AC Flora, Lexington baseball get wins, plus Thursday’s scores and top performers
The AC Flora and Lexington baseball teams stayed on top of their regions with a pair of wins on Thursday night.
Flora, the top ranked team in Class 4A, stayed in first in Region 4-4A with a 14-4 win over Lugoff-Elgin in six innings. The Falcons are now 7-0 in the region and lead L-E and Dreher, who are both 6-2. AC Flora has a game with Irmo on Friday and two games with Dreher next week.
The Falcons win the region by winning two of their final three games.
Carew Bates hit a two-run homer in the third and South Carolina signee Zander Buchan was 2-4 with two RBI for the Falcons. AC Flora also benefited from the wildness of L-E pitchers, who had 15 wild pitches and walked 11 batters in the game.
Stephen West pitched 3 ⅔ innings to pick up the win for Flora.
At Lexington, the Wildcats hled off a late rally from Dutch Fork to win, 9-7. The Silver Foxes scored five in the top of the seventh and had the tying run on second before Jake Smith got a strikeout to end the game,
Lexington stays a game ahead of River Bluff in Region 5-5A with each team having four games left. The Wildcats also hold the tiebreaker over the Gators by winning two of three from them earlier this season.
Lexington finishes the series with Dutch Fork on Saturday and has a three-game series with Chapin next week.
Freshman Brandon Cromer was 2-for-4 with three RBI and Clemson signee Nathan Hall also drove in two runs.
Baseball
AC Flora 14, Lugoff-Elgin 4
WP: Stephen West LP: Jake Morris. Hitters: Carew Bates 2-4 HR, 2 RBI; Zander Buchan 2-4 2 RBI; Grant Loggins 1-3 RBI. LE: Banks Munn 3-3 RBI
Lexington 9, Dutch Fork 7
Hitters: L: Brandon Cromer 2-4 3 RBI; Nathan Hall 1-3 2 RBI; Ian Miller 1-2 RBI. DF: Kahl 1-3 RBI; Martin 1-2 RBI
Hammond 11, Augusta Christian 4
WP: Luke Weinbach. Connor Stephen’s 3-4 2 RBI; Cannon Dorsey 1-4 2 RBI; Tucker Toman 1-4 RBI
Richard Winn 6, Newberry Academy 1
WP: Stuck LP: Alford Hitters: RW: Chaisson 2-4 3 RBI; Bonds 1-3 2 RBI; Wade 2-3; Wilson 2-4
Laurence Manning 4, Cardinal Newman 1
WP: Campbell LP: Haffner Hitters: CN: Laughlin 1-3 RBI. LMA: Acord 2-3
Dreher 5, Richland Northeast 4
WP: Nolan Cook LP: Will O’Bradovich. Hitters: D: Ethan Campbell 2-4 RBI; Jordan Simons 1-1 2 RBI; Jack Painter 2-4 RBI. RNE: Jayson Nash 3-4 RBI; Noah Harmon 2-4
Westwood 11, Irmo 4
WP: Linn. LP: Johnson. Hitters: W: Linn 1-4 HR, 4 RBI; Weston 2-3 2 RBI; Janco 2-5 2 RBI. I: McCarty 2-4 RBI; Scott 2-3 RBI.
Softball
Blythewood 11, Dutch Fork 0 (5)
WP: Smythe (No-hitter) Hitters: B: Velez 2-2 3 RBI; Smythe 2-3 2 RBI; McCoy 2-4; Bell 2-4 RBI
Lugoff-Elgin 11, AC Flora 1 (5)
WP: Hitters: LE: Branham 4-4 RBI; Jordan 3-3 2 RBI; Williams 2-2 3 RBI; Christofaro 2-3 RBI; Sheorn 2-3 RBI;
Girls Soccer
Gilbert 3, Heathwood Hall 2
Goals: G: K. Mozley 2, Greene
Cardinal Newman 5, Northside Christian 0
Blythewood 5, Hammond 1
AC Flora 6, Irmo 0
Boys Soccer
Ben Lippen 4, Providence Athletic Club 0
Goals: Micah Smith 2, Antonio Gomes 2
Brookland-Cayce 4, Myrtle Beach 2
AC Flora 4, Irmo 1
ACF: Jackson Price 3, Rogers Thomas
Boys Tennis
River Bluff 6, White Knoll 0
Boys Golf
Ridge View 205, Airport 208. White Knoll 223
Medalist: Brent Wilson RV 41
Wednesday’s results
Baseball
River Bluff 5, Chapin 4
Hitters: RB: Todd Hudson 2-3 HR, 2 RBI; Beau Hollins 2-3 RBI. C: Gray Wells 1-3 HR, RBI; Hornick 1-3 2 RBI
Blythewood 16, Ridge View 2 (4)
WP: Davis Wright. Hitters: B: Alex Myers 2-4 RBI; John Rollings 3-4 RBI; Stephen Lang-Spittler 1-2 HR, 3 RBI; Landon Penfield 1-3 2 RBI; Camden Watts 2-3 3 RBI; Kevin Steelman 3-4 HR, 3 RBI
Airport 3, White Knoll 2
WP: John Allen Forrester. Hitters: A: John Allen Forrester 203 RBI; Hunter Epps 1-2 2 RBI. WK: Levi Dunn 2-3 2 RBI
Saluda 14-14, Ridge Spring Monetta 4-6
Softball
Summerville 5, Gray Collegiate 0
Chapin 12, AC Flora 2
WP: Ella Majchrzak. Hitters: C: Taylor Palfrey 2-3 RBI; Andee Dircks 2-4 2 RBI; Ella Majchrzak 2-5 2 RBI; Nicole Stockwell 3-5 RBI
White Knoll 5, River Bluff 2
WP: Marlena Perez. Hitters: WK: Porterfield 2-4; Perez 1-3 RBI; Motley 1-2 RBI
Gilbert 12, Strom Thurmond 5
Hitters: G: Taylor Dreher 2-3, HR; Emma Melinauskas 3-3; Tara Dorgan 3-5, HR, 3 RBI; Peyton Melinauskas 2-5, 2 RBI
Girls Soccer
North Augusta 6, Camden 1
Boys Soccer
North Augusta 0, Cardinal Newman 0 (NA wins, 4-3, in PKs)
Boys Tennis
AC Flora 4, Dreher 2
Lacrosse Playoffs
Class 4A Boys
AC Flora 21, Beaufort 2
Class 5A Boys
Dutch Fork 7, Carolina Forest 2
Wando 18, River Bluff 3
St. James 13, Lexington 11
This story was originally published April 21, 2022 at 11:09 PM.
