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Start Your Engines: Leaders hold pep rally in Myrtle Beach for Cook Out Southern 500
NASCAR stars Brad Keselowski and Bobby Labonte joined South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster on Friday, July 26 to get Myrtle Beach revved up for the 75th running of the Cook Out Southern 500. Darlington Raceway’s signature stock car race is Sunday, Sept. 1, capping a three-day race weekend at what...
Patrick Henry High School coach remembers player killed in Myrtle Beach
ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — Patrick Henry High School Basketball Coach Jack Esworthy is remembering Jakolbi Taylor, the 16-year-old player who was shot and killed in Myrtle Beach over the weekend. “Real infectious personality, he was great to be around,” he said. He adds that Jakolbi, who he’d known...
‘Dream big’: Grand Strand gymnasts chase Olympic aspirations as Paris Games begin
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) - Gymnastics is a passion that starts young. And while the love comes easy, the skills take immense amounts of practice. “I practice 20 hours a week or more than that,” said 16-year-old Mallory Rockey. “So it’s definitely hard.”. “I actually started homeschooling...
Governor McMaster hosts Cook Out Southern 500 to preview Labor Day festivities
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WPDE) — Governor Henry McMaster kicked off the Cook Out Southern 500 weekend in Myrtle Beach on Friday giving a preview of the traditional Labor Day Weekend. The South Carolina Governor joined Darlington Raceway at Plyler Park featuring NASCAR's Crown Jewel event, the 75th Annual Cook...
The Grand Strand Today Summer Olympics Challenge is here
MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - The 2024 Paris Summer Olympics is here, but we wanted to get in on the fun!. We’re hosting our own Grand Strand Today Summer Olympics Challenge. We competed in the following competitions that you can see at the actual Olympics:. - Equestrian: (Dreams, Hope...
2024 Coastal Carolina Football Odds: Total Wins Over/Under Odds | July 26
This content was writter in partnership with DataSkrive. DataSkrive leverages a combination of human expertise, machine learning, and pre-built content libraries to assemble and personalize sports content. The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers came out on top in eight games last season and won the Hawai’i Bowl. Bookmakers have set their 2024...
Coastal Carolina men’s basketball announces non-conference schedule
CONWAY, S.C. – Coastal Carolina University head men’s basketball coach Justin Gray has finalized the non-conference portion of the 2024-25 men’s basketball schedule. The Chants will play 13 non-conference opponents this season, with two of those contests being part of the MAC-SBC Challenge. CCU will host five...
Coastal Carolina football enters fall camp with an open QB competition, 66 newcomers
Coastal Carolina will begin fall camp practices on Monday, July 29, with a plethora of new faces and a starting quarterback battle. Last year, CCU had an incoming new coaching staff and an inordinate amount of player turnover with 52 new players and 29 transfers. That now looks like a...
Ninth inning rally falls short for Augusta GreenJackets July 24
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C._ – The GreenJackets scored once in the ninth and had the tying run at third with two outs but could not complete the comeback as they dropped their second in a row Wednesday against the Pelicans 4-3. Both sides traded zeroes through three frames, with starters Didier Fuentes and Nazier Mulé dueling back and forth despite early command struggles on both sides. Catcher Miguel Pabon took matters into his own hands in the bottom of the fourth, clubbing a long homer over the grandstand in left for a 1-0 Pelicans lead. Mulé, on the other hand, worked a career-high five innings without allowing a run for his first professional win.
Newfield’s Mickey Beach returns to Coastal Carolina baseball
In 2016, Newfield native and Tompkins Cortland Community College alum Mickey Beach was a 20-year-old baseball player looking to take a different route in the sport. He ventured to Coastal Carolina University—a Division I school in South Carolina that had just won its first-ever national championship—and spent the next five years as a student manager and a graduate assistant. Now 28, Beach is back with the Chanticleers in a much larger capacity.
Brad Keselowski, Bobby Labonte Praise Darlington’s Impact On S.C. & NASCAR
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — With Atlantic waves rolling along the sundrenched Myrtle Beach shoreline, dignitaries gathered Friday at Plyer Park touting the positive impact created by the roar of NASCAR engines at Darlington Raceway. South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, NASCAR Hall of Famer Bobby Labonte and 2012 NASCAR Cup...
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