A trio of Lowco area teams closed out the regular season ranked in the top 10 in their classifications in the most recent S.C. Prep Football Media Poll released Tuesday.
May River climbed two more spots to No. 7 in Class 4A after a 33-16 win at Hilton Head High last week. The region champion Sharks (8-2) open the Class 4A playoffs at home against North Myrtle Beach on Friday. Beaufort High maintained its No. 10 ranking with a 44-6 win at Colleton County. The Eagles (8-2) will host South Florence in the first round.
Whale Branch was idle last week but held onto its No. 5 ranking in Class 1A. The Warriors (6-1) host East Clarendon to open the Class 1A playoffs Friday.
This week’s rankings for S.C. Prep Football Media Poll released Tuesday, Nov. 2. First-place votes are in parentheses.
Class 5A
1. Dutch Fork (16)
2. Fort Dorchester
3. Gaffney
4. Northwestern
5. Sumter
6. Hillcrest
7. T.L. Hanna
8. Spring Valley
9. Lexington
10. Spartanburg
Others receiving votes: Goose Creek, Byrnes, Chapin
Class 4A
1. Myrtle Beach (12)
2. South Pointe (2)
3 (tie). Greenwood
3. (tie) A.C. Flora (1)
5. Greenville
6. West Florence
7. May River
8. South Florence
9. York
10. Beaufort
Others receiving votes: Irmo, South Aiken, Laurens, Hartsville
Class 3A
1. Daniel (17)
2. Dillon
3. Chapman
4. Camden
5. Clinton
6. Powdersville
7. Lower Richland
8. Brookland-Cayce
9. Aynor
10. Gilbert
Others receiving votes: Chester, Oceanside Collegiate
Class 2A
1. Abbeville (15)
2. Gray Collegiate (1)
3. Silver Bluff
4. Marion
5. Phillip Simmons
6. Timberland
7. Saluda
8. Wade Hampton
9. Christ Church
10. Cheraw
Others receiving votes: Chesterfield, St. Joseph’s, Barnwell, Andrew Jackson
Class 1A
1. Southside Christian (16)
2. Bamberg-Ehrhardt
3. Baptist Hill
4. Lamar
5. Whale Branch
6. Ridge Spring-Monetta
7. Lake View
8. C.E. Murray
9. Calhoun County
10. Green Sea-Floyds
Others receiving votes: Dixie, Hannah-Pamplico, Denmark-Olar, Great Falls, C.A. Johnson, Carvers Bay
This Week’s Voters:James Benedetto, Greenwood Index Journal; Lou Bezjak, The State Newspaper; Jed Blackwell, Prep Redzone SC; Travis Boland, Times and Democrat; 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
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