Monday’s high school roundup
The Myrtle Beach boys golf team shot 26-over 314 and was tied for fifth after the first round of the Class AAA state tournament at The General James Hackler Golf Course at Coastal Carolina University.
The Lower State champion Seahawks were 12 strokes behind leader Wren.
North Myrtle Beach (323) and St. James (323) were tied for 10th.
Emerald’s Coleman Self was the individual leader after shooting 2-under 70. St. James’ Karsten Kenley (76) was the high area individual in a tie for 13th.
▪ Team scores–1. Wren 302, 2. A.C. Flora 305, 3. Hilton Head 306, 4. Hartsville 309, t5. Myrtle Beach 314, t5. Emerald 314, t5. Gilbert 314, 8. West Oak 317, 9. Eastside 321, t10. North Myrtle Beach 323, t10 St. James 323, 12. South Pointe 325, 13. Lancaster 327, 14. Beaufort 330, 15. Aiken 332, 16. Chapman 337.
▪ Top 10 individuals – 1. Coleman Self (Emerald) 70, t2. Jackson Tyler (West Oak) 72, t2. Zack Steen (Hartsville) 72, t4. Caleb Proveaux (Gilbert) 73, t4. Woods Little (Wren) 73, t6. Dwight Cauthen (A.C. Flora) 74, t6. Sawyer Mills (Wren), t6. Weston Sanders (Emerald) 74, t6. Zack McLain (Gilbert) 74.
▪ MYRTLE BEACH – John Davis Gooden 77, Ethan Hood 77, Holden Griggs 80, Kohler Karavan 80, Michael Leftis 83.
▪ NORTH MYRTLE BEACH – Colin Reno 77, Daniel Graves 79, McClure Thompson 82, Vijay Mishra 85, David Lamb 89.
▪ ST. JAMES – Karsten Kenley 76, Mason Richardson 77, Coleman Bess 84, Alan Crum 86, Brandon Tucci 88.
Boys tennis
St. James’ Jeffrey Dayton reached the Class AAAA/AAA boys individual state tennis tournament semifinals for the first time.
Dayton defeated Lucas McClamrock (A.C. Flora) 6-0, 6-1 in the first round, Omar Williams (Spartanburg) 6-1, 6-1 in the second round and Patrick Tobacco (Dorman) 3-6, 6-3, 10-6 in the third round to reach the semifinals, where he’ll face Wando’s Scott Cameron at 9 a.m. Tuesday at Cayce Tennis & Fitness Center.
Socastee’s Britton Bellamy fell short of the semifinals, losing to Spartanburg’s Chambers Easterling 6-1, 7-5 in the third round, but still made all-state for finishing in the top eight of the 32-player field. Bellamy beat McLeod Barber (Aiken) 6-0, 6-3 in the first round and Evan Hanner (Dreher) 6-0, 6-0 in the second round.
Waccamaw’s Justin Dunn and Paul Hendrix will play each other Tuesday for the Class AA/A title.
This story was originally published May 18, 2015 at 8:50 PM with the headline "Monday’s high school roundup."