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.

Team Preview: Swansea Tigers

The Swansea Tigers return 13 starters from last year’s team, 11 of which are seniors, and they are with high expectations for the 2022 season. “We know we are in one of the toughest regions in lower state 3A,” said Head Coach bent Wilder, “but we are ready to compete.” …

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Team Preview: Spring Valley Vikings

The Spring Valley Vikings will enter 2022 with one of the youngest teams Head Coach Robin Bacon has had as the Vikings head man. They graduated 17 seniors who signed scholarships last season and that means a lot ot talent went away. But this team has talent returning and it …

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Baxter’s Blitz: Midlands Young Talent Pool Is Deep

The talent in the Midlands high school athletes is always amazing and the level of that talent in the younger classes is very high right now. Today, i wanted to take a look at some of those young guys and what the future could hold as we look ahead. The …

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Midlands Elite Units: Offensive Air Attacks

West Columbia (SC) The game of football has morphed into an aerial assault and the passing game has become the feature of almost all offenses from professional football all the way down to little league. Today, we take a look at the Midlands Top Air Attacks in this ELITE UNIT …

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Spring Valley’s Ancrum Wins Gold at Nationals

Spring Valley’s Nigel Ancrum, a football and track star for the Vikings, participated in the AAU National Championships this past week, where he captured gold in the 100m and silver in the 200m. He won the national 100m championship with a time of 1o.18 and ran a 21.06 in the …

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Midlands Elite Units: Offensive Backfields

West Columbia (SC) The most glorified unit in the game of football is the offensive backfield. With good support personel, a backfield can make a team’s dreams come true – or bring your nightmares to a reality. Here’s a look at the MIdlands’ top offensive backfields in this ELITE UNIT …

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Preseason All-Midlands West Team

The Midlands has a natural dividing line in the Broad and Congaree Rivers, separating the area into a definitive East and West. This year, for hte first time in 27 years, SCVarsity is altering the way we do our All-Area team. I’ve decided to do that because we are focusing …

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Preseason All Midlands – East Team

The Midlands has a natural dividing line in the Broad and Congaree Rivers, separating the area into a definitive East and West. This year, for hte first time in 27 years, SCVarsity is altering the way we do our All-Area team. I’ve decided to do that because we are focusing …

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Team Preview: Hammond Skyhawks

The Hammond Skyhawks finished 13-0 in 2021 and return 16 players who were either full time starters or played significant time in that run. Offensively, the Skyhawks will return 9 guys who started at some point in 2021. Seniors are QB Dylan Richardson (5’11,185) who is also the kicker, RB …

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Team Preview: CA Johnson Hornets

After graduating 17 seniors from last season’s team, this version of the Hornets is going to be young. But they do have some returners with significant playing experience and Head Coach Scotty Dean expects this team to be competitive, thouhh many players will see both sides of the ball. Returning …

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