It was the ideal way to close out the final home game of the season.

The SCISA Class 1A state championship game had an inevitable feeling to it. The Cambridge Academy Cougars were going to defend and defend they did.

Emerald senior Zacoyeis Elmore signed Thursday to join the Erskine College football program.

Abbeville picked up its first win in more than two weeks Thursday as the Panthers ended a four-game losing streak with an 8-0 shutout against Emerald.

NINETY SIX — It’s sometimes easy to forget about Ninety Six’s third baseman amid all the big-name talents on the Lady Wildcats softball team.

Another dominant home showing Thursday helped Greenwood punch its ticket to next week’s Upper State title match.

It was a foreign feeling for Cambridge Academy head coach Robert Rooney.

After a one-day delay to the start of the playoffs because of inclement weather, Greenwood returned to the court Wednesday and delivered the tone-setting performance it was looking for in a first-round matchup against York.

DUE WEST — Sometimes it takes just one inning to change the course of a game.

For most coaches, there is an expectation that the athletes who are chosen for a specific sport have dedicated their lives to that one pastime.

An undefeated season in match play and a region championship, catapulted the Greenwood high school boys tennis team to the No. 1-seed in the Upper State bracket in the South Carolina High School League for Class 4A.

It was not the storybook ending Emerald was hoping for when it faced Woodruff in the final home game of the 2021 season. In fact, it was the exact opposite as the Wolverines run-ruled the Vikings 21-6 on their home diamond.

There are a bevy of sayings that remark on the importance of the end. Most say it is imperative to welcome the conclusion of one chapter or a period of time, so that people can be prepared for the challenges and experiences that lay ahead.