Hilton Head High Sports Stories

HHH distance swimmer Bolgan signs with Louisville

The last two seasons haven't provided much of a challenge for Charlie Bolgan. The Hilton Head High swimmer has been nothing short of dominant in long distance events in Class 3-A, earning him four state championship medals -- two in the 500-yard freestyle and two more in the 200 freestyle. (full story)

Eight-time state champ Menzel to swim for Razorbacks

Nicole Menzel isn't shy about expressing her goals as a swimmer -- among them, she expects to be competing in the 2012 Summer Olympics. (full story)

Burke, Sullivan make all-state team

Hilton Head Island's Lindsey Burke and Beaufort High's Samantha Sullivan both made the All-State team on Saturday in the Class 3-A/4-A Girls Tennis State Singles Tournament at the Lexington County Tennis Complex in Lexington. (full story)

• Photo: Hilton Head High’s Sabrina Drammis returns a serve during a match earlier this season. Drammis and four other local tennis players will compete in the individual state tournament this weekend in Lexington.
  

Local tennis players set to compete in state singles tournament

Fresh off securing the program's third consecutive Class 3-A girls tennis state title, a couple members of the Hilton Head High dynasty will vie for another crown this weekend. (full story)

High School Football Notebook: Eagles, Clifford welcome second season

For Beaufort High football coach Mark Clifford, Friday's 24-14 loss to Goose Creek to end the regular season looked more like a jittery season opener for the Eagles. (full story)

• Photo: David Adams, right, a former Hilton Head High runner and the state cross country meet record holder, hands out team awards to the Hilton Head High boys Saturday after they won the Class 3-A state championship.
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Hilton Head High boys and girls win state cross country meet

The Hilton Head High cross country teams burst onto the scene in 2008, resulting in a state championship for the girls and a runner-up finish for the boys. (full story)

HHH girls earn 3rd straight state tennis title

When Scott Nichols took over as coach of the Hilton Head High girls tennis team this fall, he immediately knew he had a starting singles lineup that could compete with any team in the state. And just in case he didn't, all he had to do was check the recent results -- the Seahawks were coming off back-to-back Class 3-A state titles. (full story)

• 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)