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Loris Middle School (LMS) invited women to come to the school for the 100 Women for Lunch program on Wednesday, Feb. 26, from 10:50 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Students from the sixth, seventh and eighth grades invited parents, grandparents or a strong woman they know who has encouraged them through the tough times as well as the easy times in life. Principal Shelley Todd welcomed parents and spoke with many at their tables as the parents and students sat down to eat chicken, green beans, yams, rice and a roll. Robin Stevens Baczkowski, who works in the middle school office, …

Loris High School hosted the third annual Lacy Hardee Memorial Pre-Season Baseball Tournament on Saturday, Feb. 29, beginning at 9 a.m. The tournament has been the opening scrimmage baseball games in honor of Lacy Hardee who passed away in May 2017. He left the world with one less baseball coach, fan, photographer and writer. On a cold windy morning the teams took to the dugouts preparing to warm up on the field.  Concessions were open selling hotdogs and hot coffee to keep spectators warm inside. Fred Gerardi is the announcer for the games for the Loris Lions baseball team for …

Daisy Elementary School students, teachers and staff attended their fundraiser at Bojangles in Loris on Thursday, Feb. 27, from 4 to 8 p.m. Bojangles and Daisy team up to raise funds for the school; they give the school ten percent of their total sales from 4 to 8 p.m. at the end of each quarter. Parents, students, teachers and staff joined in the fun at Bojangles fundraiser for Daisy Elementary School on Thursday evening. Principal Josh Todd and assistant principal Sandy Carland arrived at the restaurant early to set up the wheel of prizes which included Bojangles biscuits, bo-rounds, bookmarks …

Loris Middle School Archery Team placed 2nd as a team with a score of 1536, only six points from first place. Micah Strickland, 4th place middle school male, scored 263. Mackenzie won 3rd place overall for middle school females and 2nd place for 6th grade females with a score of 250. Darrell Graham is the archery team coach. Eighth grader Cayden McClure reached the top scorer of the team. He made 2nd place in 8th grade male, and middle school male, and 2nd place overall. Photos courtesy of Coach Darrell Graham

A special council meeting was held on Monday, Feb. 24, at 6 p.m. at the American Legion Hall.  Present at the meeting were council members Joan Gause, Lewis Hardee, Terrence Hardee, Mike Suggs and Jan Vescovi and Mayor Todd Harrelson.  Carroll D. Padgett had a previous engagement and was not able to attend. The meeting involved a verbal presentation by Jerry Dalton, owner of Dalton Pictures, the reading of the resolution into record and council who voted to accept the resolution to create the City of Loris Film and Arts Commission. The Resolution to Establish the City of Loris Film …

Coach William “Greg” Mance has accepted the position of head coach for the Loris Lions.  He brings to Loris High School his 23 years of experience as a football coach at Richlands High School in Virginia. The official announcement was made when the Horry County School Board approved Mance to replace 10 year veteran Jamie Snyder. Mance’s record speaks for itself with 205 wins, 12 Southwest District Championships, 19 consecutive play-off appearances, five Virginia High School League state championship game appearances and a state title and taking the Richlands Blue Tornados to vie for state championships. The plan is to …

Travis Collins(2) and Cameron Gore-Gause(32) watch Kymani Knox’s third quarter lay-in go in as JJ Jones of Myrtle Beach plays defense. The basket made the score 31-23 Myrtle Beach, as the Chiefs tried to battle back from a 29-19 Seahawks lead at halftime. Myrtle Beach won the game 58-47 to end the Chiefs season in the third round of the 6AAAA sate playoffs.

The North Myrtle Beach High School Lady Chiefs third round game with North Augusta ended their season as the Lady Yellow Jackets advanced by a 75-60 score. The Lady Chiefs had a  long day of travel and then had to face a team that has won three straight state championships and was 43-0 at home. Faced with those obstacles North Myrtle Beach got off to a slow start in the first quarter, trailing 20-10 after eight minutes. North Augusta then took charge in the second quarter, leading 41-21 at halftime. They retained their lead after three quarters, 53-34, and despite …

The North Myrtle Beach Lady Chiefs opened the South Carolina High School League playoffs with an impressive 70-26 victory over visiting South Aiken last Tuesday at North Myrtle Beach. Thursday night the Lady Chiefs continued their impressive showing with a 49-33 win over #1 seed Bluffton and a third-round game on Monday. Tuesday’s win over South Aiken began with the Lady Chiefs taking the opening tip and within seconds Jordan Berger hit a jump shot from the left side and it was 2-0. The two teams traded trips down the court before Daveona Hatchell scored two quick baskets near the …

The North Myrtle Beach High School varsity soccer team won the boys portion of the Michael B. Nash Soccer Tournament this past weekend at the city of North Myrtle Beach Park and Sports Complex. The Chiefs beat Carolina Forest 3-2, Conway 4-0 and then beat Socastee to win the championship. The Lady Chiefs opened the tournament with a 7-0 win over Conway but lost to Socastee and St. James by identical 3-2 scores. This year’s Nash tournament was the 27th annual event in honor of Michael B. Nash, a North Myrtle Beach soccer player who was tragically killed prior to …