Myrtle Beach falls to No. 4 in state football polls
Mickey Wilson was adamant that his Myrtle Beach football team was not the No. 1 team in the state when the preseason polls were released in August.
Following a loss to Charlotte Christian to open the season, the Seahawks fell from that top spot. Myrtle Beach, still the only area team ranked in the S.C. Prep Media Football Poll, came in at No. 4 this week. South Pointe took over No. 1, with Hartsville and Greer just behind.
Spartanburg (Class AAAA), Dillon (AA) and McBee (A) were the other No. 1 teams this week. That last one came only after Class A power house saw its state-best 55-game winning streak come to an end last Friday in a lopsided loss to Abbeville. According to MaxPreps, Christ Church’s winning streak was second longest active streak nationally.
Locally, two teams were appearing in the “receiving votes” category. Conway, following a 55-0 win over South Brunswick (N.C.) is essentially sitting at No. 13 in Class AAAA. Meanwhile, Loris, which is 0-2 following losses to a pair of bigger schools, is receiving votes in Class AA.
CLASS AAAA
1. Spartanburg; 2. Fort Dorchester; 3. Hillcrest; 4. Byrnes; 5. Dorman; 6. Greenwood; 7. Northwestern; 8. Westwood; 9. York; 10. Goose Creek
Others receiving votes: Westside, Blythewood, Conway
CLASS AAA
1. South Pointe; 2. Hartsville; 3. Greer; 4. Myrtle Beach; 5. Belton-Honea Path; 6. Seneca; 7. Chapin; 8. Marlboro County; 9. Wren; 10. Dreher
Others receiving votes: A.C. Flora, Brookland-Cayce, Airport, Berkeley, Orangeburg-Wilkinson
CLASS AA
1. Dillon; 2. Abbeville; 3. Newberry; 4. Batesburg-Leesville; 5. Woodruff; 6. Timberland; 7. Pendleton; 8. Lake Marion; 9. Fairfield Central; 10. Strom Thurmond
Others receiving votes: Blacksburg, Loris, Chesterfield, Ninety Six, Chesnee, Crescent
CLASS A
1. McBee; 2. Bamberg-Ehrhardt; 3. Christ Church; 4. Allendale-Fairfax; 5. Lamar; 6. Lake View; 7. Calhoun County; 8. Cross; 9. Hemingway; 10. Hunter-Kinard-Tyler
Others receiving votes: Estill, Southside Christian, Williston-Elko, Green Sea-Floyds, St. John's, Whitmire
The S.C. Prep Media Football Poll is conducted by the Spartanburg Herald-Journal with voting from Andrew Macke, Greenwood Index Journal; Bob Castello, Greenville News; Mike McCombs, The Island Packet; Chris Clark, Orangeburg Times and Democrat; Chris Dearing, The State; Ian Guerin, Myrtle Beach Sun News; Kevin Melton, Spartanburg Herald Journal; Lou Bezjak, The State; Lake Morris, Anderson Independent Mail; David Shelton, Charleston Post and Courier; Bret McCormick, The Herald (Rock Hill); Scott Chancey, Florence Morning News and Eric Russell, Aiken Standard.
This story was originally published September 2, 2015 at 11:23 AM with the headline "Myrtle Beach falls to No. 4 in state football polls."