Darlington High School held its Fall Sports Athletic Banquet on Wednesday to honor the school’s athletes.

UNC Pembroke broke a 2-2 tie in the fifth and deciding game with a 5-0 run and went on to claim a five-game (11-25, 25-23, 25-20, 19-25, 15-7) win over Francis Marion onWednesday in Peach Belt Conference volleyball action.

The Dillon volleyball team’s unprecedented streak came to a heart-breaking end Tuesday with a 3-2 loss to Waccamaw in the third round of the Class 2A playoffs.

Tyler Senecal’s goal in the 64th minute gave the Coker men’s soccer team a 2-1 win over Anderson Trojans in the quarterfinals of the Conference Carolinas tournament Tuesday.

In the football-crazy realm of Dillon High School, it’s often difficult for some of the smaller sports to glean even a sliver of the spotlight. Unless, that is, they happen to accomplish something extraordinary — and nothing is more extraordinary than perfection.

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This past week the Pee Dee Academy volleyball team closed out the regular in preparation for state playoffs over the weekend.

During a match versus Dillon Christian School, the Lady Golden Eagles honored senior Katelyn Browne.

The regular season came to a close on Monday for the Hartsville Lady Red Foxes varsity volleyball team on a low note with a loss to Carolina Forest at home. The final scores were 18-25, 26-24, 20-25 and 19-25.

Shannon Byers recorded a 14-kill, 14-dig double-double to lead regionally fourth-ranked USC Aiken to a thrilling 3-2 Peach Belt Conference victory over Francis Marion University, Friday evening (Oct. 16) in volleyball action at the Convocation Center.

The Francis Marion University men’s and women’s soccer teams will hold their respective Senior Days this weekend.

Sophomore Heather Bolwerk and senior Galina Podolsky both recorded double-doubles and combined for 14 of the St. Andrews 20 service aces as the Knight volleyball team defeated Coker 25-9, 18-25, 25-14, 24-26, 15-10 on Wednesday night.

Senior Jill Nyhof of the Coastal Carolina volleyball team earned Big South Defensive Player of the Week honors, announced today by the league office.

Following two back-to-back losses against Sumter and Carolina Forest, the Hartsville Lady Red Foxes varsity volleyball team fought off the West Florence Knights for a win on Tuesday night. The Foxes record improves to 10-4 overall and 5-2 in region.

Sophomore Ardelia Morris pounded out a season-high 13 kills to lead Francis Marion to a win over Limestone College on Tuesday in volleyball action.

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