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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.
It's a big weekend for high school football. SCISA holds their Championship Weekend starting tonight with two games in different parts of the state. And, the SCHSL playoff round gets one step closer the final playoff round before their big Championship Weekend. SCISA's state title games for Friday night: At W.W. King Academy with kickoff at 7:30pm , the 8-man title game pits Laurens Academy vs. Richard Winn At Charleston Southern with kickoff at 7pm , the Class AAAA title game pits Hammond vs Porter Gaud SCISA's state title games for Saturday : all games at Charleston Southern University Kicking off at 12-Noon , Class A featuring Thomas Heyward vs. Williamsburg Academy Kicking off at 3:30pm , Class AA featuring Pee Dee vs. Bethesda Academy Kicking off at 7:30pm , Class AAA featuring Wilson Hall vs. Pinewood Prep The SCHSL will hold their Championship Weekend Dec 14th and 15th at South Carolina State's Oliver C. Dawson Stadium in Orangeburg, SC. If there is a time for upsets, it's this weekend. See how your team stacks up this week in our exclusive prognostication feature, Doodles Doodles . This season the predictions are right 78.6% of the time with a record of 1089-313-2 .
By: Gerald Doolittle Batesburg-Leesville, S.C. – The W.W. King Academy Knights coached by Brian Kneece are in a rebuilding mode for the 2024 season and nearing the halfway point of the season stand 2-4 overall and 1-3 in SCISA Region 4-A. “We have a young team,” said Coach Kneece. “We got really good kids that work hard and we just got to keep working and make it all come together.” The Knights are competing in tough region with Wardlaw Academy, Newberry Academy, Richard Winn Academy, Laurens Academy and Oconee Christian. Coach Kneece only has three seniors in Jesse Parrish, Jonas Amick and Layton Carmean on his roster for veteran leadership. The projected senior leadership for 2025 will be Connor Shealy, Colton Buzhardt, Noah Ott, Andrew List and Tyler Ramirez. This group has worked hard this year on their skills The projected 2025 juniors are Smith Kirby, Zed Watkins, Dallas Hill, Wyatt Burbank and John Lederhaus . Coach Kneece will have a very athletic group of sophomores in 2025 as they have worked hard in 2024 as freshmen to learn and improve on their skills. These players are Elijah Hutto, Colton Black, Landell Anderson, Casen Buzhardt and Ty Doolittle . Coach Kneece also is projected to welcome a strong and talented group for his freshmen next season in Bubba Buzhardt, Joseph Morse, Greyson Rikard, Colby Buzhardt, Kai Hoover and Joshua Oswald . This group led the middle school football team to an undefeated season last fall.
By: Gerald Doolittle Batesburg-Leesville , S.C. – The 2024 Baseball and Softball seasons at W.W. King will be a season of foundation building for both sports that will also have new head coaches leading the rebuild. The Knights varsity baseball rebuild will be led by new head coach Brian Kneece who replaces long time head coach Zach Matthews . However, Matthews will still be around joining Matt Buzhardt and Michael Kinard as assistant coaches. Coach Kneece has eighteen on his roster to start the rebuild with. The three seniors are Jesse Parrish, Jonas Amick and Layton Carmean . The five juniors are Connor Shealy, Colton Buzhardt, Noah Ott, Andrew List and Tyler Ramirez . The five sophomores are Smith Kirby, Zed Watkins, Dallas Hill, Wyatt Burbank and John Lederhaus . The five freshmen are Elijah Hutto , Colton Black, Landell Anderson, Casen Buzhardt and Ty Doolittle . The Knight baseball program has a very athletic group at the middle school level to build the future varsity on. This group went undefeated in football and only lost two games in basketball. Coach Scott Buzhardt middle school team will be led by 8th graders Bubba Buzhardt, Joseph Morse, Greyson Rikard, Colby Buzhardt, Kai Hoover and Joshua Oswald . The 7th graders are Isaiah Doolittle, Miles Atkins, Tucker McGinty, Jackson Hutto, Drayton Wannamaker and Brady Goff . Rounding out the middle school roster is 6th graders Berton Aull, Aidan McGee, Amz Dowling, Nichols Ott, Walker Buzhardt and Luke Holmes . W.W. King will not field a varsity softball team this season. Instead, Coach Doug Massey will start the softball rebuild with a JV team. Coach Massey’s roster will be Kenzie Morse (so), Chloe Frye (9th), Olivia Miller (8th), Grace Black (8th), Alivia Anderson (7th), Harper Watkins (7th), Caroline Pickens (7th), Emily Bergeron (6th), Blythe Buzhardt (6th), Emma Enlow (6th), Lilly Claire Matthews (6th), Aiden Amick (6th), Shayla Bedenbaugh (6th) and Brianna Hartley (6th). Coach Massey is being assisted by Allen Guy and Kathy Gibson .
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