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Four area players were selected Thursday to the Associated
Press’ all-state football team for
Myrtle Beach linebacker Bruce Taylor, who had 188 tackles this season, is the lone representative on the defense.
North Myrtle Beach’s Ryan Quigley was selected as the state’s best punter after averaging 46 yards per punt in 2007.
Read Friday's edition of The Sun News for the full story.
Former Georgetown linebacker Larry Ford signed a national letter of intent Wednesday to finish his career at West Virginia.
Ford graduated from Georgetown in 2005 and spent the past two seasons at Coffeyville Community College (Kansas), a junior college.
He will have three seasons of eligibility remaining for the Mountaineers, who lost coach Rich Rodriguez to Michigan earlier this week. Ford said he contemplated backing away from his commitment after Rodriguez's move but eventually decided he would become a Mountaineer anyway.
Ford is a 6-foot-4, 240-pound specimen with the versatility to play linebacker or defensive end. He starred at defensive end at Coffeyville this season.
Ford will enroll at West Virginia in January, allowing him to participate in spring practice.
North Myrtle Beach kicker/punter Ryan Quigley, the area's top uncommitted football player, verbally committed to Boston College after taking an official visit to the ACC powerhouse this weekend.
He can sign a national letter of intent with the Eagles on National Signing Day in February.
Quigley, one of the southeast's top kicking and punting talents, had offers from BC and Louisiana Tech and was drawing interest from a number of other major-college programs.
However, Quigley had a great visit this weekend and enjoyed the coaches, the campus and the academics at Boston College.
Quigley was voted as this year's statewide Special Teams Player of the Year by the S.C. Football Coaches Association. He was named Sunday as the kicker and punter on The Sun News' Toast of the Coast team.
The 6-3, 175 pounder was 6-for-8 on field goals this season with a long of 46. The two misses were blocked. More than 90 percent of his kickoffs were touchbacks. He averaged 46 yards per punt on 27 attempts this year.
North Myrtle Beach football player Ryan Quigley, a kicker and punter, has picked up a scholarship offer from Boston College, Quigley's father, Chiefs Athletic director Joe Quigley, said Wednesday.
Coaches from Boston College will meet with the Quigleys Wednesday night. Quigley will take an official visit to the school this weekend.
Quigley, one of the state's top kicking and punting talents, now has offers from BC and Louisiana Tech and is drawing interest from a number of other major-college programs. Other offers could be forthcoming.
Quigley was voted as this year's statewide Special Teams Player of the Year by the S.C. Football Coaches Association.
Winning a state championship may not be good for your health, according to the following story written by our sister paper, the Charlotte Observer. Lincolnton beat South Columbus for the N.C. Class 2A state championship Saturday.
Lincolnton High football coach Scott Cloninger learned Tuesday he will need triple bypass heart surgery, just three days after leading the Wolves to the 2A state championship.
Cloninger, 50, said Tuesday that the surgery will be scheduled for sometime next week at Carolinas Medical Center. He said he will find out Wednesday the exact day.
``It's a bummer, being right around Christmas and everything,'' he said. ``But the good news is they found (the blockage) and can treat me. They can take care of it and everything will be OK. They'll make me good for another 50 (years).''
Cloninger said he had failed a stress test Thursday afternoon, and doctors originally wanted him to come in for more tests Friday.
But he postponed the appointment until after the state championship game to not create a distraction. Cloninger has led Lincolnton to the state championship game in two of the past three easons. Lincolnton defeated South Columbus 28-14 Saturday to win its first title since 1993.
Myrtle Beach and Carvers Bay are the only area teams ranked in the final McClatchy South Carolina high school football polls.
The Seahawks finished 12-1 are were ranked No. 4 in Class AAA, while Carvers Bay, which lost in the Class A, Division I championship game, finished No. 3 in Class A and was 11-3.
The polls are voted on by prep writers around the state, including Steve Wiseman (The State in Columbia), Jeff Kidd (Hilton Head Island Packet), Barry Byers (Rock Hill Herald), Jason Gilmer (Spartanburg Herald-Journal), David Hale (Beaufort Gazette) and Josh Hoke (The Sun News).
Class AAAA
1. Byrnes, 50
2. Clover, 44
3. Summerville, 39
4. Beaufort, 35
5. Northwestern, 29
6. Gaffney, 26
7. Berkeley, 19
8. Ridge View, 11
9. Irmo, 6
9. Greenwood 6
Also receiving votes: Dorman (5), South Pointe (3), Sumter (2).
Class AAA
1. Wilson, 50
2. Chester, 43
3. Union County, 29
4. Myrtle Beach, 28
5. Blythewood, 26
5. Crestwood, 26
7. Daniel, 18
8. Greenville, 17
9. Clinton, 8
10. Airport, 7
Also receiving votes: Strom Thurmond (5), Timberland (4), Marlboro County (1).
Class AA
1. Cheraw, 50
2. Chapman, 44
3. Columbia, 38
4. Abbeville, 34
5. Central, 28
6. Manning, 21
7. Batesburg-Leesville, 17
8. Dillon, 12
9. Chesnee, 11
10. Woodruff, 10
Also receiving votes: Hanahan (7), Pelion (6).
Class A
1. Chesterfield, 50
2. Blackville-Hilda, 43
3. Carvers Bay, 39
4. Great Falls, 37
5. Bamberg-Ehrhardt, 29
6. Lamar, 17
7. Allendale-Fairfax, 15
7. Ware Shoals, 15
9. Lake View, 14
10. Lewisville, 5
Also receiving votes: Scott's Branch (4), Ridge Spring-Monetta (4), Hemingway (2), Calhoun County (2)
Here is a link to a slideshow of pictures I took from around Tabor City, N.C., where the fans are going crazy for South Columbus.
Carolina Forest has hired Brian Brunson as its head basketball coach, less than a week after former coach Dennis Seman abruptly resigned.
Brunson, who also has coaching stints at Myrtle Beach and Conway, takes over a program that started the season 0-5 and is in need of stability. Seman was named head coach in October, but cited personal reasons in his resignation, according to Horry County Schools officials.
The school system would not detail any issues surrounding the resignation.
Brunson resigned as coach in 2005 to focus on his work at Carolina Forest Community Church.
Tabor City, N.C., has got Stallion fever and is ready for Saturday's state championship. I'm writing a story for Saturday about the town's love for South Columbus, but I thought I'd share a photo from a gas station on the state line.
Josh previews and predicts the N.C. 2A statae championship game between South Columbus (N.C.) and Lincolnton (N.C.) ....
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