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The 2026 high school football playoffs will open Friday, Nov.

6 with Fort Mill (No. 7) hosting Lexington (No. 10) at Bob Jones Stadium; the winner will travel to Irmo to face No. 1 Dutch Fork on Nov. 13. Catawba Ridge will also host Fountain Inn on Nov. 6, with the winner facing No. 1 Gaffney on Nov. 13.

At the Big South Championships at Milliken Research Park, Janie Spicer (5th, 17:38.3) and Anna Conrad (6th, 17:45.8) earned First Team All-Conference, the first time two Winthrop women have done so since 1998.

Conrad was named Scholar-Athlete, and Winthrop will race at the NCAA Southeast Regional in Spartanburg on Friday, Nov. 13.

Fort Mill finished the regular season 8-2 overall and 3-2 in Region II-5A and will host a home playoff game next week, the program's first home playoff in more than a decade.

Broden Mitcheson ran for three touchdowns in a 44-10 win over Boiling Springs that clinched the spot.

Catawba Ridge rallied in the final 6:30 to beat Clover 19-14 in the regular-season finale, highlighted by Tyler Robinson's 98-yard kickoff return and a late touchdown by Boston Halpin; the win moved Catawba Ridge to 6-4, 4-2 in Region 3-4A and into the No. 3 playoff seed.

Salt & Spa Tega Cay is preparing to open behind ACE Hardware on Gold Hill Road in the former Sanctuary Massage & Facial Spa and will offer Himalayan salt rooms for halotherapy, massage therapy, customized facials, steam showers, and curated day packages.

Winthrop will play its regular-season finale Saturday at 2:00 p.m. against USC Upstate in Spartanburg (County University Soccer Stadium), with conference standings on the line as Winthrop (5-8-3, 2-3-1 Big South) sits sixth and USC Upstate (5-11, 3-3) sits fifth.

Nation Ford's football season ended in a 49-0 loss to Indian Land on Friday, Oct.

30 in the Region 3-4A finale, leaving the Falcons 1-9. Coach Jake Bentley said the team will reevaluate discipline and training as it prepares for the offseason.

Winthrop will wrap up its Big South road slate with matches today at 6 p.m. at USC Upstate and Saturday, Oct.

31 at 4 p.m. at the Justice Center in Asheville. The Eagles enter with conference leaders (Bennett 4.24 kills/set; Thatcher 10.51 assists/set), and both matches will stream on ESPN+.