Find these pictures and many more here! Irmo’s A.J Brand finished with four total touchdowns, running for three and passing for another, as the Yellow Jackets slipped past the White Knoll Timberwolves 29-25 Friday, December 6 in the 5A Division II semifinals. “How about that for this community?” Irmo head coach Aaron Brand said. “White Knoll is tough as all […]
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Brand named South Carolina Gatorade Football Player of the Year
In its 40th year of honoring the nation’s most elite high school athletes, Gatorade announced Friday, December 6 Irmo’s Aaron “A.J.” Brand Jr. is the 2024-25 South Carolina Gatorade Football Player of the Year. Brand Jr. is the first Gatorade South Carolina Football Player of the Year to be chosen from Irmo High School. The Gatorade Player of the Year […]
Two Cardinals sign their National Letters of Intent
Cardinal Newman’s Jack Laird and Freddie Gillens signed their National Letters of Intent Wednesday, December 4. Laird signed with Marshall University to play football. Gillens will continue his football career at Wake Forest University.
Irmo faces Northwestern for the 5A Division II State Championship
The Irmo Yellow Jackets will face the Northwestern Trojans for the 5A Division II State Championship game Saturday, December 14 at South Carolina State’s Oliver C. Dawson Stadium. Here is a look at both teams. Northwestern Trojans Record: 13-0 6-0 in Region 3-5A Quarterback: Finley Polk Polk is a three-year starter for Northwestern. He comes into the game with state […]
The battle on the sidelines
On the surface the 5A Division II State Championship game featuring the Northwestern Trojans and the Irmo Yellow Jackets provides a laundry list of intriguing battles. While the battle on the field will be the show, Irmo head coach Aaron Brand and Northwestern head coach Page Wofford will be the masterminds behind that show. Both coaches joined their respective schools […]
Irmo prepares for the State Championship
It is every high school football players’ dream to be playing on Thanksgiving week and beyond. Some Irmo Yellow Jackets have now gotten to experience that in back-to-back years. In 2023, the Yellow Jackets made it to the 4A Lower State Championship game where they fell to South Florence. For the returning players, the opportunity to avenge the semifinal loss […]
The love between a father and son
Very few relationships can rival that of a father and son. One of the greatest parts of that relationship is when both can achieve a goal together. That’s what Irmo’s Aaron and A.J. Brand have a chance to accomplish when the Yellow Jackets take on Northwestern Saturday, December 14 at 6 p.m. at Oliver C. Dawson Stadium. The last three […]
A.C. Flora focuses on taking the final step
The 2023-2024 A.C. Flora girls basketball season was the best in program history. The Falcons made it to the 4A state championship game for the first time in program history before coming up short against Riverside. It was a continuation of an upward trajectory for A.C. Flora under fourthyear head coach Jacob Thompson. His first year the Falcons made it […]
Yellow Jackets destruction of Knights on Brand
Find these pictures and many more here! Irmo’s AJ Brand accounted for seven total touchdowns as the Yellow Jackets routed the West Florence Knights 56-7 Friday, November 29 in the 5A-Division 2 quarterfinals. “Everything was working for me,” AJ Brand said. “The blocks were there. My wide receivers were open. My running backs were creating holes. Everything was going our […]
Yellow Jackets boys basketball begins life after Whipple
For the first time since 1980, the Irmo Yellow Jackets boys basketball team will be coached by someone other than Tim Whipple. The Irmo legend retired following the 2023-2024 season after a 43-year career. Whipple built the Yellow Jackets’ program into one of the best in the state, winning 848 games and six state championships. While the Whipple era might […]
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