SPORTS
SCHSL pushes back football start date
SCISA on track for Aug. 28
LowcoSports.com While South Carolina’s private schools have begun football practice and still intend to play their first games later this month, the state’s public schools pushed back their start date again last week. The S.C. High School League’s Executive Committee approved the league’s updated Return to Play proposal, which postpones the first
practice dates for football and competitive cheer — the two fall sports deemed the highest-risk for spreading the novel coronavirus — until Sept. 8. The first football games could begin Sept. 25 — two weeks later than the previous proposal — and competitive cheer would hold its first competition Oct. 13. Girls golf, swimming, and girls tennis are slated to begin practice Aug. 17 with their first contests allowed Aug. 31, while cross country and vol-
leyball would begin practicing Aug. 24 and start competing Sept. 7. Because of the condensed season, the plan also calls for a reduction in the number of teams qualifying for the postseason, cutting that number in half for football, volleyball, and tennis. In addition to laying out guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and S.C. DHEC to prevent the spread of the virus, the document also urges the im-
portance of student-athletes, coaches, and staff to follow recommended guidelines including social distancing and wearing face coverings, as well as limiting the sharing of equipment and sanitize it between uses when possible. The 23-page document also offers a list of sport-specific “modifications and considerations” that might be necessary for a sport to take place, ranging from the suspension of pre-game and post-game handshakes to mandating
four balls be used for each tennis match, with two each marked “H” for home or “V” for visitor so players will not touch the same balls. The proposal also leaves open the possibility of pushing the fall sports season to the spring. “Winter and spring calendars may be modified to accommodate moving a fall sport into the athletic calendar in the event the sport is unable to hold their season in the fall due to COVID-19 con-
ditions,” the proposal says. Area private schools began fall sports practice Monday, with football teams limited to helmets only this week before progressing to helmets and shoulder pads next week and full pads Aug. 17. The S.C. Independent School Association is allowing cross country, swimming, tennis, golf, and volleyball to begin competition Aug. 17, with football games starting Aug. 28, following a separate set of guidelines.
LAYING IT DOWN
MOVING HIM OVER
A work crew with Thomas Turner Construction Co. continues to work on the football field Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 5, at Beaufort High School’s Eagles Stadium. Bill Morris, assistant superintendent, said 6 inches of gravel will be put down as a base. Then a mixture of sand and rubber pellets will be put down just before the artificial sports turf. Morris said artificial turf usually runs 20 degrees warmer that the ambient temperature. The rubber pellets absorb the water and help cool it down. Morris said the turf is glued on. There is no stitching. The edges butt up together to form a seamless finish. The hash marks, yardage lines and school logo will be cut into the turf and glued in as well. Morris said they should be finished with the turf in late August. Photo by Bob Sofaly.
Red Team's shortstop Kevin Ortega fields the ball as the Royal Blues runner races toward third base during the third inning Tuesday evening, Aug. 4, at Burton Wells Park. The Royal Blues went on to win 3-2, improving their record to 4-2 while the Red Team dropped to 2-3 in the Parks And Leisure Services' Adult Baseball League. Photo by Bob Sofaly.
Beaufort’s Daniel reaches final at Florence tennis event LowcoSports.com Beaufort’s McKenzie Daniel reached the Girls 18 Red singles final before falling to a familiar opponent at the Peanut Patch Junior Open in Florence over the weekend. The larger age groups for the annual youth tennis event were
split into two draws, selected at random and labeled as Red and White to limit the draw sizes. Daniel was the No. 1 seed in the Girls 18 Red draw, and she backed it up by breezing into the final. After a first-round bye, Daniel won two straight matches in straight sets to earn
a spot in the final alongside Hilton Head Island’s Emily Ruckno. Ruckno made an impressive run through the bracket, as the unseeded Hilton Head High standout knocked off the top three seeds en route to the title. She outlasted No. 3 seed
Gigi Hinson in three sets, then notched a straight set victory over Kate Coppage to reach the semifinals. Ruckno survived another three-set marathon to take down McKenzie Davis of Florence in the semis, then beat top-seeded Daniel 6-2, 6-3 in the final.
Three of the four finishers in the division were representatives of the Lowcountry, as Bluffton’s Natalie Bassett lost to Daniel in the semifinals and placed fourth. Another Hilton Head Islander claimed runner-up honors, as Sophia Tauscher reached
the Girls 12 White singles final. Tauscher was the No. 4 seed and knocked off second-seeded Mahaley Swink 6-1, 6-0 in the semifinals before falling 7-6 (2), 6-0 to top-seeded Devin Gilroy. Tauscher dropped only one game in her first three matches leading up to the final.
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