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“Up goes Frazier!” in high jump three-peat

Cross High School’s Jalen Frazier has pulled off a three-peat, winning the Class A high jump competition for the third straight year, with a win ... full story

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Stags eliminated, fall 12-0 to Chapin
The Berkeley Stags improbable run through the Class AAA playoffs that culminated in the District V ... full story
Cruce: ‘Judge us on our second year’
BHS Football starting spots up for grabs this spring As spring football practice begins at Berkele ... full story
Stags capture District VII championship
With apologies to the late Howard Cosell, the only way to describe Saturday night’s District V ... full story

“Up goes Frazier!” in high jump three-peat

Cross High School’s Jalen Frazier has pulled off a three-peat, winning the Class A high jump competition for the third straight year, with a winning leap of 6-4. Both Frazier and silver medalist Jesse Wideman of McCormick scratched at 6-6, but ... full story

Stags eliminated, fall 12-0 to Chapin

The Berkeley Stags improbable run through the Class AAA playoffs that culminated in the District VII championship has come to an end. BHS fell 12-0 to the Chapin Eagles in an elimination game last week in Moncks Corner. Berkeley was never in the ga ... full story

Cruce: ‘Judge us on our second year’

BHS Football starting spots up for grabs this spring As spring football practice begins at Berkeley High School, head coach Jeff Cruce has high expectations for a young squad that took its lumps in 2011, when the Stags finished 4-7. “Don&rsqu ... full story

MLB Pitch, Hit and Run Competition Saturday

Moncks Corner Recreation will host a free Aquafina Major League Baseball Pitch, Hit and Run Competition for area youth on Saturday, May 19 at Moncks Corner Youth Field 3. Ages 7-8 will compete at 9 a.m.; ages 9-10 at 11 a.m.; ages 11-12 at 1 p.m.; an ... full story

Finding Mudville

Enforcing The Code So the Phillies’ Cole Hamels decided to give Washington Nationals phenom Bryce Harper a personalized welcome to The Show by plunking Harper in the back with a fastball. Then Hamels admitted to the press that he was intenti ... full story

Harnage notches ace at Walker Creek

Cheryl Harnage of Moncks Corner made a hole in one at Walker Creek Golf Club near St. Stephen on May 3. The ace came on the eighth hole, which is a par 3. Harnage used a six-iron on the 100-yard hole. The feat was witnessed by Bob Dussor. full story

Stags capture District VII championship

With apologies to the late Howard Cosell, the only way to describe Saturday night’s District VII championship doubleheader between Berkeley and Cane Bay is to say, “Down go the Cobras! Down go the Cobras!” With bases loaded and two ... full story

Local track stars heading to state meet

Berkeley’s Marissa Pinckney hopes to continue her domination of the short sprints and defend her 100-meter state title in Saturday’s Class AAA state track meet in Columbia. Pinckney, along with fellow sprinter Demonte Reid qualified in t ... full story

Stags fall 3-1to A.C. Flora in Lower State tourney

The Berkeley Stags’ worst enemy this season often has not been the team occupying the opposite dugout. The Stags squandered a prime scoring opportunity in the second inning and fell 3-1 in the first game of the Class AAA Lower State champion ... full story

Celebration photo motivates Stags

One of baseball’s unspoken rules deals with showing up your opponent, especially when it comes to winning: Be mindful how you celebrate, and when. It seems when the Cane Bay baseball team climbed on the dog pile near the mound at Berkeley&rsquo ... full story

Finding Mudville

I love talking to the moms during baseball and softball games. It’s fun. You can’t talk to dads about their kids on the field because they’ll try to convince you theirs can do things they really can’t between the lines. I&rsqu ... full story

Lady Stags’ playoff run ends with 3-0 loss to Sharks

Jolly to step down as Berkeley coach The Berkeley Lady Stags improbable run through the Class AAA softball playoffs ended at the hands of top seeded St. James in the District V finals, 3-0. The Lady Sharks did not allow a run throughout the Distric ... full story

Football spring practice: Time to reload

How do you top a state championship? How do you replace a quarterback directly responsible for more than 4,000 yards of offense? How do you take the next step down the road to becoming a dominant force again? How do you go from 11 to eight? These are ... full story

All State

St. John’s Christian Academy had three athletes honored at the recent High School Sports Report spring banquet in Columbia. Sophomore guard Rashae Bey, junior forward Jenna O’Dell and junior point guard Bobby Winters were chosen as All St ... full story

Stags eliminated in baseball playoffs

The Berkeley Stags improbable run through the Class AAA baseball playoffs that culminated in the District VII championship has come to an end. BHS lost 12-0 to the Chapin Eagles in an elimination game Monday night. Berkeley was never in the game, fal ... full story

Former Stag Omar Brown going to NFL

Former Berkeley Stag football standout Omar Brown is NFL bound. Brown, a safety, who led the Marshall Thundering Herd in tackles in 2011, signed a free-agent contract with the Baltimore Ravens on Saturday. Brown was not selected in the NFL draft, but ... full story

Seventh grader captures first varsity win

At the most, Berkeley Middle School seventh grader Jessica Stanley was hoping to dress out with the varsity softball team for the playoffs. In her first season of high school sports, Stanley pitched for the Lady Stags’ JV team. But as the Clas ... full story

Round Three: Cobras 6, Stags 5

This isn’t just a game. This is war. Three games all decided by one run. Punches and counterpunches thrown, two heavyweight fighters refusing to go down. Cane Bay made it 3 for 3 against Berkeley with a 6-5 win Saturday at CBHS, setting up yet ... full story

Finding Mudville

I hate the playoffs The playoffs started last week. They brought to the surface some unpleasant memories from my playing days. So, let’s get it out of the way early: I hate the playoffs. I hate the playoffs because I hate to lose and i ... full story

Drama high for Lady Stags in playoffs

The Berkeley softball team did not expect to get rocked like this going into the opening rounds of the Class AAA district playoffs. First, the Lady Stags had to readjust its lineup because of a broken ring finger suffered by leadoff hitter Savannah ... full story

Frazier pursues third consecutive state title

Jalen Frazier is learning how to jump. And that’s bad news for the rest of the Class A jumpers as the Lower State Qualifier approaches and the state meet looms in May. The two-time defending state champion in the high jump cleared 6’8&rdq ... full story

Lady Cobras win another region crown

Cane Bay’s girls’ track and field team made it four straight region championships, overcoming resilient efforts from Bluffton and Battery Creek in the Region 7-AAA championships at CBHS on April 25. “Coming into the meet we expected ... full story