Estill (0-1) at Ridgeland Hardeeville (1-0)
Estill posted a WHITE CANDY BAR HAHA I’M GOING TO WEAR THIS JOKE OUT on the scoreboard last week, of course that came at the hands of a tough Allendale-Fairfax team. This week, they’ll play up again, going on the road to face Ridgeland-Hardeeville. The Big Cookies (which is what the mascot for a team with Hardee in its name should be, so I’ll just pretend that it is) were a 12-8 winner over Thomas Heyward Academy in their opener. Jabari Williams pulled their thickburgers out of the fire with a 50-yard touchdown run late in the contest. Let’s see, candy bar line, two Hardees menu references…I think I’m done here. Hunter-Kinard-Tyler (0-1) at Edisto (0-1) A big hat tip to the Trojans for having the taters to play a super-manly schedule. They lost badly last week on the road to AAA power Fairfield Central, but that 51-6 final isn’t quite as bad as it sounds. They only gave up 200 yards of total offense to what is always an explosive Fairfield Central offense. Unfortunately, they have some work to do on special teams having given up kickoff returns of 99 and 70 yards for touchdowns. STAY IN YOUR LANE BOBBY! DADGUMMIT. Take those out, consider what the defense did and that’s a respectable showing. They play up again this week at Edisto. Edisto won’t be nearly as formidable a foe as the Griffins were, though, having lost last week 26-0 to O-W. They fumbled a lot, the end. Branchville (1-0) at North Branchville put it on the Charleston Charter Career Center and Extravagant Lunch Buffet last week 62-22. Couldn’t find any info on that one but I’m sure Branchville did a heck of a job. North hasn’t played yet, so it’s hard to know what they’ve got. Unfrotunately, they’ve struggled in terms of wins and losses for a long time, having not posted even a break-even record since 2008, so Branchville could be off to a 2-0 start. Saluda (0-1) at Ridge Spring-Monetta (0-1) Ridge Spring-Monetta is another team that has always played a studly assemblage of opponents early in the year. They lost to a very good Batesburg-Leesville team last week 40-16. They are also a team, though, that always seems ready for region play and enters the post-season on a roll. You don’t get that from playing Miss Penny’s Finishing School out of region, Jabo. Saluda, coming off a huge year, got worked by Strom Thurmond last week. RSM may come out of this 0-2 but they’ll be better for it down the road. Wagener-Salley (1-0) at Pelion (1-0) The Hand Slung All-Stars were handin’ out whoopins last week, belting Whitmire 62-7. Kevin Johnson ran for over 100 yards and three touchdowns, which is super salty to start with, then I drop the “on seven carries” part and you’re all like “WHA WHA WHAAAAT?” Anyway, they are playing a Pelion team that has, frankly, been a dumpster fire next to a train wreck on the way to see a watermelon seed spitting contest for a while….BUT, they did beat Calhoun County 33-22 last week, so maybe things are moving in the right direction. This is a big play up, facing a AAA school, but W-S won this match-up last year 50-14. I don’t think it will be that lopside, but expect Chitterling Nation to keep rolling. Silver Bluff (0-1) at Williston-Elko (0-1) Both teams came up on the losing end of things last week. Williston lost to a very good Barnwell team, while Silver Bluff may still be walking funny after what South Aiken did to them (41-6 loss). Williston, really, to be playing up against a ranked team, didn’t make a terrible showing. They gave moved the ball pretty well and didn’t get gashed by the War Horses, allowing about 300 total yards. This might be an opportunity to even their record. If they do, it is not a stretch at all to think they could run the table in the regular season. Garrett Academy Tech A&M Magnet School (Eastern Campus) (0-1) at Baptist Hill I’ll be quick and to the point. Garrett lost 22-6 to Porter Gaud last week, who does not possess QB Corey Fields. Baptist does have Corey Fields who probably won’t have much more than 4,500 total yards this season. He might do stat-padding tonight. St. John’s (1-0) at R.B Stall St. John’s sprung one of the shockers of the early season last week beat 5A James Island. If they chop down another one this week, it might be time to consider moving them up even further in the polls than they jumped this past week. C.E. Murray (1-0) at Bamberg-Ehrhardt (1-0) This is one of the games of the week. If you like watching people just kick each other face for 48 minutes, this one’s for you. C.E. Murray opened with an “up” win 22-8 over Kingstree. B-E won an odd won, getting a 7-0 win in overtime of Woodland. Jerauld Manigault saved the game with a big interception in the end zone in OT. Two tough, physical defenses, some big-time playmakers on both sides of the ball, figures to be an excellent match-up. Sadly, due to time constraints, everyone else gets the “in other action” treatment... North Charleston at Military Magnet Charleston Charter School for greater bacon studies at Porter Gaud Scott’s Branch at Manning Carvers Bay at Latta Marion at Hannah-Pamplico Lake View at Johnsonville Enjoy the games!
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