Fort Mill

COLUMBIA — Fort Mill High freshman Mark Blackmon says he never looks over his shoulder during a cross country race. If he had cheated and taken a peek during the boys’ race at the Class AAAA state cross country meet on Saturday at Columbia’s Sandhills Research Center, he wouldn’t have seen anyone after crossing the hill that led to the finish line.

FORT MILL — There aren’t enough clichés in the sports world to explain the emotions on the Fort Mill sideline following its 12-7 season-ending, Region 3-AAAA victory over crosstown rival Nation Ford on Friday night.

CLOVER — Clover Blue Eagles coach Jet Turner has many horses in the stable, but one in particular shined Friday night.

FORT MILL — Boiling Springs gave Fort Mill High’s football team every opportunity to take control of the game early, but missed opportunities in the first quarter came back to haunt the Yellow Jackets in the fourth, as the Bulldogs spoiled Homecoming with a 16-13 victory.

FORT MILL — Only a week removed from its 76-0 loss to South Pointe, Fort Mill faced another tough task in Rock Hill.

No Wherry, no problem.

FORT MILL— The Yellow Jackets sported their solid-gold uniforms for their matchup against visiting Broome, but what the Jackets take away is a missed chance at a golden opportunity for victory as the Centurions beat Fort Mill 13-10.

FORT MILL — For the second straight week, Lancaster’s powerful running game propelled the Bruins, this time to a 41-0 victory over Fort Mill that has the school off to its best start since 2005.

CHESTERFIELD — After losing an incredible 42 seniors, Fort Mill knew this season had the potential to be rough.

FORT MILL -- Jim Finnerty has resigned his position as girls' varsity soccer coach at Fort Mill High School.

The sixth and final quarter of The Herald Jamboree pitted Northwestern against intra-county rival Fort Mill. By the time the final period kicked off, fans at District Three Stadium had witnessed more than five hours of South Carolina's best prep teams knocking heads.

FORT MILL -- This time there were only three, but Fort Mill High School has been sending student-athletes off to college by the bunches this year.

ROEBUCK -- The Fort Mill girls soccer season ended abruptly Friday night in the quarterfinals of the Upper State playoffs. Dorman's Aubrey Danielson scored on a long direct kick in sudden death to knock Fort Mill out, 1-0.

GREENWOOD -- Midway through the second half of Thursday's second-round playoff game against Fort Mill's boys soccer team, it appeared as though Greenwood was due for another early playoff exit following a successful regular season.

FORT MILL -- Fort Mill's roster has Ashleigh Sheets listed as a defender. The truth is, she can and will play wherever coach Jim Finnerty needs her on the field. She is the type of player that changes games.

SPARTANBURG -- Forest Weir had his senior medal hanging around his neck when he walked off the tennis courts for the final time on Tuesday. He and his team left as winners.

FORT MILL -- Fort Mill's cooler heads prevailed in Tuesday's first round game against Mauldin as a three-goal outburst midway through the second half propelled the Yellow Jackets into Thursday's second round with a 3-0 win over Mauldin.

FORT MILL -- The Fort Mill girls moved on to the second round of the playoffs but needed two overtimes to beat Byrnes, 3-1. Becca Tooley headed in the go-ahead goal two minutes into the second 10-minute overtime on a beautiful crossing pass from Kaitlyn Marr.

FORT MILL -- Six Fort Mill High School athletes announced their college choices on Wednesday.

FORT MILL -- The Fort Mill Lady Jackets improved to 9-0 in Region 3-AAAA play with a come-from-behind 3-2 win against Clover on Monday. The match came down to penalty kicks, where Fort Mill's Lexi Wilden scored the decisive goal in sudden death after 26 PKs.

FORT MILL -- It was one and done for Fort Mill, the No. 1 Yellow Jackets losing 74-64 to Spartanburg on Wednesday in the first round of the Class AAAA playoffs.

Fort Mill's undefeated season came to and end Friday night in a 70-63 loss to the South Pointe Stallions.

FORT MILL -- Rock Hill wrestler Seth Beck is just a freshman, but after the Bearcats' 36-30 win over Fort Mill on Wednesday, he was a hero in the eyes of his teammates.

The gloves will be off -- but of course, they don't use gloves in wrestling -- when Fort Mill and Rock Hill hit the mat tonight.

FORT MILL -- By the skin of Zach Beaver's knees, No. 1 Fort Mill avoided being upset by Northwestern and kept its unblemished record intact with a 46-44 victory on Tuesday.

SIMPSONVILLE -- It's hard to call No. 3 beating No. 1 an upset.

FORT MILL -- Torrell Priest's five 3-pointers propelled Fort Mill to a 79-41 rout over crosstown rival Nation Ford on Tuesday.

Ask and you shall receive -- as long as your players realize what's at stake.

It was well worth the wait.

Tonight's Fort Mill-Northwestern boys basketball game will put all seven Region 3-AAAA teams on even ground heading into Tuesday's full slate.

Coach Bailey Jackson said he doesn't think about it, while guard Torrell Priest says it's in the back of his mind.

CLOVER -- The wins don't have to be pretty, says Fort Mill coach Bailey Jackson.

FORT MILL -- The weather was cold.

FORT MILL -- Fort Mill post player Cam Smith said the Yellow Jackets needed a game like the one against South Pointe Friday.

FORT MILL -- Fort Mill remained unbeaten with a 73-48 win over Rock Hill on Wednesday in front of a low-key post-holiday crowd.

FORT MILL -- With a new look and a swing coach guiding him, Fort Mill's Scott Boston will be entering his senior season on the golf team with his future already set.

FORT MILL -- After starting the season 9-0, including two region wins and a dominating 58-40 victory over Clover on Tuesday, Fort Mill looks every bit as good as last year's team that won the state championship.

YORK -- "That was a set play," Torrell Priest said, showcasing a mouthful of teeth through a wide smile.

FORT MILL -- In one of those games where the final score was not indicative of how closely contested the game was, Fort Mill extended its winning streak to 11 by holding off pesky and previously unbeaten Charlotte Country Day (N.C.), 84-68 Tuesday.

CHARLOTTE -- You've got to hand it to that "Baileyball."

FORT MILL -- It was a normal Fort Mill boys basketball practice Saturday morning.

Last year, following the announcement that Fort Mill was picked No. 1 in Class AAAA boys basketball preseason poll, coach Bailey Jackson tried to play down the ranking.

FORT MILL -- Linda Shaw is mother, dad, best friend and biggest fan to her two children, Julie Ann, a 19-year-old sophomore at South Carolina, and Jared, a senior at Fort Mill High School and one of the Yellow Jackets' best football players.

FORT MILL -- Yellow Jacket fans witnessed a tremendous improvement over the first three weeks of the season, culminating in a 35-0 thrashing of the Eastside Eagles behind a punishing rushing attack and stifling defense.

RICHBURG -- The Fort Mill Yellow Jackets relied on their special teams to pull out a win against the Lewisville Lions at Lions Stadium on Friday night.

FORT MILL -- Instead of the typical jock rock song that teams generally enter the stadium to, U2's love ballad "One Love" blared over the public address system at Fort Mill's Bob Jones Stadium. Not exactly the kind of tune to pump up a crowd, the mistake in the press box was just the first in the comedy of errors in Fort Mill's 13-3 season opening loss to South Aiken.

FORT MILL -- The Fort Mill Yellow Jackets finished 7-5 last year, their first winning football season since going 10-3 in 1998, and at 4-2, were third in Region 3-AAAA.

Fort Mill basketball coach Bailey Jackson was named Coach of the Year by the South Carolina Athletic Coaches Association.

FORT MILL — Fort Mill High junior Ashleigh Sheets simply refused to be denied while focusing on Clover’s goal during the first overtime period of their Region 3-AAAA soccer game Tuesday at the Fort Mill Stadium.