Playoff dreams, and Week 10 Picks

Like Carolina Forest last night, Andrews and coach Steve Blanchard face a win-or-go-home game tonight.

The Yellow Jackets play at Bishop England, with the winner going to the postseason. For Blanchard, doing just that would complete another step in the overall rebuilding of the program.

"Our whole goal was to make it to the playoffs," he said. "We’ve put ourselves in position to do that in one of the toughest regions in South Carolina."

But Blanchard had plenty more to say this week when it came to his team, its chances for the playoffs and how he takes every win and loss.

ON HOW HE'S APPROACHED THIS WEEK:

"I asked the kids the other day for kids to raise their hands if they’d ever been to the playoffs. Not one kid raised their hands. We’re still relatively young. If they’ve never been in that situation before, you don’t want to put undue pressure on the kid."

ON NOT HAVING ANYONE OUT FOR THE BISHOP ENGLAND GAME AFTER LOSING SEVEN STARTERS FOR THE SEASON FINALE LAST YEAR:

"I would say we’re relatively healthy because we did such a great job with our weight lifting routine.
I hope that shows the kids the value of the weight program."

ON WHETHER OR NOT HE CONSIDERS HIMSELF PATIENT:

"I want to see results now. I want to win today. I take every loss this year personal. This isn’t my job, this is my life."

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I forgot to post my picks in advance of Thursday's Carolina Forest-West Florence game, but I'm pretty sure you're going to have no trouble believing that I already had my picks done, seeing as I missed on the Panthers' game.

On to this week's picks:

Carolina Forest 28, West Florence 21
Conway 41, Sumter 15
Loris 35, Aynor 28
Johnsonville 14, Carvers Bay 7
Wilson 16, Georgetown 14
Myrtle Beach 58, North Myrtle Beach 7
St. James 24, Socastee 23
Dillon 49, Waccamaw 0

Here were last week's picks, with actual score in parentheses; correct picks are bold-faced:

Manning 27, Andrews 21
Mullins 16, Aynor 14
Carolina Forest 35, Sumter 21
Carvers Bay 20, Creek Bridge 6
Myrtle Beach 49, Georgetown 7
Hemingway 21, Green Sea Floyds 6
Dillon 28, Loris 27
St. James 21, North Myrtle Beach 14
Socastee 35, Wilson 28
Marion 25, Waccamaw 24
Conway 30, South Florence 28

WEEK 9: 9-2. OVERALL: 66-24

Here were last week's picks, with actual score in parentheses; correct picks are bold-faced:

"Our whole goal was to make it to the playoffs," he said. "We’ve put ourselves in position to do that in one of the toughest regions in South Carolina."

But Blanchard had plenty more to say this week when it came to his team, its chances for the playoffs and how he takes every win and loss.

ON HOW HE'S APPROACHED THIS WEEK:

"I asked the kids the other day for kids to raise their hands if they’d ever been to the playoffs. Not one kid raised their hands. We’re still relatively young. If they’ve never been in that situation before, you don’t want to put undue pressure on the kid."

ON NOT HAVING ANYONE OUT FOR THE BISHOP ENGLAND GAME AFTER LOSING SEVEN STARTERS FOR THE SEASON FINALE LAST YEAR:

"I would say we’re relatively healthy because we did such a great job with our weight lifting routine.
I hope that shows the kids the value of the weight program."

ON WHETHER OR NOT HE CONSIDERS HIMSELF PATIENT:

"I want to see results now. I want to win today. I take every loss this year personal. This isn’t my job, this is my life."

***

I forgot to post my picks in advance of Thursday's Carolina Forest-West Florence game, but I'm pretty sure you're going to have no trouble believing that I already had my picks done, seeing as I missed on the Panthers' game.

On to this week's picks:

Carolina Forest 28, West Florence 21
Conway 41, Sumter 15
Loris 35, Aynor 28
Johnsonville 14, Carvers Bay 7
Wilson 16, Georgetown 14
Myrtle Beach 58, North Myrtle Beach 7
St. James 24, Socastee 23
Dillon 49, Waccamaw 0

Here were last week's picks, with actual score in parentheses; correct picks are bold-faced:

Manning 27, Andrews 21
Mullins 16, Aynor 14
Carolina Forest 35, Sumter 21
Carvers Bay 20, Creek Bridge 6
Myrtle Beach 49, Georgetown 7
Hemingway 21, Green Sea Floyds 6
Dillon 28, Loris 27
St. James 21, North Myrtle Beach 14
Socastee 35, Wilson 28
Marion 25, Waccamaw 24
Conway 30, South Florence 28

WEEK 9: 9-2. OVERALL: 66-24

Here were last week's picks, with actual score in parentheses; correct picks are bold-faced: