B-L Panthers Football Broadcast Crew
 
Burch Antley: Play-by-Play
Returning for his ninth season as the "Voice of the Panthers" is Burch Antley, a 1991 graduate of Batesburg-Leesville High School. During his years behind the microphone for Panther football broadcasts he's called the action of five B-L state championship appearances.

In 2004 he handled play-by-play for the SC Radio Network's coverage of the AA State Championship. In 2005, he handled sideline reporting duties for the AAAA Division 1 state championship between Gaffney and Summerville for the same network.

Partnering with color-analyst Jay Hendrix since both were in high school, his (and Jay's) broadcast career began at the age of 15 under the tutelage of legendary South Carolina broadcaster Redd Reynolds at WBLR radio in Batesburg-Leesville.

Antley spent his high school years playing baseball for the Panthers and spinning records for WBLR. While at WBLR he also helped out on broadcasts of Panther football and basketball games and youth baseball games. 

While obtaining his B.A. in Communications from Newberry College, Antley served as News Director for WIS News Radio in Columbia where he won several awards from the SC Associated Press including Newscast of the Year and Best Spot News Reporting. He also guided the station to the Radio Station of the Year award in 1998. He was also part of WIS Television's live coverage of the 1999 Womens US National Marathon held in Columbia and was a photographer covering college football games in South Carolina.

He later left WIS to pursue a career in public relations serving for several years as public relations director for a large business association based in Columbia.

Burch lives in Columbia and is a corporate education liaison with the Columbia, SC Campus of the University of Phoenix where he is also working on completing his Masters in Business Administration.
 
Jay Hendrix: Color Analyst

A walking encyclopedia of Panther football history, Jay Hendrix has literally written the book on Panther football and is the official Batesburg-Leesville High School Sports Historian.

A 1992 graduate of Batesburg-Leesville High School, Jay began his broadcasting career in the 11th grade at WBLR radio in Batesburg-Leesville and has been in the press box for more than 10 years providing listeners with odd-ball trivia and more stats than you can handle.

Jay holds a B.S. in Sports Administration from the University of South Carolina and worked for the Charlotte Knights AAA baseball team before returning to his hometown where he currently serves as sports editor for The Twin City News. His weekly column, My View From the Cheap Seats has become popular water cooler talk in the community.

Jay is married, lives in Batesburg-Leesville in a house that looks more like a sports memorabilia museum and works fulltime as a firefighter for the Irmo Fire Department.