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TABLE OF CONTENTS Greenwood . . . . . 3-4 Emerald . . . . . . 5-6 Abbeville . . . . . . 7-8 Ninety Six . . . . . 9-10 McCormick . . . .11-12 GCS . . . . . . . 13-14 Calhoun Falls . . .15-16 Dixie . . . . . . .17-18 Ware Shoals . . . 19-20 Saluda . . . . . . 21-22 Laurens . . . . . . . 23 Clinton . . . . . . . 24 Clemson . . . . . . 25 USC . . . . . . . . 26 State colleges . . . 27

CONTRIBUTORS David Roberts Writer/photographer Skylar Rolstad Writer/photographer Greg K. Deal Writer/photographer/ page designer

REACHING US Game results call-ins from coaches and statisticians: Phone: 943-2530 (7-10:30 p.m. daily) Fax: 223-7331 Email: sports@indexjournal.com SPORTS WRITER David Roberts Phone: 943-2530 Email: droberts@indexjournal.com Twitter: @IJDAVIDROBERTS SPORTS WRITER Skylar Rolstad Phone: 223-1814 Email: srolstad@indexjournal.com Twitter: @SKYROLSPORTS

ON THE COVER From left, Abbeville seniors Jake Hill, Malik Leach, JaBryan Sanders and Cortney Jackson are among the leaders on Abbeville’s football team.

Thursday, August 16, 2018

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“Come Together.” t’s more than one of The Beatles’ most popular songs.

Sure, when we started brainstorming in the middle of summer, Greg Deal — who does a bit of everything at the Index-Journal — floated the idea of recreating The Fab Four’s iconic “Abbey Road” album cover into “Abbeville Road” because it sounds so similar.

After all, Abbeville’s road to a state championship has ended in Columbia at Charlie W. Johnson Stadium the past three years.

But as our commu- DAVID nity witnesses daily ROBERTS skirmishes of senseless violence, and as polit- INDEX-JOURNAL SPORTS WRITER ical discourse in our country devolves into childish bickering, the theme becomes more of a plea.

Can’t we please all come together?

If anything can do it, perhaps it’s football. Maybe not professional football, where many of us remain divided on issues such as kneeling for the national anthem.

I’m talking about high school football, where the lessons learned on and off the field outweigh any wins or losses. Where entire communities descend upon a football stadium to cheer on a group of teenagers. Where some coaches sink hundreds of hours into a football team without a modicum of appreciation, simply because it’s their passion.

As Americans, remember there will always be more that unites us than divides us.

So let’s allow high school football to be a symbol of unity in a time of division. Please, let’s all come together.

Greenwood

“Get Back” (Let it Be, 1969) Greenwood is trying to get back to the state championship for the first time since 2012. The Eagles had a shot last year, led by a talented core of Dre Yarbough, Sam Pinckney and Von Ramsey, but ran into a brick wall in Dorman. This year senior Rhett Lindler gets his shot at quarterback, while Greenwood boasts loads of young talent on both sides of the ball.

Greenwood’s win against T.L. Hanna in the second round of the Class 5A playoffs was the highlight of the year, and this year when the two teams meet it will go a long way in deciding Region 1-5A, where the Eagles will face Easley, J.L. Mann, Laurens, Wade Hampton, Westside and Woodmont, along with the Yellow Jackets.

Emerald

“I’ll Be Back” (A Hard Day’s Night, 1964) “I’ll be back’” is almost certainly what Emerald’s sophomores and juniors said last year after losing to Chapman in the Class 3A Upper State championship game. And with how impressive the Vikings look this preseason, many people outside the program are saying Emerald will be back this year. It starts up front with Emerald, and that’s on both sides of the ball. Defensive end Luke Deal is committed to Auburn, Ben Ross is a four-year starter on the offensive line and Dre Butler might be the biggest player in the Lakelands.

Last year, head coach Tim McMahon passed Frank Hill as the winningest coach in school history and the Vikings won Region 2-3A. This year Emerald is in Region 3-3A, along with Clinton, Mid-Carolina, Newberry, Union County and Woodruff.

Greenwood Christian

“I’ve Got a Feeling” (Let it Be, 1969) I’ve got a feeling this will be Greenwood Christian’s most successful season since transitioning to11-man football in 2016. Talented senior running back Jack Alvarez is a threat to opposing defenses, and quarterback Gabe Stumbo is a returning starter. The Hawks improved to 5-5 last year, their highest win total as an 11-man team.

The numbers in Greenwood Christian’s football program are up, and third-year head coach Jolly Dolittle has the Hawks on the rise.

Ninety Six

“It Won’t be Long” (With The Beatles, 1963) It won’t be long before Ninety Six is able to compete for Region 2-2A supremacy. The Wildcats’ showing in the Greenwood Jamboree — though, yes, it was just a scrimmage — proves the Panthers are still the standard for the time being, but Ninety Six returns

ultra-talented quarterback Kentavius Williams behind a sturdy offensive line and what appears to be a stingy defense. Ninety Six head coach Andre Woolcock would tell you the team struggled by finishing 4-8 last year, even though Ninety Six exceeded reasonable expectations by reaching the second round of the Class 2A playoffs.

Williams is surrounded by DaQuan Carter at wide receiver, with Chance Hewett at running back and Josh Booker leading the defense.

in a game simply isn’t Vic Lollis’ style.

Chandler Smalley will get his touches, as will Dawson Glenn — when he’s not playing quarterback — Hikeem Lewis and Bryce Waters.

Calhoun Falls

“Help!”

(Help!, 1965) Calhoun Falls could use some help since the team is suiting up only 15 players this season. But what school the size of Calhoun Falls continually scrapes together more with less than Ware Shoals the Blue Flashes? Calhoun Falls’ need “We Can Work it Out” for help has less to do with talent and (Yesterday and Today, 1965) more to do with sheer numbers. The Ware Shoals head coach Mike Craigo Blue Flashes have always had the talent. admits the team’s numbers are down, Just imagine what Calhoun Falls could but he insists the team can work it out. do with 10 more players. Quarterback The team won two games last year Avant Harris will lead the offense, and and lost leading receiver Shon Lowe Quay Gray has the explosiveness to be to graduation. Jermarius Goodman a difference-maker for the Blue Flashes.

(6-foot-2, 210 pounds) is the team’s running back behind quarterback Ben McCormick Webb. The offense returns Evan Bridg“Do You Want to Know es at tight end and will feature Dana a Secret?”

Givens at fullback.

(Please Please Me, 1963) Mataeo Durant was really good.

Abbeville Do you want to know another secret?

“Every Little Thing” McCormick had more than one player (Beatles for Sale, 1964) on its team last year. Silas Cannady Every little thing you do is under a looks to fill the void at running back microscope when you’re a defending left by Durant, now a freshman at state champion. For Abbeville, that’s Duke. Cannady has shown the burst of been the case for the past three years, as speed needed to get outside and turn the Panthers are back-to-back-to-back the corner, something that makes him state champions after beating Bamhard to contain. Caderrious Parks is a berg-Ehrhardt last year in the Class 2A dual-threat quarterback on offense and title game. Each team has been led by a sound tackler on defense. The backa different quarterback. Joseph Battle to-back Region 1-1A champ will try to started at quarterback in 2015 before defend its title this year.

Jamie Gray took over in 2016 and Bryce Jackson became the team’s sigSaluda nal-caller in 2017. This year Abbeville “All Things Must Pass” is looking to go 4-for-4, with first-year (Anthology 3, 1969) starting quarterback J.D. Moore behind And so will Saluda this season under center. junior quarterback Noah Bell, who spent the summer camping at various Dixie colleges. Bell is a rare three-year starter “With a Little Help From who inherited the offense midway My Friends” through his freshman year with the (Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Tigers. Since then, he’s grown both Club Band, 1967) physically and mentally, throwing for On any other Class 1A roster, Dei2,146 yards last year and becoming a veon Donald might rack up 30 carries leader on Saluda’s offense. The Tigers a game. The rising senior is difficult are a bit thin on experience at wide reto bring to the ground on offense and ceiver, but expect Saluda to lean heavily delivers punishing blows on defense. on its passing game this season.

Sometimes it takes only one player at Follow staff writer David Roberts on the Class 1A level to make a difference.

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By DAVID ROBERTS droberts@indexjournal.com Greenwoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s defensive strength can be found up front, with its burly defensive linemen.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where the experience lies, too.

Braylon Ryan might be considered the rookie of the bunch, as heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s entering his second year in the program, but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only when compared to the likes of Kobe Alexander, LaQuavious Dean and DeOndre Kinard, all

three-year starters. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To say I feel more comfortable about one group over another, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know, but I feel pretty comfortable with them,â&#x20AC;?

Greenwood head coach Dan Pippin said of his defensive line.

Alexander, a junior who camped at South Carolina among others this summer, has started since he was a freshman, rotating in with Dean and Kinard, both seniors. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now, Kobe is a good football player, but also we were

Kobe had to play as a freshman.â&#x20AC;?

Senior wide receiver Sam Pinckney also played as a freshman, so perhaps itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no coincidence defensive line and wide receiver are two areas of the field Pippin feels good about.

Pinckney needs just 18 yards to become the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all-time leading receiver, and six touchdowns to capture Greenwoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s receiving touchdown record.

Both are held by Dvon Hill, 4-7,â&#x20AC;? Pippin said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nothing who amassed 1,953 receivagainst those kids we had, but ing yards and 25 touchdowns

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Head coach: Andre Woolcock (2nd year, 4-8) 2017 record: 4-8 Playoffs: Lost 28-14 to Saluda in the second round of the Class 2A playoffs.

2018 outlook: Ninety Six took a step forward in 2017 by making it past Christ Church in the first round of the Class 2A playoffs and playing Saluda tough in the second round. Senior Kentavius Williams will be a spark plug for the Wildcats on offense, while DaQuan Carter will stretch the field on offense and lead the linebackers on defense.

The early going looks promising for the Ninety Six Wildcats, but head coach Andre Woolcock is more interested in seeing how the team Thursday, August 17, 2017 can finish.

Woolcock enters his second year with Ninety Six after enduring a 4-8 season in 2017. In an up-and-down first year, he learned a lot.

“I learned how to finish,” Woolcock said. “Because that D first year, just being a new Greenwood’s defensive line participates in a drill during practice. guy and this team has a first year offensive coordinator, first-year defensive coordinator, first-year AD — a Hewett rushed for 35 yards lot of first-year coaches. We on five carries in the WCTEL learned a lot together, but Kickoff Classic in Abbeville, also one thing that we didn’t and Booker on aa 2-yard three-year starters.

Kobe had toscored play as fresh- during

By DAVID ROBERTS ABOUT THE TEAM do last year that we worked run. ”Later in the preseason, gles.

“To say I feel more comfort- Head coach: Dan Pippin man. droberts@indexjournal.com on this summer is just how 4 ■ Index-Journal, Greenwood, S.C. however, Ninety Six fared able about one group over anSenior wide receiver Sam Pinc 2016 Record: 9-3 to finish. And that starts with poorly inalso a 14-0 loss Ab- Divisio Greenwood’s defensive other, I don’t know, but I feel Pinckney played as atofreshthe head coach.” bevillesoinperhaps a jamboree at coinciGreen- by Flor strength can be found up front, pretty comfortable with them,” Key losses: Will Bettis, Index-Journal, man, it’sS.C. no Greenwood, ■ 3 Thursday, 17, 2017 Ninety August Six won a firstwood High School. with its burly defensive line- Greenwood head coach Dan Tim Ewing, Kemarion dence defensive line and wide “So y round playoff game 56-36 “We can that experience men.

Pippin said of his defensive Williams, Joe Hartung, receiver areuse two areas of the of playe against Christ Church, then rightPippin there feels to develop some ing (as That’s where the experience line. field good about.

Rayshawn Moss fell to Saluda in the next sort of hunger, andjust understand lies, too.

Alexander, a junior who Pinckney needs 18 yards here bu Key returners: Sam PHOTOS BY DAVID ROBERTS | INDEX-JOURNAL round. that you have arrived until said.

Braylon Ryan might be con- camped at South Carolina to become the not school’s all-time Ninety Six running back Braden Bolton takes a handoff during a jamboree game against Fox The team isgame hungry for snap during a jamboree against you knock off a and big-time prosidered the rookie of the bunch, among others this summer, has Pinckney, Dre Yarbough, Will leading receiver, six toucha better showing this year, Creek at J.W. Babb Stadium. gram, to and Abbeville’s a big- Eagles as he’s entering his second year started since he was a fresh- DeOndre Kinard, Von downs capture Greenwood’s Woolcock said. time program, ” Woolcock said reeling in the program, but that’s only man, rotating in with Dean and Ramsey receiving touchdown record.

“They got a taste of a after the when compared to the likes of Kinard, both seniors.

Both areloss. held by Dvon Hill, regular playoff win last year against Ninety Six will play receivin one had 43, Kobe Alexander, LaQuavious “Now, Kobe is a good foot- 4-7,” Pippin said. “Nothing who amassed 1,953 Christ Church and we fell of the toughest in the See GR Dean and DeOndre Kinard, all ball player, but also we were against those kids we had, but ing yards and 25regions touchdowns state. Region 2-2A pits Ninety short against Saluda, and Six against Abbeville, Saluda, that hurt,” Woolcock said. “It wasn’t just the fact that we GREG K. DEAL | INDEX-JOURNAL Fox Creek, Batesburg-Leesbut I tles in baseball, so he comes out mornings.” seems to have the makings of a TEAM ville and Silver Bluff. lost aABOUT game —THE it hurt a lot of Ninety Six’s Josh Booker runs the ball against Newberry during the WCTEL Kickoff Classic in Abbeville. he said. Head coach: Andre here with the mindset of, ‘Let’s Keller will be joined at line- No. 1 wide receiver, and junior Woolcock and the Ninety our kids.

And we definitely hem is go win. Losing is not an option.’” backer by Kentavius Williams, Rytavis Brown has received the Woolcock Six program are hungry. The feel we can go further than fensive back.

Alongside Williams are lines will be an important part game-planning, honestly. ” oached.

Fairey’s move to quarterback though Ninety Six’s opponent bulk of the carries in Ninety second-year coaching staff the second round this year if Williams returned an inskilled wide receivers, such as of realizing the potential.

Woolcock said he thinks his 2016 record: 2-9 e them frees up last year’s quarterback will dictate how often Williams Six’s jamborees. feels poised to put it all togethwe stay healthy.” terception for a touchdown DaQuan Carter, and a strong “If the team’s really good at group of running backs could just on Key losses: Saquon GarEvan Keller. plays linebacker.

Woolcock said he’s excited er this season.

Kentavius Williams returns during Ninety Six’s 19-8 win offensive line. stopping the run, we can put it prove they’re the best in the finitely ner, Tay Hentz Keller dishes devastating Woolcock said Williams will about the season, and the com“Our biggest strength right quarterback this season. tackles, against and Newberry in 220 the playNinety Sixthe mayfield, haveincludthe tal- munity up in the air,”expect Woolcock said. area, too. Ninety Six will bring they’ve as at 6-foot-2, all over should a better Key returners: Kentavius someone be the team’s signal caller Byto DAVID ROBERTS WCTELwill Kickoff Classic this ing ent put together a successful “And ifthan a team’s really goodelse in would back Chance Hewett, Tae now is program hunger,” d what Williams is a threat all over pounds be a force at linecornerback, safety, outside product 2-9. this year? droberts@indexjournal.com Williams, Fairey, he month. He also threw a touch- season the field forChad the Wildcats; in 2018.

Woolcock said the secondary, we kids can run the Brown and Josh Booker in the Woolcock said. “These kids er. backer. linebacker, receiver and run“We’ve got these flying “Never, ” Pippin said.

Bennie are hungry right now.” up Williams, on defenseEvan as a de- down the team’s work onpersonnel the side- around ball so (it comes down to) just backfield. uys on lines “He’spass. put in a lot of work, ning back, using to the ball, making Five games into the 2016 season, Yarbough Don’t call it a rebound. e lot of Keller he’s gotten stronger, he’s gotten matchups to determine where plays and building their confiThat’s not the term Greenwood head coach was suspended for the rest of the year, a move no fear faster and has become more of Williams plays. dence,” Woolcock said. that prompted Roshun Jackson to move back Dan Pippin would elect to use. guys we’ve got out here are a locker room leader,” WoolWilliams did it all last sea“I’m going to build on what I Even after quarterback Dre Yarbough was to quarterback. Jackson had spent the offseason seniors good football players. They’re cock said. son, compiling more than 100 said at the beginning of the sea- to wide receiver, but led the team suspended through the a transitioning ation is excited for the opportunity “As far as he goes, I’m hoping yards rushing,halfway receiving and the son –season, this is not 2-9 football to a second-round playoff loss to Boiling Springs 1 Kentavius Williams SR QB/DB team stillaskept him close. His team.” e Wild- to compete,” Woolcock said. and praying to God that some returning a sophomore.

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Fairey who hadn’t played foot- I know he can play at the next and he averaged yards per that’s 6 Drew Hinton FR WR/DB Wildcats fell to Saluda in the srolstad@indexjournal.com ing opposing defenses, rushing for 276 yards got to look at your team, or you should.

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McCormick may have lost last seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s star, but the Chiefsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; offense will remain speedy and dynamic in the 2018 season.

The Chiefs will depend on running back Silas Cannady and quarterback Caderrious Parks to make big plays on offense. â&#x20AC;&#x153;(Cannady) was groomed with the Wing-T (offense,)â&#x20AC;?

McCormick coach Paul Pratt said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good in-space guy, he can catch. And he can run the ball one on one. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be a good player this year.

In a jamboree win against Ware Shoals at Greenwood High School, Cannady broke off a 41-yard running play and scored a 35-yard touchdown. Parks scored on a 3-yard touchdown and broke off a 29-yard run. practice.

McCormick won Region 1-1A last year thanks to an impressive year from running back Mataeo Durant. Durant rushed for 1,673 yards last season and scored 20 touchdowns.

He also ABOUT THErecorded TEAM 87 omfort- tackles on defense.

Head coach: Dan Pippin ver anThe Record: Chiefs will 2016 9-3 continue t I feel with a run-heavy offense this Key losses: Will Bettis, them,â&#x20AC;? season.

In addition to CanTim Ewing, Kemarion h Dan nady and Parks, McCormick fensive will Williams, Joe Hartung, hand the ball off to fullRayshawn Moss back Zi Holloway. Holloway r who Key returners: Sam arolina ran for 100 yards and a touchdown in theDre Region 1-1A jamYarbough, mer, has Pinckney, boree. fresh- DeOndre Kinard, Von As Pratt heads into his secean and Ramsey ond year at the helm of Mcheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s becoming more d foot- Cormick, 4-7,â&#x20AC;? Pippin said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nothing e were knowledgeable against those kids about we had, the but Chiefsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; offense. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The thing is, that Wing-T offense â&#x20AC;&#x201D; I got with some coaches and they taught me some dos and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ts,â&#x20AC;? Pratt said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to stay with our offense. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to work with our offensive linemen to stay on blocks, hat on

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three-year starters.

“To say I feel more comfortable about one group over another, I don’t know, but I feel pretty comfortable with them,” Greenwood head coach Dan Pippin said of his defensive line.

Alexander, a junior who camped at South Carolina among others this summer, has started since he was a freshman, rotating in with Dean and Kinard, both seniors.

“Now, Kobe is a good football player, but also we were

Kobe had to play as a freshman.”

Senior wide receiver Sam Pinckney also played as a freshman, so perhaps it’s no coincidence defensive line and wide receiver are two areas of the field Pippin feels good about.

Pinckney needs just 18 yards to become the school’s all-time leading receiver, and six touchdowns to capture Greenwood’s receiving touchdown record.

Both are held by Dvon Hill, 4-7,” Pippin said. “Nothing who amassed 1,953 receivagainst those kids we had, but ing yards and 25 touchdowns

ABOUT THE TEAM Head coach: Dan Pippin 2016 Record: 9-3 Key losses: Will Bettis, Tim Ewing, Kemarion Williams, Joe Hartung, Rayshawn Moss Key returners: Sam Pinckney, Dre Yarbough, DeOndre Kinard, Von Ramsey

GREENWOOD Hawks CHRISTIAN SCHOOL Greenwood’s defensive strength can be found up front, with its burly defensive linemen.

That’s where the experience lies, too.

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That’s not the term Greenwood head coach Dan Pippin would elect to use.

Even after quarterback Dre Yarbough was suspended halfway through the season, the team still kept him close.

“He was still Dre to us – like one of our kids,” Pippin said. “As a coach I think that’s how you’ve got to look at your team, or you should. You’re never going to give up on one of your kids, so we never let him out of the program.”

Yarbough’s absence might have thrown a wrench in the plan, but did Pippin ever think

someone else would be the team’s signal caller this year?

“Never,” Pippin said.

Five games into the 2016 season, Yarbough was suspended for the rest of the year, a move that prompted Roshun Jackson to move back to quarterback. Jackson had spent the offseason transitioning to wide receiver, but led the team to a second-round playoff loss to Boiling Springs at the quarterback position.

Yarbough spent the first five games tormenting opposing defenses, rushing for 276 yards and three touchdowns against Emerald, 190 yards and two scores against Midland Valley, 188 yards and a score against Aiken, 120 yards Greenwood quarterback Dre Yarbough High School.

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Through Greenwood Christian’s first two seasons playing 11-man football, its greatest hurdle hasn’t been any particular team but rather the amount of players on its team.

“I tell them all the time: I don’t care how many kids get in the boat, you just better grab a paddle,” Doolittle said. “Just to be out here, just to get a uniform and be a sandwich-eater, I want guys that will come out here and work and buy in.”

These days, Doolittle has a few more kids in his boat.

Greenwood Christian’s roster has steadily grown over the last three seasons and now boasts nearly 30 players, a far cry from the school’s days as an 8-man program.

“You’ve got to give them reasons to believe,” Doolittle said. “They’ve got to have a little bit of blind faith. They’ve got to trust you, but there has to be evidence that this is going to work.”

So far, the evidence is there.

Greenwood Christian reached the playoffs two years ago in its first season playing 11-man football. Last year the Hawks bumped their record to 5-5 and managed to beat Ware Shoals by two scores in one game, the program’s first regular season win against a public high school.

Greenwood Christian lost four of six games at the end of last season, but even in the losses, Doolittle saw the progression.

“Even when the outcomes were not the way that we liked, they could see what we were doing were good things, that if we keep getting better at these things, we’ll be tough to beat,” Doolittle said.

Greenwood Christian is led by a core group of seniors, which made the transition from 8-man football to 11man football following their freshman year.

Offensive linemen Cameron Butler, Jake McAllister, Sawyer Sorrow and Garrett Wiley are now seniors and started for the Hawks as freshmen.

Senior running back Jack Alvarez will remain a threat for opposing defenses, while senior Ethan Swain figures to complement Alvarez in the ground game after emerging as the team’s top wide receiver last year.

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“If you run an odd defense — if you run a 30 or 50 defense — you better have a good nose guard. (Johns) played really well in that scrimmage,” Doolittle said. “We’ve had years in this defense where our leading tackler was a nose guard. When that happens, it just opens up so many things. I’m really expecting a good year out of him. I

think we’ve got all the pieces, but we’ve just got to be able to execute them.”

Greenwood Christian has had all the pieces before, but playing with a limited roster restricts what teams are able to do in games as well as practices.

For example, if the Hawks had fewer than 22 players, it meant they couldn’t simulate 11-on-11 football in practice.

“We’ll never use this as an excuse, but after you’ve been on the field for

100 plays you’re losing legs. Defensively, tackles aren’t as good and stuff like that,” Doolittle said. “I think we’ve always had the pieces. It’s just being able to get good looks in practice, being able to keep legs fresh and stuff like that.”

Doolittle is hoping those reps in practice translate to a more staunch defense this season.

Greenwood Christian will host Calhoun Falls on Aug. 17 to open the season.

Quick facts Head coach: Jolly Doolittle (3rd year, 9-12) 2017 record: 5-5 Playoffs: Did not reach playoffs 2018 outlook: Greenwood Christian will return all but one player from last year’s team. Senior Jack Alvarez figures to be a force at running back while guiding the team’s defensive backfield, along with Ethan Swain and Carter Johns.

Alvarez continues to grow along with GCS program resolved to build when he arrived at the school in 2016.

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Blankets cover the windows in Calhoun Falls’ coaches office and team meeting room.

The room is lined with chairs in front of a messy whiteboard, and the blankets provide a cool Thursday, August 17, 2017 refuge from a scorching summer day. The office, next to the team’s locker room, is a short walk from the football field.

Other than the football field, it’s the most important place where the Blue Flashes’ new coach Chris Watts will try to turn things around at Calhoun Falls Charter School.

The Blue Flashes’ previous win-loss records are listed in blue marker. To the right, halferased plays are diagrammed.

In the top right, Watts has written in black: ‘INVEST.’ “I listed the last three years, the records and the games and the amount we got beat by, I put all three of them, and I said, ‘This is who we are, and this is what people think of us.’ I told them I’m going to get so sick and tired of being scheduled for homecomings and senior night and all that,” Watts said.

“The point is, we don’t want that to be the truth. I just keep bringing them to the reality of, this is the perception of our program. And saying, ‘But you’re so much better than what this is.’”

Calhoun Falls approaches DAVID ROBERTS | INDEX-JOURNAL next season in Region 1-1A with only 15 players. Watts Calhoun Falls junior Armarrea Tillman tackles Dixie senior Alex McAllister Aug. 3 during a game at the WCTEL Kickoff Classic is the school’s third coach in at Hite Stadium in Abbeville. three years, and Calhoun Falls “It isn’t about ourselves any- running back Glen Moon. mental barrier of, ‘This isn’t hasn’t made the playoffs since program. Watts said communicating with players has been more. It’s like, everybody’s inWhen Watts first arrived at really that heavy.’ He’s gone 2012.

Watts is intent on turning difficult over the summer, with volved,” Harris said. “Coach Calhoun Falls, he found de- that much because he’s that school not in session. He comes (Watts), he does everything he fensive tackle Tyrek DuBose strong.” things around.

Watts previously worked at “We don’t have excuses in into the program employing all can for us. If a player doesn’t in the weight room squatting Calhoun Falls anymore,” Watts of the same long-time Calhoun have a ride, he comes to get 135 pounds. After a couple a church in Greenwood. He us. If we need food, he gets it months of better focus in the also coached basketball and said. “We don’t use excuses. It’s Falls assistant coaches.

Junior Avant Harris will play for us. Anything we need, he’s weight room, DuBose has cross country at Ninety Six, not, ‘Come on; but coach.’ Not and helped coach the football anymore. We don’t use excus- quarterback for the Blue Flash- got our back. He’s like a dad made changes. es. Watts said Harris has em- for us.”

“Now he’s actually squat- team. Watts said his dream es.” braced hisAve. role as the leader of Other key players for Cal- ting 315 in just two months of has always been to work with The team has already made 808 Montague the team. houn Falls include wide re- being able to be challenged,” young people, either in a some progress since Watts Greenwood Harris is glad to have Watts ceiver and safety Kobe Bry- Watts said. “And to realize that church or school setting. took over during the summer 229-3600 after Sherwan Bunch left thewww.mmtireco.com as the team’s new coach. ant, center Bryson Ashley and you have to break through that “Yeah, we want to win foot-

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ball games, but I think football correlates straight into life,” Watts said. “And so we teach life skills just as much as we teach football skills. So I’m super excited about it. I’m excited for the challenge and I’m excited for the opportunity.”

Watts lined up against Calhoun Falls in high school, when he played split end and center for the Ninety Six Wildcats, who won a state title in 2001 — Watts’ freshman year.

Calhoun Falls defensive coordinator Dexter Baylor played against Watts in his high school days. In Watts’ senior year, Baylor and the Blue Flashes handed Ninety Six its only regular season loss.

Watts respects the power Calhoun Falls once had on the gridiron, and wants to restore it.

“The history of Calhoun Falls is basically being, ‘We ain’t gonna take no crap, and we’re going to punch you in the mouth,’ and that’s what I’m trying to bring back to the program,” Watts said. “That’s the way I think the game should be played. It’s fast, hard, physical, with a mean streak.”

As he starts his first season as a head football coach, Watts is under no illusion of the task that lies ahead. A culture change at Calhoun Falls won’t be easy.

“At the end of the season, we are not going to grade ourselves on our win and loss record,” Watts said. “I want to win games, that is the goal, but we’re going to grade ourselves on how we overcame. Did we give up or were we willing to fight?”

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The Ware Shoals offense had four drives against Dixie in the Region 1-1A Jamboree last week, each one beginning at its own 30 yard line.

In an effort to avoid unnecessary injuries during, many jamborees have rules in place that require referees to blow the play dead as soon as the return man fields the ball, no matter where the player is on the field.

It wouldn’t have mattered.

Bradley Nickles sent kickoff after kickoff into the late-afternoon sky and bouncing end-over-end into the end zone for a touchback, sending the Ware Shoals defenders scrambling to corral the ball.

“The kid’s got a leg. He’s a heck of a soccer player,” Lollis said. “Since his injury he’s come back and he’s a lot bigger, he’s a lot stronger and he can really boot it. That makes a big difference in 1A ball, having good kickers. So it’s huge for me, and I’m glad to have him back.”

Kickers.

You’d be hard-pressed to find a Class 1A team with a kicker as talented as Nickles.

Dixie has two.

It’s common to see schools Dixie’s size try for a two-point conversion rather than attempt to kick the point after touchdown. Dixie doesn’t have that problem. Instead, the Hornets have Nickles for kickoffs and long-range field goals, and Jenkins Peeler for PATs and short-range field goals.

“There’s really not much to it,” Nickles admitted. “I kick the long ones and he kicks the short ones.”

Nickles is a rising senior and Peeler will be a junior this year. Both players spend their spring semesters on Dixie’s boys soccer team, which has built itself into an annual Class 1A contender.

Nickles was named to the South Carolina Soccer Coaches All-State team and scored his 100th career goal last season.

This spring he’s handling kickoff duties and field goals, as well as taking snaps at quarterback after missing last year with a knee injury.

Dawson Glenn is also splitting time at quarterback, and actually was on the receiving end of a touchdown pass from Nickles during the Hornets’ game against Ware Shoals.

Of course, once Glenn crossed into the end zone, Peeler trotted onto the field to knock in the extra point.

Field position and ball control are critical in gaining the advantage when running the Wing-T offense as Dixie does.

And with Nickles able to drill the opponent deep on kickoffs and Peeler trusty enough to convert when the team needs 3 points, Dixie has a leg up on opposing teams.

Lollis sees it as problem the Hornets are fortunate to have.

“They’ll go out there during the weekends and kick. They work at it and that’s good,” Lollis said. “It’s a good problem to have.”

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Head coach: Vic Lollis (3rd year, 15-9) 2017 record: 8-4 Playoffs: Lost 18-3 to Williston-Elko in second round of the Class 1A playoffs 2018 outlook: Dixie should contend for the Region 1-1A title yet again. The Hornets return starters at several key positions but must replace four-year starting quarterback Laython McLean and tight end Bryson Glenn, a North/South selection last year.

Dixie’s team motto two years ago read “will over skill,” but it resonates just the same in 2018.

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By DAVID ROBERTS droberts@indexjournal.com Last year couldn’t have started much worse for Ware Shoals.

The Hornets opened the 2017 season with a 48-0 blowout loss to Region 1-1A rival Dixie, then dropped their next two gamesAugust to Southside Thursday, 17, 2017Christian and St. Joseph’s by a combined score of 70-8.

Dixie ended up winning eight games before losing in the second round of the playoffs.

Southside Christian reached 10 wins before bowing out in the second round of the Class 2A playoffs, and St. Joseph’s was also a playoff team in Class 2A, though the Knights ran into a buzzsaw in Abbeville in the first round.

Ware Shoals head coach Mike Craigo understands the importance of challenging his team with a rigorous out-ofregion schedule, but he also realizes it’s easy for a team to lose confidence if it is playing teams with twice as many players each week.

That’s one reason why the Hornets replaced Southside Christian on their schedule with Oakbrook Prep, which finished 1-9 a year ago. And instead of St. Joseph’s, the Hornets will face Camden Military (1-8 in 2017) and the Greenwood Raptors, a team for home-schooled kids and others, all while retaining Great Falls, one of two wins for Ware Shoals last season.

“Our schedule is easier for us this year. It’s a lot better. So I think that, culminated with a new beginning and that kind of thing, I think they’re excited about it and they have some confidence,” Craigo said.

“Again, with everything, when you’re winning it’s a lot easier to keep that confidence. If you get on a losing streak, you’ve got to find a way to reel them back and keep them focused.

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Rising senior Ben Webb will run the offense at quarterback after a mix of J.D. Holbrooks and Jermarius Goodman manned the position last year.

“Right now, he’s still our guy,” Craigo said. “He’s a senior leader, athletic kid who throws the ball really well, smart. So he’s doing a really good job for us right now.”

Webb played quarterback as a freshman and sophomore and filled in toward the end of the season. He’s comfortable as the team’s signal-caller despite playing wide receiver last year.

“If I could choose, I’d like to run out of the pocket and make some guys miss and try to run up the field,” Webb said. “But I don’t really feel uncomfortable about any part of it.”

Goodman will start at running back on offense, and on defense he’ll play outside linebacker and “maybe his put his hand down at defensive end and move him around a little bit,” Craigo said.

Goodman has been the offense’s biggest threat in the Hornets’ preseason jamborees, delivering punishing blows to tacklers inside the tackles,

while showing off his speed and agility outside the tackles.

Tight end Evan Bridges figures to be one of Webb’s top targets in the passing game, which will be without top wide receiver Shon Lowe this season.

Christian Walker, a fouryear starter, is a menace on the defensive line and also plays offensive line. Through the team’s preseason slate, Walker has proven difficult to block for opposing offensive lines.

Craigo said Keaton Weaver was projected to be one of the defense’s leaders at linebacker,

but suffered an injury during a preseason game, which is something the Hornets cannot afford in a year where numbers are down.

“He got banged up in our jamboree at Landrum, so we’re still waiting to see what his MRI says about him – not real sure,” Craigo said. “If he comes back, he’s definitely a big leader for us.”

Despite winning just five games in the last two years, Webb said he’s confident the team will finish better than last year’s 2-8 record.

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“To say I feel more comfortable about one group over another, I don’t know, but I feel pretty comfortable with them,” Greenwood head coach Dan Pippin said of his defensive line.

Alexander, a junior who camped at South Carolina among others this summer, has started since he was a freshman, rotating in with Dean and Kinard, both seniors.

“Now, Kobe is a good football player, but also we were

By DAVID ROBERTS droberts@indexjournal.com Greenwood’s defensive strength can be found up front, with its burly defensive linemen.

That’s where the experience lies, too.

Braylon Ryan might be considered the rookie of the bunch, as he’s entering his second year in the program, but that’s only when compared to the likes of Kobe Alexander, LaQuavious Dean and DeOndre Kinard, all

Kobe had to play as a freshman.”

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Pinckney needs just 18 yards to become the school’s all-time leading receiver, and six touchdowns to capture Greenwood’s receiving touchdown record.

Both are held by Dvon Hill, 4-7,” Pippin said. “Nothing who amassed 1,953 receivagainst those kids we had, but ing yards and 25 touchdowns

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Noah Bell doesn’t have a go-to receiver this season.

There’s no 6-foot-something wide receiver with a pair of strong hands opposing defenses must plan around.

Instead, Saluda’s third-year starting quarterback will have about eight solid receivers at his disposal this season. Mix Saluda’s young depth with its up-tempo offense, and Bell likes what he has.

“It helps us since we’ve got a bunch of new people — we’ve got a bunch of smart guys, too,” Bell said. “If we move fast, we can get the defense on their heels, spread it around and have them chase us around the field.”

C.J. Bosket is one of a handful of seniors expected to make an impact at the wide receiver position. Raquan Hartley and O’syrus Springs are also seniors, while Keenan Brooks, Trey Bryant, Zaye Bryant, Cade Gentry and Dallan Wright are juniors.

“We have a lot of depth, but a lot of unproven depth, and that’s the key,” Saluda head coach Stewart Young said.

“We’ve got to prove that we can play big-time varsity football. I know athletically they can, but can they when the lights turn on make those plays?”

Kentavious Burton and Jeremiah Stevens will rotate in at running back, while the offensive line will feature brothers Jaden and Kadius Coleman.

Linebackers Bubba Robinson and Cole Gentry will anchor the defense, while Springs will help guide the defensive secondary, along with Bosket.

Bosket, who is verbally committed to Limestone, is one of two Saluda players who committed in June, joining Hartley, who is set to play at Middle Tennessee.

Hartley has been out since before spring practice after breaking his ankle while playing basketball.

“We need to get him back sooner than later, but I’m not sure when that’s going to be,” Young said.

In many ways, Bell is the player opposing defenses must stop to derail the Saluda offense. Bell completed 117 of 198 passes for 1,531 yards as a sophomore in the regular season, chipping in 13 touchdowns and just five interceptions. Bell was also second on the team with 376 rushing yards on 71 carries

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Saluda quarterback Noah Bell tucks the ball and runs earlier this year during practice at Saluda High School. with 12 touchdowns.

Bell said he went to about six camps this summer and was focused on improving his footwork and pocket presence. Also on the list is pre-snap reads.

“He’s learning how to read pre-snap adjustments and knowing more of what’s going on with the defense, rather than just calling a play and throwing to a primary receiver,” Young said. “He kind of understands, ‘Well, that primary receiver isn’t going to be open. Already I can tell that.’ Hopefully he continues to grow in that, because we’ve

Saluda will transition back to Region 2-2A, where the Tigers will face AbHead coach: Stewart Young (5th year, 36-15) beville, Batesburg-Leesville, Fox Creek, 2017 record: 12-2 Ninety Six and Silver Bluff.

Playoffs: Lost 20-15 to Abbeville in the Class 2A Upper State championship The change in region will assuredly game be a step up in competition from last 2018 outlook: Saluda has won at least 10 games in each of the past three year, when Saluda outscored its Region seasons. The Tigers were reclassified back to Region 2-2A, with Abbeville, 3-2A opponents 203-42 on its way to a Batesburg-Leesville, Fox Creek, Ninety Six and Silver Bluff. Saluda is led by second straight region title. rising junior Noah Bell at quarterback, who figures to lead the Tigers’ high-fly“I don’t like getting taken out after ing offense in 2018. halftime,” Bell said with a laugh. “I think the competition is going to be got to score some points this year. year. We’re going to have to outscore a lot better, and I think that’s going to help us in the playoffs, too.”

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“To say I feel more comfortable about one group over another, I don’t know, but I feel pretty comfortable with them,” Greenwood head coach Dan Pippin said of his defensive line.

Alexander, a junior who camped at South Carolina among others this summer, has started since he was a freshman, rotating in with Dean and Kinard, both seniors.

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Clinton Eagles Red Devils Greenwood’s defensive strength can be found up front, with its burly defensive linemen.

That’s where the experience lies, too.

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Even after quarterback Dre Yarbough was suspended halfway through the season, the team still kept him close.

“He was still Dre to us – like one of our kids,” Pippin said. “As a coach I think that’s how you’ve got to look at your team, or you should. You’re never going to give up on one of your kids, so we never let him out of the program.”

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Clemson quarterback Kelly Bryant is sacked by Alabama defensive lineman Da’Shawn Hand in the second half of the Sugar Bowl Jan. 1 in New Orleans. Clemson’s disappointing loss in the College Football Playoff to Alabama last year is never far from players’ minds as they prepare for the upcoming season.

Clemson experienced and motivated to get back to the title game Associated Press CLEMSON — Most seasons, Clemson coach Dabo Swinney feels excited about his Tigers’ chances. He’s got more reasons than ever with his latest group.

Clemson opened practice this month with 57 juniors or seniors, the most Swinney has ever had. They include four potential first-round NFL draft picks on the defensive line in tackles Christian Wilkins and Dexter Lawrence and ends Clelin Ferrell and Austin Bryant.

Quarterback Kelly Bryant, a senior, is back after leading Clemson to its third straight Atlantic Coast Conference championship last year and another spot in the College Football Playoff. There are seniors starting at linebacker and three juniors leading the secondary. All five offensive linemen are upperclassmen.

In all, 17 of the 22 starters on the depth chart heading into fall camp are juniors or older.

“A very veteran group,” Swinney said. “They’re focused. This is not a nonchalant, casual group. This is a very locked-in group that I really believe knows exactly what they want.”

Their mission seems clear, particularly after the disappointing conclusion to last year — a 24-6 loss to eventual champion Alabama in the national semifinals. The goal to improve on that showing has motivated the Tigers throughout the offseason and into fall camp.

“That’s where we’re at,” linebacker Kendall Joseph said. “ACC (title), bowl game and national championship. That’s the goal. Nothing short of that.”

Swinney is grateful for his team’s experience, yet says even his oldest players must prepare to work each day at practice if they expect success when the season begins.

“We’ve got to go out and earn it on the field every day,” he said.

Clemson’s done a strong job of that throughout the past few seasons. The

Schedule Sept. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Furman Sept. 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Texas A&M Sept. 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ga. Southern Sept. 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Georgia Tech Sept. 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Syracuse Oct. 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Wake Forest Oct. 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NC State Oct. 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Florida State Nov. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Louisville Nov. 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Boston College Nov. 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Duke Nov. 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Carolina

Tigers went 40-4 the previous three years, which included going 14-1 and topping the Crimson Tide for the national title after the 2016 season.

Clemson figured to have several more question marks heading into the season since much of its starting defensive line had NFL decisions to make last January.

In Swinney’s first win of the season, all three starters (Wilkins, Ferrell and Bryant) who could have left returned for another go-round in college.

It was a spirited group that hit the field for workouts one Friday evening,

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with much of the attention focused on the quarterbacks. Bryant led the way for the offense with five-star freshman Trevor Lawrence right behind at No. 2 on the depth chart.

Lawrence, a 6-foot-5 passer whose flowing blond hair poked through his helmet, was the country’s top quarterback prospect after breaking the Georgia state passing marks with 13,908 yards and 161 TDs — records that were previously held by Clemson national championship hero Deshaun Watson.

Lawrence moved easily through drills and showed off his power arm with tight spirals and long passes into the receivers’ chests.

Swinney has said Bryant enters camp as the starter, but like everyone else, he must perform strongly to keep his spot.

Receiver Hunter Renfrow believes Clemson can succeed no matter who the starting quarterback is. Both Bryant and Lawrence have abilities that could help the Tigers this season.

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“There’s a lot of excitement,” Renfrow said. “We’re just anxious to get the season going.”

Swinney, the former Alabama walk-on receiver, spent much of the early part of practice with the Tigers’ receivers. The coach demonstrated getting off the line quickly and efficiently, and how to make an explosive juke to move past defensive backs. “It’s the best move in football,” Swinney shouted to the group he led.

Swinney said his veterans are assets that will serve the Tigers well. They understand and can spread the program’s culture and values to younger players still trying to find their way.

“They have a lot of knowledge, and it’s fun to sit in that room,” Swinney said.

“They know what we need to do, they know what it takes, they’re committed to that. So it really, really helps in the locker room, in the dining hall, on the bus, on the practice field, in the meeting room, whatever, with your message.”

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South Carolina coach Will Muschamp leads the Gamecocks during football practice Aug. 7 in Columbia.

USC coach hoping to avoid year-three letdown Associated Press COLUMBIA — For South Carolina coach Will Muschamp, it’s time to prove it all again.

No more does he want to talk about the Gamecocks’ turnaround 9-4 season a year ago — their most wins since going 11-2 in 2013 — or how strong the team looked in rallying past Michigan in the second half to win the Outback Bowl last January.

“We understand we’ve got to have a buy-in from this football team, understand it’s going to be a difficult, physical camp, a violent camp and that’s what you’ve got to do to be successful,” Muschamp, the third-year coach, said.

Muschamp knows too well the land mines that can show up in year three. He was coming off an 11-2 season at Florida, his only other head-coaching stop, in 2012 with sky-high expectations. Instead, the

Gators stumbled to a 4-8 mark the following year. Muschamp was let go before the end of 2014.

Muschamp has reminded his players ever since not to sit still or be satisfied with their burst of respectability last fall.

“It was a good season, but everyone wanted more,” said linebacker T.J. Brunson, South Carolina’s leading returning tackler. “I feel like you don’t want more, you’re wasting your time.”

There was little time wasted once the Gamecocks held their first practice.

The season begins Sept. 1 at home against in-state opponent Coastal Carolina. The Southeastern Conference season opens the following week against league champion and national runner up Georgia.

Receiver Bryan Edwards, who led the team with 64 catches for 793 yards and five touchdowns, said last year’s wins were nice and provid-

Schedule Sept. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . Coastal Carolina Sept. 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . Georgia Sept. 15 . . . . . . . . . . . Marshall Sept. 22 . . . . . . . . . . . at Vanderbilt Sept. 29 . . . . . . . . . . . at Kentucky Oct. 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . Missouri Oct. 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . Texas A&M Oct. 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . Bye week Oct. 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . Tennessee Nov. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . at Ole Miss Nov. 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . at Florida Nov. 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . UT-Chattanooga Nov. 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . At Clemson

ed the Gamecocks a springboard to off-season workouts.

“We get a taste of that success, but we haven’t had any real success yet,” he said. “It makes us go harder. It makes us more hungry.”

Muschamp said the focus on this year began at year’s start when Gamecocks and their fans were still giddy about coming from 19-3 down in the final 20 minutes to defeat the Wolverines 26-19.

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Muschamp sees the steps forward that have occurred the first two years.

He also knows those who dwell on history often get stuck in it.

So he wants players engaged and concentrating only on practice and improving, day by day and play by play.

“Those are all things to me that good teams have,” Muschamp said.

“Good teams understand how to compete, how to practice the right way. All those things to me are important to the kind of team you want to have.”

It’s almost like the players can hear Muschamp’s voice in their heads whenever they want to gloat about last year, laughs Edwards. The message, while pervasive, has sunk in.

“We hear it every day. And when you think about it, we haven’t really done anything. What’s nine wins.

Our team goals are to win the (SEC) East, win the state (over Clemson) and compete for a national champi-

onship,” Edwards said. “That’s what we want to do.”

Muschamp took his own steps to ensure a different outcome in his third season at South Carolina than at Florida. He let go of offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Kurt Roper before the bowl game and elevated receivers coach Bryan McClendon to lead a faster, more dynamic attack.

Muschamp also hired respected quarterbacks coach Dan Werner , who helped run the Ole Miss offense from 2012-16 and spent last season as an analyst for Alabama coach Nick Saban.

“We’ve made progress,” Muschamp said. “I’m excited about this football team. I see a lot of the intangible qualities that you need to have a good team. Does that mean we’re going to have a good team? No. We need to have a good training camp and that’s what we’re focused on right now.”

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Lots of Lakelands players on state college teams 9 TDs), junior wide receiver Thomas Gordon (39 rec., 717 yds., TD), and sophomore offensive lineman Reed Kroeber, who earned starts in all 13 games a year ago.

Furman’s defense, which boasts nine returning regulars, is headlined by 2017 All-SoCon senior safety Aaquil Annoor (64 tackles,2 INTs), redshirt senior All-SoCon nose guard Jaylan Reid (29 tackles, team leading 8.5 tackles for loss), and sophomore linebacker Elijah McKoy (81 tackles), who earned SoCon All-Freshman Team honors a year ago.

From staff reports The Citadel (5-6, 6th in Southern Conference) Lakelands Players on Team: Rod Johnson, redshirt junior, RB (Ninety Six); Von Ramsey, freshman, LB (Greenwood) Former Ninety Six running back Rod Johnson enters his redshirt junior season with the Bulldogs averaging 8.7 yards per carry in his three-year career.

Johnson will headline the offense in 2018, along with last year’s leading rusher Grant Drakeford, Lorenzo Ward and quarterback Jordan Black.

The offense also returns all five starters up front, led by preseason All-America center Tyler Davis. The line helped pave the way for a rushing attack that averaged 294.6 yards per game last season.

The defense is led by preseason All-Southern Conference defensive back Aron Spann, III. He recorded 57 tackles and led the team with five interceptions a season ago. The defense also features preseason second-team all-conference selections Noah Dawkins and Ja’lon Williams.

Presbyterian (4-7, 5th in Big South) Lakelands Players on Team: Jackson Boland, redshirt senior, P (Ware Shoals); Wil Easler, sophomore, LB (Saluda) Presbyterian shifted to a non-scholarship football program this offseason but retained 42 returning players for the 2018 season.

Tobias Hagins, an offensive lineman who played in 10 games and started eight last year, is the returning leader among the offense. Gyasi Yeldell started all 11 games in 2017, recording 47 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss and one sack as a defensive end.

INDEX-JOURNAL FILE PHOTOS A number of rising sopho- Former Emerald player Zy Abercrombie, above, and former Greenwood High player Dre Yarbough, below, are freshmen on the mores who saw playing time as Wofford team this year. freshmen are returning as well.

Among them are Keith Pearmore Datron James of North son who was the leading kick Charleston and redshirt sophreturner in 2017 with 28 kickomore Jarius Jenkins of nearby off returns for 609 yards as well Neeses. In nine games last seaas hauling in 12 receptions for son, James had 45 attempts for 131 yards. On the defensive 139 yards and one touchdown, side Dirk Cureton as well as while Jenkins rushed 30 times Nick Chiaravalloti return. Cufor 109 yards in eight appearreton finished his freshman ances. season with 47 tackles, one Redshirt junior Dewann tackle for loss and five passes Ford is the returning quarterdefended with two forced fumback after playing in 10 games bles. The five passes defendlast season. Ford completed ed were second on the team 147 of 293 passes last year for behind only Rock Ya-Sin and 1,772 yards and eight touchthe two forced fumbles led the downs, with 10 interceptions. team. Chiaravalloti finished South Carolina State must with 12 tackles, 1.5 tackles for replace three of its leading loss and 0.5 sacks as a defensive tacklers from last year, inend. cluding Darius Leonard (114 Coastal Carolina (3-9, 11th in Sun Belt) Lakelands Players on Team: Ryan Culbertson, sophomore, LS (Greenwood); Michael Norman, redshirt sophomore, DT (Greenwood) Coastal Carolina must replace talented running back Osharmar Abercrombie, an Emerald High School alum, who left his mark with the Chanticleers before graduating in the spring.

Abercrombie finished his four-year career at Coastal Carolina with 2,179 total yards (1,922 rushing) and 22 touchdowns. His 22 rushing scores rank third in program history, one more than NFL veteran Mike Tolbert.

Redshirt sophomore Alex James is the next man up at running back after tallying 274 yards and four touchdowns on 55 carries. Kilton Anderson will guide the Chanticleers at quarterback after starting three games last year, completing 49 of 109 passes for 743 yards and seven touchdowns, with three interceptions.

Senior safety Fitz Wattley is the team’s top returning tackler after collecting 82 total tackles in 2017, adding a team-leading three interceptions.

Charleston Southern (6-5, 3rd in Big South) Lakelands Players on Team: None Charleston Southern will start its season against a Power Five opponent for the second

tackles), Dayshawn Taylor (76 tackles) and Jason Baxter (41 tackles).

Benedict (7-2, 2nd in Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference — East) Lakelands Players on Team: Arkivious Reeder, senior, DB (Greenwood); Myquerris McGrier, sophomore, WR (Greenwood) Benedict will return three experienced quarterbacks in senior Dominique Harris, and juniors Phillip Brown and Christian Lisby. Each quarterback attempted more than 40 passes last season.

Running back Trini Charlton led the Tigers on the ground with 377 yards and two scores on 74 attempts.

Linebacker Xavier George was the team’s leading tackler as a freshman, logging 48 total tackles, 7 1/2 tackles for loss and a pair of sacks. straight year, opening at Florida in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.

The Buccaneers opened last season in Starkville at Mississippi State.

Among the storylines this spring will be the maturation of CSU quarterback London Johnson, a redshirt junior who played in 10 games last season, started three and showed glimpses of his potential.

Defensively, CSU graduated three-time All-American defensive end Anthony Ellis and

redshirt junior, DL (Emerald) South Carolina State will look to get more out of its running backs this season after producing just one 1,000-yard rusher in the last eight seasons.

The Bulldogs’ top returning rusher is junior LaBron Morris of Decatur, Georgia, who was South Carolina State second on the team in rush(3-7, 10th in Mid-Eastern ing last year with 291 yards Athletic Conference) and two touchdowns on 52 atLakelands Players on Team: tempts.

Tim Ewing, sophomore, DB Joining Morris as veteran (Greenwood); Bruce Johnson, returnees are redshirt sophoseveral other key contributors but still returns a solid nucleus from a unit that has been the bedrock of the program’s success. Redshirt senior Solomon Brown, a three-time all-Big South Conference selection, is among that group.

Furman (8-5, 2nd in Southern Conference) Lakelands Players on Team: None After an impressive 8-5 campaign that earned head coach Clay Hendrix the Southern Conference Coach of the Year in 2017, Furman will return 15 starters and 51 lettermen to start 2018.

Among the Paladins’ key returnees on offense are redshirt senior All-SoCon running back Kealand Dirks (720 yds.,

Wofford (10-3, 1st in Southern Conference) Lakelands Players on Team: Zy Abercrombie, freshman, OLB (Emerald); Dre Yarbough, freshman, CB (Greenwood) First-year head coach Josh Conklin takes over for longtime coach Mike Ayers, who retired in December following a 30-year career at Wofford.

A pair of Greenwood natives in Zy Abercrombie and Dre Yarbough will look to help Wofford defend its Southern Conference title in Coklin’s first year, after the Terriers advanced to the FCS quarterfinals last season before losing 42-10 to North Dakota State.

Wofford must replace its two top rushers from a season ago in fullback Andre Stoddard (825 yards, 15 TDs) and running back Lennox McAfee (776 yards, 6 TDs) but will return running back Blake Morgan (640, 8 TDs).

Limestone (4-6, 6th South Atlantic Conference) Lakelands Players on Team: Tyrell Abney, sophomore, WR (Saluda) Running back Jerko’ya Patton will look to build on his freshman season, when he tallied 90.7 yards per game and was named the SAC Freshman of the Year.

Patton was one of five AllSAC players for the Saints, joining punter Alex Haynes (42.1 yards per punt), kicker Nick Smith, long snapper Will Brasington, wide receiver Vyncint Smith, who signed an undrafted free agent deal with the Houston Texans and linebacker Evan Patrick, who finished with with 76 tackles. All players but Patton graduated.

Abney will look to continue making an impact on special teams after returning 21 kicks for 411 yards (19.6 average) as a freshman.

Newberry (5-6, 5th South Atlantic Conference) Lakelands Players on Team: Dubie DuBose, redshirt sophomore, LB (Abbeville); Peyton Hite, junior, LB (Ninety Six); A season after finishing near the top of the South Atlantic Conference in sacks, defensive lineman Jamarcus Henderson (8 sacks) and Keito Jordon (7.5 sacks) will look to guide Newberry back to a SAC championship.

Newberry is looking to bounce back after posting a 5-6 overall and 3-4 SAC record last season. The Wolves won their third SAC Championship in 2016, becoming the 16th team in SAC history to post a perfect record against conference foes.

The Wolves also claimed conference titles in 2006 and 2008.

North Greenville (4-6, Independent) Lakelands Players on Team: Jeremy Hart, senior, K (Ware Shoals) Abbeville alum Ashton Heard is one of three running backs North Greenville must replace heading into the 2018 season.

Heard’s departure leaves a void of more than 500 yards and five touchdowns. Heard led the Crusaders in rushing in 2016 and finished his career with 2,821 total yards (487 yards receiving and 3 TDs) as well as 20 total career touchdowns on the ground.

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Greenwood quarterback Rhett Lindler gets ready to pass the ball during a game against Strom Thurmond in the Greenwood Jamboree at J.W. Babb Stadium.

Greenwood QB Lindler gets chance to lead offense as senior

By DAVID ROBERTS droberts@indexjournal.com Rhett Lindler isn’t a typical firstyear quarterback.

Think of him more as a veteran who’s simply had the misfortune of being on the same team as Dre Yarbough — one of the best players in Greenwood history — the last two years.

Hardly a deterrent, Lindler is the quarterback he is now because of Yarbough and the rest of Greenwood’s offense. Playing behind Yarbough only gave a chance to pick the now-Wofford Terrier’s brain.

And Lindler often found himself guiding Greenwood’s offense after the Eagles built an insurmountable

leads during his junior year.

“With Rhett, the big thing is that he’s done it. He was behind Dre, probably one of the best – if not the best – quarterbacks I’ve ever had. I think Rhett learned a lot from him,” Greenwood head coach Dan Pippin said.

“He’s a kid who, from what I see, it’s hard to rattle him. And I think there are people around him who can help him become a good quarterback.”

As a sophomore, Lindler quarterbacked Greenwood’s junior varsity team that went 9-0 and outscored its opponents 270-33. Since spring, Lindler has been building chemistry with the rest of the offense through 7-on-7s and scrimmages.

“It’s been a work in progress,” Lindler said. “We’ve gotten so much

better from spring to now. Every day we’ve gotten a lot better. We’re putting new stuff in, and it’s really fun.”

Lindler has the benefit of playing with receivers such as Noah Emily, who was one of Lindler’s top targets during the 2016 junior varsity season.

This year, Emily is expected to replace Shrine Bowler and current Georgia State receiver Sam Pinckney, the only player in Greenwood history with 2,000 career receiving yards.

Pinckney finished with 2,678 receiving yards in his four-year career, which is 725 more yards than Dvon Hill amassed at the turn of the century.

“Noah’s going to be the guy,” Pippin said. “I mean, we’re going to get Noah the ball as many times as we can.”

But Emily doesn’t need to match Pinckney’s production any more than Lindler needs to rush for 200 yards every game the way Yarbough seemed to do.

“He’s just got to do what we need him to do. I don’t need him to throw it 80, 90 yards down the field. I just need him to be that guy that leads our offense,” Pippin said. “My philosophy has always been: you just get first downs, and punting isn’t a bad thing. Obviously you want to score every time, but if you’ve got to punt, then you play field position and good defense, and you’re going to be successful.”

In preseason scrimmages, Lindler has shown flashes of being a savvy quarterback. In a fourth-and-short

situation late in Greenwood’s jamboree game against Strom Thurmond last week, Lindler lured a defender offsides with his cadence, and the Eagles were rewarded with a first down.

Pippin said several players are slated to play both ways for Greenwood this season, and Lindler said he’s already seen their impact on the offense.

“It’s helping a lot, just because the size of them and what they can do,” Lindler said. “It’s nice, because they’ll make a huge play on defense and they’ll be excited, then they’ll come up on our side and help us score.”

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Clinton relies on key returners, young role players in 2018

By SKYLAR ROLSTAD srolstad@indexjournal.com For Clinton High coach Andrew Webb, close is not good enough.

Webb’s Red Devils team has reached the playoffs out of competitive regions the last two years, but fell in the first round of the playoffs.

“It’s just a constant thing that gets us, day in day out, is being close but not good enough,” Webb said. “We’ve got to find ways to compete for championships, not just playoff spots, and we have to find ways to win games in the playoffs and not just be close.”

In 2017, Clinton lost to Seneca 18-14 in the first round. The Red Devils lost to Chester 2416 in the first round of the 2016 playoffs.

The Red Devils went 2-3 in a top-heavy Region 3-3A that included Upper State champion Chapman and Newberry.

Quick facts Head coach: Andrew Webb (4th season, 12-20) 2017 record: 4-7 Playoffs: Lost 18-14 to Seneca in the first round of the Class 3A playoffs 2018 outlook: Clinton must replace North/South offensive lineman Kody Varn, who signed to play at Newberry. Clinton is searching for its first winning season since 2010.

Clinton will return some key starters, but will fill out the team with young players. “(We have) a lot of young guys that were successful on the JV level last year that we’re hoping their success in conference rolls right on into our season this year,” Webb said. “We are fortunate to have some key returners at some key spots, quarterback probably being the biggest. We’re looking for some guys to continue to grow to get us over the hump.”

Clinton quarterback Konnor Richardson, a junior, is back under center. Clinton running back Darien Bailey will be a key part of the team’s offense.

Webb said Clinton’s ground game will be most important.

“We’re going to run the football,” Webb said. “We’re going to play power football. When we throw it, it will be off the play-action pass. And we’re going to rely a lot on (the offensive line) to be able to get off the football up front and create holes for our running backs.”

Richardson and Bailey ran the ball often during a jamboree loss to Brookland-Cayce.

The Red Devils saw some preseason region action in a scrimmage against Ninety Six. If Clinton is successful this season, it will be because it played tough football, Webb said.

“If you play Clinton, you’re going to scratch yourself up.

It’s going to be a physical foot-

ball game. That’s something that we’ve got to be able to do if we’re going to be successful.”

Clinton opens the season against county rival Laurens on Aug. 24. Before then, the Red Devils will scrimmage Seneca.

Clinton lost to Laurens 24-18 last year and defeated Laurens 34-29 in 2016.

Clinton faces another difficult region this season. The Red Devils are in Region 3-3A with Emerald, Mid-Carolina, Newberry, Union County and Woodruff.

“In Clinton, the expectations never change: compete for championships,” Webb said.

“We seem to be in a tough football region year in, year out. It’s exciting to play good football every Friday in October. To meet the expectations of playing good football, we’ve got to play for championships. So that’s the goal and that’s what were working relentlessly to get to.”

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soned players such as PJ Jones, Connor Nickles, DeMichae Johnson and tight end Tillman Allen.

Key players on defense are end Nate Temple (6-foot-4 and 225 pounds), who is a Middle Tennessee State University commit, and linemen Carson Smith, Ar’Darius Burton, Jihad Washington and Arthur Wideman. Leach, Gabe Calhoun and David Cobb are among the top returning defensive backs.

Nickles looks for senior leaders Temple, Hill, Jackson and Leach to lead the way.

“Their season has ended every year with a chance to win a state championship,” the coach said. “They are good athletes.

They’ve really bought in to the A-Town way. Anytime you have a three-year starter, your expectations for them is a little higher. I think you see that with them. Their expectations for themselves is a little higher.”

endurance is,” Nickles said.

Other running backs include seniors Dominick Washington, Robin Crawford, Malik Leach, JaBryan Sanders and Cruz Temple.

Sanders was the team’s top receiver last season, but Nickles plans to use him in the backfield in 2018.

“Last year we really needed him at receiver,” the coach said. “He did a great job. If you look at our receivers, they often move and play a different position the next year.”

Abbeville will be mostly a run team, not changing the formula that has brought it much success with the A-bone, which Nickles said has transitioned into a gun-bone.

“You have to have good running backs to make that work, and we’ve been blessed lately to have some good ones,” Nickles said.

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It’s just basically the way everybody coaches out here and the way we act. We’ve been raised that way.”

Jackson spent the entire offseason recovering from the ACL tear he suffered during the Hartsville game. He’s back to full health this season, but also remembers the Hartsville loss as the toughest loss he’s endured.

“It hurts me because I couldn’t go back out there and

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that I couldn’t do what I could do and help the team,” Jackson said. “But everything happens for a reason.”

For three years, Hill has never known the heartbreak of a season-ending playoff loss. He hopes the Hartsville loss is still as close as he comes.

“You feel like you let your brothers down and the fans down and the coaches,” Hill said.

“At the end of the day, you don’t want to feel that way again. You want to get better and make sure it doesn’t happen again.” can have them for the next two years together, it’s going to be pretty special.”

One of Saluda’s biggest strengths last season was its defensive line, which boasted 56.5 tackles for loss between four players. None of those players will return for 2018, and now Saluda’s offensive line is an asset.

Kadius is a junior and Jaden is a sophomore. McGraw is a three-year starter with several offers while Turner has two years of experience starting at center.

Young said going from questioning Jaden’s commitment to seeing the young offensive lineman poised for a breakout year is a reminder why he coaches football.

“That’s why you coach and continue to stick with them and keep trying to preach that right stuff,” Young said. “You hope eventually that light clicks on, and you never give up all the way until it’s over. Luckily his has clicked on.”

logging many minutes last season.

Kadius was Saluda’s backup at several positions in 2017, which meant while he played on varsity, he was largely left on the sidelines for much of the season.

Still, according to his coaches, Kadius came to every practice, put his head down and worked hard.

“We put him down a couple weeks and he played some JV, but for the most part last year was really a year where he had to work at practice every day,” Wilder said. “He never complained, never asked, never questioned, worked really hard and got to be a lot better.”

Wilder said he even sees Kadius, 6-foot-1, 300 pounds, emerging as a leader from time to time.

“He’s becoming one of the vocal leaders at times,” Wilder said. “Nobody’s perfect, so I Follow staff writer David always have to get on my linemen a little bit. But they’re both Roberts on Twitter @IJDavidworking really, really hard. If I Roberts

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istry with the rest of the offense through 7-on-7 tournaments and scrimmages.

“It’s been a work in progress.

We’ve gotten so much better from spring to now,” Lindler said. “Every day we’ve gotten a lot better. We’re putting new stuff in and it’s really fun.”

Trequan Shabazz is in line to start at running back after coming on strong at the tail end of last season. Shabazz averaged 6.3 yards per carry through his final four games a year ago, finishing with 430 rushing yards and a pair of touchdowns.

“We have fast kids. I think the thing that you need to do when you have that is to keep your fast kids fast. Keep your scheme simple and you let them be fast, be athletes and make plays,” Pippin said.

“That’s kind of what we’re trying to do right now.”

Greenwood finished 9-3 last year and was ousted in the third round of the Class 5A playoffs by Dorman. This year, Greenwood will play in Region 1-5A, along with Easley, J.L. Mann, Laurens, T.L. Hanna, Wade Hampton, Westside and Woodmont.

They wanted more experience on the back end,” Nelson said.

“They just wanted senior leaders in the DB area. I think it’s going to be good, though.”

Pippin said the defense has spent the summer transitioning from the 4-2-5 it ran last year to a 3-4, with three down linemen and four linebackers.

“Chris and Zay are both playing multiple positions on defense, and one of the things 3-4 gives you is a little versatility, where you can move a safety down and play two-deep,” Pippin said. “So that’s kind of what we’re able to do with Chris and Zay, because they’re so smart with good football knowledge.”

Greenwood’s offensive line will feature Chandler Nunn, Blain Thomas, Collins Lagroon, Deshon Reid and Partlow. Pippin said some offensive linemen will rotate in and out, including Clay Pinson.

The group will work to protect first-year starting quarterback Rhett Lindler, who inherits the offense from Dre Yarbough.

Follow staff writer David Lindler was named the starter in spring practice and spent Roberts on Twitter @IJDavidthe summer developing chem- Roberts

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Emerald running back Jamil Martin scores a touchdown during Emerald’s jamboree win against Fox Creek.

MARTIN From page 6

Martin played wide receiver for the Vikings in previous years, and he’s always lined up at defensive back. Martin delivered a punishing hit to a Fox Creek receiver during a jamboree at Greenwood High School. He also showed his explosiveness with a 62-yard touchdown run. Amerson contributed with a 2-yard touchdown earlier in the game.

Martin’s progress over the offseason is

showing, McMahon said.

“Jamil’s a dynamic athlete,” McMahon said. “He gained a lot of strength this offseason. And he’s really having a good offseason in the weight room. He’s gained about 15 pounds.

“He’s always been fast, and now he has some explosiveness with it. He’s just a hard guy to corral.”

Martin also played special teams last season, but McMahon said his reps were limited at times because of a shoulder injury. Martin had the chance last year to show his speed and athleticism on special

teams, but will be depended on almost every down this season.

“They always knew about my speed, my coaches did,” Martin said. “So I caught on real fast, I really did. And the plays weren’t that hard to catch onto.”

Last season belonged to two of the best running backs in recent history for Emerald. This season, Martin believes it’s his turn.

“I always wanted to be a running back, but it was always Keyshawn and Treshawn,” Martin said. “And when they left, I was like, ‘It’s my time.’”

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2017 FINAL STANDINGS Class 5A Region 1-5A Team Overall TL Hanna 11-1 Westside 6-5 Easley 5-6 Woodmont 2-9 JL Mann 2-8

Region 4-0 3-1 2-2 1-3 0-4

Region 2-5A Team Overall Hillcrest 10-3 Greenwood 9-3 Mauldin 7-5 Laurens 3-8 Wade Hampton 3-7 Riverside 1-9

Region 5-0 4-1 3-2 2-3 1-4 0-5

Region 3-5A Team Overall Dorman 12-3 Gaffney 9-5 Byrnes 7-4 Boiling Springs 6-4 Spartanburg 6-6 Region 4-5A Team Overall Northwestern 7-5 Rock Hill 4-7 Nation Ford 5-6 Fort Mill 4-7 Clover 3-7 Region 5-5A Team Overall Dutch Fork 13-1 Spring Valley 11-2 Lexington 7-4 Irmo 6-5 White Knoll 5-6 Blythewood 3-7 River Bluff 12-8 1-5 Region 6-5A Team Overall Conway 10-2 Sumter 9-3 West Florence 5-7 Carolina Forest 6-6 Socastee 5-6 South Florence 1-9

Region 4-3A Team Overall Fairfield Central 9-4 Chester 9-3 Camden 3-8 Indian Land 2-10 Columbia 3-7

Region 4-0 3-1 2-2 1-4 0-4

Region 5-3A Team Overall Gilbert 12-1 Brookland Cayce 9-5 Strom Thurmond 6-5 Swansea 4-7 Pelion 3-7 Edisto 3-7

Region 5-0 3-2 3-2 3-2 1-4 0-5

Region 4-0 3-1 1-3 1-3 1-3

Region 6-3A Team Overall Dillon 15-0 Georgetown 7-5 Aynor 6-5 Loris 4-7 Lake City 3-7 Waccamaw 0-10

Region 5-0 4-1 2-3 2-3 2-3 0-5

Region 3-1 3-1 3-1 1-3 0-4

Region 7-3A Team Overall Timberland 9-4 Bishop England 7-4 Hanahan 4-7 Manning 7-4 Lake Marion 0-9

Region 4-0 3-1 2-2 1-3 0-4

Region 8-3A Team Overall Wade Hampton 7-5 Bluffton 7-4 Battery Creek 4-6 May River 2-8 Ridgeland-Hardeeville 3-5

Region 4-0 3-1 2-2 1-3 0-4

Class 2A Region 1-2A Team Overall Blacksburg 6-6 Christ Church 6-5 Chesnee 5-6 Saint Josephs 4-7 Landrum 1-9

Region 4-0 3-1 2-2 1-3 0-4

Region 2-2A Team Overall Abbeville 14-1 Southside Christian 10-2 Ninety Six 4-8 Liberty 5-6

Region 3-0 2-1 1-2 0-3

Region 3-2A Team Overall Saluda 12-2 Gray Collegiate 7-4 Fox Creek 6-5 Keenan 2-9 Eau Claire 1-9 CA Johnson 1-9

Region 5-0 4-1 3-2 2-3 1-4 0-5

Region 4-2A Team Overall Lee Central 11-2 Cheraw 9-4 Chesterfield 9-3 Pageland Central 7-4 Buford 7-4 Andrew Jackson 3-7 North Central 2-8

Region 5-1 4-2 4-2 4-2 3-3 1-5 0-6

Region 5-2A Team Overall Bamberg-Ehrhardt 12-3 Barnwell 11-2 Batesburg-Leesville 7-6 Silver Bluff 5-6 Calhoun County 2-9 Allendale Fairfax 1-10

Region 5-0 4-1 3-2 2-3 1-4 0-5

Region 6-2A Team Overall Whale Branch 6-5 Woodland 7-5 North Charleston 5-5 Academic Magnet 3-7 Garrett 3-6 Burke 1-9

Region 5-0 4-1 3-2 2-3 2-3 0-5

Region 7-2A Team Overall Carvers Bay 11-2 Andrews 9-3 Mullins 6-5 Latta 7-5 Kingstree 2-8 Johnsonville 3-7 Marion 1-9

Region 6-0 5-1 4-2 3-3 2-4 1-5 0-6

Region 6-0 5-1 4-2 2-4 2-4 1-5

Region 5-0 4-1 3-2 2-3 1-4 0-5

Region 7-5A Team Overall Fort Dorchester 13 1 Summerville 9-3 Ashley Ridge 7-4 West Ashley 5-5 Wando 4-7 Stratford 2-9 Goose Creek 2-7 James Island 1-9

Region 7-0 6-1 5-2 3-4 3-4 2-5 2-5 0-7

Class 4A Region 1-4A Team Overall Greenville 11-2 Belton Honea Path 9-3 Wren 6-5 Daniel 2-9 Pickens 2-8

Region 4-0 3-1 2-2 1-3 0-4

Region 2-4A Team Overall Greer 12-2 Eastside 11-2 Union County 2-9 Blue Ridge 3-8 Travelers Rest 1-9

Region 4-0 3-1 2-2 1-3 0-4

Region 3-4A Team Overall South Pointe 15-0 York 9-3 Ridge View 7-4 Westwood 6-6 Lancaster 3-7 Richland Northeast 3-7

Region 5-0 4-1 3-2 2-3 1-4 0-5

Region 4-4A Team Overall North Augusta 10-1 South Aiken 9-3 Airport 3-8 Midland Valley 2-9 Aiken 0-10

Region 4-0 3-1 2-2 1-3 0-4

Region 5-4A Team Overall Lower Richland 7-6 Chapin 7-4 Dreher 7-4 Orangeburg Wilkinson 3-8 AC Flora 0-10

Region 3-1 3-1 3-1 1-3 0-4

Region 6-4A Team Overall Hartsville 13-2 Lugoff Elgin 7-5 Crestwood 6-6 Darlington 2-9 Lakewood 2-8

Region 4-0 3-1 2-2 1-3 0-4

Class 1A Region 1-1A Team Overall McCormick 6-5 Dixie 8-4 Whitmire 4-7 Ware Shoals 2-8 Calhoun Falls 0-9

Region 4-0 3-1 2-2 1-3 0-4

Region 7-4A Team Overall North Myrtle Beach 12-1 Myrtle Beach 7-5 Wilson 6-5 Marlboro County 3-7 St James 2-8

Region 4-0 3-1 2-2 1-3 0-4

Region 2-1A Team Overall Lamar 14-0 Timmonsville 7-5 Lewisville 9-4 McBee 2-8 Great Falls 0-9

Region 4-0 3-1 2-2 1-3 0-4

Region 8-4A Team Overall Berkeley 12 2 Cane Bay 9-3 Beaufort 7-3 Colleton County 4-7 Hilton Head 5-5 Stall 2-7

Region 5-0 4-1 3-2 2-3 1-4 0-5

Region 3-1A Team Overall Region Williston-Elko 9-3 7-0 Ridge Spring-Monetta 10-4 6-1 Wagener-Salley 8-3 5-2 Hunter-Kinard-Tyler 5-7 4-3 Blackville-Hilda 4-7 3-4 Denmark-Olar 2-9 2-5 Estill 1-8 1-6 North 0-10 0-7

Class 3A Region 1-3A Team Overall Seneca 8-4 Walhalla 9-3 Pendleton 7-4 Crescent 4-7 West-Oak 0-10

Region 4-0 3-1 2-2 1-3 0-4

Region 2-3A Team Overall Emerald 10-4 Palmetto 9-4 Powdersville 6-5 Southside 5-6 Berea 2-8 Carolina 0-10

Region 5-0 4-1 3-2 2-3 1-4 0-5

Region 5-1A Team Overall C.E. Murray 11-2 Cross 6-4 Scott’s Branch 5-6 Bethune-Bowman 6-5 Branchville 4-6

Region 4-0 3-1 2-2 1-3 0-4

Region 3-3A Team Overall Chapman 14-1 Newberry 10-2 Broome 8-4 Clinton 4-7 Mid-Carolina 1-9 Woodruff 2-8

Region 5-0 4-1 3-2 2-3 1-4 0-5

Region 6-1A Team Overall Hemingway 11-1 Lake View 9-3 Hannah-Pamplico 6-6 Green Sea Floyds 6-6 East Clarendon 2-9 Creek Bridge 0-10

Region 5-0 4-1 2-3 2-3 2-3 0-5

Region 4-1A Team Overall Baptist Hill 10-2 St. John’s 6-5 Military Magnet 2-8 Charleston M&S 1-7

Region 3-0 2-1 1-2 0-3

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Laurens quarterback Ryan Campbell, right, pitches the ball to running back Troy Dendy last season during Greenwood’s 34-11 win.

Laurens looking for improvement after disappointing 2017 season

By DAVID ROBERTS droberts@indexjournal.com Laurens followed its first region championship in 20 years with a 3-7 regular season mark in 2017 before being pounded out of the playoffs by Northwestern, 58-7.

Laurens head coach Chris Liner will be the first to admit last year’s team wasn’t very good. He’d also suggest the record is an indication of the team’s youth last season, something the Raiders found difficult to overcome.

“As bad as we were at times last year, one advantage that we had was by the end of the year we were starting 10 10th graders by the time we played Greenwood and Northwestern in the playoffs,” Laurens head coach Chris Liner said.

“We weren’t a very good football team, but we knew that we had a lot of 15-yearolds out there trying to tackle Dre Yarbough, which I don’t know if five could have tackled him.”

Quarterback Ryan Campbell is already a three-year

stater as a junior and will guide the Raiders on offense.

“He’s started since he was a freshman, and the first year was kind of out of necessity,” Liner said. “We had our starter go down in Week 2 and our backup actually got hurt the very next game against Dorman. He kind of got thrown into the fire before he was ready. As bad as that stunk the last year and the year before, it’s really helped us this year as far as having somebody at the helm, especially at the quarterback position, who’s a veteran guy.”

Duane Martin, also a rising junior who has logged significant time at running back as a freshman and sophomore, will complement Campbell in the backfield.

On defense, Liner said the Raiders will have seven starters back.

The defensive line is led by nose guard Wesley Carlay, along with Connor Owens, Cale Coates and Armani Todd. At linebacker are Dra

Quick facts Head coach: Chris Liner (5th season, 21-26) 2017 record: 3-8 Playoffs: Lost 58-7 to Northwestern in the first round of Class 5A playoffs.

2018 outlook: Laurens is led on offense by a pair of experienced juniors in quarterback Ryan Campbell and running back Duane Martin. The Raiders return seven starters on defense, which should help Laurens transition into Region 1-5A this season.

Region 1-5A with Easley, J.L. Mann, T.L. Hanna, Wade Hampton, Westside and Woodmont.

Liner, who graduated from Greenwood High School before coaching the Eagles, is more familiar with this crop of teams than last year’s Region 2-5A with Hillcrest Mauldin, Riverside, Wade Hampton, but that doesn’t make the region any easier.

“This is the region I’m most familiar with. Growing up, then coaching at Greenwood for all those years, we were always Region 1,” Liner said. “There was one little cycle when they sent us down to Columbia when I was playing. For the most part, Greenwood has always been in a conference with Westside, Hanna and Easley.

“Honestly, you’re taking out Hillcrest and Mauldin, but you’re throwing in Westside and Hanna. Those are all very comparable teams.”

Boyd, Garrett Addy, Lindin Gault and Jackson Mahon.

“I’m not saying we’re going to be light years better than we were, but we are better than we were, and part of that is because of the experience we were able to gain by playing some younger guys,” Liner said.

Liner said the defensive secondary is not as experienced as the team’s front seven, save for defensive back Kee Pitts.

Follow staff writer David Along with Greenwood, Roberts on Twitter @IJDavidLaurens was reclassified into Roberts

2018-20 SCHSL Realignment Class 5A Region 1: Easley, Greenwood, J.L. Mann, Laurens, T.L. Hanna, Wade Hampton, Westside, Woodmont Region 2: Boiling Springs, Byrnes, Dorman, Gaffney, Hillcrest, Mauldin, Riverside, Spartanburg Region 3: Clover, Fort Mill, Nation Ford, Northwestern, Rock Hill Region 4: Blythewood, Irmo, Lugoff-Elgin, Spring Valley, Sumter Region 5: Chapin, Dutch Fork, Lexington, River Bluff, White Knoll Region 6: Carolina Forest, Conway, Socastee, South Florence, St. James, West Florence Region 7: Berkeley, Cane Bay, Goose Creek, James Island, Stratford, Wando Region 8: Ashley Ridge, Fort Dorchester, Stall, Summerville, West Ashley Class 4A Region 1: Belton-Honea Path, Daniel, Palmetto, Pickens, Walhalla, Wren Region 2: Berea, Blue Ridge, Eastside, Greenville, Greer, Travelers Rest

Region 3: Lancaster, Richland Northeast, Ridge View, South Pointe, Westwood, York Region 4: A.C. Flora, Crestwood, Dreher, Lakewood, Lower Richland, Orangeburg-Wilkinson Region 5: Aiken, Airport, BrooklandCayce, Midland Valley, North Augusta, South Aiken Region 6: Darlington, Hartsville, Marlboro County, Myrtle Beach, North Myrtle Beach, Wilson Region 7: Beaufort, Bluffton, Colleton County, Hilton Head Class 3A Region 1: Crescent, Liberty, Pendleton, Powdersville, Seneca, West-Oak Region 2: Broome, Carolina, Chapman, Chesnee, Southside Region 3: Clinton, Emerald, Mid-Carolina, Newberry, Union County, Woodruff

Region 6: Aynor, Cheraw, Dillon, Lake City, Loris, Marion Region 7: Battery Creek, Lake Marion, May River, Ridgeland-Hardeville, Wade Hampton (H) Region 8: Academic Magnet, Bishop England, Georgetown, Hanahan, Manning, Waccamaw Class 2A Region 1: Blacksburg, Brashier MC, Christ Church, Greenville Tech, Greer Middle College, Landrum, Next, Southside Christian, St. Joseph Region 2: Abbeville, Batesburg-Leesville, Fox Creek, Ninety Six, Saluda, Silver Bluff Region 3: C.A. Johnson, Calhoun County, Columbia, Eau Claire, Gray Collegiate Region 4: Andrew Jackson, Buford, Central, Chesterfield, Lee Central, Lewisville North Central

Region 4: Camden, Chester, Fairfield-Central, Indian Land, Keenan

Region 5: Allendale-Fairfax, Bamberg-Ehrhardt, Barnwell, Whale Branch, Woodland

Region 5: Edisto, Gilbert, Pelion, Strom Thurmond, Swansea

Region 6: Burke, Garrett, North Charleston, Oceanside Collegiate,

Palmetto Scholars, Timberland Region 7: Andrews, Carvers Bay, East Clarendon, Hannah-Pamplico, Johnsonville, Kingstree, Latta, Mullins Class 1A Region 1: Calhoun Falls, Dixie, High Point Academy, McCormick, South Carolina School for Deaf and Blind, Ware Shoals, Whitmire Region 2: Governor’s School, Great Falls, Lamar, McBee, Timmonsville Region 3: Blackville-Hilda, Denmark-Olar, Hunter-Kinard-Tyler, North, Ridge Spring-Monetta, Wagener-Salley, Williston-Elko Region 4: Baptist Hill, Bridges Prep, Charleston Charter, Estill, Lowcountry Leadership, Military Magnet, Palmetto Scholars AcademyRoyal Live Oaks, St. Johns Region 5: Bethune-Bowman, Branchville, C.E. Murray, Cross, Richland One Middle College, Scott’s Branch Region 6: Coastal Leadership , Creek Bridge, Green Sea-Floyds, Hemingway, Lake View

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Clemson defensive end Clelin Ferrell (99), Dexter Lawrence (90) and Austin Bryant (7) celebrate after a sack in the first half against South Carolina Nov. 25, 2017 in Columbia.

D-line is where stars are this season Associated Press

If you are looking for the best players in college football this season, pay attention to the defensive line.

A group of former blue chip prospects has bloomed into dominant defenders who will be wrecking offenses across the nation in 2018. Then in 2019, they will likely be packing the first round of the NFL draft.

Narrowing the star-studded class to six is difficult. Clemson alone has four. But here are the best of the big fellas who could be draft eligible in 2019: ED OLIVER, DT, Houston The junior has already announced he will enter next year’s draft. No need to wait. Oliver was practically NFL ready when he arrived at Houston, choosing his hometown university

over the Power Five programs. He has 38 1/2 tackles for loss in two seasons.

At 6-foot-3 and 290, Oliver combines power, quickness and rare sideline-to-sideline speed for an interior lineman. Houston will push him as a Heisman Trophy contender, but he is more likely to be the first pick in next year’s draft.

NICK BOSA, DE, Ohio State Bosa’s brother, Joey, was a star for the Buckeyes from 2013-15 and ended up being the third overall pick in the draft by San Diego. He was defensive rookie of the year in 2016 and made the Pro Bowl last year. At 6-foot-4 and 270 pounds, Nick Bosa appears to be on the same path. As a sophomore last season, Bosa shared playing time with three defensive ends who were drafted last season, which makes the 8 1/2 sacks and 16 tackles for loss even

more impressive. Bosa has an im- ant all could have left school after last pressive teammate in defensive tackle season and been NFL picks. Instead, Dre’Mont Jones. they all returned for another season.

None more surprising than Wilkins, a RASHAN GARY, DE, Michigan 300-pound junior who has played exGary was the No. 1 overall recruit tensively since his freshman year. The coming out of high school in 2016. best of the bunch might be the youngHe broke out as a sophomore last sea- est. Dexter Lawrence, the 340-pound son, with 5 1/2 sacks and sturdy play junior, played through nagging injuagainst the run. The Wolverines could ries last year and could be a monster. probably use a few more sacks out of the 6-foot-5, 281-pound junior, and IRON BOWL RIVALS if he does improve his pass rush he At 6-foot-7, 306 pounds, there is no could push to be No. 1 overall when more imposing player in college footthe NFL’s drafts next April. Gary will ball than Alabama’s Raekwon Davis, get plenty of help from teammate who had 10 tackles for loss last season Chase Winovich, another potential and seems primed to be just the next first-round pick. in a long line of dominant defenders for Nick Saban.

CLEMSON’S DEFENSIVE LINE Not to be outdone by its Iron Bowl Yep, all of them. Defensive tack- rival, Auburn has a star in Derrick le Christian Wilkins and defensive Brown, a 325-pound rock in the midends Clelin Ferrell and Austin Bry- dle of what could be the SEC’s best

defensive line.

ZACH ALLEN, DE, BOSTON COLLEGE Allen broke out as a junior last season. He was one of two defensive linemen in the country to make at least 100 tackles. Unlike the others, Allen was a three-star recruit who has blossomed into a star for the Eagles, going from 250 as a freshman to 285 heading into his senior season.

EXTRA POINT Six more defensive lineman to watch in 2018: Ben Banogu, DE, TCU Greg Gaines, DT, Washington Joe Jackson, DE, Miami Jeffrey Simmons, DT, Mississippi State Montez Sweat, DE, Mississippi State Jerry Tillery, DT, Notre Dame

Heisman darkhorses: Can Browning repeat Mayfield’s path?

Associated Press

7-6.

Washington’s Jake Browning is hoping to repeat what Baker Mayfield did last year.

Mayfield was a Heisman Trophy longshot in the preseason, but ended up winning the award while leading Oklahoma to the College Football Playoff for the second time in three years.

Browning was sixth in the Heisman voting two years ago after leading the Huskies to the Pac-12 title and the playoff, where they lost to Alabama in the semifinals.

His productivity declined last year though as his touchdowns fell from 43 to 19.

Washington was 10-3 last season, but is the preseason favorite to win the Pac 12.

Browning and the Huskies will also have an early opportunity to make a favorable impression to rest of the nation as they face Auburn in the opener in Atlanta on Sept. 1.

Browning — who has thrown for over 9,000 yards and 78 touchdowns the past three seasons — is facing high expectations, but none might be bigger than what coach Chris Peterson expects out of the senior.

“Jake plays really good football and has made some spectacular plays in his career,” Peterson said. “We’re looking for him to do that at the most difficult position in football at a really high, elite level play after play after play.”

A look at other Heisman longshots looking to improve their odds:

CAM AKERS, RB, Florida State New coach Willie Taggart says that the theme of his offense is “lethal simplicity.”

That is also an apt description of Akers. The sophomore had four 100-yard games last season along with setting Florida State’s freshman rushing record with 1,025 yards. Akers will be counted on early to be a focal point of Taggart’s offense, starting with the Sept. 3 opener against Virginia Tech.

BRIAN LEWERKE, QB, Michigan State The junior is a dual-threat quarterback who accounted for 3,352 yards of total offense as the Spartans won 10 games last season. With the turmoil surrounding Ohio State’s program, Michigan State could end up as the favorite in the Big Ten East.

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Washington quarterback Jake Browning throws against Penn State during the first half of the Fiesta Bowl Dec. 30, 2017 in Glendale, Ariz.

ED OLIVER, DT, Houston The junior might have set the record for being the earliest to announce that he is entering the NFL Draft. But there is good reason for that as Oliver might be the top pick. The 6-foot-3, 290-pound defensive lineman faces huge odds to win, but with 38 1/2 tackles for loss the last two seasons and the possibility that coach Major

Applewhite could use him on some offensive plays, he could at least get to New York as one of the finalists.

McKENZIE MILTON, QB, Central Florida Milton was eighth in the voting last year after he led the Knights to an improbable 13-0 record and a victory over Auburn in the Peach Bowl. He

was second in the nation in passing efficiency (179.3) and yards per attempt (10.22), finishing behind Mayfield. UCF though has a new coach in Josh Heupel after Scott Frost left for Nebraska. Also hampering Milton’s bid is a lack of weekly exposure. The Knights’ first national appearance won’t be until Sept. 15 against North Carolina.

DREW LOCK, QB, Missouri Lock set an Southeastern Conference record last season with 44 touchdown passes.

Three SEC quarterbacks have won the award since 2007, but the senior is going to need to produce wins for a Tigers squad that lost five of its first six last season before finishing

RODNEY ANDERSON, RB, Oklahoma There have been only three occasions where the same school has produced different Heisman winners in back-toback seasons. Anderson didn’t even start until mid-season last year, but he finished with 1,442 yards and 18 touchdowns from scrimmage. In his best game, he had 290 yards and four touchdowns from scrimmage in a regular-season win over TCU. At 6-foot-1 and 220 pounds, he is a powerhouse with breakaway speed and good enough hands to have grabbed five touchdown receptions last season.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE

South Carolina head coach Will Muschamp, right, checks on running back Rico Dowdle after he was injured in the first half of against Tennessee Oct. 14, 2017 in Knoxville, Tenn.

Debate pits player privacy vs. gambling concerns Associated Press NEW YORK — Indiana safety Jonathan Crawford is very clear about what he thinks of colleges releasing information on player injuries.

“No,” he said. “Especially if I have no say in it, I wouldn’t want my personal business out there.”

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision that allows states to legalize sports gambling has sparked a debate about requiring injury reports in college football, a sport that hasn’t had unified rules. NCAA leaders are analyzing whether it’s possible to have more medical transparency to prevent collusion and be more consistent among hundreds of teams balancing the rules of various universities, conferences and state and federal laws.

No formal plans have been proposed as legal experts and compliance officers analyze an issue that’s more complicated for college football than the NFL, which has a mandated reporting system. A similar system of regular in-depth reports in the NCAA would have the hurdle of privacy for younger athletes. New rules likely won’t come

soon — the new season starts in three weeks and just four states have officially legalized sports gambling.

Privacy laws such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) protect players against the release of personal information without the consent of players or their parents if the player is under 18. HIPAA protects medical records. FERPA protects educational records, along with medical records if treatment is given on behalf of a university.

At least some players and coaches want that privacy to stay in place.

“I coached in the NFL for nine years and there is a stark difference between working with professionals and working with college kids,” Stanford coach David Shaw said. “I do not feel right giving out medical information of a 19-year-old. I think it’s wrong in any way, shape or form.”

Still, commissioners from the Power Five conferences generally believe some kind of uniform injury reporting is inevitable, even if the details still need to be worked out.

Players consent to NFL injury reports as a condition of employment.

Three practice participation reports are required every game week, along with game status reports and in-game updates.

Right now, there is no standard in the NCAA for discussing player injuries.

“My university’s attorney told me, ‘You cannot be specific with any injuries. You can say upper body. You can say lower body,’” said Todd Berry, who coached college football for 34 years and is now executive director of the American Football Coaches Association. “Many times the media would already know what it was, but that’s all I could reference.”

Some coaches are more specific.

Others are reluctant to share anything at all.

Washington State’s Mike Leach has a history of not even answering questions after a game about a player who was injured on the field. Chip Kelly also never talked about injuries while at Oregon — he’s now at UCLA — and eventually neither did his successor, Mark Helfrich, who’s now in the NFL.

Miami’s Mark Richt used to be pretty open about injury updates but started to cut back because other coaches were withholding information.

Others are more forthcoming, like Joe Moorhead at Mississippi State and Duke’s David Cutcliffe.

That inconsistency could potentially raise red flags as legal gambling grows throughout the United States. If one coach reveals more than another, it opens up questions of whether it creates a chance for some gamblers to gain an unfair edge.

“When there’s less info out there, you have a greater chance of having inside information,” said Brad Powers, senior college football analyst for Pregame. com. “When there’s more information, when everyone knows everything — like the NFL, you know exactly if a guy is probable, doubtful or questionable — then nobody really has any inside information.”

Powers said bettors want a common language across the conferences.

Coaches also want consistency, Berry said.

That could mean only releasing a player’s status for the game — an avail-

ability report, which may be the safest option. Or injuries could be defined as lower or upper body only.

“The more specific you get, the greater the chance is that you will wander into an area that is protected by one or both of those statutes (HIPAA and FERPA),” said attorney William H. Brooks, who works in the NCAA compliance and investigations group for his firm, Lightfoot, Franklin & White LLC. “Now,” he added, “if someone gets hurt on the field in front of 90,000 people and you see what happened, then obviously everybody knows what the injury is. But coaches don’t elaborate on the treatment, how the player is doing other than he or she is progressing.”

Berry said an argument can be made that no injury information should be released if institutions really want to protect the privacy of student athletes.

“We’re going to show up and play Saturday — or whatever day it is — and who I put out there is who were playing,” he said. “Although, that wouldn’t make it much fun for the gamblers or for the media.”

Six college players starring for losing teams Baylor’s best receiver last season, but this year the Bears hope the return of senior Chris Platt from injury and the addition of Tennessee transfer Jalen Hurd, the running back-turned-receiver, gives them one of the best sets of pass-catchers in the Big 12.

Associated Press Football being, in many ways, the ultimate team game can make it difficult for good players to shine when the players around them are ... not so good.

Stars toiling on losing teams rarely get much recognition. They almost never win the big awards or get selected to the All-America teams. Time to give some love to those overlooked players whose teams did not reach the postseason last year and might have a hard time climbing back into it in 2018.

Marquise Copeland, DT, Cincinnati The Bearcats are in the second year of a rebuild under coach Luke Fickell, who brought in the top-ranked recruiting class in the American Athletic Conference this year. Copeland was one of the few real keepers Fickell inherited and probably the team’s best player last year. The senior had 63 tackles and 3.5 sacks in 2017. Undersized at 6-foot-2 and 282 pounds, Copeland could develop into an NFL draft pick.

Eric Dungey, QB, Syracuse Dungey has been starting for the Orange since his freshman season.

The problem is he has not been finishing the seasons healthy. When healthy, Dungey is a two-way threat with athleticism and size (6-4, 228) that could draw NFL attention.

He enters 2018 as the only active quarterback in FBS with at least 6,000 yards passing and 1,000 yards rushing. The Orange have not been bowl-eligible since 2013. A full season for Dungey is a must for Syracuse to have any chance to get back, but just in case, best catch him in the regular

Stanley Morgan Jr., WR, Nebraska Cornhuskers fans are looking toward a hopeful future with new coach Scott Frost after going 4-8 last season under Mike Riley. There is much rebuilding to do, and Nebraska has a difficult schedule in 2018 with road games at Michigan, Ohio State and Wisconsin. A major turnaround would take a minor miracle by Frost.

Morgan, though, should be one of the best receivers in the Big Ten as a senior. He caught 61 passes for 986 yards and 10 touchdowns last year.

Trey Smith, OT, Tennessee Smith stepped into the Volunteers’ starting lineup last season as a freshman and played like a veteran. He started games at guard and tackle, and during an ugly year in Knoxville, Smith’s performance was a thing of beauty. The offseason provided a scare. He was treated for blood clots ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE in his lungs. Cleared to play, Smith is Nebraska wide receiver Stanley Morgan Jr. reacts after catching a touchdown pass during the first half against a 6-foot-6, 320-pound building block for new coach Jeremy Pruitt.

Arkansas State Sept. 2, 2017 in Lincoln, Neb. season.

Joe Dineen, LB, Kansas The fifth-year senior has played on teams that have won six games in four seasons. He also lost most of his 2016 season, when he was poised for a breakout as team captain, to hamstring injury. That big breakout came last season when Dineen led the na-

tion in solo tackles per game (7.6) and set a school record with 25 tackles for loss. Yes, the Jayhawks’ defense spends a lot of time on the field and that inflates some stats. But Dineen had almost twice as many tackles as any other Kansas defender. Also, deserving of a shoutout on Kansas is defensive tackle Daniel Wise (16 tackles for loss and seven sacks), who is probably an

even better pro prospect than Dineen.

Denzel Mims, WR, Baylor The Bears managed just one victory in 2017, but Mims was a problem for opponents. He caught 61 passes for 1,087 yards and eight touchdowns.

His three-touchdown performance against Oklahoma gave the Sooners a legitimate scare. Mims was by far

Extra point Six more players to watch on teams that had losing records last season: Trevon Brown, WR, East Carolina Trevor Morris, LB, Rutgers Steven Montez, QB, Colorado Kyle Shurmur, QB, Vanderbilt Lexington Thomas, RB, UNLV Oshane Ximines, DE, Old Dominion