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Gators top Knights in Friday night nail-biter Goose Creek football coach Chuck Reedy breathed a huge sigh of relief and finally showed a smile with un ...  full story

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Lady Gators rally, claim crown
Aleighsa Welch scored a season-high 36 points and pulled down 15 rebounds to lead Goose Creek's girls to their first-ever state championship with a 64-63 win over defending champion Spring Valley Friday night at Colonial Life Arena.Welch's make of a ...  full story
Gators' Wright signs with The Citadel
Goose Creek senior basketball player Devontae Wright signed a national letter of intent Wednesday to continue his career at The Citadel.It was the opening day of the early signing period and the Gators point guard made it official in a small ceremony ...  full story
Three’s the charm
Gators top Knights in Friday night nail-biter Goose Creek football coach Chuck Reedy breathed a huge sigh of relief and finally showed a smile with under a minute left in the game, knowing his team had just staved off a spirited effort from its bigge ...  full story
Gators trying to get back on track against Carolina Forest
Goose Creek football coach Chuck Reedy said the Gators let one get away last week at Summerville but expects his team to be able to quickly put it behind them.“It was a winnable game for us, but it just didn’t happen,” said Reedy, whose team looks to ...  full story
Gators fall in Summerville
Gators fall in SummervilleBy Roger LeeThe Journal SceneSummerville took the lead in the race for Lowcountry football supremacy Friday, earning a 28–17 win over Goose Creek.The Gators (1-1) looked like they were going to stomp Summerville (2-0) early ...  full story
Gators defense stymies Northwestern
Normal 0 0 1 303 1728 Evening Post Publishing 14 3 2122 11.257 0 0 0 Unbelievable. It’s how Goose Creek football coach Chuck Reedy describ ...  full story
Goose Creek duo on national championship team
A pair of Goose Creek High School girls basketball players are part of a national championship squad.Junior Aleighsa Welch and sophomore N’Dea Bryant helped propel the Under-15 AAU Lowcountry Ballers to the accomplishment in Orlando, Fla. recently, e ...  full story
Candor gives defensive unit thumbs up, thumbs down
Goose Creek defensive coordinator Chris Candor gave his unit mixed reviews after the Gators’ first scrimmage, one he called an even battle, on the road at North Augusta.“It was a typical first scrimmage,” said Candor, whose defense returns eight star ...  full story
Gators ready for preseason scrimmages, jamborees
With the first three days of football practice behind them, the Goose Creek Gators are ready to get down to business. “We had great participation (the first three days in helmets), no missing in actions,” Gators defensive coordinator Chris Candor sai ...  full story
Gators visit Gamecock Country
Several Goose Creek High School football players took time out to visit a University of South Carolina “Cockaboose” beside Williams-Brice Stadium during a recent trip to Columbia. The team was in Columbia to attend the High School Sports Report’s ann ...  full story
Gators’ DeMeo commits to Southern Wesleyan
Former Goose Creek catcher Anthony DeMeo recently verbally committed to continue his playing career at Southern Wesleyan University in Upstate South Carolina next season.DeMeo, a recent graduate of GCHS, helped lead the Gators this spring, batting .2 ...  full story
Competition for open spots highlights spring practice
Goose Creek middle linebackers Malcom Howard and Dontavia Reid peered across the line at the Gators offense during spring practice last week and one of their first thoughts was, who are these guys?While Goose Creek’s leading tacklers return in Howard ...  full story
Team Martial Arts
Sixteen students from Team Martial Arts of Goose Creek, under the direction of eight-degree black belt Sr. Master Scott Stauffer, recently competed in a regional ATA Taekwondo Tournament in Virginia Beach. Pictured are (back row) Sr. Master Scott Sta ...  full story
Cheer Ye, Cheer Ye
A group of Gator hopefuls practice cheers at Goose Creek High School’s recent cheerleader tryouts. The tryouts took place on the tennis courts behind the school.  full story
Goose Creek, Stratford athletes aiming for gold
Goose Creek and Stratford high schools will have a number of athletes in the Class AAAA state track and field championships Friday and Saturday at Lower Richland High School in Hopkins.Among them are some with good chances at the important medals.Goo ...  full story
Gators baseball team replacing five seniors
Goose Creek baseball coach Scott Durham would have liked the season to go further but when he looks back at it, he’s not that displeased considering how inexperienced the Gators were.They finished 10-14 overall after starting out 2-9. They didn’t mak ...  full story
Spirit continues to improve
The Goose Creek United U-10 Spirit continued their progression as a soccer team by finishing with a 4-2-2 record, finishing third in the league’s season standings. It was a big improvement from the year before and they will celebrate their season in ...  full story
Bennamon proves to be true student-athlete
Goose Creek senior basketball player Denicsha Bennamon did plenty of impressive things on the basketball court this winter to earn part of a scholarship. And she was just as productive in the classroom to turn that one into a full scholarship.Bennamo ...  full story
Nichols signs letter of intent with Coker
Goose Creek pitcher/infielder Eli Nichols has signed a national letter of intent to further his baseball career at Coker College, located in Hartsville.“We are very excited for Eli to be joining the Coker family,” Coker College baseball coach Dave Sc ...  full story
Lady Gators eyeing a strong finish
With all the major goals unattainable at this point, all that is left for the Goose Creek softball team is to go out as strong as it possibly can.The Lady Gators, with no chance at the playoffs, end the season this week against Summerville Wednesday ...  full story
Goose Creek products garner All-County Line honors
Anybody who saw Goose Creek’s Philip Jenkins and Aleighsa Welch play basketball this winter knows how instrumental each was in their team’s successful runs.Jenkins propelled the Gators to their first-ever state championship and Welch was the catalyst ...  full story
Lady Gators track team a work in progress
First-year Goose Creek girls track and field coach Sharonda Coleman-Singleton has a complete understanding of the Lady Gators’ program.“It’s a young team and some of us our learning the mechanics,” she said. “Some of us are learning a little beyond t ...  full story
Teamwork key for Gators soccer down stretch
Goose Creek boys soccer coach Jay Watterworth likes what he sees from the Gators as far as individual play is concerned.It’s the team concept he hopes will get better down the stretch this spring.“We’ve got good individual talent,” he said. “That can ...  full story
Two Knights, one Gator capture state strength crowns
Two Stratford athletes and another from Goose Creek captured state strength titles Saturday at White Knoll. Marquis West and Ryan Barnwell captured championships for the Knights and T.J. Burrell snagged one for the Gators at their respective weight c ...  full story
Gators drop 1-0 heartbreaker
This one was close.In a classic pitchers’ duel, Goose Creek’s Michael Berry locked horns with Berkeley’s Cam Sessions, and both pitched like they were late for dinner as the Stags snuffed out a last-inning Gator rally with an unusual double play to w ...  full story
  

 
 

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