2010 South Carolina High School Football State Champions
by Skulls and Spurs on Dec 7, 2025 9:31 AM EST
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PrintA-I: Abbeville over Bamberg-Ehrhardt, 42-13
A-II: Scott's Branch over Williston-Elko, 34-32
ATH Jerell Adams of Scott's Branch should be in the garnet and black next year.
AA: Central over Dillon, 20-17
AAA: Myrtle Beach over South Pointe, 27-23
This game featured the nation's top recruit, and South Carolina Gamecocks lean, Jadeveon Clowney (South Pointe) and Notre Dame Fighting Irish QB commit Everett Golson (Myrtle Beach). Gerald Dixon is another player for South Pointe that the Gamecocks expect to have on campus next season.
AAAA-I: Byrnes over Dorman, 34-13
Dorman WR and Clemson Tigers commitment Charone Peake and his teammates fell to perennial power Byrnes and its talent-rich pool of athletes, though no big names dot the 2011 recruiting class for the Rebels. However, 2012 RB Shakeem Wharton, a relative of former Gamecock and current Carolina Panthers OL Travelle Wharton, ran for 160 yards and 3 TDs in the win. Byrnes finishes the season ranked #17 in the USA Today Super 25 poll.
AAAA-II: Northwestern over Greenwood, 42-10
Three Northwestern players are heading to play major college football next season. QB Justin Worley is committed to the Tennessee Volunteers, and both Roderick Byers and Gerald Dixon are expected to sign with South Carolina.
Click here for MaxPreps' list of all states' 2010 high school football champions.
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My high school is never mentioned anywhere about anything.
The only football player I know of who went there is Duce Staley. How does Byrnes always win? It’s not like high school players are recruited. It’s just luck as to which athlete is born where, and is forced to go to a certain school. It doesn’t make sense that one school could dominate like that. Maybe it’s just their coach, and most of the other high school coaches don’t know what they’re doing.
stuff 'bout stuff.
by silver82blade on Dec 7, 2025 9:47 AM EST reply actions
Coaching is HUGE in high school.
Byrnes and Myrtle Beach both run complex systems on offense. If they’re fortunate enough to have a QB that can distribute the ball, they’re tough to beat. Also, when high schools begin to distinguish themselves as winners, kids move in to be a part of that.
by Skulls and Spurs on Dec 7, 2025 10:00 AM EST up reply actions
Like Skulls says, it's coaching.
If you can get a coach in there that can develop players and who understands schematics, you can win big. There are only so many coaches like that at the high school level, and they end up standing out.
Also, don’t forget that while there isn’t recruiting in high school (other than at private schools), there are schools that are better located than others. If you’re a big school in a population center, you have more guys to choose from.
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by Gamecock Man on Dec 7, 2025 10:12 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah, but there are a lot of schools in SC that are comparable in size, or bigger, than Byrnes.
I know the coach is important, but it’s hard to believe it could have such an enormous impact. I guess it does, though.
stuff 'bout stuff.
by silver82blade on Dec 7, 2025 10:32 AM EST up reply actions
Skulls is right on about Byrnes
They’re a system-team that happens to be located in a rapidly growing area. They had a coach (Bentley) who installed “his” playbook all the way down to the pee-wee levels, and by the time those kids were in high school, they’d been running his system for years (and playing with their teammates as well).
Brynes is really an interesting program, because it shows what happens when you get all the right pieces in place (system, coaching, population) and have the patience to see them through. It surely didn’t happen overnight, in the late 90’s Byrnes was a whipping boy and more folks came out to watch their band at halftime than their football team.
by BrisketBiscuit on Dec 7, 2025 12:28 PM EST up reply actions
If I learned anything from Friday night lights,
It’s that there may not be recruiting in high school, but that doesn’t mean that parents with kids who can play never move to districts where they’ll get more attention. It’s blatant in basketball, with this and that academy, and I’m not so naive to think it doesn’t happen in football too.
by ssladler on Dec 7, 2025 3:37 PM EST up reply actions
It’s hard to believe parents move just so their kids can play on a certain high school sports team, but I suppose there are people for everything.
stuff 'bout stuff.
by silver82blade on Dec 7, 2025 4:43 PM EST up reply actions
When did Golson switch from North Carolina to Notre Dame?
I missed out on that. I hate both programs, but I’d rather see him at Notre Dame. They would have a lot more trouble parlaying a single player’s success to build a pipeline into the state than the Tarheels.
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by GwinnettGamecock on Dec 7, 2025 12:42 PM EST reply actions
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