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First SC high school basketball top player rankings announced for 2026-27 season
The start of the high school basketball season is next week. The S.C. Basketball Coaches Association on Friday released its top players for the 2026-27 season. The girls and boys basketball players will take part in the SCBCA annual media day on Wednesday at Brookland-Cayce. The SCBCA annual preseason team rankings will be released Monday. The top players are listed by top seniors in each division, plus “elite boys” and “elite girls,” which are the top players regardless of classification. SCBCA Elite Boys RJ Davis, Ridge View; Colt Fowler, Byrnes; DJ Wylie, Ridge View; CJ Moore, Ridge View; Jaden Johnson, Dorman; Aaden Bruton-Smith, Dorman; Milton McCray, CA Johnson; Josh Leonard, Wilson SCBCA Elite Girls Ja’Nyia Cunningham, South Pointe; Khalia Hartwell, Westside; Kaleigh Lucas, South Pointe; Ashlyn Evans, Byrnes; Maddie Dates, Goose Creek; Alania Carter, Berkeley; Tiania Marshall, Westside; Lailah Singletary, Irmo; Ashley Walker, North Augusta; Delaney Caldwell, Landrum; Nay’Dia Shaw, Kingstree; Harmony Bostick, South Florence Class 5A Top 5 Senior Boys Samajae Govan, Dutch Fork; Sam Mills, Lexington; Jayden Rowe, Gray Collegiate; Jackson Terrell, West Ashley; Bryce Ward, James Island Class 5A Top 5 Senior Girls Aneya Britt, Gray Collegiate; Trinity Crumlin, Dutch Fork; Jameson Foley, Ashley Ridge; Makayla Moore,
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High school football playoff roundup
A playoff-opening loss has never happened in the Tom Knotts era at Dutch Fork. Despite talk about the team’s recent play and injury status of starting quarterback Jaxon Knotts, it was business as usual for the Silver Foxes Friday night at home. Led by a 337-yard rushing performance and...
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Assistant Principal at York Comprehensive High School is fired
YORK CO., S.C. – The assistant principal at York Comprehensive High School has been fired by the York School District One board. The decision comes after district leaders say Charles Drakeford had been placed on administrative leave amid an investigation into a personnel matter. The district says because it is a personnel matter, they cannot release any more details.
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HS football playoffs Week 2 schedule: Top games, injury questions for Dutch Fork
Dutch Fork football might start the postseason without one of its key players. Silver Foxes coach Tom Knotts said Wednesday that his son and senior quarterback Jaxon Knotts is “questionable” for Friday’s second-round Class 5A playoff game against Fort Mill. Jaxon Knotts suffered a thumb injury during the first half of the regular-season finale against White Knoll on Oct. 30. The senior has been rehabbing the injury multiple times a day to try and play in the game. Dutch Fork was off last week. Knotts, a two-year starter, is completing 71% of his passes for 2,102 yards and 29 total touchdowns this season. If Knotts can’t play, junior Jacob Brown would go in his absence. He has appeared in five games this season and is 16 of 23 for 131 yards. Dutch Fork and most of the other top teams in the area had first-round byes last week. The second round of the playoffs features many intriguing matchups. Here are some to keep an eye on Friday. Games to Watch (7) Fort Mill (9-2) at (2) Dutch Fork (9-0): First meeting between the two teams since 2013. Dutch Fork leads the all-time series, 6-4, including a 2-0 mark under Tom
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HS Playoffs Roundup: Dutch Fork wins big. Irmo, Ridge View, Mid-Carolina advance
Jaxon Knotts’ thumb was fine — and so was the Dutch Fork football team. The Silver Foxes (10-0) turned in a dominating performance Friday in defeating Fort Mill 42-14 in the second round of the Class 5A playoffs. Dutch Fork will host Byrnes in the third round next week. Dutch Fork (10-0) extended its home-playoff winning streak to 31 games and has won 10 games in a season for the 16th time in the last 17 years The talk leading up to the game was if Knotts, the Dutch Fork quarterback, was going to play in the game. The senior injured his right thumb in the regular-season finale on Oct. 30. Knotts stayed busy during the off week and didn’t practice again until Wednesday. Dutch Fork coach Tom Knotts, Jaxon’s father, said he even thought about going with backup QB Jacob Brown and not playing his son unless he was absolutely needed. But Jaxon pleaded with his dad to let him play. “I spent a lot of time in the training room and got all the swelling out, and it was just managing the pain,” Jaxon Knotts said. “That was something I could do. I just put a glove on
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Saluda begins what it hopes is a run to AA state title against Orangeburg-Wilkinson
Head coach Greg Woerner said Tigers are taking the journey one game at a time. Saluda – This has been a special season for the Saluda High School football team. The Tigers are 8-2 on the season, won the region title in a region that included the defending AA state champion, got the No. 2 seed in the lower state portion of the bracket in the state playoffs and the first-round bye that came with it.
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Aiken County basketball teams look ahead to new season at media day
AIKEN COUNTY, SC. (WRDW/WAGT) - With basketball season approaching, North Augusta High School hosted Aiken County Basketball Media Day, bringing together seven schools to look ahead to the 2026-27 campaign. Boys basketball. North Augusta enters the season after winning the first boys basketball state championship in program history and finishing...