North-South football moves back to Doug Shaw

The North-South All-Star football game is returning to Myrtle Beach's Doug Shaw Stadium in 2008.

Mayor John Rhodes, S.C. Athletic Coaches Association Executive Secretary Keith Richardson and city Councilman Wayne Gray announced the move in a press conference Tuesday afternoon at the venerable stadium, which is currently undergoing a $4-million facelift that officials hope will transform it into one of the premier prep facilities in the state.

The event moved to Coastal Carolina's Brooks Stadium in 2004, mainly because Doug Shaw had begun showing its age and officials felt that may have had a detrimental impact on the game's viability. Once Horry County Schools and the city of Myrtle Beach struck an accord that allowed construction to begin, city officials sought to return the game to the venue where it was played for 18 years.

Richardson said his organization had no problems with Coastal Carolina, and chose to move the event back to Myrtle Beach in part to honor Doug Shaw, the former coaching legend at Myrtle Beach, who embraced the game in the mid-1980s when it was floundering.

Read the full story in Wednesday's edition of The Sun News.