A trio of teams from the Lowco are back in the top 10 of their classifications in the most recent S.C. Prep Football Media Poll released Tuesday.
May River moved up one spot to No. 9 in the Class 4A poll after a 37-3 rout of Colleton County, clearing space for Beaufort High to re-enter the rankings at No. 10 following a 45-12 blowout at Bluffton. The region champion Sharks (7-2) travel to Hilton Head High on Friday for the regular-season finale, while the Eagles (7-2) wrap up at Colleton County.
Whale Branch held its ground at No. 5 in Class 1A after hammering Allendale-Fairfax on the road Friday. The Warriors (6-1) are idle this week before opening the Class 1A playoffs at home Nov. 5.
This week’s rankings for S.C. Prep Football Media Poll released Tuesday, Oct. 26. First-place votes are in parentheses.
Class 5A
1. Dutch Fork (17)
2. Fort Dorchester
3. Gaffney
4. T.L. Hanna
5. Northwestern
6. Sumter
7. Spring Valley
8. Hillcrest
9. Lexington
10. Chapin
Others receiving votes:Spartanburg, Byrnes, Goose Creek, Dorman, Riverside
Class 4A
1. Myrtle Beach (11)
2. South Pointe (3)
3. Greenwood
4. A.C. Flora (3)
5. Greenville
6. York
7. South Florence
8. West Florence
9. May River
10. Beaufort
Others receiving votes: Irmo, South Aiken
Class 3A
1. Daniel (17)
2. Dillon
3. Chapman
4. Camden
5. Clinton
6. Powdersville
7. Lower Richland
8. Brookland-Cayce
9. Gilbert
10. Aynor
Others receiving votes: Chester, Oceanside Collegiate, Woodruff
Class 2A
1. Abbeville (16)
2. Gray Collegiate (1)
3. Silver Bluff
4. Marion
5. Phillip Simmons
6. Saluda
7. Chesterfield
8. Timberland
9. Christ Church
10. Wade Hampton
Others receiving votes- Barnwell, St. Joe’s, Andrew Jackson, Pelion
Class A
1. Southside Christian (17)
2. Bamberg-Ehrhardt
3. Baptist Hill
4. Lamar
5. Whale Branch
6. Ridge Spring-Monetta
7. Lake View
8. Green Sea-Floyds
9. C.E. Murray
10. Calhoun County
Others receiving votes: Dixie, Hannah-Pamplico, Great Falls, Denmark-Olar, C.A. Johnson, Branchville, Carvers Bay
This Week’s Voters: Lou Bezjak, The State Newspaper; Jed Blackwell, Prep Redzone SC; Travis Boland, Times and Democrat; Scott Chancey, Florence Morning News; 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 Post & Courier and High School Sports Report; Brandon Stockdale, Prep RedZone SC; Pete Yanity, WSPA, Alex Zietlow, Rock Hill Herald