Boys Seahawks Tennis Team Vs. Lucy Beckham

By: Hailey Poplin

Alex was leading the boys tennis team with the lead win of 6-4. Alex defeated the number one opponent Max on the Lucy Beckham team that shook the Lucy Beckham team down. A slice is a ball that you hit at an angle with a backwards spin. An ace is a serve you hit without the opponent touching the ball. It was a rough and bumpy road to success but with Alex’s slices, and his 3 aces that started the team with a lead, the rest of the team was carried from the success of Alex’s leading win. A UTR is a ranking they use in tennis to place where you are against all and any tennis player in your age group. The number 2 player on the team Brent had a hard match from the start. With his opponent being a higher UTR than him, based on the ranking of his opponent he was already higher than Brent in his ranking so it was made out that he was going to lose from the start. With the hard work that Brent put in he had an amazing win in the end. There were many rally’s and long deuce points, but Brent was smarter than to let his opponent get the best of when Brent was up 3-2. It was 3-3, then Brent went up with a 4-3 lead with close rally’s from his opponent. A down the line shot is down the sideline. Ending the point with a forehand winner down the line. Which had gained the momentum for Brent to take the 6-4 win. With the success of both 1 and 2 on the team the two lead the team to success for the team with the outcome of 5-1, with only one loss.

Seahawks Baseball Vs. May River

By: Hailey Poplin

On March 9th 2022, the boys baseball team took on the May River sharks. The boys baseball team ended with a defeat towards the 3rd inning. They had gone down by 3 points after being up by one during the second inning. Connor Macabe had an amazing home run to bring the Seahawks up, though they lost their lead in the second inning. Christian Stratias had one strike but redeemed himself by having a walk and getting a home run, due to Mcabe’s home run. The crowds of parents went wild. The seahawk pitchers had done their best trying to get their best trying to get their closest home runs. Reynar had amazing throws and was the best at getting the May River Sharks out from his throws. Though the May River Sharks got the best out of the Seahawks by their 4 home runs. With the ending score of 4-2 for the Sharks

Boys Lacrosse Loses to Divisional Rival

By: Leah Jackson, Brody Doyle, And Andrew Jeffery

On Monday, March 7th the Seahawks fell to in-region rival the May River Sharks. The two were head to head for the majority of the game but eventually gave in when the Sharks took the lead late in the fourth quarter. Brady Saba led the charge of the Seahawks with 66% shooting, 2 goals, and an assist along with Jackson Olander, Bill Fielding, and Max Arnot each with 2 goals, Christain Babcock with 1 goal, and Seth Woods with 2 assists. On the defensive side, Amare Ford had a stellar 7 ground balls, Lucas O’Nan, Anders Kennedy, and Thompson May each had 4 ground balls. Senior goalie Gavin Dellinger saved 16 of a total 27 shots on goal. The Seahawks combined for a total of 9 goals which didn’t amount to the Sharks 11. The Seahawks are now ranked 5th in AAAA-A lower state and are still well in reach of AA region title.

JV Boys Basketball Loses Against James Island Trojans

By: Caleb Spangler and Landon Brockway

On February 9th, 2022 the Hilton Head island Seahawks fell just 3 points short to the James Island Trojans. The Seahawks began the game slowly, going down by as much as 17 points, and entered halftime down 22-10. The Seahawks battled back late in the 3rd and 4th quarter. The team was led in scoring by Luke Danzell with 14 points. Followed by Fernando Gomez, Caleb Spangler, and Makenna Allen with 8 points each, Logan Tomlinson with 6, then Josh Hennum with 5. On the defensive side, Danzell had 4 defensive rebounds and 2 steals, followed by Gomez and Rohr with one each. The game was a physical and competitive one. Early in the first quarter, Fernando Gomez picked up a technical foul for a push after a dead ball and there was chirping between players all game. The JV Seahawks season comes to an end after a 4-8 season.

Seahawks Vs. Goose Creek Varsity Baseball Match

By: Caleb Spangler and Landon Brockway

The Seahawks baseball team faced off Goose Creek on Monday night and after a long game, Goose Creek won the game 5-3. It was a rough loss for the Seahawks and talked to some players to get their perspective. Jacob Hadley said, “ It’s a tough loss you know, we fought hard and it would have been great to pick up this win”. Also talked to Jack Boatwright who said, “I felt like we put ourselves in a great position to win this game, but unfortunately we couldn’t come out on top, just going to have to work harder.” The Seahawks landed only two hits through 7 innings, this was a major problem and has been like that all season. Goose Creek hit a triple late in the 6th that put them up 4-3 then finished the game in the final inning going up 5-3. The Varsity Seahawk baseball team plans on focusing on hitting, as that could be the difference between a state title, and a first-round exit.