South Carolina High School Football Scoreboard - Week 2

South Carolina High School Football Scores
Friday, August 28, 2009

Aiken 27, South Aiken 17
Airport 54, Brookland-Cayce 7
Baptist Hill 24, R.B. Stall 6
Ben Lippen 42, Hilton Head Prep 18
Berea 43, Travelers Rest 34
Berkeley 26, Dutch Fork 15
Blackville-Hilda 28, Denmark-Olar 14
Blue Ridge 38, Wade Hampton (G) 36
Blythewood 29, Fairfield Central 27
Calvary Day (GA) 28 Hardeeville 6
Camden 57, North Central 14
Carvers Bay 25, Georgetown 7
Chesnee 35, Forest City Chase 7
Chesterfield 48, Fort Mill 7
Christ Church Episcopal 44, Dixie 7
Clinton 28, Newberry 0
Clover 39, Gastonia Ashbrook 6
Columbia 18, A.C. Flora 7
Crestwood 30, Sumter 27
Cross 22, James Island 21
D.W. Daniel 35, Easley 0
Dillon Christian 18, Pee Dee Academy 6
Dorchester Academy 41, First Baptist 0
Eastside 28, Riverside 27
Goose Creek 14, Rock Hill Northwestern 0
Irmo 48, Ridge View 20
Johnsonville 20, Hannah-Pamplico 6
Lugoff-Elgin 34, White Knoll 0
McBee 22, Scott's Branch 6
Mullins 31, Green Sea Floyds 6
North Augusta 41, Midland Valley 13
North Charleston 26, Bishop England 20
North Myrtle Beach 14, Loris 6
Pageland Central 27, Anson County 7
Pelion 27, Swansea 13
Pendleton 21, Seneca 3
Rock Hill 35, Wando 0
Silver Bluff 56, Fox Creek 0
Strom Thurmond 49, Ridge Spring-Monetta 0
West Oak 40, Landrum 13

Midland Preps' 2009 South Carolina High School Football Preview

by Jeff Fisher
South Carolina High School Football

There's certainly more to South Carolina high school football than nationally-ranked Byrnes, but when it comes to Midland Preps' 2009 Preview, the Rebels are front-and-center with three players on the Elite 11 list. Byrnes opens the '09 season Friday night in Georgia against Central Gwinnett in the Progressive Football Challenge.

South Carolina High School Football Scoreboard - Week 1

South Carolina High School Football Scores
Friday, August 21, 2009

Aiken 40, Berkmar (Ga.) 28
Ashley Ridge 60, Johnsonville 34
Bamberg-Ehrhardt 18, Edisto 0
Battery Creek 52, Wade Hampton 20
Blythewood 23 Ridge View 0
Carvers Bay 24, Marion 12
Chapin 28 Strom Thurmond 21
Chester 35, Union County 14
Christ Church 44, Liberty 7
Clover 28, South Point (N.C.) 21
Conway 21, North Myrtle Beach 14
Columbia 41 Hanahan 27
Crescent 42, McCormick 0
Dillon 42, A.C. Flora 7
Dillon Christian 47, Robert E. Lee 7
Dorman 20, Spartanburg 7
Fairfield Central 53, Eau Claire 0
Forestview (N.C.) 20, Nation Ford 14
Green Sea-Floyds 24, South Columbus (N.C.) 6
Gilbert 27, Great Falls 6
Hillcrest 28, Easley 14
Hunter-Kinard-Tyler 30, Barnwell 29
Hartsville 56, Camden 38
Keenan 21, East Clarendon 8
Lake City 34, South Columbus (N.C.) 13
Lamar 24, Cheraw 21
Latta 12, Aynor 6
McBee 62, North Central 0
Pee Dee 35, Richard Winn 6
Ninety Six 43, Whitmire 2
Southside Christian 7, Dixie 6
W.W. King 21, Thomas Heyward 7
Walhalla 41, Blacksburg 14
Wren 41, Southside 6

South Carolina High School Football Season Begins Tonight

by Jeff Fisher
South Carolina High School Football Huddle

It's here! The 2009 season kicks-off tonight and The High School Football Huddle is ready to keep you up-to-date with scores throughout the night and season. The State has a great preview of tonight's game.

Byrnes #2 in USA Today Super 25

by Jeff Fisher
South Carolina High School Football Huddle

No matter how things change in high school football football, some things just remain the same...like the teams in the USA Today Super 25 rankings.

2008 mythical national champ St. Thomas Aquinas (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) is the pre-season pick at #1 according to the paper that's been ranking high school football teams since 1982. Eleven teams that finished in the final Super 25 Poll in 2008 are ranked in this season's first poll.

The Byrnes Rebels are one of those team. The Rebels, who began the year #1 last year and finished #9, begins this year as the #2 team in the land, and will face St. Thomas Aquinas in October in Florida.

If you want to check out a complete list of every national champ since 1982, the Alabama High School Football Historical Society has done a great job of compiling the list.

Here's a look at the rankings:

1. St. Thomas Aquinas (FL) 15-0
2. Byrnes (SC) 14-1
3. Katy (TX) 13-3
4. Elder (OH) 13-2
5. Don Bosco Prep (NJ) 11-1
6. Northwestern (FL) 13-2
7. Oaks Christian (CA) 14-0
8. Oscar Smith (VA) 15-0
9. Centennial (AZ) 14-0
10. East St. Louis (IL) 13-1
11. Camden County (GA) 15-0
12. Allen (TX) 15-1
13. Colerain (OH) 11-2
14. De La Salle (CA) 12-2
15. Stony Point (TX) 13-2
16. Lowndes (GA) 12-1
17. Cedar Hill (TX) 12-2
18. Union (OK) 13-1
19. Maine South (IL) 14-0
20. Liberty (PA) 15-1
21. Prattville (AL) 13-1
22. Madison Central (WI) 12-2
23. St. Bonaventure (CA) 14-1
24. Skyline (WA) 14-0
25. DeMatha (MD) 10-2

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Jamboree Time in South Carolina

by Jeff Fisher
South Carolina High School Football Huddle

We're one week away from the start of the high school football regular season in South Carolina, but several teams will take part in Jamborees this weekend to workout the bugs.

Strom Thurmond High will host a Region 3-2A Jamboree today with two 12-minute sessions per match-up. It gets started with Newberry facing Mid-Carolina at 6, followed by Batesburg-Leesville taking on Saluda at 7 and then Strom Thurmond wrapping things up against Gilbert.

In Myrtle Beach, it's the 20th year for the CNB Kickoff Classic. 10 teams will square-off in this longtime jamboree. The Sun News has a preview.

Byrnes #2 in Two National High School Football Polls

by Jeff Fisher
South Carolina High School Football Huddle

Here comes the parade of pre-season high school football polls that will try to "crown" a national champion at the end of 2009 high school football season. The National Prep Poll and the ESPN Rise Fab 50 are now out.

At least for the pre-season polls, ESPN and Prep Nation are in agreement on #1 and #2. Both polls have the "defending" national champs, St. Thomas Aquinas (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) at the top spot to start the season. The Raiders are followed by Byrnes. If all goes according to plan, the Raiders and Rebels will collide on October 2nd in Florida in a nationally-televised game.

The Rebels are the only team to be recognized in either national poll. However, Sumter (#7) and Rock Hill (#8) are ranked in the National Prep Football Poll's East Coast Region.

There's no surprise when it comes to which states standout in both polls. Texas leads the Prep Nation Poll with four teams in the Top 25, Florida and California landed three teams in the National Prep Football Poll. The State of Washington is smiling with Bellevue and Skyline cracking the Top 10 in the National Prep Football Poll.

In the ESPN Rise Fab 50...California, Florida and Texas each landed seven teams in the Top 50.

Let's start with the National Prep Football Poll, which is America's second oldest weekly poll produced by Jamie DeMoney, who does a great job of keeping fans up-to-date. Below you can learn more about PrepNation.com.

Prep Nation's National Football Poll

1. St. Thomas Aquinas (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) 15-0
2. Byrnes (Duncan, SC) 14-1
3. Northwestern (Miami, FL) 13-2
4. Katy (TX) 13-3
5. Glenville (Cleveland, OH) 11-1
6. Oscar Smith (Chesapeake, VA) 15-0
7. Lakewood (CA) 10-3
8. Bellevue (WA) 14-0
9. Skyline (Sammamish, WA) 14-0
10. Cedar Hill (TX) 12-2
11. Lowndes (Valdosta, GA) 12-1
12. Jenks (OK) 12-2
13. Elder (Cincinnati, OH) 13-2
14. Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey, NJ) 11-1
15. Oaks Christian (Westlake Village, CA) 14-0
16. Allen (TX) 15-1
17. Lakeland (FL) 14-1
18. De La Salle (Concord, CA) 12-2
19. Prattville (AL) 13-1
20. Liberty (Bethlehem, PA) 15-1
21. Centennial (Peoria, AZ) 14-0
22. Skyline (Dallas, TX) 12-2
23. Independence (Charlotte, NC) 13-1
24. DeMatha (Hyattsville, MD) 10-2
25. John Curtis (River Ridge, LA) 14-1

About the National Prep Poll: Compiled weekly weekly since 1987 and distributed by World Features Syndicate and the Associated Press, the National Prep Poll is the nation's second oldest weekly high school sports rankings. Doug Huff of ESPN RISE compiled the rankings from 1987 until 1999. Jamie DeMoney has compiled the poll since the start of the 1999 basketball season. The National Prep Poll is the only high school poll distributed to newspapers and Web sites around the United States by the Associated Press national wire service. The National Prep Poll is the first high school football and boys basketball poll to released in the preseason and during each week of the regular season. Criteria considered for the National Prep Poll rankings are strength of schedule, the ability to accomplish the ultimate goal on a team's schedule (i.e. winning a championship), impact players and performers, a team's coaching and recent tradition.

Jamie DeMoney begins his 10th year compiling the World Features Syndicate/Associated Press National Prep Poll. He has covered high school sports and recruiting for more than 15 years and compiled the National Prep Poll since 1999. DeMoney has also compiled high school football and basketball rankings for Sporting News, School Sports, and RISE. DeMoney was managing editor of American Football Monthly and assistant national editor of All-Stater Sports/Highwired Sports. DeMoney is a graduate of the University of Iowa School of Journalism, and a member of the Football Writers Association of America and the United States Basketball Writers Association.

ESPN's Fab 50 looks like this...

1. St. Thomas Aquinas (FL)
2. Byrnes (SC)
3. Elder (OH)
4. Katy (TX)
5. Northwestern (FL)
6. Oaks Christian (CA)
7. Allen (TX)
8. Oscar Smith (VA)
9. Skyline (WA)
10. Prattville (AL)
11. Lowndes (GA)
12. Cedar Hill (TX)
13. Union (OK)
14. Centennial (AZ)
15. Lakeland (FL)
16. St. Bonaventure (CA)
17. Longview (TX)
18. Don Bosco Prep (NJ)
19. Glenville (OH)
20. Bellevue (WA)
21. DeMatha (MD)
22. North Shore (TX)
23. East St. Louis (IL)
24. De La Salle (CA)
25. Dwyer (FL)
26. Hinsdale Central (IL)
27. West Monroe (LA)
28. Miami Central (FL)
29. Orange Lutheran (CA)
30. Colerain (OH)
31. Notre Dame Prep (CA)
32. John Curtis (LA)
33. Camden County (GA)
34. Highlands (KY)
35. Bishop McDevitt (PA)
36. De La Salle Collegiate (MI)
37. St. Ignatius (OH)
38. Hamilton (AZ)
39. Stony Point (TX)
40. Bolles School (FL)
41. Grant (CA)
42. Long Beach Poly (CA)
43. Trinity (KY)
44. Jenks (OK)
45. Southlake Carroll (TX)
46. Mullen (CO)
47. Liberty (PA)
48. Pahokee (FL)
49. Skyline (TX)
50. Shiloh Christian (AR)

Hilton Head-area Previews

by Jeff Fisher
South Carolina High School Football Huddle
Here's a look at how things shape-up in-and-around Hilton Head during the pre-season. Hilton Head High (8-3) and Beaufort (9-3) were the two best teams in the area last season. On August 28th, the Eagles and Seahawks will open the regular season against each other at Beaufort.

Click here to read some pre-season capsules on team in the Hilton Head area.

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Former Gamecock QB on Brookland-Cayce Coaching Staff

by Jeff Fisher
South Carolina High School Football Huddle

The hitting begins for real tomorrow in South Carolina tomorrow after several days of conditioning in just shorts and helmets.

After a 4-7 season last year, the Fighting Bearcats of Brookland-Cayce High School are hoping for better things in 2009. Click here for a video story on B-C and its new offensive coordinator, former Gamecock QB Syvelle Newton.