Class 2A Lower State Third Round Playoff Preview
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<p style="font-weight: 400;">Three No. 1 seeds are joined by a surprising No. 4 seeded-team in the third round of the Class 2A Lower State Bracket.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Here is a breakdown of the two third round matchups.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>No. 1 Silver Bluff (9-0) at No. 1 Cheraw (8-3)</strong></p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Cheraw had to stop a two-point conversion attempt in overtime to escape with a 27-26 over Timberland. <strong>Dwight Harrington</strong> made the stop and the Braves moved on to the third round.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Cheraw trailed 13-6 at the half but a change to a spread offense helped the comeback. <strong>Zay Brown</strong> scored two second half touchdowns as well as a touchdown in overtime. <strong>Thomas Chapman</strong> kicked the extra point for what proved to be the difference-maker.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Derron Pegues</strong>, <strong>JuJu Hood</strong> and <strong>Damon McCaskill</strong> will all need big games to keep up with the firepower of one of the more impressive Class 2A all season.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Silver Bluff has six shutouts on the season including last week in a 49-0 victory over Central. They are allowing just over four points a game while scoring 46.5 points per game.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Running back <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="91348" first="Traevon" last="Dunbar"]</strong> and quarterback <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="91161" first="Maleik" last="Williams"]</strong> led the way. Dunbar had two touchdowns and 63 yards. Williams threw for 181 yards and two touchdowns and added a rushing score. <strong>Vernon Lawrence</strong> and <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="91184" first="Jaden" last="McLeod"]</strong> are a couple of leaders on the defensive side of things. They helped limit Central to 69 yards of total offense.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>No. 4 Barnwell (8-4) at No. 1 Philip Simmons (11-1)</strong></p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">This one is experience against the newcomer.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Barnwell has a rich playoff tradition while Philip Simmons is into uncharted territory. The Iron Horses have never made it this deep into the playoffs in their short history.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Barnwell did not have any passing yards in a 22-13 victory over Woodland but relied on the running game behind <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="31310" first="Tyler" last="Smith"]</strong> (131 yards) and <strong>Mario Jones</strong> (90 yards). Quarterback <strong>Weston Sandifer</strong> added 47 yards.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Jaden James</strong> and <strong>Mandrell Simmons</strong> led the way defensively in the second round, but <strong>Maurice Odom</strong> has over 100 tackles on the year. <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="124455" first="Clay" last="Pender"]</strong> excels on both sides of the ball. After losing three in a row to end the season, the Warhorses are into the third round.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Quarterback <strong>Tripp Williams</strong> did not have his best effort in Philip Simmons 15-14 win over Wade Hampton in the second round. He threw three interceptions including one that was returned for a pick-six. His other two came in the end zone and halted scoring chances. But he threw the game-winning touchdown on a 9-yard strike to <strong>Riley Beard</strong> with just a minute remaining.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Isaac Schimpf added the other score. <strong>Tristian Skipper</strong> had over 100 yards receiving. <strong>Dan Wojtech</strong> and <strong>Hunter Ramey</strong> each have 100 tackles for a defense that is allowing a little over 10 points a game.</p>
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