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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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Wilson Hall varsity basketball sweeps LMA
Wilson Hall boys head basketball coach Eddie Talley had the rare opportunity to celebrate two coaching wins on Friday at Nash Student Center.
The first was as part of a ceremony at halftime of the boys SCISA III-3A contest against Laurence Manning Academy honoring his 2000 state championship team. The second came as his young team fed off a charged atmosphere that featured dueling student sections to earn a 46-42 upset win over its rivals from Clarendon County.
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Boykin leads Lady Swampcats past Orangeburg Prep 41-35
Laurence Manning Academy’s varsity girls basketball team improved to 8-6 on the season and 2-1 in region play with a 41-35 victory over Orangeburg Prep on Friday.
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Swampcats improve to 13-5 with 58-48 victory over Orangeburg Prep
Laurence Manning Academy’s varsity boys basketball team improved to 13-5 on the season and 2-1 in region play with a 58-48 victory over Orangeburg Prep on Friday.
![The Sumter Touchdown Club awarded 10 Merit Scholarships to local student-athletes at its season-ending banquet on Thursday. Each scholarship is worth $750.]()
Sumter Touchdown Club honors student-athletes with banquet
The Sumter Touchdown Club held its third annual season-ending banquet on Thursday at Central Carolina Technical College's Health Science Building on South Main Street.
Former Clemson standout running back C.J. Spiller served as the keynote …
![Laurence Manning's Deron Medley fires the game-winning free throw in the Swampcats 48-47 victory over Clarendon Hall on Saturday.]()
LMA outlasts Clarendon Hall despite missing Lawson
The Laurence Manning basketball team has had a long week. The Swampcats were playing in their fifth game in eight days when they traveled to Clarendon Hall on Saturday and they were dealt …
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LMA falls to Trinity-Byrnes 52-46
MANNING -- The Trinity-Byrnes boys team built a 31-17 halftime lead and held off a late LMA charge to claim a 52-46 win.
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Boykin's 26 points leads Lady Swampcats past Trinity-Byrnes 58-41
MANNING -- Breanna Boykin scored 26 points, including 9-of-13 free-throw shooting, to lead Laurence Manning Academy's varsity girls basketball team to a 58-41 victory over Trinity-Byrnes on Friday at Bubba Davis Gymnasium in the SCISA Region III-3A opener for both teams.
![Laurence Manning's Umar Lawson (4) has powered the Swampcat offense during their 11-4 start this season, averaging about 20 points per game. LMA will meet Clarendon Hall for the first time in over two decades on Saturday in Summerton.]()
LMA, Clarendon Hall boys face off for the first time in over two decades
No one can agree on exactly when Laurence Manning Academy and Clarendon Hall's varsity boys basketball teams last played each other, but one thing we know for certain: it's been a very long time.
That's set to change on Saturday, however, when …
![Laurence Manning's Katherine Burns (12) has been the leader of the Lady Swampcats this season. LMA was off to a 5-5 start before Tuesday's game against Palmetto Christian.]()
Lady Swampcats rebuilding under Reynolds
MANNING -- Laurence Manning Academy's varsity girls basketball team fell to Pinewood Prep 27-21 on Monday, dropping their record to 5-5 on the season. However, those five wins already match LMA's' win total from last year.
The Lady Swampcats …
