April 23, 2010 RSS feed / Sports

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New numbers for Skyhawks

Story and Photos by Cathy Cobbs
The Hammond softball team’s victories on April 12 and April 15 against Ben Lippen High School contained in itself a lot of numbers previously unfamiliar to the Skyhawks. More...

Skyhawks fly by Heathwood Hall

Story and Photos by Cathy Cobbs

Heathwood Hall’s lacrosse team kept things close for a couple of quarters, but Hammond, with multiple goals from Gavin Fawcett, Kris “Bumpy” Simmons, Norris Leffitte, and James Hyatt, beat the Highlanders 14–9 on April 16. More...

Limbaugh leans right to lead Vikings over Dreher

Story and Photos by Mike Maddock

Sometimes, in the April 16 match up between the Dreher Blue Devils and Spring Valley Vikings at Memorial Stadium, it was hard to tell which school was the 4A perennial power and which school was struggling in 3A. More...

Airport experiment working for Eagles

Story and Photos by Mark Lawrence

Faced with a depleted corps of defenders and midfielders, Airport High School girls soccer coach Keith Morris had little choice. More...

Eagles soar to region title with win over Bearcats

Story and Photos by Mark Lawrence

The Airport High School baseball team checked off a few items from its to–do list on Tuesday with a 9–2 victory against Brookland–Cayce. More...

A.C. Flora flies by Lower Richland

Story and Photos by Mike Maddock

A.C. Flora’s Alex Richards got the first of his two goals in the second minute against Lower Richland to start a barrage that would end in a 13–0 victory for the Falcons at Bolden Stadium Tuesday, April 20. More...

Cards ground Skyhawks

Story and Photos by Cathy Cobbs

Cardinal Newman’s softball team made short work of Hammond on April 16, scoring six runs in the first inning and essentially sealing the win within minutes of the first crack of the bat around 4 pm that afternoon. More...

Daniels leads Skyhawks over Cardinals

By George Kaupp

Alexander Daniels went 4–for–4 with four RBIs to pace the Hammond Skyhawks to an 18–8 victory over the Cardinal Newman Cardinals Friday, April 16 at Polo Road Field. More...

Eagles Pound out victory over Dreher

Story and Photo by Josh Cruse

With Friday, April 16’s 6–0 win over Dreher, the Airport Eagles put themselves in great position to win Region 5–3A. “We’re 17–4 right now, one win away from clinching our region championship. More...

Cardinals hold off A.C. Flora

Photos by Jim Marczesky
By Josh Cruse

In sports, momentum can change at any time with any bounce of the ball. Saturday’s match up between A.C. Flora and Cardinal Newman provided a perfect example of that. More...

Eagles finally top Bearcats

Story and Photos by Mark Lawrence

For more than 10 years, the Airport High School softball team looked up at Brookland– Cayce in the standings– sometimes from quite a distance. More...

Seven–run sixth lifts Ben Lippen over Cardinals

By George Kaupp

Ben Lippen took advantage of seven Cardinal Newman errors including four in the decisive sixth inning to defeat the Cardinals 9–2 on Tuesday, April 20, 2010, at Polo Road Field. More...

Falcons swat Diamond Hornets

Story and Photos by Mike Maddock

A.C. Flora’s Rachel Postal had a hat trick in the first half, and Lauren Wedemeyer finished with four goals to lead the Falcons over the Lower Richland Diamond Hornets 20–0 Tuesday, April 20, at Bolden Stadium. More...

Covenant has most successful season

Contributed by Covenant Classical Christian School

Covenant Classical Christian School’s 2009/ 2010 varsity boys’ basketball team had the most successful season in the school’s history. More...


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