Week 8 Midlands high school football picks
Friday
A.C. Flora vs. Richland NE at Spring Valley
Loss puts defending champ Flora into 0-2 hole in region.
PICK: A.C. Flora
Abbeville at Batesburg-Leesville
Terrence Wilson goes for milestone, B-L looks for upper hand in region.
PICK: Batesburg-Leesville
Airport at Gilbert
Eagles’ confidence soaring with unbeaten start.
PICK: Airport
Brookland-Cayce at Midland Valley
Hard to figure out Bearcats, who have been up and down this season.
PICK: Brookland-Cayce
C.A. Johnson at Lamar
Silver Foxes can put up a lot of points.
PICK: Lamar
Camden at Dreher
Winner gets off to 2-0 start in region play.
PICK: Camden
Chapin at Lower Richland
LR can put up some points, but so can Chapin.
PICK: Chapin
Columbia at Eau Claire
EC going for third win of season for first time since 2010.
PICK: Eau Claire
Dutch Fork at Blythewood
Quick turnaround for Silver Foxes, who are looking at 0-2 region start with a loss.
PICK: Blythewood
Florence Christian at Hammond
Skyhawks look to slow FC’s Alex James.
PICK: Hammond
Indian Land at North Central
North Central has lost three consecutive region games after promising start.
PICK: Indian Land
Laurence Manning at Ben Lippen
Swampcats coming off shutout loss to Hammond.
PICK: Laurence Manning
Mid-Carolina at Newberry
M-C has won two in a row, and Bulldogs coming off tough loss to Fairfield Central.
PICK: Newberry
North Augusta at White Knoll
NA is without starting QB, and ’Wolves coming off tough loss to Irmo.
PICK: White Knoll
Pelion at Fairfield Central
Fairfield Central in driver’s seat in region after win against Newberry.
PICK: Fairfield Central
River Bluff at Lexington
Atmosphere should be great for county rival matchup, game should be as well.
PICK: Lexington
South Aiken at Irmo
Yellow Jackets finally put things together last week against White Knoll. Let’s see if they can do it again.
PICK: Irmo
Spring Valley at Lugoff-Elgin
Vikings look to break losing streak as they finally play region opener.
PICK: Spring Valley
Swansea at Aiken
Green Hornets’ running game might be too tough for Swansea
PICK: Aiken
Saturday
Gray Collegiate at Camden Military
Eagles eye third consecutive victory.
PICK: Gray Collegiate
Ridge View at Westwood
Blazers turned heads with Tuesday’s win against Dutch Fork. Win against Westwood puts them in driver’s seat in region.
PICK: Westwood
LAST WEEK: 8-5
OVERALL: 121-37
This story was originally published October 15, 2015 at 10:38 PM.