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.

Midlands 2024 Position Rankings: Defensive Backs

The Class of 2024 Position Rankings for Midseason is here and there are several positions that are heavy with talent. These position rankings will definitely change by the end of the season but these are how we see them right now at the mid-season mark. The defensive back position is …

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Midlands SCISA Notebook Week Eight

The Hammond Skyhawks got another win over Augusta Christian this past week to improvfe to 5-2 overall but more importantly, 3-0 in SCISA Region play. They got a good game from QB Dylan Richardson with three passing touchdowns and this team is rolling. There is little doubt in my mind …

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Midlands 1A Notebook: Week Eight

The Calhoun County Saints seem to be the team to beat in the Midlands 1A arena. They were off this past week but put their 5-1 mark on the line against a one loss Denmark Olar team this week. The Saints are dangerous with their ground game and Ahmir Smith …

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Midlands 2A Notebook Week Eight

The Saluda Tigers got a run away win with little fight in a 42-0 blowout of Pelion last week. Freshman running back Brayden Williams scored on Saluda’s first offensive play of the game and went on to rush for 126 yards and two scores in the win. This team is …

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Midlands 3A Notebook: Week Eight

The Crestwood Knights got their region opener win over Lake City last week with strong play from QB Javion Martin, who may be on his wayh to another Region Player of the Year award. WR Nigel Johnson is a lethal target for Martin and makes the Knights dangersous on offense. …

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Midlands 4A Notebook: Week Eight

The Falcons of AC Flora made easy work of Westwood last week, knocking off the Redhawks with a 49-14 win for region play. RB Markell Townsend had another 200+ yards game and continues to be the leading force for the Falcons offense. This team is playing very well on both …

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All Midlands Super Ten Poll Week Seven

ALL-MIDLANDS SUPER TEN 1 AC Flora Falcons 6-0 The Falcons remauin unbeaten and are on a roll with strong offense and a defense that is playing very well at the linebacker spot. 2. Lexington Wildcats 5-1 The Wildcatrs beat Chapin without much resistence and got good play, again, from RB …

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Midlands 5A Notebook: Week Eight

Dutch Fork will play host to White Knoll after being off this past week. The Silver Foxes are slowly getting healthy and getting all of their pieces back. The question is, will their offense be any better than the one dimension they used for most of the first six weeks? …

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Midlands Positiion Rankings: Running Backs

The Midseason Player-Position rankings are an updated version to our Top 100 List, broken down by position. As stated when the original rankings came out, the list would change throughout the season as the senior film came in and it certainly has changed. We will do one more revision in …

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