Five of six teams in Baseball at the Beach return from last year
BASEBALL AT THE BEACH
Five of the six teams that participated in last year’s Baseball at the Beach tournament at Myrtle Beach High School will return for this season’s event, which starts Thursday.
The field again includes area programs Myrtle Beach and Aynor, as well as Conway – which takes the place of St. James – as well as non-local schools Northwestern, Fort Mill and Eastside.
Three teams enter the field with a preseason rankings from the SBCA. Northwestern is No. 6 in Class AAAA; Eastside is No. 9 in Class AAA; and Aynor is No. 9 in Class AA.
Games begin at 2 p.m. Thursday, with Fort Mill-Conway and Myrtle Beach-Aynor to follow. After pool play Friday and Saturday, the championship game will wrap up the tournament at 5 p.m. Saturday.
Ian Guerin: ian@ianguerin.com, @iguerin
2016 Baseball At the Beach Schedule
All games at Myrtle Beach High School
March 3-5
Thursday
2 p.m.: Northwestern vs Eastside
4:30 p.m.: Fort Mill vs Conway
7 p.m.: Myrtle Beach vs Aynor
Friday
2 p.m.: Eastside vs Fort Mill
4:30 p.m.: Myrtle Beach vs Northwestern
7 p.m.: Aynor vs Conway
Saturday
10 a.m.: Aynor vs Eastside
12:30 p.m.: Conway vs Northwestern
3 p.m.: Myrtle Beach vs Fort Mill
5 p.m.: Championship
This story was originally published February 29, 2016 at 6:00 PM with the headline "Five of six teams in Baseball at the Beach return from last year."