Class 3A Lower State First Round Preview

Camden, Dillon, Brookland-Cayce or Oceanside Collegiate are the likely top contenders in Class 3A lower state. Last season, it was Camden that earned the right for a state championship. That quest begins again this week for 16 teams in the Lower State. <p class="gmail-yiv6655381279msonormal" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Here is a look at the first round games in the Lower State Class 3A: <p class="gmail-yiv6655381279msonormal" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">3A Lower State <p class="gmail-yiv6655381279msonormal" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">No. 4 Waccamaw (2-7) at No. 1 Brookland-Cayce (7-2) <p class="gmail-yiv6655381279msonormal" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Brookland-Cayce has an offense that features QB [player_tooltip player_id="199432" first="Tanner" last="Staton"], RB Naahzeikiel Mays and WR Skylar King. They’ve scored 35 points or more in five contest this season. LB [player_tooltip player_id="200697" first="Owen" last="Plane"] leads a defense that has made plays when they had too. Waccamaw has struggled defensively and are allowing over 36 points per game. <p class="gmail-yiv6655381279msonormal" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">No. 3 Lakewood (4-5) at No. 2 Hanahan (7-2) <p class="gmail-yiv6655381279msonormal" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Hanahan has scored over 45 points in four of its last five games. The Hawks sophomore RB Kevin Rivera and LB [player_tooltip player_id="140607" first="Kayden" last="Gaddist"]. Lakewood will rely on the play of OL [player_tooltip player_id="202752" first="Bryson" last="Dickens"] and DB [player_tooltip player_id="200739" first="Brandon" last="Cisse"] to try and keep up with the high-flying Hawks. <p class="gmail-yiv6655381279msonormal" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">No. 4 Bishop England (3-7) at No. 1 Camden (7-2) <p class="gmail-yiv6655381279msonormal" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Camden suffered some early season injuries but seem to be playing its best football at the right time. The defensive line is loaded with talent like [player_tooltip player_id="153229" first="Dontrell" last="Stradford"], [player_tooltip player_id="91233" first="Jonathan" last="Chavis"], [player_tooltip player_id="89338" first="Xzavier" last="McLeod"] and LB [player_tooltip player_id="61078" first="Tevin" last="Eley"]. Bishop England won three of four to end the season, but they must find some offense against the strong Bulldogs defense. <p class="gmail-yiv6655381279msonormal" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">No. 3 Orangeburg-Wilkinson (5-5) at No. 2 Aynor (5-2) <p class="gmail-yiv6655381279msonormal" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Aynor will have to rely on RB [player_tooltip player_id="200760" first="Ahmad" last="Gerald"] and DB [player_tooltip player_id="200759" first="Garrison" last="Gasque"]. The Blue Jackets scored over 30 points in five contests this season. Orangeburg-Wilkinson played for a region title the last Friday of the regular season but a loss to Brookland-Cayce dropped them to a No, 3 seed. <p class="gmail-yiv6655381279msonormal" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">No. 4 Fox Creek (4-4) at No. 1 Dillon (6-0) <p class="gmail-yiv6655381279msonormal" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Dillon RB [player_tooltip player_id="59479" first="Nemo" last="Squire"] is a Touchstone Energy North-South selection and has verbally committed to East Carolina. QB [player_tooltip player_id="153266" first="Jack" last="Grider"] leads the offense and fellow RB [player_tooltip player_id="91211" first="Nigel" last="George"] gives the Wildcats a balanced attack. Fox Creek had a talented offensive line led by [player_tooltip player_id="59463" first="Nick" last="Williams"] and RJ Ramp, Jr. <p class="gmail-yiv6655381279msonormal" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">No. 3 Battery Creek (2-5) at No. 2 Crestwood (5-2) Crestwood RB Ryan Cowell and QB Javion Martin paces the offense with DL Jamori Coard and LB [player_tooltip player_id="89307" first="Derrick" last="Prince"] leads the Crestwood defense. Battery Creek must rely on its defense since the offense is scoring less than 17 points per game. QB William Wright guides the Battery Creek attack, No. 4 Lake City (2-4) at No. 1 Oceanside Collegiate (6-3) <p class="gmail-yiv6655381279msonormal" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Oceanside Collegiate has won five in a row after starting the season 1-2. During that time, they’re averaging 46 points a game. RB [player_tooltip player_id="89344" first="Vaughn" last="Blue"] is over 1,000 yards and QB [player_tooltip player_id="91220" first="Colby" last="Shirey"] has thrown for over 1100 yards and ran for another 480 yards. WR [player_tooltip player_id="91168" first="Shamontae" last="Burgess"] is Lake City’s top prospect. <p class="gmail-yiv6655381279msonormal" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">No. 3 Loris (4-5) at No. 2 Gilbert (8-2) <p class="gmail-yiv6655381279msonormal" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Gilbert has a 1-2 punch in RB Alias Graham-Woodberry and Jaden Allen-Hendrix. They have accounted for over 2200 yards on the ground. TE [player_tooltip player_id="119250" first="Gray" last="Leaphart"] is a North-South selection. Loris has RB [player_tooltip player_id="153227" first="Jaquan" last="Tisdale"] and defensive standouts LB [player_tooltip player_id="153228" first="Damien" last="McLeod"] and [player_tooltip player_id="153225" first="Nyshawn" last="Lucas"].