State Championship Preview
May 31, 2021
The 2021 South Carolina State Championships will be played this week. The Championships feature a best of three series with each team hosting one of the first two games. The third game will be played at a neutral site if available.
Games are scheduled for June 1, June 3, and June 5 as necessary for each classification. Below are the matchups each championship series.
South Carolina State Championship Series
Class 5A State Finals
Hillcrest vs. Summerville
- Summerville will host on Tuesday June 1st
- Hillcrest will host on Thursday June 3rd
- Hillcrest went 3-0 in the District tourney, only giving up 6 runs in their 3 wins
- Hillcrest dominated Dorman in the Upper Finals, outscoring them 18-4 in 2 games
- Summerville went 3-0 in the District Tourney, beating Lexington once & Wando twice
- Summerville jumped out to quick leads in two games in the Lower Finals, holding on to win both by a combined 4 runs
Class 4A State Finals
AC Flora vs. James Island
- AC Flora will be at home on Tuesday June 1st
- James Island will host on Thursday June 3rd
- AC Flora went 3-0 in the District Tourney, out scoring their opponents 30-6
- Flora held Lugoff-Elgin to 2 runs, while scoring 24 on their way to the State Championship Series
- James Island went 3-1 in the District Tourney, only surrendering 5 runs in the 4 games
- The Trojans used 3 games to get to the State Championship, winning and losing a 1 run game before busting out for 14 runs in the deciding game
Class 3A State Finals
West-Oak vs. Gilbert
- Gilbert will be home on Tuesday June 1st
- West-Oak will host on Thursday June 3rd
- West-Oak went 3-1 in the District Tourney, playing all 4 games within 3 runs of their opponent
- West-Oak limited Powdersville to 3 runs in sweeping their 2 games
- Gilbert went 3-0 in the District Tourney, scoring 28 runs in the 3 games
- Gilbert used 5 different arms in sweeping the Lower Finals, advancing to the State Championships
Class 2A State Finals
Legion Collegiate vs. Andrew Jackson
- Andrew Jackson will host game 1
- Legion Collegiate will host game 2
- Legion Collegiate went 3-0 in the District Tournament, giving up 3 runs in each win
- Legion Collegiate swept their Upper Finals, giving up 1 run
- Andrew Jackson swept their District Tournament, going 3-0, scoring 39 runs
- Andrew Jackson swept the Lower Finals, throwing 2 shutouts
Class 1A State Finals
Southside Christian vs. Lake View
- Southside Christian will host on Tuesday June 1st
- Lake View will host on Thursday June 3rd
- Southside Christian went 4-1 in the District Tourney, scoring 56 runs in the 5 games
- Southside continued the offensive onslaught, scoring 24 runs in the 2 game sweep of the Upper Finals
- Lake View went 3-0 in the District Tourney, only giving up 8 runs in the 3 games
- Lake View swept the Lower Finals, only allowing 3 runs in the 2 games