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Bluffton, Battery Creek holding spring football scrimmages today
As most area high school football programs wrap up spring practice this week, many are hosting their annual spring scrimmages, most of which are open to the public.
Bluffton High School will hold its Black-Silver game at 6 tonight. There is no admission, but donations are welcome. The Bobcats are trying to raise money for more helmets and uniforms to accommodate an increase in players.
There will be season passes for sale, and for the first time, reserved stadium seating will be sold in advance. The Bobcats also will be selling 10 preferred tailgating spots.
(full story)Prep Notebook, May 18: Area soccer standouts earn all-state honors
Five area soccer players have been named to this year's all-state team, headlined by a quartet of Hilton Head Island High School players headed to state championship games this weekend.
Senior forward Ruben Romero and junior midfielder Chris MacMurray were both named to the Class 3-A boys team for the Seahawks, who are appearing in their first state title game Saturday against Fort Mill. MacMurray has netted three game-winning goals this year for Hilton Head High while Romero may be the first attacking player from the school to be named to the all-state team, according to coach Wayne Quinlan.
Romero will also join Jessica Bonilla of the Hilton Head High girls team at this year's North-South Soccer Classic.
(full story)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.
Hilton Head High was led by a player who doesn't even go to the school yet -- Andrew Orischak, a seventh-grader. Orischak earned all-state honors, shooting a 76 on Tuesday and finishing sixth overall with a 149 total. Hilton Head High's other scores from the final day were 83s from Gavin Lindstrom, Chris O'Donnell and Troy Hoisington.
"It was pretty good turnout for the boys," Seahawks coach Bill Smith said. "I was very happy with them and very proud of them."
(full story)Prep Roundup, May 11: Porter-Gaud ousts HHCA in girls soccer playoffs
GIRLS SOCCER
Porter-Gaud 5, Hilton Head Christian 1: Gracie Mogul scored two goals and Tahirih Nesmith had a goal and two assists to lead Porter-Gaud past Hilton Head Christian, 5-1, on Thursday afternoon in the SCISAA Class 3-A girls soccer semifinals in Charleston.
The Cyclones (20-3) will face the winner of the Cardinal Newman-Heathwood Hall game in the state final at 4:30 p.m. Saturday at the University of South Carolina.
(full story)Prep Roundup, May 9: HHCA girls win in first-round soccer upset
GIRLS SOCCER
Hilton Head Christian 3, Hammond 2: Audrey Bensch and Nicole Sicilia staked the Eagles to a 2-0 lead, Hannah Reynolds scored the eventual game-winner in the 72nd minute and fourth-seeded Hilton Head Christian notched a SCISAA Class 3-A playoff upset despite playing the final 20 minutes a player down, following a red card for a hand ball in the box.
Bensch opened the scoring for the Eagles in the 25th minute, with Sicilia picking up the assist. Sicilia made it 2-0, converting a header on a corner kick 10 minutes later.
(full story)Girls teams set for high school soccer playoffs
Ernie Suozzi has been repeating himself all season. He said it before the year began, he echoed it again during region play and preached it once more entering the playoffs.
"The only team that I feel could beat us in-state is ourselves," he said.
Suozzi -- the head coach of the Hilton Head Island High girls soccer team -- knows a thing or two about winning teams. After all, the Seahawks' head man has directed two of his last four clubs to state championships, including last year, when Hilton Head High knocked off Fort Mill, 4-2, in Columbia.
(full story)Williams leads HHCA boys at state track meet
Hilton Head Christian Academy track coach Tommy Lewis wanted the best from his athletes Saturday, hoped they would produce at the highest level to close the program's inaugural season.
And while that didn't happen in all cases, Lewis and the Eagles left the SCISAA Class 3-A meet at Charleston optimistic.
"I think we built a lot of momentum going into next year," Lewis said. "I think the success of our runners, both at region and state, has everyone excited for next year. Hopefully we'll have more kids come out and build on this foundation."
(full story)Prep Roundup, May 5: Thomas Heyward baseball season stays alive
A dramatic rally in the seventh inning kept the Thomas Heyward Academy baseball team's season alive Friday night in Holly Hill, as the Rebels bounced back from a tough loss in the opener of their SCISAA Class 2-A second-round series to win Game 2.
Holly Hill Academy scored a run in the seventh inning of the first game Friday to edge the Rebels, 2-1. Bryan Lee Wade hit a third-inning home run for the Rebels' only run. Ryan Day pitched a complete game, taking the loss.
It looked as if the Rebels' season would be over later in the evening, with them trailing 8-2 going into the last inning of the second game. But Thomas Heyward came up with seven runs in the top of the seventh -- capped off by Taylor Cowart's two-run single -- to take a 9-8 lead.
(full story)Prep Notebook, May 4: HHCA athletes ready for first SCISAA state track meet
A bevy of Hilton Head Christian Academy athletes are headed to Porter-Gaud in Charleston on Saturday for the SCISAA state track and field meet, which the Eagles' inaugural program will be competing in for the first time.
Destiny Cook-Herndon and Mary Hannah Lewis will compete in the 3200-meter run, while Cook-Herndon and Lewis will join Carley Wilson and Kate Bennett in the 4x800 relay. Lewis' third and final event will be the 1600 run.
On the boys side, Jamario Williams will take part in four events -- the 4x100 relay and the 100, 200 and 400-meter dashes. He'll be joined in the 4x100 by Tyler Chisholm, DeAngelo Clark and Alex Martin, who will also compete in the 400 hurdles.
(full story)Prep Roundup, May 3: Hilton Head High, Whale Branch fall in district title games
The defending state champion St. James Sharks -- and ace left-hander Anders DeShields -- were too much for Hilton Head Island High School to overcome, as the Seahawks were defeated in the Class 3-A District VIII baseball championship game Wednesday night in Murrells Inlet, 4-1.
DeShields, who also defeated the Seahawks earlier in the district tournament, held Hilton Head High to two hits. The junior had his best stuff working as scouts watched him propel the Sharks into the Lower State tournament.
"He's the real deal," Hilton Head High coach Chris Wells said. "He's probably the most polished pitcher we've seen all year."
(full story)Prep Roundup, May 2: Beaufort boys tennis opens playoffs with easy win
BOYS TENNIS
Beaufort High 6, North Augusta 0: The Beaufort High School boys tennis team overwhelmed its first-round opponent, North Augusta, on Tuesday in the Class 4-A playoffs, winning 6-0.
The Eagles, ranked sixth in the state, only dropped nine games total in the five singles matches. The only matchup of the day that was close was the No. 2 doubles match, but Beaufort's Fred Tkach and Daniel Lange prevailed in a third-set tiebreaker to complete the shutout.
(full story)Sweep gives Eagles berth in next round
The common feeling among the Hilton Head Christian Academy baseball team by the end of the night Monday might have been surprise.
After all, Eagles coach Danny Morgan reminded his team, only two of you have playoff experience. And this is a Christian Academy team that finished in the bottom of its region in 2011 and was forced to deal with personnel issues early in the season.
The Eagles aren't surpised at the success -- they know they have played well this season -- but might still be understanding how it is they're getting the job done.
(full story)Baseball playoff openers ahead for Eagles, THA
Danny Morgan began noticing in January the improvement in his Hilton Head Christian Academy baseball team.
The Eagles missed the playoffs in Morgan's first season as head coach, going 4-15 in 2011 and winning one game in SCISAA Region 3-AAA. But after most of his players returned, Morgan noticed balls sticking in gloves and accurate throws in the infield.
What was thought a weakness before the season became a strength. The Eagles' defense helped them to an 11-7 record and No. 4 seed in the SCISAA Class 3-A playoffs.
(full story)Prep Roundup, April 28: HHCA boys fall in SCISAA state tennis final
BOYS TENNIS
SCISAA Class 3-A state championship: The Hilton Head Christian Academy boys tennis team ran up against perennial powerhouse Porter-Gaud on Friday in the SCISAA Class 3-A state championship match at Hammond School in Columbia, and it was the Cyclones who captured the crown -- but not without a serious battle.
Porter-Gaud needed to rally from first-set deficits in the last two doubles matches to pull out a 5-4 victory over the Eagles and win the state title after falling in the finals the previous two seasons.
(full story)Prep Roundup, April 27: Bluffton routs North Myrtle Beach in softball playoff opener
Whitney Morrell put some punctuation on the end of the Bluffton softball team's postseason opener Thursday night, launching a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the fifth inning to give the Bobcats a 14-3 victory over North Myrtle Beach in the first round of the District VII playoffs.
The Bobcats were cruising along comfortably with a 10-3 lead in the bottom of the fifth inning when Morrell's slam ended it. She finished the night 2 for 4, also hitting a double, with six RBIs.
Kim Kerby went 2 for 3 with a triple and three RBIs for Bluffton (17-2).
(full story)Prep Notebook, April 27: Hilton Head High's Drammis to attend MIT
The prospects of playing college basketball at a Division 1-A school were something that never truly appealed to Sabrina Drammis.
The Hilton Head Island High girls basketball star was more focused on the academic side of her future. That's why Drammis has decided to play for MIT next season and coach Sonia Raman. She will be enrolled in the computer science and electrical engineering program in the hopes of being involved in robotics, Seahawks coach Dave Greenberg said.
"Their coach followed Sabrina all summer from camp to camp hoping she would consider MIT as an option and that her credentials would be strong enough for her to be admitted -- and they were," Greenberg said. "Sabrina and her family are ecstatic about her being able to attend one of the best -- if not the best -- schools in the world as well as continuing her basketball career."
(full story)Prep Roundup, April 26: HHCA boys tennis team knocks off Prep in state semifinals
BOYS TENNIS
Hilton Head Christian 5, Hilton Head Prep 3: The Eagles knocked off the Dolphins to mark their deepest run in the SCISAA playoffs since moving to 3-A.
Hilton Head Christian advances to face Porter-Gaud for the state championship in a match that is supposed to be held Friday in a neutral site. But according to coach Eric Wammock, the match may be moved to early next week. The time and site for the match will be determned today.
(full story)Woodward leads Hilton Head Prep boys to state golf title
It was a clean sweep for Hilton Head Preparatory School at the SCISAA Class 3-A boys golf championship Tuesday at General James Hackler Golf Course at Coastal Carolina in Conway.
Junior Woody Woodward shot his second straight even-par 72 to claim medalist honors and lead the Dolphins to a second-round team score of 300 and a 19-stroke victory over Pinewood Prep for the state championship, 603-622.
Hilton Head Christian Academy finished third with a two-day total of 626.
(full story)Prep Roundup, April 25: Hilton Head High boys pepper Cane Bay with 12 goals
BOYS SOCCER
Hilton Head High 12, Cane Bay 0: Blake Bishop found the back of the net five times Tuesday night as the Hilton Head Island High School boys soccer team pounded Region 7-AAA foe Cane Bay, 12-0, to remain undefeated in the region.
In addition to Bishop's five goals, the Seahawks (10-3 overall, 5-0 region) also had two other players with hat tricks -- Chip Tremarelli and Bennett Murphy each scored three times. Ruben Romero had Hilton Head High's other goal.
(full story)Prep Roundup, April 22: Battery Creek baseball team scores key win over Hilton Head
BASEBALL
Battery Creek 6, Hilton Head Island High 3: The Battery Creek baseball team picked up a crucial victory Saturday in its quest to lock up a postseason spot, as Shane Dixon tossed a complete game to lead the Dolphins to a 6-3 win over Hilton Head Island High School.
Battery Creek has one Region 7-AAA game remaining on its schedule, Monday at Lake Marion. If the Dolphins defeat Lake Marion -- which is winless in the region -- they would lock up Region 7's final playoff spot. A Battery Creek loss would put Bluffton into the playoffs.
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