How the school district and the Raceway beat COVID-19
By Bobby Bryant Editor editor@newsandpress.net As I’m writing this, the Darlington Raceway has completed three NASCAR races under COVID-19 quarantine conditions and the Darlington County School District is preparing to hold four high-school graduations, also under quarantine rules. If nothing goes wrong – in other words, if there are no more drenching rainstorms – then, by the time you read this, the DCSD should have put on outdoor...
County recreation agency cancels spring sports lineup
All Darlington County Parks, Recreation & Tourism spring sports for 2020 have been canceled because of COVID-19 concerns, the agency says.
2020 Darlington Spring Sports cancelled
All Darlington County Parks Recreation & Tourism Spring Sports for 2020 have been cancelled.
Longtime Lamar coach, athletics director Poole announces retirement
Alan Poole, longtime teacher, coach and athletics director at Lamar High School (LHS), announced his retirement last week. Carlos Burgess, currently the LHS assistant principal, has been appointed to be the new athletics director. The search for a new assistant principal will begin before the end of the current school year. Poole served the past 37 years in education. He taught Social Studies, coached multiple sports and served as...
Brasington and his peers helped put NASCAR on the map in the 1950s
With the exception of Martinsville Speedway, which opened its doors to NASCAR-sanctioned events in 1948, the 1950s were a time of rapid growth for the sport.
Trinity-Byrnes announces Blitz Coach
Trinity-Byrnes Collegiate School announces their athletic director, Coach Jared Amell, has been named Blitz Coach of the Year. Reggion Bennett and Nick Jones, students at Trinity-Byrnes, were both named to the All Blitz team. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO