Building a football program is rarely an easy job, particularly when you're doing it basically from the ground up. Before Travis Nixon took the head coach job at Cross Creek, that was the task ahead. He took over a Razorbacks program averaging under three wins per season, and he planned to turn it around.
After winning state championships in the spring, Brentwood's football team is planning on the momentum carrying over.
Ashley Harden left Butler for the chance to rebuild the program at Jenkins County.
In high school football, one thing you learn to adapt to is the turnover from one year to the next. But every now and then, the graduation somehow skips you over. That's Augusta Christian in 2012.
One team looking for, and expecting a few more wins, the Crusaders of Curits Baptist. Last year they set team records for wins and points but now are hungry for a lot more.
If there was one team that would like to put the past in the past, it's Warren County. Their biggest news came from after a game. What most people don't realize they won seven games and just missed out on the playoffs. They want to get back to the post season.
They are just a third year program, but Westminster has made strides by leaps and bounds. Not easy when you literally start from the bottom two years ago. This year, look for the Wildcats to make the next step.
It was a season to remember for Burke County, a first of its kind state championship for the Bear program. So what do they do for an encore? We'll find out in the next three months or so.
It could be an interesting year at South Aiken over the next three and a half months. A tough schedule lies ahead but the Thoroughbreds have a squad capable of playing with just about anyone. They'll push some people to the brink and a bunch of wins could be in the offing.
For the past nine years one of the winningest programs around has been the Rebels of Strom Thurmond. Their lowest win total during that time, eight games. Might as well expect double digits again this season.
If there is a sleeper team in the area in South Carolina it might just be Saluda. Doug Painter is in his third year as head coach and these kids have learned how to win.
It hasn't been an easy go of it lately for Glenn Hills. But talk to third year coach Andrew Young and he sees the glass half full, not half empty.
It was a year of first for the Aquinas Fighting Irish. Among them, winning their first ever playoff football game. They're hoping there are a few more firsts when the Irish tee it up this year.
The gold standard for high school in the area is in Lincolnton with Larry Campbell's Red Devils. 40 years and 459 wins are all the proof you need. This year, why expect anything different??
Winning breeds winning, ask any coach and they'll tell you that. At North Augusta, the winning tradition is back in a big way as they are getting closer to becoming one of the elite programs in the state of South Carolina.
The tradition at the Thomas Jefferson Academy doesn't have too many flaws the last few years.
The line of talented linemen coming out of Bamberg-Ehrhardt just gets more impressive each year.
It's the first year after Marty, and the Predators are ready to continue their climb to the top of the region.
When you play football at Washington County, there are a few things that you just understand.
So what do you do when you need to turn it around? You put it on the guys up front.
It wasn't exactly a year to write home about for the Rebels of Hephzibah. Despite having a three year starter at quarterback, Hephzibah managed just a single win. This year they're hoping for a drastic turn around.
It's been five years since a Westside Patriot football team has posted a winning record. That streak could end this season.
A three win season for the Evans football team is not something this team is use to. It's also something the coaches and the players do not accept, thus the fuel for some fire for the Knights.
It was a tale of two seasons for the Barnwell Warhorses a season ago. They started six and o before losing four of their last six and bowing out early in the playoffs. This year, they are looking to finish at strong as they started.
Last season Silver Bluff was left for dead with a three and three record. But when it was all said and done, the Bulldogs were in the lower state championship game. With plenty of experience back, look for the Dogs to possibly do it again.
