School: Spartanburg    Mascot: Vikings Region: Class 5A Region 2 Twitter: @SHSVikingsFB Head Coach: Chris Miller Assistant Coaches: Matt Love OC; Phil Smith DC, Nathan Harris WR, Ryan Thomas ST/WR, Jonathan Eason OL, Tyler McKinney OL, Chase Lear RB, Jerome Rice DL, Dorian Mariable LB, Chip Bailey DB, Anton Gist …

School: Wren High School Mascot: Hurricanes Region: Class 4A Region I Twitter: @WrenFB Head Coach: Jeff Tate Assistant Coaches: Ashley Haskins-Ass’t Head Coach, OL, Anthony Frate-Defensive Coordinator, LB’s, Shaun Satterfield-JV Head Coach-WR , Will Tate RB/TE, Randy Thompson-Special Teams Coordinator, Derrell Jackson-DB, Wendell Rhodes-DB, Johnny Burch OL, Zach Pritchett-OL, Bull …

THE SPRING CLASS 4A TOP TWENTY The Class 4A gets an overhaul in the new realignment but one that I do not think will impact the top ten greatly. Just a note about these top ranked teams. While a lot of what goes into the Top Twenty is “how did …

REGION I PREDICTIONS 1. Belton-Honea Path 2. Wren 3. Palmetto 4. Daniel 5. Walhalla 6. Pickens I believe we see more o fthe same in this region at the top. Belton-Honea Path will be strong again on both sides of the football and return 21 rising seniors in the mix. …

The Dorman Cavaliers return a wealth of talen from a team that was barely edged out by Dutch Fork in the Class 5A State Championshiop game in 2017. They will, again, be strong in the trenches with an offensive and defesnive front that is big, strong, fast and well coached. …

Defense will be the headline for the Class of 2020 and one of my top players for that group is Barnwell linebacker DeShaun Watson. Here’s a look at one of SCVARSITY.COM’s Top 20 players from the Class of 2020 in Jim Baxter’s Film Room Breakdown. Watson is a 6-2, 210lbs …

Here is a look at the Class 5A as we head into Spring Practice, with region predictions. We will revisit this after the Spring evaluation period.  REGION I PREDICTIONS 1. T.L. Hanna 2. Greenwood 3. Westside 4. Laurens 5. Easley 6. J.L. Mann 7. Woodmont 8. Wade Hampton This region …

Jason McManus, OC South Pointe HS, has been selected as the next head coach of Union County HS. Still needs board approval but the selection has been made.

Summerville High School will welcome Coach Hunter Spivey as their new Offensive Coordinator. Coach Spivey, a former standout quarterback for Conway HS and Newberry College, has had stops at Newberry College, Coastal Carolina, Myrtle Beach HS (volunteer), Gray Military Academy, Newberry College again, and Valdosta (GA) HS. He’s a good …

Back in 1995 when I started THE VARSITY SPORTS JOURNAL, which morphed into SCVARSITY.COM with the rise of the world wide web (internet), there were no star rankings. There were guys like me and Earl “the Pearl Burgess” and Bob Bacot (of the old SCPrep Football) who were looking at …