Friday's scores:
Carolina Forest 22, Sumter 19
Carvers Bay 34, Creek Bridge 0
Dillon 35, Loris 7
Hemingway 36, Green Sea Floyds 6
Manning 14, Andrews 6
Marion 36, Waccamaw 14
Mullins 43, Aynor 7
Myrtle Beach 65, Georgetown 14
South Florence 41, Conway 31
St. James 28, North Myrtle Beach 14
Wilson 21, Socastee 10
Next week's schedule:
Thursday's Game
Carolina Forest at West Florence, 7:30 p.m.
Friday's Games
Sumter at Conway, 7:30 p.m.
Loris at Aynor, 7:30 p.m.
Johnsonville at Carvers Bay, 7:30 p.m.
Georgetown at Wilson, 7:30 p.m.
North Myrtle Beach at Myrtle Beach, 7:30 p.m.
Socastee at St. James, 7:30 p.m.
Dillon at Waccamaw, 7:30 p.m.
This week's top performers:
Carvers Bay running back Quae'Shawn Brockington: The running back had touchdown runs of 9, 99, 5 and 7 yards as he rushed for 206 yards on 17 carries.
St. James wide receiver Caleb Duggan: The sophomore caught seven passes for 112 yards including touchdown catches of 22 and 34 yards.
Myrtle Beach running back Daiquone Ford: The senior carried the ball just four times for 64 yards including a 14-yard scoring run, but he also had two receptions for 31 yards and a 20-yard touchdown catch and returned a punt 52 yards for a score.
Myrtle Beach wide receiver Donte Sumpter: The senior had eight catches for 104 yards with 11 and 13-yard touchdown receptions.
Myrtle Beach quarterback Mitch Campbell: The senior was 16-for-25 passing for 192 yards and four touchdowns (20, 11, 13 and 21 yards).
Socastee running back P.J. Brave: The senior rushed 24 times for 115 yards.
Conway quarterback Robert Nelson: The junior was 16-for-31 passing for 235 yards with three touchdown passes (60, 61 and 15 yards) and he ran 15 times for 34 yards and a 1-yard scoring run.
Conway wide receiver Malcolm Green: The sophomore had five receptions for 100 yards including 61 and 15-yard touchdown catches.
Carolina Forest wide receiver Jarvez Holmes: The junior had seven catches for 120 yards.
Random thoughts from Friday:
Playoffs taking shape: All four playoff teams are set in Region VIII-AAA. Myrtle Beach is the region's top seed with Wilson lockind down the second seed. Socastee and St. James are in and play in next week's regular-season finale to determine third and fourth place. Region V will match up with Region VIII in all of the first-round playoff matchups. Region V looks like a logjam at the top with the potential for AC Flora, Airport or Midland Valley to be one of the top two teams.
Too little, too late?: Carolina Forest got a good win by knocking off Sumter, especially battling back in the fourth quarter against the region's defending champs. But with Lugoff-Elgin's win over West Florence on Thursday combined with the Panthers' loss to Lugoff-Elgin, Carolina Forest needs some help. The eassiest route would be for Carolina Forest to win its final two and for Lugoff-Elgin to lose its final two. Other scenarios work too, but the bottom line is if Carolina Forest want in the playoffs, it almost certainly has to lock up one of the three automatic bids that go to the region's top three teams. An at-larghe bud based on points seems unlikely due to the Panthers' weak pre-region schedule.
