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.

JB’s Midweek Notebook

THEY ARE WHO WE THOUGHT THEY WERE Dutch Fork’s Jalin Hyatt DUTCH FORK – They have not disappointed. This team is strong at every position and with the exception of their tie to Mallard Creek, has dismantled each opponent with little effort. Where will Dutch Fork be challenged? It won’t …

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CLASS OF 2021: Midlands Top 25

The evaluation of the next recruiting cycle of talent is long underway and here is a very early glimpse of the Midlands area Top 25 Players for the Class of 2021. Keep in mind, this list could look a lot different as we near season’s end, with players moving up …

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Midlands Week Four Polls

RANK TEAM RECORD LAST GAME NEXT GAME 1 DUTCH FORK 2-0-1 Beat Irmo 47-7 Boiling Springs 2 SUMTER 2–0 Did not play Lakewood 3 RIVER BLUFF 3–0 Beat Pelion at Lugoff-Elgin 4 WHITE KNOLL 3–0 Beat Keenan at Aiken 5 AC FLORA 3–0 beat Columbia Off this week 6 SALUDA …

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Baxter’s Blitz – Midlands

BAXTER’S BLITZ CLASS 5A So, the rivalry between Irmo and Dutch Fork continues to not be such a rivalry. While they may not like each other very much, there is little resistance from the Yellow Jackets to the Silver Foxes and that was displayed in a 47-7 drubbing. Irmo’s plan …

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Week Three Midlands Scores

WEEK THREE MIDLANDS SCORES AC FLORA 48 COLUMBIA 0 AIRPORT 28 SWANSEA 26 BLYTHEWOOD 35 FAIRFIELD CENTRAL 21 CA JOHNSON 34 fox creek 27 CAMDEN 41 HARTSVILLE 27 CHAPIN 32 LUGOFF-ELGIN 28 CHARLOTTE COUNTRY DAY 24 HAMMOND 21 CRESTWOOD 43 RNE 30 DUTCH FORK 47 IRMO 7 GILBERT 28 LEXINGTON …

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The Greatest Players in SC History

In 2015, I released the Top 150 Greatest High School Football Players in SC history and it brought up a lot of good debate. It also brought up a lot of good names that should have been on the list and after going back and researching, they have been added. …

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Baxter’s Blitz: Midlands 2A

There are three teams to talk about in the Midlands 2A that could make noise deep in the playoffs and there is separation between those three. I feel that Saluda is a notch above Gray Collegiate and those two are separated by the rest by a good margin. The closest …

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Friday Night Feats: Midlands Week Two

Matt Pack, RB, AC Flora – rushed for 226 yards and 4 TDs and passed for 1 TD in win over Union County Willis Lane, RB, Camden – rushed for 204 yards in win over Lugoff-Elgin Hunter Helms, QB, Gray – passed for  more than 400 yards and 6 TDs …

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