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![Lakewood's Zayveon Wells (2) and the Gators may have a clearer idea when they can return to the field after results come in from a survey sent out by the South Carolina High School League.]()
Sumter School District will consider proposals from SCHSL return survey
The South Carolina High School League sent out a survey to its member schools on Monday to gain their input on what they think the 2020-21 athletic calendar should look like.
The survey, which asks about opinions and concerns revolving around the …
![The Sumter High School volleyball team is one of many fall sports teams in Sumter School District still waiting to hear for a start date for summer workouts after the South Carolina High School League allowed schools to return from the coronavirus pandemic at the beginning of last month.]()
Sumter School District yet to announce start date for sports to begin workouts
The fall sports teams at the three Sumter School District high schools still do not know when - or if - they will be able to start any sort of practice for the upcoming school year after a Board of Trustees meeting held on Monday.
While an …
![Montrell White is joined by family as he signs with Allen University.]()
Crestwood's White signs with Allen University for football and track
Montrell White's spring did not go as planned. The Crestwood High School star athlete was aiming for a state title in the long jump when the year began, but was quickly forced to the sidelines with every other athlete in the country when the …
![Sumter School District football head coaches Mark Barnes of Sumter, first photo, Roosevelt Nelson of Crestwood, second photo, and Larry Cornelius of Lakewood, third photo, are hoping to have a start date for football workouts soon.]()
Sumter School District football head coaches hoping to get start date soon
The South Carolina High School League said on the first of June that school districts or high schools could decide when Phase 1 workouts could begin for student-athletes after the spring sports seasons were shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic. …
![Crestwood defensive line coach Lance Newman, right, stands with, from left to right, coach Marcus Brisbone, and former Crestwood players Sherrick Ervin and Cam Blanding following a Touchstone Energy Bowl North-South All-Star Game practice. Newman uses his background in the military and as a mental health professional to help improve the lives of students at Crestwood.]()
Crestwood's Newman uses military and crisis background to help mold Knights
Lance Newman has been coaching at Crestwood for 13 years, currently serving as a defensive line coach. Over his years of coaching, he's learned the important role that coaches can play in the lives of student-athletes on and off the field. Newman …
![Lee Central High School will meet next week to discuss when its football team can return to action after sports were put on hold by the coronavirus pandemic.]()
Lee Central meeting next week to discuss athletes' return
Lee Central High School will be discussing how to move forward in allowing student-athletes to begin conditioning and workouts in a meeting next week.
Lee Central athletic director Roberson Brown said he and Lee County School District officials …
![The Sumter School District is still deciding when they will allow its high schools to resume sports activities, including football with Sumter quarterback Hayden Vasquez (15), after the South Carolina High School League announced that each school district will be able to decide when athletics resume.]()
Sumter School District yet to decide when student-athletes can begin workouts
The South Carolina High School League announced at the end of last week the state's public schools could begin summer workouts after having sports shut down since the middle of March due to the coronavirus pandemic. However, it left the door open to …
![Lakewood's Kylie Edwards, above, Sumter's Landon Jones and Crestwood's Na'Kiya Tye were among the 73 seniors that submitted their stories about losing their senior seasons.]()
Thanks to the 'lost spring seniors'
With the printing and posting of Part XV of "Hearing from the lost spring seniors" in Tuesday's edition of The Sumter Item, the project itself came to an end.
There were 73 student-athletes from the spring sports teams from the seven South …
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The lost spring seniors: COVID-19's impact on Sumter, Clarendon, Lee high school athletes, Part XV
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The lost spring seniors: COVID-19's impact on Sumter, Clarendon, Lee high school athletes, Part XII
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