LAKE CITY, S.C. − Carolina Academy’s Paisley Coker hit a two-run double in the bottom of the seventh to give the Bobcats a dramatic 8-6 win over Dorchester Academy in Tuesday’s opening game of the SCISA 2A softball state championship series.
Game 2 is today at Dorchester Academy at 7 p.m.
The Bobcats trailed 6-4 going into Tuesday’s bottom of the seventh. But Natalie Braveboy’s two-run homer after Paisley McCutcheon’s walk evened the score at 6.
Carolina Academy played catch-up all game. After trailing 3-0, run-scoring plays included a Raeley Frye RBI single.
Frye was the winning pitcher, striking out five batters during the complete-game effort.
OTHER SCORES: Gray Collegiate 8, Darlington 0; Dillon 6, Silver Bluff 3; Marlboro County 8, Battery Creek 0; Barnwell 2, Lake City 0; Carvers Bay 23, Palmetto Scholars 3; Johnsonville 15, St. John’s 0; Lake View 15, Lowcountry Leadership 0.
BASEBALL
Lee Academy 6
Andrew Jackson Acad. 5
BAMBERG − The Cavaliers scored four runs in the fourth inning to make it 5-0. Andrew Jackson made a charge, but it was too little, too late as Lee Academy took Game 1 of the SCISA 2A state championship series.
Game 2 is today at Lee Academy.
In Tuesday’s fourth inning, Lee scored on an error and balk, as well as a single by Andrew Bowers.
Winning pitcher Myles Frye struck out five batters in six innings, and Bowers earned the save.
Lamar 6, Dixie 1
WP − Jayzon Parnell (7IP, R, 2H, 6K, 0BB).
LEADING HITTERS − Ryan Hill 2-3, RBI; Jayzon Parnell 2-4, RBI.
OTHER SCORES: Beaufort def. Hartsville 8-7; Fox Creek 3, Marlboro County 1; East Clarendon 3, Cheraw 2; McBee 5, Great Falls 4; Latta 1-5, Hannah-Pamplico 6-4.
GIRLS SOCCER
West Florence 4, St. James 2
GOALS − Lily Richbourg, Ellison Banner 3.
NEXT MATCH: The Knights will travel to Chapin on Friday for the 5A Division II Lower State final at 7 p.m.
