Sports

By John Smithson The North Myrtle Beach High School varsity boys and girls soccer teams are closing out their regular season schedule this week after finishing most 6AAAAA region matches last week. The boys team finished their region play last week with losses to the only teams that beat them this spring. Last Tuesday the Chiefs traveled to St. James for their second meeting with the Sharks. The Chiefs finished the first half trailing 2-0 and finished the match losing 4-1. Cristhian Vasquez scored the Chiefs goal and Tomas Arroyo had seven saves. Last Thursday Myrtle Beach visited The Hank …

By John Smithson The NMB Chiefs baseball team got back on the winning track last week sweeping the Myrtle Beach Seahawks in a three-game series 10-0, 22-0 and 12-3. The Chiefs began their winning streak on senior night last Monday at The Hank. Sawyer Smith started a two-run rally in the bottom of the first with a double. Porter Anglin ran for Smith and went to second when Kaden Lank was hit by a pitch. Trevor Mitchetti singled in Anglin and Lank eventually scored on an error. Gabe Priest walked to open the Chiefs second and was sacrificed to second. …

By John Smithson The NMB Lady Chiefs softball team won the first two games of their series with Myrtle Beach last week. The Chiefs were home last Monday night for their first game. The Lady Seahawks had runners on first and second with one out, but a 1-5-3 double play ended the top of the first with no damage by the visitors. The Chiefs got the scoring started in the first with Carolina Porter drawing a walk and Capri Laughlin hit by a pitch, putting them on first and second.  A passed ball moved them to second and third. Sadie …

By John Smithson The North Myrtle Beach Lady Chiefs lacrosse team finished their regular season last Wednesday night with an 11-9 victory over the visiting Socastee Lady Braves at The Hank. The Chiefs led 5-4 at halftime and increased their lead to 11-6 with five minutes left in the fourth quarter. The Lady Braves rallied for three late goals to narrow the Chiefs lead to 11-9 but the Chiefs controlled the final minutes and held on for their first-ever victory over Socastee. The Chiefs jumped and celebrated when the horn sounded and were even happier when they found out that …

By John Smitson Sophomore Corbin Delamore won the 5A Region 6 individual golf championship yesterday with a 74 score in a playoff. Delamore is the second seeded player on the Chiefs team that came in fourth in the team championship. His score got him into a playoff which he won for the region individual title. The Chiefs team shot a 337 as a foursome. Jacob Smith shot an 88, Braiden Brunson a 90, and Thomas Anderson an 85. The Chiefs were fourth with their 337 score. St. James won the team championship with a 319. Myrtle Beach was second with …

By John Smithson Chiefs boys soccer — The NMB Chiefs boys soccer team won their last three matches. They started their streak with an April 7th 4-0 win over visiting Gaffney. The Chiefs and Indians each scored two first-half goals for a 2-2 tie. The Chiefs shut out the Indians in the second half, scored two more goals and claimed a   4-2 win. Christhian Vasquez scored three goals for the Chiefs and Danielle Vespoli scored the other goal. Aiden Trevino, Jose Carpio, Rowan Smith and Randy Suchite Ramirez each had an assist in the victory. Tomas Arroyo had three …

By John Smithson The North Myrtle Beach Chiefs baseball team got back to 6AAAAA region baseball last Monday as they began a three-game series at St. James. Needing some wins to challenge first-place Carolina Forest, the Chiefs instead lost two of the three games to the Sharks. The opener went bad quickly. The Chiefs got a first inning single from Sawyer Smith but that was it. The Sharks opened the bottom of the first with a single. Sawyer Smith struck out two in a row but then gave up a home run to Luke Kesslar for a 2-0 Sharks lead. …

By John Smithson The North Myrtle Beach Lady Chiefs softball team lost two games last week to the St. James Lady Sharks to complete a 0-3 run against the 6AAAAA region’s top team. The Sharks won the first game of the series 5-2 on April 13th at St. James. The Chiefs faced a Sharks team that was 18-0 going into last week’s final two games of the region series. The first game last Monday was a home game at St. James, and the Sharks scored at least one run in five of their six innings and won 9-1. Sharks pitcher …

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. …