On Your Mark: Looking back on TSN’s changes from Week 0

Week 0 of the high school football season has now come and gone.

Were you able to keep up with our changes both in print and online?

There were some fantastic finishes from the week, including St. James’ upset of perennial Class AA powerhouse Loris, and Green Sea Floyds’ first win in almost two years.

If you haven’t been following along with some of our updates, those games did not go in print Saturday, but were covered in great depth online. There were also expansive photo galleries accompanying St. James-Loris and Conway’s win over Georgetown.

If you picked up Sunday’s print edition, you likely saw the culmination of the week’s coverage with our “Sunday Morning Quarterback” package, featuring scores from around the state, area box scores, game summaries, standings, key players from the week, and a photo page.

The new layout is meant to get you caught up on all the week’s action in a one-stop format that is enjoyable to read. Do you think we accomplished that?

This package will be altered and improved in the coming weeks as we gain a better understanding of what readers are looking for. What do you think? Do you have suggestions as to how we should improve? Let us know. All ideas will be considered, and we’ll work to accommodate everyone as much as we can.

Early kickoffs

As high school football turns to Week 1, the Derrick Law Firm Carolinas Kickoff Clash will spread the action from Thursday-Saturday at Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium.

The first game will feature South Brunswick (N.C.) vs. Conway at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Friday’s offering pits New Hanover (Wilmington, N.C.) against Socastee at 8 p.m.

Saturday’s three-game slate begins at noon with North Brunswick (N.C.) vs. Marlboro County at noon. Southeast Raleigh (N.C.) faces South Florence at 5:15 p.m., and the event closes with Charlotte Christian (N.C.) vs. Myrtle Beach at 8:15 p.m.

Tickets are $10 in advance through the schools’ athletic departments or $12 at the gate.

All the other high school action will be played at its normal start time of Friday at 7:30 p.m.

Of note

The Myrtle Beach World Amateur championship is just a week away (opening round begins at 9 a.m. on Aug. 31). Course assignments will be announced Monday, and check-in days are Saturday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. … High school swimming started Saturday. Girls tennis, girls golf and volleyball begin this week. The same is true for Coastal Carolina sports. Women’s soccer has two games, volleyball has four matches and 21st-ranked men’s soccer has two games, highlighted by a road top 25 matchup with No. 24 Old Dominion at 7 p.m. Friday. Check out the daily sports calendar on Page 2B for each day’s events. … This is the week to get your fill of Myrtle Beach Pelicans action. The squad is in town all week, with a series against Winston-Salem, and a four-game set against Wilmington from Thursday-Sunday. … If you watch any NFL preseason, Week 3 is when you’ll see the starters get the most action. For the Carolina Panthers, it will be all the more important, as they continue to evaluate their offense without top receiver Kelvin Benjamin, who tore his ACL last week and will miss the season. The Panthers host the New England Patriots at 7:30 p.m. Friday (WWMB).

This story was originally published August 23, 2015 at 10:00 PM with the headline "On Your Mark: Looking back on TSN’s changes from Week 0."