High school sports, April 26: Seahawks rally to win 1st at renamed baseball venue

Shane Clark and Bryce Singleton smacked RBI singles as part of a three-run fourth inning Monday night as Hilton Head Island completed the debut of newly renamed Ron Costello Field with a 5-4 victory over rival Bluffton.

Koty Brigham capped off the inning with an RBI groundout, scoring Clark to put the Seahawks ahead 4-3. Hilton Head added a run in the sixth on Eric Foggo’s sacrifice fly, providing cushion when Bluffton pushed across a run in the top of the seventh.

Troy Clifford scattered four Bluffton hits over six innings for the win, with Ian Foggo pitching the seventh for the save. Andrew Eldridge had an RBI double for Bluffton and Tristan Lowe added an RBI single.

Before the game, the Seahawks held a brief ceremony formally renaming the baseball field for Costello, the longtime athletics volunteer who passed away in August.

Hilton Head Prep 13, Battery Creek 3: Gage Hurlbut and E.J. Churchich homered to lead a 16-hit offensive display as Prep overcame an early 3-0 deficit.

Churchich homered to lead off the third inning, and Hurlbut’s three-run homer capped a six-run outburst in the sixth that triggered the 10-run rule. Hurlbut wound up with four RBIs on the game, while Churchich drove in three.

Ricky Ledee banged out three hits for Prep, including a two-run triple. Reese Irwin picked up the win in relief, holding Battery Creek to one hit in four innings of work.

John Paul II 10, Memorial Day 0: Blake Parsons went 3-for-4 and Mark Tigges and Thomas Kender added two hits each as the Golden Warriors collected 12 hits in all.

Kender also was stellar on the mound, scattering five hits in a complete-game shutout. He struck out six.

First Baptist 10, Hilton Head Christian 3: James Bartholomew singled twice and drove home a run for the Eagles, who took a 3-3 tie into the sixth inning before First Baptist broke things open.

The Eagles had four stolen bases on the day, including Andy Ballard’s steal of home that tied the contest.

SOFTBALL

Battery Creek sweeps Seahawks: Journeigh Doray and Emily Madlinger collected five hits apiece to power the Dolphins’ offensive against Hilton Head Island.

Doray went 3-for-4 with four runs scored as Battery Creek won the opener 14-1, with Kyleigh Peeples driving in five runs and Michaux Gee notching three RBIs. Peeples also pitched a complete game, scattering four hits.

Doray scored twice more in the Dolphins’ 5-1 victory in the nightcap, while Alexis Ortiz homered and drove home three Battery Creek runs. Ortiz also went the distance in the circle, striking out nine Seahawks.

Bluffton 10, Beaufort 4: Taylor Gleason homered, doubled and drove home five runs as the Bobcats scored in every inning but one.

Gleason rapped a two-run double in the first, a two-run double in the second and homered to lead off the sixth. Michaela Manley followed Gleason’s homer with one of her own.

Savannah Mullen led Beaufort with two hits and accounted for three of the Eagles’ runs, scoring twice and driving home one.

BOYS’ TENNIS

Beaufort 5, Bluffton 1: Michael Schwartz, Merritt Patterson and the doubles team of Jaco Neimond and Chris Hoogenboom prevailed in third-set tiebreakers as the Eagles won a match that was closer than the final score.

Patterson survived an epic 16-14 tiebreaker in his match against Bluffton’s Tim Cullen, fighting off five match points to produce what turned out to be the winning team point.

Alex Angus and Kam Olin also notched singles wins for Beaufort. Bluffton’s lone point came from Matt Ball in singles.

GIRLS’ SOCCER

Hilton Head Island 3, Orangeburg-Wilkinson 1: Bethany Neval, Carrissa Church and Bailey Headlee scored goals as the Seahawks remained unbeaten in nine Region 8-AAA games. The victory allowed Hilton Head Island to clinch the region title.

BOYS’ GOLF

Seahawks lead in Georgia: Charlie Farrell fired a 1-under-par 71 as Hilton Head Island took command at the midway point of the Dawson Duel against Dawson County High. All five Seahawks scored better than their Dawson counterparts.

This story was originally published April 26, 2016 at 10:03 AM with the headline "High school sports, April 26: Seahawks rally to win 1st at renamed baseball venue."