2025 TOP 10 GRAND STRAND / PEE DEE SPORTS STORIES OF THE YEAR
HM: Former Marlboro County HC Dean Boyd elected to the SCACA Hall of Fame!
HM: Lamar hires JR Boyd’s son Tyler as HC and he leads them to State Title game!
HM: West hires Chad Wilkes from Oceanside & Wilson hires Brian Wilson from Sumter!
HM: Jody Jenerette hired as OC at NMB, will probably be their next Head Coach!
HM: Heather Macy is hired as WBB Coach at powerhouse Nova Southern in Ft, Lauderdale, FL!
HM: Conway’s Grant Holmes sets Braves Strikeout record at 15 in loss to Rockies?
HM: Longtime successful Coastal soccer coach Shaun Docking announces his retirement.
HM: Darlington Raceway Spring race moved up a month to March in 2026?
HM: Savannah Bananas play at Clemson twice this year and schedule a DH at Coastal in 2026?
HM: Lake View’s Shaquille Leonard officially retires from NFL and is FT Coach his alma mater!
HHM: Loyal McQueen named All-ACC for Clemson & surpasses 1000 pts in her career.
HHM: SCHSL B&G Basketball Championships return to CLA in 2026, but Upstate & Lower State Championships remain at the Florence Center.
HHM: Atlantic Collegiate won the 2A BB State Championship in its first year of eligibility!?!
HHM: Post 1 lost State Championship game, but still qualified for SE Regional.
HHM: FS1 decides not to play home games on fall break, leaves SF & WHS only 3 home games. HHM: Sumter Post 15 lost it’s AL Charter, but votes to field a baseball team next year anyway!
HHM: Hemingway HS decides Not to field a Varsity FB team this year for a lack of players!
HHM: Chase Briscoe repeats as Cookout Southern 500 Champion at Darlington!
HHM: Murray Hartzler retires after 25 years as FMU AD, replaced by Quin Manahan.
HHM: Tim Beck fired after 3 years at Coastal and Missouri State HC Ryan Beard 5th HC?
10: My FNR Stat man Paul Gable suffers a Heart Attack in the Booth at LC!
9: Pro Hockey returns to the Pee Dee with IceCats of the Federal League.
8: Hunter Renfrow signs with Panthers after a year with Ulcerative Colitis!
7: Year of Caden Bodine: Bench & Posey Award, SBC MAOY & Orioles 1st Rd!
6: Florence Center cancels Ravens IFB season before they play a game!
5: South Florence plays in it’s 4th straight 4A State FB Championship!
4: FDTC to it’s 4th JUCO CWS in 6 yrs and advances one game from final!
3: Tommy “2-Gloves” Gainey wins Champions Tour event in his 4th start AND finishes Top 3 in the Tour Championship!
2: Coastal Carolina baseball advances to CWS National Championsh ip series after winning 27 straight games in a row!
1: Melissa Jefferson-Wooden becomes the fastest woman in the WORLD winning the 100M, 200M & 4X100M events in the World Championships after winning Gold in 4X100 in 2024 Olympics. Alan Connie may be the Greatest Coach of All-Time!
January 15, 2020
