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The 2012 Formula One season was one of the most engaging in its long history.
This was in stark contrast to the 2011 season when Adrian Newey and his Red Bull RB7 chassis made the year a snore-fest by winning 1 ... ]]> Fri, 24 May 2013 11:06:05 GMT http://www.waccamawtimes.comsports/Formula-One-racing-kicks-off-new-season-on-new-network Games are scheduled for July 6, 10 a.m. to 8:15 p.m.; July 7, 2-8 p.m.; July 8, 4-8 p.m.; and July 9, 4 p. ... ]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 11:46:46 GMT http://www.waccamawtimes.comsports/Volunteers-needed-for-Dixie-tournaments csokoloski@gtowntimes.com

The National Sporting Clays Association’s U.S. Open at Back Woods Quail Club last week was a rousing success.
“Back Woods Quail Club and Rick Hemingway did a fantastic job,” said Robert ... ]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 11:44:13 GMT http://www.waccamawtimes.comsports/U-S--Open-shines-positive-light-on-county-and-Back-Woods-club csokoloski@gtowntimes.com

Waccamaw High’s dreams of a second Class AA softball championship in three years ended with an 8-1 loss to Crescent last week.
“Tonight we just never had any traction,” said Waccamaw coa ... ]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 10:49:34 GMT http://www.waccamawtimes.comsports/No-second-state-title-for-Lady-Warriors csokoloski@gtowntimes.com

Georgetown County high school athletes won eight individual state track titles plus three relay titles and a team title over the weekend.
Individual winners were:
* Grace Barnett of Waccamaw: first in 800 ... ]]> Wed, 15 May 2013 12:28:45 GMT http://www.waccamawtimes.comsports/State-track-results csokoloski@gtowntimes.com

Waccamaw High’s softball team will try and keep its state championship hopes alive tonight after losing 3-2 to Crescent on Monday night.
Waccamaw fell behind early in Monday night’s game, givi ... ]]> Wed, 15 May 2013 12:13:15 GMT http://www.waccamawtimes.comsports/Waccamaw-falls-in-game-one Each year, a family shares their MUSC experience as a tribute to where the money g ... ]]> Tue, 14 May 2013 10:46:17 GMT http://www.waccamawtimes.comsports/Log-a-Load-fundraiser csokoloski@gtowntimes.com

More than 1,000 of the country’s best shooters, plus their families, are in Georgetown County this week for the National Sporting Clays Association’s U.S. Open at Back Wood Quail Club.
Tucked ... ]]> Tue, 14 May 2013 10:42:31 GMT http://www.waccamawtimes.comsports/US-Open2013-05-14T07-43-17 csokoloski@gtowntimes.com

Georgetown County high school athletes brought home 14 individual titles and four relay titles at Lower State track and field championships on Saturday.

Class A

Carvers Bay athletes brought home nine in ... ]]> Wed, 08 May 2013 13:13:55 GMT http://www.waccamawtimes.comsports/Lower-State-track csokoloski@gtowntimes.com

Eleven days after losing to Dillon in the Region VIII-AA championship game, Waccamaw’s softball team got a modicum of revenge on Friday night, beating the Wildcats 13-3 in the Lower State playoffs.
... ]]> Wed, 08 May 2013 11:25:23 GMT http://www.waccamawtimes.comsports/Waccamaw-pounds-Dillon-13-3 More than 100,000 alligators live from the Midlands to the coast of South Carolina and th ... ]]> Wed, 01 May 2013 17:01:28 GMT http://www.waccamawtimes.comsports/Alligator-hunting-season csokoloski@gtowntimes.com

Waccamaw had more errors than hits in a 12-4 loss to region rival Dillon on Saturday in the Class AA playoffs.
“I don’t think there’s too many people you’re going to beat that way, ... ]]> Wed, 01 May 2013 16:58:48 GMT http://www.waccamawtimes.comsports/Waccamaw-baseball csokoloski@gtowntimes.com

Waccamaw High’s softball team has been resting since Saturday afternoon, waiting to see whether they’ll face Andrews or Loris in the District VII-AA championship game.
The Lady Yellow Jackets ... ]]> Wed, 01 May 2013 16:52:30 GMT http://www.waccamawtimes.comsports/Waccamaw-softball csokoloski@gtowntimes.com

While spring high school sports are winding down around Georgetown County, AAU basketball season is heating up.
AAU is for kids who are serious about playing basketball in college, said Jeff Bombich, coac ... ]]> Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:39:38 GMT http://www.waccamawtimes.comsports/AAU-basketball The Geathers Elite Performance Football Camp will be from 8 a.m. to noon at Carvers Bay High School.
There is no fee for the first 150 boys to sign up.
Registration packets c ... ]]> Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:37:17 GMT http://www.waccamawtimes.comsports/Geathers-returns-home-to-host-football-camp csokoloski@gtowntimes.com

Waccamaw and Dillon battled for the Region VIII-AA softball title on Monday night.
In the end, the Wildcats got the 10-8 victory and three Lady Warriors got trips to the hospital.
“We didn’t p ... ]]> Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:36:06 GMT http://www.waccamawtimes.comsports/Lady-Warriors-fall-to-Dillon-in-region-final csokoloski@gtowntimes.com

Region champions.
Those two words have not been used to describe Waccamaw High’s baseball team since 1999. And that year the Warriors were still a Class A school.
The 2013 Waccamaw squad beat Aynor ... ]]> Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:32:41 GMT http://www.waccamawtimes.comsports/Warriors-win-Region-VIII csokoloski@gtowntimes.com

The Waccamaw High softball team’s 5-4 win over Dillon on April 12 was the team’s 14th in a row, and the 350th for coach Scott Streiffert at the school.
Add in two years of coaching at West Col ... ]]> Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:39:28 GMT http://www.waccamawtimes.comsports/Streiffert-gets-350th-victory-at-Waccamaw csokoloski@gtowntimes.com

Justin Busby made his Waccamaw High varsity pitching debut last week, getting three outs in the seventh inning to preserve the Warriors’ 6-4 win over St. James.
Busby, an eighth-grader, came in with ... ]]> Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:36:20 GMT http://www.waccamawtimes.comsports/Waccamaw-beats-St--James-6-4 Two North Carolina teams, Cardinal Gibbons and Cape Fear, took the top two spots after two days of competition. Both teams won state titles last y ... ]]> Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:49:41 GMT http://www.waccamawtimes.comsports/Champions-Challenge Post and Courier

Entries are now being accepted for the 113th U.S. Women’s Amateur that will be played Aug. 5-11 at the Country Club of Charleston.
Sectional qualifying will be held July 1 at Kiawah Island Golf Resort’s ... ]]> Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:03:58 GMT http://www.waccamawtimes.comsports/US-Open “I was a little disappointed we weren’t perfect in it and get an opportunity to play for a championship,” Warriors coach Je ... ]]> Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:01:29 GMT http://www.waccamawtimes.comsports/Waccamaw-at-Mingo-Bay csokoloski@gtowntimes.com

Tommy Gaither retired two years ago after 20 years with the Georgetown County School District, but that doesn’t mean his commitment to children has ended.
Gaither, a former college and high school b ... ]]> Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:09:22 GMT http://www.waccamawtimes.comsports/First-Tee csokoloski@gtowntimes.com

Waccamaw High’s softball team beat Hannah-Pamplico 11-2 on Saturday to reclaim the Waccamaw Invitational title.
It was the Lady Warriors 12th championship in the tournament’s 16-year history. ... ]]> Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:02:33 GMT http://www.waccamawtimes.comsports/Waccamaw-Invitational2013-04-10T08-03-30 For the Times

More than 85 runners and walkers competed in the St. Patrick’s Day Four-Miler Run and Walk, in Pawleys Island on March 16, and helped establish scholarship funding for young athletes.  
Proceeds were used to ... ]]> Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:20:55 GMT http://www.waccamawtimes.comsports/St--patty-s-day-race