Region pecking orders will start to fall into place after this week of high school football
Hilton Head Island-May River, Mountain View Prep-Woodruff feature contests
Sumter – While there aren’t as many big matchups as a week ago, there are still plenty of intriguing games as the high school football regular season moves into its final three weeks.
A showdown for first place in Region 6-AAAA and in Region 3-AAA are between teams that have three losses between them.
Hilton Head Island, which is ranked eighth in the High School Sports Report AAAA poll and is 6-1 on the season, will play at No. 11 and 6-1 May River. Both teams are undefeated in their region contests.
Mountain View Prep will play at Woodruff and both teams are undefeated in region play. MVP is ranked second in AAA and is 7-0 overall, while 6-1 Woodruff is ranked 10th.
Another matchup between ranked AAA teams has No. 7 Dillon visiting No. 9 Marlboro County. MC is 6-1 and 2-0 in Region 5, while the Wildcats are 4-3 and 1-1. They will be trying to keep their title hopes alive.
A trio of region races will begin to get sorted out. Region 1-AAA, Region 2-AAAA and Region 1-Class A all have three teams with undefeated records with two of them facing off on Friday. Belton-Honea Path, 7-0 and the No. 1 team in the HSSR AAA poll, will play at 5-2 Crescent. Both teams are 2-0 in region play. Pendleton, 4-3 and 1-0, takes on West-Oak.
The top two teams in the AA poll, Central and North Central, respectively, are both 2-0 in Region 4 along with 4-3 Andrew Jackson. Central, which is 6-0, plays at AJ, while 6-1 North Central visits Cheraw.
Defending Class A state champion Abbeville is 2-0 in Region 1 as are Ware Shoals and Dixie. Dixie, which is 6-1 and ranked seventh, will visit 7-0 and No. 6 Ware Shoals. Abbeville, 5-2 and ranked second, plays at Whitmire.
Two other regions will be figuring out who their last undefeated team is on Friday. Summerville, 6-1 and ranked second in the AAAAA Division I poll, plays at 4-3 Ashley Ridge, which is 2-0 in region play like the Green Wave. Bamberg-Ehrhardt, ranked No. 1 in Class with a 7-0 overall record and a 1-0 mark in Region 4, plays host to No. 15 Ridgeland, which is 4-4 overall but 3-0 in region play.
Other matchups of ranked teams on Friday have 7-0 Irmo, No. 1 in AAAAA Division II, visiting 5-2 and DII No. 8 White Knoll, 7-1 Northwestern (No. 2 in DII) playing at 5-3 Rock Hill (DI No. 10), AA No. 6 Strom Thurmond (5-2) playing host to No. 15 Pelion (4-3) and Class A No. 13 Lake View (3-3) playing at No. 8 Latta (5-1).
On Saturday, 7-0 Orangeburg-Wilkinson, ranked eighth in the AAA poll, plays host to 5-2 and No. 15 North Charleston beginning at 3 p.m.
SCISA has a limited schedule due to a built-in bye week for possible early-season postponements, but there are some good games on the menu.
Northwood Academy, 7-1 and the top-ranked AAAA team, plays host to defending AAA state champion and current No. 2 Pinewood Prep.. The top-ranked AAA team, Wilson Hall is at home against AAA No. 3 Florence Christian School in the completion of a game started earlier this season. FCS was leading 3-0 in the first quarter.
On Thursday at Hammond in Columbia beginning at 7 p.m., undefeated Class A No. 1 Williamsburg Academy will take on undefeated AA No. 1 Bethesda Academy.
THURSDAY
SCISA
11-Man
Williamsburg vs. Bethesda (at Hammond in Columbia), 7 p.m.
Vs. Independent
Clear Dot Charter at Augusta Christian
FRIDAY
SCHSL
AAAAA
Region 1
Greenwood at Woodmont
Hillcrest at Easley
Mauldin at Greenville
T.L. Hanna at J.L. Mann
Region 2
Dorman at Wade Hampton
Eastside at Byrnes
Riverside at Gaffney
Spartanburg at Boiling Springs
Region 3
Catawba Ridge at Nation Ford
Clover at Indian Land
Northwestern at Rock Hill
Region 4
Lexington at Dutch Fork
River Bluff at Chapin
White Knoll at Irmo
Region 5
Lugoff-Elgin at Westwood
Sumter at Blythewood
West Florence at Ridge View
Region 6
Carolina Forest at North Myrtle Beach
Conway at St. James
Socastee at Myrtle Beach
Region 7
Cane Bay at Stratford
Goose Creek at Lucy Beckham
Wando at Berkeley
Region 8
Fort Dorchester at James Island
Summerville at Ashley Ridge
West Ashley at Stall
AAAA
Region 1
Southside at Emerald
Westside at Fountain Inn
Wren at Laurens
Region 2
Blue Ridge at Travelers Rest
Greer at Seneca
Pickens at Daniel
Region 3
A.C. Flora at Dreher
Camden at York
South Pointe at Lancaster
Region 4
Airport at North Augusta
Brookland-Cayce at Gilbert
Midland Valley at Aiken
South Aiken at Gray Collegiate
Region 5
Hartsville at Darlington
Lower Richland at Lakewood
South Florence at Wilson
Region 6
Beaufort at Bishop England
Bluffton at Colleton County
‘Hilton Head Island at May River
VS. 3A
Berea at Walhalla
AAA
Region 1
Belton-Honea Path at Crescent
West-Oak at Pendleton
Region 2
Christ Church at Carolina High
Powdersville at Palmetto
Southside Christian at St. Joseph’s
Region 3
Mountain View Prep at Woodruff
Union County at Chapman
Region 4
Keenan at Fox Creek
Silver Bluff at Swansea
Region 5
Aynor at Waccamaw
Dillon at Marlboro County
Loris at Georgetown
Region 6
Battery Creek at Oceanside Collegiate
2A
Region 1
Chesnee at Liberty
Landrum at Clinton
Region 2
American Leadership at Batesburg-Leesville
Ninety Six at Saluda
Pelion at Strom Thurmond
Region 3
Chester at Columbia
Fairfield Central at Eau Claire
Region 4
Buford at Chesterfield
Central at Andrew Jackson
North Central at Cheraw
Region 5
Hampton County at Barnwell
Lake Marion at Whale Branch
Region 6
Andrews at Timberland
Philip Simmons at Academic Magnet
Woodland at Burke
Region 7
Atlantic Collegiate at Manning
Lake City at Marion
Mullins at East Clarendon
1A
Region 1
Abbeville at Whitmire
Dixie at Ware Shoals
McCormick at Calhoun Falls
Region 2
C.A. Johnson at Great Falls
Lamar at Lee Central
McBee at Lewisville
Region 3
Blackville-Hilda at Calhoun County
Ridge Spring-Monetta at Wagener Salley
Williston-Elko at Hunter-Kinard-Tyler
Region 4
Denmark-Olar at Allendale-Fairfax
Ridgeland at Bamberg-Ehrhardt
Region 5
Military Magnet at Branchville
St. John’s at Baptist Hill
Region 6
Johnsonville at Green Sea Floyds
Lake View at Latta
SCISA
11-Man
Calhoun Academy at Patrick Henry
Florence Christian at Wilson Hall
John Paul II at Thomas Heyward
Lee Academy at Colleton Prep
Pinewood Prep at Northwood
8-Man
Jefferson Davis at Cross Schools
Laurens Academy at Richard Winn
Newberry Academy at W.W. King
The King’s Academy at Palmetto Christian
SATURDAY
SCHSL
3A
Region 6
North Charleston at Orangeburg-Wilkinson, 3 p.m.
1A
Region 5
Scott’s Branch at Bethune-Bowman, 4:30 p.m.
