Sports

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 …

By John Smithson The North Myrtle Beach High School Lady Chiefs lacrosse team opened their spring schedule with a 16-0 victory over visiting West Ashley Monday night at The Hank. The Chiefs scored multiple goals in all four quarters as they kept the visiting Wildcats on defense all night, recovered most of the loose balls and had six different players score in the shutout. The Chiefs opened the game with three goals in the first quarter, four more in the second quarter, five goals in the third and four goals in the fourth quarter with a running clock. Freshman Aryanna …

By John Smithson The North Myrtle Beach High School Lady Chiefs softball team opened their season last week with a trip to Loris for their annual preseason tournament. The Chiefs first game was postponed due to Friday’s rain, and they opened play on Saturday against Green Sea Floyds. The Chiefs were the home team in their game against the Trojans and both teams failed to score through the first four innings of play. Green Sea scored a run in the top of the fifth inning for a 1-0 lead and held on to that lead until the bottom of the …

By John Smithson The North Myrtle Beach High School varsity boys and girls soccer teams are getting off to a good start in early season matches. The boys team has a 4-0 record so far. They won two matches in the Nash Tournament, 2-1 over Socastee and 2-1 over Conway. Last week the Chiefs beat Loris 3-1 and then were on the road for a 1-0 victory over West Florence. The girls team is 2-1 before this week’s action against Ashley. The girls won their first match 7-1 in the Nash Tournament but lost 6-2 against Camden in their second …

By John Smithson The North Myrtle Beach boys varsity lacrosse team got their season underway last Friday night at The Hank with a 20-7 victory over Gilbert High School. Prior to the game I met up with head coach Zach Lytle and asked him about his preseason action at the Laxapalooza on February 14th and some thoughts about the season opener that night. “I think it (Laxapalooza) went well. It is hard to tell what kind of team you have in that setting with a running clock and trying to get everyone on the field. There are not a lot …

By John Smithson The North Myrtle Beach Lady Chiefs continued their undefeated season last Friday night with a 68-33 victory over Westwood High School in the SCHSL division II 5A playoffs. The Chiefs are seeded number two in the lower state playoffs and met three-seed Berkely on Tuesday night. The winner of that game would meet the winner of the game between number one seed Goose Creek and number 4 Chapin for the lower state championship. Westwood came into last Tuesday’s game with a 17-10 season record. The Chiefs defense paid quick dividends as a three-pointer by Sophia Powell and …

By John Smithson BA Alderson was blowing dirt off his infield grass when I arrived for an interview last Friday afternoon, nothing out of the ordinary for a hands-on veteran coach entering his 12th year as head coach at North Myrtle Beach High School. Alderson stated he had three scrimmages so far this spring but would be doing self-scrimmages until the season began. Although his team has been ranked in the top ten 5A schools in preseason polls, Alderson relies on performance by his players in judging how well his Chiefs will do. “This group is just about as talented …

By John Smithson The 33rd annual edition of the Michael Nash Soccer Tournament got underway last Friday evening and the North Myrtle Beach High School varsity teams both won their first matches. The Chiefs boys won 2-1 to move to Saturday play and the Lady Chiefs won their first match 7-1 over Georgetown. The Lady Chiefs lost their second match to Camden on Saturday morning by a 6-2 score. Lady Chiefs players who scored in the Georgetown match included: Madison Thompson-2 goals, Macy Lockard-1 goal, Madison Long-2 goals, Robyn Walsh-1 goal, Raphaella Nunes-1 goal. Robyn and Ravyn Walsh each had …

By John Smithson The girls lacrosse players received a few final comments after practice last Thursday and head coach Danielle Lowrimore smiled as she walked toward me standing on the sideline at The Hank. Lowrimore continues to build the girls lacrosse program at North Myrtle Beach High School and when asked about this spring’s possibilities for her team she simply said “good.” Then she pointed out some of the reasons for her optimism. “On February 14th we participated in the Laxapalooza at Socastee High School. We had 25-minute scrimmages with region teams and we did very well.” The reason she …