Local sports
The Irmo Yellow Jackets put up another impressive performance as they shut out their fellow Lexington County 4A counterpart Airport 54-0.
Dutch Fork’s football season has not started the way the team is used to, and head coach Tom Knotts said it is time he made some changes.
It was the last non-region game of the season and a loss would send the Gators into the most impressive stretch of the season on a sour note. But instead of panicking and folding to the pressure, the Gators clawed their way back and escaped with a thrilling 29-28 win.
Chapin High School is currently ranked No. 1 in 5A while Lexington is No. 4 and River Bluff is No. 6.
The Lexington County Blowfish announced the return of head coach KC Brown in a Sept. 19 press release.
The principal of Gray Collegiate Academy, the West Columbia public charter school that has become a lightning rod amid continuing debate over competitive fairness in S.C. high school athletics, spoke before the state House Education and Public Works Ad Hoc High School Athletic Committee meeting Sept. 20.
