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.

Class 2A Notebook: Week Two

The Class 2A has three major players that I think will be scrapping in the playoffs this year, with all three having a good chance at making it to the 2A title game. Fairfield Central has to be considred a favorite with the way they stormed out of the gates …

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Midlands Prospect Watch

As the season begins to roll, I will start bringing you the Midlands Prospect Watch (formerly Five on the Rise), where I will highlight players and teams who deserve recognition. My mission for SCVarsity, from day one 25 years agao, has been and shall continue to be to promote the …

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Class 3A Notebook: Week Two

THE TEAMS Camden is easily the best 3A team in the Midlands and one of the best in the entire state. This offense is absolutely rolling behind QB Grayson White, who captured Week One’s SCVarsity All-Midlands Player of the Week. Defensively, they are nasty and physical. Linebacker Will Nash is …

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Class 4A Notebook: Week Two

Cover photo by Stephen Skrocki @skrockisports THE TEAMS The Class 4A is going to be a runaway, I believe, for AC Flora as they slice through their schedule. They will be challenged, but it will be few and far between. The big test will be against Camden on 9-16. The …

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Class 5A Notebook: Week Two

THE TEAMS The 5A classification is not difficult to figure out. Dutch Fork is the team that we look at in the Midlands with the best chance at making it all the way in this classification; but it is not as sure a bet as years past. For the first …

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Midlands Games of the Week: Week Two

West Columbia (SC) Week two of the 2022 football season brings us the back yard brawls in the Midlands. These are the “rival” games between schools who share a community and have, at some point in their history, had very heated rivalry games. Some, because one team or another have …

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This Week’s Midlands High School Football Schedule

Midlands Football Schedule for August 26th, 2022 AC Flora at Dreher Airport at Brookland-Cayce Ben Lippen at Heathwood Hall Camden at Lugoff-Elgin Chapin at Mid-Carolina Columbia at Pelion Dutch Fork at Spartanburg Estill at CA Johnson Fairfield Central at Andrew Jackson Fox Creek at Lakewood Gilbert at Batesburg-Leesville Gray Collegiate …

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All Midlands Players of the Week from SCVarsity

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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MIdlands Stat Leaders: Week One

Coaches, send all stats to scvarsity@sc.rr.com RUSHING LEADERS PLAYER SCHOOL CARRIES YARDS TDS New,Luke Pelion 211 5 White, Grayson Camden 137 2 Chislm, Tymir OW 6 132 1 Peeles, John Sumter 14 129 1 Ross, Jesse White Knoll 24 125 2 Wilson, Walt Richland Northeast 18 122 2 Kelson, Noah …

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Three To Watch: Class of 2026

West Columbia (SC) Each season, week one brings the release of my rankings for the upcoming recruiting cycles. I never do rankings for the freshman class because, quite simply, we haven’t seen these kids at the varsity level until now and there is not enough film to work with. I …

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