Latest local news, weather and high school sports for Myrtle Beach and Florence

Saturday, February 09, 2013  South Carolina U.S. Masters swimmer Justin Kata beat former Olympian Rowdy Gaines in a 50 meter freestyle event in North Myrtle Beach on Saturday.

Sunday, November 04, 2012  Georgetown's Rick Hemingway was the overall winner of the Aim-At-Ag Sporting Clays Tournament, hitting 97 out of 100 targets.

Friday, August 17, 2012  Peewee football league bars 297-pound suburban Dallas boy from playing, says he's too big

Sunday, February 26, 2012  Amber Campbell set a new USA Indoor Track and Field record on Saturday in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Sunday, October 30, 2011  Never mind that Tyler Howell does not have a driver's license. The 13-year old driver won the Charger division race at Florence Motor Speedway in Timmonsville, South Carolina on Saturday night.

Wednesday, August 17, 2011  Florence Maple Park lost 9-5 to Texarkana, Arkansas at the Dixie Youth Majors (11-12) World Series in Carthage, North Carolina on Tuesday. Maple Park finished with a record of 2-2 at the World Series.

Sunday, August 14, 2011  The Florence Maple Park all-stars won an elimination game at the Dixie Youth Majors (11-12) World Series on Sunday. Wright Sullivan hit a walk-off homer in the sixth inning to break a 2-all tie in a 3-2 victory over Moore County, North Carolina, the host team.

Sunday, August 14, 2011  The Florence Maple Park all-stars lost a first round game at the Dixie Youth Majors (11-12) World Series 8-3 to Troup County from Georgia on Saturday in Carthage, North Carolina.

Tuesday, August 09, 2011  The Florence Maple Park all-stars will play in the Dixie Youth Majors (11-12) World Series this weekend. Maple Park won the South Carolina state championship in Cheraw on Sunday with a 16-6 win over Turbeville. Maple Park advances to the Dixie Youth Majors world series to play Georgia in round one on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. in Carthage, North Carolina.

Monday, August 01, 2011  Two-time defending champion Surfside Beach lost 2-1 to Beaufort on Monday morning to complete a rain-delayed contest in the winner's bracket at the Dixie World Series.

Sunday, July 31, 2011  Surfside Beach 9 Troup Co (GA) 5

Sunday, July 17, 2011  Greensboro, North Carolina golfer Scott Harvey won the Carolinas Amateur Championship at the Dunes Golf and Beach Club in Myrtle Beach on Sunday. Harvey rallied on the final day to win by two strokes over three other North Carolina players. His final round of 1-under par 71 was good enough for a four-day total of 7-under par.

Saturday, July 16, 2011  North Carolina golfers hold down the top six spots on the leaderboard heading to the final round of the 97th Carolinas Amateur Championship at The Dunes Golf & Beach Club in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. 22-year old Brock Elder from Randleman, North Carolina, at 7-under par for the tournament, has a one shot lead after shooting a 2-under par 70 in the third round.

Sunday, July 03, 2011  Cam Richards was crowned king of the surfing world after he won the National Scholastic Surfing Association (NSSA) National Championship in Huntington Beach, California on Sunday.

Saturday, July 02, 2011  Garden City's Cam Richards has surfed his way into the quarter-finals at the National Scholastic Surfing Association Nationals (NSSA) in Huntington Beach, California.