Robert McMillan had 3 hits for Northside Academy which reached the .500 mark Wednesday following the 10-7 road win over Heathwood Hall.

Charlie Compton, Jacob Amodio and Christian Hampton each had 2 RBI to lead the Crusaders, who rallied from 4 runs down and withstood a late comeback by the Highlanders.

The Crusaders took a 1-0 lead in the top 1st on a RBI fielder’s choice by Amodio. The Highlanders responded with 4 runs in the bottom half of the inning off starter Joey McRoberts.

A Compton RBI single in the 3rd was answered by one by Heathwood Hall’s Reagan Olsen in the bottom 2nd. Over the next 4 innings, the Crusaders scored 8 unanswered runs and capitalized off 4 Heathwood Hall errors to take a 10-5 advantage.

After 102 pitches, McRoberts was relieved by lefthander Max McKenna with a runner on 1st and 1 out. He issued  a walk, gave up an RBI single, hit a batsman to load the bases and walked another batter to load the bases.

Amodio took over on the mound and got Olsen to pop out to end the game.

Up next for Northside Christian is a Thursday home game against Richland Northeast.

Chapin 1, River Bluff 0

Another dominant pitching performance has the Eagles on the verge of another 3-game sweep.

Matthew Becker struck out 8, walked 3 and held the Gators hitless for 5 ⅓ innings in picking up the win. The lone hit by River Bluff was a single by Alex Urban.

In extending its lead in Region 5-5A, Chapin (9-5, 7-1) collected 6 hits, but it’s only run came in the Bottom 1st on a sacrifice fly by Tyler Teal. River Bluff pitcher Brandon Fowler was just as effective, striking out 7 and allowing just 1 walk in 7 innings.

Chris Veach and University of South Carolina commit Cade Austin, who struck out 12 a night earlier in the Game 1 win, both had 2 hits. Becker also had a single for the Eagles.

Chapin will look to complete the sweep Friday in The Swamp.

Dutch Fork 12, Lexington 2 (5 innings)

Noah Jackson drove in 4 runs on 3 hits and Hugh Ryan had 3 RBI as the Silver Foxes pounded the Wildcats to end their 4-game winning streak.

Clemson commit Ty Olenchuk struck out 9 in 5 innings to pick up the victory.

Seth Altenberg and Landon McMahan accounted for both Lexington runs in the top 5th.

The rubber match of the series is set for Friday in Lexington.

White Knoll 8, Gilbert 2

Dylan Johnson went 3-5 with 2 RBI, Dima Busby drove in 2 runs and Brandon Walters had 3 hits to lead the Timberwolves in the non-region win.

Matt Dooley struck out 5 and gave up 1 earned run in the complete game victory.

White Knoll plays host to River Bluff Monday.

Brookland-Cayce 13, Newberry 0

Shivers had 2 hits and Staton and Krissinger each drove in 2 RBI to lead the Bearcats.

Up next is a Region 4-4A home game against Aiken on Friday.

Midland Valley 11, Swansea 0

SOFTBALL

Dutch Fork 3, Blythewood 0 (9 innings)

The Lady Silver Foxes broke a scoreless tie with a 3-run rally in extra innings to take the non-region victory.

Morgan Scott scored Kelcy Putlock from 2nd base to start the inning under the international tiebreaker rules. It was the first of 5 consecutive singles by Dutch Fork, which added 2 more runs to its lead.

Jillian Price and Holly Stolzenbach accounted for the other RBI in the inning.

Scott accounted for the final 3 outs, finishing her 4 ⅔ innings of relief with 10 strikeouts and no hits allowed. Starter Carolyn Lusk had 4 strikeouts and gave up 2 hits.