Sports

Bishop England's Leask earns soccer scholarship to The Citadel

Logan Leask totally understands the student-athlete concept. The Bishop England soccer player is a senior who is ready for her final go-round on the high school soccer pitch. And, what a ride it has been for Leask, who earned All-Lowcountry and all-state honors the past two seasons for one of the...

Bishops basketball teams defeat Academic Magnet

Bishop England’s boys and girls basketball teams celebrated Senior Night with victories against Academic Magnet. The Lady Bishops absolutely dominated, winning 87-23. The Magnet team could not contain senior JoJo Tompkins, who finished with 19 points and 8 assists. Caroline McQueeney also played...

Pigskin Pick'em Challenge - 2 Super Bowl winners announced

The Super Bowl week Pig Skin Pick-‘Em Challenge ends in a tie between Sherrill Holland and Ron DiBella. Sherrill and Ron were two of only several entries who selected Denver to beat local favorite Carolina (only one sponsor picked Denver). Interestingly, only the people who picked Denver to win...

Volvo Car Open Tennis Tournament: Volunteers and Ball Crew needed

The Volvo Car Open is currently seeking 300 plus volunteers and 200 Ball Crew Members. Do you want to get involved? It’s easy! This year’s tournament is set for April 2-10, 2016. Experience the world’s largest women’s tennis tournament from behind-the-scenes. Applications are available at the...

Hanahan track team looks strong despite some coach and player departures

There was something new, something missing when the Hanahan boys’ track and field team began practice this week in preparation for the 2016 season. But the team’s goal remains the same: capture yet another state championship. The something new is coach David Morbitzer, who replaces David Pratt as...

Rona Bobey is too good!

This week’s winner of The Daniel Island News Pig Skin Pick-‘Em Challenge is Rona Bobey. She is a multiple time winner! In fact, this week she not only beat our weekly sponsor, 843 Health Marketplace, but she beat every other entrant as well as every other sponsor (she did tie our sportswriter, Phil...

Hanahan and Bishop England athletes annouce their college plans

National Signing Day was celebrated across the country on Wednesday, an event celebrated all over the country as star athletes announced their college matriculation plans. Hanahan and Bishop England both were well represented on the day with athletes in numerous sports taking part in celebrations...

DIS Osprey Trident Basketball Players of the Week - January 28, 2016

Bishops and Lady Bishops snap cold spells with wins against N. Charleston

Both the Bishop England Battling Bishops and Lady Bishops have been struggling a little bit as of late. The Ladies were not losing games, but not living up to their self-set standards. The men were looking to snap a three game conference losing streak. Both teams achieved their goals Friday, with...

Relocated New Englander brings favorite stick and ball sport to Charleston girls

Where was field hockey? Last summer, Andrea Dussault and her family moved to the Lowcountry from Connecticut. They quickly learned that Charleston loves baseball, puts soccer on a pedestal, and is still widely considered the nation’s Best Tennis Town. But, seriously, where was field hockey? The...