Midlands High School football playoff capsules

LAST MEETING: 2014, A.C. Flora 16-6

LAST GAME: A.C. Flora def. Chapin 28-27; Chapman def. Southside 42-27

PLAYERS TO WATCH – ACF: RB Clarence Watson, WR Thomas Hollingsworth; C: QB Colton Bailey, WR DJ Twitty

NOTES: First-round 3A upper state matchup. Winner faces Seneca-Pickens winner. … Second straight year teams have met in the playoffs. … A.C. Flora has won three straight and had to win last week against Chapin to make the playoffs. … Bailey has thrown for 2,201 yards and 28 touchdowns. … Twitty needs 40 yards for 1,000 on the season. … Lane Botkin leads ACF with 109 tackles. … ACF quarterback Brendan Greene has 17 TDs.

LAST MEETING: None

LAST GAME: Richland Northeast def. Dreher 44-28; Emerald def. Eastside 41-30

PLAYERS TO WATCH – E: K.J. Chamberlin, QB Dreek Jones; RNE: LB T.J. Brunson, RB Barry Moorer

NOTES: First-round 3A Upper State matchup. Winner faces Daniel-South Pointe winner next week. … RNE is averaging 283 yards a game on the ground and rushed for 496 yards last week against Dreher. Aloysius Jackson, Moorer and Tyquandre Davis each had more than 100 yards last week. … Davis leads the team with 1,114 yards and Moorer needs 98 to go over 1,000. … RNE holds a 40:53-25:53 advantage in time of possession over its opponents. … Brunson, a Louisville commit leads the team with 119 tackles. ... Chamberlin, an Applachian State commit, has seven INTs in his past six games.

LAST MEETING: None

LAST GAME: Southside lost to Chapman, 42-27; Chapin lost to A.C. Flora, 28-27

PLAYERS TO WATCH – S: LB Jeremiah Ferguson, QB Juwan Prince; C: QB Logan Bailey, WR/P Evan Estridge

NOTES: First-round 3A Upper State matchup. … Winner gets the Lancaster-Wren winner next week. … Both teams lost their regular-season finale. … Chapin is looking for first playoff win since 2007. … Bailey needs 123 yards for 1,000 yards rushing on the season. He has thrown for 2,270 yards and accounted for 52 touchdowns. … Estridge needs 170 yards for 1,000 receiving yards for the season. He leads the Midlands with 19 TD catches. … Garrett Reinhart leads Chapin with 110 tackles. … Southside has seven wins for the first time since 2008, which is the last time it won a playoff game. … Prince is son of head coach Julius Prince. … Chapin TE and South Carolina commit Will Register caught two TD passes last week against A.C. Flora.

LAST MEETING: None

LAST GAME: Dreher lost to Richland Northeast, 44-28; MB defeated North Myrtle Beach, 35-28

PLAYERS TO WATCH – D: QB Avery Armstrong, RB Jay Washington; MB: QB Dayton Arnold, RB Brandon Sinclair

NOTES: First-round 3A Lower State matchup. … Winner gets Hilton Head-Aiken winner next week. … Armstrong has 2,020 total yards and 21 TDs this season. … Dreher WR Chris Cooke has two 100-yard receiving games in his past three outings. … The Blue Devils’ defense is allowing just 96 yards through the air per game, while Myrtle Beach throws for 213 yards per game. … Arnold, an Old Dominion commit, has thrown for 2,124 yards and 22 TDs this season. … Sinclair needs five yards for 1,300 yards rushing on the season and has 19 TDs. Washington needs 29 yards for 1,300 yards on the season.

LAST MEETING: 2001, O-W 31-26

LAST GAME: O-W def. Stall, 47-12; Airport def. Brookland-Cayce, 24-14

PLAYERS TO WATCH – O-W: QB Jashaun Grainger, WR Armoni Millhouse; A: QB Josh Tucker, WR/DB Kerryon Richardson

NOTES: First-round 3A Lower State matchup. … Winner gets Hartsville-North Myrtle Beach winner next week. … Airport leads all-time series 17-14. … Airport is looking for first 10-win season since 2011. … O-W has lost 11 straight playoff games with its last postseason win coming over Richland Northeast in 1996. … Tucker needs 66 yards for 2,000 total yards rushing and passing. He also has 83 yards receiving. … CJ Wright leads the Eagles with 26 catches for 443 yards and four TDs. … Airport’s defense is giving up 17.1 points a game.

LAST MEETING: 2015, Hammond 36-0

LAST GAME: LMA def. Porter-Gaud 28-24; Hammond def. Heathwood Hall 42-7

PLAYERS TO WATCH – LMA: RB Byron Hutson, RB Shakeel Robinson; H: QB Graham Smith, WR Lucas Prickett

NOTES: SCISA 3A semifinal game. Winner faces Wilson Hall-Pinewood Prep winner next Saturday in the state championship game at Benedict College. … Hammond has won 23 straight games. … The Skyhawks have allowed just 13 points over their past six games, which included four shutouts. … Smith needs eight yards passing for 2,000 yards on the season. … Skyhawks RB Malik Bennett needs 89 yards rushing for 1,000 on the season. … LMA is averaging 317 yards rushing a game.