Sports

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...

'I can't wait to kick off my clay season in Charleston'

Tennis superstar Jessica Pegula, the World No. 3 women's tennis player and the overall No. 1 ranked American, has committed a return trip to Charleston next spring to compete in the 2025 Credit One Charleston Open, which will be celebrating its 25th year on Daniel Island. The announcement...

Bishop England comeback stuns Iron Horses in empty stadium

The Bishop England High School football team defeated rival Philip Simmons, 21-14, on Friday the 13th at Jack Cantey Stadium to record its third consecutive victory. It marked the first time since the 2020 season that the Battling Bishops were able to string together three straight wins...