The Lake City Panthers closed the regular season with a 38-0 win over Georgetown and are setting their sights on the first round of the lower state playoffs at Ward Memorial Stadium this Friday night.

Lake City High School’s Sheldon Robinson is among the 44 seniors selected to represent South Carolina in the annual Shrine Bowl.

The Lake City High School varsity football team guaranteed another home game, to come during the playoffs, by defeating Socastee 41-7 ahead of this week’s Georgetown matchup.

Lake City running back Shon Carson carried the ball only eight times, but rushed for 206 yards, four touchdowns and a two-point conversion as the Panthers rolled over the St. James Sharks 55-0 in a Region VII-3A matchup Friday night.

The Lake City High School varsity football team will play host to St. James for homecoming on Friday.

Last year’s matchup between Lake City and Myrtle Beach at Ward Memorial Stadium had a little bit of everything. There were trick plays, several controversial calls, a key fumble that led to an 88-yard touchdown pass — and a slight gust of wind which might have pushed a game-winning field goal attempt wide left.

The Lake City Panthers varsity football team set up this week’s matchup with defending AAA State Champion Myrtle Beach Seahawks by dominating the Crestwood Knights 41-0 in heavy rains Friday night.

Lake City High School varsity football coaches say De’Charles Burgess, Shonquez Nelson, Devaris Brunson and DaShawn Butler have shown tremendous improvement and are major contributors on the field.

Lake City will play host to Crestwood on Friday in its final nonregion game, which follows the Panthers’ 46-27 victory over Manning.

A van stolen from Lake City High School on Tuesday night has been found, Florence School District 3 Communications Coordinator Brian Huckabee said.

The Lake City High School Panthers, 2-0 on their season after defeating East Clarendon, will play host to the Kingstree Senior High Jaguars on Friday night.

The Lake City Panthers kicked off their 2009 football season with a 34-13 win over South Columbus while on the road Friday night.

The countdown is over - the top ranked team going into the season is the Lake City Panthers.

The Lake City High School Varsity Panthers will open the 2009 football season on Friday.

The New England Patriots obtained defensive end Derrick Burgess , a Lake City native, on Thursday after the two-time Pro Bowl player held out of the Oakland Raiders training camp in hopes of being traded.