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Here are a few of the latest scores in Hampton County high school spring sports. Read Thursday's Guardian for more sports. 

On Tuesday, March 16, the Wade Hampton baseball team defeated Silver Bluff 6-0, while the Lady Red Devils softball team lost to Silver Bluff 12-4. 

On Monday, March 15, the WHHS golf team fell to Williston Elko 152-214. William Thomas was the Red Devil medalist with an individual score of 47. 

Patrick Henry
Girls Soccer: The Lady Patriots notched their first conference win, beating St. Andrew's 4-1 in the season opener on March 5. PHA started off slow with a 1-0 score at halftime, but after making adjustments in the second half they came away with a 4-1 win.
Baseball: The Patriots suffered a 13-5 loss to Holly Hill Academy on March 5.

Estill
Softball: The Estill softball team traveled to Ridgeland on Tuesday and played a tight game until unraveling in the fifth inning.

Patriots get first conference soccer win

The Patrick Henry soccer team traveled to St. Andrews on Friday and came away with a 4-1 conference victory.

The first half started off very slow with the score 1-0 at halftime. The Pats made some adjustments to claim the three-point win in the second half.

Scores:
Valerie Jarrell (2)
Brooke Mixson (1)
Kaitlynn Carson (1)

Assists by:
Meagan Bostick
Sydney Laffitte
Brooke Mixson
Kaitlynn Carson

Saves on Goal:
Kaitlynn Carson (10)

Spring sports have already gotten started in Hampton County. Here is a look at what to watch for this season.

Wade Hampton
Baseball: The Red Devils are hoping to move up in the region rankings after finishing fourth last year. Their toughest opponents will be Barnwell and Pelion as well as Silver Bluff and Edisto. The team lost star hitter Randall Long, but returns four seniors: Andrew Wilson, Chris Padgett, Drew Bowers and Jeremy Cannon.

The fans and the coach of the Estill boys basketball team were disappointed with an 87-48 loss to Hemingway which booted them out of the second round of the Class A playoffs last Friday.
"I stood on the sidelines trying to figure out what happened to my team," said coach J.J. Orr. "Fans said this doesn't look like the same team."
Estill fell to Hemingway for the second year in a row during the second round. They lost 96-64 last year.

Wade Hampton fell in the second round of the Class A boys playoffs to Mullins 74-60 on Saturday. The loss came after the Red Devils opened the playoffs with a big 80-50 win over Ashley Ridge on Feb. 17.
Mullins outscored Wade Hampton 24-21 in the first quarter and then 19-15 in the second quarter. By halftime the Auctioneers were up by just seven points.
However, the Red Devils were outscored in the third quarter 12-9. The Auctioneers put the final nail in the Red Devils coffin by outscoring them 22-12 in the fourth quarter.

Both the Patrick Henry boys and the girls basketball teams fell in the first round of the SCISA state playoffs. The boys lost to James Island Christian 62-60.
"This was an exciting game and I really believe the team enjoyed getting a chance to play at that level," said boys coach Belinda McCoy.
James Island Christian came on strong and outscored Patrick Henry 13-4. The Patriots bounced back against the Lions and outscored them 27-6 in the second quarter.

Everything appeared to be working for Estill. Against Hardeeville in Monday's girls Class A Lower State semifinal playoff game at Beaufort High, the Gators led for three quarters, made clutch 3-pointers and their 2-3 zone slowed the Hurricanes' offense.
But late in the fourth quarter the lead evaporated.
What went wrong?
"(No.s) 31 and 5 just started killing us," Estill coach Cecil Jenkins said.
Hardeeville's Jomanda Smalls (No. 31) and Shantireya Rivers (No. 5) took over late in the game and led Hardeeville to a 52-45 victory.