Dutch Fork baseball wins region. Midlands soccer teams advance to state semifinals
In a playoff-type atmosphere, Dutch Fork baseball got ready for the postseason in a big way.
Clemson signee Will Taylor hit two homers and the Silver Foxes scored four runs in the sixth inning to defeat Lexington, 10-6, on Thursday to win the Region 5-5A championship.
Dutch Fork will host Ashley Ridge in a first-round playoff game May 15 while Lexington opens the playoffs at Summerville.
It was the third meeting of year between the two teams, who split the previous two meetings last month. Lexington jumped out to a 5-2 lead in the second inning on a pair of Ryan Toll homers.
Playing in front of more than 20 Major League baseball scouts and personnel, Taylor, a likely-high round draft pick, answered for Dutch Fork in the third with a solo homer and then put the Silver Foxes up 6-5 with a three-run opposite field homer.
After Lexington tied it in the bottom of the fourth, Dutch Fork scored four in the sixth with two coming on Blake Martin’s two-run single.
Jay Metts pitched six innings to pick up the win and Taylor pitched the final inning. Hayden Friend added three hits for Dutch Fork.
WP: Jay Metts LP: Marcum Hitters: DF: Will Taylor 2-3 2 HR, 4 RBI; Cooper French 2-3 RBI; Blake Martin 1-3 2 RBI; Hayden Friend 3-4 RBI. L: Wells Sykes 2-3 RBI; Ryan Toll 2-4 2 HR, 4 RBI; Nathan Hall 2-3;
High School Baseball
Friday
Brookland-Cayce 10, Orangeburg-Wilkinson 0 (5)
WP: BJ Ethridge Skylar King 2-4 2 RBI; BJ Ethridge 1-2 2 RBI; Brycen Johnson 3-3 3 RBI
Gilbert 13, Swansea 0 (5)
WP: Joey Parker Hitters: G: Alex Dinkins 2-3 2 RBI; Dylan Massey 1-4 3 RBI; Joey Parker 2-2 RBI; Ashby Vining 1-3 HR, RBI; Austin Waters 2-3 RBI
White Knoll 12, Pelion 0
WP: Alex Lyon LP: Jackson Moody Hitters: WK: Kennedy Ramsey 4-5 2 RBI; Jake Laird 2-4 2 RBI; Caleb Shealy 2-4
Blythewood 13, Spring Valley 0
WP: Davis Wright Hitters: B: Ty Dooley 2-5, HR, 2 RBI; Caleb McCants 2-4; Camden Watts 1-2 3 RBI; Kevin Steelman 1-2 2 RBI
Airport 24, Irmo 7
WP: John Allen Forrester LP: Kessler Hitters: A: John Allen Forrester 3-5 3 RBI; Blake Palyok 3-5 4 RBI; Caleb Roberts 3-3 2 RBI; Layne Turner 2-5 3 RBI; Bruno Stone 3-4 2 RBI; Luke Palyok 2-5 4 RBI
AC Flora 6, Nation Ford 4
WP: Davis Rivers LP: Taylor Sprinkle Hitters: ACF: Carew Bates 2-2 2 RBI; Ben Gilham 1-3 RBI
Thursday
Chapin 8, River Bluff 4
WP: Matthew Becker (13 Ks). LP: Jack Benedict. Hitters: C: Sam Greer 4-6 HR, 3 RBI; Anson Merrick 3-4; Gray Wells 3-5 RBI. RB: Weston Lever 2-4 HR, RBI; Walker Mitchell 2-4; Ethan Plyler 2-4
Gray Collegiate 11, Newberry 0
WP: Peyton Starkey Hitters: GC: Turner Thackston 2-2; Savion Smith 2-4 RBI; Raymond Jones 3-4 RBI; Luke Mays 2-2 RBI
Brookland-Cayce 15, Orangeburg-Wilkinson 0 (4)
WP: Hayden Thomas (10 Ks). Hitters: BC: Tanner Staton 2-3 3 RBI; Hayden Thomas 2-3 RBI; Micah Shivers 2-3 3 RBI;
SCISA 2A Playoffs
Williamsburg Academy 15, Northside Christian 6
Softball
Friday
Chapin 9, Irmo 2
WP: Leah Cabe LP: Emasue Kay Hitters: C: Andee Dicks 3-3 RBI; Alyssa Brulport 1-2 3 RBI; Reagan McMahon 1-2 2 RBI; Morgan Hopkins 2-3 RBI. I: Emily Johnson 2-2 2 RBI
Gilbert 9, Swansea 3
WP: Amaya Kearse. Hitters: G: Amaya Kearse 2-3, HR, 5 RBI; Leah Kearse 2-4, RBI Ayden Leaphart 2-4; Taylor Dreher 2-4 Tara Dorgan 1-4, HR, RBI
Midland Valley 10, White Knoll 0
Lugoff-Elgin 17, South Aiken 0
WP: Spradley Hitters: LE: Williams 2-4 HR, 2 RBI; Vinson 2-5 3 RBI; Spradley 5-5 3 RBI; Dooley 2-5 2 RBI; Christoforo 2-3 3 RBI; Branham 3-4
SCISA 3A Playoffs
Cardinal Newman 11, Florence Christian 0
WP: Allison Dulaney. Hitters: CN: Rosa Carnesale 1-3 2 RBI; Hannah Bostic 2-3 3 RBI; Allison Dulaney 2-3 3 RBI
Cardinal Newman 3, Laurence Manning 2(8)
WP: Allison Dulaney LP: Kosiniski Hitters: CN: Sara Foy 3-4; Lexi Stout 2-4
Florence Christian 7, Hammond 6
Laurence Manning 9, Hammond 4
Blythewood 15, Ridge View 4
WP: Josie Smythe LP: Jayla Robertson Hitters: B: Hayley McCoy 2-2 HR, RBI; Kalei Swanier 2-3 2 RBI; Sofie Fridriksson 1-1 HR, 3 RBI
Boys Soccer
Friday
Class 5A Playoffs
Dorman 2, Blythewood 1
Goals: B: KJ Blocker
Lexington 5, Stratford 1
Goals: L: Travis Sewell 2; Trace Blakely 2; Franklin Spires
Chapin 2, Wando 1
Class 4A Playoffs
Catawba Ridge 3, AC Flora 2
Goals: CR: Dalton Bailey; Caleb Brooks; Evan Serkin. ACF: Jackson Price
Class 3A Playoffs
Bishop England 5, Swansea 0
Brookland-Cayce 4, Oceanside Collegiate 3
Goals: Eduardo Moisa Membreno 3; Cesar Bermudez
Class 2A Playoffs
Christ Church 7, Columbia 0
Gray Collegiate 3, St. Joseph’s 1
Goals: GC: JT Gardner 2; Collin Martin
Girls Soccer
Thursday’
SCHSL
Class 5A Playoffs
Nation Ford 4, Blythewood 0
Wando 2, River Bluff 1
Carolina Forest 2, White Knoll 1
Class 4A Playoffs
Catawba Ridge 3, AC Flora 0
Class 3A Playoffs
Waccamaw 4, Gilbert 1
Oceanside Collegiate 6, Camden 1
Boys Tennis
Class 5A
Wando 5, River Bluff 1
Class 4A
AC Flora 6, Eastside 0
Class 3A Playoffs
Oceanside Collegiate 6, Camden 0
Class 2A
Southside Christian 6, Columbia 0
This story was originally published May 7, 2021 at 10:50 PM.