Dutch Fork, River Bluff go 2-0 at Classic, SC Diamond Invitational starts Wednesday at Lexington, Brookland-Cayce high schools

Airport stays undefeated at Sheppard's Glass Invitational

THOMAS GRANT JR.
chroniclesports@yahoo.com
Posted 4/6/21

Region 5-5A rivals Dutch Fork and River Bluff remained undefeated at the Forest Acres Classic Tuesday at AC Flora High School.

Should the Gators and Silver Foxes win their respective games today, …

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Dutch Fork, River Bluff go 2-0 at Classic, SC Diamond Invitational starts Wednesday at Lexington, Brookland-Cayce high schools

Airport stays undefeated at Sheppard's Glass Invitational

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Region 5-5A rivals Dutch Fork and River Bluff remained undefeated at the Forest Acres Classic Tuesday at AC Flora High School.
Should the Gators and Silver Foxes win their respective games today, they would face each other for the tournament title at 3 pm Thursday. This would be the 3rd meeting this season between the 2 teams, both won by Dutch Fork. 


River Bluff 12, Hammond 3
Jack Benedict had 3 hits and 3 RBI and Weston Lever had 2 hits and 3 RBI.
Walker Mitchell also had 3 hits and 2 RBI and Preston Sansone, Beau Hollins and Ethan Plyler each had 2 hits and an RBI for River Bluff. 
Zach Cowart struck out 4 in 6 innings for the win. 


Dutch Fork 15, Atlantic Shores Christian 7 
Down 5-2, the Silver Foxes outscored the Panthers 13-2 over the final 4 innings for their 8th consecutive victory.
Collin Shealy went 3-4 with 7 RBI. He had 2, 2-round doubles, a tie-breaking 2-run single in the 4th inning and an RBI fielder's choice.
University of South Carolina commit Evan Stone went 3-3 with 4 RBI, including a 3-run homer in the 6th inning, and he and Jay Metts each scored 4 runs. 
Ellis Hunter pitched 2 1/3 innings, struck out 5 and allowed 4 hits. Dillon Wilson finished the game and allowed no earned runs. 


White Knoll 3, Newberry 2
Hayden Cushman hit a walkoff RBI single with the bases loaded to help the Timberwolves even their mark at the Forest Acres Classic.
White Knoll took a 2-1 lead in the bottom 5th on consecutive RBI fielder's choices. After the Bulldogs tied the game in the top 7th, Adon Dobbs hit a leadoff single in the bottom half of the inning and Reign Lybrand and Dylan Johnson each drew walks to load the bases.
Tristan Presley picked up the victory in relief of Alex Lyon, who replaced starter Levi Dunn. Dunn allowed 3 hits and struck out 1 in 5 2/3 innings. 


AC Flora 16, Gray Collegiate 2 (5 innings)
After getting shut out by Dutch Fork a night earlier, the top-ranked Falcons unleashed their offense against the War Eagles. 
Jake Sears had 2 hits and 3 RBI, Phillip Daniels and Zander Buchan each scored 3 runs and Tillman Gedding had a 2-run single for AC Flora.
Hill Teas and Jake Huggins each struck out 4 in a combined 4 1/3 innings of work. The lone runs driven in for Gray Collegiate were by Mason Turner and Brent Stukes.


(Wednesday’s Games)
River Bluff vs. Newberry 11 am
Gray Collegiate vs. Dutch Fork 2 pm 
Hammond vs. White Knoll 5 pm 
AC Flora vs. Atlantic Shores Christian 8 pm 


SHEPPARD'S GLASS INVITATIONAL
Airport 11, Cardinal Newman 4
Corbin Wright had a 2-run homer, drove in 3 runs and pitched 3 innings of relief to pick up the Eagles' 2nd win at the Invitational.
Layne Turner had 3 hits and 2 RBI and John Allen Forrester had 2 hits and 2 RBI for Airport. Blake Morrison started for the Eagles and struck out 3 in 2 innings. 

Cardinal Newman 3, Strom Thurmond 2 
Austin Laughlin had 2 hits and 2 RBI and Sam Corbett had 7 strikeouts to lead the Cardinals.
Dalton Hitt had 2 hits and Jacob Rushtin and Devrow Williams accounted for the runs scored by the Rebels. 


Wednesday’s Games
(AT AIRPORT HIGH SCHOOL) 

Wade Hampton vs. Cardinal Newman 11 am
Wade Hampton at Airport 2 pm 

KERSHAW/RICHLAND CLASSIC
Dreher 4, Irmo 3
A late rally was not enough to lift the Yellow Jackets past the Blue Devils Tuesday.
Nate Harvey and Sheldon Coffman each had 2 hits and Blaine Redmond and Jacob Muir drove in a run for Dreher. JJ Bruce and Austin Hinson each had a hit and RBI for Irmo.


SC DIAMOND INVITATIONAL
Wednesday’s Games 
(AT LEXINGTON HS)

Blythewood at Lexington 11 am
Westwood vs. TL Hanna 3 pm 


(AT BROOKLAND-CAYCE HS)
Chapin vs. Greenville noon
Dorman at Brookland-Cayce 4 pm 

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