The young and the inexperienced: Darlington filled with youth as it looks to rebound from last season
By Drake Horton, Contributing Writer Darlington – This might by year three of the John Jones era at Darlington High School, but it is only year two in the rebuilding process. After a first year that saw Jones inherit a football team with more than a few capable seniors, including quarterback Frankie Johnson, who appeared to be tailor-made for his no-huddle, spread offense scheme, the Falcons basically had to start from scratch in...
Hartsville aims to stay in the present and work toward the future in 2017
By Drake Horton, Contributing Writer Last year was a really good year for the Hartsville Red Foxes; it just was not quite great. Hartsville won the region and won the lower-state championship. The Red Foxes did not, however, win the state championship. That honor went to the South Pointe Stallions, who also beat the Red Foxes for the state championship back in 2014. For some teams, the disappointment of coming up short after...
Lamar shoots for third straight state title appearance
By Drake Horton, Contributing Writer Lamar will be on the cusp of program history when it kicks off the 2017 football season. Trying to do something that has not happend in the program since a three-year run between 2002 and 2004, the Silver Foxes take aim this year to make it to their third straight state championship game. Back during that run head coach J.R. Boyd had Lamar built into one of the best teams in the state regardless...
Once a Red Fox, always a Red Fox
By Drake Horton, Contributing Writer The career of a true, to the core Red Fox is coming to a close at the end of this school year. As Hartsville athletic director Phyllis Griggs enters her 39 year as an employee with the Darlington County School District the once young girl that graduated from Hartsville High School in 1975 is set to retire as the most successful and decorated athletic director in school history. A graduate of both...
Darlington Raceway to honor Dale Earnhardt Sr., Dale Earnhardt Jr. with dedication of turn 3 suite towers
In celebrating the legacy of Dale Earnhardt Sr. and honoring Dale Earnhardt Jr. in his final NASCAR Cup Series Bojangles’ Southern 500 start, Darlington Raceway is dedicating its Turn 3 suite towers in their names, respectively. Earnhardt Towers will feature an assortment of graphics that depict memorable moments of Earnhardt Sr. and Earnhardt Jr., featured on the backside of each tower. The Earnhardt Towers name will also be proudly...
Miscues and mishaps cost Darlington against Cheraw
By Drake Horton, Contributing Writer Cheraw – If a win was determined by the resolve of a team, the ability to not quit and keep going no matter what is stacked against them, then the Darlington Falcons would have easily defeated the Cheraw Braves this past Friday in Cheraw. Unfortunately that is not how football games are decided and while Darlington never threw in the towel, never quit trying, the combination of Falcon mistakes and...