Both Lowco area teams ranked in the top 10 in their classifications slipped in the S.C. Prep Football Media Poll released Tuesday, even though one of them didn’t play last week.
Beaufort High (4-1) fell one spot to No. 10 in Class 4A despite being idle Friday night, as the Eagles slipped behind Indian Land (4-0). Beaufort begins region play Friday, hosting Hilton Head High.
Whale Branch (3-1) tumbled three spots to No. 6 in the Class 1A poll after a 30-25 loss to Baptist Hill on Friday. The Warriors will try to get back on track when they host Cross on Friday.
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This week’s rankings for S.C. Prep Football Media Poll released Tuesday, Sept. 28. First-place votes in parentheses.
Class 5A
1. Dutch Fork (18)
2. Fort Dorchester
3. Gaffney
4. T.L. Hanna
5. Northwestern
6. Riverside
7. Dorman
8. Sumter
9. Spring Valley
10. Mauldin
Others receiving votes: Chapin, Lexington, Woodmont, Ridge View
Class 4A
1. A.C. Flora (18)
2. Greenville
3. Myrtle Beach
4. South Pointe
5. Greenwood
6. South Florence
7. West Florence
8. Catawba Ridge
9. Indian Land
10. Beaufort
Others receiving votes: York, Hartsville, Lancaster, Greer, North Myrtle Beach
Class 3A
1. Daniel (18)
2. Dillon
3. Clinton
4. Camden
5. Chapman
6. Brookland-Cayce
7. Gilbert
8. Powdersville
9. Aynor
10. Lower Richland
Others receiving votes: Seneca, Chester, Hanahan
Class 2A
1. Abbeville (17)
2. Gray Collegiate (1)
3. Silver Bluff
4. Marion
5. Barnwell
6. Saluda
7. Timberland
8. Wade Hampton
9. Christ Church
10. Andrews
Others receiving votes: Phillip Simmons, St. Joseph’s, Batesburg-Leesville, Landrum, Newberry, Andrew Jackson
Class 1A
1. Southside Christian (18)
2. Bamberg-Ehrhardt
3. Lamar
4. Lake View
5. Ridge Spring-Monetta
6. Whale Branch
7. Baptist Hill
8. Lewisville
9. Blackville-Hilda
10. Hannah-Pamplico
Others receiving votes: Dixie, Great Falls, C.A. Johnson, Calhoun County, Wagener-Salley, Carvers Bay, Estill, Johnsonville
This Week’s Voters: James Benedetto, Greenwood Index Journal; Lou Bezjak, The State Newspaper; Jed Blackwell, Prep Redzone SC; Cole Bryson, ESPN Upstate; Scott Chancey, Florence Morning News;Tyler Cupp WHRI; Joe Dandron, Spartanburg Herald Journal; Chris Dearing, Prep Redzone SC; Thomas Grant, Lexington Chronicle; Ian Guerin, Prep Redzone SC & My Horry News; Travis Jenkins, News & Reporter; Wes Kerr, Lowcosports.com; Justin Mathis, Upstate PrepCast and Boiling Springs Journal; James McBee, Boiling Springs Journal; David Shelton, Charleston Post & Courier and High School Sports Report; Brandon Stockdale, Prep Redzone SC; Pete Yanity, WSPA; Alex Zietlow Rock Hill Herald
