Central golfer David Oliver makes AA All-State team

          Pageland – Central High School senior boys golfer David Oliver earned a spot on the AA All-State team with his performance in the 36-hole AA state championship on May 13-14 at the Cheraw State Park course.

         Oliver finished in a 3-way tie for fourth place with a score of 144. The Furman University signee, who was also named the Region 5 Player of the Year, shot a 72 in both rounds.

         The Eagles finished eighth with a team score of 663, shooting 328 in the first round and 335 in the second. Davis Tucker, an All-Region selection, shot 162 (76-86), Christopher Helms 178 (88-90) and Brandon Gearhart 179 (92-87).

         HOUGH, BINES, MOORE, 4x8 RELAY TEAM PLACE IN STATE MEET

Central’s girls sprinter Journey Hough and boys hurdler Nicholas Bines, thrower Daniel Moore and the 4x800 relay team all scored points in the AA track and field state meet on May 18 at Lower Richland High in Hopkins.

         Hough scored all of the Central girls’ five points with her fourth-place finish in the 200-meter dash. She just missed out on a point in the 100 dash, coming in ninth.

         On the boys side, the 4x8 relay team of Lusvin Cruz, Logan Zerr, Kaiden Johnson and Luis Lopez finished sixth. Bines finished seventh in the 110-meter hurdles and Moore was eighth in the shotput.

         The Central girls finished 26^th out of 31 scoring teams with the five points. The boys finished in a tie with Ridgeland-Hardeeville for 23^rd out of 29 scoring teams with six points.

         Also qualifying for spots in the state meet for the girls were Mariah Howard in the 400 dash, the 4x1 relay team of Nalaysha Newman, Mariah Howard, Niageria Howard and Hough and the 4x8 relay team of Samel Mungo, Camarri McManus, Parris Maddox and Gracen Tucker. Other qualifiers for the boys were Joshua Little and Caden Edmond in the 400, Lopez in the 1,600-meter run, Kobe Davis in the javelin and the 4x4 relay team of Little, Sean Davis, Johnson and Edmond.

         The Eagles’ Dontavias Covington finished fifth in both the triple jump and the long jump in the lower state meet, which qualified him for the state meet. However, he did not compete.

Those who reached the state meet did so by finishing in the top eight in the lower state meet. The Eagles teams both qualified for 22 spots in the lower state meet. Others who competed in lower state for the girls were Niageria Howard in the 100 and 200, Mariah Howard in the 200, Tucker in the 800 and 1,600, Newman in the 100 hurdles, Maddox and Mungo in the 400 hurdles, Jakalya Mitchell and Newman in both the long jump and triple jump and Jordyn Griffin in the discus, the javelin and the shot put.

         Others competing in lower state for the boys were Tyson Miller in the 200 and the long jump, Edmond and Sean Davis in the 400, Lopez and Zerr in the 800, Johnson in the 1,600, Cruz and Harrison Outlaw in the 3,200, Mariel Ruben in the 110 hurdles, Byron McManus in the 400 hurdles, the 4x1 relay team of Denorris Wilson, Nicholas Bines, Jeffery Bines and Miller, Nicolas Bines in the long jump, Sean Davis in the triple jump, Dwayne Louallen and Moore in the discus, Jayden Watkins in the javelin and Ja’den Mungo in the shot put.

         Event winners in the Region 5 meet earned spots on the All-Region team. The Eagles girls who did so were Hough in both the 100 and 200, Mariah Howard in the 400, Maddox in the 400 hurdles, the 4x1 relay, the 4x4 relay team of Mitchell, Mariah Howard, Niageria Howard and Hough and the 4x8 relay team, 

         Making All-Region for the boys were Little in the 400, Lopez in the 800 run and 1,600 runs, the 4x4 relay team, the 4x8 relay team, Kobe Davis in the javelin and Moore in the shot put.

         SOFTBALL, BASEBALL ALL-REGION SELECTIONS

         Two Central softball players and one baseball player were selected to the All-Region 5 team.

         The softball players are senior Kinsey Mangum and sophomore Tashia Quick, while the baseball selection is senior Petey Blakeney.