Sports

Fishing is a great way to spend time with family and friends

For me, Father’s Day and fishing go hand in hand. My father served in the U.S. Navy for over 30 years. Throughout his career, deployments abroad took him away from our family for months at a time. It was not until I had children of my own that I came to realize the sacrifice my dad...

Daniel Island team wins 2023 SC Mahi Series

Go Jolly, captained by Daniel Island resident Gabriel Jolly and crewed by Daniel Islanders Dennis Knoll and Jon Grzyb, won the 2023 SC Mahi Series with a record fish and a record payout. The team scaled a two-fish aggregate weight of 81.1 pounds with a new tournament record 67.4-pound mahi. Their...

Teammates, community honor Meghan Mulqueen Taylor at lacrosse field dedication

Talk to women’s lacrosse players, and they’ll tell you the sport has unwritten rules. You body check my teammate? We face check yours. We leave no player behind on practice sprints. We encourage them to the end. And when you hang up your stick, and the aches and scrapes have...

Navarro wins first Grand Slam match at the French Open

Emma Navarro’s first appearance on the famed red clay of Roland Garros as a professional included double duty in the City of Light. It also included her first Grand Slam singles victory. The 22-year-old, who turned pro last year after a brilliant career at the University of Virginia...

Zhaire Mack: Three-sport standout at PSHS, excellent student, plans to be a PE teacher

Zhaire Mack is a woman for all seasons. Mack, who graduated from Philip Simmons High School on May 26, began her senior year with basketball practice in the fall, with hoops spilling over into winter. She had double duty in the spring, competing in track and field and lacrosse,...

Baseball and friendship: Thank you Nick Ciuffo

Sometimes your reputation can precede you even if you are only in the first grade. That was the case back in the early days of the fall of 2001 when I headed from The Post and Courier to have lunch with my daughter Audrey at Mount Pleasant Academy. She had told me about a new friend, and...

It’s time to enter the Danziger Cup

The 12th Annual Danziger Cup (kids fishing tournament) will be held on Saturday, June 17, at Smythe Park Lake. Twelve years! Time really does fly. A few weeks ago, Brody (the amazing fish-finding and stock-trading dog) and I were walking near the Daniel Island waterfront. A young man...

Iron Horse football program grows, stresses discipline and academics

If you are a Lowcountry high school football fan and need a pigskin fix, here is a score from Thursday, May 25: The Philip Simmons White team beat the Philip Simmons Purple team 17-13. OK, so it was only a spring game that concluded a two-week session for Coach Eric Bendig’s program. The...

Former standout players Albano and Mingo return to BE as football coaches

John Cantey’s family tree probably includes football-shaped leaves. After all, his father, Jack, was a football coaching legend at Bishop England High School where the football stadium is named in his honor. The younger Cantey, meanwhile, started learning the game as a toddler when he...

DI School tennis teams find success

Two Daniel Island School tennis teams competed successfully in the Tri-County Elementary and Middle School Tennis League.