BASEBALL

In one of Hammond's longest athletic seasons, the baseball team played countless games and practiced for countless hours, and their efforts paid off: though the team couldn't clutch the state title, their runner-up status came with four all-region athletes: senior Wyatt Barrett, senior Rucker Brannon, sophomore Jack Croft, and senior and Coastal Carolina commit Dylan Richardson Brannon and Richardson also participated in the SCISA North-South All-Star Game.

After their consecutive victories in the state championship playoffs, the team reached the three-game state series against Augusta Christian School. Augusta Christian won the first game on their campus and Hammond won the first game on our campus. The deciding game was postponed three times before it was held at Lexington High School on May 22. After a strong start for both teams, Augusta Christian blasted ahead and won 9-3