High school roundup (March 22, 2016)

The Loris boys golf team may be young, but it’s getting there as Lions have been steadily improving under coach Dave Albrecht.

On Tuesday, Loris took down Marion by 32 strokes and Albrecht had a player shoot in the 40s for the first time this season as Lukas Little earned medalist honors with a 13-over 49. Each tournament, the Lions have improved in some way.

“We’re coming along,” Albrecht said. “It’s encouraging. Some scores could be lower, but as long as we keep seeing improvement, that’s what we’re shooting for. We’re a young team.”

While Little led the way, his teammates weren’t far behind. Dawson Pickford fired a 51, Tre’Quan Bellamy shot a 53 and Kyle Dirmyer had a 55 to round out the scoring for Loris (2-3).

“Our scores are progressively lowering,” Albrecht said. “If we can continue to do that, it would be great.”

Baseball

▪ (At) Loris 10, Marion 0 (6) | Tanner Kennedy continued his roll Tuesday as he struck out seven Swamp Foxes and scattered just two hits and walked none across six shutout innings to lead the Lions to a win over Marion.

Dalton Stalvey had three hits and Desmond Dozier and Clay Faircloth each drove in two and collected two hits for Loris, which is set to battle rival Waccamaw on Wednesday.

Boys golf

Joseph Lopez fired a 3-over 39 to earn medalist honors and lead Carolina Forest (165) to a win over Conway (190).

Boys soccer

▪ (At) South Florence 4, Carolina Forest 2 | Alan Rosas and Amir Elkasaab scored a goal apiece, and sophomore Anthony Powalie netted two goals for the Panthers. The win brings the Panthers to 3-4 overall and 2-2 in the region.

Boys tennis

▪ Georgetown 6, (at) North Myrtle Beach 1 | Gabe Holmes and Sean Morris each won in singles and teamed up in doubles for another victory, helping the Bulldogs to a victory over the Chiefs.

Girls soccer

▪ (At) Socastee 4, Conway 1 | Katelyn Price had a hat trick and Cagla Cetin added a goal of her own to lead the Braves to a win over the Tigers to improve to 3-0 in Region VI-AAAA.

Softball

▪ Aynor 11, Waccamaw 0 (5) | Morgan Elliott drove in four at the plate and struck out five, walked two and scattered five hits across five innings to pick up the win on the mound as the Blue Jackets shut out the Warriors.

Layna Johnson hit two triples and drove in one, Brooke Elliott hit a solo home run and Felicia Tracy and Madison Carroll each added a hit for Aynor (6-0), which improved to 3-0 in Region VIII-AA. The Blue Jackets travel to take on rival Dillon at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.

This story was originally published March 22, 2016 at 10:31 PM with the headline "High school roundup (March 22, 2016)."