By Thomas Grant Jr. After two full seasons, Dean Howell remains as happy as ever as Northside Christian Academy’s head football coach. For openers, he has the program on an upswing. A year after resuming 11-man football play after a season of junior varsity, the Crusaders finished second in theContinue Reading

By Thomas Grant Jr. The “buzz” is back at Irmo High School. Under head coach Aaron Brand, the Yellow Jackets have worked diligently to revive the team’s proud football legacy. In Year Three, the team is truly ready to hit the “Gas” on achieving success beyond a region title. “WeContinue Reading

By THOMAS GRANT JR. Shane Fidler has hit the ground running at Airport High School. The new head football coach and athletics director has wasted little time energizing a program which has not posted a winning record since 2017. Despite being the Eagles’ third head coach in three seasons, FidlerContinue Reading

Ditch Fork High School won the Class 5A football state finals December 3. They beat the Fort Dorchester Patriots 47 – 10. This returns the 5A state title to Dutch Fork after losing the state finals game to Gaffney last year. Dutch Fork has now won six of the sevenContinue Reading

By CT McDonald Expectations of inclement weather this weekend has caused varsity football games to be rescheduled in the first week of region play for most schools. Irmo will play at Richland Northeast (RNE) Thursday at 7:30 pm, Chapin will host Lexington at 7 pm on Thursday, and Dutch ForkContinue Reading

By CT McDonald Three weeks into the high school football season, District Five teams are posting more wins than losses, and the future is looking bright. Dutch Fork’s Silver Foxes are off to a good start in their effort to build another long string of uninterrupted wins with a currentContinue Reading