The Blitz

The Sumter baseball community lost a legend recently with the passing of Sam Crawford, the longtime soundtrack of the Sumter P-15's and USC Sumter Fire Ants.

We brought in Wallie Jones, the longtime head coach of the P-15's and Tim Medlin, the head coach at USC Sumter, to reminisce about the voice of Riley Park.

This week on The Blitz we've got an over-the-phone chat with Manning's head wrestling coach Spencer Thomas.
Participation in the sport has been a rollercoaster. Over the past two years they've gone from 13 members to 2, then back up and back down to 6 as they head into next week's region meet.
In addition to battling low numbers, the Monarchs fought illness early this season, stripping them of practice time before heading to a tough first opponent in Airport High School.
Head coach Thomas said these were all crucial lessons that've given the kids a great outlook and mentality as they navigate the rest of the season.

Four years after Josh Williams came to Lakewood to reboot its wrestling program, only two of its inaugural members remain.

An already niche sport area, it the wrestlers at Lakewood were impacted heavily by the pandemic.
Coach Williams stressed the power and benefits of wrestling on young athletes and wants to continue building the program long into the future.
Tune in to The Blitz anywhere you get your podcasts to keep in the loop on Sumter, Lee, and Clarendon County sports. Happy New Year!

Prior to Friday's upset win over Sumter High, we sat down with Crestwood head coach Aric Samuel on the latest episode of The Blitz to talk all about the Knights' season!

While we chat about that matchup as a future game, we also discussed what's driving this Crestwood team and just how far Samuel thinks they can go.

The Manning basketball team is under new management, but with a familiar face. We welcomed head coach Lamont Britt on today’s episode of The Blitz to chat about his transition from assistant to head coach with the Monarchs and dove into the season ahead!