Vikings Fall 65-57 to Carvers Bay in First Round of Class A Playoffs
The Latta Vikings fell 65-57 to the Carvers Bay Bears in Hemingway on Tuesday night in the first round of the Class A Lower State boys basketball playoffs.
The Latta Vikings fell 65-57 to the Carvers Bay Bears in Hemingway on Tuesday night in the first round of the Class A Lower State boys basketball playoffs.
Lake View’s Lady Wild Gators fell 71-23 to Region 7A champ Timmonsville in the first round of Class A Lower State playoffs on Monday night in Timmonsville.
Dillon’s Lady Wildcats earned a 66-50 win over the Lake Marion Gators in the first round of the Class 2A Lower State girls basketball playoffs.
Latta’s Lady Vikings went into the playoffs as the top-ranked Class A team in the state with an undefeated record in Region 8A. But in the opening round of the Lower State playoffs, they met their match in the Carvers Bay Bears.
The Dillon Wildcats took down Kingstree 62-54 on Wednesday night to advance to the second round of the Class 2A Lower State boys basketball playoffs.
Photos of the boys and girls varsity basketball teams from Dillon, Dillon Christian, Lake View, and Latta.
All four Region 8A girls teams were eliminated in the first round of Class A playoffs, while Johnsonville was the only Region 8 team to advance in the boys playoffs, and Dillon and Mullins advanced in Class 2A girls playoffs.
The Dillon Wildcats claimed the Region 8-2A championship on Friday night with a 69-63 tiebreaking win over Marion in Loris.
Latta’s Tianna Deberry was named Region 8A Player of the Year and Dillon’s Tyshanna Lester was named Region 8-2A’s Co-Player of the Year, while Dillon coaches Harold Wilson and Shawn Johnson were each named Region 8-2A Co-Coaches of the Year in the recent All-Region announcements.
The Dillon Christian School Warriors fell 57-34 to The King’s Academy on Thursday but earned a 66-41 win over Pee Dee Academy in the regular season finale on Friday in Mullins.