FootballSaturday, November 7
Summerville beats Blythewood 28-7 to advance in the Class 5A playoffs
The 5AM Summerville team
If you watched Friday night, you saw Summerville, the No. 5 seed, beat 12th-seeded Blythewood 28-7 in the Class 5A first round, as the scores from WCBD show. The game came out of the Lower State bracket. Records going in were 7-3 and 4-6, per this week's playoff list.
Summerville won its first-round game by 21 points
- Blythewood7Summerville28 (won)
- Ashley Ridge7Sumter49 (won)
Sources: WCBD News 2, The Greenville News
Next up: Rivals' pairings have Summerville's winner facing No. 4 Carolina Forest. Fort Dorchester beat Wando on Thursday, and Ashley Ridge fell 49-7 at Sumter.
- Summerville: No. 5 seed in the Lower State
- Blythewood: No. 12 seed, entered 4-6
- Ashley Ridge: No. 11 seed, entered 3-7
- Sumter: No. 6 seed, entered 6-4
It's the first playoff under the new classification format, which gives 5A one champion instead of two.
Summerville's path runs through state semifinals and a Dec. 5 title game
- Nov. 6Summerville beat Blythewood 28-7 in the first round.
- Nov. 27State semifinals will be played at the higher seeds' sites.
- Dec. 5The Class 5A state championship is set for 8 p.m. at Oliver C. Dawson Stadium.
Sources: WCBD News 2, The Greenville News