Christ Church- 27
Calhoun Falls- 8 Dixie- 35 Greenwood Christian- 7 McCormick- 28 Allendale-Fairfax- 12 Crescent- 40 Ware Shoals- 7 Bethune-Bowman- 46 Whitmire- 30 North Central- 47 Great Falls- Had they recorded 24 safeties, they would have emerged victorious. Lamar- 17 Crestwood- 8 Lewisville- 42 C.A. Johnson- 14 Mullins- 49 McBee- 14 Timmonsville- 52 Scott’s Branch- 16 Wagener-Salley- 28 Blackville-Hilda- Ain’t Denmark-Olar- 30 North- Got Hunter-Kinard-Tyler- 38 Estill- Nam Williston-Elko- 21 Ridge Spring-Monetta- 7 Baptist Hill- 48 North Charleston- 18 Mrs. Garrett’s Academy- 32 Charleston Charter School for Firework Stand Management and Deer Cooler Maintenance- 8 R.B. Stall- 29 Military Magnet- 13 The O.C.- 28 St. John’s- 14 Branchville- 7 Palmetto Somebodyoranothers- 6? No. Little Lower. 3? You’re getting warmer… Hemingway- 56 C.E. Murray- 35 Cross- 38 Lake Marin- I misspelled their name on purpose…there is no “O.” Get it? HAHAHAHA!!!! Green Sea-Floyds- 53 Camden Military- Daddy is running out of creative means of conveying nothing. Hannah-Pamplico- 41 Waccamaw- 35 (OT) Breakdown- The last week of the Class A season that will feature a lot of “up” games was a good one. Class A teams posted a 6-6 record against the bigger boys last Friday. None were shockers, but the most attention-grabbing was Lamar’s victory over Crestwood. Lamar beating anybody, even a AAAA team with a winning record like Crestwood, is just kind of expected at this point. Saying the Silver Foxes are dominant is like saying “hey, here’s a tip for you, dropping lit matches in your britches burns like the dickens.” What makes it noteworthy is how Lamar won. They forced a turnover that set up one early score, blocked a punt and returned it for a touchdown, then just kinda sat on the ball and kicked Crestwood in the throat for the rest of the game, allowing just one score, which came in the second half. Not only are they good, they’re good enough to get an early lead on a AAAA team, know two scores is probably plenty and just chew clock and put not much of anything on film. Consider that since yielding 21 to Hannah-Pamplico in the opener, they’ve given up 20 points in the last five games combined and that has come against two AAAA teams, a pair of AA squads and East Clarendon. Now, the top-ranked Silver Foxes get a week off to prepare for what appears to be the only challenge they have left, that being Lewisville…I’m not a bragger, so I always hesitate to do “I told you so,” so, let’s just say that some blog that focuses on 1A football, meat and imparts wisdom like “fire inside your pants is uncomfortable” predicted McCormick had a pretty good chance to take down Allendale-Fairfax. Well they did, behind Mataeo Durant’s 151 rushing yards and two touchdowns. One of those was a 55-yarder which I found a highlight of. He didn’t necessarily get good blocking, he took a deep handoff, bounced aside and literally ran away from A-F’s defense. His speed is fairly stunning. It looked like small children chasing a bottle rocket, complete with burn marks and prolonged fits of weeping. I think if you’d told any McCormick fan they’d be 2-3 at this point of the schedule, they’d have taken that, given how tough their non-region slate was. Now you look forward and see that, aside from a final non-region contest against Columbia in a few weeks, they’ll likely be a heavy favorite in every game…Since last year I’ve portrayed Baptist Hill as an attractive female with bad breath or weird neck tats. They were great to look at, but there was a flaw, I reasoned. For all the insane, scoreboard-busting they did, they generally beat up on teams that weren’t very good and lost to teams that were. Well, now that girl has purchased some Scope and wears turtlenecks. They got the respect-demanding quality victory they’d lacked by beating Cross and last week’s victory over previously unbeaten North Charleston enhanced that resume. QB Corey Fields, at this point, deserves serious all-star game and Mr. Football consideration. He had 357 through the air, 86 on the ground and five total touchdowns Friday. In four games, he has over 1,600 total yards. I found some highlights and he is not Dinky McCheckdown, just flipping out short passes that receivers do something with. He has a big arm and they throw it down the field. You know his name, but his supporting cast demands recognition as well. Richard Bailey had 174 yards receiving and two scores and Jay Burnell ran for 120, caught 140 yards worth of passes and scored three times. The defense also had another solid week. October 6 against St. John’s at home will be for a region championship…the other “up” winners weren’t surprising. Lewisville got 254 yards passing from Rhett Cox, 136 on the ground from Quentin Sanders and what almost qualified as simple assault by Josh Belk and Mikial Fourney (11 TFLs combined) on defense…Cross very predictably blew out Lake Marion, with Nate Walker running for 179 yards and two touchdowns. He also blocked a punt and recovered it for a score, which frankly has to suck if your Lake Marion. “I can’t tackle him and now he’s chasing me make him stop!” They enter a very tough stretch now that will see them play C.E. Murray, The Mr. T Haircuts and Scott’s Branch in the next four weeks…Hannah-Pamplico beat Waccamaw but remains a conundrum, shrouded in intrigue, marinated in questions, cooked on the grill of uncertainty and served up at the “Do What?” bar and grill. They enjoyed a 35-7 second half lead, then gave up 28 unanswered points to the winless Warriors and nearly gave up the whole game, needing a late goal line stand to even force overtime. In week one, H-P looked like a contender, giving Lamar a heck of a game, but have since struggled with Timmonsville, were beaten by the Sausages and now nearly blew a 28-point lead in just over a quarter…The biggest game of the week was Hemingway vs. C.E. Murray and it appeared to live up to the billing, ending with the Tigers taking a 56-35 lead. I haven’t seen any accounts of this one (if you were there I’d love some details) but I do know that Elijah Bey threw for 279 yards a four touchdowns for the War Eagles and that Darius Rush scored a touchdown, which is the least surprising development in ever. Hemingway, though, got 300 total yards and five scores from QB Troy Singletary. To do that to a defense of C.E. Murray’s quality says quite a lot. They’ve only played two moderately competitive games (both against very good teams) and their lowest point output has been 46 points. Even though they’d decimated several AA teams, some of them weren’t very good, so I wanted to see them against someone I know is talented and playing well like the War Eagles before I rendered a final judgment. Now that they not only won that game but won it by three touchdowns, they have established themselves as the team to beat in the lowcountry, though other tests lie ahead...I was also withholding the “contender” tag from Wagener-Salley, but I’m now awarding it to the boys from Chitlinland. Blackville-Hilda is in no way flashy, but they are big up front and play the same brand of “cram it down your throat” football that guys named Clem and W.E. played while wearing leather helmets and smoking in the huddle. To not only stand toe-to-toe with them physically, but to beat them at their own game is impressive. That came on the heels of shutting down two athletic, dynamic quarterbacks the previous two weeks against HKT and the Mr. T Haircuts. Tre Davis ran for 161 yards and three touchdowns in the win. W-S has a winning formula, which is to run the ball, bleed the clock dry and not let you score. Playing them is like watching someone get put in the sleeper hold. Sure, you’d rather see someone knocked out by a flying burrito or Russian sickle or a slingshot suplex, but they’re going to be just as unconscious and beaten when it’s over. Other than the opening rout of Whitmire, they’ve scored between 22 and 30 points a game and they’ve allowed 25 points total. Now 5-0, the Stump Whooped All-Stars have a huge game against Williston-Elko this week. With W-E having won a tough 21-7 game against Ridge Spring-Monetta this past week, that game could be a de facto region championship showdown…I was a little surprised to see The OC take down St. John’s Friday, but there are a couple of things to keep in mind on that one. For one, The OC is a larger school than St. John’s, so it’s basically like playing up. For another, the Islanders have played perhaps the toughest schedule of anyone in the lowcounrty and The OC has a transfer QB who will be playing Division I football next year. They finally get a 1A opponent this week in Military Magnet. Poll Time! After last week’s very timely jokes about the Facts of Life and Benson, let’s skip the show pony aspect of things and just show you my votes for the 1A top 10, followed by the S.C. Prep Media Poll… 1. Lamar 2. Hemingway 3. Lewisville 4. Lake View 5. Wagener-Salley 6. Baptist Hill 7. C.E. Murray 8. Williston-Elko 9. Cross 10. St. John’s 1. Lamar (12) 2. Hemingway 3. Lewisville (1) 4. Lake View 5. Wagener-Salley 6. Williston-Elko 7. Baptist Hill 8. C.E. Murray 9. St. Johns 10. Bethune-Bowman Suggested Reading… That girl’s flossed and bought Tic Tacs and the whole nine, y’all. You can read about HKT getting a big win and see other game capsules here, or can keep being a big fat loser who doesn’t listen to anybody else. What do I care? Bottle rockets are no longer legal in our state. I mean, I can probably still go find M-80s if I really want them, but what’s basically a snap-pop on a stick is a no-no. Explain that to me, somebody! You can read about Lewisville here, but always take this guy’s crap with a GIANT grain of salt. If the documentary ends up being called “The OC” I totally want credit. Thoughts, suggestions, invitations to take a flying leap…leave them in the comment section, tweet me at @CNR_Sports or email me at [email protected].
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