It Is Wide Open In AA As Many Teams Have A Shot At The Gold Medal Round
Dillon looking for playoff magic to continue its road to the finals.
From Staff Reports
Moncks Corner—Without a doubt the Class AA play-offs contain many talented teams all with a chance to compete for the state title at South Carolina State University in early December.
In the second week of the AA playoffs number one rated Mid-Carolina will play Mountain View Prep in the AA Upper State bracket. The HSSR feels like Mid-Carolina will win and advance.
Also in the upper state AA, St Joseph’s will face vastly improved Keenan and the HSSR rates this contests a toss-up match. Crescent will compete against a vastly improved Chesnee team in the upper state AA bracket this week and the HSSR gives the edge to Crescent in this one.
In the final Upper State AA playoff match Southside Christian will be without the services of RB Michael Martin who transferred from Christ Church after the 2026 season started and he is not eligible to play in the playoffs via SCHSL rule. Because of this fact we feel like Clinton will pull a mild upset in the game and advance.
In the lower state AA bracket, it is “Katie Bar The Door” with so many HSSR ranked AA teams competing each other this week. Right off the bat we favor number two ranked Dillon (8-1) to win a very close game over Manning, a region foe the Wildcats defeated during the regular season. Then you have 5th ranked Marlboro County competing against number four Strom Thurmond this week and this could be the game of the night in AA. The HSSR feels that Strom Thurmond will win a close game over the Bulldogs and advance.
Number seven ranked Woodland (9-2) lost to region foe Phillip Simmons (32-29) during the regular season and the costly error to the Wolverines in that game was the center snapping the ball over their punters head into the end zone that resulted in a late score by Philip Simmons that won the game. (Have to say ouch to that mistake!). The HSSR feels like Woodland is going on the road and will win this game in a close battle to advance.
Then you have number three ranked Saluda hosting Orangeburg-Wilkinson this week. The HSSR feels like Saluda will win this highly competitive game and advance.
There are going to be a lot of great games played amongst AA team sin round two of the playoffs. The fans of these teams are going to witness some of the best football played in the state this week.
