Officials with the International Tennis Federation have announced the cancellation of this year’s McLeod for Health Florence Open. The event had been scheduled for the week of Oct. 12-18 at the Dr. Eddie Floyd Florence Tennis Center. Among the more notabl

The Conference Carolinas Board of Directors has postponed all fall sports competition until the spring of 2021 after extensive deliberation. The decision was made in the best interest of Conference Carolinas student-athletes, coaches and administrators du

The 9th annual Run for Brighter Days will be held Saturday, Sept. 12 at Lynches River County Park. The event is sponsored by The Jonathan Foundation. The Kids Fun Run will start at 7:45 a.m. the 5K Run/Walk will start at 8:30 a.m. The cost to participate

The Florence Family YMCA is holding registration for its youth “safe play’ soccer league. The league is open to boys and girls ages 3 to 13. Parents are needed as volunteer coaches. Register now through Aug. 23. A $10 late fee will be added after Aug. 23.

The South Carolina Tennis Patrons Foundation and USTA South Carolina recently announced that Paul Pittman of Florence and Arthur Anastopoulo of Pensacola Beach, Fla., will be the 2020 inductees into the South Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame. Pittman is a lon

The S.C. High School League has further delayed the start of football season, while tweaking other fall sports schedules in caution of the coronavirus pandemic. The league’s executive committee unanimously approved a revised calendar that outlines stagge

The team of Matt Brault and Jackson Salley from South Florence High School recently finished second in the S.C. High School Bass Challenge. The finish qualified them for the BASS National Championship event which will be held on Kentucky Lake in Paris, Te

Francis Marion junior John Burghardt has been named a Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar for the 2019-20 school year. To be eligible for Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar status an individual must be a sophomore, junior, or senior academica

Teams can begin practice on Sept.1; First competitions to held Sept.18. The Conference Carolinas Board of Directors unanimously approved a plan to proceed with intercollegiate competition in conference-sponsored sports in the upcoming fall semester. Inte

The first practice for all fall sports is scheduled to be Aug. 17. The South Carolina High School League approved a new school sports calendar for the 2020-21 school year during an executive committee virtual meeting July 15. The new calendar pushes th

Despite the surrounding fear of a pandemic, Florence gymnast Emery McCutcheon is flipping forward the pages of her life as she prepares to begin a new chapter at Francis Marion University. In early March, just a few weeks from what would be McCutcheon’s

NCAA member schools have nominated a record 605 female college athletes for the 2020 NCAA Woman of the Year Award. Among these nominees is Francis Marion University cross country and track and field runner Emma Driggers. A native of Mauldin, Driggers was

Stealing an idea from the popular syndicated television program Parks and Recreation, the Florence Parks and Recreation Department recently built a Wiffle ball field at Ebenezer Park. According to Parks and Recreation officials, the field is now ready for

Francis Marion University women’s tennis coach Garth Thomson has announced the signing of three players to national letters of intent: 5-7 Camryn Cassetori of Plains, Pa., 5-10 Viktoria Leth of Gothenburg, Sweden, and 5-6 Nargiza Yakhyaeva of Dushanbe, T