This past Friday night marked the opening round of the playoffs for teams from around the Upstate. Both 5A divisions featured some teams getting a 1st round bye. In 1A through 4A everybody played in the 1st round.
Coming into the playoffs I was critical of the fact that 32 teams statewide each class make the playoffs. To me and others critical of that move there's too many teams that make the postseason. To support my criticism of that, 25 games across the classes in Upstate brackets were decided by 21 or more points. Showing the lack of competitiveness from the matchups due to having 32 teams in each class, statewide.
Here are the results from teams around the listening area.
5A Division 1
Boiling Springs dismantled Dorman 32-0
Mauldin was thumped at River Bluff 36-6
In game heard on our sibling station News/Talk 98.9 WORD Byrnes handled Lexington 32-11
5A Division 2
Eastside was decimated at Indian Land 34-7
Hillcrest downed Nation Ford 48-23
Woodmont dropped a heart breaker 38-35 at Catawba Ridge
Riverside outlasted Greenville in an offensive slugfest 47-38
Class 4A
#1 Westside destroyed Lakewood 55-0
Emerald fell at Flora 40-20
Camden thumped Pickens 43-17
Wren dropped Lancaster 41-20
South Pointe destroyed Blue Ridge 77-0
Greer edged Fountain Inn 28-21
Seneca dropped a nail biter at home 22-20 to Richland NE
Daniel dropped Dreher 45-14
3A
#1 seed Mountain View Prep thumped Carolina 42-0
Walhalla got a thrilling win at home over St. Joseph's 36-35. It marks the 1st playoff win for Walhalla since 1995.
Crescent bounced Union County with ease 45-18
Christ Church cruised by West Oak 42-2
Powdersville ran away from Broome 37-23
Woodruff edged Pendleton 28-21
Palmetto got by Chapman 29-15
#2 seed BHP hammered Southside Christian 63-20
2A
Clinton decimated Pelion 56-0
Chester had little trouble beating Strom Thurmond 44-23
Andrew Jackson came to Liberty and rang the bell of the Red Devils to the tune of 42-17
Chesnee edged Ninety Six 26-21
Pageland Central outlasted Landrum 36-26
1A
Perennial powerhouse Abbeville thrashed C.A. Johnson 48-0
McCormick was beaten handily at Blackville-Hilda 45-6
Lamar destroyed Whitmire 62-0
Dixie blew Wiiliston-Elko away 42-0
Lewisville smashed Calhoun Falls 66-0
Ware Shoals fell at Ridge Spring-Monetta 45-28
2nd round matchups (Dutch Fork, Mann, Spartanburg and Rock Hill all had 1st round byes)
5A Division 1
Boiling Springs at top seed Dutch Fork
Rock Hill hosts River Bluff
JL Mann will host Clover
Spartanburg hosts Byrnes (you can hear that game on the Fan Upstate Friday starting at 7PM)
5A Division 2 )(Northwestern, Greenwood, Hanna and Gaffney all had 2st round byes)
Northwestern Rock Hill hosts Indian Land
Hillcrest travels to Greenwood
T.L. Hanna hosts Catawba Ridge
Riverside is at Gaffney
4A
Westside hosts Flora
Wren hosts Camden
Greer is at South Pointe
Daniel hosts Richland NE
3A
#1 Mountain View Prep hosts Walhalla
Christ Church hosts Crescent
Powdersville hosts Woodruff
BHP hosts Palmetto
2A
Clinton hosts Chester
Chesnee at Fairfield Central
1A
Abbeville hosts Blackville-Hilda
Dixie is at Hunter-Kinard Tyler
The winners announce to the 3rd round of the Upstate bracket. Upper State Title Games are set for December 6th and the State Finals are set for December 13th.
