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Published Saturday, February 06, 2010 10:18 PM
  
By Tommy Howard thoward@gtowntimes.com Glued to the tube, millions of people were set to watch Super Bowl XLIV on Sunday. Meanwhile, a little earlier the members of the football squads at Georgetown High School recognized their o ... 
  
  
Published Saturday, February 06, 2010 10:18 PM
  
By Tommy Howard thoward@gtowntimes.com Blake Hurston set a school record Friday in his last home game for Lowcountry Prep of Pawleys Island. In a nail-biter of a game, Hurston scored 44 points, an all-time school record. He ... 
  
  
Published Saturday, February 06, 2010 10:18 PM
  
By Tommy Howard thoward@gtowntimes.com Georgetown's Bulldogs boys' varsity basketball team won both its games last week, notching a spot for itself in regional play-offs. The notch was cut deep when Georgetown won Friday over Nor ... 
  
  
Published Saturday, February 06, 2010 10:18 PM
  
Girls' basketball games start at 6 p.m.; boys about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 2 Boys Creek Bridge 61, Carvers Bay 60 (Away) Georgetown 50, St. James 31 (Home) Andrews 53, Waccamaw 43 (W-Home) Lowcountry Prep __, Pal ... 
  
  
Published Saturday, February 06, 2010 10:18 PM
  
By Tommy Howard thoward@gtowntimes.com Yellow Jackets of Andrews buzzed past the Waccamaw Warriors and the Hanahan Hawks last week. The Andrews team won Friday over Hanahan 60-52 in an away game. On Tuesday, the Yellow Jacke ... 
  
  
Published Thursday, February 04, 2010 7:07 PM
  
By Tommy Howard thoward@gtowntimes.com Chandler Murphy has played organized soccer with a bunch of her friends since the second grade. All that time and practice and competition paid off for her and her family on Thursday morning ... 
  
  
Published Thursday, February 04, 2010 7:07 PM
  
By Tommy Howard thoward@gtowntimes.com "Two country boys can look out for each other." -- Penelope Chestnut Those words from the mom of one of two Carvers Bay Bears who signed with the University of Central Florida on ... 
  
  
Published Thursday, February 04, 2010 6:57 PM
  
By Tommy Howard thoward@gtowntimes.com Waccamaw's Lady Warriors won a close contest against the Andrews Lady Yellow Jackets. Final score in the Tuesday match-up at Pawleys Island was Waccamaw 50, Andrews 44. Coach Jessica Pressley said Ya ... 
  
  
Published Thursday, February 04, 2010 6:57 PM
  
An overwhelming crowd of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fans stood outside the Myrtle Beach Convention Center last Saturday night to see the first-ever bouts held there. Ticket sales for the lower level were sold out by lunch, and approximately 1,000 ... 
  
  
Published Thursday, February 04, 2010 6:57 PM
  
By Tommy Howard thoward@gtowntimes.com "We were up in the beginning of the third quarter," coach Dennis Britton said of his Carvers Bay girls. "After our starting center -- who had 18 rebounds -- fouled out, we went downhill from there." ... 
  
  
Published Thursday, February 04, 2010 6:57 PM
  
Craig Casselman is a proud alumnus of Andrews High School and is working to have an alumni baseball game to raise money for new uniforms for the high school team. A game that was planned for Saturday, Feb. 6 had to be changed because of necessary ... 
  
  
Published Wednesday, February 03, 2010 1:17 PM
  
By Tommy Howard thoward@gtowntimes.com Davious Chestnut and Clayton Geathers, stand-out football players at Carvers Bay High School, have signed to play for the University of Central Florida in Orlando. The two Bears will become ... 
  
  
Published Tuesday, February 02, 2010 6:08 PM
  
By Tommy Howard thoward@gtowntimes.com • GHS has 'best shooting night' Georgetown's Bulldogs had a good first quarter in their game against Socastee, with 22 points. "It was the best shooting night we had of the seaso ... 
  
  
Published Tuesday, February 02, 2010 6:08 PM
  
By Tommy Howard thoward@gtowntimes.com Ben Grant is a good athlete and leading scorer for the Georgetown High School boys' varsity basketball team. "He's a well-rounded student," coach Alvin "Stitch" Walker says as he describes t ... 
  
  
Published Tuesday, February 02, 2010 6:08 PM
  
By Tommy Howard thoward@gtowntimes.com NOTE: Kids who play sports are physically active and competitive, by the very nature of what they do. It's important, though, to occasionally take a look at these student athletes beyond the ... 
  
  
Published Tuesday, February 02, 2010 6:08 PM
  
By Tommy Howard thoward@gtowntimes.com Pawleys Island's Fighting Marlins of Lowcountry Prep lost a pair of games Friday and Saturday. On Friday the boys' varsity lost 79-41 at Palmetto Christian Academy. The next night, the Fighting Marlins ... 
  
  
Published Tuesday, February 02, 2010 6:08 PM
  
By Jerry Walls jwalls443@yahoo.com It called from off in the distance across an open field as soon as the sun set. The five syllable call was easily identifiable as belonging to what many call the "tiger of the sky." Many of us w ... 
  
  
Published Tuesday, February 02, 2010 6:08 PM
  
Girls' basketball games start at 6 p.m.; boys about 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 1 Lowcountry Prep at Cathedral Academy Tuesday, Feb. 2 Carvers Bay at Creek Bridge Georgetown hosts St. James Waccamaw hosts Andrews Lowcountry Prep hosts ... 
  
  
Published Saturday, January 30, 2010 7:29 PM
  
By Tommy Howard thoward@gtowntimes.com "It was a heart-breaker" of a loss, Waccamaw boys' coach Mike Quinn said after Friday's loss to Hanahan. His boys' team loss 45-37 to Hanahan came on the heels of the girls' loss by a score ... 
  
  
Published Saturday, January 30, 2010 7:28 PM
  
By Tommy Howard thoward@gtowntimes.com "True Grit" was among the last few films John Wayne made. He and the female lead didn't give up as they sought to bring the killers of a young woman's father to justice -- hence the title of ... 
  
  
Published Saturday, January 30, 2010 7:28 PM
  
By Tommy Howard thoward@gtowntimes.com Jackets from Andrews -- Yellow Jackets, that is -- stung the Kingstree Jaguars with a 7-point win over their rivals on Friday. Both teams started off slow, with Andrews leading 9-5 in the fi ... 
  
  
Published Saturday, January 30, 2010 7:28 PM
  
Girls' basketball games start at 6 p.m.; boys about 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 29 Boys' Games Andrews 64, Kingstree 57 (Home) Carvers Bay 65, Lake View 49 (Home) Georgetown 69, Socastee 49 (Away) Hanahan ... 
  
  
Published Thursday, January 28, 2010 10:08 PM
  
By Tommy Howard thoward@gtowntimes.com People who came out to the Georgetown Bulldogs gym Tuesday had a special treat as the boys' varsity basketball team forced powerhouse Myrtle Beach into overtime. When the buzzer sounded at t ... 
  
  
Published Thursday, January 28, 2010 10:08 PM
  
Georgetown tied powerful Myrtle Beach Tuesday, forcing the game into overtime. The Bulldogs lost 50-44. Girls' basketball games start at 6 p.m.; boys about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26 Boys' Games Timberland 69, Andrews ... 
  
  
Published Thursday, January 28, 2010 10:08 PM
  
By Tommy Howard thoward@gtowntimes.com "Turnovers are what hurt us tonight," Georgetown coach Joey Smith said of the Lady Bulldogs Tuesday. His girls' varsity team lost 81-22 to the Myrtle Beach Seahawks in a home game. "The ... 
  
  

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