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Calhoun Falls Charter-8 Dixie-43 Spartanburg Christian Academy-22 Whitmire-28 Ware Shoals-13 Timmonsville-64 Great Falls-20 McBee-44 Lewisville-16 Blackville-Hilda-22 Hunter-Kinard-Tyler-12 Ridge Spring-Monetta-27 Denmark-Olar- I'll let lifelong crushes the Wilson sisters do the honors North-22 Estill-14 Williston-Elko-42 Stump Whooped Academy-20 Baptist Hill-60 Charleston Satellite Academy for Automotive Repair and Accounting-6 St. John's-54 Military Magnet-Some things are best left to Billy Preston Scott's Branch-46 Branchville-6 C.E. Murray-18 Cross-12 Hannah-Pamplico-49 Creek Bridge-6 Hemingway-8 East Clarendon-6 Hemingway-8 East Clarendon-6 Lake View-28 Green Sea-Floyds-8 Breakdown- We are now down to two unbeaten teams in Class A after Lewisville lost to McBee 44-16. A lot of people were surprised, not so much that McBee won, but that they won so handily. There were some mitigating factors...listen to me, "mitigating factors." There was some stuff what made that be that way...there, that's much more like it. First of all, super stud lineman Josh Belk was hurt as he jogged off the practice field Wednesday, which frankly has to make it feel like the world the hates you. Seriously, that's like fate pooping on your lawn. He's been as dominant this year as you'd expect a 6'4, 300-pound athletic freak of nature to be, so that certainly made a difference (he is expected back). Also, Lewisville turned the ball over three times and on two occasions, did so after holding McBee on downs at the conclusion of 10-plus-play drives. So, obviously, the defense, already minus a key starter, got gassed (Lewisville ran 44 plays to McBee's 65ish). Two of the scores came in the final few minutes when Lewisville went for it on fourth down deep in its own territory rather than concede the game and punt. Let's also not forget, McBee is a dang good football team. The two losses on their record are a tad deceiving since they both came when the team was minus five injured starters. I think the Lewisville game was the first time they'd had them all back. Ricardo and Dashonnell Wright are a crazy one-two punch in the backfield and the defense is extremely physical, bringing the house, mule-kicking you in the face and trusting their secondary athletes to cover without much help, which they usually pull off. Lewisville now has to turn around and play Lamar, one of the state's remaining unbeaten Class A teams. Lamar was off last week, so their soul-crushing, tater-kicking, baking soda defense (read the last week in review I wrote for an explanation, but don't expect it to make anymore sense than what you just read) should be well rested and healthy. McBee, meanwhile, will bide its time, playing three teams it should beat before closing the regular season against those Silver Foxes, who should come in at 9-0 if they beat Lewisville, with the game probably deciding the region title. I still say no region has three teams at the top as strong as these three. The other unbeaten team is Lake View, which played only its second competitive game of the year (the other being a close win over AA Latta) in beating a scrappy Green Sea-Floyds team 28-8. Given that Lake View had been averaging just under 50 points in its last four games, the final score was a bit of a surprise, but Green Sea has an "eat the clock" style of offense that can shorten games, but of their losses coming in were close (one in overtime). Their coach, Tony Sullivan, obviously thought his team had a good night, saying Lake View "probably don't want no more." Though that seems an awful lot like poking a fire-breathing dragon in the mouth with a gas hose, I like that confidence in a team from a coach and I'll take that over stock coach answers any day of the week. It's like a coach who, after a loss once told me "You watched the game, they cut our a$$. I mean, don't say I said that, put something else in the paper, but that's what happened. Got our a$$ cut. THEY! CUT! OUR! A$$!" I'm digressing from the point here, Lake View's Duane Nichols showed why he was a Shrine Bowl selection, running for 106 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries and throwing for 111 yards and two scores. Looking forward, Lake View has two lay-ups (winless East Clarendon and Creek Bridge) a game against upstart Hannah-Pamplico, who has four straight wins and a solid Hemingway squad, who stands at 5-1. It feels like they'll get to the playoffs with a perfect record intact. You remember last week when I told you I'd had a coach tell me that Class A's most explosive athlete is Darius Rush from C.E. Murray? Remember me singing his praises last year? Well, I was proven right. I mean, I've also made reference to fate pooping on Lewisville's lawn and made a terrible analogy about Lamar's defense being a box of baking soda, so you have to learn when to listen to me and when to tune me out. Cross came into Friday at 4-1, their only loss came in a "playing up" game against a really good Timberland team, they threw a painful rootin' on previously unbeaten Baptist Hill and were fresh off a shutout of AAA Lake Marion. They were also allowing just nine points a game, but Rush ran past them like his last name was Rush, which, um, I guess it actually is. Anyway, he had 200 yards on the ground and scored all three touchdowns. C.E. Murray's defense also had a terrific game, holding an explosive Cross offense to just 12 points. The win was also huge because it really gives the War Eagles the inside track to the region championship. You can never assume too much, but you'd certainly consider them favorites over Scott's Branch and Branchville, leaving only a good Bethune-Bowman team between them and the region crown and the plum playoff seed that comes with it. Quick Hits- How about those Whitmire Wolverines? The Pearls of the Piedmont, despite being the smallest public school with a football team in the state and having lost 18 seniors from last year seem to be getting better every week and notched 28-13 victory over Ware Shoals Friday. Region I, candidly, isn't especially strong this year, so with only Calhoun Falls Charter, McCormick and Dixie left, the Wolverines should probably be viewed as the favorites. Hard not to root for them...Blackville-Hilda has now won five straight after offing HKT Friday. Their game against Ridge Spring-Monetta this week will be a throwback to the days when guys in ties and fedoras smoked Lucky's on the sidelines while deriding players who wanted to come out of games because of skull fractures as sissies; it's a modified single wing against the wishbone is what I'm trying to say. IF they get by RSM (and it's a big if, literally since I put it in all caps) then their October 21 game at a resurgent Williston-Elko will decide the Region III champion...Baptist Hill hung 60 this past week and will be 8-1 heading into the season finale against St. John's and that game will be for the region title. Now, is that prescient, told-you-so-on-Darius-Rush me talking, or poop and baking soda joke me? Hmmmm...If you saw Hemingway-East Clarendon, please tell me what the heck happened there. Hemingway was fresh off win over C.E. Murray, East Clarendon is winless and it ended up 8-6. Injuries? Turnovers? Offensive line eat some gas station tacos the night before? WHA?!?!...Now, our weekly update on my favorite AA player, Mullins running back Willie Nelson. I try to keep to keep up with how he does each week, but I can't find crap for a stat line. Should've made a call or gotten down there to watch in person, but There's nothing I can do about it now! DEE DERPDY HAW HEE! Suggested reading Lake View put away a tough Green Sea team AND THEY CUT OUR A$$! CUT IT BAD! See, because his name is Rush and he rushes the ball and his team won... Williston-Elko fell behind in the third quarter but beat the poop out of the folks from Chitlin-ville, because, you know, somebody has to do the poop removing before you can eat the things. Comments, suggestions, favorite Willie Nelson songs...leave them in the comment section.
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Kevin
10/5/2016 01:03:18 am
Like your 1A articles. Go GSF!
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