More Lakewood High School News
![Sumter's Kiara Crosky (3) and the Lady Gamecocks will host J. L. Mann in the first round of the 5A playoffs on Tuesday.]()
Busy week of playoff hoops ahead for local schools
If the Sumter High School varsity girls basketball team is to make a return trip to the 5A upper state championship game this season, it will be taking pretty much the same route it did a year ago.
The Lady Gamecocks, who lost to Irmo 50-47 on …
![Lakewood High School offensive and defensive lineman Kyliek Baxter (52) has signed to play with Iowa Western Junior College.]()
Lakewood's Baxter finds way to play with Reivers
Kyliek Baxter has never been to the state of Iowa, but he can find it on a map.
That's a good thing for the massive Lakewood High School lineman since he will be going there to play football.
Baxter recently signed to play with Iowa Western …
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The Item's Wednesday Watch 2.12.20
The Item’s Wednesday Watch is a weekly look at the buzz around tri-county sports. The Item sports staff will pick its most noteworthy stories, stats and quotes for the week.
1. USC women …
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Lakewood boys lose heartbreaker to Lower Richland, girls fall 64-46
If Friday night’s game between Lakewood High School’s varsity boys team and Lower Richland had lasted another five seconds, you get the feeling the Gators would’ve hit their own buzzer-beater as well, but instead, the game ended after 32 minutes, like it always does, and the Lakewood fans went home heartbroken.
![Lakewood linebacker Amari Martin (7) signed to play college football at Wingate on Wednesday.]()
Lakewood linebacker Martin excited to be heading to WU
Amari Martin played outside linebacker for the Lakewood High School football team as a sophomore. In his final two years, he moved to the inside and became the leader of the unit.
He also played tight end on offense and was the long snapper for …
![Nathan Suggs is joined by family as he signs to play college football.]()
Lakewood lineman Suggs chooses NGU
Nathan Suggs didn't show a lot of emotion on Wednesday as one of four Lakewood High School football players to sign a letter of intent to play at the collegiate level.
While he is more than likely excited about the opportunity, his words let you …
![Stanley Boatright signs to play college football at North Greenville alongside his family.]()
LHS' Boatright transforms from Gator into Crusader
Stanley Boatright has gone through a few transformations during his time with the Lakewood High School football program.
When he joined the program as a freshman, Boatright estimates he was about 5-feet-8-inches tall and weighed 195 …
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Gators shock No. 2 A.C. Flora behind 27 points from Quentin Hodge
Lakewood High School’s varsity boys basketball team improved to 9-11 overall and 4-3 in Region 4A-IV play, shocking second-ranked A.C. Flora 61-59 on Tuesday night..
![Laurence Manning running back Wyatt Rowland (22 )has committed to Presbyterian and is expected to sign with the Blue Hose on Wednesday.]()
Wednesday to be busy signing day for local athletes
There will be plenty of local high school football players putting ink to paper on Wednesday in Phase 2 of National Signing Day.
Sumter High School will have at least six players signing. Crestwood is set to have six, Lakewood four, Lee Central …
![Lakewood guard Quentin Hodge scored 25 points in the Gators' 58-33 win over Crestwood on Tuesday.]()
Lady Knights down Lakewood, Gators win boys game in rivalry matchups
It took the Crestwood High School varsity girls basketball team into the fourth quarter to separate itself from Sumter School District rival Lakewood on Tuesday at The Swamp. It only took the Lakewood boys a half to take control of its game.
The …
