One is apparently not the loneliest number when it comes to prep football.

Fresh off its 7-6 win over previously top-ranked Bamberg-Ehrhardt, Blackville-Hilda has earned a share of the number-one position in the Associated Press Top 10 Class A poll. Sharing the top spot with the Hawks is another Region 5-A rival Allendale-Fairfax, which had spent the past two weeks at number two. During that time, the Tigers defeated B-H 28-27, then lost the following week 14-7 to B-E, which dropped to number-three.

This marks the second time this season all three T&D Region teams occupied the top three positions in the poll. Along with Williston-Elko, the schools are locked in a four-way tie for first place in Region 5-A with two games left. W-E and A-F will face each other Friday in Allendale, B-E plays host to Estill and B-H travels to Denmark-Olar.

Pelion was the lone T&D Region non-Class A team to make the polls, ranking ninth in Class 2-A. The Panthers travel to Columbia Thursday for a Region 5-AA showdown.

South Carolina Prep Football Poll

By The Associated Press

The Associated Press state high school football polls for the week of October 16, first-place votes in parentheses, record and total points as voted upon by a statewide panel of sports writers:

Class 4A

School Total Points Prv

1. James F. Byrnes (9) (8-0) 90 1

2. Summerville (7-1) 77 2

3. Sumter (8-0) 61 3

4. Dorman (7-1) 59 4

5. Greenwood (7-1) 53 T5

6. Gaffney (7-1) 52 T5

7. South Pointe (7-1) 34 8

8. Northwestern (7-1) 31 9

9. Clover (6-2) 14 7

10. Conway (7-1) 11

Others receiving votes: 11, Irmo 7. 12, Berkeley 4. 13, Hartsville 1. 13, Fort Dorchester 1.

Class 3A

School Total Points Prv

1. Myrtle Beach (7) (8-0) 88 1

2. Blythewood (2) (8-0) 73 2

3. Greenville (7-1) 65 4

4. D.W. Daniel (7-1) 56 T5

5. Clinton (7-1) 46 T5

6. Timberland (6-2) 44 7

7. Blue Ridge (7-1) 29 3

8. Chester (6-2) 28 T9

9. Airport (7-1) 16 T9

10. Marlboro County (6-2) 15

Others receiving votes: 11, Hilton Head 11. 12, Riverside 9. 13, Wilson 7. 13, Socastee 7. 15, Crestwood 1.

Class 2A

School Total Points Prv

1. Abbeville (8) (8-0) 89 1

2. Columbia (1) (8-0) 79 2

3. Dillon (7-1) 71 3

4. Manning (7-1) 61 4

5. Hanahan (7-1) 48 6

6. Chesnee (7-1) 45 5

7. Central (6-2) 32 7

8. Cheraw (6-2) 29 8

9. Pelion (7-1) 17 9

10. Chapman (6-2) 8

Others receiving votes: 11, Silver Bluff 7. 12, Batesburg-Leesville 4. 13, Woodruff 3. 14, Bishop England 1.

14, Woodland 1.

Class A

School Total Points Prv

1. Blackville-Hilda (4) (6-2) 76 4

(tie) Allendale-Fairfax (2) (7-1) 76 2

3. Bamberg-Ehrhardt (1) (7-1) 70 1

4. Lake View (1) (7-1) 63 3

5. Lamar (6-2) 49 5

6. Ware Shoals (6-2) 35 6

(tie) Hemingway (7-1) 35 7

8. Great Falls (1) (7-1) 31 9

9. Carvers Bay (6-2) 27 8

10. Chesterfield (6-2) 7

(tie) Lewisville (5-3) 7

Others receiving votes:

12, Calhoun County 6.

12, Christ Church Episcopal 6. 14, Whitmire 3. 15, Scott's Branch 2. 16, Cross 1. 16, McBee 1.

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