Hartsville headed to Conway; West to Berkeley

By: Lou Bezjak/Morning News | SCNow
Published: November 03, 2007

Jeff Calabrese’s math skills earned Hartsville a rematch against Conway.

The Red Foxes coach checked the numbers after he got back from the Class 4A playoff meetings Saturday and noticed an error in North Augusta’s points.

So Calabrese in-

formed an official of the error. As a result of the recalculation, the Red Foxes were bumped up to the No. 11 seed. They will meet Region 6-4A foe Conway, instead of Westside, in the first round of the Division II playoffs Friday.

North Au-

gusta, which moved down a spot, will face Westside.

“I didn’t know they were going to switch the brackets,” Calabrese said. “You need a calculator and slide rule to figure that points system out.”

It will be the second meeting between the Tigers and Red Foxes in the last month. Conway rallied from a 28-10 second-half deficit to beat the Red Foxes 36-28 on Oct. 12 at Kelleytown Stadium.

It will be the first time the two schools have faced each other in the postseason. The Red Foxes have lost 10 straight to the Tigers. Their last win (14-7) came in 1997.

“We had a chance at Conway earlier,” Calabrese said. “And if we are going to go through playoffs, you might as well face Conway first. And if you can’t beat them, then you weren’t going to go far anyway.”

Hartsville lost to West Florence the week after the Conway game. But the Red Foxes won their last two regular-season games, including Friday’s 40-28 upset of Sumter.

“When you beat a quality opponent like Sumter, that gives you confidence,” Calabrese said. “We’ve got our offense playing well and, hopefully, we are on the right track.”

West Florence, which clinched a spot Friday, will open at Berkeley in the first meeting between the schools.

“Our kids played extremely well and played through the tough losses and did what they had to to make the playoffs,” West coach Trey Woodberry said.

Berkeley won Region 7-4A and lost only once to a team from South Carolina, 24-12 to Beaufort. Berkeley’s other loss came to First Coast (Fla.), 26-23 in a nationally-televised game on ESPNU.

The Stags feature running back Andre Ellington, who has verbally committed to Clemson. Ellington has rushed for 1,300 yards and 19 touchdowns this season after putting up 1,600 yards as a junior.

“They have a great offense and got a talented running back and two good receivers,”Woodberry said. “It’s going to be a challenge, no doubt about it.”

Hartsville headed to Conway; West to Berkeley

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