Sports

By John Smthson The North Myrtle Beach Chiefs varsity baseball team followed their CIT championship performance with an 11-7 victory last Wednesday at South Florence in a non-region game. The Chiefs opened the top of the first inning with a Kaden Lank single to left. Lank went to third on a double by Porter Gallup and Evan Steudl walked to load the bases. Sawyer Smith singled and drove in Lank for a 1-0 Chiefs lead. Trevor Mitchetti followed with a grand slam home run to left and 5-0 lead going to the bottom of the first. The Chiefs Noah Nance …

By John Smithson The North Myrtle Beach Lady Chiefs track and field team finished third at the Island Invitational track meet last Saturday. The Chiefs were third out of fourteen girls team competing in the meet and were led by Fenna Hollo, who was named the Runner of the Meet for her performance. Hollo won first place in both the 1600 meter run and the 3200 meter run, crossing the finish line at least 15 seconds ahead of the second-place runner in both races. Her accomplishments anchored a third-place finish for the Lady Chiefs in the final team standings. The …

By John Smithson The North Myrtle Beach High School Lady Chiefs lacrosse team won two of three games last week while splitting region games with Carolina Forest and Myrtle Beach. The Chiefs opened their week last Monday at Carolina Forest and lost 18-8. The Chiefs continued to make progress against the established teams they play as they build their program under coach Danielle Lowrimore. Five different players scored in the game. Ava Patel led the Chiefs with three goals; Jasmine Watts netted two goals and the team’s leading scorer Aryanna Kipybida had a goal as did Oaklee Castle and Lexi …

Boys and girls soccer — Since the season opened with the Nash Tournament the boys varsity soccer team has won five matches. Their most recent win was a 5-0 shutout of Conway on Wednesday, March 11. The girls team is 3-3 so far this spring. The Lady Chiefs won their last match 2-0 over Conway. Bridget Mount scored the first goal for the Chiefs and Raphaella Nunes scored the second goal. Clara Cloninger had three saves in goal. Boys tennis — The Chiefs boys tennis team is 2-0 so far this season. They beat Laney on Wednesday, February 25, and …

By John Smithson The North Myrtle Beach High School boys and girls varsity track and field teams won the Alan Connie Relays last Saturday at The Hank.  Ten schools attended the event and competed in track team relay events and individual field events while compiling points for individual or team finishes. Alan Connie was present for the start of the events and commented on what it means for the track season. “It’s great to be out here. This is always the kickoff of the outdoor track and field season in beautiful spring weather. This is such a beautiful facility for …

By John Smithson The North Myrtle Beach Lady Chiefs opened their home softball season last Friday night against the number one ranked Aynor Lady Blue Jackets and the visitors took advantage of Chiefs errors to spoil the home opener with a 7-2 victory. The Chiefs dropped a fly to left field to open the game, and a second error on a sacrifice bunt scored the first run of the game for Aynor. The Chiefs got the run back in the bottom of the first, loading the bases on three walks and plating Hadley Leonhart on a fielders choice grounder by …

By John Smithson The NMB Lady Chiefs won their first track meet of the season last Wednesday over Aynor and Loris in the three-team meet at The Hank. The girls team won 78-52 over Aynor with Loris third with 29 points. The Chiefs were just edged out by Aynor 69-67 in the meet. Here are a few highlights from the meets. Laquashia Hardee won the 100 meter dash for Loris. Gabby Woodard and Brandi Gore were third and fourth for the Lady Chiefs. Gore was second in the 200 meter dash. Zoe Mandley, Malaysia Batten and Reaghan Farquharson were 1-2-3 …

By John Smithson The North Myrtle Beach Chiefs varsity baseball team opened their season with four straight wins and a championship in the Coastal Invitational Tournament held last weekend at Waccamaw High School. The Chiefs opened play in the tournament last Thursday with a 9-1 victory over the host Warriors team. The game was scoreless until the top of the third inning. Singles by Josh Shemanskis and Jack Williams, and Evan Steudl hit by a pitch loaded the bases before Sawyer Smith doubled to center and gave the Chiefs a 2-0 lead. Camden Butler homered to left field in the …

By John Earnest The Knights of Columbus, Council 7122, from Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church recently hosted the Knight of Columbus District Basketball Free Throw Contest. The contest was held at the North Myrtle Beach Middle School on Sunday, February 22, 2026. The local winners of the council contest were very successful capturing three of the four places awarded in the district. The results are as follows: The first place winners for the girls, were Emma Ferguson for age group 9-11 and Marley Rhodes for age group 12-14. The first place winners for the boys were Joel …

By John Smithson The North Myrtle Beach Lady Chiefs put up an amazing battle last Tuesday night in their third round division II SCHSL playoff game with Berkley at the NMB gym but lost 58-52 to last year’s state champion. The number two seeded Chiefs came into the game with the memory of losing their lower state championship game 67-32 to the Lady Stags in Florence last year. Berkley came into last Tuesday’s game as the three seed in this year’s lower state tournament with a 20-5 record, and second place in region 7 in the regular season. On paper …