Bynes Defends Title by Upsetting #3 Gaffney

by Jeff Fisher
South Carolina High School Football Huddle

Byrnes did it again in the South Carolina Class AAAA Division I championship game.

Last season, the Rebels won the state title by avenging a regular season defeat by beating the #1 team in the state in the championship game.

Like Dorman last year, Gaffney, ranked #3 nationally by MaxPreps, felt the sting of payback in a 31-24 championship game loss.  Gaffney beat Byrnes 35-13 on September 16th.

The key in Saturday's win was Byrnes scoring two defensive touchdowns.  Skip Barnes scored on a 30-yard interception return; Melvin Armstrong scored on a 60-yard fumble recovery.

Gaffney quarterback Joey Copeland threw for 358 yards and two touchdowns.

The title was the 12th overall for Byrnes and eight in the past 10 seasons.

On October 27th, I spoke with Gaffney head coach Dan Jones on the High School Football America radio show about how tough it is to win a South Carolina state championship, because you usually see the same top teams twice in the season.

Click here to listen to the interview with Coach Jones.

Goose Creek Wins AAAA Division II Crown

by Jeff Fisher
South Carolina High School Football Huddle

Goose Creek is celebrating its first-ever state football championship after a 37-21 win over Greenwood Saturday in the Class AAA Division II title game.

The Gators trailed 21-14 in the third quarter, but outscored Greenwood 23-0 over the last quarter and a half.

Goose Creek finishes with a 14-1 record, while Greenwood was 13-2.

South Carolina High School Football Scores - Playoffs/Championships

South Carolina High School Football Scores
Saturday, December 3, 2011

Playoff
Championships

Class AAAA Division I
Byrnes 31 Gaffney 24

Class AAAA Division II
Goose Creek 37 Greenwood 21

Class AAA 
South Pointe 42 Bluffton 27

Timberland Wins First State Football Championship

by Jeff Fisher
South Carolina High School Football Huddle

Timberland opened in 1996; in 2011 the Wolves can call themselves a South Carolina state football champ.

Timberland beat 10-time state champ Woodruff 20-3 Friday night to win the Class AA Division I title.

The Wolves, who finish 14-1, were led by Classe Thompson with 184 all-purpose yards and a touchdown.  Woodruff was looking for its first state title since 1984.

South Carolina High School Football Scores - Playoffs/Championships

South Carolina High School Football Scores
Friday, December 2, 2011

Playoffs
Championships

Class AA Division I
Timberland 20 Woodruff 3

Class AA Division II
Bishop England 10 Central 0

Bishop England Celebrates First State Title & 400th Win

by Jeff Fisher
South Carolina High School Football Huddle

The Bishop England Battling Bishops celebrated the school's first state football championship on the same night it won its 400th win.

Bishop England beat defending state champ Central 10-0 Friday night to win South Carolina's Class AA Division II championship.  The shutout was the team's seventh of the season and third in four playoff games.

Defensively the Battling Bishops were led by Andrew Bunch, who had three of the team's four interceptions.

Central was playing into its third state championship game in the last four years.

Abbeville Wins Class A Division I Title

by Jeff Fisher
South Carolina High School Football Huddle

It was all Abbeville in Friday's Class A Division I state championship game.

Abbeville captured its sixth overall state title with a 20-0 shutout of Hemingway.  The Panthers ran nearly 40 more plays on offense than Hemingway and limited their opponent to just 95 yards in total offense.

Panther running back O'Bryan Wilson picked-up 174 yards on 25 carries.

Christ Church Wins First State Football Title Since 1977

by Jeff Fisher
South Carolina High School Football Huddle

After Lake View took an 8-0 lead in the 2nd quarter of Friday's Class A Division II title, it was all Christ Church.

The Cavaliers ran-off 35 straight points to win the school's first state football title since 1977.  Christ Church quarterback Hunter Townes threw for two touchdowns and ran for two scores.

Christ Church finished the season with a 13-1 record, while Lake View ends 8-6.

South Carolina High School Football Scores - Playoffs/Championships & Semfinals

South Carolina High School Football Scores
Friday, November 25, 2011

Playoffs
Championships & Semifinals

Class A Division I Championship
Abbeville 20 Hemingway 0

Class A Division II Championship
Christ Church 35 Lake View 14

Semifinals

Class AAAA Division I
Gaffney 35 Boiling Springs 7
Byrnes 31 Blythewood 0

Class AAAA Division II
Goose Creek 49 North Augusta 6
Greenwood 36 Ashley Ridge 21

Class AAA
South Pointe 38 York 15
Bluffton 44 AC Flora 35

Class AA Division I
Timberland 18 Dillon 15
Woodruff 41 Strom Thurmond 34

Class AA Division II
Bishop England 21 Silver Bluff 0
Central 21 Columbia 20

South Carolina High School Football Scores - Week 5

South Carolina High School Football Scores
Thursday, September 15, 2011

Ben Lippen 49, C.A. Johnson 34
Mid-Carolina 40, Dreher 21
West Florence 28, Darlington 12

South Carolina High School Football Scores - Week 4

South Carolina High School Football Scores
Friday, September 9, 2011

Airport 21, Hartsville 17
Baptist Hill 48, North Charleston 12
Bishop England 42, Cardinal Newman School 0
C.A. Johnson Preparatory Acad. 32, Pelion 22
Calhoun County 41, North 0
Cane Bay 33, Edisto 20
Carolina Forest 48, Battery Creek 0
Cathedral Academy 60, Abundant Life 18
Cross 50, Creek Bridge 0
Dorchester Academy 40, Pee Dee Academy 19
Dreher 42, Eau Claire 12
Dutch Fork 41, Lugoff-Elgin 0
Fort Dorchester 49, Beaufort 45
Garrett Tech 20, Military Magnet 8
Goose Creek 19, Summerville 7
Hammond School 50, Florence Christian School 0
Hilton Head Christian Academy 15, First Baptist 0
Irmo 3, Chapin 0
Laurence Manning Academy 21, Pinewood Prep 7
Lexington 63, Spring Valley 44
Manning 20, Crestwood 14
Mid-Carolina 58, Gilbert 46
Newberry 28, Batesburg-Leesville 14
Ninety Six 23, Saluda 20
Northwestern 58, Ridge View 31
Orangeburg-Wilkinson 27, Allendale-Fairfax 6
R.B. Stall 10, St. John's 6
Richard Winn Acad. 36, Carolina Academy - Lake City 12
Richland Northeast 30, Lower Richland 0
Scott's Branch 22, Burke 20
Spartanburg 31, Sumter 7
St. John's Christian 58, Palmetto Christian 44
Stall 10, St. John's 6
Stratford 31, Ashley Ridge 24
Swansea 23, W J Keenan 20
Thomas Heyward 41, Northwood Academy 14
Thomas Sumter Acad. 41, Hilton Head Prep School 0
Timberland 41, Berkeley 0
W. Wyman King Academy 62, Andrew Jackson Academy 20
West Ashley 27, Wando 25
White Knoll 45, Brookland-Cayce 15
Wilson Hall 21, Porter-Gaud 14
Woodland 35, Kingstree 12

South Carolina High School Football Scores - Week 3

South Carolina High School Football Scores
Friday, September 2, 2011

Abbeville 56, Crescent 7
Academic Magnet 35, Branchville 12
Aiken 37, Crestwood 0
Airport 24, Fairfield Central 21
Andrews 34, Georgetown 14
Ashley Ridge 29, Socastee 25
Augusta Christian 31, Cardinal Newman 17
Aynor 46, Green Sea Floyds 22
Bamberg-Ehrhardt 40, Edisto 34
Baptist Hill 40, Denmark-Olar 20
Beaufort 62, Battery Creek 6
Belton-Honea Path 22, Westside 3
Ben Lippen 34, Pinewood Prep 7
Bishop England 49, Hanahan 35
Blue Ridge 57, Eastside 0
Bluffton 62, Hardeeville 0
Burke 34, North Charleston 20
C.E. Murray 30, Kingstree 14
Calhoun County 26, Wagener-Salley 25
Carolina Forest 49, St. James 22
Carvers Bay 44, Waccamaw 9
Chapin 7, Swansea 6
Charleston Collegiate 37, First Baptist 12
Colleton Prep 20, Dorchester Academy 8
Columbia 32, Dreher 12
Conway 19, Wando 14
D.W. Daniel 31, Greenville 7
Davidson Day, N.C. 40, Camden Military Academy 7
Dillon 43, Latta 0
Fort Dorchester 42, Irmo 27
Fox Creek 48, Blackville-Hilda 20
Francis Hugh Wardlaw Academy 62, Andrew Jackson Academy 0
Gaffney 47, Greenwood 21
Greer 62, Berea 6
Hannah-Pamplico 34, Creek Bridge 0
Hartsville 51, Lee Central 14
Hilton Head Christian Academy 35, Florence Christian 22
Hilton Head Prep 30, St. Andrews School 12
Holly Hill Academy 42, St. John's Christian Academy 23
Hunter-Kinard-Tyler 66, North 14
J.L. Mann 63, Southside 0
James Island 42, R.B. Stall 10
Johnsonville 49, East Clarendon 22
Lake City 10, Darlington 6
Lake View 54, Dillon Christian 13
Lakewood 34, Lower Richland 28
Landrum 19, Chesnee 14
Laurens 21, Hillcrest 10
Lexington 52, Blythewood 17
Liberty 28, Pickens 17
Loris 17, South Columbus, N.C. 12
Manning 14, Marion 13
Mid-Carolina 35, Batesburg-Leesville 28
Newberry 34, Brookland-Cayce 13
North Augusta 49, Dutch Fork 35
Orangeburg Prep 20, Laurence Manning Academy 19
Orangeburg-Wilkinson 21, Colleton County 14
Palmetto Christian Academy 66, Lincoln 8
Patrick Henry Academy 60, Jefferson Davis Academy 8
Pendleton 28, West Oak 25
Porter-Gaud 56, Heathwood Hall 23
Richard Winn Academy 25, Robert E. Lee Academy 20
Ridgeland 35, Hilton Head 20
Scotland County, N.C. 42, Marlboro County 7
Silver Bluff 17, Ninety Six 14
South Aiken 35, Midland Valley 18
South Florence 34, Wilson 7
Southside Christian 46, Hebron Christian Academy (GA) 21
Spring Valley 49, Lugoff-Elgin 28
St. John's 16, Garrett Academy of Technology 8
Stratford 33, Sumter 10
Strom Thurmond 35, Saluda 0
Summerville 13, Berkeley 0
Thomas Heyward Academy 21, Bible Baptist 0
Thomas Sumter Academy 48, Pee Dee Academy 0
Timberland 57, Cross 0
Timmonsville 28, Lamar 26
Union County 25, Broome 21
W. Wyman King Academy 48, Beaufort Academy 34
W.J. Keenan 38, C.A. Johnson 0
Wade Hampton (G) 7, Chapman 0
Wade Hampton (H) 27, Estill 14
Walhalla 13, Carolina High and Academy 10
West Ashley 36, Lake Marion 12
West Brunswick, N.C. 28, North Myrtle Beach 18
Whale Branch 50, Military Magnet Academy 14
White Knoll 38, Gilbert 7
Williamsburg Academy 47, Northwood Academy 14
Williston-Elko 52, Ridge Spring-Monetta 6
Woodland 38, Scott's Branch 8
Woodruff 20, Clinton 15
Wren 49, Riverside 7

South Carolina High School Football Scores - Week 2

South Carolina High School Football Scores
Saturday, August 27, 2011

Byrnes 66 Ballard (KY) 0

South Carolina High School Football Scores - Week 2

South Carolina High School Football Scores
Friday, August 26, 2011

Airport 44, Brookland-Cayce 6
Ben Lippen 29, Heathwood Hall Episcopal School 3
Blue Ridge 13, Wade Hampton 7
Bluffton 60, Ridgeland 14
C.A. Johnson Preparatory Academy 22, Eau Claire 12
Calhoun County 33, Lake Marion 14
Camden 45, Ware Shoals 27
Central 20, Anson County, N.C. 6
Chesterfield 35, Timmonsville 6
Clover 35, Gastonia Forestview, N.C. 16
Dorchester Academy 46, Dillon Christian 14
Dutch Fork 35, Chapin 0
Fairfield Central 21, Blythewood 6
Forest City Chase, N.C. 35, Chesnee 14
Fort Mill 28, Lugoff-Elgin 9
Gaffney 21, Dorman 14
Goose Creek 51, Irmo 7
Hammond School 40, Cardinal Newman School 14
Hartsville 45, Lamar 6
Lancaster 48, Andrew Jackson 7
Lee Central 38, Lake City 36
Liberty 20, Christ Church Episcopal 6
Newberry 21, Clinton 14
Pee Dee Academy 28, Richard Winn Acad. 26
Silver Bluff 7, Aiken 6
South Aiken 24, Richland Northeast 7
Spartanburg 40, Union County 7
Swansea 48, Wagener-Salley 0
W. Wyman King Academy 14, Patrick Henry Academy 6
W.J. Keenan 45, Blackville-Hilda 0
White Knoll 68, Pelion 13
Wren 42, Palmetto 0

South Carolina High School Football Scores - Week 1

South Carolina High School Football Scores
Friday, August 19, 2011

A.C. Flora 53, Gilbert 14
Abbeville 15, Chester 7
Allendale-Fairfax 28, Hilton Head Christian Academy 6
Andrews 41, Johnsonville 20
Bamberg-Ehrhardt 35, Orangeburg-Wilkinson 7
Barnwell 40, Blackville-Hilda 0
Bluffton 76, Hilton Head 0
Blythewood 37, South Florence 22
C.A. Johnson def. North, forfeit
Carolina Forest 34, Socastee 7
Cathedral Academy 46, Beaufort Academy 14
Christ Church Episcopal 52, Travelers Rest 14
Columbia 31, Lower Richland 14
Conway 41, North Myrtle Beach 0
Cross 46, Hunter-Kinard-Tyler 14
Denmark-Olar 20, Lake Marion 13
Dillon 42, Cheraw 0
Dillon Christian 36, Pee Dee Academy 8
Dutch Fork 24, Irmo 0
Easley 70, West Oak 0
Edisto 34, McCormick 14
Fairfield Central 32, Eau Claire 0
Fox Creek 18, Branchville 0
Georgetown 26, Mullins 14
Green Sea Floyds 12, West Columbus, N.C. 6
Greer 34, Seneca 10
Hartsville 47, Hanahan 19
Hemingway 42, Hannah-Pamplico 6
James Island Christian 35, Trinity Collegiate 18
Lake View 6, Aynor 0
Laurence Manning Academy 51, First Baptist 0
Loris 23, St. James 14
Nation Ford 34, Gastonia Forestview, N.C. 27
Orangeburg Prep 42, Thomas Sumter Academy 34
Patrick Henry Academy 38, Greenwood Christian 8
Pelion 19, Wagener-Salley 6
Ridge Spring-Monetta 20, Whitmire 6
Southside Christian 49, Dixie 19
Spring Valley 20, Camden 16
Timberland 49, Carvers Bay 6
Waccamaw 54, Latta 21
Walhalla 14, Palmetto 0
Whale Branch 29, Baptist Hill 19
Williamsburg Academy 18, Colleton Prep 14
Wilson Hall 42, Byrnes School 0

Summerville's John McKissick to be a Guest on Tomorrow Night's High School Football America Radio Show

by Jeff Fisher
South Carolina High School Football Huddle

I've done a lot of interviews over the course of 35 years, but tomorrow night's High School Football America radio show is going to be a special one.

The reason?

I'm going to have two head football coaches on the show that are the best ever when it comes to get the all important W.

John McKissick of Summerville High School in South Carolina and J.T. Curtis of John Curtis Christian School in Louisiana are ranked #1 and #2 on the country's all-time victory list, and they join me to talk about their incredible careers that total 103 years combined as head coaches.

McKissick is America's winningest coach with 586 victories heading into this season, which will be his 60th at the school.

Curtis needs eight wins to become only the second coach to win 500.  Curtis has done it at a school that carries his father's name from when he founded it back in the early 60's.

Below are a couple of older videos that reveal a little bit more about McKissick.





You can listen to tomorrow night's show LIVE starting at 7PM EST.

Just click here to listen to the show.

Autopsy Results in Lamar Football Player Death to be Released Friday

by Jeff Fisher
South Carolina High School Football Huddle

Published reports out of Darlington indicate that a county coroner will release the results of an autopsy performed on 14-year old Tyquan Xavier Brantley, a freshman football player in the Lamar High School program.

Brantley died Saturday following a helmets-only practice.

The results were supposed to be released yesterday, but now wanted be released to the public until the end of the week.

Lamar High School Football Player Dies During Saturday Practice

by Jeff Fisher
South Carolina High School Football Huddle

With more-and-more focus being paid to the health and safety of high school football players during two-a-days in the heat of August, the news of the death of Lamar High School freshman football player Tyquan Xavier Brantley on Saturday brings the spotlight back to what can be done to prevent such tragedies.

It should be noted that an autopsy will be performed on the 14-year old to determine the cause of death.  Right now, Brantley's death is not being called a heat-releated death.

Published reports state that Brantley died after collapsing following a Saturday morning practice.  Branley and his teammates were reportedly working-out in only helmets, no pads.

According to the National Weather Service, the temperature on Saturday rose to 101 degrees.

South Carolina State Football Championships Moving

by Jeff Fisher
South Carolina High School Football Huddle

South Carolina's Weekend of Champions is moving from Williams-Brice Stadium at the University of South Carolina to Clemson.

The S.C. High School League has accepted a proposal from Clemson to host the Class AAAA Division I and II championship games, plus the AAA title game on Saturday, December 3rd.  For the second straight year, Benedict will host the Class AA championship game on Friday, December 2nd.  The Class A finals will also be held at Benedict a week earlier.

The state's governing body accepts venue proposals each year for the state football championships.

Clemson last hosted the title games in 2008.

South Carolina - 2011 National Signing Day

Joseph Carter (Silver Bluff, DE) - Nebraska
Ralph Cooper (Fairfield Central, LB) - Illinois
Zeph Grimes (Bamberg-Ehrhardt, DB) - Illinois
Stephe Grommer (Spartanburg, OL) - Maryland
Alex Howell (West Florence, K/P) - Boston College
Pat Martin (J.L. Mann, DB) - Tennessee
Justin Worley (Northwestern, QB) - Tennessee