Because of the expected snowfall across the state, most of the sporting events scheduled to be played in the area this weekend have been postponed or canceled.
Saturday’s Class 3-A state championship wrestling match featuring Hilton Head High and top-ranked Lugoff-Elgin has been postponed until 6:30 p.m. Wednesday and moved to Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School.
Beaufort County School District canceled all after-school activities today, preventing Bluffton and Hilton Head High from renewing their basketball rivalry tonight. The games will be played Saturday, with the varsity girls starting at 6 p.m. Tonight’s scheduled basketball game between Battery Creek and Lake Marion has been canceled and will not be rescheduled.
Beaufort High has postponed its basketball contest against Colleton County until Saturday, with the JV girls beginning play at 3:30 p.m., followed by the JV boys and varsity girls and boys games. The weekend’s scheduled Homecoming festivities have been postponed until a later date, Beaufort High assistant athletics director Jeremy Huff said.
Hilton Head Christian Academy’s home basketball games against Northwood Academy have been postponed for tonight and will be made up Monday; the junior varsity girls game will begin at 2 p.m., with junior varsity boys, varsity girls and varsity boys to follow.
Hilton Head Prep’s home games tonight against Porter-Gaud have been postponed until Wednesday.
Hilton Head Christian’s junior varsity games against Porter-Gaud on Saturday have been postponed until Tuesday, but the varsity games are still scheduled for 2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.
Thomas Heyward’s basketball games at Pinewood Prep have been called off for tonight. Athletics director Phillip Rhodes said it has not yet been decided whether the games will be made up.
USC Beaufort’s home baseball series with Warner University was pushed back a day. Saturday’s noon doubleheader is still on, but Friday’s single game was postponed until 1 p.m. Sunday.
Check back throughout the day for more postponements and cancellations as they are announced.
Sports-related cancellations and postponements (makeup date in parentheses)
Wrestling: Class 3-A championship — Hilton Head High vs. Lugoff-Elgin (postponed until 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School)
Basketball: Lake Marion at Battery Creek (canceled); Colleton County at Beaufort High (postponed until Saturday); Northwood Academy at Hilton Head Christian (postponed until Monday); Thomas Heyward at Pinewood Prep (postponed until date TBA); Bluffton at Hilton Head High (postponed until 6 p.m. Saturday); Porter-Gaud at Hilton Head Prep (postponed until Wednesday)
Baseball: Warner at USC Beaufort (Friday’s game postponed until Sunday; Saturday’s doubleheader still scheduled for noon)
February 12, 2010 | Island Packet (Hilton Head, SC)
Author/Byline: Hilton Head – Island Packet