Tuesday, January 17
The Manning High basketball teams were busy this weekend, matching up with Georgetown on Friday before facing Estill in tournament action on Saturday. Both teams left the weekend with a pair of wins for MHS. The Manning girls pulled out a tight …
Thursday, January 12
The night of basketball at Lee Central as the Stallions opened region play against Mullins was fascinating, to say the least. The Lady Stallions held Mullins scoreless in the first half and nearly pitched a shutout in a dominant 56-5 victory. The …
Tuesday, January 10
The Sumter High basketball teams opened region play with a sweep of Socastee at home on Friday. The Lady Gamecocks rolled to an easy 53-27 win, while the boys earned a 48-35 victory. SHS took control of the girls game quickly, leading 13-6 at the …
Thursday, January 5
East Clarendon hosted Lee Central for the second time this season on Tuesday. Much like their earlier matchup in December, the Stallions earned a sweep. The girls game was the closer of the two, with Lee Central winning 42-34. The Lady …
The Crestwood boys and girls basketball teams were able to secure their places in the title games of the District 9 Officials Christmas Tournament on Thursday. Both squads finished 3-0 runs on Thursday with the Lady Knights beating Lee Central, …
The District 9 Officials Christmas Tournament is in full swing at Manning High and Junior High. The second day of the tournament was played on Wednesday with some highlight performances, which included Lee Central taking down Wilson Hall in …
The 25th installment of the District 9 Officials Christmas Basketball Tournament kicked off at Manning High School and Junior High on Tuesday. Tri-county participants included Lee Central's girls and boys teams, Crestwood's boys and girls teams, …
Local basketball fans will flood to Clarendon County next week as Manning High School and Junior High will play host to the 25th Annual District 9 Officials Christmas Basketball Tournament. The tournament kicks off on Tuesday and concludes with …
The Sumter Item has selected 25 players to its All-Area Football Team. The team was selected based on nominations from local South Carolina High School League school coaches. Final selections were chosen by The Item sports department. This …
The tri-county was well represented in the Touchstone Energy North South Bowl on Saturday in Myrtle Beach. In total, six local players had a chance to face off against some of the best players in the state for the South team. Sumter High was …
Lee Central protected home court in both games against East Clarendon on Tuesday. The Lady Stallions started strong and turned a 15-3 first-quarter lead into a 34-18 victory. Hannah Reames led LCHS with eight points, four rebounds and three …
Lee Central's Natalie Pitts shined when the Lady Stallions needed her most last week. She averaged 17.5 points and 8.5 rebounds while helping Lee Central win games over Latta and Scott's Branch. That performance was enough for her to earn the …
The South Carolina Football Coaches Association announced its All-State teams on Friday with a slew of tri-county players earning recognition in SCHSL 5A, 3A and 2A.3 GAMECOCKS NAMED ALL-STATEA trio …
The Crestwood basketball teams hosted Scott's Branch on Tuesday for a night of basketball that featured a matchup between two Top 3 teams in their classifications. The Knights are currently ranked No. 2 in SCHSL 3A by the South Carolina Basketball …
After kicking off their seasons in tournaments last week, the Sumter High boys and girls basketball teams played their first games in front of their home crowd on Tuesday, cruising to wins over …
SUMTER HIGH 33CHAPIN 14 The Sumter High football team advanced to the second round of the SCHSL 5A playoffs with a 33-14 win over Chapin on Friday. The Gamecocks return home to face the winner …
The 2022 high school football regular season is in the books. The last 11 weeks have been a rollercoaster for teams throughout the tri-county area as they battle for playoff seeding. As the regular season comes to a close, all our local teams are …
CRESTWOOD 34LAKEWOOD 27The Crestwood football team improved to 7-3, 4-1 Regoin VI-3A and secured a home playoff game with a 34-27 win over Lakewood, who fell to 5-5, 3-2. The Knights will host Loris …
SUMTER 42ST. JAMES 14The Sumter High football team improved to 8-1 (4-0 in Region V-5A) with a 42-14 win over St. James on Friday. SHS won the region with the victory. The Gamecocks will close out …
SUMTER 42CAROLINA FOREST 21The Sumter High football team improved to 7-1 with a 42-21 win over Carolina Forest on Friday for homecoming. The Gamecocks will travel to St. James next week.LAKEWOOD …
Lee Central High School's varsity football team came away with a 26-6 win over Mullins Thursday in its Region VIII-2A opener, but the Stallions did not survive the game unscathed.With Lee Central …
This has been a stressful week for many across the Southeast as the coast braces itself for Hurricane Ian. High school coaches suddenly need to take pages out of the NFL playbook this week, as games were moved to Wednesday and Thursday. One of …
A confusing week of football due to Hurricane Ian got a few more curveballs on Wednesday, as Wilson Hall and Lee Academy were both forced to cancel their football games scheduled for Thursday. As of …
Friday night was relatively quiet locally, as four schools had the week off. With Crestwood, Lakewood, Laurence Manning and East Clarendon all on bye, there were fewer games but still plenty of noteworthy results. MANNING THRASHES BAPTIST …
With Hurricane Ian making its way to the South Carolina coast, football teams across the state are moving their games up from Friday night. While some games are still being decided, most if not …
The Scott's Branch and Lee Central football teams find themselves in in similar positions as they meet on the gridiron tonight. The Eagles are in their first season under head coach Randall State. He's in the process of establishing the program's …
It was a penalty-filled, low scoring affair on Friday night between hosts Scott’s Branch and Lee Central. The Stallions were able to gut out a hard-fought 12-8 win over the Eagles. The first …