Class AA : LOWER STATE Playoffs Preview

<p>Can the Gray Collegiate Academy War Eagles repeat as champions ? The Class AA State Bracket looks good from top to bottom. Opening round games will be on Wednesday and 2nd round games will be played on Saturday night. </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Latta HS vs Oceanside Collegiate Academy</strong></p> <p>The Vikings (8-10) will travel down to Mount Pleasant to play the Landsharks. <strong>Darius McRae</strong> and <strong>Deonte Stanley</strong>  (Hutchinson CC (KS) Football Signee), will lead the Vikings offense.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Oceanside College Academy (20-4) has plenty of weapons with a senior dominated roster. <strong>Shane McCravy</strong> 17.2 ppg, <strong>Isaiah Archie</strong> 15.3 ppg, <strong>Adyn Kirby</strong> 8.2 ppg, <strong>Jace Stern</strong> 7.2 ppg and <strong>Jaden Anderson</strong>. </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Barnwell HS vs Carvers Bay HS </strong></p> <p>The Warhorses will travel over to the Choppee Community of Georgetown County to play the Bears. The Warhorses (11-9) will get leadership from <strong>James Mingo</strong> and <strong>Russell Branch</strong>.</p> <p>The Bears (16-8) have Seniors <strong>Stephon Greene</strong> 17.3 ppg and <strong>Janaz Sumpter</strong> (North Carolina A&amp;T Football Signee) </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Hannah-Pamplico HS vs Woodland HS </strong></p> <p>Can the Red Raiders (10-14) pull a upset at Woodland HS ? <strong>Devin Daniels</strong> 18 ppg and <strong>Cameron Profit</strong> 12 ppg lead this offense. </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Calhoun County HS vs Burke HS (Charleston) </strong></p> <p>The Saints come marching into Chucktown to play the Bulldogs. The Saints (13-10) will rely on a young roster <strong>Jabarie Perry</strong>, <strong>Russell Brunson Jr</strong>. and Senior <strong>Ethan Tullock</strong>. The Bulldogs (10-10) <strong>Khyree</strong> <strong>Thompson</strong> and <strong>Carlos Thorne</strong> have provided consistent play all season long. </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>East Clarendon HS (Turbeville) vs Gray Collegiate Academy </strong></p> <p>The Wolverines get to make the trip to West Columbia to play the defending champs. The Wolverines (9-11) will be playing David in this episode of David and Goliath. The War Eagles (15-10) is ranked #1 despite the record.<strong> Tommy</strong> <strong>Bruner </strong>15.8 ppg, <strong>Khalil Robinson </strong>13.8 ppg, <strong>Jalil Robinson </strong>11.8 ppg , <strong>Jalen Deloach</strong> and <strong>Dallaz Corbitt</strong> (Central Florida Football Signee). </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Kingstree HS vs Whale Branch HS </strong></p> <p>The Jaguars have been playing well as of late under Head Coach Earl Brown Jr. The Jaguars (12-11) will lean on <strong>Direlle McGee</strong> 21.3 ppg and <strong>N'Chez Alston</strong> 19.1 ppg. </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Timberland HS (St Stephen) vs Mullins HS </strong></p> <p>The Wolves (7-15) travel up to the Pee Dee to play the Auctioneers. The Auctioneers have been under Assistant Coach Bill Nelson all season with Steve Smith leave of absence. The Auctioneers (19-3) have good leadership from <strong>Jordan Brantley</strong> 13.9 ppg, <strong>CJ Gilchrist</strong> 13.3 ppg and <strong>Xavier Legette</strong> (University of South Carolina Football Signee). </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Bamberg-Ehrhardt HS vs North Charleston HS </strong></p> <p>The Red Raiders limped into the playoffs with a (5-15) record. <strong>AJ Williams</strong> (Wake Forest Football Signee), <strong>Andrew</strong> <strong>Bradshaw</strong> and <strong>Justin Baxter</strong> leads the offense.</p> <p>The Cougars (17-7) want to play very fast and up-tempo under Head Coach Chris Brown. <strong>Darjawuan Brown</strong> 25.8 ppg, <strong>Marquez Terry</strong> 18.2 ppg and <strong>Ralph Holmes</strong> 13 ppg. </p>