T&D Sports: Quick Hits
By T&D Staff Wednesday, April 01, 2009Varsity Baseball
Branchville 10, Allendale-Fairfax 0 (Game One)
Branchville 12, Allendale-Fairfax 2 (Game Two)
BRANCHVILLE - Tyler Meets had five hits and three RBIs and Grayson Garrett had four hits and five RBIs to lead the Yellow Jackets to a Region 6-A doubleheader sweep.
Tyler Looper and David Pinckney were the respective winning pictures in Games 1 and 2 for Branchville (11-2. 7-1), who face Calhoun County on Friday.
Pelion 5, Edisto 3
CORDOVA - Despite two hits from pitcher Seth Cooper, the Cougars fell to defeat Tuesday night.
Winning pitcher Wesley Cook went 4-for-4 at the plate and Ken Smoak had three hits for the Panthers.
Edisto (8-7, 4-3) travels to Barnwell on Thursday for a 7 p.m. game.
Holly Hill Academy 5, Thomas Sumter Academy 4 (9 innings)
SUMTER - John Tweed went 2-for-4, including the go-ahead RBI double to lift the Raiders to victory on Tuesday.
Zach Brownlee struck out 10 batters and allowed five hits in picking up the victory for HHA (6-5, 2-4), who play host to Bowman Academy on Thursday at 6:30 p.m.
Calhoun Academy 10, Dorchester Academy 7ST. GEORGE - Trez Wienges went 2-for-4 with three RBIs and Matt Arant drove in two runs on two hits in support of himself to lead the defending SCISA Class 2-A champions on Tuesday.
On the mound, Arant struck out six batters and allowed just one hit in four innings of work for the Cavaliers (5-4, 4-1). Calhoun Academy faces Richard Winn Academy at home today.
Trevor Davis and Jamie Collins each had two hits for Dorchester Academy.
Irmo 18, Orangeburg-Wilkinson 0
Emmanuel Mitchell took the loss for O-W.
Chris Aiken led the Bruins at the plate with a double.
Varsity Softball
Branchville 20, Allendale-Fairfax 10
ALLENDALE - Brooke Easterling went 3-for-5 and Elizabeth Ecklar had two hits to lead the Lady Yellow Jackets to a Region 6-A victory Tuesday.
Katie Pruett picked up the victory for the Lady Yellow Jackets (3-3, 3-2), who play host to Calhoun County on Friday.
Bethune-Bowman 18, Calhoun County 11ROWESVILLE - Rhonda Hook struck out eight batters and Somazia Pelzer went 5-for-5 with eight RBIs to lead the Lady Mohawks to a Region 5-A victory on Tuesday.
Jasmine Shuler also went 5-for-5 for Bethune-Bowman (3-4, 3-4) and drove in four RBIs.
The Lady Mohawks travel to Cross on Thursday.
Jefferson Davis 5, Andrew Jackson 2
BLACKVILLE -- Kasey Owens picked up the win, striking out nine over five innings.
Owens and Katelyn Bell were 2-for-3 at the plate; Dallas Hutto and Catherine Williams were 1-for-3.
JDA improved to 5-5 overall and 4-0 in region with the win.
Orangeburg Prep 2, Robert E. Lee 1
OPS falls to 6-3 on the season.
Kayla Mims took the loss for the Lady Indians. Mims, Julia Bonnette, Barkley Stoudenmire and Charlsy Terry led the team in hitting.
OPS host Laurence Manning Thursday at 5 p.m.
Varsity Golf
OCA wins tri-match
BISHOPVILLE -- Orangeburg Christian improved to 5-0 with a tri-match victory over Carolina Christian and Emmanuel Christian.
OCA fired a 142; Carolina shot a 155 and Emmanuel 179. Landon Hay fired a low-round of 42 for OCA.
Varsity SoccerBAMBERG -- Tario Preacher led B-E with two goals and Casey Toomer added one goal and an assists.
Bamberg-Ehrhardt 3, Edisto 1
B-E (8-1-1) hosts Blackville-Hilda this evening at 5:30.
JV Baseball
Wilson Hall 6, Orangeburg Prep 2
SUMTER -- Sean Odom (0-1) took the loss for OPS (8-5).
Taylor Young led the Indians at the plate, going 2-for-3 with an RBI; Taylor Griffith was 1-for-3 with an RBI.
JV Softball
Robert E. Lee Academy 4, Orangeburg Prep 2
BISHOPVILLE - Kassidy Eklund struck out seven batters and went 2-for-3 at the plate, but still took the loss for the JV Lady Indians on Tuesday.
Haley Craven also went 2-for-3 and Tiffany Ferguson had two RBIs for OPS (7-2-1), who next play Laurence Manning on Thursday.
B-Team Baseball
Orangeburg Prep 4, Robert E. Lee Academy 3 (Game One)
Robert E. Lee Academy 5, Orangeburg Prep 1 (Game Two)
It was a split doubleheader to finish the season for the Orangeburg Prep B-Team.
In Game One, Matthew Berry went 2-for-3 and Hobie Dennis picked up the victory to improve to 4-0 for the B-team Indians.
Game Two saw Berry get a hit, but took the loss on the mound.
OPS finishes the season with a 10-6 mark.
Recreation Reports
City of Orangeburg Parks and Recreation
Fast Break League - Wednesday, April 1
7 p.m. - O’Bombers vs. All-Stars
8 p.m. - Lakers vs. Motown
Youth Summer Basketball Registration
The Orangeburg Parks and Recreation Department will hold registration for the youth summer basketball season from April 6 to April 24.
Children ages 8 to 12 are eligible to play. Participants will be placed in a league based on age.
There is a $45 registration fee per player. City residents will receive a $25 discount with valid proof of their physical address.
For more information, call (803) 533-6020.
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