A promising Bluffton team opened its season, Hilton Head High swept a pair from Thomas Heyward, and Beaufort High’s Kylie Rast put on a show against John Paul II to highlight the high school softball action around the Lowco last week. Here’s our Lowco softball roundup.
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Bluffton at Spring Valley
BLHS 137 4 — 15 11 0
SVHS 000 0 — 0 1 2
Parker Ray struck out six in a four-inning one-hitter and Alyssa Rose drove in four runs to lead a balanced Bluffton offense in a lopsided season-opening win at Spring Valley on Monday.
WP: Parker Ray 4 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 7 K
BLHS: Katie Ryan 2-2, 2 RBIs, 4 R; Alyssa Rose 2-4, 2B, 4 RBIs, 2 R; Olivia Harrison 2-3, 2B, 3 RBIs; A Rodgers 2-3, 3 RBIs, R
Bluffton at Stratford
BLHS 100 002 0 — 3 4 1
STRF 013 330 x — 10 12 2
WP: L. Hansen 7 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 10 K
LP: Parker Ray 4 IP, 7 H, 7 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
BLHS: Katie Ryan 2-4, 2 R; A Rodgers 1-3, 2B
STRF: E McGowen 2-3, 2B, HR, 2 RBIs, 2 R; M Goosenes 2-3, 3B, 2 RBIs, R
Up next: Bluffton (1-1) at Oceanside Collegiate (Tues.)
Thomas Heyward at Hilton Head High
THA 261 000 1 — 10 9 3
HHIHS 342 130 x — 13 17 3
The Seahawks overcame a rash of early errors and a five-run deficit Tuesday to rally past the Rebels for a 13-10 win at home behind homers from Jayden Lopko and Reagan Marchant, offsetting a pair of bombs from THA’s Abigail Hayes.
WP: Delcie Swift 5 IP, 7 H, 9 R, 3 ER, 5 K, 3 BB
Sv: Shaina Lugo 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 5 K, 1 BB
HHIHS: Reagan Marchant 2-3, HR, 3 RBIs, 3 R; Jayden Lopko 3-4, 2B, HR, 5 RBIs, 3 R; Shaina Lugo 2-4, 2B, RBI, R; Lynda Young 3-4, R; Leah Anderson 2-4, RBI, R; Hailey Gardner 2-4, 2B, RBI, R
THA: Izzy Cannon 2-5, 2B, R; Abigail Hayes 3-4, 2 HR, 4 RBIs, 2 R; Brooke Smith 2-4, 3B, 2 R
Bridges Prep at Step of Faith
BP 40(14) (12) — 30 12 3
SoF 333 (11) — 20 6 1
WP: Riley Cowan 3 IP, 5 H, 9 R, 9 ER, 8 BB, 7 K
BP: Mallorie Brown 4-5, HR (GS), 9 RBIs, 4 R; Bailey Stevenson 2-5, 3 RBIs, 3 R
SoF: T. Lowther 1-3, HR, 4 RBIs, 3 R
Up next: BP (1-1) at Estill (Mon.)
John Paul II at Beaufort High
JPII 000 010 0 — 1 1 4
BFT 001 001 x — 2 4 3
Kylie Rast outdueled Tevi Mullen in a pitching battle and went deep to lead the Eagles to a 2-1 win over visiting JPII in the Golden Warriors’ season opener Tuesday.
WP: Kylie Rast 7 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 13 K
LP: Tevi Mullen 6 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 10 K
BFT: Kylie Rast 2-3, HR, RBI, R, 3 SBs; Kyrsten Cruikshank 1-3; K. Rouse 1-3
JPII: Maddie Heathcott 1-3, SB
Up next: Beaufort High (2-0) at THA (Mon.); JPII (0-1) vs. Beaufort High (Thurs.)
Hilton Head High at Thomas Heyward
HHIHS 142 319 — 20 15 0
THA 120 300 — 6 4 6
The Seahawks’ bats found a rhythm at THA on Thursday, scoring in every inning before putting up nine runs in the sixth to end it early and cap a sweep of the Rebels as South Carolina commit Reagan Marchant and winning pitcher Shaina Lugo went deep.
WP: Shaina Lugo 6 IP, 4 H, 6 R, 4 ER, 7 K, 6 BB
LP: Izzy Cannon 6 IP, 15 H, 20 ER, 10 ER, 4 K, 4 BB
HHIHS: Leah Anderson 2-5, 3 RBIs, 3 R; Reagan Marchant 3-3, HR, 3 RBIs, 2 BBs, 3 R; Jayden Lopko 1-5, 2B, 3 RBIs; Alexandra Fisher 2-5, 2B, 2 R; Lynda Young 1-4, 2 RBIs, 2 R; Shaina Lugo 3-5, 2B, HR, 4 RBIs, 3 R; Delcie Swift 3-4, 2B, HR, 3 RBIs, 3 R
THA: Brooke Smith 1-4, 2B, RBI, R; Abigail Hayes 1-2, 2B, RBI
Up next: HHIHS (4-2) vs. Wade Hampton (Mon.); THA (1-4) vs. Beaufort High (Mon.)
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