Longtime Davie County (NC) High football head coach Doug Illing has resigned his post to take the same job at Socastee High, according to a report in the Winston-Salem Journal. The report said Illing, 49, was offered the job Thursday and told his players about the move Friday. Illing is expected to formally introduced Monday as the Braves head football coach. “I’m not jumping to a better situation,”... 

The Socastee High boys basketball program went back to the well to find its new boys basketball coach Thursday. After Braves boys basketball coach Tommy Johnson, who was hired eight years ago from Wilson High, announced his retirement Wednesday, Socastee hired current Wilson coach DeAndre Scott to take over the boys hoops program. If the name sounds familiar, it’s because Scott served as... 

On the heels of arguably the best sports year in school history, the Socastee athletic program is also seeing unprecedented turnover. While Socastee is poised to name a new head football coach to a team that went 12-1 last season, boys basketball coach Tommy Johnson announced his retirement Wednesday after 38 years in coaching, the last eight for the Braves. He coached at Wilson and West Florence... 

The Socastee High boys soccer team’s run to the state championship match fell one win short with Tuesday’s 3-1 loss at Hilton Head Island in the Lower State final. The Braves (20-3), who hadn’t given up three goals in a game in two months, dating back to a 4-3 win over West Florence on March 14. But they couldn’t stop the Seahawks (21-4) and their firepower. The loss caps... 

The Socastee High baseball team took Airport to the wall Monday night before the Braves finally ran into one. After winning three straight games to reach the winner-take-all Lower State final, including a 12-1 victory over the Eagles in the first game of Monday’s doubleheader, the Braves (21-9) finally ran out of gas in the nightcap. Airport claimed a 2-0 win over Socastee thanks to Austin... 

The Socastee High boys soccer team sailed into the Class 3A Lower State title game with Saturday’s 5-1 victory over visiting Hartsville. After scoring all four goals in the Braves’ second-round win over James Island on Thursday, Socastee’s Connor Norton-Baker scored a pair of goals in Saturday’s Lower State semifinal to single-handedly outscore the Red Foxes (18-6). Teammates... 

The Socastee High baseball team continued its refuse-to-lose attitude in Friday’s elimination game at James Island, scoring a 7-0 shutout victory to advance to the Lower State finals. The Braves (23-8) got an outstanding performance on the mound from starter Trevor Bigham (2-1) and reliever Kyle Smith, who scattered six hits to combine for the shutout. Socastee scored one run in both the... 

The Socastee High girls 4×800 relay team took fifth place at the Class 4A/3A state track and field championships at Lower Richland High. Socastee’s Kyleigh Adorno, Jill Dudley, Beka Booth and Crystal Shimer made up the Lady Braves’ team of runners, who posted a time of 10 minutes, 33.83 seconds. North Myrtle Beach’s Jaquella Livingston took seventh in the girls long jump... 

The Socastee High boys tennis team is headed to the Class 3A state championship after knocking off Hilton Head Island 4-2 on the road Thursday. After defeating rival Myrtle Beach in the Lower State semifinals just 24 hours earlier, the Braves made the three-hour bus trip to Hilton Head and made quick work of the Seahawks. Socastee’s 1-2-3 punch at singles again delivered straight sets victories... 

The Socastee High boys soccer squad is the last team standing on the pitch among Grand Strand area teams after Myrtle Beach and St. James were eliminated from the playoffs Thursday night. The top-seeded Braves (19-2) cruised into the Class 3A Lower State semifinals with a 4-0 victory over visiting James Island. Connor Norton-Baker scored all four goals and Socastee scored its fourth shutout in...