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WKA VARSITY BASKETBALL REBUILD ON TRACK

Gerald Doolittle • January 10, 2025

By: Gerald Doolittle

Contributing Writer


Batesburg - Leesville, S.C. – The 2024-25 basketball season at W.W. King Academy will be another season of rebuilding both Girls and Boys varsity basketball.


Last season W.W. King did not have a varsity girls team because there was not enough participation from the upper grades to have a team. This year the program gets a new start with Jessica Anderson filling the coaching slot.


Coach Anderson is restarting the program with six girls. McKenzie Wannamaker is the only senior on the roster. Kenzie Morse is the only junior. The two sophomores are Milana Beale and Zoey Livingston. The two freshmen are Emily Manley and Grace Black.



The Lady Knights will enter the new year with a 0-1 record. They dropped their season opener to Pelion High School.


Dennis Gibson is coming out of retirement to coach the varsity boys team. He will have a young roster loaded with freshmen and sophomores. He will have Spencer McCormick (jr) and Wyatt Burbank (jr) as the experience leaders along with sophomores Colton Black, Elijah Hutto, Landell Anderson and Jacob Clamp.


Coach Gibson sees a bright future for the program in the eight freshmen coming up from the middle school program where they had a winning record under Scott Buzhardt.


The freshmen players are Jonathon Chapman, Bubba Buzhardt, Joey Bradley, Kai Hoover, Joseph Morse, Colby Buzhardt, Bryson Burnett and Joshua Oswald. The youngest player on the Knights roster is Tucker McGinty (8th) who is a star in the making.


The Knights so far in the 2024-25 season have loss three games to Anderson Christian, Cambridge and Pelion High School. Coach Gibson hopes to have a competitive team as his players mature with more playing time.

PHOTOS: SCISA Class AAAA Boys Championship Game

By Larry Gamble • February 22, 2025
Photos from the SCISA Class AAAA Boys State Championship Game between Porter-Gaud and First Augusta Christian. These two teams were the best possible match up for the Championship title game. After trading leads for all of the first half, Augusta Christian establish dominance in the second half with a ten point lead at one point. In never say die fashion, Porter-Gaud did not give up bringing the game back a tie half way through the fourth quarter. The last four minutes were trading the lead right up to the final 6 seconds of the game. Both of these teams played their hearts out, but only one could win. No one can say that Augusta Christian didn't play to win and they played like champions. Porter Gaud ended up winning in the last 6 seconds with a go ahead basket to take a 66 to 65 lead. But, a turnover by Augusta Christian and foul sent Porter Gaud back to the stripe and they won 68 to 65. Follow this link to all images from Championship Friday!

PHOTOS: SCISA Class AAA Girls State Championship Game between Trinity Collegiate and First Baptist.

By Larry Gamble • February 22, 2025
Photos from the SCISA Class AAAA Girls State Championship Game between Trinity Collegiate and First Baptist. Trinity Collegiate won 65 to 40. Follow this link to all images from Championship Friday!

PHOTOS: Curtis Baptist vs Wardlaw SCISA Class A Championship Game

By Larry Gamble • February 21, 2025
Photos from the SCISA Class A Girls State Championship Game between Wardlaw and Curtis Baptist. Curtis Baptist won 56 to 36. 

SCBCA Announces Girls All-State Teams

By Larry Gamble • February 21, 2025
Andrew Jackson's Tamia Watkins a 2025 SCBCA All-State Selectee and their 2A Girls Player of the Year

SCBCA Announces Boys All State Teams

By Larry Gamble • February 21, 2025
Summerville's Melvin Teal, Jr. a 2025 SCBCA 5A All-State Team selectee

SCISA AA state championship matchups set along with Class A boys

By Dennis Brunson hssr.com Associate Editor • February 21, 2025
Cathedral meets Andrew Jackson in AA boys game; Laurens, Cross Schools play for AA girls crown; Curtis Baptist, Ragin Prep in Class A boys game

State championship matchups set for SCISA AAA basketball

By Dennis Brunson hssr.com Associate Editor • February 21, 2025
Orangeburg Prep to face Pee Dee for girls title; Hilton Head Prep to defend boys title against Pee Dee

PHOTOS: SCISA Semi-Finals Day 6

By Larry Gamble • February 21, 2025
SCISA Basketball Tournament - Class A, AA, and AAA Semi Finals Action from Day 6 Games in Sumter at the Civic Center on Feb 20th. For the full 80 image HSSR gallery follow this link. This is the final stage before Championship Friday and Championship Saturday at the Sumter Civic Center. Championship - Friday, February 21 At Sumter Civic Center 4:00pm – G – Curtis Baptist (18-5) vs. Wardlaw (13-8) (A) 6:00pm – G- First Baptist (29-2) vs. Trinity Collegiate (20-3) (AAAA) 7:30pm – B – Porter-Gaud (21-5) vs. Augusta Christian (26-2) (AAAA) Championship - Saturday, February 22 At Sumter Civic Center 11:00am – B – Curtis Baptist (19-5) vs. Ragin Prep (13-14) (A) 1:00pm – G – Laurens Academy (18-7) vs. Cross Schools (18-10) (AA) 2:30pm – B – Andrew Jackson (23-8) vs. Cathedral Academy( 28-12) (AA) 5:00pm - G – Pee Dee (22-4) vs. Orangeburg Prep (23-1) (AAA) 6:30pm – B – Hilton Head Prep (24-4) vs. Pee Dee (18- 6) (AAA)

Orangeburg Prep boys beat Greenwood Christian 73-68 in overtime

By Dennis Brunson hssr.com Associate Editor • February 20, 2025
Indians meet defending AAA state champion Hilton Head Prep in semifinals today

State championship matchups set for SCISA AAAA boys, AAAA girls

By Dennis Brunson hssr.com Associate Editor • February 20, 2025
Augusta Christian, Porter-Gaud to meet for boy title; First Baptist takes on Trinity Collegiatte for girls crown
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