By Thomas Grant Jr. The latest South Carolina Girls Golf Coaches Poll has rivals River Bluff and Lexington near the top of the rankings. The Lady Gators and Lady Wildcats are second and third, respectively, in the Class 5A Division I poll. On Tuesday, River Bluff was the host teamContinue Reading
Morgan Hendricks was named Miss Homecoming at Lexington High School. Photo by Thomas Grant Jr.Continue Reading
By Thomas Grant Jr. The county’s best volleyball rivalry resumed Wednesday at Lexington High School. The Lady Wildcats and River Bluff met in the first of two Region 4-5A matchups. As part of Brest Awareness Months, the two teams also wore pink jerseys. Lexington came out on top in threeContinue Reading
By Thomas Grant Jr. The Lake Murray region has four undefeated high school football teams after two weeks. Lexington, River Bluff, Chapin, and Newberry are all sporting 2-0 records. All are also leaning outside the Top 10 of their respective classifications in the High School Prep Football poll. The WildcatsContinue Reading
By Thomas Grant Jr. Last season ended with two teams in Region 4-5A playing for the Class 5A title. This season, the region is off to a winning start. Five of the six teams in action in Week 0 came away victorious, four from the Lake Murray area. Lexington openedContinue Reading
By Thomas Grant, Jr. The Lexington girls’ tennis team showcased their talent by going 4-0 to win the “Gold Bracket” at the third annual Kathryn Kleckley Memorial Girls High School Preseason Invitational Tennis Tournament. Among their victories was a close 4-3 win over River Bluff in the semifinals. The LadyContinue Reading
By Thomas Grant Jr. Lexington High School produced two state champions this past school year. Their strong showings overalls in athletics helped the two Lexington County schools place in the Top Five of the 2023-24 Carlisle Cup for Class 5A. Conducted by the South Carolina Athletic Administrators Association and renamedContinue Reading
The S.C. High School League Class 5A baseball champion Lexington Wildcats were recognized at Monday’s Lexington County Blowfish home game. The team and head coach Brian Hucks were presented a proclamation from the Lexington County Council highlighting their accomplishments. Lexington went 8-0 in the post-season and repeated as both theContinue Reading
By Thomas Grant Jr. The 11-year wait for state baseball title number seven ended Friday for Lexington High School. The Wildcats completed a Best-of-3 series sweep of Ashley Ridge 3-1 in Summerville to win the Class 5A title. Its title is the first since 2013 for Lexington (, which finishedContinue Reading
By Thomas Grant Jr. As Lexington High School celebrated graduation Wednesday, it was still competing for state titles in two spring sports. The baseball team finally learned their Class 5A state final opponent Tuesday nearly a week after defeating Dorman 5-2 to win the Upper State title. It all startedContinue Reading
By Thomas Grant, Jr. The Lexington baseball team entered Wednesday one win away from the Class 5A final. The Wildcats opened Friday with a 6-5 win over Dutch Fork. This was their 10th comeback victory of the season and started with two outs in the bottom seventh. University of SouthContinue Reading