41 www.ReadMPM.com | www.MountPleasantMagazine.com | www.MountPleasantPodcast.com against tough teams; how they come back from a deficit and “how well they can lead themselves.” “One thing we tell them is that no matter what game we’re in, something is going to go wrong,” Bendig said. “Sometimes you win games you shouldn’t, sometimes you lose when you should have won. But maybe a year here and a year there, we can hang the big banner by running a state championship program.” LOGAN HALL – BISHOP ENGLAND BATTLING BISHOPS Never mind that Bishop England’s new head football coach Logan Hall started as a student assistant in 2012 under Steve Spurrier at the University of South Carolina. Or that he helped lead Pinewood Preparatory School in Summerville to a No. 1 seed in the 2023 state 3A playoffs. Hall intends to rebuild the Battling Bishops into a perennial state contender. “This team has struggled the last couple of years, going 2-8 last season,” Hall said. “But they posted back-to-back state titles in 2011-12. And I want to help lead them back to those days.” The road won’t be easy. Bishop England was reclassified early this year to Region 6 in AAAA, two class notches higher than in previous years. The new classification will lead to longer travel for away games. It also means that whether home or away, the Bishops aren’t Eric Bendig, Phillip Simmons Iron Horses head coach. Logan Hall, Bishop England Battling Bishops head coach.
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