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![Laurence Manning running back Wyatt Rowland (22 )has committed to Presbyterian and is expected to sign with the Blue Hose on Wednesday.]()
Wednesday to be busy signing day for local athletes
There will be plenty of local high school football players putting ink to paper on Wednesday in Phase 2 of National Signing Day.
Sumter High School will have at least six players signing. Crestwood is set to have six, Lakewood four, Lee Central …
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Lady Knights remain undefeated in region with 47-24 victory, Knights fall to A.C. Flora
The combination of Region IV-4A leader A.C. Flora visiting The Castle and what Crestwood High School varsity boys basketball coach Aric Samuel might term as home court jitters led to a 72-47 romp by the Falcons on Friday.
![Lakewood guard Quentin Hodge scored 25 points in the Gators' 58-33 win over Crestwood on Tuesday.]()
Lady Knights down Lakewood, Gators win boys game in rivalry matchups
It took the Crestwood High School varsity girls basketball team into the fourth quarter to separate itself from Sumter School District rival Lakewood on Tuesday at The Swamp. It only took the Lakewood boys a half to take control of its game.
The …
![Sumter-Palmetto Rotary Club president Ken Bell, right, speaks to the boys basketball head coaches at the three Sumter School District high schools, left to right, Lakewood's Ed Scott, Crestwood's Aric Samuel and Sumter's Bryan Brown, after recently spoke to the club. Each coach is in his first year at his respective school, but they all knew of each other in some manner before ending up in Sumter together.]()
Three Sumter School District first-year boys hoops coaches share good relationships
This has been an interesting year for boys high school basketball in Sumter School District. Each of the schools is under the direction of a first-year coach.
Well, Lakewood's Ed Scott is a legitimate first-year head coach. Crestwood's Aric …
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Big second quarter lifts Lady Knights past LR
Crestwood High School's varsity girls basketball team opened the second quarter of Friday's Region IV-4A game with Lower Richland on a 13-2 run that broke open what had been a close game and helped propel the Lady Knights to a 61-42 win at The Castle.
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Sumter Item names 25 players to 2019 All-Area Football Team
Twenty-five players have been selected to the 2019 The Sumter Item All-Area Football Team.
The team is selected based on nominations from the head coaches of the seven South Carolina High School League schools in Sumter, Clarendon and Lee …
![Sumter's Marcus Lane (1) brings the ball up the court during the Gamecocks' 60-38 win over Crestwood on Friday.]()
SHS boys roll in rematch with Knights
Sumter High School's varsity boys basketball team improved to 10-7 on the season by completing a season sweep of Crestwood on Friday, easily beating the Knights 60-38 at the SHS gymnasium.
The Gamecocks also beat the Knights 53-42 at The Castle …
![Sumter's Layken Cox (22) drives the lane against Crestwood on Friday night. Cox led the Lady Gamecocks with 19 points in its 48-43 win.]()
Lady Gamecocks outlast Crestwood in rematch
Sumter's High School's varsity girls basketball team exacted revenge on Sumter School District rival Crestwood on Friday, beating the Lady Knights 48-43 at the SHS gymnasium.
Crestwood won the previous matchup between the two teams 50-49 at The …
![The Sumter girls are ranked fifth in 5A on the newest SCBCA polls.]()
HIGH SCHOOL POLLS
5A Boys
1. Dorman
2. Mauldin3. Irmo
4. Dutch Fork
5. Northwestern
6. Byrnes
7. Wade Hampton
8. River Bluff
9. Fort Dorchester
10. Clover
5A Girls
1. Clover
2. T.L. Hanna
3. Irmo
4. Goose Creek
5. …
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Crestwood girls, Scott's Branch boys District 9 champs
The Crestwood High School varsity girls basketball team completed an undefeated run through the 23rd Annual District 9 Officials Christmas Basketball Tournament on Saturday with a 72-55 championship game win over Hartsville at Morris College's …
