Through the years, the football series between the South Florence Bruins and West Florence Knights has seen plenty of slobberknockers.

Three generations of the Lucas family have served the Hartsville High varsity football team in the position of tight end. This year, Will Lucas will also play that role at the 73rd Annual Shrine Bowl on Dec. 19 in Gibbs Stadium at Wofford College in Spartanburg.

In each of the last three meetings with Sumter, Hartsville has needed a victory over the Gamecocks to qualify for the Class 4A Division II football playoffs.

South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier says starting defensive end Cliff Matthews could miss up to three weeks with a shoulder injury.

It’s a rivalry game that through the years has produced some of the most competitive and intense games one will ever see on the football field, but it was all Lamar (9-1) against Timmonsville Friday, as Silver Foxes quarterback Trevor Norris threw five touchdown passes in the first half before his team coasted to a 52-0 victory. Lamar had won a contest earlier in the season 26-6.

This Friday night at Kelleytown Stadium at 7:30 p.m. the Hartsville Red Foxes (9-1) face the Sumter Gamecocks (8-2) to determine the region champion. It’s that simple.

Rosters for the 62nd annual SCADA North-South All-Star game were announced Tuesday.

Advance Medical went 8-0 this season in the 9- and 10-year-old division of the Hartsville Recreation Department football league.

The Lake City Panthers closed the regular season with a 38-0 win over Georgetown and are setting their sights on the first round of the lower state playoffs at Ward Memorial Stadium this Friday night.

Lake City High School’s Sheldon Robinson is among the 44 seniors selected to represent South Carolina in the annual Shrine Bowl.

Decked out in black jerseys, Tennessee took three South Carolina fumbles and turned them into touchdowns as the Volunteers beat the No. 21 Gamecocks 31-13 Saturday night.

Tory Cooper will continue his European football odyssey. The former South Florence standout, who played last season in France, signed a contract this week to play in Austria with the Swarco Raiders, the two-time defending Euro Bowl champions.

There’s no way to tell how far the Lake City Panthers might have gone in the 2008 playoffs had they been eligible for the postseason.

Dillon vs. Cheraw, Camden vs. Marlboro County, Darlington vs. Wilson, Chesterfield vs. McBee

Mullins vs. Marion, Aynor vs. Loris, Andrews vs. Hanahan, Timmonsville vs. Lamar, Lake View vs. Hemingway, Carvers Bay vs. Johnsonville