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Photo: USC Beaufortâ€™s Melanie Goolsby takes a cut at a pitch during Saturdayâ€™s play in Hardeeville. The hosts won both games of a doubleheader.
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USCB softball teams earn sweep in opening doubleheader

It was a day nearly two years in the making. (full story)

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News from Earlier this Week

Sports department welcomes new chief McCombs

Mike McCombs joined The Island Packet and The Beaufort Gazette on Jan. 31 as sports editor. (full story)

Bobcats, Seahawks split thrillers

By CHRIS COX (full story)

HHCA boys finish big; Eagles fall in girls' game

Zach Reynolds expects an adjustment when he leaves the Hilton Head Christian Academy campus after the school year and motors to college. (full story)

Andrea Daring turned in a three-point play to push the lead to six and give Thomas Heyward Academy some breathing room with about a minute left to play, and the Rebels went on to claim a 41-33 win over Charleston Collegiate in girls basketball on Friday. (full story)

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)

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)

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)