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OCTOBER 25 HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL ROUNDUP

From staff reports • October 27, 2024

Manning wins Region 7-AA title with a 38-13 triumph over Marion

Marion – The Manning High School football team secured the Region 7-AA title with a 38-13 victory over Marion on Friday at the Marion field.


 The Monarchs, ranked No. 8 in the High School Sports Report AA poll, won their eighth straight game to improve to 8-1 on the season and 5-0 in the region. Marion fell to 1-8 and 0-5.

 

Joshua Cooper rushed for 81 yards and a touchdown on 17 carries to lead Manning, which ran for 237 yards. Jaylnn Coard had 72 yards and a touchdown on four carries and also had three 2-point conversion runs. Jontavious Canty had 71 yards and a touchdown on nine carries.

 

 Quarterback Ja’Rae Mitchell completed 8 of 11 passes for 112 yards and two TDs. He also had four carries for 22 yards.

 

Jeffery Ceasar had three catches for 54 yards and a touchdown, and Jaron Hammett had an 18-yard TD catch. Lovell Stevenson had three catches for 30 yards.  

 

 Ceasar also had a 63-yard punt return along with four tackles and an interception on defense.

 

 Lamar Hilton led the Manning defense with 11 tackles.

 

Saluda 35

Strom Thurmond 25


Saluda – Saluda remained undefeated with a 35-25 victory over Strom Thurmond on Friday at the SHS field.

 

The Tigers, the No. 1 team in AA, improved to 7-0 overall and 3-0 in Region 2. The Rebels fell to 5-2 and 2-1.

 

Brayden Williams ran for 154 yards and two touchdowns on 19 carries and had a 21-yard reception to lead Saluda. Tristan Daniels rushed for 74 yards and two more scores on 11 carries and had a 25-yard catch.

 

         Quarterback Drew Arant completed 9 of 17 passes for 139 yards and a TD. Victavis Gaines had three catches for 25 yards and the TD.

 

         Leading the way for Strom Thurmiond was Lee Brisbaun. He completed 11 of 29 passes for 173 yards and two touchdowns. Jay Sewell had eight catches for 128 yards and the two TDs.

 

         Deonte Phillips had seven carries for 48 yards and a touchdown.

  

Dorman 9

Gaffney 7

Gaffney – Ransom Farr booted the final of his three field goals from 41 yards out with 3:04 remaining in the game to lift Dorman to a 9-7 victory over previously undefeated Gaffney on Friday at The Reservation.


Farr’s other two field goals came in the second quarter, from 41 and 32 yards, respectively, to give the Cavaliers a 6-0 halftime lead.

 

Gaffney, ranked No. 1 in the AAAAA Division II poll, fell to 6-1 overall and 3-1 in Region 2-AAAAA. Dorman improved to 5-3 and 3-2.

 

Kentavion Anderson had eight tackles and two quarterback sacks while Dru Darby had seven tackles and two sacks to lead the DHS defense.

 

 Gaffney’s points came on a 25-yard touchdown pass from Jayvon Gilmore to Jamarcus Smith in the third quarter. Evan Olson added the extra point to make it 7-6.

 

 Gilmore completed 11 of 21 passes for 161 yards while Smith had six catches for 93 yards.

 

Shedrick Sarratt had 10 tackles to lead the Indian defense.

 

Dillon 47

Waccamaw 39

 

Pawleys Island – Jamarion Fling scored six touchdowns to lead Dillon to a 47-39 shootout win over Waccamaw on Friday at the WHS field,

 

Fling ran for 276 yards on 40 carries for the Wildcats, who are ranked third in AAA and improved to 7-2 overall and 3-1 in Region 7-AAA. The Warriors fell to 5-4 and 2-2.

 

Rahmond Hamilton rushed for 56 yards and a score on six carries while completing 8 of 12 passes for 120 yards. Zamaurious Robertson had four catches for 68 yards while having one carry for 23 yards.

 

Daniel Capehart led the defense with 13 tackles while Keryien Brown had 11.


Barnwell 34

Edisto 8

 

Barnwell – Barnwell improved to 8-1 on the season with a 34-8 win over Edisto on Friday at the BHS field.

 

The Warhorses, ranked second in AA, improved to 3-0 in Region 5-AA. They can win the region title with a victory over Whale Branch on Friday.

 

BHS quarterback Cameron Austin completed 10 of 13 passes for 200 yards and two touchdowns while rushing for 24 yards and a score on seven carries. Nehemiah Brown had 14 carries for 88 yards and two TDs.

 

Batesburg-Leesville 48

Pelion 0

 

Batesburg-Leesville – Batesburg-Leesville remained undefeated with a 48-0 victory over Pelion on Friday at the B-L field.

 

Quarterback Tanner Watkins completed 8 of 13 passes for 167 yards and a TD while rushing for 50 yards and two scores on five carries. Amadre Wooden had 13 carries for 156 yards and two touchdowns

 

KD Whitt and LJ Williams had scoring runs. Jamerius Clark had three catches for 102 yards, one of them a 70-yard TD. Tyler Classen had four catches for 52 yards.

 

Logan Sturkie had two catches for 97 yards and two touchdowns. William Robinson had five catches for 67 yards.

 

Cheraw 38

 Buford 14

 

Cheraw -- Cheraw clinched the Region 4-AA title with a 38-14 victory over Buford on Friday at the CHS field.

 

The Braves improved to 4-0 in region play and 6-3 overall. Buford fell to 2-6 and 1-3.

 

 Quarterback Kadin Thomas completed 12 of 17 passes for 202 yards and three touchdowns. Nick Gordon had a 46-yard touchdown catch and finished with six catches for 86 yards. Desean Drake had a 40-yard scoring catch among his five catches for 89 yards, and Zay Campbell had a 25-yard TD catch.

 

Sam Phillips added a 25-yard field goal for Cheraw. Cam McClendon and Justyn Joint both had scoring runs.

 

Antonio Amos had 11 carries for 67 yards and a touchdown for Buford. Marvin Randolph ran for 48 yards and a score on nine carries.

 

Clinton 62

Blacksburg 14

 

 Clinton – Clinton remained unbeaten in Region 2-AA with a 61-14 victory over Blacksburg on Friday at Wilder Stadium.

 

The Red Devils, ranked fifth in AA, improved to 6-2 overall and 3-0 in region play. Blacksburg fell to 3-5 and 0-2.

 

 CHS had 605 yards of total offense, including 478 on the ground. Javen Cook led the way by rushing for 152 yards and a score on 12 carries. AZ Simmons had three carries for 82 yards and a touchdown, Tushawan Richardson ran for 73 yards and two scores on seven carries while completing 3 of 8 passes for 102 yards.

 

KJ vance had eight carries for 64 yards and a touchdown. Rhett Gilliam had two scoring runs while Owen Glenn and Angelo Cromer both had a TD run.

 

Shun Rogers caught six passes for 120 yards and a score for Blacksburg. Josh Sims completed 12 of 28 passes for 229 yards and the TD pass while running for the other score.

 

Dominique Odom rushed for 86 yards on 22 carries. Devin Swindler had two catches for 88 yards.

 

Mountain View Prep 49

Broome 20

 

Spartanburg -- Mountain View Prep remained undefeated with a 49-20 triumph over Broome on Friday at the MVP field.


        Mountain View Prep, ranked second in AAA, improved to 8-0 overall and 3-0 in Region 3. Broome fell to 3-5 and 0-2, .

 

Bryson Drummond completed 12 of 16 passes for 273 yards and four touchdowns. Kaveon Washington had four catches for 130 yards and a touchdown, and Kadarius Hainsworth had six catches for 82 yards and two scores.

 

Jaylen McGill had a 55-yard TD catch and rushed for 101 yards and two more scores on 11 carries.


Thomas Heyward 51

Carolina Academy 6

 

Ridgeland -- Joshua Gibson returned two kickoffs for touchdowns as Thomas Heyward Academy improved to 8-1 overall with a 51-6 victory over Carolina Academy on Friday at the THA field.

 

Gibson had two returns, one going for 84 yards and the other for 60 yards.

 

Tony O’Banner rushed for 129 yards and three touchdowns on seven carries to lead the Rebels. Colton Young had 127 yards and a score on seven carries.

 

 Quarterback Kiran Boggess completed 6 of 8 passes for 68 yards and a score. O’Banner had a 20-yard touchdown catch.

 

Beau Pinckney led the THA defense with 12 tackles. Kelan Fripp had 11 tackles and two TFLs, Benjamin Gibson had nine tackles and two TFLs, and Dodge Peeples had seven tackles and two TFLs

 

Northside Christian 34

Florence Christian 7

 

 Florence – Northside Christian Academy scored the game’s first 21 points and went on to a 34-7 win over Florence Christian School on Friday at the FCS field.

 

JR Kunard led Northside, which improved to 8-1, with 126 yards on 10 carries, including a 69-yard touchdown run. Sam Burks rushed for 118 yrds and two scores on 17 carries, BJ Suits had eight carries for 38 yards and a TD.

 

Jake Jeffrey returned an interception 46 yards for the other touchdown.


         FCS fell to 5-4.


Central 34

Chesterfield 8

 

Chesterfield – Central improved to 7-2 on the season with a 34-8 win over Chesterfield on Friday at the Chesterfield field.

 

The Eagles, ranked 12th in AA, improved to 3-1 in Region 4-AA. Fourteenth-ranked Chesterfield fell to 6-3 and 1-3.

 

Dwanye Louallen Jr. led Central offensively. He completed 16 of 24 passes for 249 yards while running for 89 yards and a TD on 11 carries. Aiden Short had 13 catches for 69 yards and two touchdowns while catching four passes for 79 yards.

 

Tray Wilson had five catches for 77 yards and had three carries for 19 yards and a TD.

 

        Marques Allen and Jaiden Hillian led the Central defense with nine tackles apiece. Hillian also had a sack and a TFL.


         South Florence 36

         Lower Richland 19

 

         Florence – South Florence remained unbeaten in Region 5-AAAA with a 36-19 victory over Lower Richland on Friday at Bruin Stadium.

 

         SFHS improved to 7-2 overall and 5-0 in region play. South Florence, ranked seventh in AAAA, will travel to sixth-ranked Hartsville on Friday to play for the region title. The Red Foxes are also 5-0 in region play.

 

         Jayden Sellers returned a punt 44 yards for a touchdown and caught a 20-yard TD pass to lead the Bruins. Tre’ Leonard ran for 174 yards and two TDs on nine carries, while Zion Gilbert ran for 151 yards on 12 carries.

 

         Messiah Jackson threw two TD passes.

 

         LR, which finished the regular season 5-5 with a 3-3 region record, was led by Jordan Hargrave, who had five catches for 97 yards and TD. Quarterback Aiden Jones completed 13 of 17 passes for 138 yards and ran for two scores.


        T.L. Hanna 40

Greenville 27

 

Anderson – T.L. Hanna rolled up over 500 yards of total offense in a 40-27 victory over Greenville on Friday at the Hanna field.

 

The Yellow Jackets, ranked seventh in AAAAA Division II, improved to 6-2 overall and 4-1 in Region 1-AAAAA. Greenville fell to 1-7 and 1-4.

 

KD Patterson led the way with 273 rushing yards and three touchdowns while six other runners had at least 25 yards.

 

The defense blocked two punts and recovered both for TDs.

PHOTOS: Mar 8th SCHSL BB Championship - Greenville vs Goose Creek

By Larry Gamble • March 10, 2025
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PHOTOS: Mar 8th SCHSL BB Championship - Greenwood vs Berkeley

By Larry Gamble • March 10, 2025
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PHOTOS: Mar 8th SCHSL BB Championship - ACA vs HPA

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PHOTOS: Mar 8th SCHSL BB Championship - AJ vs EC

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Greenville outlasts Goose Creek in two overtimes to capture the AAAAA Division II Title

By Neill Kirkpatrick • March 10, 2025
By Neill Kirkpatrick Special to the HSSR Florence – Since February 28 th, the Florence Center played host to the best SCHSL basketball teams in the state as it ended the best game was saved for last, not only did we get a great game between Goose Creek and Greenville but it took two extra periods for the Red Raiders to finally prevail 81-71 to capture their first AAAAA state championship. The state championship is Greenville’s sixth overall moving them into a tie for fourth on the all-time state championship list with Lower Richland , Gaffney , Irmo and fellow Greenville County school Southside . They won five at the AAA before moving up in classification. They finished the year 28-2. “This is special is very special to me but I am just happy for the guys. We ask a lot of them year-round sometimes it is not fun and it is hard. We have been chasing this moment for a long time,” said Greenville Head Coach Mike Anderson . “It was a heck of a game Goose Creek wouldn’t go away and we made a couple of mistakes. But in the end they were able to make the plays to win the game.” The Gators end the year at 25-4 with their fifth lower state championship in school history but for senior Shane Potts and junior Ja'Quell Brown it was bitter sweet as they were part of the team that came up short against Dorman 2022-23 season. “It is disappointing ending to the season but I am very proud of my guys. They are champions on how they behave in the community, on campus and on the court. I love this guys and the result of a game does not change that,” said Goose Creek head coach Blake Hall. The two biggest difference in the game both went Greenville’s way as they dominated Goose Creek on the boards, out rebounding the Gators 39-18 with half being on the offense. The second was the foul discrepancy and free throw shooting. The Gators were whistled for 29 fouls while the Red Raiders were whistled for 13 despite being the more physical all night. Greenville shot 36 free throws to Goose Creek’s 16 and the Red Raiders made 27 of those free throws which turned out to the difference in the game. Goose Creek made more threes and two-point basket but the free throw line was the difference in the game. If you were a Gator fan you thought the officials were wearing red and white striped shirts instead of black and white. Gator head coach Hall said, “You can’t beat a team when they shoot almost 40 free throws. I told our guys you have no control over the officiating but you have to play through it. For the most part I thought we did but it was too much to overcome.” The first quarter was a harbinger of how the game would play out. Goose Creek’s points came from the field as they hit three-pointers with Ja'Quell Brown nailing two of them. Meanwhile the Red Raiders went 8 for 10 from the line as Caden Coleman went 3 for 4 from the line and had a two-point basket to help the Red Raiders lead after one 14-13. The second quarter saw the Gators continuing to hit three pointers as they had for in the quarter with Shane Potts hitting two and Brown and Terrell Johnson Jr. hitting the other. They helped the Gators go on an 8-0 run to start the quarter to go up 24-16. For Greenville, they countered by going inside to Franklin Whitley and Roman Cooley scoring 13 of the Red Raiders 16 points in the quarter and lead them on a 9-0 run to wipe the Gator lead. The teams went to the half with Greenville still on top by one at 30-29. The third quarter was the only one where the Red Raiders did not go to the free throw. Instead, they attacked on the inside for all of their points in the quarter. Potts dominated the third quarter for the Gators scoring 11 of his game high 29 points and Johnson Jr. added another three as the Gators took a 45-42 lead into the fourth quarter. Leading by three the Gators took their biggest lead of the game after Potts scored in the paint at 47-42. From there you saw Greenville march to the free throw line for most of the quarter as they scored 9 of their 16 points from the charity stripe. The biggest shot of quarter came from Greenville senior Israel Deaver. Setting up in the left corner he hit the first three of the night for the Red Raiders to tie the game. Also, Coleman had a big quarter scoring seven points helping them to a three-point lead 58-55 with 10 seconds remaining in the contest. Needing a three to tie the game and force overtime coach Hall called time out to set up a final play for the Gators. They were inbounded the ball under Greenville’s basket and after getting the ball past half court they ran a play for Brown, who dribbled to the left and then launched a three the hit nothing but the bottom of the net to tie the game at 58-58. Greenville was unable to get a shot up and we were headed to overtime. The Gators found themselves down by three at 65-62 but Potts scored down low and then hit a free throw to send the game into a second over time. The second overtime was all Red Raiders as Deaver hit his second three, this time from the right side to start a 7-0 Red Raider run that the Gators had no answer for the run. The Red Raiders would hit 9-10 free throws to close out the game and bring the championship trophy back to Greenville. Greenville was led by Whitley with 24 points while Coleman dropped in 23 and Coleman and Tucker Scholl scored 12 and 11 points, respectively. Brown finished with 27 points to join Potts as the only Gators in double figures.

Berkeley tops Greenwood 60-54 to win AAAAA Division II girls basketball state title

By Dennis Brunson hssr.com Associate Editor • March 10, 2025
Stags become first AAAAA Division II champion with first ever state crown

Ridge View surges past Blythewood for 5A D1 state crown

By Worthy Evans • March 9, 2025
By WORTHY EVANS Contributing Writer FLORENCE – Ridge View’s boys basketball team had played Region 5-5A rival Blythewood twice before—two double-digit victories punctuated the Blazers’ region season in early February. On Friday night, the Blazers added a third victory over the Bengals, a 71-47 win that secured the 5A Division 1 state championship at the Florence Center. “I’m really happy for the young men because they bought into what we’re doing,” Ridge View head coach Josh Staley said. “It’s all about experience when you lead young people, you want to give them experiences to help them grow and be better people, and they bought into the process.” Junior guards Korie Corbett and Yale Davis led the way for the Blazers (23-7). Corbett scored a game-high 23 points and Davis added 13 points. “It was really just rebounds and getting to the basket, being down and dirty with everybody so my team can get the win” Corbett said. He was 8-for-11 from the floor and 7-for-10 from the free-throw line, and got a team-leading seven rebounds and four steals.  “That’s just who he is. He puts the work in, he’s a humble young man who accepts coaching,” Staley said of Corbett. “He does things like he does tonight and we’re not surprised by it.” The win is the second straight state championship for Ridge View, which won the 4A state title last year before moving to the 5A classification. It’s the fifth state championship for the Blazers since 2018. Ridge View jumped to a 7-0 lead off of a Corbett jumper, two foul shots from Malachi Cooper and one foul shot from Treyvon Smith , and a basket from Reginald Mack . Blythewood finally got on the scoreboard with Torrean Sims’ 3-point play at the 4:05 mark of the first quarter. Sims later scored on a dunk to make it 7-5, and Mujahid Jones drained a 3-pointer with 2:58 left to give Blythewood an 8-7 lead. It was the Bengals’ only lead of the game. Seven seconds later, Corbett went to the foul line and sank two free throws to give Ridge View a 9-8 lead. From that point Ridge View’s furious man-to-man coverage flustered Blythewood’s offense. The Bengals shot just 17-for-54, or 31.5 percent. The Blazers ended the first quarter with a 17-11 advantage and outscored the Bengals 13-7 in the second quarter to carry a 30-20 lead into intermission. In the second half Blythewood lost two players to foul trouble—Sims, who fouled out at the 4:25 mark of the third, and Kemuel Little , who fouled out in the 6:42 mark of the fourth. Starting forward Tyler Stephens played with four fouls on him since early in the third quarter. Even with being in foul trouble, the Bengals kept trying to get the ball in the net. At the start of the fourth quarter Little’s layup cut Ridge View’s lead to 46-35. Seeing a score to start the fourth quarter may have given some hope for Blythewood fans, who saw the Bengals rally late for a 46-45 upper-state victory over Dorman the week before. Ridge View blotted that hope out awfully fast. The Blazers went on a 20-4 scoring run to take a 66-39 lead with 1:50 left, and afterward brought in the second-stringers to finish the game. “That’s how you prepare. You prepare to play a whole game, and the work you put in comes out in moments like this,” Staley said. Davis, who scored all his points in the second half, said he put the pressure on himself to improve over the third and fourth quarters. “In the first half I knew my shots weren’t falling, so I had to get to the rack and get my teammates involved,” Davis said. “I just did what I needed to.” Senior T.J. Lewis was the only player who scored in double figures for the Bengals (23-6). Lewis had 17 points, while the rest of his teammates scored six points or less. “It was a really great run,” head coach Zeke Washington said. “We rode our seniors as much as we could. T.J. had a phenomenal year and our seniors played hard. We had some young kids that played hard.” Friday night was Blythewood’s second state championship game. The Bengals fell to Dorman in the 5A state title matchup in 2017. Washington won state titles with Fairfield Central boys (3A) in 1998 and with Chester girls (3A) in 2004. Blythewood 13 7 13 14 – 47 Ridge View 17 13 16 25 – 71 B – T.J. Lewis 17, Tyler Stephens 6, Torrean Sims 6, Kemuel Little 5, Mujahid Jones 5, Terrion Mack 4, Eugenio Bandini 2, Elijah Major 2. R – Korie Corbett 23, Yale Davis 13, Malachi Cooper 9, Talon Staley 8, Robert Wylie 7, Brayden Mack 5, Reginald Mack 3, Joshua Vankallen 2, Treyvon Smith 1.

Blythewood girls capture first state crown

By Worthy Evans • March 9, 2025
By WORTHY EVANS Contributing Writer FLORENCE – Around this time three years ago, the Blythewood girls basketball team finished the season 0-19. On Friday night at the Florence Center, the Bengals won the 5A Division I state championship with a 62-59 victory over lower-state champion Summerville . “Their hard work has definitely paid off,” second-year head coach Emily McElveen - Schaeffer said. “That was what I was most proud of, that they worked hard since June, day in and day out, fall ball, and I’m glad they get to reap the benefit of that.” Over the past three years India Williams , Chase Thomas , and Hayley Hightower have developed into team leaders, and it showed on the court and in the box score Friday night—Williams led Blythewood (29-2) with 22 points, Thomas had 18 points and 11 rebounds, and Hightower had 11 points. “It means a lot, this is the first state title in, like ever,” Williams said. “It’s a great opportunity to be a part of this, and in only my third year here, it’s incredible. We started off working very hard, and we were like, this is our season, and we definitely came out and performed to that.” It was a Williams-Thomas-Hightower show against the Green Wave (24-4) in the first half. The veterans got around Summerville’s 3-2 zone by hitting six 3-pointers in the first half, which was just enough to help the Bengals to a 29-25 halftime lead. Thomas had just four points in the first half, a free throw and a 3-pointer. Williams had 14 points in the first half, but just one layup to join her four 3-pointers. “She stepped up big in the first half,” Schaeffer said of Williams. “She had the first six points of the game from that corner. The corner 3, that’s her shot.” Hightower scored nine points in the first half—a 3-pointer, two foul shots, and two layups. Hitting baskets from behind the 3-point line has been a trait for all Blythewood players this year, and Friday’s 3-pointers—four from Williams, one from Thomas and one from Hightower, proved to be the difference. “I play a little team. We have a lot of guards so we rely on that,” Schaeffer said. “We shoot a lot in practice. We knew they would come out in a zone and I told the girls to occupy the guards, get it to the corners and let us shoot the ball.” While the Green Wave’s zone prevented a lot of easy baskets, Blythewood did just enough in the second half to keep Summerville behind. “Like I told the girls, basketball is a game of runs,” Schaeffer said. “When teams go on runs you’ve got to be able to control those runs. You can’t let the atmosphere take over, because in this kind of atmosphere here, the crowd’s gonna be involved. I think we did a good job of responding to their runs.” Aniyah Guerrero sank the first basket of the second half to give the Bengals a 31-25 lead, but Cailah Tucker and Molly Daugherty put up baskets to cut that margin to two. Williams made good on a jumper and a foul shot, and a jumper from Hightower brought Blythewood’s lead back up to 36-29 at the 4:53 mark of the third quarter. The Bengals outscored Summerville 9-8 the rest of the way to end three quarters of play with a 45-37 lead, even with senior point guard Sharron Waters on the bench in foul trouble. Without Waters, who’s a consistent 3-point hitter as well as a good ball-handler, the team relied on Thomas in the paint and at the free-throw line, and Daniella Bosmans who had nine points in the game, as the game drew to a close. “Our team is more than one person,” second-year head coach Emily McElveen-Schaeffer said. “We rely on each other and Chase had to do her role tonight, and in the fourth quarter they went man, and we could open up against what we’re used to playing all year, and that just shows that all five on the court can go.” Bosmans’ basket early in the fourth gave the Bengals a 47-37 lead, the first double-digit lead of the game. Thomas, who had a 3-point play in the third quarter, made good on another 3-point play in the fourth quarter that put Blythewood up 57-45 with just over three minutes to go. She scored 11 points—seven from foul shots—in the final quarter to help preserve the win. Tucker’s 3-pointer with 19 seconds left was the last score of the game, and as Molly Daugherty’s 3-point attempt failed at the buzzer, Blythewood players cleared the bench in celebration of closing out the season with a victory. Molly Daugherty scored 22 points and Tucker had 18 points to lead Summerville. “One of the things I felt that hurt us was that we had like 10 days off,” Green Wave head coach Calvin Davis said. “But we gave it our all, we left it all on the floor. It didn’t end the way we wanted it to end, but in the end they grew, and they became special in that sense of being developed.” Summerville’s five seniors, tucker, Lavassar, Emma and Molly Daugherty, and Madison Thomas , provided a strong foundation for the team over the past three years. “Three of them will go on to play at the next level, and the other two might,” Davis said. “They’re very special to me. They’ve been with me for at least three to four years. I love them, they grew up as my leaders.” Blythewood 16 13 16 17 – 62 Summerville 13 12 12 19 – 56 B – India Williams 22, Chase Thomas 18, Hayley Hightower 11, Daniella Bosmans 9, Aniya Guerrero 2. S – Molly Daugherty 22, Cailah Tucker 18, Jayden Bennett 5, Emma Daugherty 4, Madison Thomas 3, Krissa Lavassar 2, Destinee Grant 2.

Atlantic Collegiate Academy holds off High Point Academy 58-52 to claim first state championship

By Neill Kirkpatrick • March 8, 2025
By Neill Kirkpatrick Special to the HSSR Florence – When you have two evenly matched teams a lot of times it is the little things that make the most impact in a game such was the case in the Class AA state championship game between Atlantic Collegiate Academy and High Point Academy . Second year Atlantic Collegiate Academy was able to make more plays and hit their free throws as they knocked off High Point Academy 58-52 Saturday at the Florence Civic Center to capture their first state championship. “This is the guys championship. They earned it. They put in a lot of time and effort at work end in a championship. That is what I’m most proud of with this team, ” said Atlantic Collegiate head coach Tanner Massey . The Armanda went 20-2 last year in their initial season beating some the best teams in the state so this run to a championship was not unexpected. This team was ranked number one in class AA all season and they proved they were the best. They finished the year at 24-3. “The rankings proved right as the two best teams battled for the title. I would put my team up against anyone,” Coach Massey said. The Grizzlies were looking for their second state championship and first at the AA level. They won the class A title in 2019. They finish the year 27-4. “We made two many mistakes and didn’t take advantage of our opportunities at the line but they forced us into some of the mistakes so give them a lot of credit,” said High Point head coach Lee Sator . The opening quarter was back and forth with High Point leading by one at 16-15. Senior Chonci Miller led High Point with five point while Atlantic Collegiate was led by Jaylen Bellamy, who also knocked down five points in the quarter. The second quarter was much like the first with neither team gaining control of the contest as they were tied at 21 when a TV time out stopped play. After the timeout, the Armada took control as they went on an 11-0 run to end the quarter and take a 32-21 lead into the half. Bellamy continued to lead the Armada as he had six points in the quarter with Jamie Brooks and Justin Bellamy combining for 8 points. High Point came out on fire in the third quarter as Trapp Morman nailed to three-pointers and Miller had a basket for an 8-0 run to start the quarter cutting the Atlantic lead to three at 32-29 with 5:54. Causing coach Massey to use a time out. “We knew they would come out strong in the third quarter. We called the timeout to settle us down and I put Justin back in the game because he is our defensive stopper and as soon as he went in he forced a turnover,” coach Massey. After Justin Bellamy forced the turnover the Armada went on a 5-0 run to regain control of the game. They would finish the quarter outscoring the Grizzlies 11-6 taking a 43-35 into the fourth quarter. In the fourth quarter High Point cut the lead to four at 46-42 with 2:01 to go but they would got 4 for 10 from the line in the quarter while Atlantic Collegiate would knock down 13 of 22 attempts from the line to maintain their cushion and ultimately close out the game 58-52. Free throw shooting proved to the biggest difference in the game as the Armada went 17 for 25 while the Grizzlies were 13 for 26. The Armada and the Grizzlies were about even in every other category but the free throws were the difference. The Armada was led by Jaylen Bellamy, who had a game high 20 points to go with six rebounds and a team high four steals. Brooks had 14 points and team three blocks while Clayton Hemingway chipped in 9 points. The Grizzlies were led by Morman with 16 points. Also, scoring in double figures were Jaden McNeil with 11 and Miller with 10.

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