Darlington lets one slip away
By Drake Horton, Contributing Writer If you make enough mistakes and give a team enough opportunities to steal a win most of the time if that opposing team is talented enough that is exactly what will happen. Unfortunately, for the Darlington Falcons it did make enough mistakes and the Marlboro County Bulldogs were talented enough to capitalize on them and steal a win right out from under the Falcons noses. It was a throwing error on...
DHS softball team beats Marlboro County 7 – 0
Playing in a region with softball powers Hartsville and Marlboro County, the Darlington Lady Falcons have to play each game with near perfection.
In their game against Marlboro County last week, Darlington did just that.
Kriss first Falcon signed to play soccer
Darlington High School Athletic Department made history as Danielle Kriss signed to play soccer at Converse on March 12. Danielle is the first Lady Falcon to sign to play soccer at the collegiate level. Photo contributed
Race Notes from Darlington Raceway
Denny Hamlin won Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series STP 500 at Martinsville Speedway for his first NSCS victory of 2015. Hamlin joins Kevin Harvick, Jimmie Johnson, Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski as drivers who have qualified for the Chase for the Sprint Cup field as a result of their race wins this season. Hamlin’s victory snapped a 31-race winless streak for Joe Gibbs Racing. The organization’s last win came when Hamlin won at...
Darlington Middle School teams win Raw Town Rumble
After losing their first games of the day the Darlington Middle School baseball and softball teams came through the losers bracket to win the first ever Raw Town Rumble in at Arrowhead Park in Cheraw on March 21.
1000 points for McElveen
Tyron McElveen, senior point guard for the Trinity-Byrnes Titans varsity basketball team and Darlington resident, finished out his high school basketball career by eclipsing the 1000-point mark. He reached this milestone on Thursday, February 26, in Sumter, SC, during the SCISA AA semi-final matchup against Spartanburg Day School. The Titans lost the game, but not before McElveen scored his 1001st career point near the end of the...