Four Lowco hoops standouts earned statewide recognition for their outstanding seasons Wednesday, landing spots on the coveted South Carolina Basketball Coaches Association All-State teams.
Category: Basketball
HSGBB: HHCA holds off PCA, one win from 4th straight crown
Fueled by another standout defensive effort, the Hilton Head Christian Academy Eagles soared into the SCISA 2A state championship game Thursday with a 32-21 dismantling of Palmetto Christian at Sumter Civic Center.
🎧 LowcoSports Lowdown S3E26: Grappling For Gold (w/ HHIHS Wrestling)
LowcoSports.com’s Justin Jarrett and Wes Kerr get you up to speed on all the latest sports news from the South Carolina Lowcountry in the LowcoSports Lowdown. This week’s show includes analysis of Hilton Head Prep’s football coach hire, news from a pair of Lowco golfers, and an update on the USCB Sand Sharks, but the primary focus is the SCHSL Wrestling State Championships. Hilton Head High coach Patrick Boulware and state qualifiers Chris Crosby and KJ Holland join us in the virtual studio to add to our preview of the big weekend in Anderson.
Rogers Electric Lowco Boys Hoops Spotlight, Feb. 24
We select our Starting Five of the top players of the week, along with a few standouts we're keeping "in the rotation," as well as a Team of the Week, and highlight the biggest game of the upcoming week. Here’s this season’s final installment of the Lowco Boys Hoops Spotlight presented by Rogers Electric.
HSBBB: HHP hammers Cards, advances to SCISA 3A semis
The SCISA seeding committee hasn’t done Hilton Head Prep boys basketball any favors during the Dolphins’ tenure playing as a Class 3A “flex” team in SCISA Region 4-2A, and this year was no different. But one thing did change this time around — the Dolphins proved them wrong.
HSBBB: Griffins bounce BA in SCISA 2A quarterfinals
Beaufort Academy boys basketball’s expectation-defying season came to a close Tuesday, as the Eagles were ousted in the SCISA 2A quarterfinals with a 63-39 loss to Spartanburg Day at Cardinal Newman in Columbia.
HSGBB: Cards’ size, athleticism too much for Dolphins
Hilton Head Prep girls basketball defied expectations all season with its tenacious defense and scrappy play, but the Dolphins couldn’t overcome a huge size deficit in the paint Tuesday night at the Sumter Civic Center, falling 54-33 to three-time defending state champion Cardinal Newman in the SCISA 3A quarterfinals.
HSGBB: Warriors can’t get past top-ranked Eagles
The third time did not prove to be the charm for the Whale Branch girls basketball team, which suffered its third loss of the season at the hands of top-ranked Military Magnet, ending the Warriors’ season with a 56-44 defeat in the third round of the SCHSL Class 1A playoffs.
HSGBB: JPII can’t find offensive rhythm in loss to OP
John Paul II girls basketball couldn’t generate enough at the offensive end against a stifling Orangeburg Prep defense on Monday, as the Golden Warriors’ season ended with a 37-19 loss in the SCISA 2A quarterfinals at the Sumter Civic Center.
HSGBB: BA takes down Pee Dee in OT to reach semis
Tahleea Heyward carried the load on offense with 22 points, including five in overtime, and senior Mary Hanna Hiers knocked down the game-winner in the extra period to send Beaufort Academy girls basketball into the SCISA 2A semifinals with a 51-48 overtime win over Pee Dee Academy on Monday at the Sumter Civic Center.