Fort Mill's boys and girls swim teams beat both Nation Ford and Catawba Ridge at the Fort Mill Aquatics Center on Thursday, Sept. 24.
The Yellow Jackets girls won 117-53 over the Falcons and 113.5-56.5 over the Copperheads. The Fort Mill boys topped Nation Ford 98-72 and Catawba Ridge 111-59, according to Fort Mill Prep Sports.
Five Fort Mill swimmers claimed individual event titles. Delaney Michael won the girls' 200-yard freestyle and the 100-yard butterfly. Parker Hightower swept the boys' 200-yard individual medley and the 100-yard breaststroke. Haruka Ono tied for first in the girls' 200-yard individual medley and won the 100-yard breaststroke outright. Wyatt Matz took the boys' 200-yard freestyle, and Emma Michael won the girls' 500-yard freestyle.
Nation Ford picked up individual wins of its own. Levi Vaden won the boys' 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle events. Gray Reiger claimed the boys' 100-yard butterfly and 500-yard freestyle, and Noah Harris won the boys' 100-yard backstroke. Mia Ford tied Ono for first in the girls' 200-yard individual medley.
Catawba Ridge's Belle Gload won the girls' 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle, and Amelia Meehan took the girls' 100-yard backstroke.
In relay action, Fort Mill won the girls' 200-yard medley relay and both the girls' and boys' 400-yard free relays. Nation Ford took the boys' 200-yard medley relay and the boys' 200-yard free relay. Catawba Ridge won the girls' 200-yard free relay.
The Falcons held their own against the Copperheads. Nation Ford's boys edged Catawba Ridge 86-84, and the Falcons girls beat the Copperheads 89-81.
Both Fort Mill swim teams were 9-0 after an Aug. 27 meet, also at the Fort Mill Aquatics Center.
Volleyball
Nation Ford's girls volleyball team remained unbeaten in Region 3-4A play, sweeping South Pointe 3-0 (25-15, 25-11, 25-11) also Thursday. The Falcons improved to 8-0 in region and 16-2 overall.
Fort Mill's girls rallied from two sets down to beat Boiling Springs 3-2 (24-26, 22-25, 25-13, 26-24, 15-6), improving to 11-4 overall and 4-1 in Region 2-5A. The Fort Mill boys lost to Boiling Springs 3-2 (27-25, 17-25, 24-26, 25-16, 13-15), falling to 6-10 and 2-3 in region.
Girls tennis
Fort Mill's girls tennis team beat Boiling Springs 5-1 also Thursday, improving to 9-1 overall and 5-1 in Region 2-5A. Avalon Stevens won 6-0, 6-0 at her singles spot. Kendall McCarty needed a third-set tiebreaker, winning 6-1, 2-6, 13-11. Abby NallaReddy (6-2, 6-1), Siona Soman (6-2, 6-1) and the doubles team of Ellie Corbett and Evie Dyer (6-2, 6-0) also won for the Yellow Jackets.
