Midlands Football

Monday Morning Quarterback: Round 1 State Playoffs

What a season and now we have the playoffs upon us. I want to apologize for lack of presence in content last week but as we move closer to announcing our 2022 Carolina Bowl roster, I spent the entire week watching film. We have, since beginning the watch list, watched …

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2022 All-Midlands Players of the Year Awards

The end of the season awards are coming and as I go through the data it’s very evident that the Midlands has a high level of talent and this year’s awards are gong to be very competitve and difficult to select. Here is a list of finalists for each position …

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Friday Night Feats: Week Eleven

⁃ QB Riley Staton, Gray Collegiate – 12/20 148 yards, 2 Touchdowns over Keenan – QB Blaine Redmond, Gray Collegiate- rushed for 185 yards and 3 touchdowns – QB AJ Brand, Irmo – 7/14 144 yards, 10 carries 148 yards and 3 touchdowns – LB Jalil Favor, Irmo – 11 …

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5A-Region 4 Championship: Dutch Fork at Lexington

The 5A Region 4 Championship will be decided as the Dutch Fork Silver Foxex (8-1) travel to take on the Lexington Wildcats (8-1). Both teams are unbeaten in region play and this game’s winner will go to the upstate bracket of hte playoffs while the loser will go to lower …

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4A-Region 5 Championship: Ridge View at AC Flora

One of the region championship games in the Midlands that has the potential to be a very physical game with some bad blood is Ridge View (8-1) at AC Flora (9-0) for the 4A-Region 5 Championship. The Game: This has been a much anticipated game, as there has been a …

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3A-Region 5 Championship: Gilbert at Brookland-Cayce

Region Championship Games are taking place in the Midlands on Friday night and one of the top match ups is going to be the Gilbert Indians (7-2, 4-0) travelling to take on Brookland-Cayce Bearcats (6-3, 4-0) for the 3A-Region 5 Championship. The Game: This game, because of the more recent …

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2A Region 5 Championship: Andrew Jackson at Buford

Bad blood runs through the veins of rivalries and the air is so thick you can slice through it with a knife. These communities, while close in proximty and cordial during the day, do not like each other at all on at least one Friday night every Fall. That is …

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Midlands 4A Notebook Week Eleven

The AC Flora Falcons continue to roll and this past week it was a rolling over Lugoff-Elgin behind a 200 yards performance by Markell Townsend. This week is the big game, a showdown with Ridge View for the Region Crown and the No. 1 seed in lower state. Ridge View …

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Midlands Class 5A Notebook Week Eleven

The Dutch Fork Silver Foxes took care of business with the River Bluff Gators and did so in doinate fashion. The allowed 184 yards of offense, mostly to the back up defense after the running clock began. 56 of those yards came on one run by RB Cooper Johns, so …

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Takeaways Week Ten

Dutch Fork got to peak form against River Bluff and are ready for the playoffs. They finally looked like the dominate team they’ve been for years and RB Jarvis Green scored 7 touchdowns for a new school record. This team is ready for their region championship matchup with Lexington. Irmo …

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