Post from 07/04/08:
Socastee loses to Marion 4-2 to end their season. Kyle Presley pitched a great game but Socastee could not put enough runs on the board to overcome Marion's pitching and defense. Justin Vreeland also played a great game at short with 5 assists and 2 of them good enough for the highlight films. Pitching for Socastee were Kyle Presley and Sean Bonawitz. Hitting were Tim Starkey (1-4, 2B, RBI), Justin Vreeland (1-3, RBI), Kyle Presley (1-2), Jake Davis (1-3), Cobi Guilbeau (1-3), and Sean Bonawitz (1-3). The Braves really improved this year from their poor start and should be proud of how they played during the stretch. Good luck to them as they move on to football, fall baseball, or strength and conditioning preparing for next year. (Stats have been posted)

Post from 07/02/08:
Socastee loses to Marion 10-0 as Marion's pitcher no-hits them in 5. We extended innings on defense and did not hit the ball so the outcome was decided early. Hopefully tomorrow nights game will be better. Pitching for Socastee were Brett Dabbs, Ryan Jonas and Justin Vreeland. (Stats have been posted)

Post from 07/01/08:
Socastee plays tomorrow night in a playoff opener against Marion as Marion defeated Chesterfield to advance. Wednesday is in Marion and Thursday's game will be at home. Please come out and support the Braves. We are pretty sure the game is at Fox Field and will post updates as we receive them. Click here for directions to Marion Fox Field

Post from 06/30/08:
Socastee defeats Andrews behind the pitching of Gunnar Kines, good defense and a lot of runs 8-1. The score was 0-0 into the the bottom of the 3rd when Jeremy Rogers hits a 2 run shot. They add one in the 4th to go up 3-0 and then score 5 in the 5th. Andrews scores 1 unearned run in the 7th but not enough to overcome the lead as Socastee advances. Pitching for Socastee were Gunnar Kines and Brett Dabbs. Hitting for the Braves were Tim Starkey (3-4, 2 RBIs), Justin Vreeland (1-4), Kyle Presley (2-4, 2B, RBI), Jeremy Rogers (1-3, HR, 2 RBIs), Ryan Jonas (1-4, RBI), Jake Davis (1-4), Gunnar Kines (1-3, RBI), and Brett Dabbs (1-3, RBI). Defensive play(s) of the Game: Gunnar Kines pitching including 3 pickoffs and only 65 pitches thrown in 6 innings (49 strikes)!! Offensive play(s) of the Game: Jeremy Rogers 2 run homer to get things started in the 3rd. (Stats have been posted) (Playoffs will begin Wednesday against Marion away)

Post from 06/30/08:
Socastee plays Andrews at home tonight for their regular season finale. They will reach the playoffs with a victory over Andrews. Please come out and cheer on your Braves in this must win game. (Playoffs would begin Thursday against Chesterfield away)

Post from 06/25/08:
Socastee loses to NMB 2-1 in 10. Tough loss for the Braves. Kyle pitched well but we couldn't score enough. They should still be proud of how well they played. Next up is Andrews on Monday. Pitching for Socastee were Kyle Presley and Gunnar Kines. Hitting were: Justin Vreeland (1-5), Cobi Guilbeau (1-4) and Jeremy Rogers (1-3, 2B). (Stats have been posted)

Post from 06/24/08:
Socastee defeats Georgetown 6-5. Gtown scored 1 in the first, Socastee scored 3 in their half of the inning and then Jeremy Rogers hits a 2 run blast in the bottom of the 5th to take it to 5-1. Gtown scores 4 in the 7th to tie it but Socastee scores 1 in the bottom half as Ryan Jonas walked to force in David Rickenbacker. David Rickenbacker pitched a complete game victory, good job David. Defensive play of the game: David Rickenbacker's pitching. Offensive play(s) of the game: Jeremy Rogers home run and double (2-2 performance). Good job Jeremy! Hitting for Socastee were: Justin Vreeland (1-4), David Rickenbacker (2-4), Kyle Presley (2-4), Jeremy Rogers (2-2, 2B, HR), Jake Davis (1-3). Gunnar Kines (1-3) and Sean Bonawitz (1-3). (Stats have been posted)

Post from 06/23/08:
Tonight's game rained out. Rescheduled for next Monday.

Post from 06/21/08:
Socastee Jr Legion defeats Conway 11-1 behind the pitching of Gunnar Kines. Defense looked strong and they hit when they needed to against a strong Conway team. Pitching for Socastee was Gunnar Kines holding them to 4 hits and 7Ks. Great job Gunnar!!! Hitting for Socastee were Tim Starkey (3-4, 2 RBIs), Justin Vreeland (2-3, RBI), Kyle Presley (1-5), Ryan Jonas (1-3, 2B), Jeremy Rogers (3-3, 2B, RBI), Jake Davis (1-3, RBI), Gunnar Kines (2-4), and Sean Bonawitz (1-4, RBI). Defensive play of the game: Justin Vreeland's layout catch in centerfield in the first. (Stats have been posted)

Post from 06/19/08:
Socastee Jr Legion defeats Aynor 7-6 on 7 hits, good pitching and some smart baserunning. Sean Bonawitz drove in the go ahead run on a deep sacrifice fly in the 6th to score David Rickenbacker. Pitching for the Braves were Chase Clark, Jake Davis, and Justin Vreeland closed. Hitting for Socastee were Tim Starkey (2-4, 2B, 3 RBIs), Gunnar Kines (1-3), David Rickenbacker (1-2, RBI), Kyle Presley (1-4), Chase Clark (1-2), and Chase Keever (1-1). Game notes: Justin Vreeland looked very strong on the mound mixing it up and getting strikeouts with what I saw as a very inconsistent and tight strike zone. Also, the younger players looked good as Chase Clark threw well on the mound and had a line drive base hit and Chase Keever made a nice play in right and had a line drive base hit and Cobi Guilbeau looked good behind the plate with no passed balls. (Stats have been posted)
Post from 06/18/08:
Braves beat St James 16-3 on 18 hits. 7 players had 2 or more hits. Pitching for the Braves were Kyle Presley and Justin Vreeland. Combined they gave up 5 hits and no earned runs! Hitting for the Braves were Tim Starkey (3-4, RBI), Justin Vreeland (2-4, 3 RBIs), David Rickenbacker (2-4, 2-2Bs, 3 RBIs), Kyle Presley (1-4), Ryan Jonas (3-4, 2 RBIs), Jake Davis (2-2), Sean Bonawitz (2-2, RBI), Gunnar Kines (1-2, 2 RBIs) and Cobi Guilbeau (2-2, 3 RBIs). (Stats have been posted)

Post from 06/18/08:
Braves lose to Waccamaw 13-0. They could not string together any hits and Waccamaw hit well. Socastee did pull a few DPs though. Pitching for Socastee were Ryan Jonas, Sean Bonawitz, Brett Dabbs, and Justin Vreeland. Hitting for the Braves were Tim Starkey (2-2, 2B), Cobi Guilbeau (1-1), and Gunnar Kines (1-2). (Stats have been posted)

Post from 06/17/08:
Braves score late on Justin Vreeland's deep fly to beat North Myrtle Beach in a region game 4-3. Gunnar Kines pitched 6 strong innings and David Rickenbacker came in to close it. Hitting for the Braves were Tim Starkey (2-4), Ryan Jonas (1-4, 2B), Kyle Presley (2-4), Jake Davis (1-2), and Justin Vreeland (1-3, game winning RBI). (Stats have been posted)

Post from 06/15/08:
Braves defeat St James 6-3 on Saturday evening. They only managed 4 hits but some St James errors and Socastee base running led to some runs and Socastee's pitching was strong all evening. Pitching for the Braves were Kyle Presley, Brett Dabbs and Sean Bonawitz. Hitting for the Braves were Tim Starkey (1-2), David Rickenbacker (1-4, 2 RBIs), Kyle Presley (1-4), and Ryan Jonas (1-4). (Stats have been posted)

Post from 06/14/08:
Braves lose to Waccamaw at home 8-6. It seemed like they were one hit away all evening. Pitching for the Braves were Justin Vreeland, David Rickenbacker, and Jake Davis. Hitting for the Braves were Tim Starkey (1-3), Kyle Presley (3-4, 2 RBIs), Ryan Jonas (1-4, 1 RBI), Jeremy Rogers (1-2, 2B, 1 RBI), Brett Dabbs (1-3, 1 RBI), Matt McKinney (1-1), and David Rickenbacker (1-3). (Stats have been posted)

Post from 06/13/08:
Braves win their first against Anynor. They scored 10 runs on 6 hits and Ryan Jonas picks up the win. Pitching for Socastee were Chase Keever, Brett Dabbs, Chase Clark and Ryan Jonas. Hitting for the Braves were Gunnar Kines (1-3), Kyle Presley (1-3), Jeremy Rogers (1-3), Brett Dabbs (1-4), Matt McKinney (1-1), and Ryan Jonas (1-2, 2B, 2 RBIs). (Stats have been posted)

Post from 06/12/08:
Braves lose to Andrews 13-12 in 9 innings. They were down 10-2 but rallied to take the game to extra innings. (Stats have been posted)

Post from 06/10/08:
Braves lose to Conway 6-2. I do not have many details yet but understand that Conway had strong pitching, we did not hit well and we made a few errors. (Stats have been posted)

Post from 06/8/08:
Braves lose to Gtown 10-0 as they only had 1 hit and had a few errors/walks. The Gtown team pitched Kyle Ward and he shut us down for 3 and we never recovered. Pitching for the Braves were Sean Bonawitz, Gunnar Kines, and Kyle Presley. Hitting for the Braves was Brett Dabbs (1-2, 2B). Defensive play of the game: Brett Dabbs diving catch of a Kyle Ward line drive at first and tossing to Sean for the out, very nice play! Offensive play of the game: Brett Dabbs double to left. (Stats have been posted)

Post from 06/3/08:
Congratulations to All Region players Jason Tomlinson and David Rickenbacker. Also, congratulations to All Region Honorable Mention players Ayres Renfro, Greg Pearson, Travers Woodward and Cody Rice. Great job guys, you earned it.

Post from 06/01/08:
Jr Legion lose both games of a doubleheader to West Brunswick on Saturday.

Game #1 - After going down early they fight back in the marathon slugfest but late scoring and too many errors and walks cost them. Pitching for the Braves were Kyle Presley, David Rickenbacker, Travers Woodward, and Justin Vreeland. Hitting for Socastee were Tim Starkey(1-2, 1RBI), Jake Davis(3-4, 1RBI), David Rickenbacker(2-2, 3B, 2RBIs), Travers Woodward(1-2, 1RBI), Kyle Presley(2-4, 3RBIs), Justin Vreeland(1-3), Ryan Jonas(1-4), and Sean Bonawitz(1-3, 2RBIs). (Stats have been posted)

Game #2 - They had an early lead but gave up 4 in the 3rd. Kyle Presley hit a 3 run double late but it was not enough as West Brunswick wins the late game. Pitching for the Braves was Gunnar Kines who pitched well in the losing effort. Hitting for Socastee were Tim Starkey(1-3), David Rickenbacker(2-3, 2RBIs), Kyle Presley(1-2, 2B, 3RBIs), and Brett Dabbs(1-2, RBI). (Stats have been posted)


Post from 05/14/08:
Legion ball is starting up. We will have players on both Sr and Jr teams and will do our best to keep you updated. Also, if you or your son is playing travel ball send us the link and we will add it to the site.