By Chris Sokoloski csokoloski@gtowntimes.com Mollie Paschall made history Wednesday morning, becoming the first Andrews High School female soccer player to sign a scholarship to play in college. Paschall will play for Emmanuel College in Franklin Sp ... 

By Lloyd Mackall For the Times With some solid waist-high waves, the inaugual  Atlantic Surfing Federation/Surfrider Foundation Surf-Off began Saturday in Garden City Beach. Leading the charge from start to finish in the under 10 division was t ... 

By Larry Cornwell Special to the Times The 2012 Formula One season was one of the most engaging in its long history. This was in stark contrast to the 2011 season when Adrian Newey and his Red Bull RB7 chassis made the year a snore-fest by winning 1 ... 

By Chris Sokoloski csokoloski@gtowntimes.com Da’Shaun Aiken, Carvers Bay’s all-time leading scorer in basketball, will spend a year attending Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College and playing basketball for the Orangeburg Calhoun Prep Aca ... 

By Chris Sokoloski csokoloski@gtowntimes.com The National Sporting Clays Association’s U.S. Open at Back Woods Quail Club last week was a rousing success. “Back Woods Quail Club and Rick Hemingway did a fantastic job,” said Robert ... 

Georgetown County is hosting the AA Dixie Youth State Championship Tournament (machine pitch and coach pitch divisions) in July at 8 Oaks Park. Games are scheduled for July 6, 10 a.m. to 8:15 p.m.; July 7, 2-8 p.m.; July 8, 4-8 p.m.; and July 9, 4 p. ... 

By Chris Sokoloski csokoloski@gtowntimes.com Waccamaw High’s dreams of a second Class AA softball championship in three years ended with an 8-1 loss to Crescent last week. “Tonight we just never had any traction,” said Waccamaw coa ... 

By Chris Sokoloski csokoloski@gtowntimes.com Georgetown High’s Josh Hunealt signed to play soccer at the University of South Carolina – Salkehatchie on Wednesday. “It’s just another step in playing ball somewhere else and it ... 

Results of the 2012 S.C. Department of Natural Resources’ Deer Hunter Survey indicate that the statewide harvest last season totaled 217,854, a decrease of 4 percent from 2011. An estimated 116,673 bucks and 101,181 does were harvested, accord ... 

By Chris Sokoloski csokoloski@gtowntimes.com Waccamaw High’s softball team will try and keep its state championship hopes alive tonight after losing 3-2 to Crescent on Monday night. Waccamaw fell behind early in Monday night’s game, givi ... 

By Chris Sokoloski csokoloski@gtowntimes.com Georgetown County high school athletes won eight individual state track titles plus three relay titles and a team title over the weekend. Individual winners were: * Grace Barnett of Waccamaw: first in 800 ... 

The Georgetown County Family YMCA’s Wahoos swim team has been awarded Level 1 designation to be affiliated with the USA Swimming Association. Wahhos coach Coach Mary Bell Wall has also qualified as USA Level 3. The Wahoos competed in their fir ... 

By Chris Sokoloski csokoloski@gtowntimes.com Andrews High School football coach Steve Blanchard will not return next season. Although he plans to remain at the school as a teacher and co-athletic director, Blanchard said Saturday it was time to move ... 

By Chris Sokoloski csokoloski@gtowntimes.com More than 1,000 of the country’s best shooters, plus their families, are in Georgetown County this week for the National Sporting Clays Association’s U.S. Open at Back Wood Quail Club. Tucked ... 

The 15th annual “Klays for Kids” Sporting Clays Tournament at Back Woods Quail Club in Rhems last month raised $60,430 for MUSC Children’s Hospital. Each year, a family shares their MUSC experience as a tribute to where the money g ... 

By Chris Sokoloski csokoloski@gtowntimes.com Eleven days after losing to Dillon in the Region VIII-AA championship game, Waccamaw’s softball team got a modicum of revenge on Friday night, beating the Wildcats 13-3 in the Lower State playoffs. ... 

By Chris Sokoloski csokoloski@gtowntimes.com Georgetown County high school athletes brought home 14 individual titles and four relay titles at Lower State track and field championships on Saturday. Class A Carvers Bay athletes brought home nine in ... 

By Chris Sokoloski csokoloski@gtowntimes.com Waccamaw High’s softball team has been resting since Saturday afternoon, waiting to see whether they’ll face Andrews or Loris in the District VII-AA championship game. The Lady Yellow Jackets ... 

By Chris Sokoloski csokoloski@gtowntimes.com Waccamaw had more errors than hits in a 12-4 loss to region rival Dillon on Saturday in the Class AA playoffs. “I don’t think there’s too many people you’re going to beat that way, ... 

The S.C. Department of Natural Resources is accepting online applications for the 2013 public alligator and Wildlife Management Area alligator hunting seasons. More than 100,000 alligators live from the Midlands to the coast of South Carolina and th ... 

By Chris Sokoloski csokoloski@gtowntimes.com While spring high school sports are winding down around Georgetown County, AAU basketball season is heating up. AAU is for kids who are serious about playing basketball in college, said Jeff Bombich, coac ... 

Georgetown High’s softball team wrapped up the regular season winning two out of their last three games. Georgetown got single runs in the first, sixth and seventh innings to beat Waccamaw 3-2 on Tuesday night. It was the Lady Warriors first ho ... 

By Chris Sokoloski csokoloski@gtowntimes.com Region champions. Those two words have not been used to describe Waccamaw High’s baseball team since 1999. And that year the Warriors were still a Class A school. The 2013 Waccamaw squad beat Aynor ... 

By Chris Sokoloski csokoloski@gtowntimes.com Waccamaw and Dillon battled for the Region VIII-AA softball title on Monday night. In the end, the Wildcats got the 10-8 victory and three Lady Warriors got trips to the hospital. “We didn’t p ... 

Robert Geathers Jr. is hosting a football camp for boys ages 8-13 on May 4. The Geathers Elite Performance Football Camp will be from 8 a.m. to noon at Carvers Bay High School. There is no fee for the first 150 boys to sign up. Registration packets c ...