Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009

High school roundup: Two area golfers qualify for state

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.

Bluffton (312) won Tuesday's tournament, while Strom Thurmond's MacKenzie Talbert was medalist after shooting 70.

Area Teams' Results

NOTE: Players had to shoot 90 or below to qualify as an individual.

GEORGETOWN (439): Mallory Thompkins 89; Caroline Pender 93; Hunter Weaver 113; Alyssa Daniel 144.

MYRTLE BEACH (445): Elizabeth Cox 97; Hannah Gordon 103; Taylor Kennard 121; Salem Zeglin 124.

NORTH MYRTLE BEACH (399): Tara Lyons 79; Brittany Boyd 93; Lauren Smith 108; Kyle Chandler 118.

ST. JAMES (501): Haley Vinson 113; Alexa Falvey 113; Emily Aldridge 146; Audie Sturgill 129.

WACCAMAW (379): Brooke English 93; Katelyn Gould 93; Connor Graham 93; Ashley Anderson 100.

High school volleyball

LITTLE RIVER | The North Myrtle Beach volleyball team defeated Myrtle Beach in four games (25-13, 25-20, 15-25, 25-11) at home Tuesday to secure the Region VII-AAA championship, finishing conference play 10-0.

The Chiefs' Grace Jones had 13 kills, Moriah Jones added 12 kills, Haley Thomas 10 kills and Megan Johnson had 29 assists in the championship match.

North Myrtle Beach defeated Socastee 2-0 (25-10, 25-5) to get to the title game, while Myrtle Beach reached the final by beating St. James in three games (24-26, 25-23, 25-22).

(At) West Brunswick (N.C.) 3, South Columbus (N.C.) 0 | The Trojans 19-3 (11-1 Waccamaw 2A/3A) clinched the region championship win a over the Stallions in three games (25-17, 25-9. 25-8).

Keri Nolan had 13 kills, seven service points and four aces, Kenzie McDuffie had 33 assists, Carly White had 15 kills and six blocks, Mariah Milliken had 17 service points and eight aces, Mattie Tippett had 15 service points and six aces, and Breana Gause had seven kills.

High school girls tennis

St. James 7, (at) Socastee 0 | Hannah Nuckles and Elizabeth Campos won singles matches and also paired for a doubles win for the Sharks.

Singles: Hannah Nuckles (SJ) def. Elizabeth Brunson, 6-1, 6-0; Jesse Campos (SJ) def. Elizabeth Lidard, 6-0, 6-0; Sam Gulledge (SJ) def. Olivia Patton, 6-3, 6-1; Cyra Cottrell (SJ) def. Justina Watson, 6-2, 8-6; Tori Honick (SJ) def. Byanca Mullin, 6-1, 6-3.

Doubles: Nuckles-Campos (SJ) def. Brunson-Lidard, 6-1, 6-1; Macy Burroughs-Jazzmyn James (SJ) def. Alexis Halyard-Sydney Presley, 7-5, 6-3.

Records: Socastee 6-9.