Region pecking orders will start to fall into place after this week of high school football

   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 10^th.

    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.