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.

West Florence 10, Lugoff-Elgin 3

NOTE: WF pitcher Annie Ruth Eliason reached her 1,000th career strikeout during the 2nd inning.

WP – Eliason (7IP, ER, 3H, 4BB, 12K. LP- Merriweather (5 2/3IP, 10ER, 9H, 7BB, K.)

LEADING HITTERS – WF: Ashlyn Daisy 2-2 , 2B, RBI, SB; Ava Gainey 2-4, 2 2Bs, 2 RBIs; Hannah Marsik 2-4, 2 RBIs.

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.

Dixie 5, Lamar 4

LP – Zoom Jackson (5 1/3IP, 4ER, 8H, 6K, 3BB).

LEADING HITTERS – Jayzon Parnell 1-3, RB;I Hayden Timmons 2 RBIs.

RECORD: L 14-12.

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.

May 14, 2025 | Morning News (Florence, SC)
Author/Byline: From staff reports | Section: Sports