Carolina Forest hosts Conway in what is sure to be an emotional night for the Panthers. I actually have dealt with a very similar experience.
My sophomore season of high school football, an assistant coach for my high school died in a car accident during the season. It was on a Saturday, so we had to go through the visititaion and funeral during the week leading up to our next game. The events pertaining to my coach's death were very hard to deal with as a high school student, but in reality, the easiest time of the week was when we were playing football.
I think Carolina Forest will play a little above themselves tonight, simply because it is the only time they have to not dwell on their coach's death. What it will do is embed that coach's memory in their head forever. I still remember the last time I heard my coach's voice, and I still remember where I was when I heard about it and how the week went afterwards. Some kids have dealth with death before this, but a lot haven't. It's not an easy experience.
Here are this week's picks (Last week: 4-4 -- left out Andrews by accident, 72-26 overall)
Regular Season
Class AAAA
Conway 31, Carolina Forest 24
S.C. Playoffs
First Round
Class AAA
Myrtle Beach 63, Brookland-Cayce 14
Airport 31, Socastee 28
Midland Valley 24, St. James 21
Class AA
Lake City 35, Loris 21
Here are my picks from last week with actual game score in parentheses:
l-Carolina Forest 21, West Florence 20 (West Florence 17, Carolina Forest 14)
l-Conway 38, Sumter 14 (Sumter 35, Conway 21)
w-Loris 35, Aynor 7 (Loris 30, Aynor 8)
l-Carvers Bay 20, Johnsonville 14 (Johnsonville 7, Carvers Bay 6, OT)
l-Wilson 28, Georgetown 20 (Georgetown 20, Wilson 13)
w-Myrtle Beach 56, North Myrtle Beach 6 (Myrtle Beach 70, North Myrtle Beach 6)
w-Socastee 21, St. James 20 (Socastee 44, St. James 13)
w-Dillon 51, Waccamaw 7 (Dillon 42, Waccamaw 7)
