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A Visit With Some Top Basketball Prospects In SC & The Top Five HSSR 2025 Football Players Named

Billy Baker • Mar 07, 2024

By Billy G. Baker

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Moncks Corner - This month’s Modern Turf Recruiting Feature will focus mainly on basketball but we will dab a little it in prep football recruiting as well.


Twitter was lit up last week with a report that USC women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley was visiting Heathwood Hall. Naturally, everyone wanted to know if she had stopped by to pay a recruiting visit to Heathwood Hall junior point guard Lauren Jacobs who had recently helped the Highlanders win their second straight SCISA AAAA basketball title with a 23-point effort.


Heathwood Hall head coach Brianna Zimmerman has “cleared the air” on what actually happened. “Coach Staley was visiting the school with her adult niece, who has a three- or four-year-old child, and they were taking a tour of the school for the possibility of enrolling the young toddler at Heathwood Hall,” said Coach Zimmerman. “Coach Staley is super close to her adult niece and she was just being supportive in visiting the school with her.


“Having said that, I will say that South Carolina has told Lauren (5-9 guard) that she is on their radar, but they are focused on closing out the 2024 class, and have not extended many offers at all to 2025 players at this point,” said Coach Zimmerman. “Lauren is certainly interested in the USC women’s basketball program. She does have offers right now from SEC schools Auburn, Florida, and Ole Miss among about a dozen other smaller colleges.”


Coach Zimmerman also said that Jacobs is a natural shooting guard for the next level but plays point guard on her team out of need.  This past year Jacobs averaged 31.5 points, seven rebounds, 2.1 assists and 4.2 steals a game. He made 50 per cent of her two-point shots from the field (287 of 578) and he also hit 35 per cent of her three-point shots making 59 three-pointers during the season.   

“I can honesty say that the bigger the moment in a game the better Lauren play,” said Coach Zimmerman. “Whether we need a three-point shot with the game on the line, or a steal to take to the basket like a scoop and score, she is at her best under pressure, We are thankful we have her for one more season.” 


The HSSR visited with South Carolina junior basketball commitment 6-7 Hayden Assemian after he helped lead Powdersville to the AAA state title against Darlington at the Florence Center on March, 2. Assemian shared some thoughts with the HSSR, “We came out and played hard and executed the game plan very well,” said Assemian who had. “I am a commitment to South Carolina. I chose them over Wake Forest and a few other schools. I still have one more season of high school. I have been recruited as a power forward type for college. It feels great to have helped my team win a state championship.”


For the state title game, Assemian had 12 points, making 5-of-7 field goals and grabbing a team high 12 rebounds with two blocked shots.  “I like the coaching staff at South Carolina very much and they are having a very good season. I can see myself getting early playing time with the Gamecocks.”


Treasure Davis (what a great name for a prospect) of Dillon is a special 8th grade 5-7 combo type guard who is going to make headlines when she visits the Rock Hill Showcase June 14-16 where she is certainly to grab the attention of college coaches allowed to come tan observe teams in action during the open period approved by the NCAA.


 “Treasure is truly a special talent,” said Dillon head girl’s coach James McMillian. “Her father is 6-2 so I can see her getting to 5-9 or 5-10 by her senior year. She is going to get stronger to because all of our players are involved in weight lifting.


“Treasure is more than a scorer, and she is getting better and better at managing the game while she is on the court and making her teammates better also,” said Coach McMillian. “One area she needs to get better in is being a vocal leader on the court and I think that will come as she grows older.”


Davis, who will be named to the 2023-24 HSSR all-state team when the team is released around March, 15 averaged 17.6 points, 7.6 rebounds, 4,8 steals and 2,4 assists a game this season.


Camden High freshman combo guard Braylin Mungo (5-7) has been playing in the shadows of high school All-American teammate Joyce Edwards this season, but she has great potential at the next level also.


Mungo scored 9 points in the state title game. This season she has averaged 12.8 points a game along with 4.3 assists and 3.7 steals a game.


Speaking of 2025 HSSR football prospects here are our top six players tight now. 1. Amare Adams-South Florence, DL-6-3, 281-Clemson Commit 2. Demarcus Leach-Abbeville-DB-6-3, 190 3. Sheldrick Sarratt-Gaffney-OL-6-5, 310 4. Cutter Woods-Westside-QB-6-2, 195 5. Brady Ambrose-Catawba Ridge-TE-6-4, 230. Note: Top 100 2025 List Released Next Issue Top     




By Billy Baker 17 May, 2024
By Billy G. Baker Publisher Moncks Corner — In a Lower State AAAAA softball play-off game continued from a second inning rain-out the night before, (May, 15), between Berkeley (19-9) and Chapin (22-8) , the home standing Stags won a pitcher’s duel 2-0 to advance to play Summerville on May, 17. The Stags have a tall order on their plate needing to defeat the top-ranked Green Wave twice in order to advance. The state championship series is scheduled to begin on Monday at the upper state champion s home field. Game two will revert back to the lower state’s team home field on Wednesday. If a third game tie-breaker is needed it will be played at neutral site on Friday (May, 24). After the win Berkley head coach Kelly Dillon shared some thoughts with the HSSR. “In my tenure at Berkeley this is our third trip to the Lower state finals and I am so proud of my team and the adversity they have overcome this season,” said Coach Dillon. “We have had some adversity with the weather and we lost one of our key players to an injury recently ( Savannah Scott ) and we have remained tough and focused on our goals anyway. “We played small ball in the bottom of the 6th because when you need just one run to win you play to win,” said Coach Dillon. “I am very thankful; for a great bunting team. Every time I have asked for it to be put down, they have put it down so I am very proud to our commitment to the cause.” ( Courtlyn Cox delivered a perfect bunt that advanced the runner into scoring position in the bottom of the 6 th inning.) “We know we have a challenge going over to Summerville on Friday needing to win two games and you never know what might happen,” said Coach Dillon. “We are hungry and we are on a mission and we are playing moment to moment so we hope to at our best on Friday.” Chapin head coach Cal Sayger is wrapping up his 7 th season at Chapin. ”we have been fighting the weather all during the play-offs,” said Coach Sayger. “We just made too many mistakes in this game tonight. We have the program on sound footing. We have won back-to-back region titles and I very proud of the commitment all of our players have made to the success tour program.” Coach Sayger is saying good bye to four seniors. They include pitcher Aspen Mayers , Ella Maychiva k, third baseman Andree Dircks , and outfielder Alexia Evans . “These girls have been in the program since the e8th grade a d they will be missed,” said Coach Sayger. The game remained scoreless until the bottom of the 6 th inning. The Stags Rileigh Ballentine led off with a single to center field. Courtlyn Cox’s Sac bunt moved Ballentine over to second base. She moved over to third, on a passed ball, while Brooklyn Moon was batting. Moon singled in Ballentine for the first run of the game. Ansley Riddle then doubled, barely missing a home run against the fence in deep center field. This hit put runners at second and third with one-out. An RBI ground-out by Camden Valicek scored Moon to give Berkeley all the runs they would need to win the game. Berkeley pitcher Reese Watson worked all seven innings, allowing only four hits. Watson’s six strike-outs in the game now gives her 201 on the season in 120 innings pitched with an ERA of 1.20.
By Larry Gamble 17 May, 2024
Pinewood Prep claims the 2024 SCISA 3A Boys Soccer Championship
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Larry Gamble Photo Editor, HSSR SCISA Softball Championship play kicked off on May 13th, 2024, with teams playing an intense two days of games hoping to make a sweep to victory in the best of three game series to crown State Champion this week. The HSSR photojournalist was at Colleton Prep for their home stand in the Softball Championship Game 2 against Clarendon Hall on May 15th. Clarendon Hall won Game 1 at home 6-1 on Monday. For Game 2, they were on the road home hoping for a sweep to close the deal for the State Title. In a tense, pitching duel game, the Saints managed hold off the determined War Hawks in a 3-2 victory to earn their third state title. More photos from this game are available by following this link or the one below. High resolution prints and digital downloads from this event are available at www.LarryGamble.com by clicking this link to the photos.
By Larry Gamble 16 May, 2024
Larry Gamble Photo Editor, HSSR SCISA Softball Championship play kicked off on May 13th, 2024, with teams playing an intense two days of games hoping to make a sweep to victory in the best of three game series to crown State Champion this week. The HSSR photojournalist was at Laurence Manning for their home stand in the Softball Championship Game 2 against Hammond on May 14th. LMA won a very exciting Game 1 at Hammon 5-4. For Game 2, the Swampcats were home hoping for a sweep to close the deal for the State Title. LMA won 9-0 to earn another State Championship. More photos from this game are available by following this link or the one below. High resolution prints and digital downloads from this event are available at www.LarryGamble.com by clicking this link to the photos.
By Dennis Brunson hssr.com Associate Editor 16 May, 2024
AAAAA, AAA. AA, Class A series set to begin on Monday, AAAA on Tuesday
By Larry Gamble 16 May, 2024
Larry Gamble Photo Editor, HSSR SCISA Baseball Championship play kicked off on May 13th, 2024, with teams playing an intense two days of games hoping to make a sweep to victory in the best of three game series to crown State Champion this week. The HSSR Camera was at Pee Dee for their Baseball Game 1 against Hilton Head Christian. HHC went on the win 3-1 in Game 1 at Pee Dee. for Game 2, the Pee Dee traveled to Hilton Head Christian where HHC won 12-4 to sweep the series and win the State Title. More photos from this game are available by following this link or the one below. High resolution prints and digital downloads from this event are available at www.LarryGamble.com by clicking this link to the photos.
By David Shelton 16 May, 2024
S ummerville - Ashley Ridge rallied from an early 4-0 deficit, scoring two runs with two outs in the top of the seventh to beat Summerville, 5-4, forcing a decisive game for the AAAAA Lower State title. Summerville led by 4-0 after two innings but Ashley Ridge scored a run in the third and two in the fifth to close to within a run. With nobody on and two outs, down to their last strike, Ashley Ridge got hits from Ryan Bruno and Cooper Godsave to keep the inning alive. Andrew McLaughlin then delivered a two-run single to give the Swamp Foxes a 5-4 lead. McLaughlin had two hits in the game. Summerville managed only three hits with Banks Knight delivering a two-run bloop single to give the Green Wave their 4-0 advantage. After game one, inclement weather moved in and it was decided to play the championship game on Thursday at Summerville at 6:30 p.m. The winner will play Lexington in the best-of-three state championship series beginning on May 18.
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