Here are the high school football first-round pairings in the SCHSL state playoffs. All games are 7:30 p.m. Friday kickoffs. Seeds are in parentheses.
Upper State
(1) Dutch Fork bye
(2) Spartanburg bye
(3) J.L. Mann bye
(4) Rock Hill bye
(12) Mauldin at (5) River Bluff
(11) Blythewood at (6) Clover
(10) Lexington at (7) Byrnes
(9) Boiling Springs at (8) Dorman
Lower State
(1) Summerville bye
(2) Sumter bye
(3) Carolina Forest bye
(4) Cane Bay bye
(12) Spring Valley at (5) Ridge View
(11) Wando at (6) James Island
(10) West Ashley at (7) Ashley Ridge
(9) Fort Dorchester at (8) Stratford
(1) Northwestern bye
(2) Gaffney bye
(3) TL Hanna bye
(4) Greenwood bye
(12) Nation Ford at (5) Hillcrest
(11) Woodmont at (6) Catawba Ridge
(10) Greenville at (7) Riverside
(9) Eastside at (8) Indian Land
Lower State
(1) Irmo bye
(2) Myrtle Beach bye
(3) Berkeley bye
(4) West Florence bye
(12) Lucy Beckham at (5) North Myrtle Beach
(11) Socastee at (6) Westwood
(10) Lugoff-Elgin at (7) White Knoll
(9) Goose Creek at (8) Chapin
Upper State
(16) At Large TBA at (1) Westside
(9) Emerald at (8) AC Flora
(12) Pickens at (5) Camden
(13) Lancaster at (4) Wren
(11) Fountain Inn at (6) Greer
(14) Blue Ridge at (3) South Pointe
(10) Richland Northeast at (7) Seneca
(15) At-large TBA at (2) Daniel
Lower State
(16) Beaufort at (1) Hartsville
(9) Midland Valley at (8) Darlington
(12) Crestwood at (5) Hilton Head Island
(13) Brookland-Cayce at (4) South Florence
(11) Lower Richland at (6) Gilbert
(14) South Aiken at (3) North Augusta
(10) May River at (7) Bluffton
(15) Airport at (2) Bishop England
Upper State
Carolina at Mountain View Prep
St. Joseph’s at Walhalla
Union County at Crescent
West-Oak at Christ Church
Broome at Powdersville
Pendleton at Woodruff
Palmetto at Chapman
Southside Christian at Belton-Honea Path
Lower State
Loris (bye)
Silver Bluff at Hanahan
Aynor at Orangeburg-Wilkinson
North Charleston at Keenan
Georgetown at Newberry
Battery Creek at Dillon
Swansea at Waccamaw
Fox Creek at Oceanside Collegiate
Upper State
Pelion at Clinton
Strom Thurmond at Chester
Columbia at Batesburg-Leesville
Andrew Jackson at Liberty
Chesterfield at Fairfield Central
Ninety-Six at Chesnee
Landrum at Central
Mid-Carolina at Saluda
Lower State
Academic Magnet at Barnwell
Lake City at Timberland
Edisto at Cheraw
Andrews at East Clarendon
North Central at Manning
Woodland at Hampton County
Mullins at Philip Simmons
Kingstree at Whale Branch
Upper State
CA Johnson at Abbeville
McCormick at Blackville-Hilda
Whitmire at Lamar
Calhoun County at Lee Central
McBee at Hunter-Kinard Tyler
Williston-Elko at Dixie
Calhoun Falls at Lewisville
Ridge-Spring Monetta at Ware Shoals
Lower State
Green Sea Floyds at Cross
Scott’s Branch at Ridgeland
Military Magnet at Hannah-Pamplico
Carvers Bay at Denmark-Olar
Hardeeville at Lake View
Johnsonville at Branchville
Bethune Bowman at Bamberg-Ehrhardt
Latta at Baptist Hill
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