Heading into the season, there was a rumor circulating around Pee Dee football circles that Cheraw football was down. With the loss of standouts like Travis Small, Kenyatta Gary and Montrell Evans, there was nothing to prove the rumors untrue.

Game of the Week Preview: Cheraw at Loris

Throughout the second half, Cheraw’s defense and dropped balls accounted for Lamar quarterback Trevor Norris completing just one pass before the Silver Foxes’ final drive.

The last thing anyone expects at a Lamar-Cheraw game is an aerial showcase. But Friday’s Morning News Game of the Week might provide a little more fireworks than normal.

Matt Lincoln previews #7 in the Preseason Terrific 13, the Cheraw Braves

One of the best running back tandems in the state over the past few years finally signed their letters of intent on Thursday, a full five months after signing day.  Cheraw’s Travis Small and Montrell Evans both felt relieved as they were able to solidify their college plans, about a month before it is time to start.

The Waccamaw softball team’s dream of its first appearance in the Class AA state championship series came down to what it usually does the right arm of Ashley Czechner.

A Cheraw woman has been arrested in connection with a hoax that resulted in two school lockdowns Tuesday.

On Monday night, the Swamp Foxes moved to 4-0 in the region when they topped Cheraw in a Region 8 AA showdown. On Tuesday, they beat the Mullins High School Auctioneers 22 to 2 ...

The Cheraw High School athletic Web site lists Tom Brewer as “the first professional athlete of merit from Cheraw.” It was only fitting then that on Saturday, the Braves renamed their baseball field after Brewer.

They don’t get much bigger than this. Cheraw, the two-time defending Class 2A state champion and four-time defending lower state champion, are two wins away from another trip to the state title game.

The 25-mile stretch of S.C. 9 that runs parallel to the state line dividing the Carolinas connects three teams that comprise what might be South Carolina’s best county when it comes to high school football. Chesterfield County rivals Cheraw, Chesterfield and Central are a combined 29-4, and three of those losses came when the teams played each other.

Dillon and Cheraw are used to meeting in big games. After all, the two teams have met the last two years in the playoffs, once for the Class 2A lower state title.

From the onset of Friday’s Region 8-2A matchup, the Cheraw Braves and Marion Swamp Foxes had to contend with the unrelenting downpour at Fox Field.  Marion was also forced to contend with an unrelenting Braves offense.

A Cheraw High School student was arrested Tuesday after deputies said he was seen brandishing a weapon on a school bus bound for the school.