South Carolina High School Sports News

Following are updates and statistics of former Columbia-area high school athletes now competing at the collegiate level: Men's Basketball Florida Southern senior forward John Thompson : Scored 24 points and had 10 rebounds, three assists and two steals in 103-61 win over Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras.

The next round of the South Carolina 4A classifications playoffs start this week, with the Class 1A state championships being held.

The spotlight for Saturday's game will be on quarterbacks Stephen Garcia and Kyle Parker, just like it has been in the first 106 meetings.

Kyle Adams, son of Mark and Darla Adams of Hesperia, recently departed to serve a two -year mission in South Carolina for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Sunday afternoon's match against South Carolina in Thompson-Boling Arena had all the necessary criteria for a trap match for the Tennessee volleyball team.

Cancer survivor Dusty Ashmore, 4, of Woodruff hugs Santa Claus on Saturday during the Children's Security Blanket Project's annual toy shopping spree at Toys 'R' Us.

" Behind the defensive prowess of sophomore Gretchen Giesler and the offensive production from junior Lauren Rapp the 10th-ranked Kentucky Wildcats marched to a 3-0 sweep of South Carolina on Friday.

Coastal Carolina redshirt-senior forward Joseph Harris of Lejeune, N.C. and High Point sophomore guard Nick Barbour have been named the Big South Conference Men's Basketball Co-Players of the Week for the opening weekend of the regular-season. Harris recorded his 31st career double-double with 21 points and 17 rebounds in the Chanticleers' 70-59 ...

Rye football coach Dino Garr was among the recipients of the prestigious Frank McGuire Award given out Wednesday at a banquet at the New York Athletic Club in Manhattan.

The second round of the South Carolina 4A classifications playoffs start this week, with all other classifications in the later rounds.

The South Carolina baseball team has announced its schedule for the 2010 season featuring 25 games against 2009 NCAA Tournament teams as well as 33 home games at Carolina Stadium.

Nine members of two high school girls' soccer teams have been suspended for their roles in a fight that sparked a brawl in the bleachers.

For the first time in school history, North Central High School theater will perform the musical comedy 'Damn Yankees.' While the show is a classic in musical theater, most of the students on stage had never seen the play, and a few had never heard of it.

Posted on Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 10:14 p.m. Knights' comeback falls short; Saginaw wins 3-2 The Saginaw Spirit beat the London Knights 3-2 Saturday night at TheDow Event Center.

When it came down to the final match, Waccamaw's girls tennis team had a pair of aces in the hole as Tolley Rice and Casey Altman teamed up to drop Sarah Seigler and Claire Gillespie 6-2, 6-3 at No.

As the top singles player on a tennis team, consistency and the ability to pull out a tough win is often critical to a squad's success.

Greg Brodzinski is among many South Jersey high school athletes who will sign college letters of intent in the next week, but the Bishop Eustace catcher may have to make another decision in June.

Coastal Carolina's Joe Anderson was named the Big South Conference's Men's Soccer Player of the Week, the league announced Tuesday.

LIBERTY a ' Liberty High Schoola TMs Wendya TMs High School Heisman Nominees for 2009 are Casey Reeves and Matt Whitworth.

Thomas Shannon's converted penalty kick, his third of the season, sent the Tiger senior class of Rick Alleman , Brian Farrell and Michael Goodlett off with a victory on Saturday night over the South Carolina Gamecocks, 1-0. With the win the Tigers finish the year with a 7-7-2 record .