Browse past news stories for South Pointe High School in Rock Hill, SC.

• Two takes on a free press (The Rock Hill Herald)
  posted on November 15, 2009 at 05:44:45 am
  Students at two high schools, a public school in Rock Hill and a heralded private school in New York City, have very different takes on the First Amendment.
• Week Ahead: Nov. 9-15 (The Rock Hill Herald)
  posted on November 9, 2009 at 05:13:44 am
  Stop the violence: A youth summit meeting in response to violence in Rock Hill will be at 6 p.m. today at the Emmett Scott Center in Rock Hill, featuring rapper Kal Schrouder and a discussion led by student council members, a church youth leader and teens in the city's Gang Out program and DJJ. It's sponsored by the city's Weed and Seed Committee.
• Take in a little night music with Ann Herlong (The Rock Hill Herald)
  posted on November 8, 2009 at 05:38:46 am
  Rock Hill pianist Ann Herlong will perform a recital at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Winthrop University's Barnes Recital Hall. The program will include compositions by Scarlatti, Mendelssohn, Ravel and Chopin. Herlong won third place in 2004 in the prestigious Van Cliburn International Amateur Piano Competition in Fort Worth, Texas. She also was awarded the prize for best in Baroque ...
• South Pointe principal takes student newspaper SPIN seriously (The Rock Hill Herald)
  posted on November 8, 2009 at 05:28:46 am
  Jessie Fields' and Amber Giles' stomachs turned as they walked down the hall at South Pointe High School that morning.
• Autopsy still can't say why student died (The Charlotte Observer)
  posted on November 5, 2009 at 11:41:27 am
  A preliminary autopsy has failed to determine why a foreign exchange student attending South Pointe High School died last week, York County coroner Sabrina Gast said.
• Mysterious death of German exchange student (WCNC Charlotte)
  posted on November 3, 2009 at 02:46:18 pm
  ROCK HILL, S.C. – A 16-year-old German exchange student died and Monday night her friends from South Point High School held a memorial in her honor. Hannah Hinrichsen had been in this country less than three months when she woke up with a headache. Her host mother went to check on her hours later.
• Teen student dies in Rock Hill (WBTV Charlotte)
  posted on October 30, 2009 at 01:53:08 pm
  Officials are trying to determine what killed an apparently healthy German exchange student who was living with a family in Rock Hill.
• Exchange student dies in Rock Hill (The Charlotte Observer)
  posted on October 30, 2009 at 10:12:44 am
  South Pointe High student from Germany is found dead at home after complaining of feeling sick.
• German exchange student dies in Rock Hill (The Rock Hill Herald)
  posted on October 30, 2009 at 04:14:48 am
  Hannah Hinrichsen's friends spent Thursday afternoon tearfully finishing a still-life drawing she had begun earlier this month.
• Three sisters, three different schools, one title: Queen (The Rock Hill Herald)
  posted on October 25, 2009 at 05:17:22 am
  Shawana Burris was no shoo-in to win 2009 homecoming queen at Rock Hill's South Pointe High School. But maybe she should have been. Her older sister, Twana N. Burris, was crowned Rock Hill High School's homecoming queen in 1994. And the oldest of Donald Burris's three daughters, Sheena Harris, won Fort Mill High's homecoming queen contest in 1991.
• South Pointe band wins Grand Champion award (The Rock Hill Herald)
  posted on October 22, 2009 at 11:20:11 am
  The South Pointe High School marching band in Rock Hill won first place in Class 3A during the Shelb
• Reno garners 144 votes in Rock Hill City Council victory (The Rock Hill Herald)
  posted on October 22, 2009 at 04:05:12 am
  Election results show Rock Hill City Councilman Jim Reno defeated challenger Hugh Haynsworth by 144 to 18 votes.
• PSI: NCAA looks into Charlotte football program (WBTV Charlotte)
  posted on October 7, 2009 at 03:38:38 pm
  The NCAA says it will not accept core courses, grades and graduation from North Carolina Tech Preparatory Christian Academy.  
• County votes to keep up landfill fight (The Rock Hill Herald)
  posted on October 6, 2009 at 11:02:46 am
  York County leaders unanimously voted Monday night to continue legal efforts to block
• Violence must end, area black leaders say (The Rock Hill Herald)
  posted on October 6, 2009 at 04:52:46 am
  Rain dripped Monday off the makeshift cross at Byars and Maple streets. The name on the cross was Tyrone King, dead at 18. Killed by bullets.
• VOICE OF THE PEOPLE | Oct. 4, 2009 (The Rock Hill Herald)
  posted on October 4, 2009 at 05:07:20 am
  Glenn Beck is an entertainer While David Houck prefers to beli
• Time to end legal battle? (The Rock Hill Herald)
  posted on September 27, 2009 at 04:02:20 am
  York County blocked plans for a new construction and debris landfill in south Rock Hill with a blanket moratorium on any new landfills in the county. But with a judge's ruling against the county in state court, pursuing the legal battle is likely to be futile and a waste of taxpayers' money.
• 3 arrested after altercations at South Pointe High (The Rock Hill Herald)
  posted on August 28, 2009 at 01:35:04 pm
  Three students were arrested this week after two unrelated fights on the same day at South Pointe High School in Rock Hill.
• Troopers seek Chrysler 300M in bike hit and run (The Rock Hill Herald)
  posted on August 20, 2009 at 01:02:17 pm
  Troopers have identified the type of car that struck Rock Hill resident Scott Hallman while he was r
• Troopers seek driver who left the scene (The Rock Hill Herald)
  posted on August 19, 2009 at 10:59:48 am
  For six weeks, Scott Hallman will be wearing a back brace. He won't feel the wind in his face or the road beneath his feet as he pedals his bicycle down Rambo Road with his buddies.
• Bicyclist hurt in hit and run, driver sought (The Rock Hill Herald)
  posted on August 18, 2009 at 03:59:53 pm
  Troopers are searching for the driver of a car who struck a bicyclist on Rambo Road Sunday then drove off. The injured cyclist spoke with The Herald Tuesday afternoon.
• The Future is Now (The Daily Gamecock)
  posted on August 14, 2009 at 05:58:23 am
  During Steve Spurrier's news conference at this year's media day, the fifth-year head coach said it's always been sunny for his picture days. With the emergence of three highly-touted freshman, the future of USC football could be brighter than ever.
• South Pointe will not appeal realignment (The Rock Hill Herald)
  posted on August 11, 2009 at 11:22:20 am
  South Pointe High School principal Al Leonard said last week the school will not file an appeal concerning the realignment status of the school for the 2010 through 2012 sports seasons.
• Student spearheads effort to erect veterans monument (The Rock Hill Herald)
  posted on August 10, 2009 at 10:56:31 am
  Alex Simms wants to make sure war veterans aren't forgotten. So the 14-year-old rising ninth-grader at South Pointe High School envisioned and executed a veterans memorial in front of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2889 on Main Street as an Eagle Scout project.
• Teens look to shine at sporting clays event (The Rock Hill Herald)
  posted on July 21, 2009 at 11:22:08 am
  Teddy Hutchison has only been shooting sporting clays competitively with the Rocky Creek Clay Dusters team for the last three years, but by the end of the week, he hopes he and his teammates can bring home some national hardware.
• Best Bets - July 17 (The Rock Hill Herald)
  posted on July 17, 2009 at 12:31:49 pm
  The Young Yorkville Players will present the one-act plays “Gooney Bird Greene” and “Fine Dining” at 7 p.m. today and Saturday, July 24, July 25 and 3 p.m. Sunday and July 26 at the McCelvey Center, York. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for children younger than 12. Group discounts are available. For more details, call 803-980-7412 or visit www.yorkvilleplayers.com.
• Field houses at 2 schools vandalized (The Rock Hill Herald)
  posted on July 15, 2009 at 04:03:00 am
  Vandals spray-painted graffiti on field houses at two Rock Hill schools last week, causing $4,500 in damage, police say.
• Field houses at South Pointe, Saluda Trail vandalized (The Rock Hill Herald)
  posted on July 14, 2009 at 02:25:54 pm
  Vandals spray painted graffiti on field houses at two Rock Hill schools last week causing $4,500 in
• The Week Ahead: July 13-19 (The Rock Hill Herald)
  posted on July 13, 2009 at 04:18:09 am
  Harry Potter trivia: Rising sixth- to 12th-graders are invited to test their knowledge of all things Potter in this fun trivia challenge from 3 to 5 p.m. at the York Public Library. All participants will leave with a prize, but one lucky winner will receive a gift package to see “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.” Trivia questions will come from all of the books in the series. Call ...
• Curley falls short in semis (The Rock Hill Herald)
  posted on July 11, 2009 at 04:03:10 am
  Rock Hill's Miles Curley stumbled in his semifinal match and lost to Cody Proveaux, 5 and 4, in