May River, Hilton Head Island in top six after girls golf state championships
May River is in fourth place after the first day of the Class 3A girls golf tournament Coastal Carolina’s Hackler Course.
The Sharks fired a 325 and trail third-place Gilbert by three shots. MR’s Kyle Bowes is tied for 11th with a 76 and Sydney Bowes is tied for 13th with a 78.
In Class 4A at Shipyard Golf Club, Hilton Head Island is in sixth after shooting a 378. Beaufort’s Izzy Stone is competing as individual and is tied for sixth with a 79. Both tournaments will wrap up Tuesday.
Class 4A
Team Scores: Daniel 321; Wren 352; Belton Honea Path 360; AC Flora 368; Myrtle Beach 375; Hilton Head 378; North Myrtle Beach 379; Pickens 381; Greenville 396; Blue Ridge 399; Walhalla 402; Hartsville 417
Top-10 individuals: Chloe Holder, Wren 72; Katelyn Lee, Wren 74; Kennedy McGaha, BHP 74; Cara Hilburn, NMB, 77; Jennifer Gao, Daniel 78; Peyton O’Brien, Daniel 79; Izzy Stone, Beaufort 79; Courtney Collins, Daniel 81; Adrienne O’Brien, Daniel 83; Taylor Pirttima, MB, 84
Class 3A
Team Scores: Oceanside 285; Chesnee 303; Gilbert 322; May River 325; Greer Middle 345; St. Josephs 345; Bishop England 352; Legion Collegiate 362; Catawba Ridge 367; Landrum 368; Loris 368; Pendleton 374; Ware Shoals 378; Aynor 381; Waccamaw 389; Christ Church 391; Seneca 397
Top-10 individuals: Rachel Rich, Oceanside 67; Emma Schimpf, OC 69; Sydney Roberts, Chesnee 69; Isabella Britt, Chesnee 72; Kennedy Gooding, Gilbert 73; Kaitlyn Hagler, Pendleton 74; Kayla Bartemeyer, Oceanside 74; Abbey Schimpf, Oceanside 75; Ally Moss, Gilbert 75; Buggy Reinke, Legion Collegiate 75
Girls Tennis
AC Flora 5, Bluffton 1
The Bobcats were eliminated in the second round of the 4A playoffs.
Singles: Phelan O’Keefe (B) def. Siona Sturgem 6-2, 6-7, 10-5; Frances Smith (ACF) def. Gianna Wilson 6-0, 6-0; Caroline Orudyke (ACF) def. Annastayia Anstyferova 6-1, 6-0; Lori Stergem (ACF) def. Lydia John 6-1, 6-4; Karsyn Misenheimer (ACF) def. Rachael Richardson 6-0, 6-0. Doubles: Olivia Bokesch/Emma Templeton (ACF) def. Olivia Boshaw/Abby Stevens 6-2, 6-0
Hilton Head Island 6, Brookland-Cayce 0
The Seahawks won their second-round match in the 4A playoffs. HHI travels to Myrtle Beach in the third round Wednesday. MB defeated Beaufort.
Singles: Emily Ruckno (HHI) def. Kelsy White 6-0, 6-1; Sierra Seabra (HHI) def. Katie Welch 6-0, 6-0; Danielle Silvan (HHI) def. Miranda Jeffcoat 6-0, 6-0; Sydney Hall (HHI) def. Riley Moore 6-2, 6-0; Hailey Poplin (HHI) def. Evana Brown 6-0, 6-0. Doubles: Madeleine Pollitzer/Katie Watts (HHI) def. Aubrey Ellison/Courtney Merrill 6-0, 6-1
Volleyball
May River 3, Aynor 0
The Sharks are moving on to the third round for the first time in school history after a 25-9,25-15,25-13 win.
Addison Black had 14 kills and Lillian Long had eight. MR travels to Gilbert on Thursday.
Cross Country
Seahawks sweep region meet
Hilton Head Island and Bluffton finished 1-2 in the Region 7-4A cross country meets on Saturday.
The HHI boys made up the entire top 10 in the race. The Seahawks’ Logan Seifert was first with a 17:17 and teammate Max Baez a second behind him. Nicholas Cunningham led Bluffton with an 18:41.
In the girls’ race, HHI’s Sarah Neville was first with a 19:18 and Beaufort’s Charlize Antia was second with a 19:54. Ava Gerschutz led Bluffton with a 20:44.
May River wins Cicis
May River boys finished first and Beaufort’s Marlon Belden was second Saturday at the Cicis Derby on Saturday in Camden.
The Sharks finished with 95 points to edge Wando for the title. MR’s Tristan Kaplan led the Sharks with a time of 16:37.
Belden ran a time of 15:25.70 and was edged by Cane Bay’s Zane Jackson (15:25.33). The Eagles’ Teammate Nash Mills was sixth with a 16:35. Beaufort had just four runners so didn’t qualify for a team score.
In In the girls race, May River’s Emma Peluso finished seventh with a 19:47.
This story was originally published October 28, 2019 at 7:28 PM.