The Big Ticket: Breaking down Week 5 of high school football on the Grand Strand

A look ahead at Friday’s games featuring teams from Horry and Georgetown counties:

Time: 7:30 p.m., Friday

Radio/TV/online: WSEA-FM 100.3 (Socastee); WRNN-FM 99.5,nmbchiefs.com (North Myrtle Beach); HTC Channel 4 and htcconnect.com

Series record: Socastee leads 25-7

Of note: North Myrtle Beach snapped a nine-game losing streak to Socastee with a 45-3 win last year. … Chiefs are ranked No. 2 in Class 4A in latest state media poll, highest in program history. … Kered Class has rushed for 405 yards and five touchdowns. He shares the team lead in trips to pay dirt with Georgia State commit Tyler Gore. … Socastee received votes in the latest Class 5A state media poll. … The Braves average better than 44 yards per game and 400 yards of total offense. Wideout Devin Stamp has 13 receptions for 367 yards and five touchdowns through three games.

Favorite: North Myrtle Beach

Time: 7:30 p.m., Friday

Radio: WYNA-FM 104.9 (Myrtle Beach); WHSC-AM 1050 and 101.9 FM (Carolina Forest)

Series record: Myrtle Beach leads 13-6 (Myrtle Beach has won three of last five)

Of note: Initially scheduled for Thursday night, the game was moved to Friday evening due to muddy conditions at Carolina Forest. … Both teams are looking to rebound — Myrtle Beach after getting 50 points put on them at Socastee, while Carolina Forest was unable to get on the scoreboard. … The Seahawks will turn back to senior quarterback Lawson Cribb, who returned last week despite a high ankle sprain. … Myrtle Beach has given up 50 points in three of their four games. … Carolina Forest running back Quasim Porter leads the team with 318 yards and a touchdown. … Panthers will be playing without one of their leaders on defense, losing Parker Wisler to leg injury.

Favorite: Carolina Forest

Time: 7:30 p.m., Friday

Series record: Carvers Bay leads 11-6 (Andrews has won three of four)

Of note: The Georgetown County rivals meet in an early Region 7-2A clash for supremacy. Carvers Bay won last year, 20-0, a game that helped propel the Bears to a top seed in the Class 2A playoffs. … Carvers Bay is No. 4 in Class 2A, while Andrews received votes in the latest state prep media poll. Each is hoping to rebound from losses to ranked opponents. … Both teams are armed with solid rushing attacks. What Andrews has in R.J. Knowlin, Michael Pipkin and Jaizell Murphy, Carvers Bay counters with Janaz Sumpter, Tyrek Reed and Toronto King. … The Bears held a high-octane North Myrtle Beach attack to 109 yards on the ground a week ago.

Favorite: Carvers Bay

Time: 7:30 p.m., Friday

Radio: WGTN-AM 1400 (Georgetown)

Series record: Georgetown leads 12-1

Of note: Georgetown picked up its first win of the season with a wild 49-47 victory over Stratford. …. Ishmael Taylor has picked it up for the Bulldogs the past two weeks, rushing for 237 yards and three touchdowns. … St. James overcame a 28-point deficit for a win at Lake City a week ago. Deondray Stanfield rushed for more than 200 yards and five touchdowns in the game. … St. James’ strength on the ground will go head on against a tough Bulldogs run defense, a matchup Sharks head man Joey Price believes could decide the game.

Favorite: Georgetown

Time: 7:30 p.m., Friday

Series record: Hemingway has won all three previous meetings

Of note: Waccamaw returns to the field for the first time since its game two weeks ago against Carvers Bay was called midway through the second quarter. … James Alston and Ryon Fox has proven to be the Warriors’ best weapons on offense. … Hemingway is the No. 2 team in Class A and hung 50 points on a good Andrews squad last week. … Tiger quarterback Troy Singletary has 692 total yards and 11 touchdowns this season. On defense, Micha Bryant is a tackling machine, proving it last week with his 25 total takedowns.

Favorite: Hemingway

Other games

Time: 7:30 p.m., Friday

Of note: Green Sea Floyds defeated Military Magnet twice last season. … Both of the Trojans’ losses thus far have come by 10 points or less. … Green Sea Floyds looks to pick up the pace on offense after a pair of sluggish performances.

Favorite: Green Sea Floyds

This story was originally published September 14, 2017 at 5:07 PM with the headline "The Big Ticket: Breaking down Week 5 of high school football on the Grand Strand."