Hilton Head Christian Academy wins SCISA 3A baseball title

Beaufort County This Week

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From WSAV

The Hilton Head Christian baseball team claimed the SCISA Class AAA state title on May 15 with a win over Pee Dee Academy.

HHCA defeated Pee Dee, 12-4, in Game 2 of the championship series to win the championship.

Hilton Head Christian, the No. 1 seed in the upper bracket, went 6-1 throughout the tournament. Their only loss came Williamsburg, but the Eagles avenged that loss defeating Williamsburg twice to advance to the championship series.

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From the Island News

The public came out Friday, May 10, to honor a pair of unclaimed veterans from Berkeley County who were laid to rest at Beaufort National Cemetery.

The two veterans – Navy Gunners Mate Petty Officer 1st Class Lewis Melvin Coy III and Air Force Senior Airman Benjamin Harrison Hyder III — died without any friends or family who could claim them, but due to their veteran status and the persistence of the Berkeley County Coroner’s Office, Beaufort County Coroner’s Office and Beaufort National Cemetery, they were buried with full military honors.

The Patriot Guard Riders were present and the ceremony, presided over by a local pastor, was conduced as if the men had families present.

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From the WSAV

The Beaufort City Council has announced it has approved a hate crime ordinance. The decision, which took place on May 14, means Beaufort joins 12 other municipalities in South Carolina that have passed such ordinances.

“This is long overdue,” said City Councilman Neil Lipsitz. “We hope that by joining the other 12 municipalities in South Carolina in passing a hate crime ordinance, we are sending a clear message to Columbia that it is time for action by our state legislators to pass a similar measure for inclusion in the South Carolina Code.”

Under local ordinances, “hate intimidation” is defined as the intent to intimidate a person or persons because of “actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, or national origin.”

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From the Island News

Beaufort High School senior Rebecca Thompson has been selected as the winner of the fifth annual Ann Head Literary Prize for short story fiction. Thompson will receive a $500 cash award, publication of an excerpt from her prize-winning story “The Canary Rain Boots” in Lowcountry Weekly, and her addition to the award plaque at Beaufort High School, joining previous winners Claire Bowden, Holland Perryman, Christine Conte, and Mickie Thompson.

Ranked academically in the Top 10 of her BHS graduating class, Thompson is a past commander and current member of the Junior ROTC, the Green Team, and the Kitty Hawk Honor Society. She is also a member of the National Honor Society, DAYLO (Diversity Awareness Youth Literacy Organization), BHS orchestra, and Beaufort Children’s Theatre.

A Beaufort County School District Senior Scholar and AP Scholar, Thompson has also been honored with the Palmetto Fellows Scholarship, the Nu Delta Omega Chapter Scholarship of Alpha Kappa Alpha, the Air Force ROTC Scholarship, the Air and Space Forces Association Award, the Distinguished Cadet Award, and National Sojourners Award, among other honors. Thompson will begin her studies in the Honors College at the University of South Carolina this fall, majoring in psychology.