Class 4A Midlands high school football capsules
A.C. Flora
Coach: Reggie Shaw (50-37 overall record)
Last year’s record: 6-5
Returning starters: 11
Key returnees: DB/Ath Lane Botkin, DB/Ath Cory Riley; DE/LB Celestin Haba; DE Eli Lipscomb; DL Reshawn Jackson; OL Jamari Gordon; WR Thomas Hollingsworth
Impact newcomers: QB Carlton Andrews; Ath Garrett Whetstone; DB Quincy Riley; DB Matt Jamison
Airport
Coach: Kirk Burnett (134-104, 21 seasons overall, 12th at Airport)
Last year’s record: 10-2
Returning starters: 12
Key returnees: WR/DB Kerryon Richardson; QB Brett Burnett; OL Collyn Richardson; LB Tre Robinson; WR CJ Wright; ATH Anthony Calhoun
Impact newcomers: OL/DL Sean Miller; DE DeVahn Robinson
Chapin
Coach: Justin Gentry (96-70 overall record)
Last year’s record: 11-2
Returning starters: 11
Key returnees: TE Will Register; OL Will Webster; OL Hank Manos; OL Harrison Bedenbaugh; WR Kale Rhame; DL Trey Greene; DB Nick Price; DB Will Kroske
Impact newcomers: QB Trad Beatty; WR Cole Owens; WR Lawson Bemis; WR Cooper Bemis; DL Chase Carter; LB Nick Purdam; LB Mac Eason
Dreher
Coach: Treigh Sullivan (18-14)
Last year’s record: 5-6
Returning starters: 5 offense, 6 defense
Key returnees: RB Jay Washington; C Kwesi Jackson; G JaQuel Prince; WR Ty Rush QB/K Matt Campbell; DE Kris Crabtree; LB Theo Goodwin; DB Anthony Salters; DB Max Ward
Impact newcomers: WR Cody Bach; RB Tony Gunter; TE Louis Parr; DE Jordan Huston; DB Tre Dreher; DB Kyrell Michael
Lower Richland
Coach: Rodney Barr (First year)
Last year’s record: 3-7
Key returnees: QB Tevaughn Higgins; WR/S Jonathan Murphy; RB/S Ben Jackson; WR Keyon Hair; LB Malich Jacobs; OL Ernest Thompson
Impact newcomers: WR/LB Demondre Goodwin; DB/QB Deonta Jacobs; DL Stacey Anderson; RB Keyshawn Capers
Lugoff-Elgin
Coach: Matt Campbell (2nd year)
Last year’s record: 1-10
Returning starters: 10
Key returnees: RB Rahmel Burton; RB Jermaine Jenkins; OL Elliott Campbell; DL Thai Wood; LB Adam Rowson
Impact newcomers: WR Gatlin Lawson; WR Joe Summers; DB Chase Roberts; LB Cameron Payne
Richland Northeast
Coach: Jay Frye (121-99, overall record)
Last year’s record: 6-6
Returning starters: 16
Key returnees: QB Aloysius Jackson; WR Cedric Smith; RB Tyquandre Davis; LB Tim Gibson; DB Mike Joyner; OL Moses Howard; OL Dominic Vereen; DE Daquan Holley; LB Desean Gause
Impact newcomers: DL Quintin Latten; DE/LB Luke Lumbard; WR Jaquain Hill; CB Marzell Jackson
Ridge View
Coach: Perry Parks
Last year’s record: 5-6
Returning starters: 7 offense; 8 defense
Key returnees: OL Cameron Muller; TE/H-back Cameron Butler; Ath Tre High; WR Bernard Porter; RB Ali Kelley; DE Damani Staley; LB D'Ondray Bryson-Ashford; DB Dinichie Ashe; DT Damian Daley; DT Ed Roe
Impact newcomers: QB Jalen Smith; RB/DB Latheron Rogers-Anderson
Westwood
Coach: Dustin Curtis (First year)
Last year’s record: 9-4
Returning starters: 9
Key returnees: OL Ryan Hiller; RB Rudy Mitchell; LB Amare Barno; LB Darieus McCaskill; DL Kayshon Mitchell; DE/OL Arden McCrory
Impact newcomers: WR Kaden Briggs; C Tyler Endsley; CB Jaylon Riley CB Bradlee Nelson
This story was originally published August 13, 2016 at 3:22 PM.