St. Francis (GA) won the Consolation Bracket Championship at the 2014 Beach Ball Classic with a 73-53 victory over Northland (OH) on Wednesday afternoon at the Myrtle Beach (SC) Convention Center. St. Francis (13-3; Alpharetta, GA) led 34-15 at halftime and cruised in the second half, building leads as large as 29 points in theRead More

North Little Rock (AR) defeated Socastee (SC) 89-50 in a consolation bracket game at the 2014 Beach Ball Classic at the Myrtle Beach (SC) Convention Center. Socastee (3-10; Myrtle Beach, SC) scored the first two points of the game when T.J. Simmons hit a jumper just 14 seconds into the game.  Unfortunately for the Braves,Read More

Knott County (KY) defeated Spring Valley (SC) 78-46 to take home fifth place at the 2014 Beach Ball Classic. Knott County (11-1; Hindman, KY)trailed briefly early in the first half as Spring Valley (6-7; Columbia, SC) scored the game’s first four points.  Knott County responded to the slow start by scoring 15 unanswered points toRead More

Bishop Gorman (NV) defeated Sagemont (FL) 64-49 to advance to the Championship game of the 2014 Beach Ball Classic. The Gaels, champions of the 2009 BBC, will face Franklin (OH) at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday night for the title. Bishop Gorman (12-3; Las Vegas, NV) trailed briefly in the first half before pulling away and leadingRead More

Luke Kennard posted another great scoring game at the Beach Ball Classic to shoot Franklin (OH) into the Championship Game with a 77-53 semifinal victory over Hough (NC) at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center. Franklin (8-0) never trailed in the contest as Evan Crowe connected on a 3-point basket to open the scoring for theRead More

St. Francis (GA) advanced to the consolation bracket championship game of the 2014 Beach Ball Classic with a 79-51 victory over Scott County (KY) on Tuesday at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center. St. Francis (12-3; Alpharetta, GA) trailed for only 20 seconds in the early part of the first half and built leads as largeRead More

Northland (OH) defeated Mullins (SC) 79-63 to advance to the consolation bracket championship game of the 2014 Beach Ball Classic at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center. Mullins (5-7) opened the game by scoring the first eight points before Northland (5-2; Columbus, OH) answered with eight points of its own to tie the game with 12:21Read More

Knott County (KY) advanced to the 5th place game of the 2014 Beach Ball Classic with a 69-56 victory over Shadow Mountain (AZ) on Tuesday at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center. The teams battled through the first 16-minute half, swapping the lead three times and battling to five ties. Shadow Mountain (9-4; Phoenix, AZ) heldRead More

Spring Valley (SC) advanced to the 5th place game of the 2014 Beach Ball Classic with a 75-70 victory over St. Edward (OH) on Tuesday at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center. Spring Valley (6-6; Columbia, SC) led nearly wire to wire, trailing only briefly in the opening six minutes of the contest. Trailing 14-9 withRead More

East Carteret (NC) led nearly buzzer to buzzer in an 84-72 consolation game over Myrtle Beach (SC) in the 2014 Beach Ball Classic at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center. Myrtle Beach (3-8) scored the first basket of the game as Jaquan Chestnut put the Seahawks ahead on a tip-in 1:32 into play. After that itRead More