Tuesday’s Midlands playoff roundup: Lexington, Chapin baseball rally in opening games
The SC high school baseball and girls soccer playoffs kicked off Tuesday night with several Midlands teams in action.
Here are some of the highlights from Tuesday night’s action
▪ It was a good night for Region 5-5A baseball teams as Lexington, River Bluff, Dutch Fork and Chapin all won with Lexington and Chapin notching comeback wins.
▪ Lexington trailed 4-0 Conway going into the bottom of the fifth before scoring nine runs for the 9-4 win over the Tigers.
▪ Chapin outlasted Carolina Forest, 6-4, in 12 innings to beat the fifth-ranked Panthers.
▪ Hunter Phipps tossed a six-inning no-hitter in Dutch Fork’s 13-1 win over St. James.
▪ South Carolina commit Beau Hollins tossed a complete-game four-hitter in the 4-0 win over Socastee.
▪ Top-ranked Blythewood and AC Flora rolled in their openers. The Bengals run-ruled Nation Ford, 10-0, while the Falcons beat South Pointe, 9-3. Blythewood will host defending state champion Hillcrest on Thursday.
▪ Brookland-Cayce, the No. 2 team in Class 3A, defeated Loris, 4-2.
▪ LSU signee Tucker Toman homered and Dylan Richardson struck out 11 in Hammond’s 1-0 win over Trinity collegiate.
▪ Ben Lippen defeated Cardinal Newman for the second time in a week, 6-1.
▪ In girls soccer, Blythewood, Chapin, and Lexington, Dreher and Gray Collegiate all had shutout wins on Tuesday night.
Baseball
5A Playoffs
Blythewood 10, Nation Ford 0 (5)
WP: Davis Wright. Hitters: B: Kevin Steelman 2-2 HR, 2 RBI; Zac Cowan 1-3 2 RBI; Alex Nevils 2-2 RBI; John Rollins 1-3 RBI; Alex Myers 2-3.
Dutch Fork 13, St. James 1 (6)
WP: Hunter Phipps (no-hitter) Hitters: Kevin Samonsky 3-5 2 RBI; Hayden Friend 2-3 2 RBI; Paul Pridgen 2-3 3 RBI; Justin Tanner 1-2 2 RBI; Clark Hubbard 2-4 RBI
Lexington 9, Conway 4
WP: Reese Marcum Hitters: L: Tyler Floyd 2-3; Gabe Herold 3-4; Nathan Hall 3-4 3 RBI; Cole Long 2-3 RBI; Coleman Bland 1-4 3 RBI
Chapin 6, Carolina Forest 4 (12)
WP: Brock Reeves Hitters: Caden Reeves 2-4 HR, 2 RBI; Brock Reeves 2-2
Fort Mill at Spring Valley, ppd, to Wednesday
Class 4A
AC Flora 9, South Pointe 3
WP: Jack Moseley Hitters: Phillips Daniels 2-3 RBI; Jake Sears 1-3 RBI; Zander Buchan 2-4 RBI; Grant Loggins 1-2 2 RBI
Indian Land 3, Lugoff-Elgin 2
Dreher 7, York 2
WP: Shane Keup. Hitters D: Keup 3-4 RBI; Jack Painter 2-3 RBI; Micah Elliott 2-3
Catawba Ridge 13, Westwood 6
Airport 10, Wilson 0 (5)
WP: Blake Morrison Hitters: A: John Allen Forrester 3-3; Luke Palyok 1-2 HR, 2 RBI; Corbin Wright 1-2 HR, RBI; Blake Palyok 2-2; Josh Raines 1-3 RBI; Billy Elswick 1-3 RBI
3A Playoffs
Brookland-Cayce 4, Loris 2
WP: BJ Etheridge. SV: Jackson Thomas. Hitters: BC: Mason Turner 1-3 HR, RBI; Jordan Gibbs 2-3 2 RBI
Mid-Carolina 5, Wren 0
WP: Jace Martin Hitters: Hayden Lake 2-3 RBI; Michael Lindler 1-3 RBI;
Georgetown 4, Gilbert 3
Seneca 11, Lower Richland 1
Pendleton 11, Fairfield Central 1
Oceanside Collegiate 6, Camden 0
Class 2A
Newberry 3, Landrum 2
WP: Jake Wilbur Hitters: N: Myquan Darby 2-4; Zy Epps 2-4 RBI
Batesburg-:Leesville 9, Cheraw 2
Gray Collegiate 9, Central 0
WP: Peyton Starkey Hitters: Savion Smith 3-3 RBI; Gavin Creede 2-2 RBI; Peyton Starkey 2-2 RBI.
Marion 6, North Central 4
Ninety-Six 9, Saluda 8
Pelion 15, Lee Central 0
SCISA Playoffs
Class 3A
Hammond 1, Trinity Collegiate 0
WP: Dylan Richardson CG, 2 H, 11 K. Hitters: H: Tucker Toman 2-2 HR, RBI
Ben Lippen 5, Cardinal Newman 1
WP: Cole Arthur. LP: Austin Laughlin Hitters: BL: Arthur 2-4 2 RBI; Austin 2-4 RBI; Treiber 1-3 RBI.
Class 2A
Northside Christian 11, Orangeburg Prep 0 (5)
WP: Robert McMillan Hitters: NC: Davis Lee Clamp 2-2 RBI; Sam Burkes 2-3 3 RBI;
Class A
Richard Winn 10, St. John’s 2
WP: Berry Bonds Hitters: RW: Baker 2-4 2 RBI; Wilson 2-4 2 RBI; King 2-4 RBI; Caulder 2-4
Girls Soccer
Class 5A
Blythewood 7, Boiling Springs 0
Chapin 8, Sumter 0
Goals: Katherine Haigler 3, Brooke Dudley, Caroline Carter, Darcy Ahern 2, Skye Mckever
Lexington 6, Socastee 0
Goals: Logan Kitts 2, Maggie Heffernan, Alyssa Frazier, Sidney Kitts, Lily Brandenburg
Fort Mill 8, Ridge View 1
Nation Ford 3, Spring Valley 1
St. James 4, White Knoll 1
Class 4A
Dreher 4, Walhalla 0
Lucy Beckham 8, Airport 0
Class 3A
Brookland-Cayce 6, Aynor 1
Gilbert 15, Georgetown 1
Goals: G: Kinlee Mozley 4, Hannah Allgood, Julianne Wooten, Samantha Ibarra-Fonseca, Alyssa Aleman, Ella Reed Taylor, Riley Barnes 3, Olivia Pitillo, Lauren Ansell 2
Wren 10, Lower Richland 0
Daniel 15, Keenan 0
West-Oak 2, Mid-Carolina 0
Camden 7, Battery Creek 0
Class 2A
Gray Collegiate 5, Marion 0
Columbia def. Silver Bluff in PKs
Brashier MC 2, Newberry 0
Boys Lacrosse
Heathwood Hall 6, Hammond 5
This story was originally published May 4, 2022 at 12:24 AM.
