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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 …

By John Smithson Lady Chiefs lacrosse lost two games last week against Socastee and Carolina Forest to end the week 2-3 in the 6AAAAA region and 6-3 overall this spring. The Chiefs fell behind 6-4 after the first half of their game against Socastee last Monday and Socastee won 12-7. Aryanna Kipybida and Lexi Schmidt each scored twice for the Chiefs. Ava Patel had one goal and one assist and Rylee Denley and Oaklee Castle also scored goals. Sara Mai had one assist for the Chiefs offense. Tyra Green had 10 saves for the Chiefs in goal. Last Thursday night …

By John Smithson The North Myrtle Beach Chiefs baseball team swept its second region series last week as they took three straight from the Socastee Braves at The Hank. The Braves scored a run in the top of the first inning on three singles against Chiefs pitcher Gabe Priest. The Chiefs got something going in the bottom of the third. Andrew Mundy singled to left. Riley Wiggins sacrifice bunted Mundy to second. Kaden Lank singled to center with Mundy going to third and Lank to second. Peyton Gallup grounded out and Mundy scored the Chiefs first run. Evan Steudl singled …

By John Smithson The NMB boys soccer team had  a 7-0 record last week entering matchups with Carolina Forest and St. James at home. The Chiefs got off to a great start against Carolina Forest last Tuesday with a 2-0 victory. The Chiefs scored twice in the first half and then held on for their win over the Panthers. Aiden Trevino and John Rodriguez scored the goals for the Chiefs and Cristhian Vasquez and Jose Carpio were credited with an assist. Tomas Arroyo had 13 saves in goal for the Chiefs. Last Friday the Chiefs gave up an early goal …

By John Smithson The Lady Chiefs varsity soccer team went on the road last week for two matches against the heart of their schedule and lost two 2-0 matches to Carolina Forest and St. James. The Chiefs started their week 3-0 in 6AAAAA region play against Carolina Forest which was undefeated in region play. The Chiefs failed to get a goal in last Tuesday’s match while the Lady Panthers scored once in each half for a 2-0 victory. The Chiefs goalkeeper Clara Cloninger had 23 saves in the match. The Chiefs were back on the road last Friday for a …

By John Smithson The North Myrtle Beach High School boys varsity lacrosse team went 1-1 in two region games last week and lost a non-region game to Laurence Manning Academy. The Chiefs first region game was last Monday at The Hank when they beat the visiting Socastee Braves. The Chiefs got off to a slow start and were outscored 5-2 in the first quarter of play. The Chiefs turned it around in the second quarter, scoring four unanswered goals in the  quarter and led 6-5 at the half. The Chiefs continued their improved play in the second half, getting 4 …

By John Smithson The North Myrtle Beach Chiefs sparkled in last week’s varsity baseball action, sweeping Conway with three shutouts and then beating West Bladen last Saturday to complete a four-carat week on the diamond. The Chiefs started the week on Tuesday at Conway, one day after weather postponed their Monday 6AAAAA region opener. They won game one 4-0. Gabe Priest started for the Chiefs and went five and a third innings, giving up three hits and striking out eleven Tigers. Sawyer Smith finished up for the Chiefs, allowing one hit and adding two more Ks in his one and …

By John Smithson The North Myrtle Beach Lady Chiefs won two more 6AAAAA region matches last week to run their region record to 3-0 in region play. The Chiefs started their week at Conway last Tuesday and handed the Lady Tigers a second 2-0 score and the Chiefs second region win. The Chiefs’ Robyn Walsh scored a goal in each half to give the Chiefs their season sweep over Conway. Raphaella Nunes had an assist in the match and Clara Cloninger had three saves in goal. The Chiefs were back at The Hank last Wednesday to take on West Brunswick …

By John Smithson The North Myrtle Beach Lady Chiefs lacrosse team won both of their games last week beating St. James 11- 4 in a region game and then winning 16-4 over non-region Waccamaw. The Chiefs scoring against the Lady Sharks was led by Lexi Schmidt with 6 goals. Aryanna Kipybida, Ava Patel, Sydney McClannan, Jasmine Watts and Lainee Smith each scored one goal. Schmidt had two assists and Oaklee Castle had one assist for the Chiefs. Tyra Green saved four of eight shots on goal. In their game at Waccamaw on Thursday, March 19, the Chiefs won 16-4. Kipybida …

By John Smithson The NMB Lady Chiefs softball team won two out of three games in last week’s opening region series for the Chiefs. You would not have thought that after the first game at Conway. The Chiefs opened the series on St. Patrick’s Day but didn’t have much luck, Irish or otherwise. The Lady Tigers scored two runs in the bottom of the first inning on a Chiefs error with the bases loaded. They scored another run in the second, four runs in the third and one in the fourth. Sadie Olson had a leadoff home run for the …