- Debbie Antonelli honors (Mt. Pleasant)
- NC State alum and longtime broadcaster Debbie Antonelli was inducted into NC State’s Ring of Honor.
- Mt. Pleasant then named the town hall gym “The Deb” in her honor, recognizing her work promoting basketball and Special Olympics.
- Berkeley girls basketball’s first-ever state title
- Berkeley High, founded in 1912, finally won its first basketball state championship.
- The Lady Stags beat Greenwood for the SCHSL 5A D2 title under alum head coach Crystal Peace.
- James Island baseball goes back-to-back (4A to 5A)
- After a 4A title in 2024, James Island moved to 5A and won again in 2025.
- In extra innings vs. Lexington for the 5A D1 crown, Collin Anderson tied it with a double and Jake Amman drove in the winner.
- Pat Eidson becomes state’s winningest hoops coach
- Pinewood Prep’s Pat Eidson became South Carolina’s all‑time wins leader in high school boys basketball.
- His 944th win came in a 67–31 victory over Palmetto Christian; he’s been at Pinewood since 1990.
- Coastal Carolina baseball’s CWS runner-up run
- Coastal won the Sun Belt regular season and tournament, then the Conway Regional and Auburn Super Regional.
- They ran a 26‑game win streak, reached the College World Series final, and finished 56–? before falling to LSU.
- Andrew Novak breaks through on the PGA Tour
- Academic Magnet alum Andrew Novak lost a playoff to Justin Thomas at the Heritage.
- He then won the Zurich Classic with Ben Griffin and the Grant Thornton Invitational with LPGA pro Lauren Coughlin.
- Montie Quinn’s NCAA rushing record
- Stratford alum Montie Quinn, at Curry College, ran for 522 yards and 7 TDs on 20 carries vs. Nichols (71–27 win).
- He finished the season with 2,446 rushing yards, leading the NCAA across all divisions again.
- SC State’s MEAC title and HBCU national crown
- Under Chennis Berry, SC State repeated as MEAC champs and returned to the Celebration Bowl.
- Trailing Prairie View A&M by 21 at half, they rallied, forced overtime, and won in 4OT with a decisive two‑point stop to claim the HBCU national title.
- Oceanside Collegiate’s football three‑peat
- OCA won its third straight state championship, and second straight 3A title, again beating BHP.
- Brent LaPrad became the program’s third different title‑winning head coach; OCA is the first Lowcountry three‑peat since Summerville (1982–84).
- Melissa Jefferson-Wooden: fastest woman in the world
- Georgetown native Melissa Jefferson‑Wooden, already an Olympic 4×100 gold medalist in Paris 2024, set a 100m world record of 10.61 seconds at the World Championships in Tokyo.
- She also won the 200m there, cementing herself as the sport’s premier sprinter.
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