Nation Ford football players Daniel Jackson and Demarcus Thompson, as well as lacrosse player Alex Skidmore and pitcher Josh Corley, all signed to play in college. Jackson is headed to Gray Military College, Thompson to Jireh Prep, Skidmore to Delaware’s Wesley College and Corley to Erskine.
The second half was the difference as Irmo scored three unanswered goals in the final 32 minutes of the game to come from behind to beat Nation Ford 3-1 in the 4A Upper State boys’ soccer championship.
On paper it was a story of David and Goliath and the Nation Ford High Falcons knocked off the giant, JL Mann, the defending state 4A soccer champions, to gain a berth in the S.C. Upper State title game.
The Falcons had just two winners as their tennis season came to an end in the third round of the 4A playoffs at the hands of top-ranked Spring Valley.
Back-to-back 1-0 victories in the has the Nation Ford High boys’ soccer team in the third round of the 4A state playoffs Saturday.
Six local track athletes from Fort Mill, NaFo qualify for state
Fort Mill finished second and Nation Ford finished fourth in the Region III tournament at Lancaster Golf Club.
After No. 1 Madison Ott and No.4 Ben Herman both lost their individual matches they lost as a doubles tandem. But their Nation Ford teammates picked them up as the Falcons defeated TL Hanna and advanced in the playoffs.
One bad inning for Nation Ford allowed Wade Hampton to sweep the Falcons and claim the District I crown
Nation Ford scored eight runs in the first inning to coast to a 9-4 win over Spartanburg and move to the District I championship next Wednesday at home.
The Nation Ford Lady Falcons exploded in the top of the seventh inning, scoring five runs to get a 12-7 slugfest win over the Laurens Lady Raiders in an elimination game in the Class AAAA state playoffs.
Falcons junior starter Dalton Helms cruised through the first inning striking out two of the batters and was struck out five in five innings while allowing just three hits and one walk in a 4A playoff victory.
The Falcons beat Indian Land 1-0, but Northwestern edged Nation Ford 3-2 in overtime in a key Region III-AAAA battle.
With a combined ERA of 1.44, the Nation Ford High baseball team’s pitching staff has been out-dueling the competition all season long.
Four Nation Ford High Falcons have signed to play college athletics next year. Will Visbeck and Kenny Settle have signed to play football at Greenville Tech, while Tyler Borland signed to play baseball at Erskine College and Caylee Antilley signed to play volleyball at Columbia College.