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.

Top-seeded Estill was knocked out of the Class A girls basketball playoffs Monday night, falling 52-45 to No. 1 seed Estill at Beaufort High.
The Hurricanes advance to Saturday's Lower State final at The Citadel. They will face the winner of the Allendale-Fairfax vs. C. E. Murray matchup.
With just minutes left in the game, Estill held a 37-31 lead, but Hardeeville went on a 14-7 run to take the lead - its first since leading 2-1 in the first quarter.

With Hampton County's postseason hopes resting solely on the shoulders of the Estill girls basketball team, the Lady Gators met with disappointment last night in Beaufort as they fell to the Hardeeville Hurricanes 52-45 in the third round of the state playoffs.

All of the other local varsity teams had already ended their postseason chances. The Wade Hampton boys were ousted from the Class AA boys basketball playoffs Saturday night, losing 74-60 at Mullins.