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Calhoun Falls Charter- < 1 Dixie- 43 Spartanburg Christian Academy- 22 Ware Shoals- 40 Greenwood Christian- 7 Whitmire- 16 Branchville- 6 Lamar- 55 East Clarendon- 14 Lewisville- 22 Eau Claire- 12 Hannah-Pamplico- 20 Timmonsville- 14 Blackville-Hilda- 26 Denmark-Olar- They lacked points Williston-Elko- 55 Estill- 12 Wagener-Salley- 60 Hunter-Kinard-Tyler- 12 Ridge Spring-Monetta- 45 North- 12 Cross- 51 Baptist Hill- 18 Allendale-Fairfax- 56 Charleston Taxidermy Learning Lab- Love Green Sea-Floyds- 53 Military Magnet- 6 Hanahan- 28 St. John's- 7 Bethune-Bowman- 22 C.A. Johnson- 20 C.E. Murray- 43 Creek Bridge- NOT NAM Scott's Branch- 22 Edisto- 10 Hemingway- 44 Waccamaw- Tell 'em bout it Beavis Lake View- 44 South Robeson- 14 Breakdown- I thought Cross v Baptist Hill was going to be a whale of a match-up, of course I also thought the Magic Bullet blender was going to revolutionize my kitchen. Did you ever see the infomercial for that thing? A British guy and his hot wife had a bunch of friends stumble into their house one morning. They made milkshakes, smoothies, mixed drinks, alfredo sauce, chicken salad and nachos in that amazing device. Why anyone is making nachos and chicken salad early in the morning is a question I'd never really considered until just this second, but we'll ponder that later. The fat friend ate the nachos, the drunk friend took a margarita and an old lady, who looked like she was smoking a couch, helped herself to some soup...because nothing goes with an unfilitered Marlboro quite like a steaming hot bowl of tomato soup. Well I bought one and broke it the second time I ever used it. My hopes and dreams of impromptu parties with smoking soup lady and a world of culinary possibilities were ended by a handful of frozen strawberries. Well, Cross played the part of the frozen strawberries Friday night...which may be the worst analogy I've every made. In Cross, you had the estabished team that returned much of the talent from a squad that narrowly lost to Lake View in last year's post-season. Baptist Hill was sort of a feel-good story, bouncing back from a couple of lousy seasons to storm out to a 4-0 record behind the gaudy production of quarterback Corey Fields, who came into the game with more than 1,200 passing yards, 14 touchdowns and no picks. They had a couple of wins over pretty good AA teams that had beaten them badly the year before, but Cross is obviously a completely different animal. Even with its starting quarterback out of commission and with a freshman lining up at center, they doled out a physical whipping. That back-up QB (Torrest Richardson) ran for two scores, Nate Walker had 167 yards on only 13 carries and five different players scored a rushing touchdown. This isn't the end of things for Baptist Hill, which should be 8-1 headed into the season finale against St. John's, but it's a statement from Cross that they belong right alongside Lake View and C.E. Murray in the lowerstate championship discussion. They face C.E. Murray in two weeks in what could decide the Region V championship. Does the Magic Bullet have a "remove poop from chittlins" setting? Is that segueway worse than the strawberry analogy? Probably, yes. Anyway, the folks from Chittlin'ville (Wagener-Salley) remained among the ranks of the undefeated with a 60-12 rogering of Hunter-Kinard-Tyler. I'd read that HKT quarterback Devonte Scott was nursing a shoulder injury and given that he went 2-of-7 for 35 yards, I suspect that may still be the case, since they are normally a spread it and chunk it offense. Wagener-Salley has already matched its win total from last year and is enjoying a terrific season thanks to a no-frills offense that pummels opposing school children with a stable of athletic backs like Tre Davis Tyquaun Williams behind a big ol' offensive line and a defense that's yielding eight points a game. Now, they only have one real signature win so far this year (over Bethune-Bowman) but they'll have chances to get two more in the next two weeks facing a suddenly-resurgent Blackville-Hilda team and Williston-Elko. There weren't many "playing up" games this week, with Class A schools going 3-3 against teams of higher classifications, with your winners being Bethune-Bowman over C.A. Johnson, Hemingway over Waccamaw and Scott's Branch over Edisto. The lack of those match-ups was partly due to some teams already having moved into the region portion of their schedules, while other teams played out-of-state or private schools. Really, there weren't a ton of great match-ups this week...it was a big fat bowl of meh, but that will change this week as nearly everyone will begin their quest for playoff spots with critical region contests. Quick Hits- While I totally crapped the bed on selling Cross-Baptist Hill as a titanic clash of 1A powerhouses, I did say Hemingway would roll Waccamaw, which they did. That was almost as bold a call as when I once proclaimed "I bet if I take off my pants in line at Burger King, I'll get some crazy looks." I was right that time too...Lamar won again in blowout fashion last Friday despite not piling up huge offensive numbers (just under 300 total yards). I've been kind of surprised that the Silver Foxes haven't had one guy emerge as an explosive offensive weapon, but Jacquez Lucas, the awesomely-named Jeblonski Green or someone else seem to get near 100 yards rushing and a couple of touchdowns every week. They don't throw it much anymore, but there's obviously nothing wrong with running the ball, eating the clock and stepping on people's souls defensively. They have two huge tests coming up as they face AAAA Crestwood this Friday, they get a week off, then face Lewisville in a game that could put one or the other in the driver's seat in the region...Blackville-Hilda has won three straight and allowed 12 points total in those victories. The only catch is that the combined record of their three recent victims is 1-12, but the wins have come in impressive, you could even say dominant fashion. Somone I know has seen them and said "they got some men down there." This week against unbeaten Wagener-Salley will give us a much better idea as to whether they've taken a step forward as a program after a few atypically down years, or have just reaped the benefits of dining on sweet, delicious creampuffs the past few weeks...Ridge Spring-Monetta's Rocky Israel had 164 total yards of offense and four touchdowns Friday night, which is pretty good when you consider he touched the ball five times. I'm not a coach or anything, but that seems good...Not gonna pick on anybody right now, but have a look at each region and tell me how it's fair to have a pre-determined number of playoff teams from each just based on the number of teams in the region? There are a couple you can easily pick out that don't, at this point, really need a guaranteed four or five playoff teams...And my weekly outside of Class A blurb, I was again unable to find a stat line for my favorite AA player, Mullins RB Willie Nelson. Man, that is....CRAZY! HERPY DERPDY DIDDLY HAW!!!! Suggested reading The playoffs...THERE'S A BETTER WAY PEOPLE!!!! Blackville-Hilda defeated Denmark-Olar Friday, thus securing the golden hyphen trophy for another year...not really, but they should play for such a thing. You can read capsules on several games, including wins for Ridge Spring-Monetta and Wagener-Salley here...or can be a big stupid jerk about it. Everyone is tired of your attitude Russ. This one had all the makings of a classic...right up until the game started and Cross savagely beat Baptist Hill. Ware Shoals beat somebody-or-another.
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