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Carolina Forest High Earns Bye as Myrtle Beach Area Playoffs Set

Published November 2, 2026 at 5:54 am | By Susana M. Fajardo, Staff Reporter

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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Carolina Forest High School in Myrtle Beach, S.C., will sit out the first weekend of the state high school football playoffs after earning the No. 4 seed and a bye in the Class 5A Lower State bracket, while six other Horry County teams open the postseason on Friday, Nov. 6.

In the same 5A bracket, No. 10 Socastee travels to No. 7 Gray Collegiate. Conway, seeded seventh, hosts No. 10 May River.

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Loris is a No. 5 seed and will host No. 12 Darlington. Aynor, seeded ninth, goes on the road to No. 8 Crestwood, and No. 12 North Myrtle Beach visits No. 5 Lucy Beckham.

In the smaller-school bracket, No. 16 Green Sea Floyds hosts No. 17 Ridge Spring-Monetta, with the winner moving on to face top-seeded Blackville-Hilda.

State semifinals are set for Nov. 27 at the higher seed. Title games follow Dec. 4-5 in Orangeburg, on the South Carolina State campus at Oliver C. Dawson Stadium.

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Susana is a staff reporter for HERE Myrtle Beach covering local news, community stories, and developments across Horry County. Susana is committed to accurate, community-first journalism.

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