Signing Day Blog

Happy signing day! Here's a rundown of how the day has gone so far.

10am Summerville HS - 6 players sign their letters of intent. 5 from John Mckissick's team are going to Newberry. The Indians have recruited the heck out of the lowcountry the past few years, but they seem to give out a ton of scholarship money. Where is it coming from? Shawn King signs on CSU. Coach Mckissick also dismisses the internet report from yesterday that AJ Green is wavering in his commitment to Georgia. Green still wants to be a Dawg, but he'll sign in '08. The stack of letters in coach's office for AJ was astounding. Everyone from UConn to Nebraska and plenty of schools in between. Mckissick also said ESPN is close to finalizing a deal to have the Green Wave open the season on national tv, they're just trying to secure a site to play. They are hopeful to play in Johnson Hagood stadium.
11am Fort Dorchester HS - 5 guys sign, but all eyes on Carlos Dunlap. He sticks with his commitment to Florida and signs on to be a Gator.(You can see the story about his recruitment on abcnews4.com on the sports page) 3 of his teammates sign with Newberry and Mel Capers is going to the Citadel. He's a great story because he missed all but 3 games his senior season with an injury. The Citadel may have gotten a steal.
10am Charleston County School District - Kudos to Charleston Co. for having a group signing day for all their schools and all sports. You can see the list of players on our sports web page.
11:15 Colleton Co. HS - Photojournalist Frankie Gunnell was in Walterboro for Nic Adams signing with East Carolina University, of course coached by Skip Holtz.

3pm Citadel Press Conference - Kevin Higgins talked about his 2nd class as Bulldogs Head Coach. The dogs finished the season winning 4 of their last 5 and Higgins thinks it helped in recruiting. Tough to rank 1-aa schools recruiting efforts, but if you've been around Higgins at all it's safe to say the class will be a good one. He's a good fit at the military school. The best part of the press conference may have been the brownies...yum. After a quick trip to Starbuck's I"m back putting the 6,7 and 11pm sportscasts together.

So far so good for signing day 2007. Ben Baker is out at the Berkeley Co. group signing so more to come.

As always any opinions send to jmorton@abcnews4.com