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Ridgeland

Ridgeland's postseason ends with late rally by Cane Bay

A Ridgeland player's helmet rolled across the ground, tossed in frustration from the northwest end zone where the Jaguars were gathered. Meanwhile some 50 yards away, dozens of blue helmets bobbed in the air as their owners bounced on their tiptoes in exuberance. (full story)

Photo: Hilton Head High’s Lawrence Jenkins runs the ball during last Friday’s win over rival Bluffton. Jenkins and the Seahawks will host Socastee in the first round of the Class 3-A state playoffs tonight.

Playoff preview: Local teams hope to avoid 1st-round knockout

Tim Singleton has been involved some way or somehow in just about every 50-point performance in Hilton Head High's football history. (full story)

Saturday Morning Punter: A fast and furious finish to the regular season

Strap yourself in, football fans, because this regular-season finale edition of the Saturday Morning Punter comes at you at 75 mph from somewhere on Interstate 26. (Don't worry, I'm in the passenger seat.) (full story)

Oct. 30 prep roundup: Hilton Head Christian earns top seed in SCISAA playoffs

Hilton Head Christian 24, Northwood Academy 10: Hilton Head Christian won the SCISAA Region 2-AA title and secured home-field advantage through the first two rounds of the playoffs with an impressive win over Uriah Singleton and Northwood Academy on Friday night. (full story)

Week 10 High School Football Preview: Playoff lives on the line this week

A bit more than pride will be on the line when Bluffton High School travels to rival Hilton Head High tonight. (full story)

Saturday Morning Punter: Time to take area teams' playoff temperature

Another Friday night is in the books and as the regular season winds down, many local teams' playoff fates are still up in the air. (full story)

Barnwell blocks field goal to preserve win over Ridgeland

With three seconds left and Ridgeland High School just a 25-yard field goal from victory, fate's demand didn't seem like much. But for a Jaguar team that hadn't made a field goal all season, reaching the recently elusive playoffs would require stretching its limits. (full story)

Photo: Hilton Head High’s Lawrence Jenkins reaches for extra yards during a game earlier this season. Jenkins and the Seahawks travel to Battery Creek tonight in a key Region 8-AAA matchup.

Week 9 high school football preview: Battery Creek hosts Hilton Head High in key region tilt

With the way the first two-thirds of the Region 8-AAA season has played out, every game over the final two weeks of the year is shaping up to be an important one for each of the six teams in the conference. (full story)

High School Football Notebook

It's relatively easy to look at Bluffton High School's schedule and try to pick out exactly where the Bobcats turned around their 2009 season. (full story)

Saturday Morning Punter: Use as directed; side effects might include wild changes to playoff picture

I don't know about you, but I learned a lot under the Friday night lights this week -- and most of it contradicted conclusions I had drawn after last week's games, which leaves me a little dazed and confused (or maybe I'm just tired; probably just tired). (full story)

Oct. 16 prep roundup

Hilton Head High 34, Stall 6 (full story)

Photo: Beaufort High running back Alex Simmons sheds a tackle during a game earlier this season. The Eagles host Berkeley tonight.

Week 8 high school football preview: Beaufort High hopes to slow Berkeley

It's no secret what the million-dollar question is entering Friday's much-anticipated matchup between Beaufort and Berkeley high schools: How will the Eagles stop Stags rusher Bruce Ellington? (full story)

Saturday Morning Punter: Region power struggles are under way

The thing about unbalanced non-conference schedules -- and we learn it every year in the early part of the college and high school football seasons -- is you never really know what you've got until conference play starts. (full story)

Prep notebook

Matchup of the week (full story)

Prep Football Roundup

DeAnte Scott set Hilton Head Prep's single-season record for receptions, hauling in nine passes for 168 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Dolphins to their first win of the season, 42-0 over Charleston Collegiate on Friday. (full story)

Photo: Battery Creek’s Cleon Wright looks for some room to run during a game earlier this season. Wright and the Dolphins host North Charleston tonight in a key Region 8-AAA game.

Photo: Hilton Head High’s Lawrence Jenkins runs past Ridgeland defender Walter Nix during last week’s game at Ridgeland High School. Jenkins and the Seahawks begin Region 8-AAA play tonight with North Charleston.