Beaufort High School Sports

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)

Beaufort High's Banner signs with South Carolina State

As a middle-schooler, Blake Banner started playing volleyball to simply get in shape for basketball. Now some five years later, the sport she once leisurely played will serve as her ticket to a free education and childhood dream. (full story)

Prep Notebook: New week brings another rematch for football Eagles

One good rematch deserves another, or so it would seem. (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: Greenwood nose guard Barry Strong tackles Beaufort High quarterback Beau Brown for three-yard sack in the first quarter. (Photo by T.M. James/The Greenwood Index-Journal).
  

Beaufort High bounced in 1st round of 4-A playoffs

GREENWOOD -- After gaining just 40 yards and one first down in the opening half, Beaufort High never recovered, falling 37-7 to Greenwood in Friday's opening round Class 4-A Division II playoff contest at J.W. Babb Stadium. (full story)

• Photo: Beaufort High’s Josh McPherson attempts to break a tackle during the second quarter of last week’s game against Goose Creek. McPherson and the Eagles will travel to Greenwood today for the first round of the Class 4-A Division II state playoffs.
  

Playoffs offer a fresh start for Beaufort High

It's common knowledge that most coaches prefer not to look ahead, which might be why Beaufort and Greenwood high schools haven't hesitated to harken back to 2006 in preparation for tonight's first-round matchup. (full story)

Charleston Southern signs Beaufort High baseball player

Before this week, Matt Witt's greatest accomplishment on the baseball diamond was learning how to hit a curveball, a pitch that had often hindered his power-hitting ability until last season. But even that took a backseat with one stroke of a pen on Wednesday. (full story)

• Photo: Samantha Sullivan is the No. 1 singles player for Beaufort High's tennis team.
  

Meet Beaufort High tennis player Samantha Sullivan

As the top singles player on a tennis team, consistency and the ability to pull out a tough win is often critical to a squad's success. So perhaps Beaufort High's current string of four Region 8-AAAA titles should come as little surprise, being that Samantha Sullivan has not only displayed consistency -- she's been perfect. (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)

• 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)

• 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)