Sports

By John Smthson The North Myrtle Beach Chiefs baseball team won three of the four games they played last week in the South Atlantic Bank Invitational Baseball Tournament. The tournament is the second largest baseball tournament in the country with over 100 teams in the Myrtle Beach area playing games at area schools. The North Myrtle Beach High School was one of the sites for tournament games and the Chiefs won three of the four games they played at their home field at The Hank Sports Complex. The Chiefs first game was last Tuesday evening against the Martinsburg, West Virginia, …

By John Smithson The North Myrtle Beach High School boys and girls track teams got lots of exposure and competition April 3-5 at Myrtle Beach. It was the 20th year of the event that had over 40 high schools from the eastern U.S. participating over three days. The Chiefs boys finished in 8th place out of 31 teams. The girls finished in 16th place out of 34 teams. What follows is a list of event categories and top finishers by North Myrtle Beach teams or athletes. Beach Run events  (boys) — Jaden Chestnut finished first in the 100 meter dash. …

By James Pease II Coastal Carolina University hosted the 2026 Banana Ball World Tour on Saturday, March 28, and Sunday, March 29, at Springs Brooks Stadium in Conway. The event was completely sold out, selling 5,500 tickets. The Party Animals and the Loco Beach Coconuts faced off, with the Coconuts coming out on top with a final score of 4-3. Banana Ball has quickly grown into a popular form of entertainment nationwide in recent years. What makes it unique is its distinctive rules, which differ from traditional baseball—such as a scoring system based on points per inning, a ban on …

By John Smithson The North Myrtle Beach High School softball team spent part of their spring break at the Grand Strand Classic Tournament held last week at the NMB Sports Complex and finished the tournament with a 2-1 record. The Lady Chiefs first game was last Monday against the Greenbriar Christian Academy Gators. The Chiefs won a wild one, 18-15. The Chiefs loaded the bases in the first inning but failed to score. The Gators and the Chiefs then stayed scoreless until the top of the third inning when the Chiefs put a 5 on the scoreboard. Capri Laughlin reached …

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 …