The Catawba Ridge boys’ lacrosse team held off a strong Spartanburg Vikings team to get a 11-9 win Monday night.
Playing for the first time in two weeks, Catawba Ridge came out a little slow despite controlling the offense early.
“We were short on numbers tonight,” said Catawba Ridge head coach Mike Gambrill. “We are playing some young guys. We got real good play from Drew (Fikis).”
Fikis scored for the Copperheads just under eight minutes left in the first quarter. The Copperheads went up 2-0 less than a minute later as Caleb Williams found the net.
Spartanburg was able to have some success cutting the Catawba Ridge lead in half about midway through the first quarter. The Vikings would tie the match at two before a Callan Hiser would score at 2:26, followed by a goal from Boston Halpin less than 90 seconds later to make it 4-2 at the end of the first quarter.
Halpin opened the second quarter with a goal 47 seconds into play.
Spartanburg bounced back with four consecutive goals to go ahead 6-5 with 1:20 left in the second quarter. However, Fikis got his second goal of the half with 0.1 seconds left to tie the game heading into the half.
Hiser got Catawba Ridge off to a good start in the second half scoring a goal to give them the lead again 96 seconds into play.
Fikis collected a hat trick for himself with 6:44 left in the third quarter extending the Copperheads lead to 8-6.
With about four minutes left in the third, the Vikings would cut even further into the Copperheads lead and cut the lead to just one heading into the fourth quarter.
Williams got his second goal of the game 48 seconds into the fourth by staying on top of things and flicking a loose ball into the net with a little golf like shot.
The two teams traded goals after that with Fikis getting his fourth of the game.
Halpin added his third goal of the game with about 5:30 left to give Catawba Ridge some breathing room making it 11-8.
Spartanburg would add one more goal with 30 seconds left.
The win improved Catawba Ridge to 7-6 on the season. They are scheduled to finish the regular season hosting Eastside Thursday, April 11.
April 8 Roundup
The Catawba Ridge golf team fell to Indian Land 162-165. OT Mitchell led the Copperheads with a one over par 37. Niam Sethi shot a 38 and Hunter Warren finished with 40. Carter Mitten finished the scoring with a 50 for the Copperheads.
The Nation Ford girls’ lacrosse team cruised to a 20-5 win over South Meck to improve to 10-4 overall on the season.
The Fort Mill girls’ lacrosse team fell to Myers Park 7-6 dropping them to 10-5 overall on the season.
The Catawba Ridge baseball team beat Indian Land 4-2 in game one of their three-game series. Caden Glauber pitched six innings to get the win allowing two runs on seven hits, while walking two and striking out seven. Bryce Meil got the save pitching an inning and allowing two hits, while striking out two. Peyton Dhein led at the plate for the Copperheads going 2-3 with a double and an RBI. The win puts Catawba Ridge at 16-2 overall and 9-1 in the Region 3-4A on the season.
The Nation Ford baseball team took game one in their three-game series with Spring Valley winning 5-4. The Falcons scored three runs in the top of the seventh inning to rally from down 4-2. Miles Baker went 2-4 and Simon Fernandez went 1-4 with two RBIs. The win improved Nation Ford to 8-9 overall and 3-6 in Region 3-5A.
The Fort Mill baseball team beat Clover in game one of their three-game series 5-1. Fort Mill scattered 10 hits as Michael Rogers, Andrew Craddock, and Brent Laughter each had two hits. Alex Carreiro got the win going five innings and allowing one run on three hits, while striking out five. Rayce Buskirk finished the game pitching two innings and allowing one hit, while striking out three. Fort Mill is now 11-5 on the season and 7-1 in Region 3-5A.
Mac Banks: mac@fortmillprepsports.com, @fortprep
