By NOAH FEIT 5/26/2012 12:14 AM

Everybody makes mistakes. High school football players are certainly no exception to that universal truth. It was Spencer Newman's ability to learn from his mistakes that allowed the former Aiken High School linebacker to sign a letter of intent to ...

By NOAH FEIT 5/26/2012 12:14 AM

PELION -- It's a long way from Wagener to Chicago. But the 800-plus miles between them doesn't measure the length of the journey being taken by Dammion Pough. After graduating next week, the Wagener-Salley High School senior will prepare to make tha ...

By NOAH FEIT 5/25/2012 12:28 AM

For the fourth year in a row, South Carolina's tennis elite are coming to Aiken. The approximately 600 players, participating on 60 teams, are on hand this weekend to compete in the state's USTA South Carolina Adult League Championships. The event, w ...

By NOAH FEIT 5/22/2012 11:57 PM

Anderson University wasn't Travis Naylor's first choice. The South Aiken High School boys' soccer star was looking at some bigger colleges when considering the move to the next level. While his explorations didn't pan out as he planned, a late visit ...

By NOAH FEIT 5/22/2012 11:57 PM

The South Carolina High School Soccer Coaches Association recently released its All-State teams, for boys and girls, and fans of South Aiken's programs saw several familiar names. Thoroughbreds forward Travis Naylor was selected to the boys' team ...

By NOAH FEIT 5/19/2012 11:47 PM

COLUMBIA -- Chris Steele has fond memories of Memorial Stadium in Columbia. In 2009, that's where he watched his brother, Michael Poole, win a state championship playing for the South Aiken High School boys' soccer team. The next year, Steele was a ...

By NOAH FEIT 5/19/2012 12:25 AM

While no high school soccer teams from the Aiken region will play for a state championship today at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, that doesn't mean the area won't be represented. Aiken resident and former South Aiken High School player Chris Steele h ...

By NOAH FEIT 5/15/2012 11:40 PM

The Class AAAA Lower State final between the boys' soccer teams from South Aiken and Wando was delayed for more than 40 minutes in the second half because of thunder storms. But lightning struck - in the figurative sense - much earlier. In the first ...

By NOAH FEIT 5/15/2012 11:40 PM

GRANITEVILLE -- It was a tough year for the boys' basketball team at Midland Valley High School. The Mustangs failed to make the playoffs in something of a transition season, where head coach Mark Snelgrove had to rely on a group of younger and inexp ...

By NOAH FEIT 5/13/2012 12:23 AM

CAYCE -- A tremendous season, one of the best in school history, had an unsatisfying finish for the Aiken High boys' tennis team. Less than 24 hours after vanquishing South Aiken for the Class AAAA Lower State title, it faced J.L. Mann in a state cha ...

By NOAH FEIT 5/12/2012 12:49 AM

The Aiken High School boys' tennis team looked like its undefeated season was in jeopardy in the Class AAAA, Lower State final of all situations and against crosstown rival South Aiken of all opposing teams. The Hornets Nos. 1, 3 and 4 singles playe ...

By NOAH FEIT 5/11/2012 12:28 AM

In the first half of Thursday's Class AAAA, Lower State playoff game, the South Aiken High School boys' soccer team was outplayed by the visitors from James Island. The Trojans were quicker to the ball and used some unusual formations to stifle the n ...

By NOAH FEIT 5/8/2012 11:44 PM

The South Aiken High School boys' soccer team had a tough opponent in the first round of the Class AAAA Lower State playoffs, facing Spring Valley. The Thoroughbreds, the fourth-ranked team in South Carolina's largest classification, took control qui ...

By NOAH FEIT 5/6/2012 12:16 AM

Playing at home against a red-hot opponent on Saturday, the South Aiken High School baseball team missed too many opportunities to come away with a win, falling to Lexington 6-2 in a first-round game in the Class AAAA Lower State championship bracket ...

By NOAH FEIT 5/5/2012 12:17 AM

Several of the area's best soccer players have come through the GA-South Carolina Bulls Soccer Club, which draws from Aiken and North Augusta. In spite of all the talented players who have participated in the program, the Bulls have never won a state ...

By NOAH FEIT 5/5/2012 12:17 AM

WAGENER -- Rakeem Hicks, star center from the Wagener-Salley High School basketball team and first-team member of the All-Aiken Standard squad, signed his letter of intent to play at Coffeyville Community College on Friday. The 6-foot-9, 240-pound H ...

By NOAH FEIT 5/4/2012 12:33 AM

During the regular season, the Aiken High School boys' tennis team rolled through the competition without dropping a match. The first two rounds of the playoffs haven't presented any more of a challenge to the Hornets, who posted their second consecu ...

By NOAH FEIT 5/1/2012 11:58 PM

South Aiken High School boys' soccer coach Paul Waters had some reservations heading into Tuesday's regular-season finale against Aiken High. Waters was concerned how his team would play with very little at stake for the Thoroughbreds, ranked fourth ...

By NOAH FEIT 5/1/2012 11:58 PM

Dylan Gaul's family and friends won't have to venture far to see him in action on the soccer field in college. That's because the South Aiken High School defender signed his letter of intent to attend USC Aiken, where he'll continue to play soccer. ...

By NOAH FEIT 4/28/2012 11:53 PM

Coming into the final round of the Southern Cross Golf Tournament on Saturday, Austin Langdale said he had a lot on his mind. The Pendleton High School golfer said he was still looking to make amends for a poor final round at last week's Junior Invi ...