For Championship Saturday, all coaches and CresCom Holiday Invitational Staff will be wearing an orange ribbon to show support for University of North Carolina Coach Sylvia Hatchell who is battling leukemia. Coach Hatchell and the Tar Heels play each year in The Carolinas Challenge which takes place during the CresCom Holiday Invitational. This year she...Read More
A’ja Wilson, the top rated girl’s basketball player in the nation as ranked by ESPN, tallied 41 points and grabbed 20 rebounds to lead Heathwood Hall (Columbia, SC) to a 61-54 victory over Greenwood (SC). Wilson now has 111 points in three games, just three short of the four-game tournament record held by held by...Read More
Of the 6 minutes of action on Wednesday night, Dreher (Columbia, SC) held the lead for just 3:42, and the last two seconds were the most important. Kaydra Duckett’s one-handed tip-in with 2.4 seconds remaining in overtime gave Dreher a 72-70 quarterfinal victory over Heathwood Hall (Columbia, SC). The win sends Dreher into the semifinal...Read More
In one of the best opening round games that anyone can remember in the CresCom Bank Holiday Invitational, Northwood Academy (North Charleston, SC) scored a come-from-behind 71-68 victory over Seton-LaSalle (Pittsburgh, PA). Trailing most of the game and by as many as 14 points in the second half, Northwood Academy (7-1) used a 20-6 run...Read More
The 2013 Carolinas Challenge on Wednesday, December 18th, looks to be an exciting evening of women’s college basketball. At 5:00 pm, local Coastal Carolina University takes on nearby College of Charleston. Then at 7:00 pm, currently #10 University of South Carolina takes on #15 University of North Carolina. There will be many familiar faces of...Read More
John Rhodes, Executive Director of the Beach Ball Classic, and Mayor of Myrtle Beach, will be among three award winners who will be honored by the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame during Monday’s induction ceremony. Rhodes was named winner of the Willie Jeffries Ambassador Award recognizing his commitment and dedication to the Beach Ball...Read More
