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After ending last season as an undefeated champion, Holly Hill Academy will enter next season as both the hunter and hunted.
Thanks to realignment, the Raiders find themselves in a new classification - moving up from 8-man to Class A.
After opening the regular season at home Aug. 22 against Patrick Henry - one of three games against 8-man teams who will play 11-man exclusively for those contests - HHA and head coach Don Shelley will meet a familiar foe in Calhoun Academy. The Aug. 29 contest reunites Shelley with his good friend and former rival from his Orangeburg Prep days, Adam Jarecki.
A week later, HHA will face another former Eight Man foe making the move up to Class A in Clarendon Hall. In Week Three, the Raiders play their home opener against Dorchester Academy and long-time head coach Stanley Gruber.
The Raiders of St. George, who’ve moved up to Class 2-A, and OPS will open in ‘Week Zero’. Dorchester Academy will play host to defending SCISA Class 2-A champion Hilton Head Prep, while the Indians travel to Class 3-A runner-up Augusta Christian.
A team which will have a unique schedule is Andrew Jackson Academy. Although the Confederates will compete in 8-man, it will play two 11-man contests against St. John’s Christian Academy on Sept. 5 and Holly Hill Academy on Oct. 10.
AJA is one of six T&D Region teams opening the season during ‘Week Zero’. It will travel to Bowman Academy Aug. 22 for the first of two meetings this season between the two 8-man rivals.
ANDREW JACKSON ACADEMY
Aug. 22 - at Bowman Academy
Aug. 29 - FAITH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
Sept. 5 - at St. John’s Christian Academy
Sept. 12 - at Jefferson Davis Academy
Sept. 19 - BOWMAN ACADEMY
Sept. 26 - ABUNDANT LIFE
Oct. 3 - at Patrick Henry
Oct. 10 - HOLLY HILL ACADEMY
Oct. 17 - at Long Cane Academy
Oct. 24 - at Wardlaw Academy
Oct. 31 - ST. PAUL’S ACADEMY
BOWMAN ACADEMY
Aug. 22 - ANDREW JACKSON ACADEMY
Aug. 29 - at St. Paul’s Academy
Sept. 5 - at Long Cane Academy
Sept. 12 - FAITH CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
Sept. 19 - at Andrew Jackson Academy
Sept. 26 - WARDLAW ACADEMY
Oct. 3 - JEFFERSON DAVIS ACADEMY
Oct. 10 - ST. PAUL’S ACADEMY
Oct. 17 - at Faith Christian Academy
Oct. 24 - LONG CANE ACADEMY
Oct. 31 - at Patrick Henry
CALHOUN ACADEMY
Aug. 29 - HOLLY HILL ACADEMY
Sept. 5 - W.W. KING ACADEMY
Sept. 12 - at Florence Christian School
Sept. 19 - at Richard Winn
Sept. 26 - at Pee Dee Academy
Oct. 3 - ORANGEBURG PREP
Oct. 10 - at Colleton Prep
Oct. 17 - DORCHESTER ACADEMY
Oct. 24 - ROBERT E. LEE ACADEMY
Oct. 31 - at Thomas Sumter
CLARENDON HALL
Aug. 29 - The King’s Academy
Sept. 5 - HOLLY HILL ACADEMY
Sept. 12 - BIBLE BAPTIST
Sept. 19 - at Palmetto Christian
Sept. 26 - at St. John’s Christian Academy
Oct. 3 - at Cathedral Academy
Oct. 10 - LAURENS ACADEMY
Oct. 17 - BEAUFORT ACADEMY
Oct. 24 - at Charleston Collegiate
Oct. 31 - bye
DORCHESTER ACADEMY
Aug. 22 - HILTON HEAD PREP
Aug. 29 - at First Baptist
Sept. 5 - at Thomas Sumter Academy
Sept. 12 - at Holly Hill Academy
Sept. 19 - COLLETON PREP
Sept. 26 - THOMAS HEYWARD ACADEMY
Oct. 3 - bye
Oct. 10 - ROBERT E. LEE ACADEMY
Oct. 17 - at Calhoun Academy
Oct. 24 - at Pee Dee Academy
Oct. 31 - FLORENCE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
HOLLY HILL ACADEMY
Aug. 22 - PATRICK HENRY
Aug. 29 - at Calhoun Academy
Sept. 5 - at Clarendon Hall
Sept. 12 - DORCHESTER ACADEMY
Sept. 19 - at Cathedral Academy
Sept. 26 - CHARLESTON COLLEGIATE
Oct. 3 - BIBLE BAPTIST
Oct. 10 - at Andrew Jackson Academy
Oct. 17 - St. John’s Christian Academy
Oct. 24 - at Beaufort Academy
Oct. 31 - PALMETTO CHRISTIAN
JEFFERSON DAVIS ACADEMY
Aug. 22 - at Faith Christian
Aug. 29 - at Abundant Life
Sept. 5 - ST. PAUL’S ACADEMY
Sept. 12 - ANDREW JACKSON ACADEMY
Sept. 19 - Long Cane Academy
Sept. 26 - Bye
Oct. 3 - at Bowman Academy
Oct. 10 - WARDLAW ACADEMY
Oct. 17 - at St. Paul’s Academy
Oct. 24 - PATRICK HENRY
Oct. 31 - FAITH CHRISTIAN
ORANGEBURG PREP
Aug. 22 - at Augusta Christian
Aug. 29 - at Thomas Heyward
Sept. 5 - HAMMOND SCHOOL
Sept. 12 - at Heathwood Hall
Sept. 19 - PINEWOOD PREP
Sept. 26 - LAURENCE MANNING ACADEMY
Oct. 3 - at Calhoun Academy
Oct. 10 - HILTON HEAD CHRISTIAN
Oct. 17 - at Wilson Hall
Oct. 24 - at Porter-Gaud
Oct. 31 - BEN LIPPEN
T&D Senior Sports Writer Thomas Grant Jr. can be reached by e-mail at tgrant@timesanddemocrat.com or by phone at 803-533-5547. Discuss this and other stories on-line at TheTandD.com.