St. James beat River Bluff 3-2 on Saturday to advance to the lower state championship game. They will face Wando on Tuesday.
The Sharks defeated Wando 10-1 Friday at home in a game that Adam Jones called a potential 鈥渟tatement game on steroids鈥 earlier in the week.
St. James topped third-seeded Fort Dorchester 5-1 Thursday at home. It sets up the Sharks to host second-seeded River Bluff on Saturday.
St. James beat Socastee 10-0 to set up a rematch with new rival Wando. Here's a roundup of other scores.
The Panthers boys and girls track teams swept the Region V-5A track meet for the third time in as many seasons Wednesday at St. James.
Carolina Forest rolled through singles play with four wins in five matches and then won both doubles matches to secure the 6-1 victory against the Sharks on Wednesday. They play again on Thursday.
St. James senior Madison Kraus hit a towering three-run homer over the centerfield fence in the top of the second and the Sharks never trailed again, cruising to a 12-2 region win Monday at Conway.
Hayden Johnson struck out 18 to seal a 1-0 victory for the Braves in the series opener against their Region V-5A rival.
While Chris Tibbits is still teaching social studies at St. James High School, he said he is no longer coaching after the district and school essentially put him on a one-year athletics ban.