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Warriors: Lower State champions
5/17/2008 | Today's Georgetown Times Online Edition
Published on 5/8/2008
By R.G. Greene
rgreene@gtowntimes.com
There was a time when Bishop England presented an obstacle for the Waccamaw High boys tennis team in the Lower State.
But it's safe to say that time has passed.
Waccamaw captured its sixth straight Class AA Lower State championship on Wednesday, besting the Bishops 5-1.
The Warriors won all five singles matches to secure the win. They'll be looking for their second consecutive state title this Saturday against Christ Church at the Richland County Tennis Center in Columbia - Waccamaw broke Christ Church's run of seven straight state championships last year.
"We're right where we wanted to be," Waccamaw coach James Brown said. "We wanted to have the opportunity to win another state title. Hopefully, we can make the most of it on Saturday."
NOTE: Waccamaw's Wesley Moran has been named an All-American for the 2007-08 season by the National High School Tennis All-American Foundation. The Warriors top seed, Moran has signed to continue his education and tennis career at Clemson University.
Wesley is the son of Tom and Liz Moran.
WACCAMAW 5, BISHOP ENGLAND 1
Singles: Wesley Moran (W) def. John Carle 6-3, 6-0; Billy Kenny (W) def.
Andrew Thebes 6-2, 6-0; Harrison Richmond (W) def. Randall Heffron 7-6
(8-6), 6-2; Thomas Ligon (W) def. Leigh Colyer 6-1, 6-0; Josh Richmond (W)
def. Walker Heffron 7-5, 6-4;.
Doubles: Max Halbauer-Dan Colyer (B) def. H.B. Marshall-Mike Moran 6-2, 6-4.
Girls soccer
The top ranked team in Class AA, Waccamaw opened the playoffs in convincing fashion on Wednesday, routing Andrew Jackson 11-0.
Taylor Player and Callie Dennis each scored three goals for Waccamaw (15-0) and Haleigh Knowles added two goals.
Waccamaw will continue the playoffs today, hosting the winner of the Barnwell/Wade Hampton game.
Softball
For the fourth time, Waccamaw High senior Addie Avant has been named to the Class AA All-State team.
Avant - who is believed to be one of six pitchers from South Carolina to win more than 100 games during her high school career -was 13-2 in 2008 with an ERA of 1.79 and struck out 144 batters in 82 1/3 innings of work. At the plate, she batted .407 with three home runs and 31 RBIs.
In addition to the All-State honors, Avant has been selected for the North/South All-Star game, which will be played in June at the University of South Carolina - Aiken.
Joining Avant on Class AA All-State team is her Waccamaw teammate Ashley Czechner.
A sophomore, Czechner won 10 of 12 decisions this season and boasted an ERA of 0.73. She struck out 141 in 76 2/3 innings and added a .422 batting average, 2 home runs and 22 RBIs to her list of accomplishments.
Carvers Bay's Caroline Avant earned All-State honors for Class A.
