I am excited to announce that SCVARSITY.COM through Football in the Midlands in partnership with WACH FOX 57 will be selecting the MR. FOOTBALL in the MIDLANDS for the 2019 season. Coaches have been sent nomination forms to nominate one of their players for the award. Every coach in the …
Read More »Region Play: Class 5A Region 5
DUTCH FORK AT CHAPIN The Chapin Eagles have played very good football on the offensive side with outstanding quarterback play. But they are about to face a machine in Dutch Fork who has no weaknesses and have outscored their opponents 268 to 53 and have of those 53 points were …
Read More »Region Play: 5A Region 4
LUGOFF-ELGIN AT SUMTER Sumter QB Hayden Vasquez The Gamecocks are coming into this game unbeaten and have only allowed 44 points in five games. Lugoff-Elgin is 2-4 and have been outscored by their opponents 130-100. That said, I think this Demon team is better than their record would have you …
Read More »MIDLANDS SCOREBOARD: WEEK SIX
AC FLORA 49 CHAPIN 43 ALLENDALE-FAIRFAX 43 EAU CLAIRE 6 BLYTHEWOOD 56 BEAUFORT 21 BROOKLAND-CAYCE 35 NEWBERRY 27 CAMDEN 53 RNE 0 CLOVER 48 IRMO 14 DUTCH FORK 49 NORTHWESTERN 0 EDISTO 41 CA JOHNSON 22 HAMMOND 55 FIRST BAPTIST 7 HEATHWOOD HALL 27 AUGUSTA CHRISTIAN 25 LAURENCE MANNING 26 …
Read More »MIDLANDS POSITION RANKINGS: Mid-Season
Here is my mid-season Top Five at each position for the Midlands area. All are seniors (2020) unless otherwise noted. Keep in mind, before you send a response, these rankings are NOT based on statistics alone. This is from live evaluation and hours of film evaluation. QUARTERBACKS Aveon Smith, White …
Read More »Defensive Leader Board – Week Six
The leading tacklers as we head into week six are LB Drew Howell of Gilbert with 70, followed by Ethen Hix of Lugoff Elgin with 69. Here are the rushing tacklers by classification 5A – Ethen Hix, Lugoff-Elgin – 69 4A – Winston Harrison, Westwood – 40 3A – Drew …
Read More »Offensive Leader Board – Week Six
The leaderboard in the Midlands still has familiar names at the top, but new faces have emerged behind them. Camden junior running back Willis Lane is still the top guy in rushing, with 859 yards. But Heathwood Hall running back Ronnie Porter and quarterback Alex Smith are right behind him …
Read More »2021 Star Justus Boone Gets Seventh Offer
West Columbia (SC) Sumter defensive end Justus Boone (6-5,250) received his fifth offer today when the NC State Wolfpack verbaled him. The Wolfpack joins South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Virginia Tech, Florida and Charlotte in the bidding war for the junior defensive stalwart. He lists no favorites right now. Through …
Read More »How Good are the Best Teams In The Country?
So, how good are the best teams in the country – really? 1. Clemson – I don’t see a weakness. I thas been mentioned that Trevor Lawrence has some decistion making issues but I think it is more of an extreme confidence in himself believing he can force things. That …
Read More »THE FANTASTIC FOUR: Midlands Players of the Week – Week Five
The player of the week format has changed this week as we have decided to add two players to the feature. This is this week’s FANTASTIC 4 for Football in the Midlands AVEON SMITH, QUARTERBACK, WHITE KNOLL HIGH SCHOOL Smith completely dominated the game against Gray Collegiate this past week, …
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