Swamp Foxes are on the hunt By Roger Lee Summerville – The wins and losses are even for Ashley Ridge on the baseball diamond, but the team’s coaches are optimistic about the rest of the season. The S

Lake View — Bryce King is a senior, three-sport athlete at Lake View, where his senior year has been one sports season after another. 

This fall, he played football at the wide receiver and safety positions, which is a sport he’s played every season since middle school.  After football, he returned to basketball for his senior season as a guard. Then, with spring time, his favorite sport baseball has started.

King started playing t-ball early in life and he has played baseball, in some organized fashion, from summer travel ball to varsity athletics.

He readily admits baseball is his favorite sport and hopes his final season will get him noticed by more college scouts. In 18 games this season he’s is batting .530 with 29 hits and a home run. He plays short stop and pitches. He has pitched in 9 games with 53 strikeouts. He is interested in playing in college. King says he has visited USC-Salkehatchie. With his planned college major in nursing, he is also considering USC-Sumter and Florence Darlington Tech.

In the classroom, he carries a 4.3 GPA, and he plans to pursue degree in nursing with the goal of becoming a Registered Nurse and possibly a career as a flight nurse in medical transportation.



For all his athletic and academic accomplishments, King has been chosen the “NETC” Male Student Athlete of the Month.”

This honor is bestowed through a partnership between the Northeastern Technical College and “The High School Sports Report” with the publication communicating with athletic directors at high schools in the counties of Dillon, Marlboro, and Chesterfield, where NETC serves the needs of high school students seeking to earn dual credits in various subjects that can be transferred to colleges after a student’s high school graduation.

The ”NETC” is currently offering over 44 online dual credit courses for the 2025-26 school year to students in the three counties they serve. King has completed his English 101 and 102 requirements for college plus Algebra 101 and Statistics via the online courses offered by NETC.  

When asked about managing his time to balance academics and sports, King said “Time management is about priorities, and you just have to give up some lesser priority stuff, to make sure you complete your priority items. As a student athlete, and Christian, I prioritize what is important and that means my academics come first, so I can use my athletic talent plus I prioritize making time for church activities.”

King had this comment about the NETC experience. “It showed me a college level work load and gave me valuable experience that will prepare me for success at the next level,” he said. “One thing about the online experience, with some courses we were required to talk in groups about the assignments which meant meeting and interacting with our classmates in the online setting which was nice.”

When asked about a favorite memory in any sport, King noted that happened in baseball during his junior year, “We had to beat Latta twice in the playoffs to win and earn a spot in the State Championship series,” he said. “We ended up doing just that and earned the lower state title.”