Corey Jenkins has memories of Dreher football’s last playoff victory. Jenkins scored three touchdowns as the Blue Devils held on to a 21-14 win over Cheraw in the first round of the 1994 playoffs. The future South Carolina quarterback broke his leg during that game with Dreher up 21-0 and watched as they had to hold off a Braves comeback attempt. Jenkins missed Dreher’s next … Continue reading Former South Carolina football QB helping turn around local HS program

TEAM (RECORD) PTS PRV 1. SOUTH FLORENCE (10-0) 30 1 LAST GAME: Won 38-0 Friday over West Florence NEXT GAME: Hosts Lugoff-Elgin 7:30 p.m. Friday 2. DILLON (9-1) 27 2 LAST GAME: Won 62-14 Friday over Georgetown NEXT GAME: Hosts North Charleston at 7:30 p.m. Friday. 3. MARION (9-1) 24 3 LAST GAME: Won 41-8 over Mullins NEXT GAME: Hosts Central at 7:30 p.m. Friday 4. … Continue reading Morning News High School Football Poll, Nov. 1, 2023

FLORENCE, S.C. – Bryan McCartt is already a journeyman. But that journey is worth it because the senior’s grit and perseverance brought him further than he could have ever imagined. And all he wanted to do was play quarterback. When did he start being a quarterback? The eighth grade. Some might say that’s too late. But McCartt would say it’s better late than never. He … Continue reading Bryan McCartt had long journey to SF starting QB

With the coming months bringing seasonal food fads and festive holidays, food waste has the potential to be much more prominent around this time of year. After Cherry Digital, a communications agency, surveyed 3,200 Americans to find out how much was thrown away this past year, it was discovered that U.S. households waste about $907 worth of food annually. IMG_0213Food waste comes in to Re-Soil, … Continue reading SC wastes more food than any other state, new study shows. Here’s why and how much

MYRTLE BEACH (WBTW) – The high school football playoffs are here across the Palmetto State and into North Carolina. Below are the schedule of first round games across our region. The bottom school listed is the home team. All contests will begin at 7:30pm unless otherwise noted. SCHSL Class 5A: St. James Carolina Forest Socastee Fort Dorchester Conway Berkeley SCHSL Class 4A: Lugoff-Elgin South Florence … Continue reading SCHSL & SCISA football playoff schedule, November 3

The final week of the high school football regular season is in the books. It’s time to vote for The State’s high school football Player of the Week from Midlands-area high schools and games played Oct. 27. Voting ends this Friday at noon. The winner will be announced on Lou Bezjak’s Twitter page. The nominees are listed below. Please note that these polls are not … Continue reading Vote now for The State’s Midlands high school football Player of the Week (10.30.23)

The high school football playoffs begin on Nov. 3 across the state for the South Carolina High School League and SC Independent Schools Association. The playoffs will culminate in the SCHSL championships Nov. 30-Dec. 2 at SC State University. The SCISA championships will be Nov. 17-18 at Charleston Southern. Here are the matchups that we know so far. . SCHSL Playoffs Class 5A Upper State … Continue reading SC high school football playoffs bracket almost set. Here’s what we know

SCHSL REGION 6-4A TEAM REGION OVERALL W L W L South Florence 5 0 10 0 Myrtle Beach 4 1 8 2 West Florence 2 3 5 5 Wilson 1 4 3 7 Hartsville 3 2 7 3 North Myrtle Beach 0 5 2 8 Last Week’s Games South Florence 38, West Florence 0 Myrtle Beach 56, North Myrtle Beach 21 Hartsville 16, Wilson 3 … Continue reading Pee Dee High School Football Standings, Nov. 1, 2023

Scores from the final week of the 2023 regular season in high school football. Midlands game scores Batesburg-Leesville 20, Saluda 17 (OT) Ben Lippen 49, Camden Military 22 Blythewood 35, Spring Valley 6 Brookland-Cayce 28, Gilbert 21 CA Johnson 38, Whitmire 6 Camden 62, Marlboro County 7 Cardinal Newman 49, Augusta Christian 14 Chapin 41, River Bluff 38 Dreher 21, Lower Richland 0 Dutch Fork … Continue reading Final scores from Friday night’s Midlands and SC high school football

Jared Holmes picked a perfect moment to get his first interception. The Brookland-Cayce High School defensive lineman doesn’t get many chances to pick off passes but capitalized Friday when he tipped and caught quarterback Drake Braddock’s pass just as Gilbert was moving down the field early in the third quarter. The Bearcats (8-2) seized the momentum from that interception and went on for a 28-21 … Continue reading Brookland-Cayce spoils Gilbert’s perfect record, wins region title