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Fans cheer during last Friday’s Marlboro County-Myrtle Beach game.

High School Football

Area high school football scoreboard (Live updates)

Live updates from high school football games featuring Myrtle Beach area teams on Friday, Oct. 13, 2017.

The Coastal Carolina baseball team, which won the 2016 NCAA Division I championship, will begin the 2018 season Feb. 16-19 by hosting the 18th annual Brittain Resorts Baseball at the Beach tournament.

Two-game series with Atlantic Coast Conference powers Clemson, North Carolina and Wake Forest, and four home tournaments are part of Coastal Carolina’s non-conference schedule for the upcoming 2018 college baseball season.

Coastal Carolina

Everything you need to know for Coastal Carolina at Appalachian State

A breakdown of Saturday’s matchup between Coastal Carolina and Appalachian State

High School Football

He tore an ACL months ago. How faith, work ethic got Conway captain back on the field

Faith and work ethic allowed Keith Autry Benton to return to the football field mere months removed from a severe knee injury.

Junior quarterback Kilton Anderson, a tranfer from Fresno State, got his first action of the season last week and is expected to play more Saturday at Appalachian State.

Coastal Carolina

He got used to packing his bags. Now he has a home under center at Coastal Carolina

After many travels, Fresno State transfer Kilton Anderson has worked his way onto the field and is competing for the starting job at Coastal Carolina.

Coastal Carolina

Former Coastal Carolina, USC basketball player killed in a car accident

Former Coastal Carolina University and South Carolina basketball player Chad Gray was killed in a car accident on Wednesday in Charlotte, N.C.

Scott Houston, second from left, and Joe Houston, second from right, of Chester, with a 12 foot 5 inch, 620 pound American alligator that caught while hunting Thursday near the South Carolina coast. At the left and right are hunting guides.

Sports

Jaws? With crossbow, harpoons, gun, Chester men bag 12 foot, 620-pound SC gator

Joe and Scott Houston of Chester needed almost 24 hours, a crossbow, three harpoons, and a .45 revolver named “The Judge” to bag a huge 12 foot, 620 American alligator in a hunt near the South Carolina coast.

In this April 2, 2017, file photo, South Carolina coach Dawn Staley holds up the net as she and the team celebrate their win over Mississippi State in the final of NCAA women's Final Four college basketball tournament in Dallas. South Carolina won 67-55. Staley and her champion South Carolina Gamecocks are still waiting for their invite to the White House. Staley told The Associated Press on Friday night, Sept. 30, that she isn't even sure her team would go now if invited.

Sports

‘A slap in the face’: SEC coaches criticize White House’s non-invite for Gamecocks

Vanderbilt coach Stephanie White had strong criticisms of the White House for failing to invite the national champion South Carolina Gamecocks and Dawn Staley.

Coastal Carolina

Appalachian St. created the football transition blueprint, Coastal wants to follow it

Coastal Carolina is making the jump from the FCS to the FBS and Sun Belt Conference this season and can learn from Appalachian State, which made the same move in 2014 and has been remarkably successful since.

North Myrtle Beach players hope to be celebrating on their way back from Bennettsville, a win over Marlboro County to deliver the Chiefs Region 7-4A’s top seed.

High School Football

Region titles and bragging rights: A look at Week 10’s top games on the Grand Strand

Breaking down the top high school football games among teams in Horry and Georgetown counties.

Conway quarterback D’Wuan Grainger makes a move in an effort to elude a Socastee tackler during a game earlier this season.

High School Football

High school football playoff projections: Who can punch their ticket this week?

With the season winding down, the postseason is in clear view for a number of Grand Strand area teams.

Sports

Prep recruit Jahvon Quinerly retracts commitment to Arizona

Top high school recruit Jahvon Quinerly has retracted his commitment to Arizona less than a month after a Wildcats assistant coach was arrested in a federal probe.

Sports

Bascue, Olsen, Cunningham picked as USA bobsled men's pilots

Codie Bascue, Nick Cunningham and Justin Olsen are among 15 picked to USA Bobsled men's national team.

Entertainment

Nets' national anthem singer kneels to finish performance

The national anthem singer at the Brooklyn Nets' home opener kneeled at the end of her performance.

Sports

Mavericks guard Dennis Smith Jr. out with knee injury

Dallas Mavericks rookie point guard Dennis Smith Jr. missed Friday's game against the Sacramento Kings with swelling in his left knee.

Sports

Coastal quarterback, coach talk about Anderson's improvements

Coastal Carolina quarterback Kilton Anderson and coach Jamey Chadwell talk about Anderson finding his way to the Conway school and his progress this season.

Entertainment

Devin Harris granted leave of absence after brother's death

Dallas Mavericks guard Devin Harris has been granted a leave of absence after his brother was killed in a car crash.

Sports

Indiana tries for a rarity: back-to-back wins over Spartans

Indiana will try for a rarity this weekend _ back-to-back wins over Michigan State.

Oakland Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch

Sports

Raiders' Marshawn Lynch suspended game for shoving official

Oakland running back Marshawn Lynch has been suspended for one game without pay by the NFL for shoving a game official during the Raiders' victory over Kansas City on Thursday night. Lynch was ejected from the game after he shoved line judge Julian Mapp.