Jim Baxter

Founder of SCVarsity.com, and The Southern PIgskin Report. Former publisher with Rivals.com and Nationally published recruiting anlayst witih 30 years of experience in the industry. His work has appeared in publications such as Athlon, Sporting News, The Recruiting News and Deep South Recruiting. He is the author of the best selling book, The Book On Evaluating Football Players.

Pee Dee Super Ten

Here is the Super Ten for the sore Dee area after five weeks of play. There’s little doubt in my mind that South Florence is at the top with their complete domination of South Pointe Friday Night. 1- South Florence2- Dillon3- West Florence4- Wilson5- Marlboro County6- Marion7- Johnsonville8- Lamar9- Lake …

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Friday Night Feats: Week Five

– Gatlin Kimbro, Ath, Thomas Sumter – 11 rushes 132 yds 2 TD, 2 rec 68 yds 1 TD, 42-yd FG, 4/5 PAT, 2 Touchbacks, 2 punts inside the 10, 15 Tackles, FR, 25 Total Points – Jaylen Hinton, LB, Dutch Fork- 11 total tackles, 1 forced fumble and 2 …

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JB’s Stock Report: 2023 and 2024 Players Who Should Have Offers

Signing day is a ways off and this is normally the time of year we see offers streaming out for the prospects. But times have changed. The “transfer portal” in college has hurt high school football prospects, particularly the players that so called “recruiting services” call two-star and three-star players. …

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Midlands Week Five Games of the Week

GILBERT INDIANS AT LEXINGTON WILDCATS This is the best match up in the state of South Carolina and has the potential to be one of the best high school games I’ve seen in all my years. Two very strong offensive teams who have played well on the defensive side as …

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2A Notebook: Week Five

The Saluda Tigers stand as the top team in the Midlands 2A after a come from behind win against Emerald this past Friday. Freshman sensation running back Brayden Williams rushed for 99 yards and quarterback Jonah McCary threw for 100 yards and passed for one touchdown and ran for another. …

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3A Notebook: Week Five

The top team in Midlands 3A is the Gilbert Indians. I said last week the game against Pelion would be a massacre and it was. The Indians scored at will against the Panthers and there was no answer for the dynamic duo of Alias Graham-Woodberry and Jaden Allen-Hendrix in the …

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Week Four: Superlatives Offense

Our FANTASTIC FOUR feature recognizes four fanstastic performers at each position for each week. Here is this week’s SCVarsity Fantastic Four QUARTERBACKS Landon Sharpe, White Knoll HS – Completed 12 of 15 passes for 254 yards and 5 touchdowns and rushed for a 6th touchdown in win over Westwood Carew Bates, …

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4A Notebook: Week Five

AC Flora got a win in a shoot out with Brookland-Cayce this past Friday, putting up 70 points. They had close to 600 yards total offense in the game and running backs Noah Kelson and Markell Townsend had fantastic games, scoring 4 touchdowns between them. This week, they take on …

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5A Notebook: Week Five

Dutch Fork still appears to be the best 5A team in the Midlands and this past week looked better than they have all season. Without their leading rusher, the Silver Foxes still had 227 yards on the ground by committee behind that big offensive line. WR Jacob Hamilton showed what …

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All Midlands Players of the Week: Week Four

The All-Midlands Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week is an honor to these young men who capture the awards. There are approximately 1600 to 2000 varsity players in our coverage area, so the competition for these awards is fierce.These awards remain unsponsored to prevent compromise of the selection process …

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