Sports

By John Smithson Athletes from the NMB High School boys and girls track teams competed last Saturday in the SCHSL 5A Division II Lower State track meet. The meet was held at The Hank with teams attending from Myrtle Beach, Conway, Socastee, St. James, Berkeley, Goose Creek, Lucy Beckham, and West Florence. To possibly qualify for the state championships, athletes who finished in the top three in their events in each qualifying location totaled nine qualifiers. Then they take the next best seven athletes not in the top three from the three locations to get a total of 16 athletes …

By John Smithson The NMB Lady Chiefs softball team had a full week of playoff action last week, winning two of three games. The Chiefs beat Myrtle Beach, lost to Conway and then beat Chapin at home last Friday night. The Chiefs began at home last Monday night with Myrtle Beach across the diamond for their first-round playoff game. Isabella Foster started for the Chiefs and pitched three and two-third innings, allowed two hits and one run with five strikeouts. Sierra Bendik relieved her in the fourth inning after one run was in and went the rest of the way …

By John Smithson The North Myrtle Beach Chiefs played their first baseball SCHSL playoff game last Saturday at The Hank and beat Lucy Beckham 5-2. The Bengals scored the first run of the game in the top of the first inning off of Gabe Priest. A leadoff double and sacrifice put the Lucy Beckham runner on third and he scored on a groundout to second. The Chiefs got a run back in the bottom of the first after Sawyer Smith walked and Kaden Lank singled. Smith tried to score on the throw into the infield but a relay to the …

By John Smithson The North Myrtle Beach High School girls and boys track teams won the Horry County Championships April 22nd at Myrtle Beach against eight other county schools. Here are some of the best finishers for the Chiefs. Jaden Chestnut won the 100 meter dash and was fifth in the 200 meter dash. Ny”Ray Hannah won the 400 meter dash. Jeremani Bernard was fifth in the 800 meter run. Wisely Dawson took fifth in the 1600 meter run. Jerell Bellamy was first and Ny’Ray Hannah second in the 110 meter hurdles. Jerell Bellamy won the 400 meter hurdles with …

Boys events – NMB Chiefs results — Jaden Chestnut won the 100 meter dash and the 200 meter dash. Ny’Ray Hannah won the 400 meter dash with Jerell Bellamy fourth. Dawson Wisely was fifth in the 800 meter run. Braxton Todd finished fifth in the 3200 meter run. Jerell Bellamy was third in the 110 meter hurdles and Hannah and Primere Lewis fifth and sixth. Jerell Bellamy was second in the 400 meter hurdles and Braden Pagan third. The 4×100 meter run was won by Myrtle Beach. NMB was fourth. The 4×400 meter relay NMB team was fourth, as was …

By John Smithson The NMB Lady Chiefs softball team celebrated their senior night last Monday at The Hank with a 10-0 win over Myrtle Beach in their final region game of the spring. The Chiefs had one last game on the schedule at Loris last Friday and lost 13-3 to the Lady Lions. After the Chiefs seniors were celebrated prior to Monday’s game, the Chiefs batters scored 10 runs on eleven hits while senior pitcher Sierra Bendik threw a two-hit shutout in the five-inning game. The Chiefs scored three runs in the bottom of the first. With one out Capri …

By Ruben Lowman While the Hollywood Walk of Fame is a world away, the most famous set of hands in television history is currently back in the local soil. For the third consecutive year, hometown girl Vanna White has returned to the Grand Strand, but this time the stakes and the “star power” have hit a new ceiling. As the official Tournament Ambassador for the 2026 ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic, the North Myrtle Beach native isn’t just a guest of honor, White is the face of a PGA TOUR event that is rapidly becoming a global heavyweight. To the world, …

By John Smithson The NMB Lady Chiefs battled all season long, earned a place in the SCHSL playoffs with their first win ever against Socastee but then lost 17-14 to the Lady Sharks last Tuesday night at St. James. The Chiefs split their season series with the Lady Sharks, winning their first game 11-9 before losing 16-8 on April 13th. This time they played hard but were outshot by the Sharks and lost enough draws to make a difference in possession chances. The Chiefs scoring came from three freshmen players, Aryanna Kipybida with 7 goals and three assists, Sydney McClannan …

By John Smithson The North Myrtle Beach Chiefs boys lacrosse team made it to the first round of the SCHSL playoffs, beat Socastee 7-6 last Monday at The Hank, but lost to Lucy Beckham 19-2 in Mt. Pleasant last Friday night in their second round of the playoffs. The Chiefs split with the Braves in the regular season but found a way to win a hotly contested third matchup of the two teams. The Chiefs got off to a quick start in the game, leading 4-1 after the first quarter. Socastee was held to one goal in each of the …

By John Smithson The North Myrtle Beach Chiefs baseball team ended their regular season schedule last week with wins over the Carolina Forest Panthers and South Florence Bruins. The Chiefs raised their record to 21-5 with four consecutive wins in their final four regular season games and set themselves up as a number one seed in the SCHSL playoffs. The Chiefs win over Carolina Forest was especially welcomed by the Chiefs. They knocked out one of the Panthers ace pitchers Parker Reavis, scoring six runs on Reavis who had allowed one run and struck out 13 Chiefs in a 3-1 …