The town of Johnsonville is home to only about 1,500 people, and all of them might be at the high school on Friday night. Both the baseball and softball teams are playing host to lower state championship games, with a berth in the state title game on the line.

Former West Florence standout Sherquita Bostick was named the Daktronics All-Southeast Region Softball Player of the year.

Pee Dee baseball and softball teams continue march toward state championships.

The Hartsville High softball team fielded a fairly young team this year with only two seniors on the team. The season ended on Monday with a 4-2 loss to Wando.

Pee Dee Academy softball is preparing for the playoffs and one player has announced intentions to play at the next level.

L.A. Markham and Kayla Boles combined to allow three hits as the Florence-Darlington Tech softball team shut out Southeastern Community College in a doubleheader sweep Friday 9-0, 17-0.

Junior right-hander Toni Flessate tossed a five-hitter and drove in a pair of runs to carry third-seeded and 18th-ranked USC Aiken to a 3-1 win over seventh-seeded Francis Marion University, Sunday (April 19) in the final game of the losers’ bracket at the 2009 Peach Belt Conference Softball Tournament.

Freshman second baseman Ashley Jaramillo doubled home pinch runner Maria Goode in the sixth inning to lift seventh-seeded Francis Marion University to a 2-1 upset of second-seeded Georgia College & State University, Friday afternoon at the 2009 Peach Belt Conference Softball Tournament.

Carvers Bay moves to 4 – 3 in the conference with a loss to Lake View on April 7th.

The Hartsville Lady Foxes used 11 hits to defeat Sumter Tuesday night in girls’ prep softball action.

Jessicca Shields knocked in three runs in the first game and her former South Florence teammate Tomeakin Wilson knocked in three in the second game to help Tech (19-7, 8-2 Region X) sweep a doubleheader from Stanley Community College on Tuesday, 7-2 and 9-3.

Junior first baseman Nicole Huddleston had four hits and drove in three runs to help Armstrong Atlantic State to a doubleheader sweep of Francis Marion, 4-2 and 6-3, on Tuesday.

Coker snapped a four-game losing streak and swept a softball doubleheader from Erskine on Tuesday, winning 3-2 and 10-2 in the Cobras’ final home games of the year.

Extra school counselors were made available this morning to students coping with the sudden death of an assistant softball coach who died last night of an apparent heart attack.

The Limestone College softball team swept its doubleheader against Coker College on Monday at Lady Saints Field, winning 9-1 and 3-0.