SCISA Playoff Battles Set To Start

Gerald Doolittle • November 14, 2025

SCISA Playoff Battles Set To Start

By: Gerald Doolittle

Goose Creek, S.C. – The South Carolina Independent Schools Association has it 2025 playoffs set to start on November 7 with many hot battles expected before the finals.


All five 2024 Champions return to defend their titles. Hammond (4A), Pinewood Prep (3A), Pee Dee Academy (2A), Thomas Heyward (1A) and Richard Winn (8 Man). All five 2024 runners-up are back to challenge again. Porter-Gaud (4A), Wilson Hall (3A), Bethesda Academy (2A), Williamsburg Academy (1A) and Laurens Academy (8 Man).


In 4A can Hammond (9-1) take another title despite losing in regular season to Northwood Academy (9-1)? Can Heathwood Hall sneak in to take the Crown? In regular season the Highlanders were defeated 9-7 by Hammond.


The other 4A teams in the hunt are Laurence Manning (6-4), Porter-Gaud (4-6) and Ben Lippen (3-7).


The Northwood Academy Chargers has been led by quarterback Kevin Johnson (jr) who has passed for 1876 yards and 17 touchdowns. Kaven Ford (sr) has led the rushing attack with 1056 yards 20 touchdowns.


In the passing game Johnson has had three targets in Aydan Hogan (sr), Drew Wolfe (jr) and Jacair Medlock (jr). Hogan has 783 receiving yards for 7 touchdowns. Wolfe has 471 yards for 4 touchdowns and Medlock has 365 yards for 4 touchdowns.


The Hammond Academy Skyhawks has used a dual quarterback attack led by Ben Muela Kiser (sr) who has passed for 559 yards and 4 touchdowns. Cade Amell (fr) has passed for 562 yards and 4 touchdowns.


Kiser also leads the rushing attack with 723 yards and 5 touchdowns. Levi Myers (jr) has 662 yards and 7 touchdowns. Kanye Reed (jr) has 298 yards and 8 touchdowns.



The Heathwood Hall offense has been powered by Patrick Belk. He has passed for 1723 yards 17 touchdowns. He also has rushed for 378 yards 5 touchdowns. Julian Hughes (sr) has rushed for 298 yards with 3 touchdowns.


The top two pass receivers for the Highlanders has been Keon McKinnley (jr) and Jamonie Batts (sr). McKinnley has 529 yards 3 touchdowns. Batts has 408 yards for 3 touchdowns. Jackson Noble (sr) has 224 yards for 4 touchdowns.


In Class 3A the Pinewood Prep Panthers offense has been powered by quarterback Silas Brawner (jr). He has 2593 passing yards for 33 touchdowns.


Brawner has had four favorite receivers led by Jayden Alexander (sr) who has 995 yards for 13 touchdowns. Lavoris Lucas (jr) has772 yards for 7 touchdowns. Heyward Moore (jr) has 448 yards for 5 touchdowns and Tre Green (jr) has 369 yards for 8 touchdowns.


Grayson Salego (jr) has led the Panther rushing attack with 629 yards for 10 touchdowns. Lucas has rushed 252 yards for 3 touchdowns. Jeremy Kendall (fr) has rushed for 200 yards 3 touchdowns.


The Wilson Hall Academy Barons offensive attack has been led by Ford Wilder (sr) who has passed for 507 yards 4 touchdowns and rushed for 246 yards scoring 8 touchdowns.


The Barons have six rushers with over 200 yards. Ben McLaurin (sr) has 854 yards 10 touchdowns. Milling Galloway (sr) has 562 yards 11 touchdowns. Cameron Wilsey (so) has 328 yards 5 touchdowns. Shep Vincent (so) has 208 yards 4 touchdowns.


Riley Minton (so) has led the Florence Christian Eagle offense with 824 passing yards 3 touchdowns and rushed for 170 yards 5 touchdowns.


The Eagles rushing attack has been led by Andrew Miller (jr) with 660 yards 11 touchdowns. Brooks Poston (sr) has 494 yards 7 touchdowns and Josh Davis (sr) has 317 yards 3 touchdowns.


In Class 2A the Bethesda Academy Blazers offense has been led by Jordan Turner (so) from the quarterback slot. He has passed for 1551 yards 26 touchdowns and rushed for 163 yards with 4 touchdowns.


The Blazers ground attack has been led by Jordan Cheever (sr) who has 981 yards 12 touchdown. Jeffrey Armstrong (so) follows with 314 yards 3 touchdowns. Joseph Adkins (so) has added 153 yards 2 touchdowns and Jamarri Young (sr) follows with 138 yards 3 touchdowns.


The Calhoun Academy Cavaliers offense has been fired by Colt Layton (jr) from the quarterback slot. He has passed for 698 yards 6 touchdowns and has rushed for 1205 yards 21 touchdowns.


Cael Parler (jr) follows Layton with 869 yards 14 touchdowns and Joseph Lyons (so) has tallied 600 yards 9 touchdowns.

The Greenwood Christian Hawks has used a balanced offensive attack this season. Quarterback Leland Reed (jr) has passed for 754 yards 12 touchdowns.


The Hawks rushing attack has been led by Leighton Davis (fr) with 469 yards 5 toucdowns. Holden Poole (sr) has 148 yards 1 touchdown and Isaiah Scott-Palacios (jr) has 113 yards 2 touchdowns.


Ty Kennedy (sr) and Bryson Dixon (sr) have been top targets for Reed in the passing attack. Kennedy has 311 receiving yards with 6 touchdowns and Dixon has 181 yards 4 touchdowns.


Cholly Williams has sparked the Orangeburg Prep Indians from the quarterback slot. He has passed for 1662 yards 22 touchdowns. He has also rushed for  254 yards 4 touchdowns.


The top receiver has been Tilden Riley(sr) with 1003 yards 17 touchdowns. Council Burroghs (so) has 242 yards 3 touchdowns. Maxx Judy (jr) has 287 yards 2 touchdowns and Marshall Livingston (jr) has 176 yards 1 touchdown. 


In Class 1A the Williamsburg Academy Stallions has been led by Micah Balder (sr) who has passed for 841 yards 8 touchdowns and rushed for 456 yards 5 touchdowns. His top receiver has been Charlie Caulder (jr) with 548 yards 6 touchdowns.


The Stallions rushing attack has been led by Grant Small (jr) with 1582 yards 24 touchdowns. Eli Brown (so) has rushed for 440 yards 4 touchdowns.


The Dorchester Academy Raiders offense has been led by quarterback John Quattlebaum (sr) who has passed for 817 yards 12 touchdowns.


The Raiders rush game has been led by John Whetsell (sr) with 1142 yards 15 touchdowns. Reed Almers (so) has rushed 157 yards 4 touchdowns and Warren Judy (so) has 130 yards 3 touchdowns


The top two receivers has been Abe Shuler (sr) with 344 yards 3 touchdowns followed by Noah Risher (jr) with 264 yards 5 touchdowns.


The Colleton Prep Academy War Hawks has been led by dual quarterback Cale Owens (jr). He has passed for 1661 yards 17 touchdowns and rushed for 1029 yards 15 touchdowns. Tanner Wolf (sr) has rushed for 553 yards 10 touchdowns and Thomas Corbett (jr) has rushed 123 yards.


Corbett has been the top receiver with 651 yards 7 touchdowns. Hartman Fisk (jr) has 376 receiving yards 3 touchdowns.


In 8-Man the W W King Academy Knights have been led by a strong running game. Joseph Morse (so) has 1505 yards 25 touchdowns. Blake Rabar (fr) has 332 yards 3 touchdowns and Ty Doolittle has 120 yards 4 touchdowns.


Elijah Hutto (jr) has passed for 956 yards 19 touchdowns. Dallas Hill (sr) has been the top receiver with 375 yards 11 touchdowns. Landell Anderson (jr) has 386 yards 6 touchdowns and Luke Harvey (jr) has 150 yards 1 touchdown. 


The Laurens Academy Crusaders offense has been sparked by their passing and rushing quarterback Ethan Collins (jr). He has passed for 1657 yards 23 touchdowns and rushed for 449 yards 11 touchdowns.


The rushing has also been led by Caleb Hardy (jr) with 1206 yards 12 touchdowns. Mason Cooper (so) has 678 yards 6 touchdowns. Hardy also has 835 receiving yards 14 touchdowns.


Other receivers has been Riley Whittaker (fr) and Nathan Bell (sr). Whittaker has 380 yards 4 touchdowns and Bell has 200 yards 2 touchdowns.


The Holly Hill Academy Raiders has been led by Parker Kizer (jr) who has been involved in 50 touchdowns. He has rushed for 2962 yards 46 touchdowns and passed for 136 yards 4 touchdowns.


Jake Kirven (so) has rushed for 428 yards 7 touchdowns and Jayden Krier (fr) has rushed for 165 yards 2 touchdowns.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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