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Who’s No. 1? First SC high school football preseason media poll for 2024 released

lou bezjak
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Here are the rankings for the S.C. Prep Football Media Preseason Poll released Monday, Aug. 12. First-place votes and the team records are in parentheses.

Class 5A

1. Dutch Fork (13)

2. Gaffney (3)

3. Summerville

4. Northwestern (1)

5. Irmo

6. White Knoll

7. TL Hanna

8. JL Mann

9. Sumter

10. Hillcrest

Others receiving votes: Spartanburg; Byrnes; Ridge View; Fort Dorchester; James Island; Clover; Carolina Forest; Greenwood

Class 4A

1. Westside (17)

2. South Florence

3. Daniel

4. South Pointe

5. Camden

6. Gray Collegiate

7. Hartsville

8. Midland Valley

9. Brookland-Cayce

10. Gilbert

Others receiving votes: Beaufort; AC Flora; Greer; Crestwood; May River; North Augusta; York

Class 3A

1. Belton-Honea Path (10)

2. Oceanside Collegiate (6)

3. Dillon (1)

4. Christ Church

5. Chapman

6. Pendleton

7. Silver Bluff

8. (tie) Broome

8. (tie) Powdersville

10. Marlboro County

Others receiving votes: Hanahan; Mountain View Prep; Loris; Keenan; St. Joseph’s; Newberry; Woodruff; Battery Creek; Southside Christian; Aynor

Class 2A

1. Chester (9)

2. Clinton (7)

3. Hampton County (1)

4. Strom Thurmond

5. Barnwell

6. Fairfield Central

7. Philip Simmons

8. Saluda

9. Manning

10. Andrew Jackson

Others receiving votes: Cheraw, Ninety-Six, Timberland, Batesburg-Leesville, Marion, Whale Branch, Atlantic Charter, Chesnee, Andrews

Class A

1. Abbeville (17)

2. Bamberg-Ehrhardt

3. Lewisville

4. Johnsonville

5. Lamar

6. Blackville-Hilda

7. Calhoun County

8. Lake View

9. Latta

10. Cross

Others receiving votes: Hunter-Kinard Tyler; Denmark-Olar; Branchville; McBee; Dixie; Green Sea-Floyds; Hannah-Pamplico; Whitmire; Great Falls

Voters this week: Cam Adams Greenwood Index Journal; Mac Banks, Fort Mill Prep Sports; Lou Bezjak, The State Newspaper; Jed Blackwell, SC Prep RedZone; Travis Boland, Times and Democrat; Chris Dearing, SC Prep Redzone/The State Newspaper; Ian Guerin, SC Prep RedZone; Thomas Grant, SC Prep RedZone; Justin Jarrett, LowCo Sports; Travis Jenkins, Chester; Gene Knight, WRHI; James McBee, Boiling Springs Journal; Chris Miller, WRHI; David Shelton, Post & Courier/High School Sports Report; Brett Shugart/Fox Sports Spartanburg; Joe Wedra, My Horry News; Pete Yanity, WSPA