State of South Carolina High School Football

[DFOLDMAN]

The reign of Dutch Fork will end with Knotts retiring or leaving. It happened to the schools you listed when the Great One retired or left the school. Speaking for Woodruff we have hired around six coaches since Coach Varner retired. We haven’t hit on the Great One. The Great One is very hard to find. Enjoy the time you have with Knotts. Keep bragging and telling everyone how great Dutch Fork plays football. It to shall come to end when Knotts retires or leaves. You say he has built a dynasty. But the dynasty is Tom Knotts. Without him there is no dynasty. You will have good teams after Tom Knotts but not the dynasty. Sorry to burst your bubble but it’s the truth.

....you must be Legend's twin.

Stating facts about DF football isn't hype. Just stating fact.

I said it years ago, on another site... all DF needs is a good coach...didn't know it would be "the coach"....DF will be fine after TK hangs it up. No team can expect a run like DF has had since Knotts came, but he demonstrated the potential of the school. That will attract other good coaches once he hangs it up.

DF is a little different situation, from say Woodruff...the DF area is a bedroom community for greater Columbia. Woodruff hasn't won a title since 1984-long time ago... about the time textiles dried up. Same problem with places like Union, Chester or Whitmire...

People dislike Knotts...I get it. He's like me...not everyone's "cup of tea"- definitely an acquired taste. This board dries up after the title games, but throw out words like, Dutch Fork or Knotts, and god forbid, DFoldman...and the sparks fly, and the chatter starts...have to keep things going...lol

Fear The Fox...

and you sound like B#1 and this reminds me of the bluebloods post in the old PFT yall oldtimers will remember…and get that fear the Fox crap outta here..Gaffney don’t fear no one including DF…in fact in title games the great Tommy boy is 0-2…I heard the same crap when Byrnes was on a roll..they were “ winning at faster rate than Gaffney”..

Teams including Gaffney are adjusting to what Tommy perfected ..why they run him off at Independence ..what Bentley sorta started..don’t get me wrong both are damn good coaches that sell/sold their programs…in the last 2 weeks I have seen 4 kids that are transferring to Gaffney…2 from Daniel ..a damn good program..now wether or not they all on the roster next year ..I have no clue…we use to call it loading up in baseball..

No one wants to play Gaffney..Tommy proved that this year..guess he “ Feared the Spear” …that’s the original bro..

It’s late..I going to bed…..I’ll await your little, but we’ll thought out smart azz response ..

"but throw out words like, Dutch Fork or Knotts, and god forbid, DFoldman...and the sparks fly, and the chatter starts...have to keep things going...lol" - Bingo...Mikey woke up.

It's called sympathy, Mikey - after the last two hidings y'all toted from DF- how bad do the Injuns want to look? Gaffney is good at the transfer portal, we know that...QBs especially. Don't worry about DF catching the Gaffney record- Abbeville has it dead in their sights and if they stay 1A....no one can keep pace with them. If Gaffney does the right thing and hires Pelham, I will be a huge Injun fan. I get the Bentley hype, but folks seem to forget Miller won about as many of those titles as Bentley did.

I saw the future 25 years ago at DF....first time I walked through the school and traveled around and looked at the district. Perfect storm for the right coach. I love these homers saying it's all Knotts and the school, kids and area have little to do with it. Drop Knotts off in Oakway SC and see how the dynasty at West-Oak pans out....or Pickens or Union....some places just can't win like that- the resources and talent are not there or not there any longer. Knotts would have done the same thing as he has done at DF at Summerville, Dorman, Irmo, Gaffney, Byrnes, Spartanburg, Fort D...etc, but he would need the resources and talent...give the confluence of the Broad and Saluda a little credit...lol.

Haters gonna hate....

Fear The Fox...

sympathy my butt…we call it ducking..quack quack..quack quack quack..just be happy they split 5A…it made your road to state a lot easier..let me hear you QUACK

I did enjoy Gaffney's miracle come from behind victory over Spartanburg and that valiant effort against...Dorman...I can't even type that without laughing. Come to Ballentine and enjoy some high school football. 2025 is going to be fun.

All seriousness, if Gaffney doesn't hire Pelham they will regret it. Great coach and a good man. Could not go wrong with that hire. If he can do what he did in Red Bank...what do you think he can do in Gaffney?

Fear The Fox...

[mikey]

The reign of Dutch Fork will end with Knotts retiring or leaving. It happened to the schools you listed when the Great One retired or left the school. Speaking for Woodruff we have hired around six coaches since Coach Varner retired. We haven’t hit on the Great One. The Great One is very hard to find. Enjoy the time you have with Knotts. Keep bragging and telling everyone how great Dutch Fork plays football. It to shall come to end when Knotts retires or leaves. You say he has built a dynasty. But the dynasty is Tom Knotts. Without him there is no dynasty. You will have good teams after Tom Knotts but not the dynasty. Sorry to burst your bubble but it’s the truth.

....you must be Legend's twin.

Stating facts about DF football isn't hype. Just stating fact.

I said it years ago, on another site... all DF needs is a good coach...didn't know it would be "the coach"....DF will be fine after TK hangs it up. No team can expect a run like DF has had since Knotts came, but he demonstrated the potential of the school. That will attract other good coaches once he hangs it up.

DF is a little different situation, from say Woodruff...the DF area is a bedroom community for greater Columbia. Woodruff hasn't won a title since 1984-long time ago... about the time textiles dried up. Same problem with places like Union, Chester or Whitmire...

People dislike Knotts...I get it. He's like me...not everyone's "cup of tea"- definitely an acquired taste. This board dries up after the title games, but throw out words like, Dutch Fork or Knotts, and god forbid, DFoldman...and the sparks fly, and the chatter starts...have to keep things going...lol

Fear The Fox...

and you sound like B#1 and this reminds me of the bluebloods post in the old PFT yall oldtimers will remember…and get that fear the Fox crap outta here..Gaffney don’t fear no one including DF…in fact in title games the great Tommy boy is 0-2…I heard the same crap when Byrnes was on a roll..they were “ winning at faster rate than Gaffney”..

Teams including Gaffney are adjusting to what Tommy perfected ..why they run him off at Independence ..what Bentley sorta started..don’t get me wrong both are damn good coaches that sell/sold their programs…in the last 2 weeks I have seen 4 kids that are transferring to Gaffney…2 from Daniel ..a damn good program..now wether or not they all on the roster next year ..I have no clue…we use to call it loading up in baseball..

No one wants to play Gaffney..Tommy proved that this year..guess he “ Feared the Spear” …that’s the original bro..

It’s late..I going to bed…..I’ll await your little, but we’ll thought out smart azz response ..

"but throw out words like, Dutch Fork or Knotts, and god forbid, DFoldman...and the sparks fly, and the chatter starts...have to keep things going...lol" - Bingo...Mikey woke up.

It's called sympathy, Mikey - after the last two hidings y'all toted from DF- how bad do the Injuns want to look? Gaffney is good at the transfer portal, we know that...QBs especially. Don't worry about DF catching the Gaffney record- Abbeville has it dead in their sights and if they stay 1A....no one can keep pace with them. If Gaffney does the right thing and hires Pelham, I will be a huge Injun fan. I get the Bentley hype, but folks seem to forget Miller won about as many of those titles as Bentley did.

I saw the future 25 years ago at DF....first time I walked through the school and traveled around and looked at the district. Perfect storm for the right coach. I love these homers saying it's all Knotts and the school, kids and area have little to do with it. Drop Knotts off in Oakway SC and see how the dynasty at West-Oak pans out....or Pickens or Union....some places just can't win like that- the resources and talent are not there or not there any longer. Knotts would have done the same thing as he has done at DF at Summerville, Dorman, Irmo, Gaffney, Byrnes, Spartanburg, Fort D...etc, but he would need the resources and talent...give the confluence of the Broad and Saluda a little credit...lol.

Haters gonna hate....

Fear The Fox...

sympathy my butt…we call it ducking..quack quack..quack quack quack..just be happy they split 5A…it made your road to state a lot easier..let me hear you QUACK

I did enjoy Gaffney's miracle come from behind victory over Spartanburg and that valiant effort against...Dorman...I can't even type that without laughing. Come to Ballentine and enjoy some high school football. 2025 is going to be fun.

All seriousness, if Gaffney doesn't hire Pelham they will regret it. Great coach and a good man. Could not go wrong with that hire. If he can do what he did in Red Bank...what do you think he can do in Gaffney?

Fear The Fox...

Bet it wasn’t as hard as I laughed when ole Tommy boy chickened out THIS year..Spit coffee all over my IPad..

Yea I would like to see Pelham personally.However there is something to say about Loyalty..Donnie has the support of a lot folks in the community..a lot played for him..some that I respect ..some I don’t..a lot of the players that went on to play in College support him..some I respect,..again some I don’t…..some are good friends with him that will play the race card if he don’t get if I’m being honest..some of those folks will put pressure on school board members that represent them to hire him..

Unfortunately I would say it is split 50-50 on someone new and someone who has been loyal to the program..one side is going to be very disappointed..Gaffney is always going to be a dangerous team no matter who gets it..

This transfer thing has me confused..why are these kids on X posting they are transferring to a team that hasn’t even named a coach..do they know some thing..?

You know my maw maw on my mother side was from the hills of Pickens Co…part Cherokee Indian ..grew up dirt poor..moved to Cherokee falls to work in the mill..I got a lot of her side I’m me..her brothers played bluegrass music ..Ivan and Turk..they recorded as backup players on some albums in Nashville..guess that’s where I get my love of any kind of music..one day I’m going to get over your way to check out my roots..

Maybe DF and Gaffney can get a home and home contract in the future..I think it’s a game everybody benefits from…

[Atown97]

DF is only 33 yrs old, granted 23 of those have been winning seasons and of course we all know of all the titles won since TK’s arrival. They are the standard but for me when you say dynasty I think more of a place that has been around for a long time and has been consistent regardless of class, location, numbers, etc. For me, it’s Abbeville esp with the new age way of kids swapping schools like underwear. Gaffney now goes out and gets a new QB every year it seems, Byrnes had kids relocating because of BMW, allegedly, DF can get a kid here or there from the metro or Irmo, and don’t get me started on the charters, etc. Abbeville is just different. Those kids are born into football. Love the topic, great for DT banter.

Appreciate the Abbeville Love HoodRoad. Only a Few People Realize Abbeville's Coaching Staff are All former Atown High School players. Also a couple Nuggets 2 Of Abbeville Coaches are Rec League Hall of Famers Coach Tanko Rayford and Coach Ellis "Bebe" Belton. That's when Abbeville program evolved to the Juggernaut it is to this day Because from 12th grade to 7yrs old all are Abbeville Thru and Thru. Hell the Middle school Football coach is also the 12U coach at the Rec. It's a Machine in Atown. And Futhermore as Dynasty Wise we are Blessed in Atown for Decades. Last time losing in the 1st rd playoffs was 1993. I don't care which class not many schools can say that.

[HoodRoad]

DF is only 33 yrs old, granted 23 of those have been winning seasons and of course we all know of all the titles won since TK’s arrival. They are the standard but for me when you say dynasty I think more of a place that has been around for a long time and has been consistent regardless of class, location, numbers, etc. For me, it’s Abbeville esp with the new age way of kids swapping schools like underwear. Gaffney now goes out and gets a new QB every year it seems, Byrnes had kids relocating because of BMW, allegedly, DF can get a kid here or there from the metro or Irmo, and don’t get me started on the charters, etc. Abbeville is just different. Those kids are born into football. Love the topic, great for DT banter.

Appreciate the Abbeville Love HoodRoad. Only a Few People Realize Abbeville's Coaching Staff are All former Atown High School players. Also a couple Nuggets 2 Of Abbeville Coaches are Rec League Hall of Famers Coach Tanko Rayford and Coach Ellis "Bebe" Belton. That's when Abbeville program evolved to the Juggernaut it is to this day Because from 12th grade to 7yrs old all are Abbeville Thru and Thru. Hell the Middle school Football coach is also the 12U coach at the Rec. It's a Machine in Atown. And Futhermore as Dynasty Wise we are Blessed in Atown for Decades. Last time losing in the 1st rd playoffs was 1993. I don't care which class not many schools can say that.

Bro I know all there is to know about Abbeville Rec LOL! I’ve told this story many times. My son’s rec team at Powdersville played in the 12U state championship game against Abbeville in 2016. We pretty much killed everyone on our schedule except for maybe 1 or 2 teams. We even beat the eventual “national” champion from Greenville, the Eastside Dolphins. We did everything we could to find out what to expect from Abbeville. I finally found a guy on FB that coached at McCormick Rec. He gave me all the details…they run the A Bone, MS Coach is the rec coach, and so on. Between 2 or 3 coaches we watched any cell videos parents posted and watched probably 3 or 4 Abbeville HS games on Youtube because we knew Abbeville is a system. They don’t stray from the system from rec thru HS. We gave up the opening kick for a TD & 2 pt conversion. That was it. We lost 8-0. The rest of the game was like a boxing match trading shots. It was awesome, other than losing. Fast forward to my son’s Sr. year we played at Abbeville. My son was like “I hope some of those kids are on this team.” Powdersville got their lick back that night 51-44. But the thing I loved the most was the history, the tradition, all of it. Abbeville is def my kind of place. I even had an old Abbeville guy tell me he couldn’t remember when the last time a team came into their stadium and scored 50 pts. That was a very special night and we’ve had some bangers every time we play them. It’s all love from Powdersville for A Town!

[Atown97]

DF is only 33 yrs old, granted 23 of those have been winning seasons and of course we all know of all the titles won since TK’s arrival. They are the standard but for me when you say dynasty I think more of a place that has been around for a long time and has been consistent regardless of class, location, numbers, etc. For me, it’s Abbeville esp with the new age way of kids swapping schools like underwear. Gaffney now goes out and gets a new QB every year it seems, Byrnes had kids relocating because of BMW, allegedly, DF can get a kid here or there from the metro or Irmo, and don’t get me started on the charters, etc. Abbeville is just different. Those kids are born into football. Love the topic, great for DT banter.

Appreciate the Abbeville Love HoodRoad. Only a Few People Realize Abbeville's Coaching Staff are All former Atown High School players. Also a couple Nuggets 2 Of Abbeville Coaches are Rec League Hall of Famers Coach Tanko Rayford and Coach Ellis "Bebe" Belton. That's when Abbeville program evolved to the Juggernaut it is to this day Because from 12th grade to 7yrs old all are Abbeville Thru and Thru. Hell the Middle school Football coach is also the 12U coach at the Rec. It's a Machine in Atown. And Futhermore as Dynasty Wise we are Blessed in Atown for Decades. Last time losing in the 1st rd playoffs was 1993. I don't care which class not many schools can say that.

Bro I know all there is to know about Abbeville Rec LOL! I’ve told this story many times. My son’s rec team at Powdersville played in the 12U state championship game against Abbeville in 2016. We pretty much killed everyone on our schedule except for maybe 1 or 2 teams. We even beat the eventual “national” champion from Greenville, the Eastside Dolphins. We did everything we could to find out what to expect from Abbeville. I finally found a guy on FB that coached at McCormick Rec. He gave me all the details…they run the A Bone, MS Coach is the rec coach, and so on. Between 2 or 3 coaches we watched any cell videos parents posted and watched probably 3 or 4 Abbeville HS games on Youtube because we knew Abbeville is a system. They don’t stray from the system from rec thru HS. We gave up the opening kick for a TD & 2 pt conversion. That was it. We lost 8-0. The rest of the game was like a boxing match trading shots. It was awesome, other than losing. Fast forward to my son’s Sr. year we played at Abbeville. My son was like “I hope some of those kids are on this team.” Powdersville got their lick back that night 51-44. But the thing I loved the most was the history, the tradition, all of it. Abbeville is def my kind of place. I even had an old Abbeville guy tell me he couldn’t remember when the last time a team came into their stadium and scored 50 pts. That was a very special night and we’ve had some bangers every time we play them. It’s all love from Powdersville for A Town!

Definitely Been some epic games for sure. Hopefully it keeps going in the future. Appreciate All the Love