With 0.2 seconds left, all Conway needed to do was take a knee to end the game.
Thinking the game was over, Conway tossed the ball back to the referee after the snap.
The ball was live.
Aynor recovered in the end zone.
FINAL: Aynor 39, Conway 35.
Want to clarify here…
Aynor’s McCracken stripped the ball as Conway just assumed game was over.
Ball was then recovered and taken back for a TD to end the game.
Driving through downtown Conway and seeing
@CCUChanticleers
flags on one side and Conway High flags on the other doesn’t get old.
Embrace small towns + community.
Love it.
What a special day for
@CoastalBaseball
star Derek Bender.
Here he is today with former St. James Sharks teammates (Jacob Simmons and Harrison Scott among them) and head coach Robbie Centracchio (
@rcentracchio
).
St. James finished with 22 wins this season.
Ended the year’s regular season poll ranked No. 3 in 5A.
Won two playoff games.
Two HOME playoff games.
The Sharks were a special group. Congratulations on a great season.
We’ve got so much content coming from St. James tonight.
But… this says it all.
Connor Schwalm, Baylor Tibbits, Carter Bobbitt and Junior Young.
Leadership.
Last night at St. James, one thing was for sure: the “Shark Tank effect” was real.
My story on Sharks girls + boys winning, including praise for a pair of Sharks athletes receiving high praise from coaches.
Story:
It doesn't take long to listen before you get it:
Nehishawn Hill is ready for the season.
The St. James standout is preparing for the year, looking to be a big part of what the Sharks do in 2024.
Thank you to all of the area coaches and individuals who helped with this.
On a personal note, I am grateful and feel blessed to be covering Horry County football this fall. Let's get it going. 🏈
2023 Horry County Football Preview:
7-on-7 🏈: St. James QB Alex Sandt obviously still in the midst of the learning curve, but he’s shredding the middle of the field in this game against Socastee.
Sandt has tossed three TDs and has had a couple more dropped.
Mickey Wilson has been running a specific play in Thursday practices for 14 years.
Tonight was the first time he ran it in a game.
It’s the play that won Myrtle Beach the game.
Glad to get this out before I drive back to the beach.
Wrap story:
Rayvon Green caught the 35-yard TD pass from Gibson Goodroe on the last play of the game to win.
Myrtle Beach had a safety with 9 seconds left. With one shot left, Goodroe threw it up, Green caught it as time expired.
Seahawks win.
🚨 We... are... LIVE! 🚨
Thank you to everyone who helped us produce this year's 2024
@MyHorryNews
Football Preview.
Horry County, we hope you enjoy!
📰 :
Also, uhhh… Myrtle Beach.
The Seahawks are 6-1.
Wins over Marion, West Florence and Hartsville.
Let’s talk about the job that staff has done of keeping that team locked in after early loss to Camden. Whew.
Who is Gibson Goodroe?
The best answer to that might be a simple statement: You probably don't want to play him in ping pong.
Excited to share my feature on the
@MBSeahawks_FB
starting QB for
@MyHorryNews
today.
Quite a full day of football prep today.
Hear some behind-the-scenes chat from Alex Sandt, Landon Cloninger, Christian Huynh and John Simmons 🏈
Horry County’s best are preparing for 2024! 👇
"It's football season, baby" 🏈
Myrtle Beach linebacker Ashton Keith talks about the excitement of being back on the field and the expectations for the Seahawks defense.
@MBSeahawks_FB
👇
There’s a reason we’ve named
@MBSeahawks_FB
WR John Simmons “Mr. Myrtle Beach”.
He’s one of the most dynamic threats in Horry County, and he’s set to receive a lot of attention from a lot of folks in 24.
Our
@MyHorryNews
feature story on John:
"When you walk the halls, you can see what it means to other people."
St. James boys basketball keeping the community excited.
Really enjoyed this post-game chat with Davis Bowne (
@CoachBowne
).
Thoughts from the Sharks coach 👇
In a loss to Lucy Beckham, it was another strong night for St. James starting QB Alex Sandt.
Our
@tarheel31681_md
had Sandt at 21-for-33 with 305 yards.
Sharks can move the ball through the air.
📸 : Mike Duprez
Good morning with the Sharks. Will have more content a bit later. 🏈
St. James looking to roll into 2024 with a very new-look offense. Guys like Josh Harnish, Ayden Smith, Frank Glover looking to contribute as under-the-radar standouts.
It has been an enjoyable day following
@rcentracchio
around and watching him lead his team through a Friday of workouts.
Excited to share a bunch more soon from this day (which is still ongoing).
Sharks preparing for the 2024 season.
Last night's Myrtle Beach vs. North Myrtle Beach game had everything you'd want in a HS basketball atmosphere.
Great hoops, a great environment and two sides cheering for their group in a local rivalry.
Wanted to share some video I captured to highlight the night that was 👇
Horry County’s six SCBCA All-State selections:
Keagan Brown (StJ)
Chone James (Socastee)
Maxwell Albanese (StJ)
Luke Roupe (NMB)
CJ Oxendine (NMB)
Jackson Huff (Loris)
No surprise on any of them. Brown and Roupe named Region Player of the Year.
Socastee boys basketball (
@SocasteeHS
) fought for an emotional season-opening victory last night.
Head coach Alvin Green talked about just how special the Tuesday night win was. 👇
In the chaos of that play, it was very hard to tell exactly what was happening.
Haven’t seen the play back yet, but have been told by many that it was super clear that the ball was stripped by McCracken and then returned for a touchdown.
Baseball: Over in Myrtle Beach…
Seahawks defeat Franklin County (VA), 5-2.
Myrtle Beach is now 12-4 on the season after winning just six games last year.
There’s a lot of chatter about other teams so far in 2024, but MB’s improvement has to be spotlighted more.
FINAL: North Myrtle Beach 17, Aynor 1 (baseball)
Here’s a stat for you:
North Myrtle Beach baseball went 8-0 against Horry County Schools programs in '24. Total scoring in those games: 69-1.
8 games.
8 wins.
69 runs scored.
1 run allowed.
The Chiefs are good at baseball. ⚾️
“We’re ready”.
Raegan Tibbits, Kaitlyn Elko and Callie Centracchio celebrate a district championship.
Story + quotes from them and Coach Jones to come 📰
Myrtle Beach wide receiver John Simmons believes the Seahawk football program is on the rise.
This week at CCU, the Seahawks are preparing to make a strong postseason run.
My latest feature for
@MyHorryNews
:
🚨 NEW: Atlantic Collegiate Academy (
@Atlantic_Armada
) is hiring Tanner Massey to be its next head boys basketball head coach 🚨
Massey is a graduate of Carolina Forest and CCU. He has experience coaching in the NBA G League w/ various stops overseas. 🏀
Many area baseball and softball programs started this year with high expectations.
Here on May 17, only one program remains:
The 2024 3A Lower State champion Aynor Blue Jackets 🥎
🚨 Region title alert 🚨
The St. James softball team (
@STJ_Softball
) defeated Carolina Forest, 7-2, this evening.
The Sharks are Region V-5A champions. 🥎
The pairings for the 2024 CNB Kickoff Classic have been finalized.
Socastee vs. St. James
Carolina Forest vs. Loris
Myrtle Beach vs. Waccamaw
Conway vs. Green Sea Floyds
North Myrtle Beach vs. Aynor
That will be the order of games, too.
7 p.m., August 16 at Coastal Carolina.
The night belonged to the Seahawks.
Myrtle Beach defeated Marion, 59-20, in a win that sends them to 4-1 on the year.
My gamer with quotes from Coach Wilson, Gibson Goodroe for
@MyHorryNews
:
One thing that shouldn’t get lost in St. James’ loss to Aynor tonight…
That Sharks passing game was absolutely dynamic.
Alex Sandt had one of the best debuts I have seen. He spun it.
Josh Harnish, Zack Zurawski, Ayden Smith, etc had standout performances.
This week, I was able to write a column for
@MyHorryNews
about high school sports.
Except this one has nothing to do with any game, event or final score.
It has everything to do with why this community means so much.
I hope you’ll give it a read.
You just have to wonder how the “postseason chapter” gets written for this St. James team.
First-year HC. Monster start. Stumbled late in region. Found a way to finish.
Sharks are state No. 4 right now. Exciting to see how this run progresses.
Here at the 2024 CNB Kickoff Classic coaches press conference.
9 Horry County football coaches in attendance here to give some insight ahead of Friday.
Aynor wins the wildest finish you will ever see.
Conway could not quite run the time out.
There were 0.2 seconds left on the clock.
All they needed to do was waste 0.2 seconds.
Aynor stripped the ball, McCracken scored and the Blue Jackets won.
@Loris_Lions
@NMBAthletics
And finally, our 2024 St. James (
@St_James_Sharks
) cover athlete is Alex Sandt.
Alex will lead the Sharks this season as a junior starting QB. You can read about his journey to becoming the team's starter in this year's football preview.
The 2024 South Carolina Baseball Coaches Association has officially announced their All-State teams.
6 Horry County players are listed, including 2 Region Players of the Year (Keagan Brown and Luke Roupe).
“It’s really just amazing. This is going to make me cry.”
Emotions were high at St. James on Saturday night. In all the best ways.
Postgame wrap with quotes from Junior Young, Connor Schwalm, Baylor Tibbits and more:
Last night, Myrtle Beach did what it has done multiple times this year — win a game in a fashion that makes you wonder just how high the ceiling is for this team.
Seahawks move to 7-2. My wrap 👇
I have enjoyed covering high school football for years.
I have never seen anything close to what I witnessed tonight.
Aynor was down 3 scores with less than 8 minutes left.
The game was over.
Until it wasn’t.
With this win, Myrtle Beach baseball clinches a spot in the postseason.
Addison Gordon picked up the win for the Seahawks.
MB baseball back to the playoffs. ⚾️
Myrtle Beach offense out here this morning getting quite a bit of work in before the wet weather rolls in this week.
John Simmons, Michael Cohen among the guys making plays this morning.
“We have set the standard for the program with this group right here," -
@CoachBowne
Wrapping up a history-making year for the St. James boys basketball team:
Over the last week, I have spent time with the Socastee athletic department getting a look behind the scenes at how they operate.
What I learned: it takes a family-like effort to pull off a HS athletics calendar.
My latest feature for
@MyHorryNews
:
Making the drive up north before getting some more content out from tonight. But…
I just have to say, the buy-in around basketball at St. James during this run has been remarkable.
The local support for the Sharks has shown up. It’s special, and deserves to be spotlighted.
Multiple former
@MBSeahawks_FB
standouts in town for a youth football camp in Myrtle Beach this morning.
Among the attendees, Adam Randall (Clemson) and JJ Jones (North Carolina).
A good night for St. James hoops.
Some of my favorite shots from tonight (including
@LadySharksBB
at work and Baylor Tibbits talking with Coach Bowne).
Plus, my missed shot of Carter Bobbitt’s celebration that seems fitting in tonight’s chaos.
Congratulations to
@maxalbanese2006
who was named Region V Pitcher of the year. The Coker baseball commit went 10-0 on the mound (6-0 in region play) w/ a 1.20 ERA (0.79 in region)
Shoutout to all of the area high school ADs who are putting their skills (and sanity) to the test tonight and planning varsity football game logistics SMACK in the middle of their weeks.
Go buy your local AD a meal the next time you can. Or seven.
Fast-paced workout for the Sharks this morning. 🏈
Zack Zurawski and Nehishawn Hill, unsurprisingly, helping lead the St. James offense during much of the action.
Both Hill and Zurawski hoping to provide significant impacts in 24.
Myrtle Beach enters 2024 as perhaps the front-runner in the Beach Region.
Seahawks will compete with Carolina Forest + other area programs looking to win the first title in the new region.
Myrtle Beach up in Class 5A.
Good Saturday morning to you.
We have now added a photo gallery from last night's CNB Kickoff Classic to the recap story on
@MyHorryNews
.
Check it out here (photos by Keith Jacobs):
Tuesday at St. James, the night belonged to this guy.
Carter Bobbitt scores 15 and goes over 1,000 career points as
@St_James_Sharks
defeats Myrtle Beach, 66-39.
As the 2023-24 school year comes to a close, I wanted to reflect a bit on why our support of high school sports matters.
High school sports matter. Our community matters.
Let's keep supporting.
My column for
@MyHorryNews
this week is now live:
Last Friday, I followed the St. James baseball team (
@STJSHARKSBSBALL
) around for a full day of “Survivor Baseball”.
I documented the entire day, and this week, we’re sharing it on
@MyHorryNews
.
Check it out here:
“I don’t really have the words”.
Senior Night is always special.
Senior Night when you win a region championship? A game-changer.
My wrap from
@STJSHARKSBSBALL
’s Friday win, w/ quotes from Keagan Brown and CJ Cilino:
Really excited about the football coverage plans we have
@MyHorryNews
this year.
We are going to be bringing you football content earlier than ever before.
Great first day in today. Plenty of content coming soon! 🏈
@MBSeahawks_FB
The Lacy Hardee/Duke Penley all-tournament team from last weekend’s baseball tournament has been announced.
Myrtle Beach’s Jacob Edwards was voted as the tournament MVP.
Myrtle Beach finishing up Monday workout as we're just 11 days away from the Kickoff Classic and 18 days away from Week 0.
Saw a lot of the MB defense flying around. Ashton Keith is going to be disruptive on that side.
On offense, Jon Kelly could be a fun watch as 24 goes.
I was filled with gratitude to spend some time around/talking with
@SocasteeHS
basketball coach Alvin Green this week.
He shared some wonderful insights into this emotion-filled year.
My latest for
@MyHorryNews
includes some of those thoughts: