Prep Sports
![High schools around South Carolina will begin fall practice this week with SCISA kicking off on Thursday and SCHSL starting on Friday.]()
Football practice begins to highlight 5 Things to Watch This Week
1. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PRACTICE BEGINS Believe it or not, the first day of fall practice for the South Carolina Independent School Association will begin on Thursday, while the South Carolina High …
![Sumter defensive end Davin Jackson will miss the 2021 football season after tearing his ACL at a camp at Clemson.]()
Sumter High star DE Jackson lost for season with torn ACL
Sumter High School defensive end Davin Jackson, a Football Bowl Subdivision recruit, will miss his senior season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee.
Jackson, a 6-foot-3-inch, 260-pounder, tore the ACL while performing …
![Thomas Sumter Academy's Ethan Lisenby, left, and Laurence Manning Academy's Brooke Reed each won the Bill Simpson Award, SCISA's highest honor, this year.]()
TSA's Lisenby, LMA's Reed win SCISA's Bill Simpson Award
Thomas Sumter Academy's Ethan Lisenby and Laurence Manning Academy's Brooke Reed each finished off their senior years with a special surprise, as each was awarded with the South Carolina Independent School Association's Bill Simpson Award.
The …
![Sumter High track star Nicole Wells, left, is presented with the Hines Furniture Athlete of the Year by The Item's assistant sports editor, Tim Leible, center, and publisher Vince Johnson at the Item office on Tuesday.]()
Sumter High's Wells runs, jumps her way to Hines Furniture Athlete of the Year
When Sumter High School's Nicole Wells started her sophomore track and field season, she wasn't sure what to expect. She missed almost her entire freshman season due to COVID-19. By the time her sophomore year ended though, Wells finished in the top …
![Sumter High School's Ashauna Leverette signed to continue her dance career at Louisville, earning a spot with the 20-time national champion Ladybirds.]()
THE GRIND: Sumter High's Leverette earns a spot on the Louisville dance team
Ashauna Leverette has been dancing for as long as she can remember. While she didn't get into dance as early as some, Leverette found her true passion in the studio around the age of four and never looked back.
"I honestly don't remember being in …
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Sumter High's Nicole Wells wins Hines Furniture Athlete of the Year
Sumter High School's Nicole Wells won the vote for the Hines Furniture Athlete of the Year. She is currently out of town on vacation, so we will run a full story when Wells returns to Sumter next week and we can present her with the award.
Wells …
![Lakewood's Cakhi Fowler pitched her senior season after suffering a major back injury as a junior. That injury likely led to more back problems this spring, as her future in the sport is now in doubt.]()
Lakewood's Fowler finds All-State success despite ongoing battle with injuries
Lakewood High School's Cakhi Fowler has been a star softball player since she stepped onto the diamond, but it's come at a cost.
For the last four years, Fowler has battled a series of injuries, mostly to her back, but still managed to finish …
