ATTENTION BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL COACHES AND PLAYERS!
The 2010 media day for baseball and softball will be held on Sunday, February 28 at Irmo High School. The festivities begin at 2:00 p.m. All players should come dressed in uniform. Players from all schools are welcome! Pictures will be used in the 2010 Baseball/Softball Preseason Edition, due out in early March. For more information call 1-800-489-0649
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ATTENTION PARENTS AND SCHOOLS!
Honor your student athlete with an ad in the HSSR Fall Banquet Program. Click here for details.
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Food for thought in regards to football recruiting
By David Shelton
Consulting Managing Editor
Goose Creek – National Signing Day for high school football prospects is one of the favorite days of the year for any college football fan.
It has become a high profile event all over the country as ESPN covers signings of the top players and players hold huge announcement ceremonies that are broadcasted live on radio and television.
I, like many others of late, wonder why there is no early signing period for football prospects. An educated guess would be that about half of every signing class, give or take a few, is solidly committed and ready to go by the time their senior season starts. More for free>>
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Clemson’s Dabo Swinney to address HSSR Fall Sports Banquet
By David Shelton
Consulting Managing Editor
Goose Creek – Clemson head football coach Dabo Swinney has agreed to be the keynote speaker for the 2009 High School Sports Report Fall Sports banquet, to be held at Seawell’s restaurant in Columbia on Sunday, February 21.
Swinney, named the ACC Coach of the Year by the Sporting News after leading Clemson to the ACC Atlantic Division title in 2009, will address the state’s top prep performers in football, swimming, volleyball and cross country. More for free>> |
HSSR announces fall sports awards for 2009
By David Shelton
Consulting Managing Editor
Goose Creek – The High School Sports Report announced their fall sports awards and honors on Tuesday, naming all-state teams and honoring the top performers in football, swimming, volleyball and cross country.
The most notable of the awards are the all-state football teams and Player of the Year selections in each classification. It is important to note that all-state nomination ballots were mailed to all high schools, and the selections were based on returned forms and on the opinions of the Sports Report’s editorial staff. More for free>> |
Eau Claire girls aim to finish the job in 2010
By David Shelton
Consulting Managing Editor
Goose Creek – Despite being one of the more dominant AA teams in the state last season, the Eau Claire girls basketball team suffered an upset loss to Strom Thurmond, ending their dream season before reaching the AA state title game.
A year later, the Lady Shamrocks are again one of the favorites in AA. Eau Claire has a 21-0 record heading into their last regular season game on Thursday. They are ranked number one in class AA and are considered the favorites once again to win the AA state title. more>>
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State Wrestling Playoffs continue tonight
Staff report
Goose Creek – The state duals playoffs continue on Monday night as the field of state title contenders narrows.
The state duals championship matches will be held on Saturday, February 13, at Ridge View High School, beginning at 11 am with the class A finals.
The finals for the class A event are set as defending state champion Chesterfield meets lower state champion Bamberg-Ehrhardt in a rematch of last year’s finals. Chesterfield is seeking their fourth consecutive crown.
The other three classifications are down to the final eight. Winners tonight advance to the upper and lower state finals on Wednesday, with the winners of those events meeting on Saturday.
In the AAAA playoffs, the two upper state matches tonight will be South Point at York and Rock Hill at Fort Mill. Rock Hill is the defending class AAAA champion.
Top-ranked Fort Dorchester will travel to Lexington in one lower state final while perennial contender Summerville visits long-time rival Goose Creek in the other lower state match.
In class AAA, the lower state bouts include Hilton Head at Airport and Swansea at Bluffton. The upper state battles will include Chapin at Belton-Honea Path and West Oak at Lugoff-Elgin.
Defending state AA champion Abbeville will host Palmetto in one AA upper state semi-final, while Central visits Woodruff in the other tilt.
In the lower state AA ranks, defending lower state champion Loris will host Edisto, while Hanahan will host Ashley Ridge.
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Palmetto Christian Reaches 20 Win Plateau in Boy’s SCISA Class A Basketball, PCA Girl’s Win 48-46 Over-time Thriller
By Billy G. Baker
Publisher
Mt. Pleasant—Led by the senior leadership of point guard Chris Gates with 17 points and 6-6 inside player Jarrod Harrison who tallied 12 points the Palmetto Christian Eagles (20-3, 8-0) closed out the regular basketball season Friday night with a 73-39 win over rival Coastal Christian.
“We have set many goals for this season,” said head coach Brian Stanley. “One goal was to win the North-South tournament we were in and our other goal was to win the regular season championship. We have accomplished those goals. More for free>>
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West Ashley edges Fort Dorchester in battle of Top 10 teams
By David Shelton
Consulting Managing Editor
North Charleston – The state basketball playoffs are two weeks away but a pair of AAAA state contenders played as if all the marbles were on the line on Friday night.
West Ashley senior guard Matt Kennedy scored 16 points in the fourth quarter and drilled 10 consecutive free throws in the final 1:19 of the game to lift the visiting Wildcats to a 57-50 victory over Fort Dorchester.
The win pushed West Ashley into a first-place tie with Fort Dorchester in region 8-AAAA and improved the Wildcats’ record to 20-2 overall. Fort Dorchester falls to 18-3 overall. more>> |
 AAAA state champs have eight sign
By Neill Kirkpatrick
Special Writer
Roebuck - The Dorman Cavaliers had 12 student/athletes made their college choices final as they signed their national letter of intent’s yesterday.
Leading the way were FBS signees Andrew Bailey and Rob Greene. Bailey, 6-3,215lb defensive end, inked with FBS power Appalachian State while Greene (5-10, WR) will stat home play for the Wofford Terriers. more>> |
 Star studded class makes it official
By Neill Kirkpatrick
Special Writer
Duncan - One of the most heralded classes in state history made if official as they inked their names to their college’s national letter of intent yesterday at the fine arts center on the campus of Byrnes high school.
A school record tying 12 Rebels have now signed on the dotted line with three more Rebels expected to sign in the coming weeks according to head coach Chris Miller. more>> |
 Beaufort’s Parker picks Clemson to put end to major recruiting
By David Shelton
Consulting Managing Editor
Goose Creek – On Tuesday night, Byrnes High running back Marcus Lattimore had the entire state on pins and needles until announcing that he would attend the University of South Carolina to play football.
On Wednesday, it was Beaufort High linebacker Justin Parker’s turn to captivate the state. Parker waited until 3 p.m.to announce his decision officially, though word had been leaking out all day.
Parker’s official announcement was that he would be attending Clemson to play football, effectively putting a capper on the 2010 signing day. Parker, rated the state’s third-best prospect by the High School Sports Report, chose Clemson over South Carolina and LSU.
In the final tally of where the state’s top 20 prospects ended up, Clemson and South Carolina each signed five of the top 20. Clemson landed three of the top 10 (DeAndre Hopkins, Daniel; Parker and Martavius Bryant, Hanna). more>> |
 “The Prep Alliance” Is a Win-Win for Schools, Sports Report, Fundraiser Could Earn Schools $1 Million Over Next Year!!
Goose Creek—With more than 60,000 prep athletes attending 250 public and independent schools in South Carolina, the “HSSR” is announcing a fundraiser that has the potential of raising more than $1 million a year for athletic programs across South Carolina. (click for the pamphlet)
“Every athletic director that I pitched the concept to over the past few months said it was a sound win-win partnership,” said HSSR founder & Publisher Billy G. Baker. full story >>
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