Ware Shoals- 39
Calhoun Falls Charter- 8 Whitmire- 16 Dixie- 6 McCormick- 30 Columbia- 14 Lamar- 48 Great Falls- Tom Jones will let you know, provided he can dodge all the panty draws and get to the mic McBee- 46 Camden Military- 7 Lewisville- 34 Timmonsville- 22 Williston-Elko- 30 Blackville-Hilda- 6 Wagener-Salley- 39 Denmark-Olar- Tell em bout it Mick Estill- 12 Ridge Spring-Monetta- 6 Hunter-Kinard-Tyler- 41 North- Tell em bout it scary Joker St. John's- 54 Baptist Hill- 8 Branchville- 39 Military Magnet- 21 C.E. Murray- 40 Bethune-Bowman- 12 Cross- 29 Scott's Branch- 6 Lake View- 43 Creek Bridge- 14 Hannah-Pamplico- 31 East Clarendon- The answer lies in Arizona Hemingway- 18 Green Sea-Floyds- 12 Breakdown- First of all, my apologies for not having an update for the past two weeks or so. Class A was the heaviest hit by the jack ass hurricane, with 31 teams having to postpone and reschedule games. So, we pretty much had two weeks with very limited match-ups. I tried to write to previews last week but it's kind of difficult when there's nothing to work off of from the previous week. I wrote so really in-depth, incisive stuff like "Jimmy Jack Tech didn't play last week, or the week before, and neither did Billy Ray Prep, so, uh, who knows what kind of wacky, slapnuts game this might be." Anyway, thoughts and prayers with the folks who are still dealing with the aftermath of the storm, now, onto the games! Williston-Elko took a firm grip on the Region III race Friday with a 30-6 pasting of the resurgent Blackville-Hilda Hawks. B-H came in on a six-game winning streak and were doing it with a meticulous, clock-eating, single-wing offense operating behind a mammoth O-line that generally plowed over opposing school children. The only problem with an offense like that is the rare occasion that you run into someone who can compete with you in the trenches. If you can't kinda, sorta threaten to do anything in the air, you're cooked. Williston was able to win the battle of the bigguns up front (they held the Hawks to less than 90 yards rushing) and Lord help, Blackville can't throw the ball (2 of 7 for 6 yards with a pick Friday), so what you get is a blowout for Williston. Tyran Parks running for 200 flippin' yards helped as did an efficient, complimentary passing game from Will Nolind. I wondered about them early this season with their 0-2 start and an offense that just wasn't putting up the numbers we've become accustomed to seeing in recent years. However, losing to Silver Bluff isn't shame-worthy and that Barnwell loss sure doesn't look bad now. You can't assume things, of course, but aside from a match-up with HKT in a few weeks, Williston's schedule looks very favorable to win out, win the region and lock up a plum playoff seed. Also on the path to being the master of their domain is C.E. Murray who gave Bethune-Bowman a good rootin' 40-12 on Friday. Both of these teams are in areas that were affected by the storm. The Mr. T haircuts had not played a game since September 23 and the War Eagles not since September 30. B-B has been one of the feel-good stories of the year in Class A. After many years of struggle, the team got off to a 5-1 start, though admittedly not against a murderer's row schedule. Still, it's basically the same schedule they played last year when they went 2-8. As near as I can tell, there aren't any media outlets in Bethune or Bowman...it's one of those areas where news is delivered by people in powdered wigs who write things with quills on sheep skin, then ride a donkey to the square and read it from the courthouse steps. I mean, that's how we do it where I live, but I digress. I have been able to discern they have an athletic quarterback and a running back in Makiah Simmons who is ever bit as hard to tackle as his 5'8, 225 dimensions would make it seem. I still consider them a good team, so that makes this an even more impressive win for the War Eagles. You're probably familiar with Darius Rush and he had a good game (91 yards on just seven carries and a TD catch) but C.E. Murray showed they can beat you a lot of different ways. Sean Swaringer ran for 107 yards and three touchdowns and Marcus Reid had four catches for 76 yards and a score. Defensively, Davionta Major had 10 tackles, two tackles-for-loss and blocked a punt, Johama Tisdale picked off a pass and Shyheim White had 11 tackles, two tackles-for-loss and a QB hurry. Now, having beaten both B-B and Cross, all that stands between the War Eagles and a region crown is a pretty good Scott's Branch team and Branchville, who is having a rough go of it. Since losing to a good Hemingway team, C.E. Murray has clicked off back-to-back impressive wins and they seem to be hitting their stride at just the right time. The Region V crown and the playoff seeding that come with it are there for the taking. Elsewhere, Region I is decided, with McCormick having clinched first place, leaving Dixie, Whitmire and Ware Shoals to fight it out for the bitter, unsatisfying crumbs of second and third place. Region II, which I still believe to be Class A's best, is still very much up in the air. McBee beat Lewisville a few weeks ago and will take on top-ranked, unbeaten Lamar this week. If the Panthers can come out of Friday with a win, they'll have the region title all but secured. If Lamar extends its winning streak to 17 games, they still have to contend with a Lewisville team that should be fully healthy by then. A Lions win there could create a three-way tie for first, at which point they revert to points allowed within the tie, or either a frog gigging competition to decide who gets first, I'll have to read up on it to be sure. Anyway, one of those teams will wind up in third place, then will promptly beat another region's two and one. Region IV is a forgone conclusion after St. John's railed Baptist Hill 54-8. Baptist Hill is another program that's had a nice year after several down seasons, they can certainly score points and have a super-exciting quarterback in Corey Field (over 2,500 yards passing this year) but they've shown a propensity to give up points. St. John's sure scored a lot of points on them, but even more impressively held them to under 160 total yards. With only the winless Charleston School for Appliance Repair and Clogging Performance Academy left, the region booty is theirs to plunder. Region VI figures to get worked out when Lake View and Hemingway square off Friday. Lot of great match-ups coming down the stretch. Quick hits- Anybody have any idea what's going on with Ridge Spring-Monetta? Their loss to previously winless Estill is one of the shockers of the season so far. Injuries? Rascally cheerleader with mono...Hannah-Pamplico hasn't had a winning record in eight years, but the team is just one win away from clinching one after a 31-0 rout of East Clarendon. The team started 0-2, but is now riding a five-game winning streak. The first three wins were by a combined 11 points and one came via them pulling a gigantic rabbit out of their hat or pants or something in the form of a last-second touchdown pass, but the past two have been total blowouts, so momentum and confidence could be building. Good for them...Whitmire's loss two weeks back to Calhoun Falls Charter was nearly as big a head-scratcher as Estill-RSM. Of course, when you turn it over six times and turn it over on downs at the one with a few second left in regulation of a tied, game those things will happen. They bounced back well in a win over Dixie and are in the playoffs for the third straight year, a great achievement for a school of 160-ish kids that lost 18 seniors from last year. Suggested Reading Lawdy law me, them Hawks can't throw it. You can read multiple game capsules here or you can be a horse's ass like your diddy was. He never did have any credit. Worried your po granny to death. Green Sea-Floyds lost a close one to Hemingway, but given the devastation down there from the hurricane, just getting back on the field had to feel pretty good, I'm thinking. Baptist Hill may not be able to walk in a straight line for a while after what St. John's did to them. Ware Shoals v Calhoun Falls Charter was kind of a loser leaves town match where the playoffs are concerned...Somebody got whacked with a chair while the ref wasn't looking, but still, BYE FLASHES!
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Joesph
10/27/2016 05:05:42 am
Whitmire still has a chance to win the region. They are playing McCormick at home Friday for the Region Championship.
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Travis
10/27/2016 04:05:00 pm
I'm not very observant and am terrible at math. You are correct. That'll be noted in the preview. Thanks!
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