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Lady Green Wave earns overtime win over Ashley Ridge

For the second time this season, the Ashley Ridge girls gave the Lady Green Wave all it could handle, but came up short on the scoreboard. The first time the teams met, the Lady Swamp Foxes had a chance to tie the game in the closing seconds but coul ... full story

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Tucker leads Green Wave past Swamp Foxes
J.D. Tucker was clutch down the stretch as the Summerville boys held off a hard-fighting Ashley Ridg ... full story
Soccer athletes step into the spotlight
On a day associated primarily with American football, soccer athletes grabbed much of the local spot ... full story
Football players announce college plans
Newberry College landed the most Summerville-area football players on National Signing Day. Wednesda ... full story

Lady Green Wave earns overtime win over Ashley Ridge

Tucker leads Green Wave past Swamp Foxes

J.D. Tucker was clutch down the stretch as the Summerville boys held off a hard-fighting Ashley Ridge team Tuesday to earn a 58-54 win. “We have great respect for the AR team and knew it would be a war,” Summerville coach Greg Elliott sai ... full story

Soccer athletes step into the spotlight

On a day associated primarily with American football, soccer athletes grabbed much of the local spotlight. Wednesday was the first day of this school year high school football players were allowed to sign scholarship documents or a national letter of ... full story

Football players announce college plans

Newberry College landed the most Summerville-area football players on National Signing Day. Wednesday marked the first day high school seniors could sign scholarship documents or a national letter of intent officially committing them to play football ... full story

Choice gymnasts place in Irmo

The competitive gymnastics team for Choice Gymnastics traveled to Irmo Jan. 6 to compete at the Lake Murray Invitational. In the Level 2 competition, Isabella Budinko rocked the beam event to earn 9.300 score. Makayla Lorenz scored a 9.500 on vault a ... full story

McKissick receives national award

Summerville High School Athletic Director and football coach John McKissick has been named the Don Shula NFL High School Coach of the Year. McKissick, who has more coaching victories under his belt than any other football coach at any level, was anno ... full story

Sports Briefs

Ace Devvy Walker had a hole in one Jan. 24 at the Country Club of Summerville (Miler Course). She used a 5 wood to drive the ball 140 yards and ace Hole 4. Ellie Sims and Flo Smith witnessed the event. Shank and shuck Registration is open for ... full story

McKissick back in the national spotlight

Summerville High School Athletic Director and football coach John McKissick is being honored by the NFL. On Friday McKissick, who has more coaching victories under his belt than any other football coach at any level, was named one of three finalists ... full story

Green Wave boys finish strong against Cougars

The Green Wave boys overcame a slow start Friday to earn their second win of the season over Colleton County. Summerville earned a 45-30 win over the Cougars at home to improve to 11-9 on the season with a 5-0 mark in region play. Colleton fell to 9- ... full story

Girls’ hoops

Summerville’s Sarah Montei drives in for a layup Friday. The Lady Green Wave (13-5, 3-2) fell 52-36 to Colleton County (15-4, 5-0). Kwanza Murray led the Summerville scorers with 11 points and Montei added eight. Briana Chisolm led Colleton wit ... full story

Pinewood faced tough test

The Pinewood girls’ basketball team had its biggest test of the season last week. The Lady Panthers played local SCISA rival Northwood Academy. It was Northwood Academy who prevailed this time in the duel. By beating Pinewood 59-44, the Charge ... full story

Patriot grapplers take down Wave, win region

The Fort Dorchester wrestling team clinched the Region 8-AAAA championship and the top playoff seeding that accompanies it by earning a 47-24 win over Summerville. Patriot grapplers won nine out of 14 weight classes against the Green Wave on Thursday ... full story

White named Green Wave MVP

A defensive back received the most prestigious award Thursday during the annual Green Wave Football Banquet held at SHS. Senior corner back Matt White was named Summerville’s Most Valuable Player for the 2011 season. “He is the clear choi ... full story

Sports Briefs

Shank and shuck Registration is open for Miler Country Club’s fifth annual Powerball Golf Tournament, scheduled for Superbowl Sunday. Tee off is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. Feb. 5 and an oyster/hot dog roast with cash bar will follow play. For a r ... full story

Swamp Fox field receives national recognition

Last school year Ashley Ridge athletic fields were recognized for being among the best-kept facilities in the state. This school year, the SportsTurf Managers Association honored Swamp Fox groundskeepers for having one of the best-maintained softball ... full story

Finding Mudville: Super Bowl Sunday

It’s Super Bowl Sunday time again. I loathe this time of year almost as much as I do New Year’s Eve. Why? Because there will be Super Bowl parties galore and I won’t be invited to any of them. So I get bitter. So, we’re faced ... full story

Split Decision

Fort Dorchester senior Troy Bryant cuts between a pair of Beaufort defenders Tuesday. The Patriot boys fell 43-42 to the Eagles. The Fort (13-6, 2-2) pulled out to a seven-point lead in the first period, but Beaufort (11-7, 3-1) cut the lead to three ... full story

Sports Briefs for Jan. 27

Ballers tryouts The Lowcountry Ballers will hold tryouts for their boys’ and girls’ basketball teams on Jan. 28 at Pinewood Prep in Summerville. The tryouts are open for all girls grades 5-12 and all boys grades 5-11. Cost is $10 per play ... full story

Rosenbaum leads Wave hockey team past Wando

Summerville earned a 6-5 victory over Wando Jan. 20 in South Carolina Scholastic Hockey Association action. Conner Rosenbaum had a hat trick and two assists for Summerville and the Green Wave defense outlasted an aggressive Wando team. Summerville go ... full story

Grapplers have big week on mat

The Ashley Ridge, Summerville and Fort Dorchester wrestling teams all notched region wins this week. On Monday, the Swamp Foxes earned a 69-9 victory over Colleton County. Ashley Ridge won six bouts by pin fall en route to winning 11 out of 14 weight ... full story

Fort D girls end region drought

The Fort Dorchester girls finally got the win that had eluded them for more than three weeks. On Jan. 24, the Lady Patriots battled through four periods to earn a 36-33 win over Beaufort. The victory ended the Fort’s drought in region play just ... full story

Deas hits milestone in Pinewood victory

The Pinewood Prep varsity basketball teams swept the Dolphins of Hilton Head Prep Jan. 20. The Panther boys defeated Hilton Head 98-55 on a night highlighted by senior Jerome Deas scoring his 1,000th career point early in the second quarter. De ... full story

Wescott continues hot start

The Wescott Plantation team turned in another impressive performance Jan. 16 during the second match of the Charleston Area Men’s Interclub Golf Association season. Wescott followed its second-place start to the season by scoring 11 points to e ... full story

Foxes roll by Colleton County in region

The Ashley Ridge boys basketball team finished the first half of region play strong, handing Colleton County a 68-52 loss Tuesday in Walterboro. The win is the Swamp Foxes’ first in region play and keeps them in the hunt for a playoff spot with ... full story

Marathoners

Two members of Summerville High School's Track and Cross Country teams recently completed their first Half Marathons (13.1 miles). Rollings Middle School eighth-grader Emily Shuler, 14, ran the Disney Half Marathon in 1:53:30, finishing 18th out of 2 ... full story