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- Photo: USC Beaufort softball coach Ty Rietkovich talks to his team about their first game of the season just before a scrimmage Thursday afternoon.
Jonathan Dyer -- The Island Packet
Excitement running high for debut of USC Beaufort softball team
Work crews sprayed white paint this week on the recently built equipment building and changing room adjacent to the dugouts at Richard Gray Baseball Complex in Hardeeville. Saw horses remained nearby and fencing went up as USC Beaufort softball players began stretches before practice. (full story)
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2-Minute Drill with Jennifer Giles
Jennifer Giles isn't getting ahead of herself. (full story)
Whale Branch basketball teams win, prepare for postseason
Whale Branch High School celebrated its first senior class Wednesday, lining up the Warriors and their friends and family between games. (full story)
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Ridgeland basketball teams roll past Hardeeville
The loudest cheers for the Ridgeland High School girls basketball team came after the Jaguars had left the court. (full story)
Bluffton boys beat Hilton Head Prep, wrap up top seed for basketball playoffs
The Bluffton High School boys basketball team came into this week thinking it needed to win its final three regular-season games to clinch the Region 7-AAA championship. They found out Wednesday that wasn't the case. (full story)
USC Beaufort baseball team taken down by Flagler
A big sixth inning Wednesday put the USC Beaufort baseball team in position to earn its fifth straight win, but the bullpen was unable to hold on, as NCAA Division II Flagler College rallied to beat the Sand Sharks, 5-4, at St. Augustine, Fla. (full story)
Local Golf Notebook, Feb. 9: Okatie's Shimmin honored by Golfweek
Okatie's Gary Shimmin is Golfweek's Super Senior Player of the Year for 2011. (full story)
Bluffton boys win battle with Battery Creek
Bluffton boys basketball coach Brett Macy said two words to his team at halftime Tuesday night before walking out of the locker room. (full story)
Beaufort girls finally earn region win
The laughter makes it better. (full story)
Prep Roundup, Feb. 8: Key wins for Hilton Head High; Mazzanna wins 300th
GIRLS BASKETBALL (full story)
Hilton Head High introduces new football coach B.J. Payne
Hilton Head Island High School athletic director Mark Karen studied the faces of Seahawks football players, both current and future, as they listened to their new coach Monday night in the school's theater. (full story)
D'Amato resigns as Whale Branch football coach
Rob D'Amato completed perhaps the toughest task of a coach's resignation Monday, breaking the news to his players. (full story)
Prep roundup, Feb. 7
GIRLS BASKETBALL (full story)
Junior Heritage winners break out of pack
Chase Koepka delivered a short message to friend Ashlan Ramsey before both teed off in the final round of the Junior Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links. (full story)
Prep Notebook: Region chase coming down to wire
From staff reports (full story)
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