SC State Duals Update
Tons of action around the Palmetto state tomorrow as the 1st Round of the State Duals will take place at various high schools around the state.
5A
Top ranked (by the South Carolina Wrestling Coaches Association) Hillcrest downed Rock Hill 54-21 in the only Round of 16 match that has been wrestled thus far. Hillcrest will take on the winner of #6 Clover vs. #16 Dorman in the Elite 8 on February 15th. #2 Byrnes takes on #7 Ft. Mill tomorrow and #17 TL Hanna faces #9 Northwestern in the 2nd quarter of the bracket.
Lower State top quarter has #14 Ashley Ridge vs. #4 River Bluff and #8 Wando vs. #19 St James. The bottom quarter features #13 Cane Bay vs. #15 Socastee and #5 Lexington vs. #3 Summerville.
4A
#9 Dreher visits #5 Travelers Rest tomorrow and #4 South Pointe travels to #2 Eastside in the top quarter of 4A Upper State. #3 Indian Land hosts #12 Greenwood and #6 Lugoff-Elgin hosts #14 Walhalla in the bottom quarter of the Upper State Bracket.
#1 May River advances to host the winner of #8 Hartsville and North Augusta in the top bracket of Lower State. #7 North Myrtle Beach hosts #20 James Island and #19 South Aiken hosts #10 Hilton Head in the bottom quarter of the Lower State Bracket.
3A
3A Upper State features six of the top 7 teams in 3A … #2 West Oak travels to #5 Chester and #7 Broome visits #3 Powdersville in the top half of the Upper State bracket. On the bottom half #16 Blue Ridge visits #6 Union County and #17 Mid-Carolina will visit top ranked Belton-Honea Path.
Lower State has #19 Loris visiting #10 Hanahan and #11 Brookland-Cayce going to #9 Camden on the top side. On the bottom side Lake City travels to a very tough #4 Gilbert and #20 Battery Creek visits #18 Aynor.
2A
#1 Crescent takes a bye into the Elite 8 and will wait for the winner of #7 Chesnee and #9 Dixie on the top side of the Upper State Bracket. #11 High Point visits #4 Liberty and CA Johnson visits #3 Ninety-Six on the bottom side of the Upper State bracket.
#2 Bamberg-Ehrhardt takes a bye into the Elite 8 in the Lower State bracket and will face the winner of Edisto and #13 Buford. The bottom side features #18 Cheraw visiting #8 Cross and #10 Philip Simmons going to #6 Pelion.