News from Earlier this Week

USC Beaufort will send 4 to NAIA national cross country meet

The USC Beaufort cross country teams came home from the Sun Conference championships on Saturday with four tickets to the West Coast. (full story)

Seahawks feel sting of first-round defeat again

As Clifford Morrow stood at midfield, he tried to hide his emotions as best he could. Many of his Hilton Head High teammates weren't quite so successful, as they lay on the ground around him, their faces flooded with tears. (full story)

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)

Hilton Head High girls advance to state tennis final

Chasing its third consecutive Class 3-A state tennis championship, Hilton Head High claimed the Lower State title with Friday's 6-0 win against South Aiken in Sumter. (full story)

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)

Ridgeland's postseason ends with late rally by Cane Bay

A Ridgeland player's helmet rolled across the ground, tossed in frustration from the northwest end zone where the Jaguars were gathered. Meanwhile some 50 yards away, dozens of blue helmets bobbed in the air as their owners bounced on their tiptoes in exuberance. (full story)

Football Roundup: HH Prep, Battery Creek, Hardeeville fall in first round

Several big plays couldn't prevent Hilton Head Prep from bowing out in the first round of the SCISAA Class 2-A playoffs with a 57-37 loss at Thomas Sumter. (full story)

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)

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)

Coach McKissick a big part of Summerville's success

Beaufort High's 33-3 loss to Summerville last Friday was heartbreaking, because I was hoping to see the Eagles defeat a highly rated team and take a step towards a state championship. (full story)