Skeen signs with USC Lancaster
Trinity-Byrnes Collegiate School senior Noah Skeen has signed to play baseball at USC Lancaster. Skeen is a pitcher and plays third base. His junior year, Skeen had a .366 batting average with four home runs, threw 50 innings and made the SCIS All Star game as a pitcher and hit a home run as well. Contributed photo
Lamar High names Johnson interim boys’ basketball coach
Frankie Johnson Sr. will serve as the interim varsity boys’ basketball head coach at Lamar High School for the current season, the school announced recently. Most recently, Johnson served as Lamar High School’s junior varsity boys’ coach and varsity assistant coach from 2016-19. He previously served as junior varsity boys’ basketball head coach and varsity boys’ basketball assistant coach for both Wilson High and Darlington High...
Hartsville High athletes sign letters of intent
A trio of softball stars and a top-ranked golfer from Hartsville High School inked letters of intent Nov. 14 to play collegiately. Abigayle Stokes, Gracie Jordan and Blaze MacArthur will all continue their softball careers after graduating. Stokes will play for Lander University. Jordan will play for Florence-Darlington Technical College, and MacArthur will play for Queens University of Charlotte. Daniel Coker will join the golf team...
Second-half shutout propels Hartsville past South Aiken
Down by 2 at the half, the Hartsville defense flexed its muscles, shutting out the South Aiken Thunderbirds in the second half and overcoming four turnovers on the way to a 28-16 win at home in the first round of the 4A playoffs.
‘High expectations’ for Coker women’s basketball
The Coker University women’s basketball team looks to leave it all on the floor in 2019-20. The Cobras won five games a season ago, with four of them in South Atlantic Conference play. Fifth-year head coach Shannon Johnson is challenging her team to compete on a nightly basis in a tough conference. “Our goals are to take advantage of and grow from our non-conference games to help us prepare for league play, and also to...
Coker women’s soccer drops home finale to Lincoln Memorial
The Coker University women’s soccer team came up short on Nov. 2 to the Lincoln Memorial University Railsplitters by a score of 3-0. The Railsplitters’ offensive attack tested the Cobras’ defense throughout the first half, as Lincoln Memorial generated 15 shot attempts. However, goalkeeper Sarah Swaim came up big for the Cobras with eight saves in the first half. In the 36th minute, the Cobras were awarded a free...