Today's Sports

For the second time in his wrestling coaching career, Indian Land High School coach Mike Kersey has been selected to coach in the annual North-South Wrestling tournament.

Kersey, the Warriors’ coach for nine seasons, will serve as the Class A-AA South head coach.

“Coach Kersey is in his second stint as a North-South coach and that is quite an honor,” said Tommy Bell, the wrestling coach at Hillcrest High School in Simpsonville. “Coach Kersey has been an active member of our wrestling coaches association.

BUFORD Dillon Hydrick, a three-year veteran on the Buford High School football team, is in his first year starting for the Yellow Jackets, but he’s right for the job.

He’s regarded as a handful playing fullback, because he has a perfect build for the position.

“His size at fullback makes him hard to bring down. He loves meeting tacklers in the open field, because he likes to lower the boom,” Buford head coach Mike Wells said.

Hydrick, at 5-9, 195 pounds, also uses his size playing middle linebacker.

Lancaster High School senior defensive lineman Darius Robinson had his prayer answered in a big way Tuesday afternoon.

Robinson, a standout on the Lancaster High School football team, was named to the 62nd annual North-South All-Star football game.

Robinson, a 6-3, 235-pounder, said he prayed hard for the chance to go to the game which features the top senior high school football players.

Lancaster Major Joe Shaw has proclaimed today as Lancaster High School Blue Hurricanes’ 1959 state championship day in honor of the team’s 50th anniversary state championship salute tonight at the Lancaster High-Spring Valley football game. Earlier this week, the 1959 LHS Blue Hurricanes’ captains William “Fireball” Roberts, Bill Mosley and Cecil Faile joined Shaw for a proclamation signing at Lancaster City Hall.