8 prep baseball teams ranked inside SCBCA's Top 10

Eight Charleston-area high school baseball teams saw their names in a Top 10 Monday, March 31, when the South Carolina Baseball Coaches Association revealed its latest polls. Four of those hail from the Berkeley County School District, led by Hanahan at No. 4 in Class 3A.

On Friday, March 28, the Hawks (9-4) won for the sixth time in seven games with a doubleheader sweep of visiting Battery Creek, 13-0 and 16-4. Catcher Hudson Spovero knocked in six runs in the opener and shortstop Bo Brabham drove in a half dozen in the nightcap. More ranked BCSD teams are No.



6 Stratford in Class 5A Div. I, No. 8 Philip Simmons in Class in 2A and No.

10 Berkeley in Class 5A Div. II. The Knights (6-2-2) completed a three-game sweep of Wando March 28, winning 12-6 in the Region 7-5A clash.

First baseman Bryce Herpolsheimer, centerfielder JQ Crosby and right fielder Tripp Smith knocked in two runs each for Stratford and leadoff hitter Jachin Davis collected three hits and scored three runs. Philip Simmons (6-6) coasted past Academic Magnet, 11-3, March 28. Outfielder Alex Romanski homered twice and drove in three runs from the leadoff spot to power the Iron Horses.

Berkeley (5-5) dropped a Region 7-5A series to Lucy Beckham, falling 2-0 on the road March 28. The squads split the first two games. Leadoff hitter Hudson Clark was 3-for-3 for the Stags in the finale and starting pitcher Gavin Gaskins was solid over 5.

2 innings. He allowed five hits and one earned run for Berkeley. From Charleston, Oceanside Collegiate (11-3) is No.

1 in Class 3A, James Island No. 4 in Class 5A Div. I and Lucy Beckham No.

9 in Class 5A Div. II. James Island improved to 7-3 with a 10-0 win at West Ashley March 28 and Lucy Beckham upped its record to 5-5 with the victory against Berkeley.

From Dorchester, Summerville is No. 2 in Class 5A Div. I.

The Green Wave moved to 10-0 with a 10-0 win over Stall March 28. Class 5A Div. I 1.

Blythewood 2. Summerville 3. Dorman 4.

James Island 5. River Bluff 6. Stratford 7.

Dutch Fork 8. Lexington 9. JL Mann 10.

Clover Class 5A Div. II 1. TL Hanna 2.

North Myrtle Beach 3. West Florence 4. Indian Land 5.

Fort Mill 6. Chapin 7. Eastside 8.

St. James 9. Lucy Beckham 10.

Berkeley Class 4A 1. Fountain Inn 2. Daniel 3.

Airport 4. A.C.

Flora 5. Gilbert 6. Laurens 7.

Seneca 8. Hartsville 9. Westside 10.

South Florence​ Class 3A 1. Oceanside Collegiate 2. Southside Christian 3.

Woodruff 4. Hanahan 5. Fox Creek 6.

Swansea 7. Georgetown 8. St.

Joseph’s 9. Aynor 10. Walhalla​ Class 2A 1.

Mid-Carolina 2. Cheraw 3. Clinton 4.

Batesburg-Leesville 5. Landrum 6. Buford 7.

Barnwell 8. Philip Simmons 9. Strom Thurmond 10.

Saluda Class 1A 1. Abbeville 2. Lake View 3.

Latta 4. Ware Shoals 5. Lewisville 6.

McBee 7. Johnsonville 8. Hannah-Pamplico 9.

Dixie 10. Lamar.