Girl's Soccer
4/2
Last night at Lugoff-Elgin, the varsity girls continued their winning ways in region play with a 3-1 victory over the Demons. Sr. Maya Hamzy opened the scoring putting in a rebound off of a beautiful shot by Soph Christine Encarnacion. Soph Karah Barry extended the lead putting in a shot off of a throw-in by Soph Caroline Brindel. Lugoff-Elgin was able to cut the lead in half during the 1st 40 minutes of play. This was only the 6th goal allowed all season by the defense. In the 2nd half, Sr Aliece Hurley was able to cap the scoring with a beautiful ball into the side netting. The Vikings are currently 11-2 overall and 5-1 in the region. The step out of Region for a road game at Ben Lippen tonight.
The Junior Varsity girls once again earned a win against Lugoff-Elgin last night. The Vikings put two goals in early during the first ten minutes of the game and held onto their lead for the rest of the two halves. The JV girls take on Ben Lippen away tonight. The stats are below.
Spring Valley 2
Lugoff-Elgin 0
Goals: Mariah Smith, Briana Verdejo
Assists, Emery Randall, Mariah Smith
Saves: Ryan Anderson (2)
Record: 6-6-1
3/3
The Varsity Girls Soccer team traveled to Columbia International University to take on Ben Lippen in a non-region Match. In a match that saw Ben Lippen focused on defending, the Viking attack was patient with their ball movement. It took longer than normal for the Vikings to get on the board as Karah Barry crashed the goal and put in a loose ball that the keeper could not hold onto. Late in the first, Caroline Brindel was able to put another rebound in to make the score 2-0 at halftime. In the second half, Maya Hamzy was able to stretch the lead to 3-0 and Karah Barry scored her second to cap the scoring at 4. Due to injuries on both sides, the teams agreed to call the game in the 64th minute.
The Vikings will return home in a key non-region match Monday as they take on West Florence. Students get in free with their ID if they arrive prior to 6:15.
Last night the Junior Varsity girls soccer team earned their highest scoring win against the Ben Lippen Falcons finishing with a score of 7 to 0. The Vikings scored early and did not stop until the final minute of the game. Emery Randall scored three goals for a “hat trick”, McKayla Jones scored two goals, Abby Lee scored one, and Valerie Guadarrama also scored one goal for the Vikings. Next week on Monday we take on West Florence at home. The stats are below.
Spring Valley 7
Ben Lippen 0
Goals: Valerie Guadarrama (1), McKayla Jones (2), Abby Lee (1), and Emery Randall (3)
Assists: Valerie Guadarrama, Micah Huddlestun, Britani Lopez, Emery Randall, and Briana Verdejo
Record: 7-6-1
Boy's Tennis
4/2
The boys tennis team remains undefeated in region play after winning their match yesterday 5-1 and are 6-0 in region play. The boys will take on Cardinal Newman here at home Thursday, 4/3 at 5:00. Next week the boys finish up region play hosting Sumter on Tuesday and traveling to Blythewood on Thursday. Come out and support the boys...they are small but they are mighty!
Boy's Track and Field
4/2
On Tuesday the boys track and field team defeated Sumter and Lugoff Elgin in a region matchup. With the wins, the boy's team finished the region schedule undefeated and are the 2019 Region Champions. Individual event winners were:
Pole Vault- Sam Wallick (12-0)
Discus - Isaiah Miller (117-5)
110 Hurdles - Michael Neal (16.88)
High Jump - Michael Neal (5-10)
Shot Put - Max Shropshire (41-10.75)
4x800 Relay - Calvin Johnson, George Wells, Azunna Njoku, Murray Jones (8:32)
1600 - Mark Wild (4:52)
Triple Jump - Manny Moore (45-9.5)
400m - Calvin Johnson (52.28)
3200 - Jacob Ho (10:48)
400m Hurdles - Rodney Young (1:00.56)
800 - Murray Jones (2:01)
4/6
On Saturday the Vikings competed in the Tri-Cities Track and Field Classic in Johnson City TN. the meet featured 44 teams. The Vikings finished 2nd with 109 points, 4 points behind Blacksburg High School. Highlights from the meet were:
400- Calvin Johnson 2nd (52.06), Josiah Warrior 4th (52.56)
800- Murray Jones 2nd (2:03), George Wells 3rd (2:03)
1 mile- George Wells 7th (4:51)
2 mile- Jacob Ho 8th (10:22)
110 hurdles- Michael Neal 7th (16.16), Rodney Young 8th (16.4)
300 hurdles- Brandon Vereen 6th (42.29), Rodney Young 7th (42.42)
2000 steeplechase- Carlos Angeles 8th (7:13)
4x100 Relay - 4th (Neal, Miller, Poag, Young)
4x200 Relay- 4th (Nkiri, McCord, Palmer, Warrior)
4x400 Relay - 2nd 3:28 (Johnson, Jones, Young, Miller)
DMR - 3rd 11:15 (Jones, Njoku, Wells, Wild)
High Jump - Michael Neal 3rd (6-0), X'Zeyleon Doctor 8th (5-8)
Pole Vault - Sam Wallick 1st (13-6) Andrew Polson 8th (12-0)
Long Jump - Isaiah Miller 2nd (21-8)
Triple Jump - Isaiah Miller 1st (45-11.25), Michael Neal 4th (41-3.75), Brandon Vereen 6th (38-0.25), Joshua Kendrick Johnson 7th (38-0)
Girl's Track and Field
4/6
Congratulations are in order for the Lady Vikings Track & Field team for winning the Region Championship. Highlights from Tuesday's meet against Lugoff-Elgin and Sumter are:
1st place in all 3 relays, 4x100, 4x800 and 4x400; 1st, 2nd, 3rd in the 100 hurdles (Chalayna Scott, Ashiya Day, Jasmine Dunlap); 1st, 2nd, 3rd Pole Vault (Elizabeth Ream, Angel Huang, Sanjana Parise); 1st & 4th Triple Jump (Chyna Thompson, Anaya Keough); 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th 100m (Amaryah White, Jonnica Fuller, Kori Addision, Chyna); 1st & 3rd 1600m (Citlaly Rojo, Stephanie Ortiz); 1st, 2nd, 3rd 400m (Mikayla Turner, Jonnica, Morgan); 1st & 4th Long Jump (Chyna, Summer Gayles); 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th 400 hurdles (Chalayna, Victoria Berry, Jasmine D., Kaylyn Franklin); 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th 800m (Danielle Murrin, Ahja Amos, Angel, Madison McEachern); 1st, 2nd, 3rd 200m (Amaryah, Mikayla, Kori); 1st High Jump (Morgan); 1st, 2nd, 4th 3200m (Dani, Brantley Aycock, Ahja); 4th place Shot Put & Discus (Ebony Dickerson)
Highlights from Friday's Keenan Twighlight Invitational are:
1st, 2nd, 7th place 300m (Amaryah, Mikayla, Jonnica); 4th & 5th 1500m (Madison M., Brantley); 3rd, 5th, 8th 100 hurdles (Chalayna, Jasmine D., Ashiya); 2nd Distance Medley (Madison, Jonnica, Citlaly, Ahja), 1st Sprint Medley (Ashiya, Kori, Amaryah, Mikayla); 2nd, 3rd, 7th 400 hurdles (Chalayna, Jasmine D., Victoria B.); 6th 4x200 (Victoria B., Summer, Ashiya, Kori); 3rd High Jump (Morgan); 4th Triple Jump (Chyna)
Next up: Bojangles Track Classic hosted by Spring Valley Friday & Saturday, April 12th & 13th.
Boy's Golf
At Just past the mid-point of our golf season, the SV Golf Team Has defeated 30 opponents in matches and tournaments.
The team had a 6th place finish at the Magnolia Invitational March 25-26 and followed it up with a First Place finish and the First Annual Blazer Open. The weather was cold and wet but it turned out to be great Viking weather. The tournament field included all of their region opponents (Sumter, Blythewood, Irmo, and Lugoff-Elgin) as well as several strong teams from the Midlands (Lexington, River Bluff, Easley and Camden). The conclusion of the tournament round ended with SV tied with Lexington HS. The tournament was decided by a play-off on the scorecards of the lowest scorer for each team. Viking junior Trace McDonald parred the first hole which was enough to edge out Lexington.