Predicting Every Team’s 2024 MVP: Region VI-4A

The anchors of Region VI-4A didn't complain too much with realignment.    Existing members Bluffton, May River, Colleton County and Hilton Head traded out James Island and Lucy Beckham - the teams that finished one-two in the region last fall - for Bishop England and Beaufort, the latter of which three of the holdovers played last year in non-region play anyway.   Travel has been reduced, and the penchant for some exciting games in the back half of the year will likely include some excellent crowds. What they're going to likely see is these MVP frontrunners doing their thing.    BEAUFORT EAGLES   [player_tooltip player_id='1254143' first='Samari' last='Bonds'] QB, 2025   Bonds (pictured) has made incredible progress in a relatively short amount of time. As a junior, he threw for 1,200 yards, rushing for another 600 and put up 12 of the team's 39 offensive touchdowns. His completion percentage needs improvement, but some of that can be chalked up to how little the team threw the ball during its 2022 title run. Bonds, though, is a rising senior with reliable and consistent faces at receiver and some heft in front of him on the line. It may very well be quick resurgence in Beaufort.    BISHOP ENGLAND BATTLING BISHOPS   [player_tooltip player_id='1253903' first='Fletcher' last='Ethington-Carl'] LB, 2025   If he wanted to Ethington-Carl could have made his reel an easy 30-minutes long. That's possible when you finish with his type of tackle figures. The middle linebacker was clearly there to make stops last year, and he did that. However, the rest of the gang around him also got better. As that development continues, he might ultimately improve individually even if his numbers drop some. That certainly won't be a knock on him, especially if the Bishops win a couple more games after moving up two classes.     BLUFFTON BOBCATS   [player_tooltip player_id='1394988' first='Aedan' last='McCarthy'] QB, 2026   Last year, Bobcats quarterback Owen Bayes threw the ball 299 times. He had just shy of 2,700 passing yards and 24 touchdowns. Bayes is gone, but the style of offense isn't. Enter McCarthy, who saw some time in a reserve role last season but now moves into the starting spot. He's had the offseason to develop his chemistry with standout receiver [player_tooltip player_id='402486' first='Carnell' last='Warren'] (723 yards, nine touchdowns last season). McCarthy is 6-foot-3 and 195 pounds, meaning he has the height to see over the line. He's also got enough arm strength to make the deep throws he's destined to go for with Warren on the outside.     COLLETON COUNTY COUGARS   Kendall Farmer DL/LB, 2025   The 6-foot, 192-pound hybrid showed off some of his physical gifts during the Carolinas Coaches Combine back in March. Farmer, who is often asked to play the edge and get into the backfield, does a little bit of everything for the Cougars' defense. That includes occasionally dropping into coverage and picking off a pass or two along the way.    No film available    HILTON HEAD SEAHAWKS   [player_tooltip player_id='1013024' first='Troy' last='Timko'] RB, 2025   A season ago, Hilton Head lost four games to teams (Beaufort, Bluffton, Colleton County, May River) by five points or less. Grinding it out didn't work in the Seahawks' favor. But Timko was also in his first season as the team's go-to threat. His 22 carries per game might just turn into 28, and that means more yards for Hilton Head and fewer series for opponents. His touchdowns and occasional 20-plus yard bursts are nice. How he chews up clock and first downs is even more vital.    MAY RIVER SHARKS    [player_tooltip player_id='1360121' first='Tanner' last='Macy'] QB, 2025   South Carolina had a decent amount of 1,000-yard rushers across the state last fall, but not many who were quarterbacks. Macy was one of those. He finished his junior season with 1,142 yards and 12 touchdowns on the ground to go along with 872 yards and nine more scores passing. The lefty can hurt opponents with his arm at times, but the primary weapon in his arsenal is clearly his running ability. Case in point: With his next carry, he's likely to go over 2,000 career rushing yards and he's on pace to average 100 yards per game when his eligibility is over at the end of the season.

The anchors of Region VI-4A didn't complain too much with realignment.