The Darlington Falcons christened their new home with a 14-7 win over McBee last week, their first victory of the season. Now they’re hoping to carry some of that momentum to a Friday night showdown against county rival Lamar in the Morning News Game of the Week.

The Darlington High School football team can’t wait to to play at its new stadium. And the rest of the community can’t wait to see it. The football team, as well as school and public officials and more than 200 fans attended at a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday at Darlington High School Stadium.

“We feel like we had a good camp,” he said, “and we feel like we are in better shape conditioning-wise this year. I think we spent most of our time in (the weight room) to strengthen ourselves before we can go out and play some of the folks we play against.”

A new stadium, and a coach with experience, have the Falcons believing ‘08 will be kinder than ‘07 in Darlington.

Charlie Poole, former football and track coach at Lamar High School, has joined the staff of Darlington High School as head track coach and math teacher, district sources confirmed Monday.

Many rich traditions have been formed at Darlington High School since its inception in 1996. In an effort to honor those traditions and those to come, the Darlington High School Athletic Booster Club is founding the Legacy Walkway Brick Campaign.

The day after the Lady Falcons brought home the first-ever state championship for Darlington High School, three of their players signed letters of intent to play for the new team at Columbia College.

The varsity softball team at Darlington High School won the school’s first-ever state championship with a 3-1 victory over J.L. Mann in extra innings Wednesday night.