High School Roundup: Myrtle Beach dominates Socastee in softball opener
Lindsey Coble had four hits to lead Myrtle Beach to a dominant 19-2 win over Socastee in the season-opening softball game for both schools, which was stopped after five innings.
Myrtle Beach | (10)40 | 05 | — | 19 | 13 | 3 |
Home | 000 | 02 | — | 2 | 3 | 4 |
W: Carly Grace Bodge (1-0). L: Phillips (0-1). Top hitters: MB: Lindsey Coble 4-5 4runs, Cayce Roberts 2-5 3RBI, McKenzie Coble 1-2 4runs, Leah Belack 2-2 2RBI, Madison Needle 2-3 4RBI. Records: Myrtle Beach 1-0, Socastee 0-1.
▪ Conway 8, North Myrtle Beach 3: Neci Hemingway got the win and hit a three-run homer in the first and two-run homer in the third.
Conway | 302 | 010 | 2 | — | 8 | 9 | 3 |
NMB | 100 | 101 | 0 | — | 3 | 10 | 0 |
W: Neci Hemingway (1-0). L: S.Ballard (0-1). Top hitters: Conway: Hemingway 2-4 2HR 5RBI 3runs, Chelsea Mitchell 2-4 2B 3runs, Rebekah Parker 2-4, Allyson Lundy 2-4 run. NMB: C.Doolittle 2-4 run, E.Ballard 2-4, M.Gore 2-4 run.
Records: Conway 1-0, North Myrtle Beach 0-1.
Baseball
▪ Aynor 4, Latta 1: Nick Fowler, Seth Ward and Spencer Sardis allowed just one hit with seven strikeouts as the Blue Jackets opened the season with a home victory.
Latta | 000 | 001 | 0 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Aynor | 010 | 120 | x | — | 4 | 8 | 1 |
W: Nick Fowler (1-0). L: Noah Henderson (0-1). Top hitters: . Latta: Jason Norton 1-3 2B run. Aynor: Fowler 2-3, Luke Martin 2-3, Ridge Richardson 1-3 HR 2RBI . Records: Aynor 1-0, Latta 0-1.
Boys tennis
▪ Socastee 6, St. James 0: Socastee opened the season with a road victory.
Singles: Britton Bellamy (Soc) def. Nico Hoffman 6-2, 6-2, Noah Johnson (Soc) def. Sullivan Young 6-0, 6-2, Robert Warstler (Soc) def. Joseph Lewis 6-0, 6-0, Brent Glasgow (Soc) def. Ryan Cooper 6-0, 6-0, Nick LeFever (Soc) def. Dylan Silvas 6-0, 6-0.
Doubles: Lap Fung Chan-Brandon Rogers (Soc) def. Jack Seagle-Mike Knight 6-1, 6-1.
Records: Socastee 1-0, St. James 0-1.
This story was originally published March 6, 2017 at 10:45 PM with the headline "High School Roundup: Myrtle Beach dominates Socastee in softball opener."