About The Beach Ball Classic

It All Started in

It all started in 1981 as a dream of Socastee High School Coach Dan D’Antoni. The tournament consisted of 8 teams, 4 in state and 4 out of state, and it was the first event of this type ever held in the State of South Carolina. No one would have ever imagined the progression into two 8 team National tournament featuring 8 Traditional High School teams and 8 Independent/Prep Schools, lasting 42 years and becoming the Premier High School Holiday Tournament in the United States. Our success was in large part due to the support of our community, city, county and state. These are the people that have allowed the Beach Ball Classic Committee to bring in the finest high school teams from around the country every Christmas to compete for the coveted Championship Trophy while entertaining thousands of citizens from the Grand Strand Community and beyond.

Then in 1998, the Beach Ball Classic Committee committed to begin a girls tournament, the Beach Ball Classic Holiday Invitational. It also began as an 8 team invitational and has now advanced to a 32  team National tournament. During the Holiday Invitational, as an added feature, the Carolina’s Challenge women’s college game is held featuring Divison 1 and 2 teams. Four days of action packed women and girls games, held the week prior to Christmas, gives the Grand Strand 8 outstanding days and nights of high school and college basketball.

Past Champions

1981

Christ The King - NY

1982

W.T. Woodson - VA

1983

Archbishop Molloy - NY

1984

Dematha Catholic - MD

1985

Dematha Catholic - MD

1986

Eau Claire - SC

1987

Archbishop Molloy - NY

1988

Archbishop Molloy - NY

1989

Archbishop Molloy - NY

1990

Simon Gratz - PA

1991

Dunbar - MD

1992

Simon Gratz - PA

1993

Rice - NY

1994

Shawnee - NJ

1995

University Heights - KY

1996

Crossroads - CA

1997

Bishop Loughlin - NY

1998

Dematha Catholic - MD

1999

Oak Hill - VA

2000

Ballard - KY

2001

White Station - TN

2002

McQuaid Jesuit - NY

2003

Edgewater - FL

2004

St. Mary's - NY

2005

DeMatha Catholic - MD

2006

St. Edward - OH

2007

Duncanville - TX

2008

St. Patrick - NJ

2009

Bishop Gorman - NV

2010

Miller Grove - GA

2011

Milton - GA

2012

Whitney Young - IL

2013

Providence - FL

2014

Bishop Gorman - NV

2015

Montverde Academy - FL

2016

Imhotep Charter - PA

2017

Montverde Acadmey - FL

2018

Westchester - CA

2019

Dorman - SC

2020

Traditional - Milton - GA
Prep - West Oaks - FL

2021

Traditional - Bishop O'Connell - VA
Prep - Liberty Heights - NC
Dec 30 10:15 AM 2023 The Wilson Academy (GA) 46Huntington Prep (WV) 62 Dec 30 12:00 PM 2023 Norcross (GA) 52St. Peter’s (NY) 58 Dec 30 1:45 PM 2023 Blue Ridge (VA) 63J. Addison (ON) 66 Dec 30 3:30 PM 2023 Lexington (SC) 74North Crowley (TX) 69 Dec 30 5:15 PM 2023 Winston-Salem (NC) 581 of 1 Academy (NC) 53 Dec 30 7:15 PM 2023 Great Crossing (KY) 74Bishop O’Connell (VA) 77 Dec 20 1:30 PM Miami Senior (FL) 45Cannon School (NC) 50 Dec 20 1:30 PM Orangeburg-Wilkinson (SC) 41Socastee (SC) 55 Dec 20 3:15 PM N. Mecklenburg (NC) 29Winter Haven (FL) 44 Dec 20 3:15 PM Northridge (OH) 47University (WV) 51 Dec 20 3:15 PM Powdersville (SC) 43St. James (SC) 30 Dec 20 3:15 PM Fort Dorchester (SC) 55Waccamaw (SC) 49 Dec 20 5:00 PM George Washington (WV) 61Thomas Dale (VA) 62 Dec 20 5:00 PM Gray Collegiate SC 55Myrtle Beach (SC) 34 Dec 20 5:00 PM Keenen (SC) 58Lake City (SC) 49 Dec 20 6:45 PM Franklin County (KY) 45Bishop Ireton (VA) 76 Dec 20 6:45 PM Andrew Jackson (SC) 69Trinity Collegiate (SC) 63 Dec 20 6:45 PM Wando (SC) 44Conway (SC) 32 Dec 20 6:45 PM Graves County (KY) 43Carvers Bay (SC) 34 Dec 21 9:30 AM Lake City (SC) 32Carvers Bay (SC) 47 Dec 21 10:00 AM Heathwood Hall (SC) 45Andrew Jackson (SC) 55 Dec 21 11:00 AM Trinity Collegiate (SC) 64Northridge (OH) 51 Dec 21 11:15 AM Loris (SC) 37St. James (SC) 26 Dec 21 11:15 AM Orangeburg-Wilkinson (SC) 57Waccamaw (SC) 51 Dec 21 11:45 AM Miami Senior (FL) 56George Washington (WV) 45 Dec 21 1:00 PM Gray Collegiate SC 45Powdersville (SC) 58 Dec 21 1:00 PM Socastee (SC) 48Fort Dorchester (SC) 44 Dec 21 1:30 PM Lower Richland (SC) 55University (WV) 61 Dec 21 2:45 PM Wando (SC) 55Myrtle Beach (SC) 28 Dec 21 2:45 PM Keenen (SC) 34Graves County (KY) 64 Dec 21 3:15 PM N. Mecklenburg (NC) 52Franklin County (KY) 35 Dec 21 5:00 PM Winter Haven (FL) 50Bishop Ireton (VA) 59 Dec 21 6:45 PM Cannon School (NC) 47Thomas Dale (VA) 33 Dec 23 9:00 AM Miami Senior (FL) 30N. Mecklenburg (NC) 46 Dec 23 9:00 AM Trinity Collegiate (SC) 62Heathwood Hall (SC) 56 Dec 23 9:00 AM Loris (SC) 57Myrtle Beach (SC) 40 Dec 23 9:30 AM St. James (SC) 40Orangeburg-Wilkinson (SC) 38 Dec 23 10:45 AM University (WV) 41Andrew Jackson (SC) 56 Dec 23 10:45 AM George Washington (WV) 51Franklin County (KY) 72 Dec 23 10:45 AM Carvers Bay (SC) 49Powdersville (SC) 40 Dec 23 11:15 AM Fort Dorchester (SC) 51Keenen (SC) 59 Dec 23 12:30 PM Bishop Ireton (VA) 59Cannon School (NC) 47 Dec 23 12:30 PM Northridge (OH) 53Lower Richland (SC) 68 Dec 23 12:30 PM Gray Collegiate SC 54Wando (SC) 49 Dec 23 1:00 PM Socastee (SC) 28Graves County (KY) 68 Dec 23 2:15 PM 2024 Graves County (KY) 68Socastee (SC) 28 Dec 23 2:45 PM Lake City (SC) 58Waccamaw (SC) 56 Dec 27 12:00 PM Balboa (FL) 60Our Savior Lutheran (NY) 52 Dec 27 1:45 PM Prince Georges CA (MD) 741 of 1 (NC) 81 Dec 27 3:30 PM Windermere Prep (FL) 49Great Crossing (KY) 74 Dec 27 5:15 PM St Johns (DC) 81Myrtle Beach (SC) 30 Dec 27 7:00 PM Bishop O’Connell (VA) 72Socastee (SC) 30 Dec 27 8:45 PM Archbishop Moeller (OH) 40Ridge View (SC) 49 Dec 28 12:00 PM Windermere Prep (FL) 50Myrtle Beach (SC) 35 Dec 28 1:45 PM Socastee (SC) 31Archbishop Moeller (OH) 66 Dec 28 3:30 PM Bella Vista (AZ) 94Pace Academy (TX) 51 Dec 28 5:15 PM Bishop O’Connell (VA) 77Ridge View (SC) 43 Dec 28 7:00 PM Great Crossing (KY) 61St Johns (DC) 65 Dec 28 8:45 PM Berean Baptist Academy (NC) 41Winston Salem Christian (NC) 60 Dec 29 12:30 PM Our Savior Lutheran (NY) 62Prince Georges CA (MD) 59 Dec 29 2:15 PM Pace Academy (TX) 66Berean Baptist Academy (NC) 58 Dec 29 4:00 PM Balboa (FL) 461 of 1 (NC) 52 Dec 29 5:45 PM Bella Vista (AZ) 67Winston Salem Christian (NC) 65 Dec 30 8:30 AM Berean Baptist Academy (NC) 55Prince Georges CA (MD) 74 Dec 30 10:15 AM Our Savior Lutheran (NY) 45Pace Academy (TX) 48 Dec 30 12:00 PM Windermere Prep (FL) 36Archbishop Moeller (OH) 50 Dec 30 1:45 PM Balboa (FL) 53Winston Salem Christian (NC) 66 Dec 30 3:30 PM Great Crossing (KY) 74Ridge View (SC) 62 Dec 30 5:15 PM 1 of 1 (NC) 66Bella Vista (AZ) 77 Dec 30 7:15 PM Bishop O’Connell (VA) 57St Johns (DC) 52