Wednesday roundup: Lexington baseball, Chapin boys soccer wrap up region top spots
A look at some of the highlights from Wednesday’s high school sports action in the Midlands:
▪ Lexington baseball clinched the Region 5-5A championship with a 7-1 win over Chapin. The Wildcats are 10-1 in the region with one game left Friday. Cole Long got the win on the mound and LAndon Knight was 2-for-4 with two RBI.
▪ Chapin boys soccer wrapped up the top seed in Region 5-5A with a 5-0 win over Lexington. The Eagles and River Bluff finished at 7-1 in the region but Chapin gets top seed because of goal differential.
▪ Gray Collegiate boys soccer defeated Oceanside College, 3-1, in the battle of top ranked teams in Class 2A and 3A. Charlie Bozard had two goals for Gray.
▪ Blythewood, the top ranked team in Class 5A baseball, defeated AC Flora, No. in 4A, 10-5, in baseball action. The Bengals have won 18 straight games headed to the postseason.
▪ In softball, Gilbert trailed 14-0 going into the bottom of the fourth before rallying to defeat Batesburg-Leesville, 16-15, on Miley Baty’s RBI single in the bottom of the seventh.
Wednesday’s Scoreboard
Baseball
Blythewood 10, AC Flora 5
WP: Jacob Hardy. LP: Stephen West. Hitters: B: John RollinGs 1-3 3 RBI; Landon Penfield 2-3 HR, 4 RBI; Kevin Steelman 2-4 HR, 2 RBI; Alex Myers 2-4. ACF: Jake Sears 2-4; Stephen West 2-3 RBI; Carew Bates 1-2 RBI.
Newberry 10, Columbia 0
WP: Kayven Gibson Hitters: Brycen Satterwhite 2-3; Zy Epps 1-2 3 RBI
River Bluff 12, White Knoll 2
WP: Zach Cowart. Hitters: RB: Cowart 3-5 4 RBI; Wyatt McPherson 3-3 3 RBI; Todd Hudson 1-2 2 RBI; Weston Grant 3-4 RBI
Lexington 7, Chapin 1
WP: Cole Long. Hitters: L: Nathan Hall 2-3; Landon Knight 2-4 2 RBI; Braden Fournel 1-3 RBI
Strom Thurmond 7, Gilbert 6
Hitters: ST: Mims 2-4 3 RBI. G: Dylan Massey 2-3 2 RBI; Cooper Burkett 2-3
Batesburg-Leesville 7, Mid-Carolina 6
WP: Trevor Jeffcoat LP: Martin. SV: Caleb Rogers. Hitters: BL: Drayton Summers 1-3 2 RBI. MC: CJ Turner 1-3 2 RBI
Cardinal Newman 3, Gray Collegiate 2
WP: Mitchell Risinger. LP: London Spires. Hitters: CN: Matthew Hafner 2-4, R; Austin Laughlin 1-3, RBI; Risinger 1-2, RBI
Softball
Gilbert 16, Batesburg-Leesville 15
Hitters: Miley Baty 1-1 RBI; Taylor Dreher 2-4, 2 HR (Grand Slam) 4 RBI; Payton Melinauskas 3-5 3 RBI; Tara Dorgan 2-4 RBI; Emma Melinauskas 4-5, HR, 2 RBI; Carley Melton 2-5 3 RBI; Ayden Leaphart 2-4
White Knoll 4, Lugoff-Elgin 1
WP: Marlena Perez LP: Pickett Hitters: Perez 3-3 2 RBI; Allie Cole 1-3 HR
Chapin 9, Mid-Carolina 1
WP: Leah Cabe. Hitters: C: Taylor Palfrey 2-5 HR, 3 RBI; Maddie McMillion 2-4 RBI; Eason Davis 2-4 2 RBI; Carlee Norris 2-4
River Bluff 6, Blythewood 5 (8)
WP: Moran LP: Smythe. Hitters: B: Hardy 1-3 2 RBI; Van Zyl 2-3; McCoy 1-3 RBI; Sanders 1-4 RBI. RB: Earlington 2-4 2 HR, 3 RBI (walk-off HR); jANSEN 1-3 rbi
Girls Soccer
Lexington 2, Chapin 0
Goals:Trinity Broach, Maggie Heffernan
Ridge View 2, Northwestern 0
Goals: Reese, Chayna
Boys Soccer
Chapin 5, Lexington 0
Gray Collegiate 3, Oceanside Collegiate 1
GC: Charlie Bozard 2, Collin Martin
Cardinal Newman 5, Heathwood Hall 0
Boys Golf
Ridge View 194, Dreher 201, Gilbert 202
Medalist: Brent Wilson (RV) 40. Low scores Jarrett Butler (D) 49, Finn Mortenson and Vinny Esposito (G) 51
SCISA 3A Boys State Tournament
(Shortened to 27 holes because of weather)
Trinity Collegiate 454; Hilton Head Prep 457; Porter-Gaud 468; Augusta Christian 517; Laurence Manning 524; Hammond 530; Pinewood Prep 543; Heathwood Hall 545; Northwood 545; Florence Christian 553; Wilson Hall 564; Ben Lippen 568; Cardinal Newman 582; First Baptist 589.
Boys Tennis
Class 5A Playoffs
Dutch Fork 4, West Ashley 2
Lexington 5, Carolina Forest 1
Blythewood 4, Boiling Springs 3
Class 4A Playoffs
AC Flora 6, Westside 0
Class 3A Playoffs
Camden 6, Hanahan 0
This story was originally published April 27, 2022 at 11:47 PM.
