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By John Smithson NMB girls lacrosse — The North Myrtle Beach High School girls lacrosse team won their only game of the week before spring break, beating Myrtle Beach 20-3. The Lady Chiefs had a long list of players contributing to that win at Myrtle Beach. Leading the Chiefs in scoring in the game was Sydney McClannan with five goals and two assists. Lexi Schmidt got four goals and an assist. Oaklee Castle scored three goals and added three assists. Aryanna Kipybida scored twice and had one assist. Six players scored one goal. Sara Mai also had three assists. Rylee …

By John Smithson The North Myrtle Beach Lady Chiefs softball team went 0-3 in their 6AAAAA region series last week, losing 7-0, 8-3 and 5-0 to the Panthers. The Chiefs began the series last Monday at Carolina Forest and faced Panthers pitcher Kaysen Warehime who shut out the Chiefs on two hits while striking out 14 NMB batters. The Chiefs only had three base runners in the whole game as they could not get to Warehime at all. Sierra Bendik started for the Chiefs and gave up one run in the bottom of the first inning but pitched well until …

By John Smithson The NMB Chiefs varsity baseball team was undefeated going into the first of two region games with the Carolina Panthers. Last Monday the Chiefs began their short series at Carolina Forest and lost in a pitcher’s duel 3-1. The Chiefs faced Panthers ace Parker Reavis in game one. Reavis was undefeated coming into last week’s game and had an earned run average under one. The Chiefs got two runners on to lead off the game against Reavis with Kaden Lank hitting a single to left and Peyton Gallup’s bunt single. Evan Steudl tried to sacrifice the runners, …

The Chiefs varsity tennis team was 2-1 in recent matches. On March 19th the Chiefs defeated Socastee 6-1. Number 1 player Jagger Freeman won 7-5, 6-3. Number 2 player Carter Duncan won 6-1, 6-1. Brent Maillet, Caden Williams, and Blake Maillet won in straight sets and the Chiefs doubles team also won by an 8-4 score. The Chiefs lost 5-1 to Carolina Forest on March 24th.  Jagger Freeman was the only winner in singles with a 6-3, 6-0 win. On March 26th the Chiefs beat St. James 4-3. The four winners for the Chiefs were Jagger Freeman with 6-0, 6-0 …

By John Smithson The North Myrtle Beach High School boys and girls track teams won their home meet on Wednesday, March 25, at The Hank track facilities. They beat Loris and Aynor in the three-team competition. The boys team scored 99.5 points for first place. Aynor had 50 points and Loris had 39.5 points. The girls won with 97.5 points. Aynor was second with 42.5 points and Loris finished with 30 points. The Chiefs finished 1-2-3 in the 100 meter dash. Reo Stevenson, Jonathan Evans and Jayden Wilson were the top three. Loris’ Kenny King won the 200 meter dash. …

By John Smithson The NMB Lady Chiefs softball team won two out of three games in their 5A season series with Socastee last week. The Chiefs opened up at home last Monday but lost 6-4 to the Lady Braves. They won at Socastee and then came back home last Friday to win the series. The Braves opened the first game with two runs in the top of the first on two singles, two walks and a sacrifice fly. The Chiefs got one run back in the bottom of the first when Sadie Olson doubled, went to third on a wild …

By John Smithson Lady Chiefs lacrosse lost two games last week against Socastee and Carolina Forest to end the week 2-3 in the 6AAAAA region and 6-3 overall this spring. The Chiefs fell behind 6-4 after the first half of their game against Socastee last Monday and Socastee won 12-7. Aryanna Kipybida and Lexi Schmidt each scored twice for the Chiefs. Ava Patel had one goal and one assist and Rylee Denley and Oaklee Castle also scored goals. Sara Mai had one assist for the Chiefs offense. Tyra Green had 10 saves for the Chiefs in goal. Last Thursday night …

By John Smithson The North Myrtle Beach Chiefs baseball team swept its second region series last week as they took three straight from the Socastee Braves at The Hank. The Braves scored a run in the top of the first inning on three singles against Chiefs pitcher Gabe Priest. The Chiefs got something going in the bottom of the third. Andrew Mundy singled to left. Riley Wiggins sacrifice bunted Mundy to second. Kaden Lank singled to center with Mundy going to third and Lank to second. Peyton Gallup grounded out and Mundy scored the Chiefs first run. Evan Steudl singled …

By John Smithson The NMB boys soccer team had  a 7-0 record last week entering matchups with Carolina Forest and St. James at home. The Chiefs got off to a great start against Carolina Forest last Tuesday with a 2-0 victory. The Chiefs scored twice in the first half and then held on for their win over the Panthers. Aiden Trevino and John Rodriguez scored the goals for the Chiefs and Cristhian Vasquez and Jose Carpio were credited with an assist. Tomas Arroyo had 13 saves in goal for the Chiefs. Last Friday the Chiefs gave up an early goal …

By John Smithson The Lady Chiefs varsity soccer team went on the road last week for two matches against the heart of their schedule and lost two 2-0 matches to Carolina Forest and St. James. The Chiefs started their week 3-0 in 6AAAAA region play against Carolina Forest which was undefeated in region play. The Chiefs failed to get a goal in last Tuesday’s match while the Lady Panthers scored once in each half for a 2-0 victory. The Chiefs goalkeeper Clara Cloninger had 23 saves in the match. The Chiefs were back on the road last Friday for a …