{
  "id": 17431797,
  "title": "SC high school football playoffs bracket, schedules. See 2026 pairings",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/sc-high-school-football-playoffs-bracket-schedules-see-2026-pairings",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-31T16:35:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/sc-high-school-football-playoffs-163555654.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The South Carolina high school football playoffs bracket for the 2026 season has been released. All state semifinals will be held on November 27, with the higher-seeded teams receiving the advantage. The state championships will take place on December 4-5 at Oliver C. Dawson Stadium in Orangeburg.\n\nIn the Class 1A Division 2 State championship, which will be played on December 4 at 12:00 noon, Quadrant 1 features Blackville Hilda as the bye seed, facing Ridge Spring-Monetta at Green Sea Floyds. Calhoun County and C.A. Johnson also have byes in this quadrant.\n\nQuadrant 2 features Lamar as a bye seed, playing Clear Dot Charter at Branchville. Whitmire will face Lee Central, while Scott s Branch is the bye seed in this quadrant.\n\nQuadrant 3 has Lake View as a bye seed, playing Bethune-Bowman at Baptist Hill. Wagener-Salle is the bye seed against Hunter-Kinard-Tyler. Quadrant 4 features Cross as a bye seed, facing Lewsiville at Denmark-Olar. Dixie and Hardeeville will face off, with TBA (to be announced) as the final matchup in this quadrant.",
  "summary": "Here are the South Carolina high school football playoff brackets for the first round. See all the pairings.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}