#2 Byrnes Squeaks By Moeller (OH)

Byrnes High School has now won 34 straight, but #34 wasn't easy as the Rebels squeaked by Moeller 21-20 in the first game Saturday of the McDonald's Kirk Herbstreit Ohio Vs. USA Challenge. Moeller outgained Byrnes 404 total yards to 306 for Byrnes.

Rebel QB Willy Korn, who has made a verbal commitment to Clemson, finsihed the day 17-for-24 for 272 yards.

After the game Byrnes head coach Bobby Bentley said, "We're not used to it being that close."

To read a complete game wrap-up, please click on our headline "#2 Byrnes Squeaks By Moeller".

South Carolina High School Football Scores Week 3

2006 South Carolina High School Football Scores

Thursday, August 31

Lockhart 54 Scsdb 24

Friday, September 1

Abbeville 21 Emerald 7
Garrett 20 Academic Magnet 8
Aiken 20 Silver Bluff 17
St. Paul's 39 Andrew Jackson Academy 13
Green Sea-floyds 30 Aynor 16
Belton-honea Path 22 Westside 21
Fort Dorchester 25 Berkeley 13
Blacksburg 34 Buford 17
Blackville-hilda 9 Barnwell 3
Bluffton 28 Jenkins, Ga 13
Byrnes 41 Cathedral 0
Kingstree 13 C.E. Murray 0
Orangeburg Prep 28 Calhoun Academy 7
Edisto 14 Calhoun County 10
Ninety Six 41 Calhoun Falls 0
Hilton Head Prep 35 Carolina 6
Carvers Bay 19 Carolina Forest 0
Central 26 Forest Hills, NC 10
Charleston Collegiate 49 Bible Baptist 19
Charlotte 56 Augusta Christian 11
Chester 30 Indian Land 6
Orangeburg Wilkinson 27 Colleton County 7
Conway 56 Socastee 0
Hannah-pamplico 21 Creek Bridge 0
Elbert County, Ga 27 Crescent 0
Cheraw 33 Darlington 7
Baptist Hill 14 Denmark-olar 0
Dillon 41 Latta 0
Dorchester 14 Northwood 7
Easley 24 Eastside 9
Wade Hampton 16 Estill 8
Thomas Heyward 58 First Baptist 8 #
Fort Mill 28 Lewisville 0
Whitmire 23 Fox Creek 0
Gaffney 38 Greenville 35
Georgetown 23 Andrews 6
Hemingway 23 Waccamaw 16
Hilton Head 21 St. John's 7
Hilton Head Christian 27 Open 7
J L Mann 31 Mauldin 0
James F. Byrnes 41 Greer 6
Allendale-Fairfax 36 Jasper County 14
Johnsonville 22 East Clarendon 19
Jonesville 26 Chesnee 13
Lake City 7 North Myrtle Beach 3
Woodland 32 Lake Marion 19
Blythewood 35 Lamar 13
Blue Ridge 49 Landrum 30
Lee Central 19 North Central 14
Pickens 55 Liberty 8
Laurens Academy 52 Long Cane 8 #
Manning 14 Marion 12
Great Falls 33 Mcbee 12 #
Lincoln County, Ga 33 Mccormick 0
Mullins 21 Timmonsville 12
North Augusta 28 Midland Valley 17
Patrick Henry 38 Holly Hill Academy 36
Bishop England 16 Porter-gaud 7
W.W. King 22 Richard Winn 7
Marlboro County 22 Scotland County, Nc 15
Scott's Branch 28 Cross 8
Greenwood 35 South Aiken 7
Wilson 26 South Florence 7
Carolina Academy 34 Southside Christian 6
Spartanburg 21 Northwestern 14
Stall 43 Military Magnet Academy 12
Summerville 52 James Island 13
T.l. Hanna 33 Daniel 20
Thomas Heyward 58 First Baptist 8
Timberland 38 Hanahan 27
Riverside 22 Travelers Rest 14
Dorman 20 Union 10
Wade Hampton 42 Berea 37
Walhalla 21 Dixie 9
Wando 38 Battery Creek 7
Ware Shoals 14 Palmetto 0
Goose Creek 40 West Ashley 21
Myrtle Beach 16 West Brunswick, Nc 6
Pee Dee 41 Williamsburg 33
Williston-Elko 16 Hunter-kinard-tyler 11
Wilson Hall 38 Robert E. Lee 6
Woodmont 20 Southside 16
Clinton 43 Woodruff 0
Wren 7 Boiling Springs 6
York 33 Hartsville 25

Byrnes (Duncan, SC) Tops Glades Central (Belle Galde, FL) In Battle Of National Powers

Byrnes 27th straight win will stand out as one of the best in Rebel football history. Before a national television audience on ESPN, Byrnes beat Glade Central High School 27-15.

Byrnes used a strong defense to shutdown Glades Central, a team that is loaded with Division I-A talent. The Rebels held Raiders to just 168 yards in total offense. And while, the Rebel D was strong, quarterback Willy Korn and his receiver Randall Hawkins were putting on an aerial show.

Korn threw for 268 yards and three touchdowns. Hawkins caught nine balls for 149 yards and two of the touchdown tosses.

To read a compete game wrap, click on our headline "Byrnes Tops Glades Central In Battle Of National Powers".

Byrnes Opens With Impressive Win

The Byrnes Rebels are expected to be one of the best teams in country this year, and with a match-up with Florida power Glades Central on the horizon next week, we'll find out how good this team is. Friday night the Rebels opened with an easy 55-20 win over Hartsville.

Senior quarterback Willy Korn was the star as he tossed six touchdown passes and ran for two more. The Rebels win streak now stands at 26 straight.

For a complete game wrap-up, please click on our headline "Byrnes Opens With Impressive Win".

National Powers Indepedence (NC) and Byrnes (SC) Square-off In Scrimmage

WOW...too bad Independence (Charlotte, NC) and Byrnes (Duncan, SC) didn't meet during the regular season instead of scrimmaging each other Saturday night. If they had, America would have been treated to one top-notch battle, that not only would have determined bragging rights in the Carolina's, but also possibly in the United States.

Independence owns the nation's longest active win streak at 92 games, while Bynes has won four straight 4A Division II state titles. In fact, The Sporting News has Independence ranked #9 in its national pre-season Top 25 poll, and Byrnes is right behind at #10.

As far as the scrimmage was concerned, but coaches treated the first half like the game counted!

Byrnes jumped out to a 21-0 lead behind quarterback Will Korn, who has verbally committed to Clemson. Korn completed 17 of 30 passes for 135 yards, and also run for 29-yards and two touchdowns. The Independence starters battled back to close to within 21-14 before both head coaches pulled the starters.

In the end, Indepedence's back-ups scored two fourth quarter touchdowns to give the Patriots a 28-21 win.

For more on this hotly conested scrimmage from the Charlotte Observer, please click on The High School Football Huddle headline "National Powers Independence and Byrnes Square-off in Scrimmage".

South Carolina High School Football Season Underway

Practice is officially underway in South Carolina. Between now and the start of the regular season, The High School Football Huddle will give you previews from across the state.

Today we look at Chester and Lewisville from The News & Reporter. To read the story, click on our headline "South Carolina High School Football Season Underway".

Changes In AAAA Playoffs System Coming

All that's standing in the way of a new AAAA football playoff system is approval from the S.C. High School League's executive committee.

Later this month, the committee will vote on a proposal hammered-out by a committee of the state's Class AAAA principals, which would change the state's format starting with the upcoming school year.

The new format calls for the top 32 schools to qualify for the Class AAAA football playoffs. The backet will then be split into two separte tournaments based on schools' enrollment. The top three teams in each of the state's eight Class AAAA regions qualify for the playoffs. The other eight at-large slots will be decided by the points system already in use. The points system decides seeding in each bracket. The new system eliminates the Upper State and Lower State brackets.

In the old playoff format, Class AAAA's largest schools, known as the Big 16, were automatic qualifiers to the Division I football playoffs, no matter their records. Last fall, five teams sporting winning records didn't make the Class AAAA playoffs. The Big 16 postseason football tournament had seven teams with losing records.

To read more, click on The High School Football Huddle headline "Changes In AAAA Playoff System Coming".

Reggie Kennedy Heading To Coach Orangeburg-Wilkinson

Reggie Kennedy is on to his next challenge.

Kennedy who led 3A Fairfield Central to a 22-3 record over the last two years is moving to 4A Orangeburg-Wilkinson. O-W is coming off a 1-10 season

The 37-year old Kennedy, who's career record is 84-43, spent four years at Fairfield Central after seven years as the head coach at Kingstree.

To read more about Kennedy's hiring from The State.com, please click on The High School Football Huddle's headline "Reggie Kennedy Heading To Coach Orangeburg-Wilkinson".

South Carolina/Florida High School Football Showdown To Air On ESPN

ESPN continues to shine its spotlight on high school football. Once again this year, the self-proclaimed Worldwide Leader in Sports will broadcast several top notch high school football games.

On August 26 the cable network will broadcast the game between Byrnes (South Carolina) and Glades Central High School of Bell Glades, Florida. Byrnes has won four consecutive Class AAAA, Division II championships. The Rebels finished the 2005 season 15-0 and ranked in the top 10 of several national polls.

Glades Central is 57-5 during the past five years. The 2006 team will feature 17 starters from a team that was 12-1 and advanced to the Florida State Class AAA semifinals.

ESPNU is also considering airing the Byrnes game on September 16 when the Rebels travel to Ohio to play Moeller High School.

To read more on the Rebels nationally televised game, click on The High School Football Huddle's headline.