Who’s in, who’s out? The playoff picture for Midlands basketball teams
The high school basketball season is winding down in South Carolina during a season that teams have had to stop and start because of COVID-19.
Playoffs begin on Feb. 20 and teams have until Feb. 18 to report their region qualifiers. Only the top two teams qualify for the playoffs this season. Here is where things stand with public school teams in the Midlands:
Boys Basketball
Region 4-5A: Ridge View (8-0) has clinched the region title and is finished with its regular season. Blythewood (5-3) earned the second seed from the region.
Region 5-5A: Dutch Fork (5-2) clinches region with a win Thursday against Chapin. If Silver Foxes lose, a region tiebreaker game will be played on Saturday against River Bluff. Both DF and RB have clinched playoff spots.
Region 4-4A: Irmo (8-1) and AC Flora (6-1) have earned the two playoff spots from region. The two will were supposed to play for region tiebreaker on Tuesday but game was canceled. Flora will be No. 1 seed and Irmo No. 2 seed.
Region 4-3A: Mid-Carolina (7-1) and Keenan (5-1) have clinched playoff spots. Keenan has two games left with Chester on Tuesday and Thursday. If Keenan wins both, it will be top seed from region.
Region 5-3A: Brookland-Cayce is at Orangeburg-Wilkinson on Wednesday in the region championship. The winner hosts a first-round playoff game Saturday while loser opens playoff on the road.
Region 4-2A: Gray Collegiate (6-0) and Newberry (6-1) have clinched playoff spots. The two teams meet Feb. 16 at Newberry. If Gray wins, it wins region and Newberry is second. If Newberry wins, the teams play again on Feb. 18 with the winner getting the No. 1 seed. Columbia will be third seed and plays third-place team from Region 1 on Tuesday with winner earning playoff spot.
Region 2-A: Great Falls (5-0) won region and CA Johnson (4-1) will be the second seed.
Girls Basketball
Region 4-5A: Rock Hill (7-1) and Ridge View (6-1) have clinched playoff spots, but it will be a matter if who is the region champion and who gets No. 2 seed. RV has a game left against Blythewood on Thursday. If RV wins, it will be region’s No. 1 seed.
Region 5-5A: Lexington (6-2) won the region title and Dutch Fork (5-3) finished second.
Region 4-4A: Westwood (8-1) won the region title and Irmo (7-3) clinched the second spot in the region.
Region 4-3A: Keenan (5-0) clinched the region title while Lower Richland (4-2) will be the second seed from the region.
Region 6-3A: Camden (5-0) clinched the region championship.
Region 4-2A: Saluda has clinched the region title. The second spot is up for grabs between Newberry (4-3) and Gray Collegiate (4-3).
Region 4-A: McBee won the region and CA Johnson finished second.
This story was originally published February 6, 2021 at 5:00 AM.
