Spartanburg Christian- 40
Calhoun Falls Charter- 22 Crscent- 28 Dixie- 17 Lincoln County- 41 McCormick- 8 Southside Christian- 37 Ware Shoals- I’ll let Elaine handle this one. Whitmire- 26 Great Falls- 16 Lamar- 28 Pageland Central- ???? Lewisville- 18 Blacksburg- 16 Chesterfield- 52 McBee- 15 Timmonsville- 46 East Clarendon- 7 Barnwell- 42 Blackville-Hilda- 42 points less than Barnwell scored. Bethune-Bowman- 22 Denmark-Olar- They failed to score in this football contest Ridgeland/Hardeeville- 47 Estill- Blutarsky’s GPA Edisto- 21 Hunter-Kinard-Tyler- 6 Branchville- 26 North- 8 Saluda- 22 Ridge Spring-Monetta- 6 Wagener-Salley- 30 Pelion- 12 Williston-Elko- 22 Silver Bluff- 6 Baptist Hill- 48 Garrett Comprehensive Technical Outpost- 8 Porter Gaud- 35 Charleston Charter School for the Culinary Arts and Animal Husbandry- ZIP North Charleston- 32 Military Magnet- 24 St. John’s- 29 R.B. Stall- 6 Bamberg-Ehrhardt- 30 C.E. Murray- 6 Cross- 40 Burke- Note: I am running out of creative means by which to indicate no points were scored. Manning- 42 Scott’s Branch- 6 Latta- 28 Creek Bridge- 8 Green Sea-Floyds- 31 East Columbus- Seriously, you can lose a game and still score points. Hannah-Pamplico- 31 Marion- 14 Hemingway- 56 Kingstree- 14 Lake View- 26 Johnsonville- 6 Breakdown- As it is still early in the season, most everyone in Class A played up last week. It was a good week on that front, with Class A teams posting a 9-11 record against teams of higher classification. Top-ranked Lamar got a very impressive victory over Pageland Central 28-0. My super secret Lamar informant tells me the game was big fat boring, but in a good way. Lamar went up 21-0 at the half and never let Pageland back in it. The Silver Foxes are dealing with some injuries the awesomely-named Jablonski Green has only been playing defense because of a sore hamstring and the team is basically down to two running backs. The defensive line is young, which means the back seven is having to make a few more plays, but that should change as they get more experience. Jacquez Lucas ran for two touchdowns and Rashard Coleman had a good night throwing the ball with near 200 yards and two touchdowns. When they get that kind of offensive balance, Lamar ain’t losing very often, Broham. They remain very deserving of that number one ranking. The Silver Foxes continue their supremely manned-up schedule this week against Darlington…Lewisville hung on, making a late goal-line stand to get an 18-16 win over a top 10 AA team in Blacksburg. Chase Yoder, who I think is a criminally underrated player, had an 86-yard fumble return for a score. Quentin Sanders, who is very underrated despite being quite highly rated (a really dumb way of saying he is good at football) scored his fifth and sixth touchdowns of the season. One of those was an 81-yarder in which he just kind of popped out of a pile and went the distance. Most impressive for Lewisville was the fact that they were missing multiple starters on both lines and still held up against a trigundous (a word I just invented that means “very big”) Blacksburg line. Down 16-12 in the final minutes, they went into their single wing package and stuck it down Blacksburg throat to the tune of 10 plays and 54 yards. When you start bopping people in the uvula and larynx, you’ve reached a certain level of physicality most teams don’t have. They’re already good and when they get physically healthy, well, Lewisville v Lamar is going to be a war…Wagener-Salley’s win over Pelion is a “little over a big” win, but not all of those are created equal. I mean, if you beat up an NFL left tackle who has weird tats and anger issues, that’s impressive. If you beat a Jim John, the really tall kid down the street who has a high voice, no thumbs and likes sniffing sharpie markers, I mean, he’s still a big guy and all, but it’s much less impressive. For new readers, I make really terrible analogies. Anyway, the Chitlinville Gridiron All-Stars took care of business against a team that’s struggled for several years. They get an interesting match-up against 2-0 Bethune-Bowman this week. The Mr. T Haircuts were a 22-0 winner over Denmark-Olar this past Friday. W-S is the favorite in this one, but watch for B-B’s Braxton Wedgeworth. He had a long touchdown run, a long touchdown pass and blocked a punt that was returned for a score last week…Williston-Elko didn’t exactly beat up on Jim John Friday, maybe his slightly more athletic brother Jim Jack as they rolled over Silver Bluff. W-E got a pair of touchdown runs from Tyran Parker but their defensive also doled out a shriek-inducing tater kickin’. They allowed only 17 yards rushing and came up with a safety. This was a young team last year that got off to an 0-2 start before winning nine straight then was soundly thrashed in the second round of the playoffs. This bunch may be built for a deeper run and the only real challenges left from now until the post-season starts is back-to-back games against Ridge Spring-Monetta and Wagener-Salley…I mentioned last week that Corey Fields, Baptist Hill’s QB, might do a bit of stat padding against Garrett and he did. If by “padding” you mean 375 yards passing with five touchdowns and 75 yards rushing. The thing is, since Baptist Hill began moving back toward respectability last year, they still haven’t beaten a good team. I mean, 450 total yards and five touchdowns is holy crap territory even when facing the likes of Jim John and Jim Jack. To really show they aren’t just a fireworks show that blows some smoke in the air and makes a pretend snake come up out of the ground (I’m the only one he didn’t see the point in blacksnakes they used to sell at fireworks stands? It looked like your yard was pooping or something) they need a big showing against a quality opponent. That opportunity beckons September 15 at Cross…I haven’t been able to find an account of Hannah-Pamplico’s win over Marion, but I’m sure they did a hell of a job. Seriously, giving Lamar a good game, followed by up win shows that H-P belongs in the top 10 (where they are now, but more on that shortly)…I keep hearing from everyone that Hemingway may be the team to beat this year in the lowcountry. I’ll have to see that to believe it, but they got off to a good start, leaving marks on Kingstree. Darius Taylor, who is good at football, had a touchdown catch, an interception and a punt return for a score IN THE FIRST FREAKIN’ HALF! They play up the next three weeks then face C.E. Murray. If they come out of that stretch 5-0, then the hype ain’t just hype…I didn’t figure having its winning streak would faze Lake View much and it didn’t, as it bounced back with a win over Johnsville. Delvon Bethea had two touchdowns and De’Ante Bridgett threw touchdowns. They also stole the opponents sausage! Not really, but I feel compelled to make a sausage reference whenever Johnsonville is mentioned…moving on. Aside from the “up” wins…I took in Great Falls-Whitmire Friday night. Typical early-season game (opener for Great Falls) with a lot of penalties. It got a little chippy here and threw with one ejection but nothing too bad. Whitmire is super young, but they have some talent. Keep an eye on wingback Jaylen Brown for them. Very slippery, very athletic and catches it well out of the backfield. They also feature a not-quite 130-pound back named Kyle Hunt who is a tough son-of-gun. The Wolverines are well coached, play hard and if you don’t see a scrum often, it’s tough to prepare for. They mix in just enough rollout passes and throws to Brown in the flat to keep you honest. Great Falls, likewise, is young. They had 12 penalties which made a big difference, as di Whitmire recovering an onside kick (they attempted those on every kickoff). Kel Brown did a solid job at quarterback and Kelton Talford (who is 17 feet tall) went up and got one for a touchdown. I think good things are ahead for them, maybe this week as they play a Blackville-Hilda team that got stumped upon Friday by Barnwell…Congrats to Timmonsville on its huge blowout win over East Clarendon. I wasn’t able to find an account of that game, but the Whirlwinds have been down a bit for a few years, but every couple of years they get a run of athletes and give a lot of folks some trouble. Here’s hoping this is one of those years…I talked to someone who was at the McBee-Chesterfield game. They confirmed what I’d heard, which is that Chesterfield is crazy loaded. They also wonder, though, if McBee might be in for a real down year. They lost a bumper crop of athletes (most of whom were named Wright), are breaking in a slew of new starters and play an absolute murderer’s row. Looking forward, they could be 0-6 after they play Lewisville and still end up being pretty good and in the playoffs. You can’t always judge a Class A team by it’s out-of-region record, especially when it’s willing to play anybody. As promised, I am printing the Prep Media Class A poll each week and the top 10 I submitted for said poll. 1. Lamar (9) 2. Lewisville (3) 3. Hemingway (1) 4. St. John's 5. Cross 6. Lake View 7. Williston-Elko 8. Wagener-Salley 9. C.E. Murray 10. Hannah-Pamplico 1. Lamar- Impressive shutout of Pageland shows they belong here until someone unseats them. 2. Lewisville- Gutted out a win over a good Blacksburg team despite being down linemen on both sides. 3. St. John’s- I moved them up based on wins over 5A and 4A opponents. 4. Cross- Cross is really good at football. 5. Hemingway- If their opening win is any indication, the hype is justified for the Tigers. 6. C.E. Murray- Not going to hold a loss to a very good AA team against them too much. Remember, they lost to B-E early last year too by a larger margin and ended up making it to the third round of the playoffs. 7. Lake View- Opening loss might be a distant memory soon. Nice win this past Friday. 8. Williston-Elko- I can easily see them not losing again until sometime in late November. Defense played an outstanding game Friday. 9. Wagener-Salley- If they start beating good teams, they will shoot up this list. 10, Hannah-Pamplico- Gave Lamar a real scare in Week 0 and came back with an “up” win this past week. I’m going to withhold my full comments on Tuesday’s realignment appeals before the appellate panel for separate BLAWG later in the week since this one is already way long. Suffice it to say I’m happy Dixie won their appeal, I wish Hannah-Pamplico and Allendale-Fairfax would have appealed and I was displeased with Lewisville’s appeal being rejected. Class A will be watered down and made unnecessarily small. I also think the panel either didn’t grasp Lewisville’s points on Title IX and competitive balance or didn’t care. On top of that, their comments were obtuse and snarky. More to come… Suggested reading (and viewing) You can read about Whitmire’s win over Great Falls here. If you think words are dumb and hard to understand, just watch this video instead. HOLY CRAP GREEN SEA THROWS THE BALL NOW WHAT PLANET IS THIS?! The eerie specter of Fumbly McFumblestein appeared at C.E. Murray’s loss to Bamberg-Ehrhardt. On a serious note, my buddy Jed Blackwell wrote a nice tribute to former Great Falls head coach Mike Martin who passed away over the weekend as part of his prep notebook.
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