s that?” if you have been just named athletic director at a fairly new high school that is continuing to expand every day, in every way. That was Daniel Minkin’s scenario as he started his new job as athletic director of Philip Simmons High School on July...

Be ready for a few surprises on your next fishing trip!

Fishing with friends can be surprising. Some surprises are pleasant. Others, not so much. On a recent fishing trip with my friend, Shelly Bostwick, all the surprises were pleasant. We launched my Pathfinder bay boat into the last of the outgoing tide. Our plan was to target bluefish that we could...

Battery, Red Bulls finish 1-1

The Battery tied the New York Red Bulls II, 1-1, at Daniel Island’s MUSC Health Stadium on Saturday night. It was a relatively quiet first half for both sides with the Red Bulls pressing from the start, and the Battery looking for a way through a congested midfield. Jarad van Schaik forced an early...

Daniel Island Flying Fish

The Flying Fish had a great home meet last Thursday, June 27, defeating Coosaw Creek Country Club 272-264. This week, they take on Hobcaw and Shadowmoss. City Meet will be held July 12-14.