Sports

Bishops, Iron Horses post strong showings at Coaches Classic

The 2023 Coaches Classic lived up to its name – and then some. The Coaches Classic concluded with The Elite Meet held at Camden High School on April 21, showcasing the top high school track and field athletes in the Palmetto State, regardless of their school’s enrollment classification....

Retired coach Ed Khouri honored for leading BE soccer last 29 years

In recognition of an illustrious career as Bishop England High School boys soccer coach that included 513 wins and 14 state championships, former legendary coach Ed Khouri was celebrated recently with a ceremony. Coach Khouri, who was recently inducted into the South Carolina High School Soccer...

You don’t always catch what you want

Every so often, a species of fish grabs my attention. Typically, it is a fish I do not know much about and subsequently catch infrequently. The species that has my attention right now is the blue marlin. So, for the past few months, I have been studying blue marlin habitat preferences,...

Iron Horses’ lax hits stride in time for playoff stretch

After two seasons of growing pains, the Philip Simmons High School girls’ lacrosse team is finally going places. The Iron Horses just completed the best season in the program’s brief history. They posted a 13-3 record, which gave the Iron Horses their first-ever home playoff game in the...

BE baseball back in sync after battling learning curve

Historically, the Bishop England High School baseball program has been one of the most successful programs in the state. The Bishops have won 10 state championships in their proud history, which is the second-most in state history, according to “Palmetto’s Finest,” the official record book...

BE lax forced to forfeit playoffs after discovery of ineligible player

If you glanced at the MaxPreps.com rankings of the top girls’ high school lacrosse teams in the country on April 17, you would notice Bishop England was No. 3 in the nation. But if you checked out the brackets for the South Carolina High School League playoffs, which were scheduled to begin...

Fish & Brats:

On Friday afternoon, I was on my weekly pilgrimage to West Marine. When you have multiple boats, you go there a lot. The GPS in my car always thinks that is my destination. Sadly, most of the time, the GPS is right. On this trip, a Magma propane grill with a rod holder attachment caught my...

BE girls’ lacrosse team’s 98-game winning streak ends

The Bishop England High School girls’ lacrosse team’s 98-game winning streak came to an end when the High School League ruled the Bishops used an ineligible player in the first five games of the 2023 season. The Bishops’ bid for a seventh consecutive state title also appears to have come to an end...

‘ONS FIRE’

Ons Jabeur, now World No. 4, owns 37 victories on clay courts since 2020, the most by any player on the WTA Tour during that time. But April 9’s triumph over Belinda Bencic, now World No. 11, in the championship of the Credit One Charleston Open has to rank right up near the top as far as her...

Rogers rallies deep into Charleston Open, walks away with ring

Shelby Rogers has been a part of the Credit One Charleston Open and its predecessors for such a long time, she sounds as if she can almost predict the tournament’s weather. “Charleston; you just never know what’s gonna happen,” Rogers told media members earlier last week. “It can be humid,...