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.

Baxter’s Blitz: Transfer Portals and Fake Offers and other Scary Stories

It has been extremely difficult to get recruited to play college football for many years. The competition for scholarships has always been fierce high school players across the country competed hard on the field and in showcases, combines and college camps. And now, it has become even more difficult because …

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All Midlands Players of the Week: Week Two

West Columbia (SC) The All-Midlands Players of the Week are selected each week by SCVarsity based on official stats sent in by the coaches. These stats are reviews and selections are made Sunday night so that we can have plates printed for the awards on Monday morning and get them …

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All Midlands Super Ten Poll – Week Two

ALL-MIDLANDS SUPER TEN 1 Dutch Fork Silver Foxes 2-0 The Silver Foxes got a good win this week against Spartanburg, but again, they look like they could be vulnerable. They got a huge game from RB Jarvis Green. They play Creekside (GA) on Saturday. Last season, Creakside finished 11-3 and …

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Baxter’s Blitz: Takeaways from Week Two

Dutch Fork surprised me, struggling with a Spartanburg team that has not looked strong defensively. Either Spartanburg is better than I originally thought, or Dutch Fork truly is mortal this season. Jarvis Green continues to roll, but the passing offense is non existent. Defensively, they look strong and their linebackers …

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Friday Night Feats Week Two

– Trequan Singleton, DL, Brookland-Cayce – 6 tackles, 1 Sack over Airport – Chris Frye, S, Lexington – 8 tackles .5 tfl and 1 pbu over South Aiken – Brady Orr, K, River Bluff – 7/7 PATs, 42 Yard Field Goal, And A Touchback On Kickoff over Swansea  – Markell …

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SCISA Notebook: Week Two

Let me preface this by stating I’m not under the delussion that Hammond is not the best team in the Midlands SCISA just because they lost this past week. Prince Avenue is a very good football school in Georgia and won 13 games last season with a lot of returning …

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Class 1A Notebook: Week Two

The Class 1A is not deep in strong teams but there are some leaders that made statements in week one. CA Johnson got a 22-6 win over rival Columbia and did it with strong individual performances from RB Dawan Rice (101 yds/2TDs) and LB Terrell Hopkins (11 solo tackles/2 TFL/1 …

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Worth the Price of Admission: Must See Players for Week Two

These are the players that are worth the price of admission just to watch them play in Week Two 1. Stephen Collier, WR/DB, River Bluff is always worth the price of admission. Last week, he had 163 total yards. He’s exciting to watch at wide receiver and equally fun to …

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The Top Ten Tickets in the Midlands

Cover photo by Stephen Skrocki @skrockisports 1. Dutch Fork at Spartanburg – If you want to make the trek to Spartanburg, you’ll get to see some offense; Spartanburg does not look very good on defense and Dutch Fork is primed for some big scoring. 2. Swansea at River Bluff – …

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