Which teams do local schools play in 2018 non-region football schedule?
Most schools in South Carolina have their 2018-19 football schedules set.
Chester is still looking for a game in Week 3, but most of the other area schedules are locked up, including Indian Land. The school’s enrollment continues to balloon and its sports teams will likely land in the 4A classification in the 2020 realignment. Football coach Horatio Blades scheduled with that reality in mind, including usual opponents Buford and Blacksburg, but also Rock Hill and South Pointe. Indian Land has never played either school before; the difference in size and numbers was always too great.
Another school scheduling up is Chester. Victor Floyd has rebuilt the Cyclones with an easier set of opponents the last two seasons and the program is ready for a step up. He’s still looking for the one remaining game but the Cyclones’ 2018 non-region is already tougher than it has been the last two years.
Two programs scheduling in the opposite direction: Rock Hill and South Pointe.
The Bearcats have played one of the toughest schedules in the state the last few years and get a welcome bit of relief in 2018. With all respect to Lugoff-Elgin, Indian Land and Chester, Rock Hill will have a better experience playing them than Dorman, Gaffney and Boiling Springs.
South Pointe will get hammered by graduation next May, which may have been on Strait Herron’s mind when setting up his 2018 non-region. The Stallions swapped perennial powerhouses Buford (Ga.) and Shelby (N.C.) for Greenville and Indian Land.
Here are the non-region opponents (listed alphabetically) for nine of the 12 schools in The Herald’s coverage area:
Chester: Aiken (at Newberry College), Carolina Pride, Fort Mill, Lancaster and Rock Hill
Clover: Ashbrook (N.C.), Forestview (N.C.), Hunter Huss (N.C.), South Point (N.C.), Sumter and York
Fort Mill: Camden, Chester, Lancaster, Lugoff-Elgin, River Bluff and York
Great Falls: N/A
Indian Land: Blacksburg, Buford, Lancaster, Nation Ford, Rock Hill and South Pointe
Lancaster: Chester, Fairfield Central, Fort Mill, Indian Land and Nation Ford
Lewisville: N/A
Nation Ford: Chapin, Indian Land, South Pointe, Spartanburg and York
Northwestern: Not yet finalized
Rock Hill: Chester, Indian Land, Lugoff-Elgin, South Pointe, Sumter and York
South Pointe: Greenville, Indian Land, Nation Ford, Northwestern and Rock Hill
York: Clover, Dorman, Fort Mill, Nation Ford and Rock Hill
This story was originally published September 19, 2017 at 4:03 PM with the headline "Which teams do local schools play in 2018 non-region football schedule?."