Thursday’s area sports briefs
Kolin Causey did it on the mound and at the plate Thursday night.
The result was a resounding win for the Loris baseball team to open the Class AA District VI playoffs.
Causey tossed a one-hit shutout and drove in two runs at the plate to lead the Lions to a 7-0 win over Timberland.
Causey finished 3-for-4 at the plate for Loris, which will head to Bishop England on Saturday.
Loris | 102 | 022 | 0 | — | 7 | 11 | 1 |
Timberland | 000 | 000 | 0 | — | 0 | 1 | 1 |
▪ W: Kolin Causey (5-2). L: Hood. Top hitters: Loris: Causey 3-4, 2B, 2 RBIs; Timmy Bell 3-4, RBI; Zack Hudson 2-4.
▪ Aynor 6, (at) Johnsonville 3 | The Blue Jackets knocked off the Flashes in their District VII playoff opener.
Aynor | 101 | 220 | 0 | — | 6 | 10 | 4 |
Johnsonville | 200 | 010 | 0 | — | 3 | 4 | 3 |
▪ W: Nick Fowler (4-0). L: J. Long. S: Grayson Long (1). Top hitters: Aynor: Fowler 2-3; Josh Page 2-4; Caleb Nobles 2-4, Ridge Richardson 2-4. Johnsonville: L. Daniel 1-2; J. Newell 1-4, HR, 2 RBIs.
▪ South Aiken 2, (at) Socastee 1 | The Braves lost in their District VI opener.
High school softball
▪ (At) Carolina Forest 6, White Knoll 0 | Emily Merriam homered and got the win on the mound to lead the Panthers to a win in their District VII opener.
White Knoll | 000 | 000 | 0 | — | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Carolina Forest | 000 | 204 | x | — | 6 | 8 | 0 |
▪ W: Emily Merriam (13-5). L: Hannah Goodwin. Top hitters: White Knoll: Andrea Lyon 1-2; Kirstian Jartman 1-3, 2B. Carolina Forest: Cheyenne McKenna 1-4, 2B; Merriam 2-4, HR, RBI; Marissa Nunes 1-3; Natalie Hardwick 1-4.
▪ (At) Andrews 4, Waccamaw 3 | Isabel Sanchez drove in a pair of runs but the Warriors came up short in their District VI opener.
Waccamaw will host Wade Hampton on Monday.
Waccamaw | 000 | 102 | 0 | — | 3 | 7 | 1 |
Andrews | 300 | 100 | x | — | 4 | 10 | 1 |
▪ W: Kirby Evans. L: McKenzie Lugin (15-7). Top hitters: Waccamaw: Hallie Butler 2-3, RBI, run; Isabel Sanchez 1-3, 2B, 2 RBIs; Lugin 1-3, 2B. Andrews: Brewington 2-4, run; Bruce 2-3, 2B, RBI; Fisher 3-3, RBI.
▪ Records: Waccamaw 17-8.
▪ (At) Aynor 15, Lake Marion 5 (5) | The Blue Jackets cruised in their District VIII opener.
▪ (At) North Augusta 1, Conway 0 | The Tigers fell in their District V opener.
High school boys golf
▪ Hunter Chandley shot a 3-over 40 to earn medalist honors and lead Conway past Georgetown at Shaftesbury Glen.
▪ Team scores: Conway 168, Georgetown 199.
▪ CONWAY: Hunter Chandley 40, Spencer Harrelson 42, Colby Ard 42, Cliff Todd 44.
▪ GEORGETOWN: Will Marlowe 42, Patrick Walsh 46, Andrew Gwinn 55, Abhi Desai 56.
▪ Records: Conway 3-7.
▪ Vijay Mishra shot a 1-over 37 to earn medalist honors and lead North Myrtle Beach to a win over Loris at Eagle Nest Golf Club.
▪ Team scores: North Myrtle Beach 151, Loris 184.
▪ NORTH MYRTLE BEACH: Vijay Mishra 37, Maclure Thompson 37, Colin Reno 38, Daniel Graves 39 .
▪ LORIS: Jake DuPuis 39, Reid Hilburn 46, TreQuan Bellamy 48, Kyle Dirmeyer 51.
High school boys soccer
▪ (At) St. James 3, Georgetown 0 | Quadarius Grate had two goals to lead the Sharks in a shutout.
St. James opens the playoffs as the No. 2 seed out of Region VII-AAA and will host Gilbert at 6 p.m. Tuesday.
▪ Goals: St. James: Quadarius Grate 2, Luke Williams 1.
▪ Assists: St. James: Tristan Fields 1.
▪ Goalies: Georgetown: Christian Ramirez 6 saves. St. James: Haywood Brandon 5 saves.
▪ Records: St. James 16-3-1 (9-1 Region VII-AAA).
This story was originally published April 30, 2015 at 10:03 PM with the headline "Thursday’s area sports briefs."