Prep Talk

MB's Power receives offer from Marshall

Myrtle Beach senior lineman James Power received a scholarship offer from Marshall University in Huntington, W.Va., recently. Although his father, Chuck Power, said the Thundering Herd want James as a tight end.

A Friday of football in June

The sixth annual Fourth of July Shootout, a 7-on-7 high school football passing tournament hosted by Myrtle Beach, was held Friday at Doug Shaw Stadium. The 10 teams that competed were Myrtle Beach, Conway, Carolina Forest, Socastee, St, James, Loris, Aynor, Manning, Marion and Hoggard (N.C.).

Carolina Forest AD Lewis leaves

Carolina Forest is looking for a new athletic director.

James ''Bubba'' Lewis, who had served as the school's athletic director for the past four years, said Wednesday he had resigned from the position to have more time to spend with his family. Lewis, 43, and his wife have two middle-school aged sons and a daughter who will be entering first grade.

Horry County prep standouts drafted

North Myrtle Beach baseball standout Tripp Faulk was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 38th round and Conway's Colby Holmes was taken in the 47th round of the Major League Baseball Draft on Thursday.

Berryhill to Atlanta

Aynor native Thomas Berryhill, a pitcher at Newberry College, was drafted in the fifth round of the Major League Baseball draft by the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday.

Loris names Socastee alum new boys basketball coach

Socastee alum Derrick Robinson, who has served as an assistant under current Braves coach Tommy Johnson the past two seasons, was named the Loris boys basketball coach earlier this week.

Myrtle Beach names boys basketball coach

Myrtle Beach High School named its new boys basketball coach on Thursday.

Baseball All-State teams released

Four area baseball players have earned All-State honors from the South Carolina Baseball Coaches Association.

Area all-region teams from various sports/schools

Below are complete all-region teams when available, otherwise individual schools' all-region selections when available. There is one addition from the paper: Conway softball player Meagan McLain was an All-Reion VI-AAAA selection. The story that ran in Tuesday's paper is here: http://www.thesunnews.com/sports/story/905248.html

I am sure not all all-region selections from the area are on this list, but after talking to a lot of people, some coaches aren't even sure if their region has all-region teams in some sports because their region is either light on schools participating in that sport or because the level of play at some schools is so poor there really wouldn't be much point naming them. I have asked everyone to send me what they have and this is what came out of it. I did not leave anything off from any list I received, so if it is not here, I don't have it. If you are looking for a school or region that is not here, put it in the comments section below and I will see what I can track down or let you know what I know concerning that particular request.

Waccamaw girls soccer postponed until Tuesday

The Waccamaw girls soccer team's Class AA Lower State championship game at home against Bishop England scheduled for Monday has been postponed due to inclement weather in the area. The game has been rescheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday.

Area well represented on All-State soccer teams

The South Carolina High School Soccer Coaches Association named its all-state soccer teams on Sunday night and 11 area players earned a spot. Waccamaw had three boys and three girls named while the North Myrtle Beach boys and Myrtle Beach girls each had two players selected and Socastee boys had a player on the Class AAA team.

The area players selected are below and the entire lists of all-state selections follow the area selections. The story on the area players that ran in Tuesday's paper is here: http://www.thesunnews.com/sports/story/905250.html

Socastee boys soccer standouts named to all-star team

Socastee forward Justin Watson and midfielder Bobby Belair have been selected for the 2009 Clash ofthe Carolinas high school soccer all-star event, the South Carolina High School Soccer Coaches Association announced.

Watson and Belair were named to the South Carolina boys team, and were the only area players selected for the event. Click for full rosters.

Three area S.C. soccer teams left in postseason

The S.C. soccer playoffs are mostly down to the final four in each class - two Class AAA boys games will be played Monday. The Grand Strand area still has three teams left. Tonight, Class AA's No. 1-ranked Waccamaw girls will host No. 2 Bishop England in the Lower State finals and Class AAA's No. 4 Myrtle Beach girls are at No. 1 South Aiken in the Class AAA Lower State finals. On Tuesday, Class AA's No. 2-ranked Waccamaw boys team is at No. 1 Bishop England in the Lower State finals.
The finals will be Friday for the girls and Saturday for the boys at Columbia's Memorial Stadium in the Rosewood community. Listed below are the rankings for Week #11.

Replay now allowed in high school basketball games

The State newspaper had a story in Tuesday's editions about the National Federation of State High School Associations making a rule change to allow instant replay in the closing seconds of high school basketball games on a play that would affect the outcome.

Area soccer playoff scores/schedule

I will try to keep up with the local soccer playoff scores and schedules as best I can. Also, the latest polls from the South Carolina High School Soccer Coaches Association are below.