Palmetto Christian Wraps Up Spring Sports
By Neill Kirkpatrick
Special to the HSSR
Mt. Pleasant – The 2025 spring sports season was a solid one for the Palmetto Christian Eagles while the records might not reflect that, the interest, participation, and enthusiasm surrounding the athletic programs has Athletic Director Dan Hoover excited for the future.
“It has been exciting to see our student/athletes and coaches putting together good seasons. It shows how our programs are growing and getting better. I expect us to give great effort and to compete at a high level as we continue to grow as an athletic program. It is all about getting to the heart behind the jersey and our coaches do a great job of getting the most from our athletes,”
said coach.
Coach Hoover, besides his athletic director duties he is also the boys and girls head track and field coach. Both his teams are young but preformed well at the state meet and will just get better each year.
The boys team brought home the only medals and they were expected. Senior Sam Smith won gold again in the pole vault with a vault of 4.11 meters it was below his personal best of 4.47. Fellow senior Gavin Wease won bronze with a vault of 3.81 meters. He won silver last year at the state meet. He has a personal best of 4.27 meters.
“I expected Sam and Gavin to have a good meet. They were ranked one and two all year in the pole vault,” said coach Hoover.
Eighth grader Davis Padgett finished fifth in the Javelin with a throw of 41.78 meters.. He has a personal best of 42.98 meters. He currently ranks second in the state among 8th grade boys for Javelin.
Sixth grader Evelyn Mercer was the top finisher on the girls side as she placed fourth in the 3200 meters. She was 11th in the 1600 meters.
On the diamond the baseball team was one of the teams that took some lumps but it was a young team and they continued to improve all year. They were led by Ryan Delaney who hit over .300 as did Brayden Doster. On the bump, Jake Taylor led the pitching staff.
On the pitch, the girls team was led by seniors Bria Olson, junior Addison Surratt and sophomore Juliet Olson. Olson and Surratt tied for the team lead in goals with 10 and were first and second in points with 24 and 20, respectively.
The Eagle golf finished 13th at the state meet but they improved their score from last season. Jack Semeraro shot 77-83-160 which was a seven-stroke improvement from last year while Eli Batzig finished 88-88-176.
