Trinity-Byrnes Athletic Director’s Awards
Trinity-Byrnes Athletic award winners, received Monday evening, May 11, at the school athletic banquet. Rev. Pete Cooper Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award: Given to one male and one female student in grades 9-12 with the highest GPA’s for the year who also participated in at least 2 sports Female: Cates Saleeby, grade 11, Florence Male: Grant MacPherson, grade 12, Florence Lydia B. Goodwin Sportsmanship Award: Given by the coaching...
Fields Named DHS Girls Basketball Coach
By Samantha Lyles, Staff Writer, slyles@newsandpress.net Darlington High School welcomed a new addition to their athletics program last Thursday, naming Frances Fields as the new girls basketball coach and Student Advocate Specialist. Coach Fields is currently the Head Varsity Girls Basketball/Track & Field Coach at Lakewood High School in Sumter, SC. “We are excited to introduce Coach Fields as our next girls basketball coach....
Week two of spring practice shows improvement
By Drake Horton, Contributing Writer Visit the Spring Training Photo Gallery The Darlington Falcons finished up its second week of spring practice this past week and ‘so far so good’ seems to be the message coming from the Falcons camp. During the first week of spring practice, all the players, returning and new, were just trying to learn and grasp all of the new concepts that relate to new head football coach John Jones’s systems. In...
Three Falcons sign letters of intent
By Samantha Lyles, Staff Writer, slyles@newsandpress.net Darlington High School recognized three more student athletes on May 15 as they signed letters of intent to continue their education and athletic careers at the next level. Falcons quarterback Shakeem Thomas signed on with Orangeburg Calhoun Prep. On the field, Thomas might switch over to defense and play safety, and in the classroom he plans to study computer science with an...
Copeland of Lamar High signs with Montreat
Lamar High School’s Carly Copeland has signed her Letter of Intent to play with Montreat College in North Carolina. Copeland, who is a catcher and outfielder for the Silver Foxes, plans to pursue the ministry while at Montreat College. “I have played softball since I was old enough to hold a ball and I don’t ever want to stop playing,” said Copeland. “I chose Montreat College because it’s a beautiful Christian school that will allow...
DHS Track team paints State Track Meet Purple
Congratulations to the Darlington High School Track Team! In a dizzying array of wins, the track team brought home medals and broke state records on Saturday, May 16th filling up Facebook with so many updates that they practically broke the Internet. Just a few of the wins include: • DHS Lady Falcons 4×100 Meter Relay 2015 State Champions: Heidi McNeil, Samone Green, Kadasia Evans, and Angel Alexiis Gale • Girls 100 M Dash 3rd •...