Beaufort High School Sports

• Photo: 11/06/09- Jonathan Dyer/The Beaufort Gazette- Beaufort High's Josh McPherson attempts to break a tackle during the second quarter of Friday night's game.
  

Beaufort High stumbles in regular-season finale

Friday's regular-season finale was supposed to be a stepping stone, a chance for Beaufort High to regain its footing after a lopsided defeat at Summerville and move forward on a positive stride into the postseason. Instead, a slew of fundamental mistakes left the Eagles looking back, hoping that the story of last year's season-ending, three-game collapse would not be rewritten. (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)

Prep notebook

Matchup of the week (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)

Powerful Lexington spikes Beaufort High's playoff run

Second-ranked Lexington breezed by upstart Beaufort High on Tuesday in the third round of the Class 4-A state volleyball playoffs to advance to the Lower State championship match for the second year in a row. (full story)

Beaufort High's tennis season ends with quarterfinal loss

Dutch Fork sophomore Ali Savage was undeterred by the crowd that surrounded the tennis court during the Silver Foxes' Class 4-A quarterfinal match against Beaufort High on Tuesday. (full story)

Recruit's Diary: Justin Parker

Beaufort High School linebacker Justin Parker has emerged as one of the nation's top recruiting prospects, earning more than a dozen scholarship offers from Division I schools and cracking Sporting News Today's list of top 100 football recruits for the 2010 class. As Parker approaches his much-anticipated decision, the senior agreed to give readers a glimpse into the recruiting process with a diary every Wednesday, as told to Beaufort Gazette/Island Packet sports reporter Brandon Parker. (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)

Eagles suffer first region loss

SUMMERVILLE -- The nightmare lasted less than six minutes, an instant that proved too quick for Beaufort High to find an answer and yet more than enough for Summerville to realize one of its season-long goals. (full story)

• Photo: Jonathan Dyer/The Beaufort Gazette Beaufort High's Sharika Bunting handles a shot from Stratford in the first game of Thursday's playoff match.
  Jonathan Dyer | The Beaufort Gazette

Another 5-game thriller puts Eagles on new level

Beaufort High's Mindy Morris isn't quite ready to say that she and her Eagle volleyball teammates have a flair for the dramatic because, quite frankly, it's a pretty tiring existence. (full story)

No rest needed for Beaufort High tennis team in 2nd round

Another day, another playoff win for the Beaufort High tennis team. (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)

Beaufort High LB Parker picked for Shrine Bowl

Beaufort High standout linebacker Justin Parker was selected Thursday to play in the prestigious Shrine Bowl. He is the fourth Eagle to be tapped for the South Carolina roster in three years, following in the footsteps of Devin Taylor, Brandon Mattis and Jimmy Legree. (full story)

Beaufort High's Justin Parker named to Shrine Bowl and All-American Bowl rosters

Beaufort High School linebacker Justin Parker has been selected to play in two prestigious all-star games. To read the full post, click here. (full story)

• Photo: Beaufort High’s Samantha Sullivan hits a forehand in the first set of her No. 1 singles match against Aiken’s Raven Fair on Wednesday afternoon in Beaufort. The Eagles advanced with a 4-2 victory.
  Jonathan Dyer/The Beaufort Gazette

Eagles slip past Aiken, 4-2

Every so often during their No. 2 (full story)

Recruit's Diary: Gamecocks move up to top spot

Beaufort High School linebacker Justin Parker has emerged as one of the nation's top recruiting prospects, earning more than a dozen scholarship offers from Division I schools and cracking Sporting News Today's list of top 100 football recruits for the 2010 class. As Parker approaches his much-anticipated decision, the senior agreed to give readers a glimpse into the recruiting process with a diary every Wednesday, as told to Beaufort Gazette/Island Packet sports reporter Brandon Parker. (full story)

Beaufort High digs deep for first-round volleyball win

After watching unforced errors squander a four-point lead, as well as a chance to close out their first-round playoff match, Beaufort High coach Jeni Whitman didn't see much need to relay strategy to her players. Instead, she let senior Sharika Bunting do the talking. (full story)

Prep Roundup: HHH volleyball team wins first-rounder

VARSITY VOLLEYBALL (full story)