Here are the best high school performers for week of April 29-May 5 as playoffs heated up
Here are the Upstate high school athletes with the best performances in the playoffs from April 29-May 5. Check back throughout the week for updates.
Saturday
Boys
Baseball
Connor Crenshaw, Gaffney: Crenshaw was 3-for-4 with a double, two RBIs and two runs scored as Gaffney beat Byrnes, 13-8, and advanced to Monday's district championship at J.L. Mann.
States Farr, Spartanburg: Farr homered, drove in three runs, scored two and was 2-for-2 with two walks as Spartanburg beat Rock Hill, 7-1, to reach the district championship Monday at Lexington.
Golf
Hugh Faulkner, Greenville: Faulkner led Greenville to the team title at the Southern Cross Junior Invitational with a two-day total of 148 as the Red Raiders beat Blue Ridge and A.C. Flora by two shots.
Will Ruth, Dorman: Ruth shot a 70 for a 142 total and took medalist honors at the Southern Cross.
Tennis
Nathan Purica, Riverside: Purica, an 8th-grader, won his match at No. 2 singles to pull Riverside even with Myrtle Beach, 3-3, at the Class AAAA state championships before rain stopped the match during the doubles tiebreaker and postponed the finish.
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Friday
Boys
Baseball
Peyton Anders, Easley: Patton had two doubles and drove in two runs as Easley beat Indian Land, 5-3, and earned a spot in the Class AAAA Upper State bracket championship at home May 10.
Greyson Austin, Wren: Austin was 3-for-3 with three RBIs in a 7-4 win against Clinton.
Mac Headley, Riverside: Headly pitched four innings of shutout relief, allowing just one hit and no walks, as the Warriors beat Lancaster, 3-2, in 12 innings.
Gabe King, Blue Ridge: King pitched 6.2 innings and allowed only three hits with six strikeouts as the Tigers beat Belton-Honea Path, 4-0.
Soccer
Wilfer Bustamante, J.L. Mann: Bustamante scored two goals in a 3-2 win against Clover in the Upper State semifinals.
Brody Pike, Powdersville: Pike scored three goals in a 6-0 win against Woodruff in the Class AAA Upper State semifinals.
Girls
Softball
Maddy Bishop, Dorman: Bishop was 2-for-2 with a triple, three RBIs and two runs scored as the Cavaliers beat Rock Hill, 11-1.
Meg Griffin, Belton-Honea Path: Griffin finished the week (two games) 5-for-7 with three RBIs, three runs scored and a steal as the Bears (24-3) wrapped up a spot in their Class AAA district championship game Wednesday at home.
Kinsely Kay, Belton-Honea Path: Kay finished the Bears two playoff games so far with 12 innings pitched, 11 strikeouts and one earned run allowed.
Laila Landrum, Woodmont: Landrum had three hits, including a home run, in a 10-9 loss to Lexington.
Addison Sharp, T.L. Hanna: Sharp pitched the whole game as the Yellow Jackets beat Nation Ford, 3-2, in nine innings.
Bella Rollins, Chesnee: Rollins pitched a complete game, allowing two runs on four hits with 11 strikeouts in a 9-2 win against Fox Creek.
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Thursday
Boys
Baseball
Carson Boleman, Southside Christian: Boleman struck out 17 batters in seven innings as the Sabres beat Lewisville, 6-3.
Brady Cisson, Christ Church: Cisson drove in four runs and was 2-for-3 in a 9-1 win against McBee.
Chansen Cole, Boiling Springs: Cole pitched a shutout (four hits allowed and seven strikeouts) and also scored the winning run in the bottom of the seventh in a 1-0 win against Woodmont.
Luke Jones, J.L. Mann: Jones went 3-for-4 and scored a run in a 6-3 win against Byrnes.
Collin McAbee, Woodruff: McAbee pitched a complete game and allowed no earned runs in a 6-2 win against Broome.
Lane McGaha, Belton-Honea Path: McGaha hit three doubles, drove in two and scored two in a 12-2 win against Pendleton.
Jasean Perry, D.W. Daniel: Perry pitched a perfect top of the seventh inning with a strikeout and then had a walk-off RBI single in the bottom to get the win in a 3-2 winner' bracket victory against Wren.
Kolby Sentelle, Southside Christian: Sentelle hit a home run and was 2-for-3 with two RBIs.
Mitch Wilson, Dorman: Wilson homered for the second straight game and drove in three runs as the Cavaliers beat Hillcrest, 9-5.
Girls
Softball
Eden Morford, Wade Hampton: Morford was 4-for-4 and drove in five runs in a 14-13 win against South Aiken.
Sanaii Rivers, Wade Hampton: Rivers had a walk-off home run as the Generals won a 14-13 slugfest against
Soccer
Charlotte Rosenfeld, St. Joseph's: Rosenthal had three goals and an assist in a 9-0 win against Fox Creek.
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Wednesday
Baseball
Ben McKay, St. Joseph's: McKay hit a home run and drove in four in a 15-2 mercy rule victory in six innings against Calhoun County.
Levi Recio, Easley: Recio had two hits with a triple, scored three runs and drove in three runs as Easley beat Lancaster, 10-4.
Soccer
Liam Montes, St. Joseph's: Montes scored four goals in an 8-0 win against Bamberg-Ehrhardt
Girls
Softball
AG Batson, Daniel: Batson pitched a three-hitter with seven strikeouts and three walks in a 6-0 win against Travelers Rest.
Maliyah Campbell, Woodmont: Campbell pitched four innings with eight strikeouts and one hit allowed in an 8-0 win against Rock Hill.
Caroline Davis, Union County: Davis homered and was 3-for-3 in a 10-0 win against Wren.
Ella Kate Fowler, Palmetto: Fowler was 3-for-3 with two doubles, two runs scored and four RBIs in an 11-1 win against Clinton.
Kaylee Hannon, Byrnes: Hannon hit a homer and two doubles, driving in three and scoring four in a 16-0 win against Spartanburg,
Anna Grace Lee, Union County: Lee pitched all five innings in a mercy rule shutout win with nine strikeouts and allowed only three hits.
Cassidy Lee, Woodmont: Lee homered and drove in three runs.
Claire Owens, Chesnee: Owens had two hits, including a triple, and drove in four runs in a 13-6 win against Abbeville.
AG Pruitt, T.L. Hanna: Pruitt was 2-for-3 with a home run in a 9-2 win against Fort Mill.
Addison Sharpe, T.L. Hanna: Sharp pitched a complete game three-hitter and struck out 12 with four walks.
Grayce Shortage, T.L. Hanna: Shortage homered and drove in four in the win against Fort Mill.
Lucy Thayer, Blacksburg: Thayer doubled, tripled and drove in five runs in a 13-0 win against Columbia.
Tuesday
Boys
Baseball
Jacob Allen, Wren: Allen pitched six innings with eight strikeouts and two earned runs allowed and also went 2-for-3 at the plate with two RBIs in an 8-4 win against Clinton.
Greyson Austin, Wren: Austin was 3-for-3 and scored two runs in an 8-4 win against Clinton.
Micah Cash, Crescent: Cash hit a home run and scored twice in a 3-2 win against Broome in 12 innings.
Landon Fowler, Powdersville: Fowler pitched 6.1 innings with 12 strikeouts, one hit and no walks allowed as the Patriots beat Emerald, 2-1.
Alex LaCoste, Hillcrest: LaCoste went 3-for-3 with a home run, drove in three and scored two as Hillcrest beat Nation Ford, 6-4.
Brody Linker, Crescent: Linker pitched seven shutout innings against Broome with 10 strikeouts and only three hits allowed with two walks.
George Massingill, Southside Chrisitan: Massingill was 3-for-3 with four RBIs and three runs scored in a 15-0 mercy rule victory in three innings.
Ian McCrary, D.W. Daniel: McCrary pitched a complete-game shutout with three hits allowed, two walks and seven strikeouts in a 6-0 win against Travelers Rest.
Mason Small, Union County: Small pitched a complete game and allowed six hits in a 3-2 win against Belton-Honea Path.
Mitch Wilson, Dorman: Wilson was 3-for-4 with a home run and drove in two as Dorman beat Blythewood, 7-1.
Girls
Soccer
McKenna Johnson, Wren: Johnson scored two goals in a 5-0 win against Woodruff in the Class AAA playoffs.
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Monday
Boys
Baseball
Brayden Bryson, Easley: Bryson pitched 5.1 innings of relief with six strikeouts and one earned run allowed and picked up the win as Easley scored a run in the bottom of the sixth to beat Aiken, 4-3.
Golf
Erik Erlenkeuser, T.L. Hanna: Erlenkeuser shot 68 for medalist honors as T.L. Hanna won the Region 1-AAAAA tournament with a team score of 6-under 282, second-lowest round in program history.
Soccer
Jake Cerecedo Hernandez, Easley: Hernandez scored two goals in a win against Aiken in the opening game of the Class AAAA playoffs.
Joel Cortes, Greenville: Cortes scored two goals in a 5-0 win against South Aiken in the Class AAAA playoffs.
Yostin Perez, Greenville: Perez scored two goals in the win against South Aiken.
Bobby Pike, Powdersville: Pike scored four goals and had an assist as the Patriots routed Union County, 15-0, in a Class AAA first-round game.
Yahir Rivera, Southside: Rivera had two goals and two assists in a 5-0 win against Emerald in Class AAA.
Todd Shanesy covers high school athletics for the Greenville News, Spartanburg Herald-Journal and Anderson Independent Mail. Contact him by email at todd.shanesy@shj.com. Follow him on X, formerly called Twitter, at @ToddShanesySHJ.
This article originally appeared on Herald-Journal: SC high school athletics: Upstate's top performers from April 29-May 5
