By Justin Jarrett
LowcoSports.com
Once a staple of summer in the Lowcountry, and just about everywhere around the country, American Legion Baseball participation has dwindled with the proliferation of travel baseball, but it’s coming back to Beaufort this summer.
The Beaufort Ospreys will play a 12-game regular-season slate with three-game sets against League 1 opponents Charleston Post 147, Moncks Corner Post 126, St. George Post 105, and Walterboro Post 93 beginning next week.
Beaufort Post 9 sponsored the Ospreys from 1991 through the 2014 season, and the Lowcountry Heat played out of Hilton Head for much of that span with both fielding competitive teams, until the interest level waned as travel teams beefed up their rosters and schedules.
But a collection of players from several schools in Beaufort and Jasper counties are teaming up to revive the program and join 27 other American Legion teams around the state. The Ospreys will play their six home games at Battery Creek High School, and the roster features a handful of Dolphins along with several Beaufort Eagles and a sprinkling of Bridges Prep Buccaneers and Holy Trinity Mighty Lions.
The Ospreys open with a three-game series against St. George, beginning Monday night at Dorchester Academy with Beaufort’s home opener Wednesday.
SCHEDULE
Date Opponent Location
June 3 at St. George Dorchester Academy
June 5 vs. St. George Battery Creek HS
June 7 at St. George Dorchester Academy
June 10 vs. Charleston Battery Creek HS
June 12 at Charleston James Island HS
June 14 vs. Charleston Battery Creek HS
June 24 vs. Moncks Corner Battery Creek HS
June 26 at Moncks Corner St. John’s Christian Academy
June 28 vs. Moncks Corner Battery Creek HS
July 8 at Walterboro Colleton County HS
July 10 vs. Walterboro Battery Creek HS
July 12 at Walterboro Colleton County HS
*all games scheduled to start at 7 p.m.
