TheSunNews.com: High School Sports

How NFL players with are ties fared

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:52 EST

Brandon Frye, OL, Seahawks

The Myrtle Beach graduate is on injured reserve and is out for the season.

Robert Geathers, DE, Bengals

Warriors' Rice wins tennis state title

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:26 EST

Waccamaw freshman Tolley Rice defeated Manning's Lindsay Lyles on Saturday at the Lexington County Tennis Complex to win the Class AA/A individual state championship.

Rice topped Lyles, the two-time defending state champion, 6-2, 6-0. Rice reached the final by topping Christ Church's Olivia Lucas 6-0, 6-3 in the semifinals.

Rice is the second Waccamaw player to win a state individual championship. Allison Stanford won the title in 2005 and 2006.

Area sports in brief: Chants blank Keydets at Big South tourney

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:15 EST

Top-seeded Coastal Carolina advanced to the semifinals of the Big South men's soccer tournament for the ninth straight season Friday, defeating No. 8 VMI 1-0 on a second-half goal from Big South Player of the Year Djamel Bekka.

The Chanticleers (9-2-6) will face No. 4 Winthrop, a winner over fifth-seeded Gardner-Webb, today at 4 p.m. at Gardner-Webb. Coastal defeated the Eagles 3-1 on Nov. 3.

Bekka, a senior midfielder, had an opportunity to give the Chants a lead in the 51st minute, but his penalty kick attempt was saved by VMI goalkeeper Kurt Zimmerman. However, Bekka opened the scoring five minutes later, taking a pass from teammate Joe Anderson and slotting home his shot into the right side of the net.

Waccamaw wins girls tennis title

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:17 EST

When it came down to the final match, Waccamaw's girls tennis team had a pair of aces in the hole as Tolley Rice and Casey Altman teamed up to drop Sarah Seigler and Claire Gillespie 6-2, 6-3 at No. 1 doubles to lock up the Class AA state championship Saturday with a 4-3 win over Emerald at the Palmetto Tennis Center.

"I feel like they are the one of the best doubles teams," Warriors coach James Brown said of his No. 1 doubles duo . "We know what they are going to do when they get out there. We felt like [getting to No. 1 doubles] would be a plus for us. [Emerald] saw us play yesterday and saw how talented our girls were."

Rice won early at No. 1 singles and Altman won at No. 3, but Emerald took wins at Nos. 2, 4 and 5 singles and needed to win just one doubles match to take its first title since 1996 after losing to Bishop England in the state final the last two seasons.

College football: Conway's Johnson in danger of losing redshirt

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:27 EST

Conway native Erskine Johnson has had a limited impact on S.C. State's campaign so far, but that could change at any moment.

Despite not playing the entire season, Johnson, a true freshman offensive lineman, is the Bulldogs' second-string option at both guard positions, meaning his redshirt could be pulled at any moment if the nation's No. 9-ranked FCS team needs him badly enough.

"They're trying not to use me unless they really need to pull my redshirt," Johnson said. "So far they haven't."

Local cross country runners fare well at S.C. state meet

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:35 EST

A pair of local runners had top 10 finishes Saturday at the S.C. Cross Country State Championships. Andrews senior Migueal Omedo-Polida had the highest finish of any area runner, finishing sixth in the Class AA boys race in 17 minutes, 3.75 seconds. In the Class AA/A girls race, Waccamaw's Grace Barnett was the only area runner in the top 10, finishing in 20:32.25 to lead the Warriors to a 10th place finish.

Carolina Forest junior Zach Hensel had the fastest time of any local runner on Saturday in the S.C. Cross Country State Championships, finishing the 3.1-mile course at the Sandhills Research Park in 16 minutes, 42.79 seconds to lead the Panthers to a 16th place finish in the Class AAAA race. Carolina Forest's McKenzie East raced as an individual in the Class AAAA girls race, finishing 43rd in 20:38.69. Wando won the Class AAAA girls team championship and Lexington took the boys title.

Five Hilton Head runners finished in the top 25 of the Class AAA girls race as the Seahawks took the team win. North Myrtle Beach eighth-grader Benjamin Jenerette paced all local runners, finishing in 19:43.86 to take 12th. Myrtle Beach's Paige Cox was 40th in 20:58.5. North Myrtle Beach was 15th overall in the 24-team field. Myrtle Beach was 20th, St. James was 23rd and Socastee was 24th.

Waccamaw girls tennis to play for state title

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:47 EST

| In what has largely become a winner-take all matchup, Waccamaw defeated Bishop England 4-3 on Friday in the Class AA Lower State girls tennis final at Palmetto Tennis Center in Sumter.

With the match knotted at 3-3, the Warriors' Casey Altman rebounded from an earlier loss at No.3 singles, teaming with Toley Rice at No. 1 doubles and rolling past the Bishops' (17-4) Madison Boales and Shannon McMannus 6-0, 6-1.

Waccamaw (12-5), which was playing in its ninth-straight Lower State final, will face Emerald, which defeated Woodruff 6-0 in the Upper State final, today at 10 a.m. in the state championship.

Area briefs: Coastal's women lose to VMI

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:25 EST

Fourth-seeded Coastal Carolina tied fifth-seeded VMI 1-1 before falling in penalty kicks 5-3 in the first game of the Big South Women's Soccer at Blackbaud .

With the win, VMI (7-10-2) advances today's semifinals, while Coastal (7-13-3) saw its season come to an end.

Chrissy Beach scored in the seventh minute to give the Keydets a 1-0 lead. Coastal would answer in the 48th minute when Maegen Hellberg scored to tie it.

Area sports in brief

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:01 EDT

Myrtle Beach freshman Josh Iseman posted the fastest time of any area runner, finishing the 3.1-mile course at Spring Valley High School in Columbia in 17 minutes, 50.41 seconds to finished ninth and lead the Seahawks to a third-place finish Saturday in the Class AAA Lower State cross country meet.

Four Hiton Head runners finished in the top six, paced by race winner Jack Felix, who finished in 16:26.68, and runner-up Jack Manesiotis (16:26.96) as the Seahawks won the meet.

Georgetown senior Sammy Livingston finished 13th (18:10.90), Socastee sophomore Patrick Gardiner was 15th (18:21.11) and Georgetown's Benjamin Grant was 16th (18:25.66).

Thursday's high school roundup

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:21 EDT

Volleyball

(At) North Myrtle Beach 3, South Aiken 0 | The Chiefs advanced to the third round of the Class AAA state playoffs with by sweeping South Aiken in three games (28-26, 25-21, 25-17).

Kayla Allman had 11 kills, Grace Jones had 14 kills and nine blocks, Haley Thomas had 10 kills and Megan Johnson had 35 assists for the Chiefs, who will host Bluffton on Monday.

High school roundup: Waccamaw volleyball advances to Lower State semis

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:54 EDT

Waccamaw won its 11th straight match, knocking off Ashley Ridge 25-18, 21-25, 25-16 and 25-15 on Wednesday night in the second round of the Class AA volleyball playoffs.

Waccamaw will travel to Dillon at 6 p.m. Tuesday for the Lower State semifinals.

Dillon, which eliminated Andrews in the first round, defeated Silver Bluff on Wednesday night.

The Sun News basketball blog: Off The Glass

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:52 EDT

North Myrtle Beach Chiefs open volleyball playoffs with sweep of Lake Marion

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:27 EDT

Megan Johnson had 23 assists as North Myrtle Beach (20-6) rolled past Lake Marion 3-0 (25-9, 25-12, 25-9) in the first round of the Class AAA state playoffs.

The Chiefs will host the winner of the South Aiken-Marlboro Co. match at 6 p.m. Thursday.

High school volleyball

Chiefs earn several region volleyball honors

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:15 EDT

North Myrtle Beach's Megan Johnson and Grace Jones, Myrtle Beach's Ciara Edwards and Jessica Moore, St. James' Kayla Roberts and Socastee's Karly Klimas were named to the All-Region VII-AAA volleyball first team.

The Chiefs' Johnson was named the region player of the year, while North Myrtle Beach's Estelle Barentine was named coach of the year.

REGION VII-AAA

Reeves keys West Brunswick volleyball's big turnaround

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:31 EDT

Accepting the head volleyball coaching position in 2003, West Brunswick (N.C.) coach Leslie Reeves had the blueprint for what it would take to build a solid program. Laying the foundation, Reeves spent her first four years trading wins for losses while trying to preach to her players the correlation between hard work and success.

Now, seven years into her stay, a steady structured program now resides on the Trojans campus in Shallotte, N.C. Despite the program's early struggles, Reeves has compiled a 56-9 record her last three seasons, recording her 100th career victory in September.

At 18-2, Reeves' 2009 senior-laden squad has a chance to be her best yet.

Thursday's High school roundup

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:36 EDT

High school volleyball

Carolina Forest 3, West Florence 0 | The Panthers' (9-1 Region VII-AAAA) win over the Knights (25-13, 25-13, 25-19) made them co-champions in the region with Sumter.

Carolina Forest's Katie Davis had 13 kills, 14 assists and nine points, Sara Bane had 10 kills, 13 digs and five points, and Lauren Lavin had six kills, six digs and one block.

High school roundup: Two area golfers qualify for state

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:03 EDT

High school girls golf

CAMDEN | North Myrtle Beach's Tara Lyons and Georgetown's Mallory Thompkins were the lone area golfers to qualify for state in Tuesday's Class AAA Lower State high school tournament at Camden Country Club.

Lyons (79) and Thompkins (89) each shot under 90 at the tournament -- which included teams from Class A, AA and AAA -- to earn individual spots in next week's Class AAA State Championship Tournament. No area teams qualified for the state tournament, which will be hosted by North Myrtle Beach High at Quail Creek Golf Club at Coastal Carolina University on Monday and Tuesday.

Braves' burst leads to rout of Bulldogs

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:29 EDT

A virtual stale mate quickly became a runaway at Thomas L. Smith Stadium on Friday night.

Socastee and Georgetown were scoreless through the first 20 minutes of a Region VII- AAA contest pivotal to both teams' playoff aspirations. But a couple of miscues by the Bulldogs turned into a nearly insurmountable Socastee lead in less than a minute of playing time.

The Braves pounced on a pair of Georgetown fumbles and scored three touchdowns in 43 seconds to race to a 21-point lead that would never be chal lenged in a 41-6 win.

Area sports in brief: CCU women's soccer team ties

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:33 EDT

Clinton | Kate Hunter scored a pair of second-half goals as the Presbyterian women's soccer team forced a 2-all tie with Coastal Carolina on Friday night.

Hunter's game-tying goal came in the 80th minute, sending the game into a pair of overtimes in which neither team scored. Anny Tupy and Dana Gentile each scored first-half goals for Coastal (3-10-2, 2-2-1 Big South

College volleyball

Panthers struggle with Chiefs' strategy, but pull away

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:21 EDT

For a while, Denver Cromer got the kind of production necessary to keep Lake City from blowing the game wide open.

North Myrtle Beach moved the ball enough to limit the Panthers to just three first-half possessions. Cromer's team also matched Lake City in rushing yards and first downs through three quarters.

It wasn't enough.