Sports

By John Smithson The NMB High School Lady Chiefs volleyball team remained undefeated with an 18-0 record after last week’s string of seven wins, two in region play and a 5-0 record in the Panther Invitational Tournament. The Chiefs opened last week with a home victory over Carolina Forest on Tuesday evening, a 3-0 battle with one of their tougher region foes. The Chiefs took the first set 25-18, and then won the next two sets 25-20, 25-20. As usual the Chiefs two outside hitters Lilly Loeswick and Clara Cloninger did the most damage, with Loeswick getting 22 kills and …

By John Smithson The NMB High School’s boys volleyball team ran their season record to 9-9 after last week’s region play and a full day of matches at the Volley Brawl at the Beach Tournament last Saturday at Myrtle Beach High School. The Chiefs region schedule last week included two of the better teams in the 6AAAAA region. The Chiefs began the week  at Carolina Forest last Tuesday, losing 0-3 to Carolina Forest (13-25, 9-25, 11-25). The Panthers were15-3-1 entering this week’s play. Last Thursday the Chiefs were at St. James with the Sharks 14-4 going into this week’s region …

By John Smithson The North Myrtle Beach High School cross country varsity and JV teams got some valuable experience as they traveled to Florence, S.C., last Saturday for the Pee Dee Classic cross country races with over 20 teams competing. The Lady Chiefs did not have their usual team competing since two of their starting five were attending a swim meet. Fenna Hollo won the girls varsity 5000 meter race with a time of 19:15.14, 34 seconds better than second place finisher Layla Holladay from Socastee High School. Aleha Lang finished fifth in the girls race. Lucy Stalvey was nineteenth. …

By John Smithson The North Myrtle Beach High School swim teams continued their successful year in the pool as the boys team won first place and the girls team took second place in last weekend’s Socastee Invitational swim meet held at Coastal Carolina. Thirteen teams competed in the meet, with 205 swimmers in the water for a variety of competitions. The Lady Chiefs were second out of 11 teams. Coach Kristen Henley was happy about the results and looking forward to the last weeks of competition. “Our teams continued to deliver some fast swims and personal records this season. It …

By John Smithson The NMB High School Lady Chiefs continued their winning ways last week as they beat Conway and Socastee in region play before dispatching three teams last Saturday in a three-team bout for an 11-0 record so far this season. The Chiefs began their successful week with a home win last Tuesday against Conway. The Chiefs won that one 3-0, (25-12, 25-14, 25-16). Lilly Loeswick and Clara Cloninger had 23 kills between them in the match. Four Chiefs contributed to the team total in digs. Loeswick had 15 digs, Katlyn Powers had 14 digs, Harlow Horton had 11 …

By John Smithson It was supposed to be the Battle of Highway 9. The Chiefs and Loris Lions had met for 54 times before last Friday night. The Lions had won 39 of those previous matchups, and the last three between the teams. The AAA Lions came into the game as the #4 team in the state. The battle didn’t last very long at Heniford Field Friday night as the Lions played in their first home game of the season after three big wins on the road. There was a flicker of hope early for the Chiefs. The opening kickoff …

By John Smithson The North Myrtle Beach High School varsity boys volleyball team had a very busy week last week with two region games and four matches in the Battle for the Crown tournament in Florence last Saturday. The Chiefs opened the week with a 2-3 loss at Conway last Tuesday. The Chiefs were home last Thursday for another region match against Socastee. The Braves won that one 3-0 (8-25, 16-25, 11-25). Over last weekend the boys were in Florence for four matches. They opened with a 2-0 win over Wilson and a 2-1 victory over the Cabarrus Athletic Association. …

By John Smithson Cross Country — The Chiefs boys and girls varsity cross country teams joined teams from eight other schools for a meet September 10th at Grand Park in Market Commons. The boys team finished eighth in their race. St. James was first, Myrtle Beach second and Carolina Forest third. Fenna Hollo led the Lady Chiefs to victory as she took first place in the 5K race. Robyn Walsh was third, Aleha Lang was sixth, Ravyn Walsh ninth and Lucy Stalvey fifteenth. The Chiefs had 34 points for first place. St. James was second with 64 points and Socastee …

By John Smithson The North Myrtle Beach Chiefs football team celebrated an early-season senior night in only their second home game of the season with a 24-12 victory over the visiting West Brunswick Trojans last Friday night at The Hank. The Chiefs 20 senior players and members of the Band of Chiefs and cheer team were all recognized and honored by the school and family members in the traditional senior night festivities before the game. After that the Chiefs lost the coin toss to begin the game, but that was about all the significant damage they endured as they played …

By John Smithson The North Myrtle Beach girls varsity cross country team won last Saturday’s Carolina Forest  meet held at Myrtle Beach. The Lady Chiefs won on the strength of four Chiefs finishing in four of the top five positions as they crossed the finish line in the 5K race. Fenna Hollo won the race, followed by Robyn Walsh and Ravyn Walsh in second and third. Aleha Lang came in fifth, Lucy Stalvey was twelfth and Mandy Davis was twenty-third. The Chiefs were competing against five other area schools: Carolina Forest, Myrtle Beach, Aynor, Conway and Carvers Bay. The top …