High school football: With Region 8-AAA settled, Week 7 games set to go

After another day of debate, Region 8-AAA athletics directors Thursday came to an agreement on how to handle the rest of the 2015 football schedule for their schools.

The decision to cancel the Week 6 games postponed because of flooding in the Lowcountry will stand, and the region will continue with a four-game conference schedule.

Hilton Head Island will not play it's home game with Hanahan, and Beaufort High will not play at Berkeley.

Beaufort's home game with Stall will go on as planned at 7:30 p.m. Friday, while Hilton Head Island will play at 6 p.m. Monday at Berkeley.

The region ADs had to determine playoff tiebreakers since every team will not face every other region team and region record will no longer work fairly.

Now, after head-to-head record, the tiebreakers will be point differential against common region opponents and then points allowed by defense against common region opponents.

"We're confident that we've done the best we could in the interest of the safety of our student-athletes," Hilton Head Island athletics director Joe Monmonier said. "We feel like we've done what we could."

Class 3-A did not have the luxury Class 2-A did.

Class 2-A had a bye week between the end of the regular season and the playoffs and those schools were allowed to bump their Week 6 games to Week 7 and reschedule the Week 7 games to Nov. 6. This is how Battery Creek and Whale Branch resolved their schedule issues.

In another development, Ridgeland-Hardeeville has postponed it's Week 7 game against Woodland to 6 p.m. Monday.

Woodland is located between Charleston and Orangeburg in an area hard hit by heavy rains and flooding.

Ridgeland-Hardeeville's homecoming festivities, however, will go on as planned on Friday night.

The homecoming parade begins at 4 p.m.

Tailgating at the stadium will go on as planned, along with the crowning of Miss Homecoming and other events at the stadium which begin at start at 7:30 p.m.

People attending the homecoming are encouraged to bring cases of bottled water to donate to flood victims, Ridgeland-Hardeevile principal Karen Parker said.

"We are fortunate to be able to celebrate our homecoming even without a game, when so many in the state are suffering from floods," she said. "We hope people will join us to donate cases of water that will be delivered to the flood victims. It's important that we help each other in our state."

Week 7

Friday's games

Hilton Head Christian at Christian Academy, 7:30 p.m.

St. John's Christian at Beaufort Academy, 7:30 p.m.

Stall at Beaufort, 7:30 p.m.

Thomas Heyward Academy at Hilton Head Prep, 4:30 p.m.

Monday's game

Hilton Head Island at Berkeley, 6 p.m.

Tuesday's game

Woodland at Ridgeland-Hardeeville, 6:30 p.m.

This story was originally published October 8, 2015 at 3:55 PM with the headline "High school football: With Region 8-AAA settled, Week 7 games set to go."