Signing day for five student athletes
Pictured (front row from left to right) are: cousin Chris Hooks, grandmother Magdaline McCullough, father Jessie McCullough, Justice McCullough, mother Georgette McCullough, cousin Eric Williams, cousin Nijah Fortune; back row, left to right: Lamar Boys Basketball head coach Michael Hamlin, Lamar High School athletic director Alan Poole.
May 7 was a banner day for the Darlington County School District as three Lamar High School Silver Foxes and two Darlington High School Falcons signed letters of intent to continue their sports and academic careers.
LHS basketball standout Justice McCullough chose to continue his athletic and academic career at Southern Wesleyan University of Central, SC.
“I picked Southern Wesleyan because I felt that’s where I’d be most successful, and I had good chemistry with the coaches,” said McCullough, who plans to pursue a pre-med curriculum.
Pictured (front row from left to right) are: Johnny Moore (aka Pa-Pa), Linda Moore (aka Me-Ma), father Tripp Anderson, Heylan Anderson, mother Melanie Anderson, brother Heyward Anderson; back row, left to right: Athletic Director Alan Poole, Lamar Girls Basketball head coach Randolph Scott, assistant coach Nicki Spears, and assistant coach Larry Scott.
Lamar High’s Heylan Anderson signed to play basketball with the Coker College Lady Cobras, saying that several friends played college ball there and she really liked the facilities, especially the new 71,000 square-foot DeLoach Center Athletic Complex. Anderson plans to study biology with an eye toward a nursing career.
Pictured (front row from left to right) are: father Tim Clontz, Hunter Collins, mother Robin Clontz, sister Hagen Collins; back row, left to right: Lamar Football head coach Corey Fountain, Lamar High School athletic director Alan Poole.
Silver Fox footballer Hunter Collins signed a letter of intent to play for the Methodist University Monarchs in Fayetteville, NC.
“It’s a small school kind of like Lamar, and when I visited I just felt like I fit in there,” said Collins, who plans to major in engineering and perhaps eventually transfer to NC State.
Pictured (front row from left to right) are: mother Arlisa Ham, Melquan Depugh, father Johnny Ham; back row, left to right: Melquan’s DHS baseball coach Billy Sylvester, aunt Barbara Swain, grandfather Leroy Ham, sister Chasity Skidmore, stepmom Jannethra Hampton, brother John Hampton, Darlington High School principal Dr. Greg Harrison, Darlington High School athletic director Phil Jones.
Darlington High School Falcon baseball standout Melquan Depugh signed to play outfield for USC Sumter, and says he knew the school was a good fit from his first visit.
“When I visited their baseball field, as soon as I stepped on I said, ‘this is home,’” said Depugh, who plans to study computer engineering.
Pictured (front row from left to right) aunt Marsha Bruce, aunt Carolyn Bruce, mother Theresa Samuel, Eric Dubose, father Spurgeon Dubose; back row, right to left: DHS athletic director Phil Jones, cousins Tamekia Bruce and London Bruce, DHS principal Dr. Greg Harrison, girlfriend Whitlee Jett, best friend Christopher Brown, cousin / “big brother” Brandon Bruce, grandmother Mamie Bruce, stepdad Tyrone Samuel, and Eric’s DHS baseball coach Billy Sylvester.
DHS pitcher Eric Dubose also decided to stay local and signed to play baseball for Coker College. Eric said he was excited about joining Coach Dave Schmotzer’s Cobras and looks forward to building on all he’s learned from Coach Billy Sylvester and continuing his academic studies. Eric plans to major in sports medicine with the goal of becoming a physical trainer.
