Hilton Head High Sports Stories

• Photo: Hilton Head High's Victor Frazier runs the ball during the third quarter of the game against Socastee Friday night.
  

Seahawks feel sting of first-round defeat again

As Clifford Morrow stood at midfield, he tried to hide his emotions as best he could. Many of his Hilton Head High teammates weren't quite so successful, as they lay on the ground around him, their faces flooded with tears. (full story)

Hilton Head High girls advance to state tennis final

Chasing its third consecutive Class 3-A state tennis championship, Hilton Head High claimed the Lower State title with Friday's 6-0 win against South Aiken in Sumter. (full story)

• Photo: Hilton Head High’s Lawrence Jenkins runs the ball during last Friday’s win over rival Bluffton. Jenkins and the Seahawks will host Socastee in the first round of the Class 3-A state playoffs tonight.
  

Playoff preview: Local teams hope to avoid 1st-round knockout

Tim Singleton has been involved some way or somehow in just about every 50-point performance in Hilton Head High's football history. (full story)

Hilton Head High eyes another cross country state title

A year ago, Bill Wrightson referred to the talent on the Hilton Head High boys and girls cross country teams as an embarrassment of riches after each team recorded the fastest times in school history. (full story)

QB Homad growing into role with Seahawks

As his teammates headed to the locker room at the conclusion of an afternoon practice, quarterback Jeff Homad picked up a football lying on the practice field at Hilton Head High and twirled it in the air a few times. (full story)

HHH tennis team storms past Wilson into Lower State final

Hilton Head High took another step toward its third consecutive Class 3-A state tennis championship on Tuesday, sweeping Wilson 6-0 in the second round of the playoffs. (full story)

High School Football Notebook: Defense key to success for HHCA

Hilton Head Christian coach Tommy Lewis knew his team's defense was on to something good after its performance in a 31-7 win against Orangeburg Prep on Oct. 9. (full story)

Prep Roundup: HHH runners dominate Lower State meet

CROSS COUNTRY (full story)

Saturday Morning Punter: A fast and furious finish to the regular season

Strap yourself in, football fans, because this regular-season finale edition of the Saturday Morning Punter comes at you at 75 mph from somewhere on Interstate 26. (Don't worry, I'm in the passenger seat.) (full story)

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Seahawks head into playoffs while denying rivals

Tim Singleton didn't want to move. This, after all, was more comfortable than the Hilton Head High coach imagined. (full story)

Week 10 High School Football Preview: Playoff lives on the line this week

A bit more than pride will be on the line when Bluffton High School travels to rival Hilton Head High tonight. (full story)

• Photo: Hilton Head High's Logan Danzell hits a return to Camden's Mary Hay Gautt during the 3-A playoff match Thursday afternoon.
  Sarah Welliver | The Island Packet

HHH tennis team quickly sends away Camden in playoff opener

There's a certain amount of pressure that comes along with being the defending state champion. It tends to mount when the team follows up with only one loss during the next season. (full story)

Prep Roundup: Bluffton tennis falls, HHH and Creek out in volleyball

VARSITY TENNIS (full story)

INSIDE LOOK: Hilton Head-Bluffton football rivalry

On a warm mid-August night, the rivalry was reborn for another year. The setting -- a seemingly innocent preseason scrimmage between Hilton Head High and Bluffton High School. (full story)

Prep Roundup: HHH volleyball team wins first-rounder

VARSITY VOLLEYBALL (full story)

Bluffton leads, HHH in 5th at state golf tournament

With his team as one of the favorites in the Class 3-A state golf tournament, Bluffton coach David Crosby figured that the Bobcats would have to shake off some nerves entering Monday's first round. But on a day filled with cold winds and drizzling rain, it was the weather at Quail Creek Golf Club in Conway that posed the biggest threat. (full story)

State playoffs start today for local tennis, volleyball teams

Postseason matchups get under way today for Beaufort County volleyball and tennis teams. The Class 4-A and 3-A playoffs cycle through this week and continue over the following two weeks. Each of the four Beaufort County high schools -- Beaufort High, Battery Creek, Bluffton and Hilton Head High -- will be represented in at least one of the two sports. (full story)

Saturday Morning Punter: Time to take area teams' playoff temperature

Another Friday night is in the books and as the regular season winds down, many local teams' playoff fates are still up in the air. (full story)

• Photo: 10/23/09- Jonathan Dyer/The Beaufort Gazette- Hilton Head High's Jeff Homad throws a pass in the first quarter of Friday night's game.
  

Hilton Head High secures its spot in playoffs

Victor Frazier was looking for a reason to forget. (full story)

Sam McDowell's blog: Seahawks, Bobcats hope to take tiebreakers out of the equation with wins tonight

With two weeks left in the regular season, it's beginning to look like the playoff fates of Bluffton and Hilton Head High could come down to the flip of a coin ... literally. But the Bobcats and Seahawks can take control of their own postseason destiny with wins tonight. (full story)