Jim Ferree will proudly make the trek to Columbia Country Club on Saturday and reap another round of accolades, even if he isn't sure why it's headed his way. (More)

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Tiger Woods can win major championships on a shattered knee, he can intimidate the world's best golfers with his mere presence and, I have it on good authority, can leap tall buildings in a single bound. In fact, up until a week ago it seemed Woods was capable of doing just about anything he set his mind to. Turns out, however, not even Tiger can sell American made cars. (More)

What: Sixth Annual Couples Golf Cadillac Invitational to benefit the Arthritis Foundation (More)

Chad Cox likes to think of it as his senior year, the potential capstone to the building blocks he’s slowly piled up during the last four seasons as Battery Creek High School’s wrestling coach. (More)

Hilton Head Island players and coaches had a big hand in helping the SCISAA all-stars reclaim the Oasis Shrine Classic title from their North Carolina counterparts Friday. (More)

When John Drafts saw the numbers on Battery Creek High School's foul situation at the start of the second half, he had only one reaction to three starters taking the floor with three fouls. (More)

GIRLS BASKETBALL (More)

All phone numbers are area code 843 unless otherwise listed. (More)

Often a basketball coach knows what kind of team he has before the season even begins. He can prepare for it based on the personnel returning from a year ago. (More)

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The Wade Hampton High School boys team must have felt like a frustrated fisherman trying to reel in a big bass Friday night at The Palace. (More)

Change is in vogue for the Beaufort High School girls basketball team with a new coach and new style of play. What they don't want to change is the success the program has had during the decade. (More)

The high school girls basketball scene in the Lowcountry has been nothing over the past few years if not predictable. (More)

I look forward to the Clemson-South Carolina game each season -- especially since moving back to the state in 1998 -- because the game causes me to recall coaching in my first Tiger-Gamecock game in1968. (More)

Peering into Bob Sulek's eyes, you can almost see the wheels spinning in the mind of Hilton Head Preparatory School's legendary girls basketball coach. (More)

Well, it's Thanksgiving, and that means a new season of high school basketball is upon us. We have a lot of new things in store for our hoops coverage this season on islandpacket.com and beaufortgazette.com, so I wanted to give you a quick tour. (More)

Last acts are usually smooth, filled with rosy scenes and favorable breaks to celebrate the close of an era. But during Battery Creek High School's boys basketball team's final season in Region 8-AAAA, things played out more like a fall from grace rather than a graceful exit. (More)

For the past 10 years, Greg Elliott's duties have stretched well beyond coaching the Hilton Head Island High School boys basketball team. (More)

In some ways, Beaufort High School's boys basketball team looked a lot like the football squad during Wednesday's opening round of the Mazzanna's Lawn Service BC Classic. (More)

It seems the high school basketball season comes earlier every year. Before you've even had a chance to process the end of the football season, the familiar thump of leather on the hardwood is ringing in our ears. (More)

VARSITY GIRLS BASKETBALL (More)

The Beaufort Academy boys engaged their killer instinct in Tuesday's boys championship game at the Thomas Heyward Academy Coca-Cola Classic. (More)

MIDDLE SCHOOL BASKETBALL (More)

Perhaps John Drafts saw something that the rest of the Lowcountry didn't envision. After all, with all of the area's football teams home earlier than usual, local sports fans needed something more than turkey to quench their appetite, and the early arrival of the Mazzanna's Lawn Service BC Classic could do just that. (More)