Beaufort Sports

• Thomas Heyward swept by Marlboro in SCISAA state softball finals
  Bailey Jacobs knew which pitch she wasn't throwing Wednesday with the SCISAA Class 2-A softball championship on the line.

• Beaufort High's Neal signs on to run track for College of Charleston
  Alexia Neal picked up track as a seventh grader after watching her older cousin compete for Beaufort High School.

• Hilton Head boys soccer joins girls team with playoff berth in state championship
  The Hilton Head Island High School girls soccer team better make room on the bus to Columbia.

• USC Beaufort women slip back to 16th place at NAIA golf tournament
  The University of South Carolina Beaufort women's golf team sits in 16th place at the midway point of the NAIA Women's Golf National Championships at Link Hills Golf and Country Club in Greeneville, Tenn., and the Sand Sharks might be without one of their top players the rest of the way.

• Prep Roundup, May 16: AC Flora boys win state golf title; Hilton Head High 4th
  AC Flora defeated Chapin in a playoff to capture the Class 3-A boys golf state championship Tuesday at Coastal Carolina University's Hackler Course, while Hilton Head Island High School finished 19 shots back in fourth place on a rainy day in Conway.

• USC Beaufort women's golf team ends first round in middle of the field
  The University of South Carolina Beaufort women's golf team found itself in the middle of the pack after the first round of the NAIA National Championship on Tuesday at Link Hills Golf and Country Club in Greeneville, Tenn.

• Players return to Colleton River course after US Open qualifier postponed
  A tamer, quieter golf course greeted players Tuesday when they returned to Colleton River Plantation to resume a postponed U.S. Open local qualifier.

• 2015 US Junior Amateur to be played at Colleton River Plantation
  The Dye Course at Colleton River Plantation has been awarded the 2015 U.S. Junior Amateur, pending the contract's final approval by the United States Golf Association.

• Thomas Heyward goes down to Marlboro in softball state championship Game 1
  An untimely lapse in defense was costly for the Thomas Heyward Academy softball team Tuesday night.

• Recreation Results and Standings, May 16
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• Recreation Calendar, May 16
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• Watson's record-setting day leads Whale Branch boys to state track title
  COLUMBIA -- Andre Watson never truly realizes just how fast he runs until playing the videotape after the fact.

• High school golfers aim high at finals
  Beaufort High School golf coach Brook Dixon thinks his team has as good a shot as anybody in the Class 4-A Boys State Golf Championship that starts today at the Furman University Golf Course in Greenville.

• Win sends Sand Sharks to NAIA World Series
  HARDEEVILLE -- The NAIA rules state that if rain had kept USC Beaufort and St. Thomas from playing Monday's Game 9 of their Baseball Championship Opening Round tournament, the winner of Game 8 would have been named the champion.

• HHH boys believe fate on their side in soccer playoffs
  The Hilton Head Island High boys soccer team is finding it difficult to doubt itself these days. That's easy to understand after the way the Seahawks have seemingly found every way imaginable to win in recent weeks.

• Seahawks advance in girls soccer playoffs, 5-2
  The Hilton Head Island High girls soccer team will make a return trip to Columbia for a chance at repeating as Class 3-A state champions.

• Prep Roundup, May 15: Seahawks tied for 3rd at boys state golf finals
  Andrew Orischak, Gavin Lindstrom and Brooks Moody shot 73s on Monday to lead Hilton Head Island High to a 302 team score and a tie for third place after Day 1of the Class 3-A Boys State Golf Tournament at Coastal Carolina's Hackler Course in Conway.

• US Open golf qualifier delayed; play slated to resume today
  Storms on Monday postponed the U.S. Open local qualifier at Colleton River's Dye Course.

• Youngsters in spotlight as Bluffton tennis event wraps up
  By MIKE McCOMBS

• Rival St. Thomas awaits USCB in tournament finale
  Losing the opener and winning four straight elimination games is not the preferred method of reaching the final of any baseball tournament.