Frye, Ringer Win State Titles in AA State Meet
Batesburg-Leesville – Batesburg-Leesville High School’s Keira Fye won two events in the girls portion of the AA track and field state meet and Sawyer Ringer won one for the boys.
Frye won gold medals in both the discus and the shot put. She won the discus with a throw of 40.77 meters and took the shot with a throw of 11.99 meters.
Ringer claimed victory in the pole vault with a height of 3.95 meters.
The Panthers boys finished in a tie for eighth with Marion with 26 points while the girls were 13th with 21 points in the meet held at Spring Valley’s Harry Parone Stadium on May 16.
For the boys, Ja’Quan Corley placed in two events. He finished second in the shot put with a toss of 14.6 meters and third in the discus with a throw of 45.61 meters.
Braylen Davis finished seventh in the high jump with a jump of 1.85 meters.
The B-L girls got their other point from Jayda Hinson. She finished eighth in the discus (27.74m).
TANNER WATKINS ALL-STATE FOR BASEBALL
Tanner Watkins was selected to the South Carolina Baseball Coaches Association’s AA All-State baseball team.
Watkins, who helped Batesburg-Leesville to the AA state championship, had a .388 batting average and an on-base percentage of .492. He had five doubles, three triples and a home run among his 38 hits. He had 28 runs batted in while scoring 30 runs.
Watkins was also selected to the All-Region 2-AA team. Joining Watkins on the All-Region team were Braydon Hallman and Tyler Kneece.
Kneece was a standout on the mound. He started 11 games, working 52 2/3 innings. He finished with a 10-1 record and a 1.46 ERA. He struck out 51 while allowing 27 walks.
Kneece had just a .200 batting average but had an on-base percentage of .413 by drawing 17 walks and getting hit by three pitches. He had six doubles, one home run and seven runs bated in while scoring nine times.
Hallman batted .356 with an on-base percentage of .450. He had 10 doubles, two triples and three home runs while driving in a team high 34 runs. He scored 24 runs and had 10 stolen bases.
Hallman also pitched in 10 games, starting four of them, and worked 27 innings. He had a 3-0 win-loss record and recorded one save. He struck out 31 batters while walking just nine and had a 1.56 earned run average.
BOYS GOLF TEAM FINISHES THIRD IN STATE TOURNAMENT
The Batesburg-Leesville boys golf team finished third in the AA .state tournament.
The Panthers had a score of 652 in the 2-day, 36-hole tournament. Chesnee was second at 644 while Philip Simmons won with a score of 622.
Leading the way for B-L was junior Jackson Shealy. He ha a score of 153, shooting a 74 in the first round while finishing with a 79.
Junior Nathan Ott was just one stroke behind Shealy at 154. He had rounds of 79 and 75.
Freshman James Sawyer shot a 171 (88-83) and freshman Michael Hendrix shot 175 (86-89).
ZOEY ROWE SOFTBALL ALL-REGION PICK
Senior Zoey Rowe was selected to the All-Region 2 softball team. Rowe had a .400 batting average with an on-base percentage of .468,
She played both second base and third base in the field. She finished with 21 putouts.
