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High School Sports

  • Union County captures Classic softball crown

    Union County High School captured the championship in the Lancaster County Classic on Saturday, March 2, at Springdale Park.
    Pool play was held at campus sites Thursday and Friday before moving to Springdale for the final round Saturday.
    Union County, which went 5-0 in the tournament, defeated Buford High School, 5-1, for the title. The Lady Yellow Jackets of Union County also defeated Andrew Jackson High School, 4-1, and Lancaster High School, 2-0.
    Buford defeated Clover High School, 4-1, on Saturday.

  • IL falls in first softball tourney game

    KERSHAW – Lancaster High School rallied to edge host Andrew Jackson High School, the second-ranked team in the Class AA state poll, in a 3-2 win on Wednesday, Feb. 27, in the fourth annual Lancaster County Classic Preseason Softball Tournament.
    Buford High School notched a 2-1 win over Indian Land High School in another exciting tournament game.
    LHS third baseman Claire Brown, who drilled two hits, laced a hit to right field to score Ashley Abbott to lift the LHS girls to the victory.

  • Comporium baseball tourney continues today, Saturday

    Play in the third annual Comporium Preseason Invitational wraps up Saturday, March 2, at Buford Park, where the Jackets will host four baseball games. The action includes a seventh-place game, fifth-place game, third-place game and the championship game at 6 p.m.

  • ILHS to host Red Rose Classic on Saturday

    The sixth annual Red Rose Classic, originally set for last weekend at Indian Land High School’s Warriors Stadium, has been moved to a one-day event Saturday, March 2.
    The soccer tournament will feature host Indian Land, along with county foes Buford and Lancaster high schools.

  • County softball tourney opens Feb. 27

    The fourth annual Lancaster County Classic Softball tournament opens Wednesday, Feb. 27, with games at two county sites.
    The tournament opener is set for 5 p.m. Feb. 27, when host Andrew Jackson will face the Lady Bruins of Lancaster High School. Play shifts to Buford High School at 6:40 p.m. when the BHS Lady Jackets battle Indian Land.
    All four games feature teams that saw postseason play last spring.

  • Four ILHS wrestlers place at state

    Four of five Indian Land High School wrestlers placed in the Class A-AA state wrestling tournament at the Anderson Civic Center on Saturday, Feb. 23.
    ILHS coach Rondale Truesdale said the Warriors finished third overall in the tournament with 54.5 points, behind overall winner Bamberg-Ehrhardt High School with 103 points and Newberry High School with 60.
    The Warriors’ effort was led by a trio of wrestlers who placed third in their respective weight divisions. The Warriors’ threesome included Dalen Byerley, Dylan Deese and Devin Curtsinger.

  • Warriors fall in Upper State hoops semifinals

    COLUMBIA – Third-ranked Keenan punched its ticket to the Class AA Upper State championship basketball game for the second time in three seasons, but it took a strong effort to complete the hoops task.

    No. 5 Indian Land battled the Raiders all the way before 23-5 Keenan took an 86-76 home win over the Warriors in the Class AA Upstate semifinals on Wednesday, Feb. 20.

  • Warriors gouge Griffins in second round of Upstate hoops playoffs

    Monday, Feb. 18, might have been a holiday for county students, with a professional development day for teachers, but it was business as usual for the Indian Land Warriors.
    The No. 5 Warriors handled their hardwood business as they have for the bulk of their brilliant 23-2 hoops season, taking a 78-67 win over Fairfield Central of Winnsboro in the IL gym.
    The Warriors, as they have throughout this season, handled a second-half challenge and cruised to the win – their 13th straight.

  • Five IL wrestlers going to state

    The Indian Land High School Warriors will send five wrestlers, including two Class A-AA Upper State champions, to the Class A-AA state championship tournament at the Anderson Civic Center in Anderson this weekend, Feb. 22-23.
    “Our wrestlers were in the wrestling mood this weekend,” Indian Land coach Rondale Truesdale said. “This was impressive. We stepped it up and performed well.”
    The Warriors will be led by freshman Dalen Byerley and senior Dylan Deese.

  • Felder scores hoops honors

    An Indian Land prep basketball star is reeling in the honors for his play this season.
    Indian Land High School freshman guard Rakym Felder has been named to Class AA all-state team. He was also selected as the Region IV-AA Player of the Year.
    Felder has produced a stellar season for the No. 5 Warriors, who entered second-round play with a 22-2 mark, including a 10-0 region record for their first league hoops title since the 1970s. Felder is averaging 19 points and two rebounds a game for ILHS.

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