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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.

Myrtle Beach's Cox finds path to redemption

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:51 EDT

Myrtle Beach's Paige Cox found redemption on Saturday in the Horry County Cross County Championships as North Myrtle Beach's Benjamin Jenerette lost her way.

Cox, a senior who suffered through an ankle injury during last year's county race, finished the 3.1-mile course at Socastee High School in 20 minutes, 18 seconds to win the girls side of the meet.

Carolina Forest's McKenzie East (20:24) was second, followed by Jenerette (20:26), who missed a turn and had to double-back to leg out a third-place finish.

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.

Wolves roll to region win

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:37 EDT

Waccamaw was looking to take down one of the kingpins of Region VII-AA when hosting Timberland on Friday night in a battle for first place.

The Warriors' hopes were dashed by an explosive Timberland rushing attack that rolled up 501 yards in a 54-21 rout.

The Wolves (8-0 overall, 3-0 region), coming off a 55-3 romp over highly regarded Manning, ripped off nine runs of 20 yards or more while taking charge of the region chase.

Wake-up call works for Golson, Seahawks

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:22 EDT

The No. 2-ranked Myrtle Beach High School football team may have gotten so excited about Friday night's homecoming festivities that it forgot that there was a football game to be played.

At least until halftime, when the Seahawks (7-1 over all, 3-0 Region VII- AAA) got a wake- up call from coach Mickey Wilson and exploded for a 56-7 victory over St. James (2-6, 0-3) at Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium.

''It was homecoming and we didn't come out with the kind of fire we needed to,'' Wilson said. ''I had to get on them at halftime and remind them that we have to come out ready to play.''

High school roundup: Trojans secure region tennis title

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:00 EDT

The Green Sea Floyds girls tennis team edged Johnsonville 4-3 on Thursday to claim the Region VIII-A championship.

The Trojans (8-2) lost in Nos. 1 and 2 singles, but won all other singles matches and split doubles to clinch the title.

Singles: Rachel Gaster (J) def. Tori Jordan, 6-1, 6-2; Madison Capps (J) def. Caitlin Tiller, 1-6, 6-2, 10-8; Emily Hickman (GSF) def. Kayla Ho, 6-1, 6-1; Savanna Strickland (GSF) def. Sabrina Nesmith, 6-2, 6-2; Leah Buffkin (GSF) def. Ranesha Stuckey, 3-6, 7-6, 12-10

High school roundup: Trojans fall in volleyball

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:32 EDT

High school volleyball

(At) Hoggard (N.C.) 3, West Brunswick (N.C.) 0 | The Vikings swept the Trojans 25-15, 25-21, 25-12.

Keri Nolan had nine kills, Kenzie McDuffie had eight service points and two aces, and Carly White had seven kills and six blocks for West Brunswick (17-2).

North Myrtle Beach runner converting track prowess into cross country success

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:05 EDT

There are no traffic jams when you go the extra mile, just ask North Myrtle Beach eighth-grader Benjamin Jenerette.

Bursting onto the local seen last spring when she was named the Girls Most Outstanding Performer at the Horry County Track and Field meet, Jenerette claimed the individual crown in the 3,200-, 1,600- and 800-meter races, building quite the resume at the varsity level.

While representing the Myrtle Beach Track and Field Club this summer, Jenerette posted the third-fasted time in the nation in the 1,500-meter race (4:47:13) for females in the graduating class of 2014, and later placed 12th at the USA Track and Field Junior Olympics in Greensboro, N.C.