Myrtle Beach is famous for its golf, but a spinoff of the traditional sport is also taking flight in popularity on the Grand Strand. Read more
By Ted Ackley
Fans flocked the stands Friday night for barrel racing, bull riding and more events as teens competed in this year’s high School rodeo event in Horry County.
One of Steve Hodge’s seniors came to the Socastee High softball coach Friday to talk about coronavirus.
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Across NCAA Division I Softball this season, there are 22 sets of twins playing for the same program.
The S.C. High School League is waiting at least a few more days before deciding whether to postpone, delay or outright cancel its spring athletics calendar in reaction to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
This year's Monday After the Masters celebrity pro-am golf tournament and corresponding benefit concert have been canceled out of an abundance of caution due to public health concerns regarding the coronavirus, according to a news release.
Joey Price wanted another crack at becoming a head coach.
COLUMBIA | The state runner-up trophy cradled under his left arm, Craig Martin was left explaining away the night that could have been.
While the grind is tough, Matthew Leonard savors the payoff.
Emorie Knox can confidently call himself the star player.
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It would be easy to say that Myrtle Beach is simply peaking at the right time.
Not all that long ago, someone asked Scott Earley if he ever regretted leaving his Myrtle Beach football job for greener pastures.
FLORENCE | For the first time in school history, Conway made the lower state basketball finals.
 FLORENCE – For weeks, the Myrtle Beach boys basketball team has been wondering what its ceiling could be.
Chances of the Chanticleer men making the 2020 Sun Belt Conference tournament are becoming slim.
In the aftermath of her team’s second-round loss to River Bluff, Stacy Hughes didn’t want to talk about next season.
At about 7:40 p.m. Tuesday night, Horry County’s six-year wait to send a team back to the lower state boys basketball finals ended when Conway beat Goose Creek.
Craig Martin was never really good at biting his tongue.
The Goose Creek boys basketball team prides itself on holding opponents to under 40 points.Â
NORTH AUGUSTA — Brooke Smith didn't want to get ahead of herself this season.
With a little under three minutes to play Saturday night, Tonka Hemingway was starting to get a bit more demonstrative with the officials.
All season long, Carolina Forest’s coaches talked about the importance of the third quarter.Â
Carolina Forest High School’s baseball and softball teams will host a scrimmage fundraiser this weekend to benefit the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation’s Vs. Cancer program.
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North Myrtle Beach wrestlers pinned their Beaufort opponents in their first two matches Monday night, racking up 12 points to Beaufort’s goose egg.Â
Two years ago, Carolina Forest began the season as a region contender.
The Conway Tigers advanced to the second round of the 5A playoffs with a 57-53 win over Stratford Wednesday night at Conway High.
Anyone who watched the final 16 minutes of Myrtle Beach’s victory over Midland Valley in the opening round of the 4A state playoffs can see why so many around South Carolina believe the Seahawks are one of a handful of candidates who will challenge for the state title.
If you took Ally Niles’ points off the board, Carolina Forest would have been down 17-13 to Cane Bay at halftime.
You create a bunch of turnovers in a high school basketball game, and chances are you win.
Socastee and Loris have their new football coaches.
You don’t need to ask Kelly Lewis twice if she likes a layoff between the end of the regular season and the playoffs.
DJ Williams gave Coastal Carolina fans a night to remember Thursday as the senior guard went off for 51 points in the Chanticleers' 124-103 victory over Troy.
North Myrtle Beach’s hopes of returning to the state championship match were dashed Wednesday night in a 42-29 loss to Hartsville in the lower state finals.
Socastee and Loris felt like they had to get this process right.
Carolina Forest couldn’t do anything about another region game that would help determine its own playoff standing.
North Myrtle Beach wrestlers pinned their Beaufort opponents in their first two matches Monday night, racking up 12 points to Beaufort’s goose egg.Â
Coaches always talk about wanting a playoff environment during the regular season.
In front of a packed house with fans from each side making noise throughout, Myrtle Beach and North Myrtle Beach’s game on Friday was decided by the least entertaining part of the entire sport.
North Myrtle Beach’s size has been its biggest strength all season.
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A year ago, Coastal Carolina came within one win of returning to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in seven years, falling to Louisiana-Lafayette 1-0 in the Sun Belt Championship game.Â
For the first time in his 35 years of coaching baseball, Coastal Carolina's Gary Gilmore will have a lineup that relies heavily on young talent.
Last season, the Coastal Carolina men’s tennis team ended a two-year drought of not winning a set in the Sun Belt Conference tournament. The previous two seasons saw the Chanticleers end with 4-0 losses in the first round.
By this point in the season, area teams are starting to crank numbers to see where not only their playoff hopes stand, but what their chances of finishing in the all-important host seeds are.
Gary Gilmore doesn't know what his future holds.
Athletics directors have enough evidence they made the right decision.
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