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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »SCVarsity Top Ten Polls – Statewide
RANK TEAM CLASS 5A 1 DUTCH FORK 2 GAFFNEY 3 BYRNES 4 FORT DORCHESTER 5 DORMAN 6 SUMTER 7 TL HANNA 8 RIVER BLUFF 9 NATION FORD 10 CLOVER CLASS 4A 1 MYRTLE BEACH 2 DANIEL 3 BELTON HONEA PATH 4 HARTSVILLE 5 SOUTH POINTE 6 AC FLORA 7 …
Read More »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. …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Baxter’s Blitz: Midlands Class 3A
The top Midlands 3A teams appear to be the ones I expected to be there back in the preseason. Camden is off to a 2-0 mark after holding off 5A Lugoff-Elgin 33-20. Gilbert for the second straight week put up 50+ points on the board with a high octane offense. …
Read More »Baxter’s Blitz: Midlands 4A
The Class 4A in the Midlands looks to be strong and there are some surprises. Right now, the top 4A teams in the Midlands has to be AC Flora and Brookland-Cayce. Airport and Westwood are going to be mentioned in that same breath, as well. After those guys there is …
Read More »Baxter’s Blitz: Midlands 5A
WEEK TWO of the 2019 football season is in the books and here are my thoughts. Dutch Fork remains unbeaten after blanking Spring Valley 46-0. Jon Hall rushed for 4 touchdowns and QB Ty Olenchuk passed for 212 yds and a TD to All-State WR Jalin Hyatt. This team is …
Read More »Midlands Most Dominating Players
As we head into the 2019 football season, I want to take a look at who I believe are the most dominating players in the Midlands area. Obviously, this is subjective to my evaluations so simply my opinion. In referencing a dominant player, I mean that player can take over …
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