Hilton Head Christian Sports Stories

• Photo: Christian Academy's Devin McGuinness puts a stop to Calhoun Academy's (#9) during the first quarter of the game Friday night.
  

HHCA overpowers Calhoun Academy in playoff opener

In the eyes of Calhoun Academy head coach Adam Jarecki, Hilton Head Christian is deserving of the top seed in this year's SCISAA Class 2-A playoffs. (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)

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)

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)

Oct. 30 prep roundup: Hilton Head Christian earns top seed in SCISAA playoffs

Hilton Head Christian 24, Northwood Academy 10: Hilton Head Christian won the SCISAA Region 2-AA title and secured home-field advantage through the first two rounds of the playoffs with an impressive win over Uriah Singleton and Northwood Academy on Friday night. (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)

Saturday Morning Punter: Time to take area teams' playoff temperature

Another Friday night is in the books and as the regular season winds down, many local teams' playoff fates are still up in the air. (full story)

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HHCA slows down Colleton Prep run game

Despite stifling every offense it has faced during the seven-game winning streak Hilton Head Christian Academy rode into Friday night, the Eagles' defense knew it would face two of its toughest tests this week and next. (full story)

• Photo: Hilton Head High’s Lawrence Jenkins reaches for extra yards during a game earlier this season. Jenkins and the Seahawks travel to Battery Creek tonight in a key Region 8-AAA matchup.
  

Week 9 high school football preview: Battery Creek hosts Hilton Head High in key region tilt

With the way the first two-thirds of the Region 8-AAA season has played out, every game over the final two weeks of the year is shaping up to be an important one for each of the six teams in the conference. (full story)

• Photo: Hilton Head Christian defensive coordinator Vinnie Emery, right, stands next to head coach Tommy Lewis. The Eagles’ defense has grown more nuanced and more dominant in the two seasons since Emery has taken over as coordinator of the defense.
  

Defensive coordinator helps take HHCA to next level

The television screen behind Vinnie Emery is blank. The DVD player isn't on. For a rare moment, Emery's attention isn't focused on the video of Hilton Head Christian Academy's next opponent. (full story)

Prep Roundup

VARSITY TENNIS (full story)

Saturday Morning Punter: Use as directed; side effects might include wild changes to playoff picture

I don't know about you, but I learned a lot under the Friday night lights this week -- and most of it contradicted conclusions I had drawn after last week's games, which leaves me a little dazed and confused (or maybe I'm just tired; probably just tired). (full story)

Oct. 16 prep roundup

Hilton Head High 34, Stall 6 (full story)

• Photo: Beaufort High running back Alex Simmons sheds a tackle during a game earlier this season. The Eagles host Berkeley tonight.
  

Week 8 high school football preview: Beaufort High hopes to slow Berkeley

It's no secret what the million-dollar question is entering Friday's much-anticipated matchup between Beaufort and Berkeley high schools: How will the Eagles stop Stags rusher Bruce Ellington? (full story)

Prep Roundup

VARSITY TENNIS (full story)

Prep notebook

Matchup of the week (full story)

Saturday Morning Punter: Region power struggles are under way

The thing about unbalanced non-conference schedules -- and we learn it every year in the early part of the college and high school football seasons -- is you never really know what you've got until conference play starts. (full story)

HHCA strong on all fronts in rout of Orangeburg Prep

It was only one play, but Hilton Head Christian Academy coach Tommy Lewis feared it might carry a disproportionate amount of weight on his team's collective psyche as the Eagles went to the locker room at halftime. (full story)

• Photo: Battery Creek’s Cleon Wright looks for some room to run during a game earlier this season. Wright and the Dolphins host North Charleston tonight in a key Region 8-AAA game.
  

Week 7 high school football preview: Battery Creek motivated by playoff seed

NORTH CHARLESTON AT BATTERY CREEK (full story)

Prep Roundup

VARSITY GOLF (full story)