Gray Collegiate Academy
It was a big weekend for some local football teams.Not only did the Gamecocks come-from-behind, Saturday, in dramatic fashion, to defeat East Carolina, 20-17, high school football teams had a big weekend. USC, down 14-0 at one time, is now 2-0 for the first time in almost 40 years with the ECU win. High school […]
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A new $500,000 weight room was unveiled at Gray Collegiate Academy, Wednesday. “Now we have everything we need to be successful,” said Gray Athletic Director and Football Coach Adam Holmes. He said he used to have to bus his team to other parts of Lexington County to weight train, but now the War Eagles have […]
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Jensen Castle was a two-time State Champion when she was a student at Gray Collegiate in West Columbia. Sunday, the University of Kentucky rising junior won the US Women’s Amateur Championship at Westchester Country Club in Rye, NY. Castle entered the tournament ranked 248th in the women’s World Amateur Golf Rankings. She was rated 63rd […]
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The 2021 Tax Free Weekend, presented by the S.C. Department of Revenue, begins Friday (Aug. 6) and ends Sunday (Aug. 8.) During the tax-free weekend, many items that are traditionally associated with back-to-school are exempted from South Carolina’s 6% sales tax. Any applicable local taxes are exempted, too. School supply retailers in West Columbia, including […]
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The Clemson University football team’s offensive assistant coaches met with the media at the Clemson Media Day last week. Coaches said Hunter Helms, who played at Gray Collegiate Academy in West Columbia, has worked his way into the No. 2 quarterback role for the national powerhouse Tigers. Trevor Lawrence, Clemson’s quarterback last year, was the […]
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West Columbia’s Gray Collegiate Academy defeated Abbeville, 3-0, Monday in the 2A Upper State high school baseball playoffs. The win qualified the War Eagles to play in the the Class 2A Upper State final. Gray travels to Legion Collegiate Academy Tuesday. The War Eagles need 2 wins over Legion to reach the state final Peyton […]
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Airport defeated James Island 2-0 in the first game of the 4A Lower State District 3 playoff, Friday. The Eagles fell short in Game 2, by a score of 8-0. The loss ends Airport’s playoff run. The games were played at James Island and Airport needed to win both to advance. The Eagles finish with […]
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Gray Collegiate Academy’s Legaci Ellis and Connor Pullie will play soccer at the next level. Legaci has been a member of Gray’s varsity squad for three years after transferring from Dreher HS. She tallied more than 700 minutes in goal this year and assisted Gray’s girls team in winning the region championship with an undefeated […]
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