High School Football

Almost everyone in the state of South Carolina knew of the legendary John McKissick, but few knew him as well as Billy Baker, the editor and publisher of the High School Sports Report. Baker, a Summerville graduate, penned McKissick’s biography, “Called to Coach,” and developed a personal relationship with the nation’s winningest football coach over …

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South Carolina’s football coaching icon John McKissick died on Thanksgiving Day at the age of 93 at his home under hospice care the Dorchester County coroner told The Post and Courier. McKissick was the winningest football coach at any level. He took over at Summerville High School in 1952 and coached there until his retirement …

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One interesting note from the brackets that will raise some eyebrows…a winless Hemingway team is in the 1A Bracket as a three-seed and a home game against Scotts Branch. As explained by Jim Baxter of SCVarsity, Hemingway’s region has only three teams and gets three automatic bids to the playoffs. It lost a team when …

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The rosters for the Touchstone Energy Cooperatives Bowl have been released. The game will be held December 14th in Myrtle Beach at Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium. The teams will be coached by Spartanburg’s Chris Miller (North Team) and Johnsonville’s Ken Cribb (South Team). The 2019 Mr. Football South Carolina Award will also be announced at …

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The South Carolina Athletic Coaches Association in conjunction with the Touchstone Energy Cooperatives Bowl Wednesday night revealed the finalists for Mr. Football in South Carolina for 2019. A field of seven was announced by Keith Richardson of the SCACA on SportsTalk. The winner will be revealed during halftime of the Touchstone Energy Cooperatives Bowl December …

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The Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas announced the rosters for the 82nd annual game to be played December 21st at Wofford College. Luke Doty of Myrtle Beach, a USC commitment, and Mikele Colasurdo of Chapman, were the quarterbacks selected for the Sandlappers by head coach Dean Boyd. Other USC commitments chosen were DE Tonka Hemingway …

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The weather was much better for Week 1 of the high school football season compared to the storms that affected games in parts of the state for Week 0. Only one scheduled game was postponed. The Battery Creek-Beaufort game was not played after school authorities was alerted to a threat of possible violence at the …

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The weather was a major factor across the state of South Carolina on the opening Friday night of the season. Delays postponements and cancellations were the result of heavy rain and lightning. The marquise game of the night, Mallard Creek of Charlotte at Dutch Fork, was called with just under five minutes to play due …

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It’s the start of a new high school football season in South Carolina tonight and with it we bring back the Founders Federal High School Football Scoreboard on the SportsTalk Radio Network. We’ll cover the state from the coast to the mountains with all the scores, reports from the field and the best analysis from …

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