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Crestwood's Williams and Rutledge battle through complicated offseason as they work to make NFL rosters
Breaking into the National Football League is not an easy chore, sometimes even for high draft picks. It gets even harder when you don't get drafted, and it's even harder when you're doing it during a global pandemic. That's exactly what … more
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Roberts, Smith disappointed over MEAC's decision to cancel fall sports
Aaron Smith said he almost cried when he heard the news. Dyson Roberts said he actually did come to tears. What brought the two to such an emotional state was when they found out on Thursday that the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference was canceling … more
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Sumter School District to meet next week about athletics after SCHSL reveals plan
Sumter School District will be meeting next week to discuss the possibilities of starting up fall sports for the 2020-21 school year after the South Carolina High School announced its intentions on Wednesday following a Zoom meeting of the … more
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SCHSL votes to keep fall sports in same order, pushes back start dates to mid-August
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No summer camp: Barnes misses out on spot on Twins 60-man roster
Charlie Barnes and his wife, Sydne Rae, are going through an exciting time in their lives. The couple is in the process of moving into a new house here in Sumter. However, there is somewhere else Barnes would really like to be right now. Summer … more
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Sumter's Roberts, Manning's Smith gear up for complicated first season at S.C. State
Sumter High School kicker and punter Dyson Roberts and Manning High linebacker Aaron Smith are preparing to play their first season of college football during one of the most difficult summers in history due to the coronavirus pandemic. The pair … more
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Sumter School District will consider proposals from SCHSL return survey
The South Carolina High School League sent out a survey to its member schools on Monday to gain their input on what they think the 2020-21 athletic calendar should look like. The survey, which asks about opinions and concerns revolving around the … more
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East Clarendon taking a safe approach to the return of sports
Schools across South Carolina have had to make difficult decisions about how and when to have their student-athletes return to school for summer workouts during the coronavirus pandemic. Some schools haven't returned yet, while others are doing … more
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Sumter School District yet to announce start date for sports to begin workouts
The fall sports teams at the three Sumter School District high schools still do not know when - or if - they will be able to start any sort of practice for the upcoming school year after a Board of Trustees meeting held on Monday. While an … more
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Crestwood's White signs with Allen University for football and track
Montrell White's spring did not go as planned. The Crestwood High School star athlete was aiming for a state title in the long jump when the year began, but was quickly forced to the sidelines with every other athlete in the country when the … more
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Sumter School District football head coaches hoping to get start date soon
The South Carolina High School League said on the first of June that school districts or high schools could decide when Phase 1 workouts could begin for student-athletes after the spring sports seasons were shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic. … more
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Manning football program suspends workouts amid coronavirus increase
The Manning High School football program has shut down its summer workouts until further notice due to an increase in the number of positive cases of the coronavirus pandemic. The announcement was made on the football program's Twitter account on … more
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Lakewood selects Staley as new girls basketball coach
Altroy Staley has been named the new girls basketball head coach at Lakewood High School. Staley, who is an Orangeburg native, replaces Stephen Adams. Adams resigned after one season at Lakewood to take a boys assistant coaching job with … more
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Manning's Fleming builds family atmosphere with the Monarchs
Manning High School defensive coordinator Pat Fleming had a similar childhood to many of his student-athletes. He grew up in a single-parent household and used sports as an outlet. Fleming estimates that over half of his student-athletes are … more
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Crestwood's Newman uses military and crisis background to help mold Knights
Lance Newman has been coaching at Crestwood for 13 years, currently serving as a defensive line coach. Over his years of coaching, he's learned the important role that coaches can play in the lives of student-athletes on and off the field. Newman … more
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Sumter's Breland works to fill role of father figure like his coaches did for him
Sumter High School outside linebacker coach and strength coach James Breland knows what it's like to grow up in a single-parent household. Growing up, he turned to coaches to find role models. Now that he's a coach himself, Breland wants to fill … more
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Lakewood's Peebles takes pride in his parental role
Lakewood High School defensive coordinator Rodney Peebles is well aware of the different socioeconomic backgrounds of his players. He estimates that roughly half of his athletes don't have a father figure at home. As a 2-sport coach and a strength … more
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Florida commit Boone to visit USC, Arizona State in October
Sumter High School defensive end Justus Boone committed to Florida in February, but the recruiting, both ways, has not stopped. Schools are still offering and talking, and Boone is still listening. In fact, he has scheduled official visits to … more
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SCISA moves on to Phase 2 in return to sports today
Athletic programs at schools in the South Carolina Independent School Association will be able to move on to Phase 2 in the return to sports from the coronavirus pandemic when their teams gather for practice on Thursday. Phase 2 was supposed to … more
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Local schools not surprised SCISA pushed back start date of Phase 2
With the dramatic rise in the number of COVID-19 cases in the state of South Carolina in the past week, the South Carolina Independent School Association decided to move back the start of Phase 2 of its practicing guidelines from Monday to … more
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