ROCK HILL – Any time Catawba Ridge wins a game, head coach Zac Lendyak said he’s “exceptionally proud” of his team. But beating the defending Class 4A state champion on their own turf? That means...

BLYTHEWOOD – It was a storybook ending that couldn’t have been written any better. The Fort Mill softball team won the 5A state championship Friday night at Blythewood High by beating Lexington 4-2...

FLORENCE – Catawba Ridge head softball coach Michael Kidd choked back tears telling his team how proud he was of them after they made history Thursday night winning the 4A state championship. The...

HARTSVILLE – In less than a 24-hour period, the Catawba Ridge Copperheads were able to accomplish a rare feat by winning two state championships.  The Catawba Ridge baseball team beat the North...

From “ready to defend, prepared to repeat” to repeat complete. The Catawba Ridge Copperheads softball team won their second consecutive 4A state championship Thursday with a 6-3 win in game two over...

For Fort Mill senior Connor Rasmussen, it was just another day at the office. The East Carolina University commit led the Fort Mill baseball team to a 6-2 win over the Berkeley Stags in game one of...

By David Thackham Correspondent GREER – Catawba Ridge senior quarterback Kayden Hager said he was at a loss for words following Saturday night’s historic first playoff victory, 34-20, over Greer High...

COLUMBIA – Brock Solid! Caleb Brock that is.  For years, the climb to the mountain top has been the goal for Fort Mill head wrestling coach Chris Brock. On Saturday night he finally reached that...

The Catawba Ridge Copperheads track team recently won the Region 3-4A boys and girls track titles in convincing fashion. Catawba Ridge girls scored 116 points besting host York, who ended up with 91...

Fort Mill head baseball coach Travis Collier isn’t someone that shows his emotions too much publicly, but Wednesday night he did his best to fight back tears, but still they came. Fort Mill beat the...

The Fort Mill softball program has had a lot of firsts under head coach Chuck Stegall. On Friday night they accomplished another one. Fort Mill beat the Dorman Cavaliers 10-5 to win their first ever...

A “complete team win” was crucial for the Catawba Ridge Copperheads defeating local rival Nation Ford 31-7 Friday night at The Pit, clinching a city championship in front of a raucous home crowd....

FORT MILL – The all-time leading girls basketball scorer at Nation Ford has made her college choice.                 Kelci Adams, 17, will be playing college basketball at UNC-Pembroke. Adams chose...

Fort Mill High athletic director Dwayne Hartsoe has stepped down as head boys’ basketball coach. Hartsoe, 54, stepped down after 12 seasons as basketball coach, but will remain at Fort Mill High as...

Five soccer players made up the first ever signing class for Catawba Ridge Copperheads on National Signing Day Wednesday. Three boys and two girls made the first signing class, as both girls decided...

Catawba Ridge’s magical postseason run continues – the next stop will be the Class 4A state championship series.  The Copperheads defeated the visiting York Cougars 7-2 Friday evening in front of a...

One school, two teams playing about 80 miles apart came away with the same results – an Upper State championship. The Catawba Ridge Copperheads baseball and softball teams were both in game two of...

As one of the first athletic commitments from Catawba Ridge High School, rising junior Harrison Wilson won’t be going far. Wilson, 16, verbally committed to play baseball for the Winthrop Eagles....

Three Catawba Ridge football players made their commitments official Wednesday as they signed to play on Saturday’s next year. Jacobie Henderson, Andre Hodge and Cade Purgason all signed to their...

FORT MILL – Two Nation Ford football players have signed letters of intent to play college football.                 Running back Nathan Mahaffey and punter Seth Richardson will be heading to...

INDIAN LAND – In what could easily be a budding rivalry given the short 4.8-miles between the schools, the Catawba Ridge Copperheads were able to get closer to their first playoff berth with a 14-0...

By David Thackham Correspondent IRMO – Senior Quinten Jackson caught two touchdowns and snagged two interceptions, junior Jacobie Henderson snagged a pick-six, and Catawba Ridge’s exciting quarterb...

The Catawba Ridge Copperheads had nine athletes sign letters of intent on National Signing Day Wednesday. Five of the nine were baseball players, with three being football players and one girl’s...

The Catawba Ridge boys track team won the Rams High School Invitational over 22 other teams Saturday in Columbia. Catawba Ridge boys scored 92.5 points and beat runner-up Chapin, who scored 84...

It wasn’t their best performance, but the results were the same as the Catawba Ridge softball team won the District III championship and advances to the 4A Upper State bracket. The Copperheads won...

COLUMBIA – Catawba Ridge junior Sam Rich paced the Copperheads to a fourth-place finish in the 4A boys state championship track meet at Spring Valley High School Friday night. Rich won the 1,600-me...

NORTH AUGUSTA – The Catawba Ridge boys basketball team bounced the No. 1 ranked North Augusta Yellow Jackets in the second round of the 4A playoffs with a 56-49 win Friday night. The loss for North...

COLUMBIA – Death row was electrifying Saturday night. The lighter weights for the Fort Mill Yellow Jackets are known as Death Row from roughly 106 through 144 pounds and they did their job as Fort...

NORTH AUGUSTA – A second round game with a two-and-a-half-hour drive and a misty field wasn’t the conditions that the Catawba Ridge Copperheads were hoping for, however, they made the most of it with...

After holding a slim first half lead, the Fort Mill Yellow Jackets came out like a team possessed and worked their way to their first win in almost two years with a 25-15 win over the Lugoff-Elgin...

Strong pitching from starter Maddie Drerup helped to propel the Fort Mill softball team to the Region 3-5A title Thursday evening with a 5-2 win over the Clover Blue Eagles. Drerup pitched a complete...

Head coach Zac Lendyak said his Catawba Ridge High football team learned a valuable lesson Friday night on what – and what not – to do when closing out an explosive team in a high-pressure playoff...

Both the Catawba Ridge softball and baseball teams are heading to their respective Upper State championship series. The Catawba Ridge softball team improved to 22-3 overall with a 15-4 rout of the...

IRMO – They may fight like brothers, but they win like a team. The Nation Ford Falcons boys’ lacrosse team won the 2023 5A state championship Saturday night at Irmo High School with a 13-10 over the...

The Fort Mill boy’s basketball team advanced to the third round of the 5A playoffs by beating the Hillcrest Rams with the help of a strong second half. Fort Mill outscored Hillcrest 36-17 in the...

Cheered on by her friends, her school family, and her future college teammates, Catawba Ridge senior midfielder Emma Sexton turned in an inspiring performance Thursday night at The Pit. Sexton scored...

Delays, lightning and rain were just some of the things fans got to experience at the third annual Gus Allen Memorial Jamboree at Nation Ford High School Friday night. And there was some football as...

On the eve of their senior season, two Catawba Ridge Copperheads have selected where they will be playing football in the future. Jacobie Henderson and Andre Hodge will be going to Marshall Univers...

Senior Quinten Jackson had a dilemma and had no choice but to face it. The then sophomore was at Nation Ford and wanted to stay.  A new school was opening across town and like so many other students...

If there is one thing that the coaching staff of the Catawba Ridge Copperheads is looking for in year two it’s improvement. In their inaugural season, Catawba Ridge went 2-8 winning the first two...

By David Thackham Correspondent IRMO – Senior Quinten Jackson caught two touchdowns and snagged two interceptions, junior Jacobie Henderson snagged a pick-six, and Catawba Ridge’s exciting quarterb...

COLUMBIA – Fort Mill sophomore keeper Nicky Gritz came away with the biggest save of his young career stopping the third penalty kick from the Stratford Knights to give the Yellow Jackets the 5A boys...

By David Thackham Correspondent If Catawba Ridge freshman quarterback Jadyn Davis seemed comfortable throwing a 37-yard touchdown to wide receiver Quinten Jackson on Catawba Ridge’s first offensive...

When Catawba Ridge Copperhead Audrey Wilson crushes a softball, it doesn’t waste any time getting out of the ball park. When it came time to pick a college, Wilson didn’t waste any time either. A...

By John Turner Correspondent To no one’s surprise, Fort Mill welcomed the Byrnes Rebels in round two of the 5A Upper State Championship bracket Monday night at The Hive – again. The Rebels have ended...

Three local coaches and four players took home some post season honors being named players and coaches of the year for their respective regions. In Region 3-5A, Fort Mill’s Dwayne Hartsoe was named...

Phillip McCarter knew two years ago what was brewing with the then non-existent Catawba Ridge Copperheads boys’ soccer team.  Like a Nostradamus of soccer, McCarter knew that his team this year was...

In the first official signing day of the year, the Catawba Ridge Copperheads had 10 athletes sign letters of intent to play college sports. The signing was held Wednesday afternoon at The Arena and...

Senior goalkeeper Andrew Reinhardt pulled off two massive back-to-back saves in a penalty shootout to help the Catawba Ridge boys’ soccer team to an emotional 2-1 (5-4 on penalty kicks) victory over...

The playoff game between Fort Mill and the Riverside Warriors was one of those games that whoever scored first was going to most likely get the win. Lucky for the Fort Mill softball team, they have...

By David Thackham Correspondent Head coach Zac Lendyak has spent the offseason coming into the 2020 season preaching to his Catawba Ridge team to believe in themselves. After seeing his Copperheads...

Freshman guard and Region 3-4A player of the year Skyla Tuthill scored 25 points and tallied seven rebounds to lead the third ranked Catawba Ridge Copperheads to a convincing 64-31 home postseason...

COLUMBIA – After years of coming ever so close, the Fort Mill girls swim team are state champions. The trophy case at Fort Mill High has nine runner-up trophies for the girl’s swim team since they...

By Robert Howey Special to Fort Mill Prep Sports LANCASTER – Catawba Ridge coach Zac Lendyak said it was a matter of the Copperheads plugging away. “We noticed Lancaster’s defense was getting wore...

Fort Mill sometimes doesn’t get the respect it deserves as a football town, according to Catawba Ridge head coach Zac Lendyak. Coming off the heels of a blowout victory over a region foe, that...

With a 79-56 blowout win over Boiling Springs, Fort Mill head basketball coach Dwayne Hartsoe got his 400th career win as the Jackets opened Region 3-5A play with a victory. Led by four players in...