Lowcountry roundup: Beaufort, Bluffton baseball rally for playoff victories
Tommy Winburn scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the eighth to lift Beaufort baseball team over West Florence, 5-4, on Tuesday in the first round of the SC High School League playoffs.
Beaufort heads to Aiken in a winner’s bracket game on Thursday.
Beaufort trailed 4-3 going into the sixth before Malcolm Webb tied it with an RBI double. Webb was 2-for-3 with 2 RBI. Winburn led the team with three hits and Zack Talbert had two RBI and picked up the win in relief.
Bluffton 6, North Augusta 4
Jackson Arseneau had a go-ahead two-run double in the top of the seventh to lift Bluffton over North Augusta in the Class 4A baseball playoffs.
The Bobcats will go to Hartsville in a winner’s bracket game on Thursday.
Bluffton trailed 4-3 going into the top of the seventh before scoring three runs. Cody Bradt led Bluffton with three hits. Nate Hoyt was 1-for-4 with two RBI.
Miles Frye went the distance to pick up the win.
Hartsville 11, Hilton Head Island 1
Jackson Moore had three hits and two RBI as Hartsville beat Hilton Head Island in first round of Class 4A playoffs.
The Seahawks are at North Augusta in an elimination game on Thursday. Christian Stratis was 1-for-3 with an RBI for HHI.
Williamsburg 10, Hilton Head Christian 0
Williamsburg scored nine runs in the third for a win in the SCISA 2A playoffs.
HHCA, which won 15-1 on Monday over Greenwood Christian, faces Greenwood Christian/Thomas Heyward winner on Friday in an elimination game.
Games rained out
The May River-South Florence and Hilton Head Prep-Laurence Manning playoff baseball games were rained out Tuesday and will be made up Wednesday.
Girls Soccer
Hilton Head Island 6, North Augusta 2
The Seahawks began the postseason with a win over North Augusta and will travel to West Florence in a second-round 4A matchup.
Bluffton 7, North Myrtle Beach 0
The Bobcats won their 4A playoff opener and will be at Aiken in the second round on Thursday.
Hilton Head Prep 5, Hilton Head Christian 0
Bryn Miller scored twice as the Dolphins won their regular-season finale on Tuesday.
The SCISA playoffs will begin on Monday.
Katie and Courtney Campbell and Averi Alton also scored for HHP.