Sports

Sam Boykin continues the family's athletic prowess

Sam Boykin’s family tree has many branches that have produced gold. Gold medals, that is. Boykin is a freshman at Bishop England high school, and his siblings have set the success bar high for the seventh and final child of John and Michele Boykin. Three brothers have won state championships in...

Swanson named All-American by MaxPreps

Another day, another award for Bishop England Volleyball standout Montana Swanson. Swanson has been named to many all-star and all-state teams her senior year, and was selected player of the year by the High School Sports Report, The Post and Courier and the Coaches Association of Women’s Sports (...

Jason Dack wins the Pig Skin Pick'Em

This week’s winner of The Daniel Island News Pig Skin Pick-‘Em Challenge is Jason Dack. Dack beat sponsor William Estes to win a $50 Gift Certificate to Mellow Mushroom. Six players beat Estes this week but Dack had the best overall record. And he was the only player to correctly pick Charcandrick...

BE girls and boys fall to Wando

The Battling Bishops had rough games on Saturday against Wando. The girls lost their game 80-54 while the boys lost 58-36. The problems that the teams faced were very different from each other, but did not reflect their seasons at all. The Lady Bishops struggled to score the entire game. Only one...

Chris Brown to play in the East-West Shrine Game in advance of the NFL draft

He’s a team leader, so Chris Brown found little solace in scoring a touchdown in a losing effort against Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl, a game that featured two of college football’s marquee programs. The former Hanahan High School two-sport star would have rather celebrated the victory, said...

DIS Osprey Trident Basketball League Players of the Week

NOT PICTURED: 8th Grade Girls - Victoria Roe (Picture not available). Tremendous hustle, great defense. 8th Grade Boys - Tajh Venning (Picture not available). Great interior presence on the defensive end.

Lady Bishops Play Well in the Carolina Invitational

The Bishop England Lady Bishops’ Christmas tournament, the Carolina Invitational, went very well, as they beat two very good teams -- Durham Academy from North Carolina 57-37 and Hammond from South Carolina 49-41. Unfortunately, the Lady Bishops were also handed their first loss of the season by St...

What were the top local sports stories of 2015?

It was a monumental year in sports in The Daniel Island News readership area. What are your top sports stories from 2015? Here’s one man’s opinion. Family Circle Cup becomes Volvo Cars Open In late summer, the Meredith Corporation announced a new partnership with Volvo Cars of North America for the...

Sherrill Holland wins this week's girft certificate

This week’s winner of The Daniel Island News Pig Skin Pick-‘Em Challenge is Sherrill Holland. Upon learning that her 10-2 record last week was the top reader submitted entry and that she bested the sponsor, Tony Pope, Sherrill replied in an email, “This is great. Thank you. My Dad and I read...

Young Hawk girls' team is winning

Ask Hanahan girls’ basketball coach Teresa Kendle about the 2015-16 edition of the team and she will pause and put things in perspective. “I hate to say it, but we’re young – and inexperienced,” said Kendle one of the Palmetto State’s all-time great coaches. That’s where we are.” The team is young...