LACROSSE
Eagles lacrosse teams qualify for postseason
Beaufort High School’s lacrosse teams earned at least one more game this season by earning spots in the 16-team SCHSL Class 4A-1A playoff brackets.
A year after going winless, Beaufort’s boys are 7-8 overall and have won three of their last four as they enter the playoffs as the No. 11 seed. The Eagles travel to A.C. Flora on Wednesday.
Elsewhere in the Lowco, May River’s boys are the No. 4 seed and will host Eastside, while No. 3 seed Hilton Head High hosts No. 14 Bluffton in a Bridge Bowl rematch in the first round. If the Eagles win Wednesday, they will face the HHIHS-Bluffton winner in Saturday’s quarterfinals.
Beaufort’s girls eked into the playoffs as the No. 15 seed and will travel to No. 2 seed Oceanside Collegiate Academy for a difficult first-round matchup Tuesday. Region rival Hilton Head High is the No. 5 seed and will take on James Island in its opener, while No. 14 seed May River travels to No. 3 Lucy Beckham.
If the Eagles pull off the upset, they will travel to A.C. Flora or Greenville in the quarterfinals Friday.
BASEBALL
Dolphins walk off with win over Cougars
Matthew Hastings came through with a walk-off RBI single on Thursday to lift Battery Creek baseball to a 3-2 home win over Colleton County, giving the Dolphins two wins in their last four games.
Hastings capped off a two-hit day with an infield single to third, scoring Bradley Smith with the winning run after the Cougars had rallied to tie it in the top of the seventh. Hunter Hollingsworth also had a pair of hits for the Dolphins, including a two-run double to open the scoring in the second.
Aiden Hovest went the distance on the mound for Creek, striking out three and allowing two runs and five hits with no walks. Hovest needed just 78 pitches and threw 53 strikes in an efficient effort.
The Dolphins have gone 3-4 since an 0-10 start in coach Chad Schildt’s first season rebuilding the program.
“It was a great team win,” Schildt said. “We have been waiting all year for the boys to come together. They played with passion and for each other. What a great game it was.”
The Dolphins were scheduled to play Oceanside Collegiate on Tuesday at Shipyard Park in Mt. Pleasant.
SOFTBALL
Eagles, Rast get revenge on Cougars
Beaufort High School softball earned a measure of revenge and snapped a four-game skid with a big Region 7-4A win Monday, beating Colleton County 9-3 on the road to split the season series.
The Cougars scored a pair of unearned runs in the first inning, but Eagles ace Kylie Rast settled in from there and struck out 11 in a three-hitter, allowing three unearned runs and four walks over seven innings.
Karley Rouse went 3-for-3 and Kyrsten Cruikshank was 2-for-3 with a double and four RBIs to lead Beaufort at the plate, while Caylin Adkins added a pair of RBIs.
The Eagles play at Hilton Head High on Wednesday before hosting the Seahawks for the rematch on Friday.
